10 http://chrisblitz.blogspot.com

As mentioned before, I have made many changes in my blog recently. From face to function, now it is time to change the URL.

Hereby I announce that http://chrisdotagaki.blogspot.com will be changed to http://chrisblitz.blogspot.com on the 7th of October. This is my one week's notice.

Significant of the new URL? It's simple.

Christopher (b*****) Lim Tse Zhern

(which is my birth given name btw)

With all these new changes, expect to see more interesting entries and events in the future. Hopefully, all your time spent on my blog will be worth the while kayz.

So to my friends, loyal readers, future followers, blog hoppers, please do take note and link me up. I'll definite appreciate it. Not to worry, I will also be dropping by blogs especially my followers' for a reminder after the transition.



Thanks for all your support, Terima Kasih, Xie Xie Ni, Nandre :D
Chris

I know... I know...
It's an end of an era.

Boo hoo.

32 Sibaraku Japanese Buffet

My foodhunt brings me and my friends to yet another good restaurant, Sibaraku located in Mahkota Parade, Melaka.



(Some pics are taken from http://shuying84.blogspot.com due to my camera batteries being dead and all..)

As you can see, they offer Japanese buffet and Teppanyaki BBQ. For those who don't know, Teppanyaki is a style of Japanese cuisine that uses an iron griddle to cook food. (Wikipedia)



If you can't cook or have two left hands, don't worry. Your chefs are going to do all the cooking for you. (wow the feeling of having your own chef). Of course, even if you can cook, you can't do it here. This is no Seoul Garden.
What you can do is.. order whatever you want from the menu and indulge yourself with fresh delicious food served in front from you. Sounds not too bad ha?



Meet Mr.X, our personal chef. Not only is he friendly, but also very skillful... don't play play.

He basically cooks the meat (chicken, beef, lamb, fish, prawn, squid) and vegetables.



When the food's done, he places them at the side of the griddle to keep it fresh and hot. It's up for the taking.

Besides meat, these are some of the chef's specialities that you can order.



Fried egg with oyster/ Fried egg with crab meat



Okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake)

Order as much as you want as long as you can finish it.

That's not all. There are more food pre-prepared and served on the buffet table such as sandwiches, onion rings, and some other nice fried stuff.



If you head to the left a little bit, you can pick your choice of sushi from the sushi counter.
Hmm... I know someone who would go crazy for sushi but sry to say... no golden balls ya.

Moving on to the right is my favourite counter.



Desserts!

That's not the best part.

I was almost done eating till my friend pointed out the elixir of life to me...



CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN!

They prepare for you fruits and toasted bread at the counter to coat it with chocolate.

But wait....

Just so happened that I was holding something else...



Wonder how well sushi and chocolate goes?



It was no good...



so was chocolate shrimp.

Anyway, the five of us enjoyed ourselves very much.






For rm28.90 per head, I thought that it was quite cheap considering the great food and dining experience combined.

Will definitely be going back there again.

In fact, I'm going there again for dinner tomorrow with my parents. (Force them to go eventhough my mom doesn't like Japanese food).

Hmm...Wonder if can tapao back for you guys.

40 Sushi King Big Bowl Showdown

What happens if you put a Chinese and a Chindian up for the Sushi King Big Bowl Challenge?



It becomes a heated showdown instead.

Ashok and I challenged each other to finish off the bloody big bowl noodle soup regardless of the 10 minutes. It was between mano o mano. For those who don't know, if you finish off the noodles in 10 minutes, it's absolutely FREE, but if you can't then its rm38.88++ per bowl.

We were set, armed with our cockiness...



But seeing the size of the frikking big bowl really humbled us down.

We were like ..... WTH le. Ok don't care finish or not in 10 minutes. It's still a heads on mano o mano battle to see who can finish theirs first.



So we filled in the forms... and sat there anxiously waiting for 2 bowls of udon.

the Chindian was REALLY nervous about it..



that he started praying.

You see, Ashok was a chick in the whole thing. He tried to back down a few times, but to hell with him. If I'm going down, I'm bringing him together.

What a wuss... pfft.



The arrival of the king of all noodles. Here's when people are already starting to stare and gather.



It consists of 4 servings of udon, boiled egg, vegetables, and 1 litre of boiling hot soup. It was really hot that the waitress let us fan it with the menu for a minute.



Ok, 10 minutes set on the timer...



Supporters ready...



Start!

We started off with a good pace although Ashok burnt his tongue lol. The heat however wasn't a problem for me. It was more of the sickening taste at the throat. At the 4th minute or so, it was really hell for both of us.



The puking phase started. The taste of the thick udon in our throat is making us sick to the stomache. So I poured some soy sauce in the soup just to make things a little easier...



But it was still no good.... *erff*

But being men, we continued to the last minute.

5..

4..

3..

2..

1..

Times up! As expected, both of us didn't finish it in 10 minutes. But the winner of the showdown is decided with the least leftover.

So, the winner is...



The Chindian. Well played man.... well played...

But hats off to the loser for keeping his composure...



Bloody Hell... %@$*&#&!

20 Raya Raya~!

Omg I had the hardest time shopping for Raya. Lol serious... Actually, my cohort and the TESL family is having a Raya Fest on the 5th of October. It will be a rm40 buffet in Cititel Hotel's grand ballroom. So, while I'm back in Melaka, I thought I'd do some clothes hunting for the event.

But who knew... searching for Raya clothings is so dam hard especially for a Chinese. We don't have the slightest clue what to search for in a baju Melayu. Like the type, the colour, the sampin, the colour of the sampin, the price etc...

So walking aimlessly in Jusco, I just observe the samples on those mannequins and throw it on some tries in the dressing room. However, I couldn't find what I like because of several reasons...

1. It's close to Raya and the stock is limited.
2. Leftovers are leftovers for a reason.
3. Couldn't find a matching sampin.

Then I had no choice but to check out the branded ones like John Master's, Crocodile etc.
I finally manage to find a decent one that I like.



But it's so costly even after discount. (Rm100++). Haiz...More thoughts mess up my head.

"Is it worth for a one time event?", "Is there other opportunities for me to wear them around?", "Even if I buy, do my friends have a sampin to match it?" "Is there better and cheaper ones at other places?"
Now I know how the Muslims must have felt shopping for their Raya clothing especially like my friends who were rushing last minute.

After going back and forth, and bugging my gf about it. I gave up and decided to shop when I go back to Penang =.= (Tawar hati)

Bukit Jambul and Queensbay will have more variety I guess.



Anyways, I just want to take this opportunity to wish my Muslim friends Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri maaf zahir dan batin.



Since I didn't get you guys any Kad Raya, here's one for everyone. Can be considered E-Card laaa... (haha cheapskate).

Still... it's the thought that counts no?

Hope you guys enjoy your Raya, stuff yourself with good food, spend time with family and be out of harm's way. Play safe!

O ya, don't forget to ask forgiveness from one another during this festive month. But please don't do it like the clowns in the video.




This is just over dramatic..



and this is just soo gay.

Lastly again, Selamat Hari Raya Maaf Zahir dan Batin to all Muslims.

30 A Chinese Buka Puasa?

Its weird right? It's rare to see Chinese hanging out with Malays and vice versa. I guess it's nothing to be surprised of because we are after all living in Malaysia. The so-called SATU MALAYSIA is just bullshit if you really get to sit down and talk to Malaysians. Typical ones.

Although many say that they are not racist, but friendship with other races is LIMITED and always have been. Ya, one might say that he or she got friends of other races but that's it. They're just friends who you talk to in class and say 'hi' and 'bye' to. But not many will have friends of other races in their "featured friends" list in friendster (back when it was still popular). What I mean is that not many have close friends of other races. You get what I mean.

Can't really blame Malaysians coz there's always the inevitable language and cultural barrier. But in the end, it's the question how much will you let these things bother you. For now, all I can see is that Malaysians will frown upon people mixing with other races and its a big NO-NO.

PROVE ME WRONG.

Just imagine seeing a Chinese walking with a group of Malays, or a Malay walking with a group of Chinese in a shopping mall. People around can't help it but to stare or glance. To a more disgraceful extent, they start talking behind your back.
Well... F**k you!
I'll give you something to talk about. Oh how I wish I have the guts to throw that in their face. but I can't coz I need to uphold my "teacher image".

Once, I went out to TESCO with my Malay friend, Aza. Then I bumped into one of my Chinese seniors at the food court and he asked "You came alone?". I said no and pointed to Aza who was busy buying drinks. Then the senior immediately looked at me as though I've commited the biggest sin in the world and raised his Karam Sing Walia hand gesturing "What are you thinking?". That made me guilty for no reason.

Well screw it! If you're not going to be a Malaysian, just don't criticize or stop others from being one. I don't care what race you are. If you click with me, it's probably because you are nice fun people who have the initiative to befriend me in the first place. Being Chinese doesn't give you the license or right for me to befriend you. And this should go the same for others. Too bad in Malaysia, race is still a big factor of friendship, instead of effort.

Haiz, this post turns out to be a cynical one, which is not what I intended it to be. So, can I just go back to my happy post? :)

Kay, it's fasting month as they say, we got to kuatkan iman :) Haha, I don't even fast lol. But for the past week, I was being a busybody wanting to butt in my Malay friends' dinner plans. (Im known for my thick face alright) I gotta say, I didn't know that breaking fast can be done with style.

Imagine breaking fast in Redbox...



Don't need to imagine, I got the pics.



Yeen promoting the buffet. They charge us rm30 per head for it, so DO take as much as you can.
As long as the table is not full, then you're not done.



This is just first round.



More pics before breaking fast. (O ya there's a Siamese girl in there. Can u spot her?)



Karaoke while eating.

Ironically, the Malay girls picked tons of English songs while I was busy walloping Malay songs. This call Malaysia-lah. Diversity!


Just a few days later I joined other Malay friends to break fast.



I recommended Subway at E-Gate coz the sandwich is the best and the portion is huge.



Even their motto "Eat Fresh" says it all. You just order according to the steps and they'll do it right there and then.

5 simple steps:

1) Choose the type of sandwich displayed on the menu
2) Choose the type of bread
3) Choose the size (6 inch or foot-long)
4) Choose the vegetable toppings
5) Choose the sauce



This is how my 6 inch sandwich looks like. Er... sounds weird. Let me rephrase it.

This is how a regular 6 inch Subway Club Sandwich looks like.

If you're really hungry, double it...



12 inch that is one foot long.

Still hungry?

Order another.



That's total of 24 inch long.

I think they should do a competition like Sushi King's Big Bowl Challenge, to see if people can eat a 24 inch sandwich in 10 minutes. If can, then it's FREE. If not, then we have to pay full price which is RM20+ for 12 inch. I wonder if anybody can down that length of sandwich in one go.

Don't forget that it's pretty fat.



The sandwich I mean. Even Chubby have difficulty biting into it.

17 My Good Name Is Tainted

Everything is changing so fast.

My blog that is.

Since I've just changed my template, I thought of changing my URL soon too. That means no more http://chrisdotagaki.blogspot.com.
It's just the matter of time.

For now, I had a few ideas in mind:

http://chrislim.blogspot.com

Too bad it's already taken. Dang it. And he's not even using the blog.
What a waste of my good name.

Another thought is to use http://yinyang.blogspot.com since I like anything black and white (can you tell?). But also taken already. Plus, the blog is owned by a girl with her husband named Chris. Coincidence? Fate? Crap?

K nevermind that. Considering that I'm a future teacher, I thought of putting a 'sir' at the front.

Something like http://sirchris.blogspot.com

But OMG! It turns out to be some pornstar wannabe's blog. Wtf le...
Just when I thought adding sir will be respectable, but Next Door Nikki has tainted it.

(You know you wanna click the link) =.=


Leave that aside, I'm still searching for a new URL. Any suggestions?


Getting frustrated by the hour,
-Not SirChris-

13 Dreambox Karaoke and Buffet

-a two week overdue post-

During my holidays, I was craving or rather.. dying to go sing karaoke at Dreambox Melaka.
I know I've already done a review of this place before but here's the rates again:



The last time, I only went for Merry Hour (coz saham not good) and I find that it was not really satisfying. So, this time, SCREW IT! I'm going for the dinner buffet.

Armed with my enthusiasm, I called out my Melaka gang. But too bad many can't make it because it's exam week in MMU.

In the end it's only the three amigos...



like old times...

Anyways, we have made our reservations at 8pm.
Means that we got till 12am to enjoy = 4 hours of non-stop singing.

But the first thing we did was...



Attack the buffet table!
Too bad we are not allowed to take pics, so we only got pics of the food in the karaoke room.

The buffet is served outside at the hall btw. So, we can just take whatever we want and dine while karaoke-ing.



I know ... we're gluttonous but we're starving. So don't judge us on the full table.

They serve a wide variety of Western, Italian and Malaysian dishes and the food was quite okay. Nothing to be WOWed upon though.



Out of all, my favourite would have to be the kerang @ si ham. Anybody knows what is it called in English? Never used the proper English term before. Haiz.. we Malaysians really butcher the language.

Neways, the three of us feasted for about 20 minutes while listening to MJ songs.



Me and my dear trying to finish off what we took.

After a while we realised that it's impossible so I took tissues and started wrapping the extras.
You see, for each 100 gram wasted, they will charge rm10. That means, we have at least rm50 all wrapped up nicely on the plates for the waiters to come and take it away.
Gosh, I just hope they don't have CCTVs in the room :P

For the next part you might wanna turn off your speaker :P (or don't load at all)

1.The girls duet an English song ~.~ Syok sendiri seh...



2.Me and Kim duet a Malay song. Lagi syok sendiri.



Haha, sry 4 ur ear damage. This was taken after 3 hours of singing.

3. Cindy and Kim duet a Chinese song.



No video avalailable.



Sry, but I can't post the video of them. Well... this is because at one part, Cindy was really turned on by Kim's singing...



and started stripping.

So, for the sake of your innocence...

VIDEO CANCELLED