Dragon-I, Queensbay Mall

5 of us met up for dinner today at Dragon-I, purposely for the RM 1 chicken.

It was my first time at Dragon-I, and I think will be my last too. MM and I both agreed that the food at Xuan Xin tasted better.

 Anna mentioned that the rice was too sticky.

Rice with tofu and minced meat

I ordered the Szechuan La Mian with Assorted Seafood in Hot and Sour Soup. There's nothing special about the taste of the soup. Never will I ever order this again!

Szechuan noodle in hot and sour seafood soup

The main reason why we came; for the RM 1 chicken. The condition of this promo is that there must be a minimum of 3 people, dine-in only and the promotion is from 6pm to 9pm.

Tried to take a picture of the RM 1 chicken without flash, and the outcome wasn't good.

RM 1 chicken in soya sauce

I forgot to ask what this was, but according to MM it tasted okay. Mookie seemed to have no complains of this either.

Rice with pork and vegetable 

The food did not meet my expectation at all, sad to say.

Thank God for good company and the time spent with these lovely ladies. 

Back row: MM & Mookie, Front row: Me, Joni & Anna

Xuan Feng Restaurant, Revisited

Revisited Xuan Feng Restaurant for dinner today. You can read about my previous visit here.

Ordered their San Bei Chicken (Three Cup Chicken), and I must say I absolutely love it. The blend of the basil leaves and the thick brown sauce makes the whole combination very tasty and me longing for more.

Taiwanese 3 Cup Chicken

The rice and soup that came with the chicken

MM ordered their Teriyaki Salmon rice. I took a bite of the salmon and I think it tasted pretty good.

Total bill for the night: RM 28.75 (inclusive 5% service tax)

Wisdom tooth, Ouch!

The pain first 'dropped by' last Sunday, then appeared again on Tuesday, and tortured me the whole of last night. It's not the kind of pain where you would whine and whine or make you cry out in agony, but the pain is more of an annoying dull pain emanating from my sides of my right cheek giving me ear pain and headaches.

Well, woke up at 4am, and had trouble sleeping after that. This morning, I had to call mom to fetch me to the dental clinic (Klinik Pergigian Ng), opposite City Plaza. Got there, and I was the 2nd patient. Dr. Ng took an X-ray and said the wisdom tooth was in a bad shape and partially decayed. He then asked me if I've taken any food before I came. Since I didn't, he asked me to go for a light meal before the surgery since I am not allowed to take anything solid after the surgery.

So mom and I went out to a coffee-shop around the corner. We got back to the clinic by 10.30am, and the whole surgery process started. Since I was anaesthetized locally, I am unable to feel the area where the wisdom tooth is. Several dental tools were used, and there were lots of drilling, pulling, tugging, but praise God I did not feel any pain at all. Strangely, the song that kept playing and repeating in my head was 'Lord You are good and Your mercies endureth forever'...

After about 40 minutes, the tooth was extracted and  filling was done to the adjacent tooth which was also impacted by the decay. After 5 stitches, and a gauze in my mouth, I can now go home.

The surgery costed me a bomb! RM 600 in total....gosh can even buy a Coach bag with this money (just kidding), or use it to pay housing loan. Thank God, I can claim a 2/3rd of it from Agilent.

So, I'm officially on 2 days medical leave. Praying that the bleeding will stop within 24 hours, and the swelling will go down soon. I was given about 6 packets of medication to consume, including painkillers.

Btw, I was recommended to go to Dr. Ng by hubby. It seemed that his boss and colleagues had previously gone to Dr. Ng for teeth extraction,etc and he did a good job, although pricey.

Oh well, I better go now. Need some sleep. Till next time!

Updated on 13 March 2013:

Today's the 4th day after the extraction. Managed to eat half bowl of wantan mee (minus the charsiew and veg). Can talk a little better now (later part of the evening). All I want to eat now is KFC, pork ribs, burger, and all meaty stuff.

Grilled Pork Ribs, Aglio Olio & Salad

One of the things hubby bought at IKEA last week was a grill pan.
So last evening, he decided to utilize it to make grill pork ribs, something like what we had at Chicago Rib House months ago.
I, on the other hand prepared the spaghetti and salad (easiest to make). I do not have patience like hubby when it comes to grilling and barbecue-ing.

The ribs, still in the pan

Our simple yet oh so satisfying dinner

IKEA...

Nothing much to update except for our short trip to KL.
Too bad IKEA has stopped serving their Swedish meatballs temporarily due to the horse-meat issue. Nevertheless, this did not stop us from trying out the rest of their menu.

Spring chicken and fries

Freshwater prawns

Enjoying our food

Posing with the super soft doggie soft toy..

Chicken Saganaki, Spaghetti Aglio Olio & Salad

I have been thinking of how other half and I can celebrate Valentine's this year, since both of us are working in different states. Finally, I decided to take a day off from work so that we both could spent time together. What other more meaningful way than to cook together?

Chicken Saganaki

The 1st time I had Saganaki was at Roka, where we celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary. You can read it here. I've always thought that 'Saganaki' is a Japanese word (e.g. Nagasaki, Kawasaki, get the drill?). In actual fact, 'Saganaki' refers to various Greek dishes prepared in a small frying pan called 'saganaki'.
From my research online, most recipes published were for Shrimp Saganaki. I wanted to substitute shrimp for chicken. Thankfully there was a recipe online for Chicken Saganaki. I tweaked it a little and added some olives and British parsley.

Feta cheese from Emborg

May I present to you...Chicken Saganaki!
The ingredients are: Chicken breast, Onions, Garlic, Red Wine, Oregano,Crushed tomatoes, Feta and Parsley (Olives are optional).

Chicken Saganaki

Spaghetti Aglio Olio

This humble spaghetti needs no introduction. The key ingredients are relatively simple (garlic, chilli flakes and olive oil). There were many versions of Aglio Olio recipe online. We wanted to attempt the one by Rachael Ray but we did not know where to get canned anchovies.

Anyway we still went ahead with the basic recipe. This was made by hubby.

Spaghetti Aglio Olio

Home-made Salad

What? Meat and carbs but no veggies? Hubby made a simple salad which consists of red and green bell peppers, Romaine salad and tomatoes, with olive oil and balsamic vinegar as dressing. Lastly, he threw in some bread (I told him we should use bread crumbs, but he said to save time we have to make do with what we have).

Salad

Overall, we were very satisfied and happy with the outcome of our 1st attempt at the Chicken Saganaki and the Spaghetti Aglio Olio.

Belated Valentine Lunch

Tao Buffet @ Penang Times Square

A couple of days ago, my boss treated us to a pre-CNY buffet lunch at Tao, Penang Times Square.

I'll let the pictures do the talking.

To be very honest, I don't quite like eating buffet sitting down on the floor. 

The food was just so-so, probably since I'm not a fan of Japanese food.

Sorry for the blur pictures. Tried to snap as many pictures of the food before they were gone!

I don't know what are these dishes are called in Japanese (didn't bother to remember).

These were the only food pictures I have....

Jellyfish

Assorted seafood

Octopus

Abalone

Meat and prawns

Prawns

Cakes

Strawberry and chocolate chip ice cream

The two pictures below are courtesy from Thian Chang my colleague.