Wakaba Japanese Restaurant

After the country feel morning breakfast digested, time to enjoy one of my Japanese cuisine now~
This Japanese restaurant not much attraction from far or it outlook. It located at 1st Floor of Cenang Mall and you might miss it if you didn't really look around.

What will come to your mind when i tell you Japanese cuisine and located at Cenang Mall. Definitely you will think of bloody price should be damn high. No worries, they have this set menu which cost from RM 20 - RM 50. This restaurant also awarded 4 1/2 stars by tripadvisor.

What a hot weather here at beach is even 'hotter'! What will you do? Beer? No to me but Cold Sake yo! I'm not sure are you a sake person, but in the hot afternoon take a sip of cold sake and the fruity aroma in your throat make you feel is so cooling yet refreshing. ahhhhh..... This is the second time i saw this traditional cold sake container. Normally they will just use ice to chill the bottle instead. This do really add some credit on food presentable to this restaurant. It wont be too expensive for the sake, it cost RM 33 for this and actually enough for 2 persons sharing.

What should i order? I'm not a very adventurous person to try their mackerel or Sashimi, so end up i order Chicken Sioyaki set. What is the set come with? Vege Salad, Tamago Taufu, Miso Soup, Rice & Fruits. And this set only cost you RM20, and if you order green tea that cost you RM 4. In total RM 24 you can have a complete meal is consider the cheapest food along Cenang beach.

Oh ya, you might doubt that all the waiters seems not local but no doubt their chef is really Japanese, i happen to saw him once on my last visit. The taste of food are slightly different. Let me intro you one by one what is the different with what we have normally.

Lets talk a bout the Salad first. You might find it nothing special with some soy sauce looking dressing. But when the moment you put in your mouth, there is an aroma that very familiar and you just can't describe it. What is that taste?! You definitely ate before and just can't recall in a sudden. Argh! Is Wasabi taste! You can't really know it is Wasabi when you first try, it won't be that chocking as the Wasabi in your mind, it just only a very mild aroma of it to make this salad more unique and special.

Let's move on to the next... Tamago Taufu. It just looks like a normal taufu but why i name it Tamago Taufu? You should know there is yellowish round tube shape 'Japanese Taufu' we call it normally can get from wet market and they always claim the different is Japanese Taufu made with egg. This is what i really call 'Japanese Taufu' and it really contain egg in there. In Japanese, they called egg as Tamago so i named it Tamago Taufu. If hard for me to show you how soft is this Taufu but what i did is use a pair of chopstick to cut it. I don't even need to use much strength, just slightly move my fingers and it cut thru the Taufu.
Let's talk about the taste after the texture. I'm a failure on traditional chopstick holding, so i must use spoon to help carry it up till my mouth. When you put in your mouth, try not to chew it but let it melt by pushing with your tongue. When it melt in your mouth and there is a strong aroma of Tamago surround your mouth as well. There you will feel, this is really Tamago Taufu.

The main dish Chicken Sioyaki! What it mean? I seriously not so sure but from my understanding should be salted chicken. It really taste like salted chicken but with additional point on it skin. Not so sure who they cook this chicken but you can taste this is salted chicken with slight crispy chicken skin. It is not like fried chicken skin that crispy, but it like you grilled it BBQ way and the skin become slight crispy. This are one of the good dish to eat along with Japanese rice that have a bit of sticky. It just feel perfect to eat with rice. But friendly reminder, don't order garlic fried rice with this ya, you might find it too salty after all.

Besides 3 of this, i shall mentioned about the miso soup. The ingredient of miso soup is just nice and with quality control. You will not find those common seaweed in this miso soup but you find the better quality and thicker seaweed in it. Overall you can taste is fresh daily miso soup with good ingredient. Sorry due to heavy rain coming, not manage to get pictures of it. To me, i will definitely visit this Japanese Restaurant again if i have chance. There are still so much food i should discover from their menu.

Date : 23rd April 2015, Thursday (Gloomy)

Venue : Wakaba Japanese Restaurant

Location : 1st Floor Cenang Mall (Opposite Chocolate duty free shop)

The English Tea Room & Coffee Bar

Wake up in the morning, water heater not working! Argh!!! Let's have a refreshing cold water bath before heading to my english breakfast place.

I'm not sure only me or this is true, i find that is quite hard to get a proper western breakfast place along Pantai Cenang. So far i only spotted 2 and today I'm heading to one of it which looks more country feel.

Looking at the outside of the shop, not a very attractive shop and looks a bit running down. Maybe due to all year expose under the hot sun. The waiter open the door and greet me Good Morning, the moment i step into this shop, the feel is totally different with it outside. Wooden furniture, floral printed table cloths and small sofa corner to relax. All their deco relate to UK and overall feel very Britain.

Well, all the staff here are very friendly and polite. Really a good place to start your morning with warm greetings and sunny smile. Looking at the menu, 'English Breakfast Set' that is what i looking for! You can choose either 5 sides for RM 22 or 7 sides for RM 25. I took 5 sides due to i do not like grilled tomatoes and baked beans. This breakfast set comes with drinks (Coffee, Tea or Orange Juice). They are one of the restaurant recommended by tripadvisor as well.Their smoothie/milkshake seems one of the signature as well but I'm too full to order that as well.

While waiting for my breakfast to be ready, i look around this little shop and try to enjoy the environment here. Am i still in Pantai Cenang or I'm at somewhere else. The feel are totally different with the Britain wall photos, curtains and most classic is the music! You must be very curious what music that makes me so excited. Well, for people at my age will definitely enjoy and miss it so much. They play all the boy band songs. 98 degree - I do, Back Street Boy, the boy bands who kill all of us in a blink of eyes. I'll never break your heart, As long as you love me and many more! All this really make my mood relax and recall the old days which less complicated, simple yet happy.

After 10 minutes recall of young time and laugh at myself, my breakfast is here!

Nothing too special compare to what you used to eat in KL. But for Langkawi, this English breakfast can consider one of the precious. I don't think is easy for you to find breakfast like this. Even tho their salted mushroom is not wild mushroom and that make me a bit disappointed but sometimes... something imperfect in life make the whole thing perfect. Mushroom not as expected nice but somehow it make the rest more tasty and precious. But to be honest, April is a low season in Langkawi and very risky for them to keep the easy expired wild mushroom just to fulfill my crave. Food or life, there will be disappointment and imperfect and make your life more perfect. Not to be too negative when you feel disappointed. Try to look at it at different view and you still can get what you want in future, just not this time. =)

Date : 23rd April 2015, Thursday (Sunny)

Venue : The English Tea Room & Coffee Bar

Location : Cenang Street (Opposite McD / Zon Duty Free)

My French Factory @ Pantai Cenang, Langkawi

In a not very hot evening, walking along at the Cenang street with undecided mind on what to eat for dinner, SUDDENLY there is something catch my eyes and my noisy stomach drag me to the shop immediately!

Look at the signboard with writing of 'My French Factory', awww... French just make me feel so romantic and handsome guy. hahahaha... Still remember i saw once someone having the egg crepe looking thing on my last trip but didn't get to try. NOW,TODAY, THIS MOMENT... Let's try it!

At first, are you a egg or cheese person? If you are not, you might not get attract by this. Flipping the menu and i decide to try salty crepe, smoked beef slices + egg + cheese. For those cheese lover, you can definitely add on more and more cheese as you like. They even have 3 types of cheese crepe to fulfill your crave!

Next, i have choose Pink Lemonade to match with my main course due to you might get a bit too much creamy taste if you go for milkshake. Definitely their milkshake look nice and tempting to me, especially they have banana milkshake. Damn!

After all the description, let's take a look at the food now!

Nah... you might said this just a fried egg looking flour thingy. Nope! You are wrong. They use traditional Galettes by wheat flour and you will not discover the fantastic taste before you cut it and put in your mouth. Let me show you the next moment of eyes popping moment when i cut it! Yum yum....

Look at the melted cheese wrap in the it and welly mix the taste of smoked beef slices with eggs... You will not believe the taste of all mix together but it just too nice and indescribable. I shall say, is a MUST TRY if you are in this area. You also can choose your way to eat it. As the shop owner just too nice to make all the folded side are filled with beef slices + melted cheese and egg. Every inch, every centimeter.

I choose to eat half of it and i attack the egg yolk! Just cut it out from the shape and suck it all in one shot! Definitely there will be some still running away from you mouth and drip on the plate. If you are egg lover like me you will never miss it anyway. Cut another piece of the Galettes and wipe up the egg yolk on the plate. That is how you feel satisfy with this French Salty Crepe.

Of course, with all these yummy creamy food, for sure we will need something sour to encounter the taste and for ladies, to feel better after some fattening food. Pink Lemonade will be one of the best choice to ease the over filled feeling and give you a refreshing taste during this hot weather as well. One of the best combination i have today!

Date : 22th April 2015 (Wednesday)

Venue : My French Factory

Location : Cenang Street (shops after Cenang Mall)

谈何容易的简简单单。。。

星期天   晴

坐在刚开市的咖啡厅里，有种格外的休闲感。
大家都闲着，聊着，懒洋洋着。。。
这就是所有人都需要的星期天。

生活、时事、情感，总是像天气般变换无常,
时阴、时晴、时好、时坏、时冷、时暖。。。
你又掌握得多熟练？

人生总少不了必要的挫折吧，
让你学着慢慢的长大，
成就了成熟、稳重、智慧且圆滑的你。

过程中，你有多少个身不由己的时候？
多少进退两难，痛彻心扉？
多少忍痛拭泪，不为人知的秘密？

你又因为身不由己而错过了什么？
因进退两难而放弃了什么，好让你痛彻心扉？
因谁而忍痛拭泪，把真相变成不为人知的秘密？

每个人都总说，我希望有个简简单单的人生。
简简单单，谈何容易。
你又领悟了多少？

当你拥有的是简简单单，你可否不贪婪拥有多一点？
当你拥有的不再简单时，你却又怀念起简简单单。。。
人与矛盾就像皮和肉，想分割清楚却很难。

很多的事情，不想再去强求。
既来之，则安之。
想说，我享受着一个人的宁静。
但，何时我又希望有个人在旁分享？
 

某个星期六 | 晴

忘了多久没有过这样的星期六。

也忘了我把闲着没事做的轻松抛弃多久。

坐在星巴克，空荡的遥望天空，

我深深的吸进一口气，再尽量弊着不放，

终于忍不住泄气了。。。

因此，眼中荡漾已久的水船也落下了。。。

凉风吹着，却有种伤感。

烟龙漂游，眼前何事真假。

刺鼻箊味，有如人生的哽咽。

人来人往，川流不息。

来的，抽着烟，皱着眉，

仿佛有着赶不走的烦恼。

坐的，拿着笔，挥动着，

仿佛很努力的在达成中。

谈的，对望着，欢笑中，

仿佛在苦闷中寻找欢乐。

伴的，沉默着，专心着，

仿佛为挑战在未雨绸缪。

老的，漫谈着，微笑着，

仿佛已看淡人世享受着。

单的，闲坐着，空荡着，

仿佛疲倦中能得到领悟。

走的，冲忙中，往前看，

仿佛害怕被社会给排斥。

在一番感言和细观后，还是得回到原来的轨道，

继续原本的道路。。。

努力的为未来活着吧~

A Wavy Night

Walking on the beach,
Feeling of the sand.
Looking at the side,
An old friend that i knew.
Nonsense on our mouth,
Memories in our mind.
Talk as our young time,
but felt that we are old.
Look at the kids,
running happily.
Look at the couples,
Lean against each other.
Look at the family,
Holding hand by hand.
Crafting on the sand,
Wash away by waves.
How long you can stay,
How far you can go.
The further i walk to the sea,
The deeper i get into it.
I'm far from the beach,
I'm blind in the sea.
I'm floating in between,
I'm losing of my way.
Listen to the waves,
slowly close my eyes.
What a silence night,
What a sadness night.

Rain Rain Rain...

Sitting on the couch,

Looking out the sky.

The sky is crying,

The wind is sighing.

Close my eyes,

Listen to my heart.

the melody of the tears,

giving me a calm.

Sigh from the wind,

freezing my cheek.

I'm standing in the cold,

but coldness from my heart.

A little of the warm,

Is the feeling from you.

Hugging me from back,

closer and tighter.

A smiling face appear,

a familiar voice at ears.

Touching on my face,

some words from you.

You will always be with me,

I will never be alone.

Tears dropping,

but from me not the sky.

You will never understand,

you will never believe.

Just a simple words,

but it's touching my heart.

Open my eyes,

just to see clearer.

Myself and me,

Still the only sitting here.

You are still not here,

there's no one hugging me.

You are just a dream,

which i willing to sleep for life.