A Wonderful Day @ The Pet World Malaysia 2009

Anyone went to the Pet World Malaysia 2009: The 2nd Malaysian International Pets and Aquatics Exhibition held last weekend? I sure did, on the first day itself too. Together with WMW, we spent more than 7 hours at Mid Valley, of course that includes a long lunch session at a Korean restaurant. We were there at 10.00 a.m. on Friday, 3 July 2009, maybe a bit too early as some exhibitors were still busy stacking their products on the shelves. But we were just in time for the Dogs Grooming Competition.


The Poodle must be thinking "My hair!!! My hair!!!". If I knew earlier, I would have volunteered my two boys to these contestents.


I like her creation the best! A Mohawk Schnauzer!!


This poodle attracted a lot of attention too. Just look at the right and left side of her body. So cool isn't it? It was done by a student of a grooming school.


A really huge black poodle...look at her puffy pom pom head and the pom poms on her back and leg. So elegant looking. Very difficult getting a nice shot of her as she is so black, most of my pictures turned out one black patch! Very friendly owner too as she asked me to pose with her dog and volunteered to help me snap a few photos.


Many people brought their pets too and I had a great time taking pictures of the dogs but trust me, it is a challenge to get a good shot as they couldn't seem to stand still. Here are some of the more presentable photos:

A miniature Schnauzer...used to be my dream dog and always thought of owning one. In fact, before I got Pea, I was torn between choosing Pea, a Shih Tzu against a Schnauzer puppy. Am glad I chose Pea and he is the most wonderful dog ever.


A Pekingnese!! A very obedient girl, unlike my bratty Pumpkin who couldn't even sit still for 5 seconds.


Is this a toy dog or a real dog?? Very sweet looking fella.


Meet Whitey...a Maltese from Subang Jaya (there is a MPSJ dog licence on its collar). I was complimenting how pretty she was until the lady owner politely corrected me it should be how handsome he is. Opps!!!


Whitey is pampered to the max with lots of beautiful doggie clothes his mummy bought for him. His mummy couldn't decide to transform Whitey into a ladybird or a bumblebee...so WMW and I kept persuading her to buy the Bumblebee...


and I think Whitey agreed too! She ended up buying more than 3 pieces @ RM40 each!!


I have friends and relatives used to comment how dog-crazy I am but they should see this.


Another sweetie!!! For my next dog, I wanna get a poodle. (HUB!! Are you reading this?)


Went to the NutriEdge booth to grab some doggie biscuits for my boys since they were giving 20% discount. Bumped into the owner of NutriEdge Malaysia with his Siberian Husky. See the husky at the background poster?? Yes, it's the same dog.

Such a beautiful dog. He has got very soft fur. After taking a picture with him, I gave him a gentle hug and I can imagine how comfortable it would be to have him on the bed on a cold winter night. (HUB, I also want this as my next next dog, can?)


SPCA and a few other doggie shelter homes where there to offer puppies for free adoption. Sadly I can't bring anymore home.


There were even puppies for sale. This fella is worth RM1,000.


Moving on from dogs, there were lots of beautiful cats too. Although am not a cat person, I love cats with long thick fur, just like this kitty below. If I ever keep a cat as pet, I wanna have a kitty like this.


Or this one is fine with me too...BUT...


keep me away from the Tiger!!!!


or the leopard!!


Wanna see some magic act??


Hahaha...this bird certainly in need of a good bath!!!


Hello?? Say something...Hello?? Harlooww??? Helllllllooooooooo!!!!?????? This bird must be thinking why a mad woman kept 'helloing' to him.


New movie screening soon.......THE ATTACK OF THE YABBIE!!!


From the fun cuddly pets, we move on to display pets. Strictly for viewing pleasure and not to be cuddled. Phyton anyone??


A few youngsters from the Malaysian Tarantula Society were manning the booth and happily enlighten us on the characteristic of these creepy crawlies. They were trying to convince us that tarantula could be a good pet. Of course, I was not convinced and am sure the first thing Hubby will do is to grab the nearest can of Ridsect!!

This tarantula is all black in colour but when taken with flash on, you can see that the leg is in blue.


Freebies!!! Got some for myself too. Past issues of Petster. Read a couple of issues before and quite informative.


Freebies for my boys!!


Bought the NutriEdge doggie biscuit for my boys..and guess what I got from the lucky draw? A toy dog!! I was thinking of getting another bag of biscuit so that I can get two toys. Otherwise, they will be fighting over it. But in the end, I didn't. Because it wouldn't make a difference as Pumpkin will end up having both, as usual.


The fighting began the moment I brought the toy dog home..


Watch this video to see how fierce Pumpkin is and the warning sound he made at Pea.


As expected, Pumpkin always get what he wanted. BRAT!!!

PET WORLD MALAYSIA 2009; 3 - 5 July 2009

Calling for all animal lovers! The 2nd Malaysian International Pets and Aquatics Exhibition will be held from tomorrow, 3 July 2009 till this Sunday, 5 July 2009 at Mid Valley Exhibition Centre from 10.00 a.m. - 9.00 p.m. Entrance fee is only RM5 for adults and RM2 for kids!

I was told visitors can bring their pets along to enjoy the many activities lined up such as games, grooming competition, 1st national rabbit show and etc. Nah, I won't be bringing my Pea and Pumpkin as they are too much to handle especially Pumpkin who goes crazy whenever he is out.

Latest photo on the lil'monster...Pumpkin!


Oooo...based on my past experience at such exhibition, there might be some freebies for your furry kids at home too! I am very excited and definitely going tomorrow..anyone interested to come along?

GUAN HWAT RESTAURANT @ SEKINCHAN

My Makan Gang wanted to make a trip to Kuala Selangor for some grocery shopping and instead of stopping at our favourite seafood restaurant in Bagan Pasir for lunch, this trip we made an exception. We went further up and made a stop for lunch at Sekinchan instead. Apart from being a fishing village, Sekinchan is also famous for producing rice! Oh..and on the way to this town, you will also see lots of roadside stalls offering local produce such as mangoes, corns, salted fish and at times live clams too.

There are quite a number of seafood restaurants in Sekinchan. Our pick was Guan Hwat Restaurant, a blue wooden shop which is rather difficult to miss once you make a turn into the fishing village.


This restaurant was listed in the 'Northern Selangor" good food guide featured by Flavours magazine too.


The moment I stepped into the restaurant, I was shocked. Pieces after pieces of tissue were scattered all over the place by previous diners. It was such an eyesore. We were there at 11 a.m. and it could be possible those tissues were from the night before, but Wong said it could be from the breakfast crowd. He reminded that this village produces rice and many paddy farmers have their meals early. How true. According to the guide book, this place opens from 7 a.m. till 2 p.m.!


Wiping away the tissues from my thought, let's focus on food now. Our first order was a little out of expectation. We were asking for prawns and we were given a choice of either oyster sauce or chili. Now, the thought of having prawns cooked with oyster sauce seems weird to me. Never had it cooked that way before so we thought the chili was a better option. We were expecting big whole prawns, shelled with heads. And this was what we were served instead.......


It was shrimps (I won't call it prawns) all chopped up and cooked with chili paste. A little out of expectation once again, it was quite yummy! Spicy and aromatic, goes well with rice! Priced at RM11.

We were told they had fresh white snapper that day, so we opted to have it steamed. Not exactly Thai style but it came with lots of sliced onions and lime to zest up the dish. At only RM15, cheap. Tastewise, it was just okay, no wow factor.


With so many variety of clams out there, I still find this version the best. I remember growing up eating only this kind of 'lala'. It has got much sweeter and firmer flesh. This dish (RM10) was wonderfully cooked with spicy soy bean paste, in fact, I love this dish the most out of all other dishes we ordered.


Their Crispy Sole with Taucheo (fermented soy bean) was also recommended in the food guide. . Honestly, I was too contented with the Lala dish, so I didn't quite pay attention to this.


Baby Shark meat soup (RM8) is their specialty here. Basically, the soup tasted exactly like salted vegetable soup and it came with shark's fillet, fishballs, tofu, tomatoes and of course salted vegetables!


I expected the shark meat to be tough but surprisingly it was soft. No fishy smell too. Being a soup lover, I enjoyed every drop of the sweet and tangy broth.


Restoran Guan Huat is located at
Lot 2942 Jalan Bagan,
Sekinchan, Selangor
Tel: 012-292.8986
Open from 7.00 a.m. - 2.oo p.m.
Closed on Tuesdays

Also attached, the location map taken from the food guide...hope it helps!

LIVE FROM KRABI

Yes! Am at Krabi airport now. With 2 hours to spare, there is nothing much one can do at this small airport. So here I am, spending 2 Baht per minute on internet access just to kill time. This would be the most expensive blog post ever.

The weekend spent at Krabi was fantastic...lots of food and a great fishing trip too. More pictures next post! I will tell you about how my biggest catch fell right on my feet! Ouch!

Till then....ciao!!

STEAMING HOT DISHES @ K.T.L Restaurant, Cheras

Another gem discovered recently, thanks to my Makan Gang members who are ever ready to bring me around for good food. This time round, they brought me to a place in Taman Segar, Cheras that offers only steamed dishes. I wouldn't call K.T.L restaurant a restaurant, it's more like a stall or shack located on a divider between the mainroad and a row of shophouses. But hey, this is exactly the kind of place to expect great yet cheap food!

Spot the roof covered with blue plastic? K.T.L is located right in the middle of Jalan Manis.


With probably around 10 tables, do try to beat the lunch/dinner crowd if you wanna dine with comfort without having hungry diners standing behind you with the 'hurry up' glance. This place is crowded both weekdays and weekends, regardless of lunch or dinner time. Do follow FoodforThot's advice too: Order your fish while waiting for your seat to avoid disappointment!


So, what does K.T.L stands for? Kong Tau Lou or directly translated as Bald Man. It probably refers to the shy owner who is also the chef of this place.


Fresh fishes are delivered daily. Three choices to choose from; red tilapia, snakehead (sang yue) & carp head (soong yue tao) and you can have the fish steamed in any style that you like such as ginger paste, spicy soy bean paste, clear soya sauce based with optional chopped red cili padi.


On my first visit, it was a foodcrawl session and usually that means to avoid rice if possible. However, the moment I put a spoonful of the Spicy Soy Bean gravy into my mouth, I immediately requested for a plate of rice. Personally I like it a lot and one of the best I ever had. The gravy was thick and rich with soy bean (taucu) flavour with just the right amount of sweetness. Very very spicy too! Just the way I like it! Yumz...and since then, I returned twice just for this dish!


Steamed Herbal Chicken...well, it could be a great dish on its own but sadly overshadowed by the wonderful steamed fish.


I was looking forward to this dish on my 2nd visit; Steamed Pork with Salted Fish. Such a homely dish but it was a big disappointment. The pork was a bit tough due to oversteaming and probably low grade salted fish was use. Lack of the 'salted fish' pungent aroma.


Another favourite dish of mine here is their Steamed Egg Custard. Done silky smooth! Simple dish but yet hard to achieve such consistency, well, at least for me. I find it so comforting gliding the egg custard down my throat to ease the spiciness of the steamed spicy tilapia. This is a MUST order dish!


No stir fry veggies here so try having it blanched for a change. Healtier way to eat your greens too!


All the above dishes only cost us RM55.50 for 5 adults including a pot of tea and 2 plates of rice to share. Such an auspicious number since the 5 of us went on a Friday in the month of May, seated at table 5, ordered 5 dishes and the bill came up to RM55.50! With Magnum right across the road, needless to tell you what we did next right? No, we didn't win anything! Haha!


I was still craving for the steamed fish so we returned the following week, this time we ordered Snakehead aka Sang Yue drizzled with soya sauce and sprinkled generously with chopped red cili padi. Another winner dish too!! I couldn't decide now which I like more...how?? Easy, just order both on my next visit!


To get there, do refer to the map below here.


Restoran K.T.L is located at:
Gerai No.3A, Jalan Manis
Taman Segar
56100 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 017-8727567, 012-3087311,014-3223613
Closes every Tuesday