This has been an overdue post. I was supposed to blog about this back in November 2011 but I have been extremely busy plus struck with mood swings and depression, this post has been delayed.

FINALLY, a McDonald’s outlet has been opened nearby my place! You have no idea how happy I was when I found this out. You see, about 2-3 years ago, there was only 1, I repeat, ONE McD in town. No drivethrough, plus the traffic is always congested there, no place to park.. overall I hate going there. Then one by one McD started to pop up. Nearest to me is at Jusco area.. which, even using the highway, is not that near. Then I heard a new one is being built nearby my place (about 5 minutes of driving if there’s no traffic) and damn, I was overjoyed.

I have been watching the construction from the beginning. I use that road a lot so it’s hard not to watch the building being built while you count the days and wait in anticipation. Seriously.

It’s actually very interesting to see that site, used to be a flower shop, being demolished until the building is built. That’s how much I was looking forward to it.

And boy, the excitement just increased when you don’t see those walls anymore and you actually see the building, 85% done now. Just waiting for the days for it to open. I think it took about 3 months for the whole construction from demolishing the previous building to the opening.

A day after the opening, I went there for breakfast with my mom and my mom’s friend. The place is very colorful. It does feel like a cheerful fast food restaurant and also a cozy cafe. Not bad.

There were colorful balloons, walls, everything. The place was however quite small, but not too small.

There was also a small playground for kids. Beside it there’s another area, more like a lounge? It’s more comfortable in there. The chairs are more comfortable inside too.

We sat there until lunch hour and boy, it started to go crazy. The place was packed with people during lunch hour. It was so crowded and so loud that I got annoyed, haha. I think we must have spent over 3 hours just watching people and talking.

I even spent my new year’s eve there with my friend. Back in December when I had to work mostly outside, I could say every 2 days or so I would stop by and buy my prosperity burger. I can consider myself a regular customer :P I should get special regular customer discount or something haha.

However, I have a bad memory when one night where after buying my food there, as I was going out of the traffic light, some idiot taxi driver stopped for what he thought was red light (it was for another junction) and BAM, I crashed into him. So in turn, I wrecked the front of my very new car, and got fined RM300. Some justice huh? I can’t talk much about this because it hurts too much.

This is Mr. Indy. He introduced himself as the franchisee of this McDonald’s. When he saw me taking pictures inside and outside, he stopped to ask me and then we talked a bit. He’s a very nice and friendly guy. I’m so surprised though because he looks so young. That’s when I found out this McDonald’s is a franchise. If I’m not mistaken, I received a flyer earlier this month that they had the official opening. I missed that however.

Well thank you for making my wish come true… been hoping that a McD would open near me for ages.

I finally got Kracie’s Popin’ Cookin’! When I went to KL last month I was hunting this down and found it :D

Popin’ Cookin’ are Japanese DIY candy that’s really fun to make! I’ll make a detailed review of each one soon. I got the cupcake set, bento set and sushi set. So far I’ve only done the sushi set and boy it was a lot of fun. Stay tuned for the review!

Oh gosh I’m salivating. This looks so sinfully delicious!

It’s by Crumb Boss and you can get the recipe here. It looks so tempting that I am going to try make it for my birthday this month. This along with some cupcakes :D

I am absolutely in love with Macarons! I think they’re one of the best desserts in the world. Couple of days ago, I had a friend to gave me a box of 10 macarons to taste and boy oh boy, it was absolutely and definitely sinfully delicious!

The box itself was nicely wrapped.

But sorry son, I couldn’t resist myself much longer. The moment I opened the box after taking the pictures above, I started devouring them like some starving carnivores. It had 4 different flavors. I’m not so sure the exact flavors but I tasted peanut butter, something like mocha or coffee? Not too sure on this.. another one is orange or lemon perhaps? And salted caramel.

GOD. I can’t describe how lovely and delicious the salted caramel was.
The lemon had a nice tangy zesty flavor. Loved it.
The peanut butter is yummy!
And the mocha or coffee one is actually not that sweet compared with the rest. It has a bit bitter flavor, which is really nice for those who doesn’t wanna risk going into sugar shock.

I wish I had more, especially salted caramel because it was the best out of the bunch. It was my first time tasting salted caramel ones too.

Sorry I’ve been MIA for a while. I had a lot of of issues with my life. Anyways. I have a lot of pending blogs to write here so bear with with me.

I just wanna write about this awesome mushroom!

I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this mushroom! When I went to KL last month, they gave out free samples for this mushroom at Cold Storage 1Utama. It tasted awesome. I loved it. It’s great as snack to. The lady told me how she fried the mushroom. The thing about this mushroom is that you don’t have to wash it. You can just straight away open the pack, cut out the bottom (dirt) and cook. The stem is the best part. You just fry with 1 teaspoon of oil because the mushroom itself will release its own moisture when you cook so you don’t want a lot of oil.

Then you add in a little bit of ‘Perencah Ikan Bilis’ (Anchovies Flavored Stock Seasoning Powder) and voila. Done. It’s so tasty that I just make it as a snack when I’m hungry. You can find this mushroom at anywhere that sells Japanese food – Cold Storage or Jusco. Try it!