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XERCISE is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health. It is performed for many different reasons i.e. to strengthen muscles and the cardiovascular system, to loss weight or maintain a healthy weight and etc. But too much exercise can be harmful because our body need at least a day of rest, which is why some health experts say one should exercise every 3 times a week.

For those who love eating good food (including me) at times or most of the time will forgo exercise unless there are warning symptoms appear such as extra layer of spare tyres in the belly, body too heavy and feel tired easily, can't fit into the old pants/dress and etc.

If you don't like going to the gym, you can do it at home (DIY). Get yourself a fit ball (according to your height) and a yoga mat. For instruction on how to practice fit ball exercise, print out a step by step picture http://www.dietandfitnessresources.co.uk/home_gym/info/swiss_ball_exercises.htm
in A3 size paper and pin in your room wall. You may download videos from the internet and play it while doing this exercise.

Wonder why I choose Fit ball Exercise?

Fitball sessions are the ultimate way to improve core strength and the easiest exercise to lose weight especially in stubborn areas such as the abdomen, buttocks and thighs . This exhilarating workout guaranteed to make you shed extra pounds if you consistently do it for at least 30 minutes everyday or on alternative days.

How I know???

I successfully lose 10 kgs after doing fit ball exercise for 3 times a week in a month within half a year. And also coupled with proper healthy diet. The result, a slim body which fits into any attire:-D. Evident by praises from my family and friends.

Benefit

Instead of keeping the fitball in a store room, I used it as a chair as it help to maintain the optimum posture while watching TV or working at your desk.

Try it out for yourself and feel the difference

- a healthier, toned body, great looking abdomens.!!!

JAPANESE STEAMBOAT

Recently, two colleagues of mine from outstation were in our KL Office for an assignment. As it was almost lunch hour, both of them asked me where to have lunch.....(i'm known as 'gao ciak'/clever to eat' in the office). Immediately, I told them Nagomi Shabu Shabu at Menara Hap Seng cos' I've dine in the restaurant for a couple of times with my friends and we truly enjoyed every meal there.

When we arrived at the restaurant, it was packed with customers due to it's current lunch promotion. But we were lucky to get a table which was half way being cleaned up by a waitress. Upon seated, both the guys put me in-charge of selecting the best and affordable food. Without hesitation, I ordered 3 sets of Shabu-Shabu i.e. Salmon Nabe Set (RM25+=), Chicken Nabe Set (RM19++) & Ribeye Nabe Set (RM22++).

Each set of shabu shabu set comes with a free flow of cold/hot ocha, a plate of vegetables comprising of cabbages, spring onions, carrot, white soft taufu, Japanese mushroom, bamboo shoot, leek and noodles (soba or ramen).

Our tasty spicy soup which tasted like miso soup

other choices:Nagomi or chicken broth

A plate of fresh vegetables and soba

3 different of sauces for dipping

Dienzu, Chili and Goa

From L to R:

Set of fresh salmon, tender ribeye & succulent chicken meat and an egg

for each set

Unlimited refill of free cold ocha

to quench our thirst

SASHIMI DELUXE (RM20)

-BUY 1 FREE 1 ON FRI ONLY
Salmon & butterfish was so fresh and flavorful

Eventhough, it was quite a rush to have shabu-shabu for lunch, but we were not disappointed with the food and service. Hopefully, the Management will have this promotion for dinner too!

For future details about restaurant location and promotion, log into: http://www.nagomishabushabu.com/

FOOD AND TEA HONG KONG RESTAURANT

Food and
Tea Hong Kong Restaurant serves typical Hong Kong food & drinks. For those who want to try out their food, you may visit their outlet in Berjaya Times Square, Cheras in Kuala Lumpur and two branches in Johor Bahru . Recently, I visited their Berjaya Times Square outlet which is located next to Mary Brown.

Now, the restaurant is having promotion . After looking at the menu, I found that the set meal is value for money and hence we order 1 set of Fried Rice Yong Chow Style (RM10.90++) and 1 set of Cheese Baked Rice with Chicken Chop (RM12.90++). Each set comes complete with a soup (mushroom/sweet corn crab meat), drink (additional RM1 each for Jasmine Tea and Ice Lemon Tea) and a glass of herbal chinese jelly.

Fresh and soothing........
Ice Lemon Tea (L) Jasmine Tea (R)

Mushroom Soup ...... not too tick!!!

Cheese Baked Rice with Chicken Chop (white sauce)

cheesy and yummy.......but sadly the rice are too dried

Fried Rice Yong Chow Style

...very fragrant with lots of ingredients ie prawns,

char siew and mixed vegetables....

Chinese Herbal Jelly

...... very 'flat' taste

1. Food and Tea Hong Kong (BTS)3rd Floor (Postel No. 03-108)Times Square, Kuala Lumpur (03 2145 2518)
2. Cheras Branch67, Jalan Manis 4,Taman Segar, Cheras,Kuala Lumpur. (03 9132 5488)
3. Johor Branches2nd Floor (Lot 5.74)AEON Tebrau City Shopping Centre, JB. )07351 3488)
4. Ground Floor (Lot G05)Jusco Permas Jaya Shopping Compleks, JB. (07 307 0948)

MAP- http://www.timessquarekl.com/contactus.html

NIJI SUSHI

Nowadays, Japanese restaurants grow very fast due to people demand on healthy food. As always, the food quality comes together with expensive price tag. But in Niji Sushi at Bandar Menjalara, Kepong, the food quality is always top notch with reasonable price coupled with attentive service from the waiter and waitresses.

SPIDER TEMAKI (RM4.50 each) fresh handroll stuffed with fried soft crab and other fillings wrapped in a piece of crispy seaweed

EBI TEMPURA UDON (RM10.90 per set)Noodles not soggy with clear & tasty soup served with fresh prawns deep fried in light crispy batter




SAKE SUSHI (RM4.50 per plate)the slices of salmon are thick and fresh and it melt as you pop them in your mouth.





GYU ENOKI YAKI (RM8.90) - fresh Japanese golden mushroom rolled with slices of roasted beef













SESAME ICE CREAM (RM6) – a scoop of ice cream made from sesame seeds beautifully decorated with creams at the side





REFILLABLE GREEN TEA hot/cold at RM1.30 per glass



No. 25 & 27,Jalan 1/62D,
Medan Putra Business Centre,
Bandar Menjalara, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur.
Tel No:03-62777060

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=3.192600,101.624300&z=16&om=1

PENANG CHAR KOAY TEOW

There is a stall inside a coffee shop selling delicious and aromatic Penang Char Koay Teow in Jalan Alor next to Season’s View Hotel : http://www.seasonsview.com/map_directions.htm. I always receive compliments from friends whom I recommended to try this stall fried noodles.

****The owner cum cook is an eldery lady from Penang. For many years, I had been eating her char koay teow and she is always on my top of my list. She knows my order whenever she sees my face. Usually, I'll have mixed yellow mee and koay teow (flat noodles) plus all the ingredients ie. 3 or 4 medium size prawns, slices of lap cheong/chinese sausages, lots of cockles, cut chives, fresh bean sprout, chili paste and egg.***

^^^^If you stand next to the wok, you can see this aunty uses pork oil to fry and added a lot of chopped garlic and 'chai por' to enhance the taste.....1st Secret!!! From time to time, she'll adjust her fire temperature......this is the art of frying..... VIP Secret!!! ^^^^

####Finally, a plate of delicious and aromatic Penang Fried Koay Teow is ready for you.!!!###

RM4.50 per plate (normal size)

MOF JAPANESE SWEETS AND COFFEE

I’m someone who doesn’t really fancy sweet stuff and moreover my tummy was full after a heavy lunch in Crystal Jade Kitchen (refer to my earlier blog). After much persuasion from my friend, I agree to try out the waffles which are currently on promotion at RM3 each.

MY 'STRAWBERRY KISS'...... hot chocolate cream top with fresh strawberry.......

NOT TOO SWEET,JUST NICE TO MY LIKING











CHEF IN ACTION...... preparing my waffle

MY FRIEND 'TRIPLE KICK'..... 3 flavour of topping ie green tea, chocolate and vanilla.... melted by the hot waffle.

Here's the contact details:-
Level 1, Lot 1.02.00 1.66.00, Pavillion
168 Jalan Bukit Bintang
55100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel:03-21441489/6861

Map to Pavillion KL
http://www.ministryoffood.com.my/
http://www.ministryoffood.com.sg/

CRYSTAL JADE KITCHEN (PAVILLION)

After a few text messages and phone calls on the location of meeting , my ex-colleague and I finally ended up having our lunch in Crystal Jade Kitchen at Pavillion Kuala Lumpur.

Since it was lunch hour, the whole restaurant was packed with customers, As we entered, a waitress ushered us to the ‘one and only table’ available during that time.

The menu was extensive with wide selection of noodles, rice, dim sum, dessert and other side orders. Without much delay, we ordered a plate of Roasted Duck (RM18), 1 plain soup noodle (RM2.50), 1 plain dried noodle dry (RM3.50), 1 basket of prawns dumplings/’har kau’(RM8), 1 basket of deep fried yam pork dumplings (RM7) and 2 glass of chinese tea (RM4). While waiting for our order to arrive, we were served with a bowl of Braised Peanuts (RM3). After waited for 10 minutes, finally our food arrives….

1/2 ROASTED DUCK

Well marinated and roasted evident by the skin colour , meat tenderness and sweetness...

SOUP/DRIED NOODLES The noodles was springy with clear soup and chewy green vegetables

PRAWNS DUMPLINGS
Prawns was fresh and not overly cooked wrapped in silky and smooth dough skin made of special flour/’tang min’

DEEP FRIED YAM PORK DUMPLINGS
Non-oily & crunchy fried layer of skin made from mashed yam with tasty filling made of pork, turnip and onion. Enhance the dumpling taste by dipping into chilly or dark sweet sauce.

Here is the address/contact detail:-
Lot 1, 17.00, Level 1 Pavillion
168 Jalan Bukit Bintang
55100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel:03-21489115

Crystal Jade Chain of Restaurants.

Map to Pavillion KL

BACK.... WITH A 'NEW FACE'

Finally, a new facelift….. a simple yet neat design for my blog. All my time and effort has paid off handsomely. Don’t even cost me a single cent! Hopefully, you guys like this new design but do comment if you wish to.

As I mentioned in my earlier blog, it was a tedious job to create a blog especially for someone like me who don’t have any knowledge in blogging and IT….except using Microsoft Office in my daily job.

Armed with few tips from expert blogger and eagerness to produce my own ‘master piece’ , I spent my entire working hour doing this (luckily, I don’t have much work in the office). I patiently browsed and searched from relevant websites and famous blogs for new suitable templates and useful widgets. Whenever I came across ‘eye capturing’ template and useful widget, I would copied & paste the java script/html code in the added page element. If I dislike the result (such as colour, width, height and etc), I will modified the ‘code/number’. This ‘trial and error’ could take up a lot of your time but once you preview it and gives you a satisfying result,,,,,,, then you will have a BIG SMILE…..just like KENA LOTERI….

Oops….. few days before I decided to give my blog a new facelift , I attended a FREE 2 hours seminar on Profit Blogging System workshop in Petaling Jaya. The speaker who was also the founder of the company also shared with a handful of participants on tips to get more traffic and channel revenue to your blog.

FoodnTravella is BACK!!! But still need 'touch up' from time to time^-^

UNDER MAINTENANCE FOR FACE LIFTING

I'm bored with my current blog design...... so bear with me while I 'touch up' and give a new 'facelift' in my blog la.

Hopefully, it will complete before end of this week:-))