Thursday, September 25, 2014

Breakfast at The Red Beanbag

It's at Solaris Dutamas/ Publika.


So one day my high school mates decided to have a food trip, breakfast actually, to a cafe near Pavilion, we had some plot twists that morning, and so we ended up giving The Red Beanbag a shot. 

[extra note: setting your phone on silent mode, without vibration too, is not a very good idea when you're a person that needs morning call :P]

Not being someone who is familiar with all the fancy food terms that sound cool and pro, it was quite hard to pick something to eat. Check out their menu here.

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In the end, this is what I ordered:

I picked Beef Bacon.

At the moment, here are the few SAT food-words that I didn't know:
-kale (Google image)
-portobello mushroom (Google image)
-hollandaise sauce (Wiki: an emulsion of egg yolk and liquid butter)

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In the end, this is how it turned out:



On the top layer is my first try at hollandaise sauce, followed by the poached eggs, kales, mushrooms, and finally the beef bacon before the fluffy french toast.

Thumbs up to:
- Nice/ interesting recipie
- They have eggs (I like eggs so I hope my meals have them, like a staple food)
- Enjoyable tasty beef bacon and mushrooms (quite meaty, lovers will enjoy)
- It's quite filling

Not so happy with:
- Too much kale (But don't rely on me for this point, I'm a meat lover so I tend to not enjoy vegetables that much. However, considering that a balanced meal ratio of vegetable:meat is 3:2 or 3:1 or 70%:30%, the vegetable content here is considered low, that is if you have a small appetite like me and treats this as a lunch.)
- For those who do not enjoy messy eating, let me warn you that the egg yolk here is runny. So if you're on a date and trying to impress your other dream half, unless you know a graceful/ nice way of eating a runny egg yolk, I suggest you pick another dish without poached eggs.

Verdict: 4/5
It's a very enjoyable meal all in total, and I really missed the taste of the beef bacon.

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These are what my friend ordered:

Signature Baked Eggs *RBB recommended*
Two eggs cracked in a bowl of lamb, chicken and beef bratwurst topped with mozzarella cheese & baked to perfection. Served with sourdough toast.
Andrew's comments:
- the look of the food is nice
- the taste is also not bad
- quite cheesy, sort of like Pizza Hut style cheesy, because it has hot dog (the bratwurst) inside too.
(in other words not for people who can't stand too much cheese)
- but their egg is fresh :)
- recommends my meal instead (Egg Benedict III) :P

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Joh's Burger
Homemade beef patty burger with fried egg, beef bacon rashers, tomatoes & cheese. Served with fries.
Garry's comments:
- the bread and margarine forms a salty yet aromatic duo, a perfect combination!
- the soft eggs and beef patty is very chewy (in other words, enjoyably meaty)
- the bacon rashers are crisp and tasty
- the fries have a just nice saltiness
- the portion is well matched to its pricing

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Now onto the environment, here are some pics:

What was hung on their wall: bags of emotions.
I had an urge to take the violin out of the Passion bag to hear a performance from Andrew. 
On their windows #1
On their windows #2
Glass bottled flowers hanging from the top.
Random photography.
They have a jar of brown sugar on every table.
We've concluded that this is a decent yet cozy place. I love their idea of the bags of emotions hanging on the wall. Each table also comes with a jar of brown sugar, a jar of water, and your eating cutlery (I forgot what else was on the table).

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Its not a bad place to enjoy and chill out/ hang out with your pals. Too bad we didn't try out the coffees selection this time. I might come back again for more if the financial status of my wallet have a good mood. (Yeah, the prices ain't student-friendly. Total tax is 16% if my memory serves me right.)

However they do have the following promotion:
Hopefully it doesn't turn out to be RM19.99. :P
It's not a bad place, check it out. ;)

Le entrance.
Signing out.

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The Red Beanbag Links
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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Starbucks Malaysia Summer & Autumn Beverages

There was a week where I went to places which has Starbucks and thus got a drink for myself, twice in a week! Goodness, my money... T.T

But I did it because it was double points week in conjunction with Merdeka week. (With a Starbucks card, if you buy a certain number of handcrafted beverages you get one free. So yeah, buy lesser beverages for a free drink, why not?)

Anyway here's the summer season specials (although it's summer all year long in Malaysia):


I tried the Tiramisu Frappucino one first, it tastes normal (well, its chocolatey-coffee, and of course the taste is richer/thicker than Chatime coffee series), but then there was these yummy chocolate crunchies inside it and on top of the whip cream (yum!). #instantlove

And so days later I went out with my family, while they were doing their shopping I had no where to shop so I sat down at Starbucks and got my double points a Tiramisu Chocolate Chip Frappucino.

To my speechlessness I found out it tastes almost the same as the Tiramisu Frappucino I bought the other day, almost the same, it even has the chocolate crunchies in it. So it's either I can't differentiate the presence of the extra chocolate chips, or they did not add the extra amount in, or they served me the Chocolate Chip version when I ordered it the other day.


Name got spelled wrongly LOL

Top of the Tiramisu Chocolate Chip Frappucino
But anyway, the cup with Chocolate Chip in its name is more expensive than the other by RM1. My advise: just go for the Tiramisu Frappucino and hope the barista accidentally poured some chocolate chips inside it. (LOL the season is over by now anyway so just head off to the Autumn seasons drinks)

The only autumn beverages promotional poster found on the internet at time of post
For those who hates/ can't stand the taste of vanilla, don't go for the French Vanilla Latte. I didn't get the latte version but I bought the frappucino version (also known as the French Vanilla Frappucino, same stuff, just ice blended version).

I don't like the taste of vanilla (a little is okay though), so I thought since it's Starbucks, lets have some high expectations on what the recipe turns out to be. And yes, I should have known better, Starbucks did live up to it's name as a famous coffee shop, the vanilla taste is quite strong for a person who can't tolerate the flavor. (So for a normal person it should taste like "wow, I can actually feel the vanilla-ness in the coffee!)

I didn't order it with whip cream so I can't really judge how it blended it with, but I managed to finish it probably because the ice shavings in it helped diluted the flavor, or that I was reading stuff and shifted my focus away from the vanilla.

I haven't tried the Dark Caramel Latte... :/ Probably will, when Starbucks comes out with a next good offer.

Here's some pictures anyway.


I don't know what those sprinkles are :o


Those chocolates seem yummy though...

Signing out.

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

等一个人咖啡 影评

“哇劳,这电影超违背逻辑的!不过也很好看就是了。”

事先声明,本人只看过此电影,没读过它小说。另提,也没看过《那些年》,却只读过它小说。所以若本人观点的影评和更热忱的九把刀粉丝们或你的观点有冲突,请多多体谅+指教。

就因为我很孤单没人可约出了门做点事,有时间就去买了一张电影票消磨时间,就挑选了九把刀大人笔下演变成大作品的电影,《等一个人咖啡》。(其实也是因为阿不思很帅啦)



====以下摘自官网====

每一個人,都在等一個人。
繼「那些年,我們一起追的女孩」後,
最受網友期待的九把刀愛情電影
等一個人咖啡 Café.Waiting.Love
台灣上映日期:2014年8月15日
香港上映日期:2014年8月15日
馬來西亞上映日期:2014年8月28日
新加坡上映日期:2014年9月04日
中國大陸上映日期:排期中,敬請期待
電影類型:青春愛情喜劇
出品人:崔震東
監製:柴智屏、九把刀
導演:江金霖
(「那些年,我們一起追的女孩」執行導演)
編劇:九把刀
演員:賴雅妍、宋芸樺、布魯斯、張立昂、洪言翔、陳語安、藍心湄、李㼈
特別演出:周慧敏
台灣發行公司:威視電影
官方網站:http://www.cafewaitinglove.com

《劇情簡介》

大學新鮮人思螢(宋芸樺),來到「等一個人」咖啡店打工,結識了咖啡沖調技術高超,任何客人點的特調咖啡都能做得到的超酷拉子﹣阿不思(賴雅妍)、每天都看似無所事事的神祕美麗老闆娘(周慧敏),和她的暗戀對象﹣喜歡坐在固定座位,看似身邊女友不斷的澤于(張立昂)。
在大學裡擁有許多離奇傳說的學長阿拓(布魯斯)和一群好友到「等一個人」喝咖啡,卻碰上搶走他前女友的拉子-阿不思,很有正義感的思螢看不慣阿拓被好友們嘲笑而大罵對方,而和阿拓結為好友。開朗的阿拓熱血又真誠,為了完成去環遊世界的夢想到處打工,因此不斷的延畢而成為校園中的傳奇老學長。也因為打工認識了看似黑道大哥但其實曾是電影導演的熱炒店老闆暴哥(李㼈),以及擁有一身驚人廚藝的洗衣店老闆娘金刀嬸(藍心湄)。


深深被思螢的正義感電到的阿拓,常常介紹他那些有趣的好朋友給思螢認識,思螢的生活也因為有阿拓而變得多彩多姿。思螢一直暗戀著澤于而只是把阿拓當成無話不談的好朋友,直到阿拓決定要離開台灣,出國去實現夢想時,思螢才明白﹣原來她所等的人……

====以上摘自官网====

本人很喜欢喝咖啡,虽然还没至于可以讨论什么国家的什么咖啡都最好喝的阶级,不过至少也分得出基本的咖啡种类。所以当看到一些不是咖啡热忱的年轻人把喝咖啡当作是一种拍照来发在网上以显示自己的生活来希望有多多人“按赞”的活动时,就会心里不爽。(就像当一个人很喜欢一样东西却被别人很随便地看待)不过由于本人挺欣赏九把刀的笔下作品(虽然不会读过很多),所以就对这部电影有了期待。

等一个人咖啡店竟然是故事里的重要场地设定之一(年轻人的闲逛处么)。好啦,画放一边,店外面的招牌挺可爱的……(幽默实习生在此)


好吧,女主李思莹就凭着一个轻飘飘的性格(就差不多像大多数的台湾剧的女主角那样咯)来到这里打工!然后我就有眼福看帅哥吧台手阿不思的泡“咖啡”技术。

百合!百合!百合!wwww(滚一边啦你
虽然同时也很喜欢看T小姐的场面,不过本人也很enjoy有那本咖啡笔记本的场面。(拥有一本那样的书是本人没实现的梦想,因为没有打油,所以没有加油……)可惜上网找也找不到那本笔记本的图案,所以若你看过电影,你就会知道那是个怎么样的笔记本,若你还没看,这里就有了一个理由叫你去看~


百合场面多多~www(好啦这不是电影里的,这是花恕里的场面)
由于帅哥T小姐阿不思是闻名“怎么样的咖啡都能泡得出”,所以很多人很多人都喜欢来乱点咖啡,就如……

阿拓……(好啦这也是花恕 )
就连演员们都那么可爱了,是不是给了你点鼓励去看这部电影呢?啊,你看了?噢噢,那你也应该知道除了可爱的演员们之外,也有九把刀和导演的合作之下拍出来的笑点,多到这里无法一一列出来~

不过,之前在一个女同志的专业那里的笑话说“那个男生以前取消我,作为报仇……我抢走了他的女朋友”。没想到这一个笑点竟然也被采用在电影里,传说有个学长有个女朋友……


好喜欢这一点……

另说,这是九把刀大人的作品,当然也少不了各种各样的人生理论等等之类的。



等等之类的场面。

同时也喜欢副故事/次要故事所带来的情节/味道……



最好的亮点还是九把刀成熟的爱情观,至于那些我就不放图了,因为那些还是通过影片感受比较有感觉。

若你问我我有不爽这部电影的哪里吗?我说有!我来看这部电影,期待的是一部感人的显示生活篇的爱情故事,结果在故事的重点情节竟然都是一堆不逻辑的事情来挺着的。因为我非常羡慕那些可以没有用魔法之类的不逻辑幻想来写一部感人的故事的人(虽然我不讨厌魔法幻想类),所以看到这部电影的重要情节时我有点无话可说。不过我可以原谅它,因为九把刀的创意可是独一无二的,而且就算有多乱来都好,还是挺感人的。能够让我哭或差有哭出来的电影我都会+1。

另外有不喜欢的就是一些女角色们的性格。本人有时不喜欢看台湾剧是因为那些女主角傻乎乎的,声音又很尖,花痴,还有把整个世界看成是欠自己什么东西那样到处嫌弃却自己不会采取行动,一整个就像被宠坏的小孩一样。虽然在这部电影里面没有那么严重(可是不是完全没有),不过本人还是花了前半段的时间来忍受一些女角色尖尖的声音。还有思莹的花痴行动……



好吧,所有爱情故事的女主角都是要有点花痴/傻乎乎的……


虽然这么说,不过这篇故事非一般的爱情故事。我会给它一个7.5/10的评价!若你还没看就空出自己的一点时间来享受这部咖啡电影吧!