Cafe Chidori (カフェ千鳥)

26/2/2012, went to fetch a dhamma talk speaker from Aloka Foundation somewhere in pj, I came across this restaurant named Cafe Chidori. Chidori means thousand birds in Japanese. Now even the name of it sounds so beautiful, haha. Yes, I'm here to tell about how good this place is. X)

Imagine a dream cafe house of yours, Chidori is exactly like a classic dream cafe house. With the welcome greet of a lovely japanese manner, the sound of footsteps on the hard wood floor, the slow female jazz playing in the air and a perfect side window seats... just lovely ^^

The food there is Japanese home style and the chef is a japanese importer of fresh seafood from Shizuoka, Japan (静岡市). First, we ordered the dessert, ya, a dessert before meal, lol. It's made of cheese, Adzuki (read bean) and maccha. It was delicious! I was enjoying every moment of every teaspoon of it dissolving in my mouth... It's a "today special" kind of dessert which they doesn't make much and doesn't named it yet =)

 Oh yea... forget to introduce the "blogger assistant" of today, haha. Hanna. I was with her during the trip to Aloka foundation, that's why I used "we" above. She was so in awe to discover this cafe too, can see that when she gobble up the dessert. =)

And the food is great there, with the normal japanese cuisine price, it was totally worth the cost. The Deep Fried Chicken Japanese Style is awesome! the chicken was juicy and all, even the side dish salad also nice. The cup steam egg is warm and smooth, you can just feel it slide down your throat. And the omelet rice is nice too. The rice inside the egg wrap is rice fried with tomato, you can taste the nice sweet smell of tomato in the reddish rice.

DeepFriedChickenJapaneseStyleディープフライドチキン日本のスタイル(Home Recipe)Rm27

Japanese Omelet Tomato Fried Rice オムレツチャーハン Rm23 

Last but not least, the decoration. I was really in awe and impressed with the decoration and the effect of making it so lovely as a dream cafe house or in japanese style to hit you with the warm feeling of overall Japanese cafe house concept. Books, origami, craft works, photos and the illustration art book from japan... Here are all the rest of the photos in the cafe.

The food they cook here is Japanese home-style and the owner and chef is a direct importer of  fresh seafood from Japan, particularly from Shizuoka. Her speech, looks and mannerisms mimics  a lovely japanese lady which led us to think that she was japanese until our inquisitive noses  sniffed deeper. We found out she is a local person named Lavender who has spent a good part of her life studying, working and settling down in Tokyo. After many years of working for others, she started up a japanese seafood trading business here. Gaining confidence from that venture, she set her mind on turning her dream into reality, that is to  open the doors of Cafe Chidori to japanese food lovers.

quoted from CC Food Travel

Go check it out if you're in the area. And check out their facebook page =)

Link: Cafe Chidori カフェ千鳥 Facebook page

Cafe Chidori,

D7-10-G (Grd Flr) Block D7.

Pusat Perdagangan Dana 1,

Jln PJU 1A/46,

47301, PJ

Tel – 603 784 27 888

爱夏

突然想念咸咸的海水，米白的细纱，异国或童话般的情景。

想念毫无方向驾驶的闯出世外桃源的日子

想念敢敢来，心血来潮什么想要尝试的日子

猜猜那“块”黄色的鲨鱼里装的是哪位家伙？XD

想念重联系，或新认识的朋友或路人们，都是人生中出现让你怀念的星星

想念有着让我继续有心搞浪漫的理由

好想现在就可以踏踏凝集着海水的白沙，抛抛飞盘。
好想再次躺在咸咸的海上，海浪缓缓冲打的感觉。。。

这些的一切将会继续被想念，那么爱夏的我，怎么能少了沙滩呢？哈哈（又臭屁了XD）

真正的浪漫

用嘴巴说出“我爱你”并不困难，用行动表达“我爱你”却不容易。 - 黄桐


有个情窦初开的小女生，看多了爱情小说、偶像剧，愈看愈对自己的爸爸不满意。

有一天，这个小女生忍不住跟母亲抱怨：『妈妈，你跟爸爸结婚多久了？』

做母亲的想了想，说：『大概十五年吧。』

小女生仿佛小大人一样，皱起眉头，说：『你怎么受得了啊？你不觉得爸爸很不体贴吗？』

妈妈很诧异的说：『会吗？我倒觉得你爸爸很体贴啊！』

『哪有！』小女生嘟起嘴，说：『前几天你不小心在浴室里重重摔了一跤，爸爸竟然只是淡淡的说：【 没有摔伤就好 】，根本一点也不关心你嘛！』

母亲微笑的说：『可是你没发现吗？那天后，每次我们洗完澡，爸爸都会去把浴室地板的积水擦干耶。』

『还有啊……』小女孩又说。『前几天你下班的时候，突然下起大雨，可是爸爸竟然没有去公司借你！』

『但是你不知道的是，那天后，爸爸每天都会在我的皮包里，放一支折伞呢。』母亲脸上浮现出幸福的表情。

小女孩不死心似地，继续【举证】 ：『对了！前几天不是情人节吗？可是爸爸根本界忘记了！』

妈妈一边笑，一边搂住女儿：『孩子啊，有一天你会明白，愿意帮你过情人节的，往往未必是好情人；那些总是忘记情人节，却让你觉得 【天天都是情人节】 的人，才是最适合你的人啊。』



♥ 爱的箴言：
我的祖父、祖母，都在高龄九十多岁时过世。记忆里，他们还在世的时候，每天下午都会一起去公园散步，祖父总是小心翼翼的，牵着行动不便的祖母的手。

年纪还小的我，看到他们的背影，也觉得感动。

他们一辈子没有跟对方说过【我爱你】，却用将近八十年的婚姻，展现出真正的爱情；用嘴巴说出【我爱你】并不困难，用行动表达【我爱你】却不容易。

我也时常想，为什么许多媒妁之言结合的长辈，得以一辈子长相厮守；反观现代人，哪个不是自由恋爱，但是为什么感情往往【不得善终】？


是不是因为这个世界选择太多，导致我们最后对那平凡的幸福不屑一顾？是不是因为这个社会诱惑太多，造成我们总是错把 [激情] 当成 [爱情]？


谁都曾经憧憬浪漫如童话故事一般轰轰烈烈的爱情，只是，当繁华落尽，我们往往会发现最耐嚼隽永的，却是最平淡、简单的感情。。。





2月14日，在这刻上了西洋情人节的日子，po了这篇短文，是不是很适合叻~呵呵！*臭屁了*XP


祝各位女士读者们，情人节快乐，巧克力收满满，戴上幸福的笑容吧。=)

"诚意，是最动人的礼物。"

Happy Valentine's Day =)


p/s: dun miss the song... =P

Good to be back

Can't believe Chinese New Year is so fast over. Didn't really had enough time to stick around much, but still there's some good moments.

Few days before CNY, there's this tiger looi, who roars at night and currently imitating the white tiger and freezing in the snow of Nottingham and craves for nasi lemak. lol. A farewell to her before I off to Kelantan. A warm hug says goodbye. :D till the next time miss looi. :)

Then luckily made it in time to have the new year's eve reunion dinner. A simple dinner really means alot, at least for our family, where my brother and my mom's relationship gets better. =/ and as for kelantanese, having a meal with hand is normal XD

And then there was this 盆菜, damn~ the abalone and prawns ans meat and seafood. piuh, don't you just love CNY? XD

The 1st day of CNY was crazeyy, there was this ang pao giving frenzy, any moment on that day. Don't know from who, but it just kept coming, so... doesn't matter. lol.

Then when things settle down, it's surely the time for gathering with good old friends. Some are close, some are just bonded from now. Had road trips and BBQ and yumcha, frequently...

That one thing that I love the most is cruising the road with your own music list...

Now back to campus and after CNY, I wish to lessen my weight. T.T LOL, cny was the last boost, with the pact I made here, i wish it will help me with the determination. haha.  more than half a year, it's been a rock bottom for me, time to strive, time to resurface.

Here's are the photos during trips in kelantan, which are few tourist spot here, mostly temple. Lazy to edit edi, so... here

-=the last photo: Photo of the day XD=-

I will try eventually to make a proper post about kelantan, the places and the food. so.. stay tune. i promise... lol XD

and the one i will miss the most is... my lovely Vicky =D =P