Foh San Dim Sum Ever seen a whole building just for Dim Sum? Well... now you've seen it (on the internet atleast... :p) This kingdom of Dim Sum is located in Ipoh, Perak. It wasn't so huge when I last visited it last year... but now they seems to be the king in the industry.

If you're planning on having breakfast there, you'd better be there early (as in about 7a.m) to ensure you can get your hands on all the Dim Sum rather than disappointed hearts because of the "sold out" sign... As far as I know, they only open in the morning... they don't do lunch and dinners... But if you're on a hurry but still wish to taste them, they have a special "Take-out Department" at the Ground Floor right outside...

REMARK : Their special menu, try the "WOR PAU" it looks kind of like a bee hive... :p

Broga Hill, Semenyih

Broga Hill, also known as Bukit Lalang is famous for it's landscape covered by the local grass slightly similar to wheat. It's located between the border of Kuala Lumpur and Negeri Sembilan. You can easily identify the spot as there are many cars parked at the road side on weekends. Right in front is the "Rabbit Fun Land", you can see the signboard huge in yellow color, but do take not that it is not a park where you can bring your kids for a bunny sight seeing, the place is actually selling RABBIT MEAT. The entrance to the hill is free and through a oil palm where cars are parked in between (wrote there parking fee RM2). Go along the way and you will see the sign showing the way up.

There will be a clear path which you can easily follow, and bare in mind that you will first need to go through a young forest. If possible, bring a walking stick with you, it will help you along the way. Don't worry about being alone in the forest, there are many people hiking with you and as we heard from some hikers the hike starts from 5am.


This was the first time we decided to go for a hike up the famous hill to see for ourselves of the long heard spectacular scenery from the hill top. Sadly, we were not prepared (4 years after graduation, we are seriously lacking of exercise... ) so we only manage to hike for 40 minutes and decided to give up till we are more "prepared". So for those who are having health problem or physically not-so-fit, be prepared... It's not a hard hill to hike, but it is not a long stroll on the beach either. You will need some stamina to get to the top... Then again, even so, we had a good time exercising and taking some pictures of the surroundings. We also still believe that it will be worth the effort to get to the top... So... till then... we shall get ourselves more in shape and try again!! :p

Full House @ Ara Damansara

Full House @ Ara Damansara it's not only a great restaurant, it's nice place for photo shooting as well~ The surrounding shops are mostly unoccupied but that doesn't make Full House any less popular...

Most of the decoration and display items are up for sale (although not what exactly what I would call a budget shopping but some of the items would just perfectly fit that empty space in your house). You can't really see the place from the streets, it's in the middle of the enclosed street which in the past was planned for flea markets.

The whole place is based on white and romantic atmosphere, gives you that tingling feeling of first love~ Not a bad place for marriage proposal I would suggest ♥♥ (hehe...) Once we were there, we picked a seat upstairs where we can look down to the ground floor product display area. The waiter handed the menu and I got to say, it's the cutest menu I've ever seen so far! They even drawn a comic story of how Full House was created, how s weet is that~♥

The set Lunch meals are fairly affordable from the range about RM13.90 onwards... The Chicken Chop was topped with raisins and their homemade sauce, together with whipped potato. I realize that they had a thing for a piece of vege sticking out on top of the meal... Well... It's not doing anything to the taste but I guess credits are given on the looks of it though. Oh and the salad... Sweet! I mean literally when you eat it, it taste sweet. I've never seen my husband so happy with vege before~ Speaking of sweet, their deserts are must have too, gives you that "mmMMMmm" finishing to the meal. After a sweet and filling meal, stay for a while and enjoy the tea (free refile with every pot ordered, the staff seems to very proud of this service and kept asking if we want a refill...) They have plenty of variations on how you like your tea, as for me, I ordered a Jasmine one... I'm happy with the tea as the taste is just right but as for my husband, I think he is more fascinated by the tea pot itself :p

So, if you're on a date or just want to bring your girlfriend somewhere a little more out of the ordinary, note this place into your choices list. (If you want to make a special proposal, I bet the Full House would be happy to arrange it for you too~ Just my thought as the staffs are pretty nice and friendly~ no harm asking right :p )

Address : C-G-11 Block C, No.2 Jalan PJU 1A/41B,
Pusat Dagangan NZX, Ara Jalay PJU 1A,
47301 Petaling Jaya.
Tel : 03 - 7885 0836

Colmar Tropicale - A French Theme Resort

Colmar Tropicale or some known as Bukit Tinggi, Pahang, sitting on the same mountain as Genting Highlands. Although so, you will not see it on the way to Genting as it turns to the other side of the mountain. My first visit here was during my 2nd Anniversary in November 2009 with my husband. The weather there is just nice and cool for a stroll but not as cold as we thought. It was as if we're in a small town in France with the building surrounding (they are the resorts). Even the road are carefully designed to create the atmosphere. You will not find KFC or any usual restaurants here... Only few and all specialty fine restaurants are available. We got ourselves a single room suite for below RM250 (online early bird promotion helps save alot...)

Lunch was simple with Burgers and Chicken Quarter Meal. Mmm... With more or less RM30 per pax the meal was satisfying enough for taste and tummy (think Kenny Rogers... after all... it's owned by Berjaya Group :p)

Ah.. and here comes dinner - my favourite part of the whole trip. French Restaurant named La Cigogne. Definitely a personal recommendation! The set meals are about RM80 per pax but trust me, their lamb chop~ EXCELLENT! I'd never had such lamb chop, so rich in spices and levels of taste~! (*drip drip drip*) The portions are small but most satisfying. I couldn't say more but to have two thumbs up. Western meal will never be the same after having a taste on it... Not to mention their customer service is unbelievably good and the environment - just romantic~♥

Ok... navigating away from the yummy food and on to the attractions :p We went to the Japanese Garden as well as the Rabbit Farm, all F.O.C if you're a in-house guest, else everything has an entrance fee, including the resort premises. Ladies, you can rent a kimono for RM20 if you want to have a go with the Japanese feel for that moment (well... was more into fish feeding that time I didn't pay much attention to the kimono rental service) Dun take it as an adventure trip or else you will be very disappointed. Take it as a relaxing trip and you will find yourself enjoying the walks and nature.

Overall, it's a relaxing holiday get-a-way... A place where everything is slowed down with not much of crowd and not much of commercialized entertainments, just a pure and simple "village" that you can sit by the cafe and wonder your day off... if you are interested, you can check out their website http://www.berjayahotel.com/berjayahills/index.asp