Speed blogging from Ipoh right now as we speak.

So I drove back to Ipoh – in the goddamned rain! – last night to attend an event right after an event in the city. 

ELEVATE hits downtown Ipoh @ Sensation of Sound (S.O.S)!

*Full blogpost coming soon*

Talk about a back-to-back schedule on a Saturday! Geez. But it was all worth it.

Coming back to the place I spent half my childhood in is always something to look forward to 

Heck, it's practically my first time partying/clubbing in Ipoh! 

Was taken to supper after the party! I shall eat what the Ipoh-peeps eat 

Popular for their Bak Chiok (baby octopus) & Yuet Gong Hor (Raw Egg "Moon" Koay Teow noodles), Restoran Tuck Kee along Jalan Yau Tet Shin is the place to go.

We also had Braised Chicken Feet – I didn't eat it but the others did! – , Herbal Boiled Eggs & Pork Balls

People patronize them during dinner and it's also the to-go place for "after-clubbing" hours.

Coming back to the comforts of home means being spoiled by comfort food as well.

A gift from granny. Kieldsens' original Dannish butter cookies! 

Discovered excellent news that made the raver in me jump for joy!

The legendary God of Trance music, Armin Van Buuren will be making his way to Sepang, Malaysia for A State of Trance (ASOT) 600!

Mark your calendars fellow EDM-kakis, for March next year will be so fun!

Cuddles & playtimes with my babyChivas 

He's the best cat in the world, my one & only –  I love him to bits! 

If you can ever read this, lil one, mommy loves you a whole lot

So what else did I do earlier in the week? Let's see..

Woke up early to have quite an elaborate breakfast Tuesdate with boyfieKon

at La Bodega @ Bangsar Shopping Centre

I fully recommend the Club Sandwich, Big Breakfast and Eggs Benedict with Smoked Salmon on Toast.

It was sucha hearty breakfast and much chattering over coffee & hot chocolate. 

Tues outfit of the day! Casual with an edgy hint on a day out 

Fri outfit of the day! Played it girly with a childlike, Japanese touch. Matched my iPhone with my outfit too!

Oktoberfest with the buddies! 

Drink up on a Friday night to kickstart the weekend 

Made Organic Wholewheat Durum Spaghetti with Roast Chicken,

Button Mushrooms, Chopped Basil & Asparagus for dinner

Breakfast like a king! Had O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bar @ The Curve

The Big Club Sandwich & Classic Triple Decker Sandwich were real winners! 

Brunch! Fruit & veggie platter of mangos, watermelon chunks and celery

Dinnertime. My fave mix of oven-roasted Zucchini, Baby Potatoes, Australian Carrots, Pumpkin,

Shallots, Garlic and a generous amount of Rosemary & Black Peppercorn seeds

Dinner again! Organic Wholewheat Durum Pasta Carbonara with Broccoli,

Button Mushrooms, diced Carrots with lots of onions! 

Replaced cream with a healthier alternative – a nice blend of low-fat yoghurt, egg-whites & milk.

And when I do decide to eat out, Japanese food has always been at the top of my list.

Check out the Grilled Gindara Codfish in Teriyaki Sauce I had at Sushi Zanmai @ The Curve

Another one of my all time favorites – the Caterpillar Maki Roll, also from Sushi Zanmai 

Can't ever say no to Grilled Unagi (eel), Omelette & Avocado 

Imma let you in on a little secret 

You know how I always share the healthy, clean food that I either homecook or when I eat out, right?

Truth is, that's as close as I can actually get to my ideal diet.

A whole lot of my sweet-tooth snacking, overindulging & unhealthy food enters my system too. 

Hey, I'm only human – just like you.

But the very moment I've set my mind to propagating health & fitness, by inculcating this idea and motivating all of you, I have to first set an example. 

One always have to practise what one preaches, right? 

And I'm glad I've managed to drive this point home, from the feedbacks I've received and by mere observation. I see more and more healthy eating & an obvious increase of a fitter lifestyle in all of you.

So proud of ya'll! 

My favorite bowl of Mac & Cheese. Just one of the many sins I indulge in. Don't we all?

I hope this doesn't demotivate you, but rather motivate you even further with the truth.

So don't be discouraged or think you've failed and have to start all over again, whenever you succumb to that burger, pizza, chocolates or nasi lemak – I do too. 

The moment you make an attempt, you're one step closer to your idea lifestyle, ya hear me? 

Oh and yes, some good news to share!

I've been invited to a fully-sponsored trip to Cambodia to attend BlogFest Asia 2012 held in Siam Reap! 

Simply cannot wait – Angkor Wat, here I come! 

Before I go, as usual, a song of the week for your listening pleasure 

Got this one stuck in my head since last Friday at David Guetta's rave party . 

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8aaR6jo4VA

The lyrics. Just six sentences, but means so much. Just… yeah. 

Have also been plagued by an alarming, inexplicable occurrence in the household that is seemingly responsible for my missing belongings and finding those said missing belongings in the possession of others 

There is a fine line between having absolute trust in someone and

having to believe in the supernatural. I can only choose one. 

No matter. Whatever it is, I'll have it dealt with. SMILE! That's all for this week's wrap-up.

Have a lovely seven days ahead of you!  I will too.

Sleep well, ladies and gents. Let your dreams take flight *yawns*

Much love,

Jessicat

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Have you ever been put under duress to only use four out of your five basic human senses while eating?

I have… last Tuesday, albeit not at gunpoint LOL. My dinner experience will never be the same again!

My plus one for the dinner function 

We're both absolute cheese lovers and was more than up for this! 

Thanks to Pizza Hut Malaysia for inviting me to the Sneak Preview Media Launch of their Cheesy 7 pizza

Cheesy 7 pizza? Sounds familiar, you say? 

Yup, that's because it is.

The all-time favorite Cheesy 7 is coming right back at us… on our plates and into our stomachs! YAY!

((STYLESHOT OF THE DAY))

Jessicat wears: Off-shoulder top in teal by G2000 Blu | Skinny Jeans in Dark Blue by GUESS |

Metal Owl neckpiece from a local bazaar | Superman Shield Belt by DC |

Raspberry Sorbet Tote Bag in Red by Burberry | Suede Peep-toe wedges in Dark Grey by Vincci |

So I dolled up, brought my appetite & empty stomach with me and I made my way to…

Pizza Hut @ Kota Damansara

Entering!

Looking around made me soon realize that I haven't stepped into Pizza Hut for quite a while.

Today's entry will be quite a nostalgic one. The interior of the Pizza Hut outlet brought me fond memories of all the Pizza Huts I've dined in when I was growing up 

OLD PHOTO IN PIZZA HUT @ BAYAN BARU PENANG | CIRCA 2006

My gang of homies and I would often infuse our dishes with copious amounts of cheese. (As above)

Even that is an understatement! We'd pour the entire cheese-shaker into our pizzas, soup & all the side-dishes and giggled to ourselves when the Pizza Hut waitress jawdropped in disbelief when she brought another FULL cheese-shaker to our table.

Heh. heh. heh. The joys of being obnoxious teenagers. 

Now we don't have to do it anymore because I heard Pizza Hut's Cheesy 7 is making its comeback!

Ready for another blast from the past? 

Yeah, you can also derive pleasure in laughing at old photos of the young Jessicat.

OLD PHOTO IN PIZZA HUT @ GURNEY DRIVE PENANG | CIRCA 2007!

(Haha I was chubby & goodness gracious, the hair! I must be emo)

After college lessons, my classmates and I used to head to the nearest Pizza Hut for lunch!

We spoke of silly things, did ridiculous stuff with our pizza & crafted pretty ingenious ways of eating it LOL

OLD PHOTO IN PIZZA HUT @ KINTA CITY IPOH | CIRCA 2008!

My family and I often patronize Pizza Hut for both occasions and non-occasions Family dinner/reunions with thefockers always keeps all our stomachs happy! 

Granny loves the cheese Uncle Mike loves the crust, Mom & I love the topping, Aunty Queenie loves the salad, Goddy loves the side-dishes (especially the buffalo wings) & the couzzies just munch down everything! So.. where else but Pizza Hut?

OLD PHOTO IN PIZZA HUT @ MAJU JUNCTION MALL | CIRCA 2009!

Pizza Hut loved me enough to invite me to a food review of their new Crunchy Cheesy Bites back in 2009

Blogpost – here

As you can see throughout the years, Pizza Hut saw me growing up. 

They loved me. But I loved them more 

A little mouse dropped this into my mailbox last week  

And today…….

NOT OLD… BUT NEW PHOTO IN PIZZA HUT @ KOTA DAMANSARA | OCTOBER 2012! 

We were given a welcoming speech by April Yim before everything began.

She gave us a breakdown of the agenda for the evening 

She then announced a Twitter contest!

The person who gets the most RTs of "Dear @PizzaHutMsia , bring back the #cheesy7 pizza!" will win!

So all of us spammed our timeline coaxing our dear friends at Pizza Hut Malaysia to bring back what we love

Haha! Just a small part of our whole night efforts of convincing 

LOL boyfieKon snapped a photo of me tweeting all night

Mr. Yusof Ishak, Marketing Manager of Pizza Hut, also gave a few words and expressed his warm welcome and gratitude to us who came for tonight's Cheesy 7 Sneak Preview Red Carpet Media Launch party 

Pleasure's all ours, actually! 

We were told that we were going to be sampling four new types/toppings of Pizza Hut's Cheesy 7.

I was all fine & dandy until… I found out that we were going to be blindfolded. Wha–WHAAADDDD??? 

BUT BUT BUT I need my eyes to appreciate how yummy the pizza looks like!

What am I going to see with now? 

I soon found that it was precisely their point. You don't need your eyes to taste food, yo.

With one sense down, I was able to solely focus my sense of smell & taste on the flavours of the pizza

Evelyn helped me take photos of me while I helped her take photos of her. 

Any better ideas? Heck, we were blindfolded & happened to be sitting in front of each other!

Before our pizza arrived, I stole a few self shots & peeked at what was going on around me. 

They might've stripped me away of my sense of sight, but I still have very powerful sense of smell & sense of taste!

Okay now I risk sounding like a hunting bloodhound 

CAN'T SEE? NO PROBLEM. Let my tastebuds be the judge 

Generation X & Y these days can never seem to get off their gadgets – even to eat in peace.

Being blindfolded would mean we were not able to tweet, take photos, share nor do anything except EAT and appreciate our food. It was a terrific move, I must say! 

The first pizza!

Muahahahha since I wasn't able to see how it looks like, YOU WON'T TOO 

As I sank my teeth into the first slice, it had me at the first bite. 

The first pizza tasted amazing and was very cheesy (duh)! I reckon it had chicken chunks, chicken meatloaf & chicken sausages in it… also tasted some onions (and capsicums I think?), a yummy tomato base and needless to say bursting with 7 amazing cheese flavours.

Here's an unglamorous photo of me ravaging my favorite one outta the four pizzas…

of which I THINK could be the Chicken Supreme?

As the second pizza came, the Pizza Hut staff helped us to our plates and passed us our pizzas directly into our hands as we obviously couldn't see where the pizza was placed.  

We didn't even know where the plates were if we didn't feel it in front of us!

The second pizza! 

The second pizza had a completely different taste to the first one altogether. This one, apart from also being very cheesy, was juicier and the seafood smell was a giveaway  I could taste the Thousand Island sauce in it. I then bit into what tasted like tuna and crabmeat slices!

I speculate this to be the Island Supreme?

The third pizza! *sniff sniff*

I didn't fancy this one too much – perhaps I was almost getting full? 

This one had very meaty, beefy taste to it & I somehow found it a tad overwhelming for me. But I don't exactly fancy beef too much so you can't take my word for it. This would undeniably be a meat lovers' dream though

It was served piping hot! Had to blow on it first, lest I burn my lips! 

I could taste (and you can see LOL)  chunks of beef, ground beef & beef pepperoni that rised above the strong taste of cheese

I reckon it COULD be the Super Supreme or the Pepperoni Delight?

The fourth (and last!) Pizza!

This, to my best experience throughout all the years of pizza-eating, is undeniably Hawaiian Supreme!

I could definitely distinguish the chicken meatloaf & zesty pineapple chunks  I liked this one too

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After I finished all four different Cheesy 7 pizzas, I was full to the brim but decided against unbuckling my belt or unbuttoning my jeans.

We were individually asked to share what we thought of the four pizzas to the rest at the table.

Thanks for the photo, Evelyn!

With my favorite being the first and the second pizza, I recounted my (blindfolded) experience while eating them & put my opinions forward.

The first pizza wins hands down! I can't wait to eat it again when Cheesy 7 finally decides to return to Pizza Hut 

As we speak, it returns TOMORROW!! 

Realizing that I can't be glued to my chair forever, I just had to walk off my extremely full stomach.

So here are some photos of my buddies and I during our Pizza Hut moments

So many happy faces! Clearly, we all enjoyed our Cheesy 7 experience. 

Just when we thought that was all, *poof* appeared Pizza Hut's signature side-dishes on our table!

Favorites Platter

A delightful platter of all-time favourites. A combo of Toasted Chicken & Cheese Rolls, Criss-cut fries

and New Orleans Drumettes that's lip smacking tasty complete with carrots and cucumber sticks with Cool Lime Dip.

The rolls are awesome, no joke right there!

Spaghetti Aglio Olio

Succulent prawns and roasted Shitake mushrooms tossed with red capsicums, fried garlic and roasted onions.

Garnished wish fresh parsley and chilli flakes.

I'm always a fan of Aglio Olio pasta so yes, I approve of this! 

Meatballs Bolognaise Spaghetti

Meatballs, minced meat and roasted onions simmered in tomato sauce and sprinkled with Parmesan cheese.

BoyfieKon sure liked this one!

Oooooooooohhhh.. what's that, Yusof?

Tempura Prawn Garlic Rice

Aromatic garlic rice served with roasted onions, fried garlic, chicken loaf, crabsticks, silced mushrooms,

diced red capsicums and tempura king prawns.

The tempura prawns were gone within a split of a second. What? Don't look at me! *whistles* 

Hehe thank youuuuuu Pizza Hut for feeding us so well & making sure our tummies are happy 

My Tuesday dinner has never been better. Good times, good food & good company!

EAT. LAUGH. SHARE. That was certainly what we all did – because that's what we're good at! 

One thing made me a notch happier that night.

Remember the Twitter contest I mentioned at the start of this blogpost?

 I was one of the winners!  Now I have free Pizza Hut vouchers aplenty!

Which means, more cheesy pizza for boyfieKon and I! 

So much to go around… can't wait to give my family a Pizza Hut treat too 

We returned home stuffed and happy… and cheesed!

In the meantime…

BRING BACK THE CHEESY 7 NOW!! NOW NOW NOW I IMPLORE YOU!

Thank you Pizza Hut Malaysia for an amazing time!

Till next time! You'll see me and my loved ones at your outlets again very soon 

Okay I know I owe you guys loads and loads of my cooking escapades!

If you are following me on Twitter, you would know that I've been cooking up heaps of stuff for lunches and dinner – often experimental and adventurous.

Cheesy Penne Pasta Potato Bake with Roast Chicken! 😀

Oh and, just so you know, I never follow recipes. So I have no idea how the "recipe" just popped up in my head!

Hmmm… perhaps all these years of eating or numerous food review sessions has subconsciously taught me a thing or two and honed my long-time repressed culinary instincts.

Anyway, that's what I made for dinner for my family in Sydney!

Feast up! Also, I will also show you a brief step-by-step on how to recreate the dishes.

Everything I cook is pretty damn easy, to me. If I can make them,  I don't see why you can't as well!

Ingredients used – potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, capsicums.

Chop 'em up, dice 'em well, slice 'em well!

Before you cut up your veggies, you might want to pre-heat your oven first to prepare for roasting.

Set it to about 180 degrees Celcius.

Marinade a whole raw chicken with salt, black pepper and barbeque/mushroom sauce.

Stuff the chopped vegetables into various parts of the poor thing.

Yes. That's my hand inside its asshole.

Sprinkle more condiments and your favorite herbs. I used basil and rosemary.

Remember to line your roasting tray with aluminium foil or butter it!

Take it out of the oven after about 45 minutes or how well-cooked your chicken is INSIDE.

Lay it to cool and carve it to shreds.

Boil potatoes and mash them with salt, pepper, milk and butter

Boil the pasta of your choice. I chose curls and penne.

Stir fry onions, garlic, spring onions, mushrooms, veggies and that shredded roast chicken

with your fave pasta sauce

Put everything together in a casserole dish layer by layer.

Mix the pasta evenly with the sauce mixed with everything you've fried earlier, and layer with mashed potatoes and grated cheese. Then pop it in the oven again to bake for about 30 minutes on 150 degrees celcius.

You want your cheese to melt into the potatoes and the layers below it.

Yadda yadda yadda preparation time in total would be about 2 hours +

Okay, everyone is hungry… let's eat!

Salad for appetizers!

Mix cherry tomatoes, sliced mushrooms, avocados and lettuce with mayonnaise or mustard.

Have a good balanced diet!

Eat them together with the main meal. Are you hungry yet? 😀 😀

Ta-da! Portion for one.

We ended up getting 2nd, 3rd and 4th helpings!

I'm glad they loved it. Ahem. They better do 😛 😛

For it is cooked with love, by me

Whee I love to see a happy family enjoying my home-cooked dinner!

There was plenty to go around!

Not bad,. All gone! I've made another extra casserole dish… waiting for tomorrow though

Here's to hoping it will suffice for lunch tomorrow! 😀

Oh and, this also marks Episode One of my lil cookbook of homemade nomsters by me.

If you haven't tried making this, you probably should. Serves 5 and above 🙂 All the best!

I have been a fan of cheese since, forever. Any of my family members or childhood pals would know that. I was hailed as Queen Cheese in my family tree and I’d be tempted by anything that involves cheese. Hmm, and I was nicknamed Monterey Jack, the character from the cartoon Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers.

My alter-ego and his beloved piece of cheese

I guess, as you grow up, certain likings grow out. Hmm… now, although I still love cheese, I was strangely repulsed by the cheese-heinous acts of my buddies:

All I could do was to stare blankly at these bizarre cheese crimes
and watch in horror as the entire shaker ran completely out of cheese

It’s like this feeling where you could feel the bile at the end of your tongue – when one gets one too many cheese. Ya’ know what? I don’t reign in cheeseland anymore, with all due respect, I step down and pass over my cheese crown.

Any takers?