Not knowing where to eat and Nee craving for seafood, I decided to just drive to Kayu Ara’s Pantai Seafood Village for a quick dinner. Well, this is my third visit to the restaurant. You can read my first and second visit by clicking on the links.

Upon arriving, the dinner crowd hasn’t really arrived in full capacity. As it was only two of us, we were seated upstairs this time where the tables were smaller and the environment was generally quieter too.

The waiter came and recommended us a few dishes. We wanted to have curry crabs but they didn’t have curry flavour and the waiter suggested sweet and sour, which also has spiciness in it. It turned out to be a mistake as their sweet and sour didn’t really cut it. Nee was disappointed with the crabs. Try not to order this, if possible. The sweet and sour crab came with a loaf of bread at RM3 per stick. The bread has a different texture, something like fish / chicken meat instead of the fluffy texture.

We also ordered their braised home made tofu, that came with a piece a abalone meat on it. The gravy tasted like the gravy of the mushroom and vegetable dish that you always have during a 7 course Chinese meal. The tofu was good, soft and smooth but not the gravy.

Deep fried mantis prawn cooked in kam heong style. Crunchy and a little spicy. Not too bad.

The bill came close to RM100, with the crab taking up RM39 and tofu RM20. A little on the expensive side but that’s because there were only two of us. If we had more people like our second visit, it would be a very cheap and fulfilling meal. As for my third visit, I would rate it as a slight disappointment. However, the restaurant is worth trying.

I don’t know why did the organizer organized a lantern making competition 5 weeks after the actual lantern festival. Oh well, I still have to cover the event.

Although my objective whenever I come to KL is to eat something different and try restaurants that I have never try previously, there are bound to be situations where I couldn’t think of anything new or there are no makan kakis to bring me around, I tend to visit the same old restaurants and places again.

And so, Sushi Groove was one of them. Since I have blogged about it before, do click on the link to read a more complete review eating experience at Sushi Groove.

It was my sister, Jamie’s lucky day that she called while May Gin and I were on our way to 1U. Being the kind and awfully nice brother, I went to pick her up so that she could join us for dinner.

We placed our orders and food was served in a nifty. First up, salmon sashimi. Fresh and tender, dipped with a little soy sauce mixed with wasabi. Nice! We also had the spicy beef hamburger, egg with rice. I ordered the same thing during my last visit too. Tasted pretty much the same still, a good sign that they maintain their standard and quality.

The curry chicken rice bibimbab came highly recommended by Nee and I placed my order for this dish the moment I sat down. Heh!

The rice was served with hot stone, burning the rice to create a slightly burned yet crispy “burned rice” (I am pretty sure there’s a specific name for it, but it slipped my mind.). Right in the middle of the rice was a raw egg and chicken cubes, which was meant to be mixed up together. On top of the rice was a kind of fish (柴鱼), that seem to be dancing / moving on top of the rice when it was served.

You need to stir them as soon as possible (before the rice gets too burned), hence, get your camera ready.

I can’t recall what was the sushi’s name but I think it was on the top ten favourites for September 2007. It has cili padis in it but I don’t think its spicy at all. The waiter recommended us this sushi and we bought it. Definitely worth trying out.

We also ordered Godzilla Roll, which was a plate of sushis with shrimps and mangoes, topped with cream cheese on top. Absolutely delicious. Although I couldn’t really taste the shrimp, the flavour and colour combination were unique and eye pleasing respectively.

And definitely, my unagis! I ♥ Unagi! Yes, that is also the name for their unagi sushi. I ♥ Unagi!

Heh!

There wasn’t any specific or concrete reason for me to come to KL this time, but I still came to KL just to chill out a few days with my buddies and get out from my room. Since I was already there, I took the opportunity to head down to Pavilion to try the J.Co donuts that created much hype in Malaysia and blogsphere lately.

I picked May Gin up at her residence near PJU and then headed down to city center. After missing a few junctions, U-turns and getting lost a little here and there, we reached Pavilion in one piece and unhurt. That was almost 1.5 hours later. -shy-

J.Co Donuts & Coffee.

I queued up while May Gin went to take a seat. The queue wasn’t as long as portrayed at some blogs as it was a weekday. Hence, it was roughly 10 minutes later I was served.

Not knowing what to take and knowing that their signature donut, “Glazzy” donut is free if you order a drink, I randomly picked three donuts - “Why Nut?”, “Oreology” and “AlCaponne”.

“Why Nut?” is American peanut with premium white chocolate as topping. You got to love the white chocolate topping.

“Oreology”, donut with oreo cookie powder(?) on top.

“AlCaponne”, white Belgian chocolate with crunchy California almonds.

“Glazzy”, donut coated with sweet honey. It came with my glass of iced lemon tea.

Honestly, these donuts are definitely better than Dunkin Donuts. It’s irresistible. After trying 4 of them on Thursday, I was already thinking of going back there the following day to get more of the donuts. The donuts are soft and spongy. Just the right amount and not too much of flour are used, which is a very common practice in other donuts. The donuts won’t give you a bloated feeling after that. It’s nice, really!

Gosh! I want to have my hands on these donuts again!

Although I have resumed blogging earlier than it was supposed be, it didn’t matter how long I wanted my break to be, because on November 9, by hook or by crook, I am definitely going to publish a post on this day. And that one month long break, was the longest break that I have ever taken throughout my three years blogging life. Certainly, the break was essential.

Recharged. Refreshed. Rejuvenated. Yet, still feeling a little lost.

Why November 9? It was on this day, three years ago, that I picked up blogging, created “Jason Mumbles” and filled them with life text and pictures. It is now entering its forth year of existence in this cyberspace.

Is it worth celebrating? I am not sure.

1) Contents

I think say my blog posts are getting repetitive. Food, food, food, something else, something else, food, food, food, something else, something else, food, food, food and the cycle repeats itself. To say my blog is a food blog, it’s not really appropriate as I am nowhere near the hardcore food bloggers like KampungBoyCityGal, Food Lover Joan Chew, Babe_kl, Boo_licious and many more; neither I am a lifestyle blogger like Cely, Jolene, Timothy and many more as there aren’t many events and happenings in the historical city of Malacca (except for my own life) and also my blog contains a lot more food related posts than life posts. So, what does that make me? A hybrid without the pros of both side?

2) Writing Style

My writing style has always been simple and straight forward. In other words, boring and dull. Vocabulary? It’s almost non existent. I don’t like to read, that’s why. I can’t even remember the last story book I read. Was it Enid Blyton’s or the novel adaption of Toy Story? Fanciful writing is so not my thing. I can’t really coin a long sentences with beautiful words and I certainly can’t describe something well enough. Don’t even think of penning down my inner thoughts. I am not hoping to be able to write fancifully, but a different writing style, more vocabularies, better descriptions and varieties of words and sentences would be a plus.

3) Picture Composition

Yes, my pictures have improved a lot with the acquisition of my very own digital camera FZ30 but I think the improvement curve has now reached an almost horizontal line. I was and never good in arts, I don’t have the creativity and certainly, the eye of composing. Photography is pretty much about lighting and composing your pictures. I certainly can’t compose a very good picture. In a simpler sentence, I am not able to see what others able to see, be it the technical stuffs and / or angles. I learn through trial and error and also by trying to imitate what I see from other pictures, which I failed terribly as well. On top of all these, the thought of buying a dSLR keeps on lingering in my brain. The unique and distinctive sound of the SLR mechanical shutter sound is really addictive.

Let’s just stick with three points, for now.

Still worth celebrating?

Every one has a different definition and ideas about a good blog. Click on the link to read what Robin has to say about “What Is Considered As A Good Blog?“. That said, reality is harsher and crueler and most of the time, a good blog is judged by its unique visitors, daily hits, page ranks and many other ranking algorithms. And I am ranked way way way below.

Well, despite all the lost feeling I had before this and now, I still think it’s worth celebrating. The reason? It’s my blog and I have put it considerable amount of love, effort, passion and time to nurture this humble blog of mine. For that reason, it’s worth celebrating. Not to mention, to be able to stay in this cyberspace where every thing gets outdated and replaced in just a blink of an eye, it’s still something to be proud of.

Last but not least, thank you to all of you who read and visit “Jason Mumbles“. Thank you, all of you. You honour us with your bravery.

And again, may all the silent readers at least leave a comment? Just so that I know who is reading my blog.

May the forth year be a fruitful year.