Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 1:38PM 
I managed to catch up with some friends - old colleague - after the rounds this morning. Not much have changed, and the morning coffee was still nice. Shame that the cafe ran out of nasi lemak .....
Universiti Malaya, coffee, friends in Diary Monday, September 12, 2011 at 2:44PM 
Usually, we drove all the way to Kuala Selangor for our routine seafood feast. Yesterday was the first time we actually had something similar to this - a Chinese seafood meal - in town. And it was near Damansara, a place I was not really familiar with, but was glad to have come.
The occasion was Puan Anita's birthday. I wouldn't tell you how old she would be then, but there was a reason why all our cars carry the plate number 9972.
Earlier in the day, she was treated to a day at the spa in Ampang by my friends from the UK. After she was done, I picked her up from the spa, and we drove across to Damansara. The traffic was kind. The direction to the place was a bit tricky though, but I just followed the car in front.
There, we were joined by other friends - Amin and Syahril. In the end, it was a table for 13. We had the usual stuff - steamed fish, sweet and sour crab, soup, prawns etc. Azida, one of our friend, ordered lala - cockles - which was appropriate given the name of the restaurant. We were well bloated by the end of it.
My favorites were the steamed fish and crab. God knows how high my cholesterol went. The sauce went down really well with the hot steamed bun. All sticky and yummy. Unfortunately, I forgotten to snap pictures before we settled down for the food as there were plenty to catch up with the friends. And of course, I was busy stuffing myself as well.
The sight of my plate at the end of it. And this was my forst plate. I had two more after that ....
I pity whoever having to clear the table after us .....
I swore Syahril did this ....All the photos I had were of the damage that was done after the meal. I would definitely recommend the place again. Parking was aplenty, but the trick would be to find the restaurant in the first place. If you were keen, just enter these coordinates on your GPS - 3.124067, 101.607992 - and hopefully you'd be pointed to the right direction. Oh! And the Thai fresh coconut drinks were not to be missed as well!
I could see that the place would be packed for an evening meal. We actually arrived at the place after 3 pm, and there were hardly anybody there. The place were opened from lunch till late evening, and there was a separate air-conditioned area. The facilities there were clean, with plenty of places for handwashing as well. Refer at the photo above for the address and telephone number. Oh! They provide free wifi at the venue - albeit a slow one.
Chinese, Damansara, La La Chong Seafood Restaurant, dinner, friends, restaurant, seafood in Diary, Restaurant, Review Sunday, June 19, 2011 at 5:41PM 
The guest-of-honour had to do some work in the end ....
The initial plan when I went to London last week was to hook up with an old buddy of mine who still remained in the UK after finishing his medical studies. Currently he was in Pharmaceutical industry, awaiting to transfer to Frankfurt. Therefore, he decided to use the time before the transfer to spend some time back home in KL. He was due to return to London tomorrow evening. So, today, we decided to meet up at a friend's place in Subang Jaya. A fee other gang member came along, it was a nice time talking about the old days .....
All the ingredients were fried first
Before they go into the rice with chicken to be cooked together
We were treated with cooking from one of the old buddy, an Arabic rice affair, which I better not attempt to spell. It went down really well. The original plan was for pot luck, but unfortunately, since we had a late night last night, Anita and the boys were still asleep when I left. No chance of preparing anything really. I decided in the end not to take them along, and have my friend from London drive me there. But in the end, there were plenty of food to eat. The chef however, turned late ...... as usual. Instead of brunch, we ended up having a late lunch.
And now, it was ready. Walla!
And the dessertIt was great to see how we evolved since we came back from the UK. But sufficed to say that our career path may have varied since it intentionally set out. It was great fun talking about our exploits when we were students. We talked about our time in Malaysia Hall, what I did when I was in London last week as well what we had been up to since returning. A few of them I have yet to meet after 10 years, at the very least.