tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59493222024-03-07T15:03:07.075+08:00KampungkayellFood, life, and fun in my "kampung,"(village), KL (Kuala Lumpur). Did I mention "food?"Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.comBlogger259125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-13594776268705028372011-07-15T17:32:00.003+08:002011-07-15T17:52:52.126+08:00"I did the BERSIH thing for my babies." By Goh Siu LinMy blog has been on hiatus for awhile but Siu Lin, the author, wrote this just this week and I felt that it really needs to be read as widely as possible. So I asked her permission to do so.I've known Siu Lin and Wee Tee for years now and both of them graduated as lawyers, although only Siu Lin is practicing now. Wee Tee works with a luxury cosmetics brand and is very successful at her career Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-49062497756193508242010-02-06T11:13:00.003+08:002010-02-06T11:36:55.306+08:00Hiatus :-)Hi allI just noticed that the time has flown in between my last blog and this one. And it's not fair to those who do check in for me to keep them hanging. I'm going to take a hiatus for now as time just doesn't permit and something has to give. I plan to be spending more time on Twitter now so do follow me on @nigelskelchyThanks very much for being so supportive in the past.Best regardsNigelAllan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-92142754658236383602009-11-01T19:16:00.014+08:002009-11-02T00:04:09.515+08:00(Not Halal) Dragon-I, The Curve, an invited review for their Hairy Crab Promotion"What are you doing for lunch on Saturday?" chirps her madge! (Yes I know, "Her Madge" is used to describe some OTHER celebrity, but while I LURVE THAT "madgesty" in all her incarnations, this one is someone I actually know and she is the Queen of DSLRs) "Nothing...I think" waiting with bated breath to be invited to some scintillating soiree. Her "Madgesty" did not disappoint. "Would you like to Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-73301689987980266872009-10-26T23:09:00.007+08:002009-10-27T12:44:07.081+08:00Octoberfestavali (Coined by Cheng Yi) 2009Octoberfestavali, a most appropriate Malaysian celebration, combines Octoberfest (where Germans' drink) and Deepavali, which of course, the Hindus in our community have just celebrated; a triumph of good over evil. And with apologies to our Hindu brethren, we felt that alcohol is always a good cleanser especially when you consume copious amounts of the good spirits...of single malt. To that end, Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-1203069972971887932009-10-21T23:44:00.005+08:002009-10-22T12:38:13.872+08:00Bangkok - from the mundane to the sublimeWe indulged in the whole spectrum.From Pizza in a chain restaurant all the way to Royal Thai.From Grasshopper street food to Ruen Mallika. And Pad Thai in a "Thai Gourmet" place (very ordinary) in Emporium Mall to Jim Thompson's Restaurant on the river.And of course, the obligatory Sticky Rice with Mango, which, when all was said and done, was disappointing. The best I'd ever had was from a Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-79275805335239509652009-10-12T18:20:00.003+08:002009-10-12T18:26:09.492+08:00Voting for Nuffnang Awards now overThanks for all who participated in the recently concluded Nuffnang Awards. Results will be announced on Friday 23 October 2009. I'm sort of assuming the results will be listed on Nuffnang's award website.Fingers crossed for Lyrical Lemongrass and her blog A Whiff Of Lemongrass!All the best Ms L!Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-45316325486435470612009-10-09T23:14:00.010+08:002009-10-10T01:51:50.977+08:00Vote for www.awhiffoflemongrass.com for BEST FOOD BLOGWe're in the home stretch. Alilfatmonkey, who's neither little, nor fat, created the badge you see on the left. Nuffnang is closing the voting on 11 October. So as of today, we have less than 2 days left to vote for the BEST FOOD BLOG for the Region.I thoroughly believe that Lyrical Lemongrass deserves the nod.Yes, she's a friend. But if you read her blog you will know that she's passionate aboutAllan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-7469037574722258422009-10-05T13:43:00.005+08:002009-10-06T11:48:01.527+08:00Elegant Inn, Menara Hap Seng, Jalan P RamleeIt was fantastic to meet someone so passionate about food. Jeanette Han, one of the owners of The Elegant Inn asked Kris of weddingsmalaysia.com to invite some wedding planners to review their new private rooms. Ann Lee, ever efficient AND insisting that we do a better job than her charming people, dragged us along. I think that's her ruse for company really. ;-) We get to Elegant Inn and it's Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-48536032534358535022009-09-25T22:06:00.004+08:002009-09-25T22:50:59.085+08:00Sipadan-a spiritual journey (Pics in the links)We arrive on Mabul after losing a bag at the hands of Malaysian Airlines. Notwithstanding the fact that they have systems to retrieve it, it shouldn't have happened.Our checkout dive on the housereef was uneventful. Or eventful, depending on how you look at it. A 5 foot garoupa swimming 3 feet away from you and catching you in it's backwash is eventful, isn't it?Jun, Allan and I were listed as Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-73196108366758482912009-09-09T21:40:00.013+08:002009-09-14T00:22:18.347+08:00Shark's Fin House, Jalan ImbiOne fine Monday evening, we stepped out with Mo Lin with the wind in our, well, eyebrows, and roared down to The Marc Residence in Jalan Pinang.We attended the "I♡KL" event held in Delicious at the Marc. And it was the biggest agglomeration of people in white that I've seen in a long time.The event was organised by Randomalphabets.com for no other reason than to have Malaysians from every walk ofAllan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-73580939593697412882009-08-28T14:02:00.007+08:002009-08-31T16:57:47.936+08:00Dinner & Ramadhan Menus at Bangsar Seafood (HALAL)"What la you! I've been here for 30 minutes waiting for you on my own already! I'm heartbroken!" So sings the oft repeated refrain from A2, otherwise known as toyboy(not mine, he's taken). I've warned him about crying wolf too often but to no avail. And he does it so charmingly, so I play along.Fatboybakes had arranged a food review with Bangsar Seafood Centre on request from their Public Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-782039977915695132009-08-23T19:39:00.003+08:002009-08-27T21:12:40.311+08:00Sage in The Gardens - Lyrical Lemongrass's almost-quite SURPRISE birthday partySage is a restaurant conceptualised and started by the Chef of the old Cilantro. Put that together with bunch of food bloggers bent on treating a dear one to a surprise birthday luncheon and you have a recipe for carnage. Either that or an orgy! What with the moans and groans from around the table, you would think that sex had been replaced by food.Wait...That's the case with this bunch actually!Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-77509883755158066022009-08-23T15:34:00.008+08:002009-08-24T15:55:48.612+08:00The Ming Room (non-halal)From terracotta horses hand-carried all the way from Xian, China, to the yummy ginger cod mee hoon soup and the luscious durian pudding, The Ming Room has returned with a Roarrr!In any case, since we were free one Sunday, Ms Chan Mo Lin, one of the owners of The Oriental group of Restaurants invited Allan and myself out to lunch to catch up. Along the way, we dragooned "Amelia" to come along. Mo Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-34682761014702689562009-07-30T12:09:00.013+08:002009-08-04T13:20:56.557+08:00A Rum Ol' Dinner at Rama V"Suck on it!" exhorts Cumi archly!I almost fell off my chair.But of course, the quiet, wry, smirk that was on his face meant that I should extract all the goodness out of the 9" long Spider Crab Claw that was in my eager but saucy hands!And what a mouthful it was. Rich, buttery, and that amazing, sweet, savoury, coconut milk sauce redolent with all the herbs and spices which make Royal Thai Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-51215278742074882812009-07-20T10:00:00.003+08:002009-07-20T10:38:27.116+08:00Travelling away from home to be closer to itIt's been 6 days now that we've been away.It's been an amazing and fun-filled stay. We have another day here in this beautiful place before we say "so long" knowing that we will return.Today, however, I feel compelled to write about what is happening at home in reflection to what is happening here.A man has been killed. The fair part of my mind is saying wait till all the evidence is in before Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-90532425777467485692009-07-16T23:25:00.005+08:002009-07-17T23:53:35.503+08:00Bali Jaunt Day 2I'm finally getting used to the moped/scooter. It's a Yamaha Nuovo and makes this amazing sound like a chicken farting. It's quick, it's wobbly, it has this feather light throttle that makes it jerk ahead, and it makes rubbernecking vewwy, vewwy, difficult.For instance, there are MANY of these around. Eye Candy that is...I obviously only got to take pictures of these few OFF the two wheeled Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-45122389607760589782009-07-15T23:42:00.005+08:002009-07-16T17:59:30.435+08:00Bali jaunt Day 1It's been a week of trepidation.Omigod, I had so much work to finish before we left for our trip to Bali.And so much guilt to work through because we're leaving during our busiest season of the year.However, it had come to a point that we needed to bite the bullet and go for a break before we were swamped for the rest of the year with nary a break in sight.There we were rushing things out till Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-91765074701606200792009-05-28T22:18:00.002+08:002009-05-28T22:30:26.682+08:00CompetitionDo you feel that people in Malaysia tend to fear competition?I used to work with this gentleman in the US and he taught me a very useful idea of seeing competition. He used to say that "competition should focus you. You shouldn't be afraid of it. It's a fact of life. It's only what you choose to do that sets you apart."We live in an open society (well sort of). And competition of any sort in Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-76731289187667551052009-05-03T12:46:00.004+08:002009-05-03T13:46:41.863+08:00Pork Pies from Bristol"So, is there anything that I can get you from here?" (Pic on the left is as delivered from Si, with the calculations of how much it cost written in pencil on the bag)As the words appeared accross the screen on gmail chat, I knew there was only one thing I wanted. Well, two actually, but we won't go there. This is an, umm, PG rated blog you know."Pork Pies. YUM! With a nice wodge of cheddar and Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-36514583497451868252009-04-27T21:42:00.005+08:002009-04-27T23:04:09.810+08:00Krazeeee about Krispy Kremes ;-) Hmmm, I wonder if I should be so glad. I walked into bootcamp today and Masta V gave me this packet with the familiar (to me at any rate) cursive and the High Glycemic Index food of Krispy Kremes.I haven't eaten it yet but if it's as I remember, they should be soft and yielding, great flavour and SWEEEEEEEEET!Since I'm not supposed to have carbs at night, I'll have a bit of this with my muesli Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-31653023910964509262009-04-21T13:14:00.017+08:002009-04-27T00:14:49.707+08:00Eating to Live or Living to Eat Part 2When I first started eating 6 meals I had already been exercising for 2 1/2 months. I wasn't really watching what I ate but for most, it would have been a decent diet. Breakfast of muesli, lunch of a meat, a little veg and some rice and then tea was a piece of fruit and dinner again meat, and a little rice. Those were my 'everyday' foods.Then I sort of decided to 'up' it to the next level. I had Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-32633487217630666502009-04-20T00:19:00.012+08:002009-04-20T18:18:41.378+08:00Eating to Live or Living to Eat Part 1It's impossible. Or I thought it would be.The natural pull of Kuala Lumpur is for one to practice Living To Eat. I mean, with food and colour and textures and tastes of such intensity everywhere, it's sort of difficult just to be sensible about eating. Every meal is an opportunity for an adventure. Every meal is an opportunity for a gathering for a giggle to lift you from the mundane.I love Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-67741795335363371622009-04-12T08:00:00.000+08:002009-04-12T08:54:58.461+08:00AngusThere are a plethora of food choices in Kuala Lumpur. The one that we were invited to to do a sponsored food review is not an obvious one that springs to mind. Angus Charcoal Grill Steakhouse, as you can see in the photos above, was very quietly understated. Almost too much so when you compare it to all the other eateries around which are practically screaming at you to "COME IN AND GIVE US A TRYAllan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-87237446517387141222009-04-07T23:17:00.000+08:002009-04-08T12:54:53.687+08:00Favourite EatsInstead of the usual post per restaurant, I thought something different...So here's my experiment; one post about my favourite eats through the last couple of weeks. Including the ones that I cooked myself. This is most definitely NOT a halal post.Hatyai StreetHonest to goodness trotters. Braised or deep fried. Sweet, succulent, juicy and decently priced. Won't break the bank. You can get away Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949322.post-68308944366911531612009-04-05T15:25:00.006+08:002009-04-06T11:20:16.187+08:00Hot Cross BunsHot Cross bunsOne a penny,Two a penny, Hot Cross buns I caught a glimpse of hot cross buns that Dad bought, laid out on the table. He's very sweet. He goes to church on Sunday mornings and picks up all sort of 'SOMETIMES' food to eat. :-) Then I had to run into the office to pass some stuff to customers. At that point, I felt this urge surge through me. "Let's make Hot Cross Buns" the Voice in myAllan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175145056894340597noreply@blogger.com16