*All of the pictures here was taken using Razin's ipod touch because I accidentally left my hp the whole day at home cos' was rushing out of the house when he came to pick me up!-__-
Last Saturday,after attending a lunch/beraya session at the boyfriend's friend's house,we went to Wondermilk at Citta Mall Ara Damansara because I've never been there and although I've eaten a cuppacake(the name of Wondermilk's cupcakes,not a typo!) years back,I've never actually sat down at any of their outlets(one in Uptown Damansara & the other a new one in Ara Damansara).
A lot of speculation was made on Twitter a few months back on where will the new Wondermilk outlet be.A lot of people was hoping that it'd be in Shah Alam since there's 3 university in it so it's a no brainer.But surprisingly they choose Ara Damansara & I've to say that Citta Mall looks DEAD.It was the weekend but the place looks EMPTY.Nobody goes there!WRONG LOCATION people!
Nonetheless,I was there for the cupcakes.So I bought 8 of them.2 which I ate with the boyfriend there with a cup of Creme Brulatte for me and cold Butterscotch Milk for him.I choose the cupcakes & went outside to sit while he was waiting for our drinks inside(the place is self service).
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| My creme brulatte..I prefer Starbucks's version! |
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| The first 6 cupcakes--Clockwise frm top left:Lemon something(forget the name!),Chocolove Orange(my fave!),Caramel Kiss,Peanut Butter Jelly wonder,Royal Vanilla &Oh My Choc. |
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| Boyf's butterscotch milk--super yummy!Should've ordered this! |
Now,before we arrived there,I told the boyf about a piece of news that was shared on twitter & blog over the very bad service of Wondermilk at Citta Mall which you can read
HERE.I was a bit prepared for it but then the boyfriend was like,'why are we coming here then if the service is bad?Let's go home!'.But I was adamant to give them the benefit of the doubt & to try the food there for myself.Maybe they've improved right??.......
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| The boyf eating only the choc cupcake. |
Imagine my surprise when my man came out from the store & brought our drinks,he told me that the service was bad because the servers at the counter was very BLUR & LEMBAB.I was wondering why our drinks took such a long time.Suffice to say he was very annoyed with their service.
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| The handsome dude who was treated poorly..:( |
So after we ate a cupcake each,I wanted to buy 2 more of the chocolove orange cupcake because it was excellent.I went inside and when I went to the cupcake display to choose the cupcakes,all of the servers at the counter(who are all males),was in a corner near the kitchen & they did not pay attention if there was anybody at the counter!I had to practically shout like 'Excuse me!' to them to get their attention.Sigh.
No wonder the boyfriend said that there was a family who was queuing up before us & the father said..'The service is so lembab isn't it?'..Haiyooo.Wondermilk has got to buckle up because this is SEPTEMBER already & bad reviews about the service at the new outlet has been heard since JULY!
When I brought home the cuppacakes to my family,my dad & my boyfriend(he send me home & he beraya-ed with my family for dinner as well) agreed,along with my mum that the price was way overprice for a tiny cupcake--rm4.50 each.But I would buy it again because although it was tiny,it was very delicious.
My verdict?Great cupcakes/cuppcakes:YES.Bad service:YES.I probably will go there again to buy the cupcakes & go home.haha.
I have more movies to write about on but a lot of them I just seem to forget about.Both movies below weren't watched by me at the cinema but instead at the comfort of both mine & the boyf's house.
SOMETHING BORROWED
Truthfully I had high hopes for this movie because I adore Kate Hudson and I thought the trailer looks promising.But this movie was such a letdown.Poor storyline,weak characters and a predictable ending.The only thing I love about this movie was John Krasinki.The story is just STUPID.Period.I feel sorry for those of you who had to endure this movie at the cinema.
BRIDESMAIDS
This movie is miles different than Something Borrowed.It is smart and funny and had many interesting characters.I love Kirsten Wiig on SNL and she delivered an awesome performance.
Although Rose Byrne character as Helen was very annoying because she was near perfect,it wasn't her fault that Annie(Wiig's character)life was in shambles.But the fact that Helen has a perfect life eats Annie up inside.
I've seen this situation happening in real life because whenever your life is a bit on the sucky side or you have nothing to be happy about,it's easy to envy and hate others who have it all or better than you.But at the end of the day,your greatest enemy is yourself so you have to work on your own life which is what Annie had to do albeit with a few push from some of her friends.
So it was very interesting to see it being played out in a movie and in such a hilarious way.One of the most unexpected and super funny character was played by Melissa McCarthy(the bright & pretty chef,Sookie in Gilmore Girls)as Megan who actually was the that made Annie realize how she's been putting her life on hold and then ended up resenting Helen for it.
There are lots of funny moments that I am very sure won't be allowed in Malaysian cinema.So it's better if you can download it via torrent!:)
As those of you who's living in Malaysia knows..a version of Malaysian Masterchef is in the works now.So out of curiosity I decided to watch both seasons of the US version to know how the show works and what it's all about.I was pleasantly surprised because it was a very good show.
The show is about contestants who are amateur cooks who have never been trained professionally or worked in any food-related line.So basically they're just like you or me.
Masterchef judges consist of 3 very tough and talented culinary individuals.The very well known Gordon Ramsay,Joe Bastianich(the son of the famous Lidia Bastianich,also a chef) and Graham Elliot.
After 2 episodes of audition,the final line up of contestants will have to endure a set of challenges in each episode.
The first one is the Mystery Box challenge whereby they have to cook using whatever ingredients is in the box and the winner will get an advantage in the Elimination Challenge.
In some episodes throughout both seasons,there's no Mystery Box challenge and they go straight on to the Elimination Challenge and it will be held outside of the Masterchef venue.The team that loses(cos it's mostly a team challenge) will have to participate in a Pressure Test.
Some of my favorite episodes in Season 1 was:
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| Season 1 contestants |
1)The Cupcake Challenge --because the ingredients they had to work with look absolutely amazing!.
2)The Trucker challenge--I love the fact that the red team cater to the truckers and made changes in their burger toppings.
3)The Wedding Challenge-that was hard because these people aren't trained professional and they had to cook for a wedding!
4)The Marines challenge--The contestants had to feed 150 marines with their family members.It was quite a sad episode as well.
5)Replicating Cat Cora's dish elimination challenge--All of the contestants had to replicate a dish by Iron Chef Cat Cora that was chosen by the contestant who won the previous challenge.There was an unexpected twist in this challenge that would have catapulted a contestant to the finals..but you know how that goes!
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| Season 1 winner:Whitney! |
Some of my favorite episodes in Season 2 was:
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| Season 2 contestants |
1)The Layercake elimination challenge--That was very interesting as a lot of the contestants can cook but not all of them can bake.
2)Replicating Whitney's dish elimination challenge--The winner of season 1 came and all of the contestants had to replicate a dish from her cookbook that was chosen by the Mystery Box winner.
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| The block party challenge |
3)The Block Party challenge--The contestants was divided into 2 groups and they had to make one dish & one side dish for a neighborhood kids block party.It was so much fun to see the kids reaction towards their food.They are really honest with their opinions!
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| The judges mothers challenge |
4)The Judges Mothers challenge--When the judges describe who the contestants was going to cook for,they thought it was going to be for the toughest food critics out there because of their intimidating descriptions!Turns out they were cooking for the judges mother!
5)The Hollywood Party challenge--This was just very chaotic because some of the contestants just wasn't prepared to cook for lots of people at one time.One of the dishes served was just very embarassing--cut up fruits/berries served with whipped cream & served in little cupcake cups??CRAZY!
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| Season 2 winner:Jennifer(also a former Miss USA contestants) |
