Salam Ramadhan... that means it has been a year since I closed my other blog. It has become too public to my liking, so I closed it down last Ramadhan. Crazy reason? Yeah.. I know.
Ramadhan has been my favorite month since I started to know the meaning of fasting at the age of 6. True enough, the happiness for people who fast is at the moment when we break our fast, and hopefully when we get to meet our Creator in the hereafter, insyaallah.
I always have something to remember when Ramadhan comes every year. This year is about surviving 2 days with only a mug of 3 in 1 milo with cereals. Crazy enough? Yeah... that's what happened to me on the 3rd day of Ramadhan this year.
This Milo Fuze 3 in 1 is my staple food this Ramadhan. Having to work late everyday, I don't see the point why I should worry too much about food.
This 3 in 1 thingy is just perfect for me to consume during iftar at my workstation. It satisfies my hunger quite well, enough to survive the night before suhoor the next morning.
On Tuesday, this was what I consumed during iftar.. of course with lots of water. And I didn't eat anything after that. It is quite normal for me to do that, since I'll cook and consume proper meal for suhoor. So what I did after I came back from office is to prepare food to be cooked the next morning. But guess what? I overslept and woke up right when my ears heard adzan for fajr from the mosque nearby. Arghhh.. there goes my suhoor.
So imagine.. I just had a mug of 3 in 1 Milo on the 2nd day, and have to survive the next day without suhoor? I was damn hungry and all I can think of was what's happening in my stomach the whole day! It really feels like I am a 4 year old child trying to fast for the first time!
But later I thought.. that perhaps happened for a reason. Perhaps God wanted me to feel how it is like to go without food for days. What happen to those who can't have access to food for days, or even weeks or months? If I find it challenging to only survive 2 days with a proper mug of tasty milo with cereal, what happened to those who have to survive without food for days or weeks or month? Alhamdulillah for the rezeki, alhamdulillah for the lesson. I shall never complaint!
Sepanjang saya belajar di England in the late 90s dulu, memang fenomena biasa pergi shopping bawa beg sendiri. Rasanya jarang sangat lah guna plastik kalau setakat nak shopping groceries. Seingat saya dulu banyak supermarket yang dah kenakan bayaran for each plastic we require. That was long before Malaysia implemented this effort.
So bila balik ke Malaysia pun, dah agak terbiasa sumbat-sumbat barang dalam beg sendiri. Dulu saya suka the green bag Cold Storage, kuat kukuh. Pendek kata boleh sumbat apa saja. Now ni Selangor dah implement free plastic on Saturday, what a great effort! Kita mungkin rasa benda kecik using plastic ni, sebab kita tak nampak the effect immediately. That's why kadang-kadang kita take advantage and tak berusaha sungguh-sungguh nak implement. dan kita tak perasan pun kematian animals yang termakan plastic (lepas animals tu mati dan dah reput, plastik masih tak reput-reput).
Speaking about plastic ni, semalam, saya tak ada plan pun sebenarnya nak beli groceries. But later on masa tengah berjalan teringat nak beli toothbrush yang dah due for replacement, so masuklah Carrefour kejap. Alang-alang dah masuk ke Carrefour, stock up lah food supply kan. Masalahnya bila tak ada plan nak bershopping, of course I didn't bring my bag. So, terpaksa lah membeli plastic because I can't just stuff those wet things in my handbag!
Hari ni masa kemas-kemas barang baru perasan - the plastic provided by Carrefour is biodegradable. Excellent! So lepas ni boleh recycle plastic ni buat letak-letak barang. Best kan, the awareness dah semakin berkembang kat Malaysia ni. Nanti lepas ni, mungkin all the supermarkets tak guna plastic ke kan.. then it will be awesome!
Plan asalnya malam ni nak dinner di Big Plate, tapi Mr D balik rumah dah pukul 9pm, jadi rasa macam tak sempat dah nak ke Big Plate. Melencong ke Section 7 Shah Alam, cari D' One Steak. Baru dua kali makan kat sini, ala-ala western food yang simple yang biasa served kat Malay restaurant. Bolehlah... not bad.. edible. 
D' One Steak ni jenis open concept, maknanya sistem pengudaraannya pun datang dari angin di luar dan juga ceiling fan. Boleh duduk di bahagian luar, boleh duduk di bahagian dalam. Suasana agak bising juga lah, ye lah kan tepi jalan, and in between the restaurant dengan the next restaurant tu ada macam lorong kecil yg kereta lalu lalang. Kalau rasa-rasa nak berdating tu, di sini bukanlah tempatnya :)
Order drink, Mr D mintak pineapple juice, saya mintak barli suam. Kenapa baik hari ni tak minum ais? Sebab tekak dah merah dan batuk dah tak terkawal. Kalau tak memang tak sedar diri minum ais hari-hari. Dah sakit baru fikir nak cari alternative yang lebih baik untuk kesihatan. Sadis betul. Lupa prinsip mencegah lebih baik dari mengubati.
Kenapa ada dua gelas untuk saya, satu warna keruh satu warna jernih? Haa... itulah penangan betapa murahnya harga gula di Malaysia. Bila saya minum je barli tu, terus saya angkat tangan mintak waiter tu bawakkan air suam lagi segelas. Tahap manisnya macam nak potong kaki, dah campur setengah gelas air suam pun masih manis juga lagi. Memang lah government patut hapuskan subsidi gula :)
Ni food yang Mr D order.. lamb chop yang sampai cepat. Tapi kata Mr D :
Mr D : This is not lamb, this is sheep
Mrs D : How do you know?
Mr D : the level of fat indicates it is sheep
Mrs D : Oh.. OK
Saya tak tau betul ke tak, pandai je Mr D ni macam dia pernah kerja rumah sembelihan pulak. Maknanya yang dalam pinggan tu dah terlebih umur lah tu ye. Harga ni sepinggan RM13++, Mr D komplen kentang rebusnya kecik sgt sebesar wedges KFC sekeping.
Punyalah lama tunggu my order, orang meja sebelah yang datang kemudian pun dah dapat order mereka. Mr D dah habis makan lamb chop baru saya nampak grilled fish ni. Nasib tak menggigil kaki tangan tunggu food tak sampai-sampai.
Saya order grilled fish, mereka guna ikan dory. Served with chips, coleslaw, a slice of cucumber and tomato. Harga ni dalam RM8++ tak silap. Okeylah fish tu, tak hanyir. Tapi dory mana hanyir pun kan?
Apa lagi saya nak komplen? Oh.. tak ada salt and pepper atas meja. Mana boleh dekk... nanti macam mana nak adjust rasa kalau chef tersilap letak perasa? Haa.. lain kali letak salt and pepper atas meja eh.
So verdict nyer?
Condition kedai : 6/10 - panas sampai berpeluh-peluh. Or mungkin sebab saya memang tengah demam.
Food presentation : 5/10 - sadis.. tengoklah comot tu pinggan.
Food : 7/10 - okeylah edible, kalau bertanding dalam kategori western food murah, ada harapan lah.
Boleh datang lagi? : Boleh lah.. kalau rasa-rasa tak tau nak pergi mana nak makan.
Harga : 9/10 - Cukup puas hati
Esok-esok, ada rezeki, boleh try food lain pulak yer.
This Milo Fuze 3 in 1 is my staple food this Ramadhan. Having to work late everyday, I don't see the point why I should worry too much about food. This 3 in 1 thingy is just perfect for me to consume during iftar at my workstation. It satisfies my hunger quite well, enough to survive the night before suhoor the next morning.
