QGuides "Makan-Makan" Session

Last Thursday I was invited for a "makan-makan" session by TheQGuides.com. Since it was held at Carlsberg in Shah Alam, there were lots of Carlsberg for the night.

There were a few bloggers were invited as well at that time. A few that I've met and there's a few that I would like to meet. Recognized friends like Jason and Daniel and later on got to know people like Ruth and Rachel. There were a few who remains unnamed.

We were introduced to the lovely people of TheQGuides.com as well as people from Carlsberg.

Since I was there, I brought out my DSLR and took a few shots.



Thank god, this shot turned out well. I thought I couldn't get the shot properly.



Anyone Carlsberg?



My very first time of Carlsberg GOLD. Richer in taste than the usual Carlsberg.

A short presentation by TheQGuides.com then revealed their masterplan. I would say its the first of its kind in Malaysia and of course more details will be revealed later on until their completion stage.

In brief:

• Introduce the TheQguides.com project, team & objectives to all attendees
• Identify win-win opportunities for food bloggers, working together with TheQguides.com
• Develop meaningful working relationships with food bloggers
• Gauge interest levels in the TheQguides.com
• Have fun!

I didn't stay long as I need to attend another function at Mark's Place in Kelana Jaya for salsa.



We had a group shot with all the food bloggers of the night. Glad to know the rest.

Fried Chicken And Seafood @ Popeyes, Louisiana Kitchen

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Popeyes is here! Not the spinach eating Popeye the sailor man! I'm talking about the Popeyes, Louisiana Kitchen.I passed by TTDI a few days ago and spotted this. Out of curiosity and the kiasu-ness like many other common Malaysians, I went in to try it out.

Basically they served fried stuffs such as fried chicken and seafood. Of course they had burgers, which they named it sandwich.

Andy ordered 3 pieces Tender Chicken with biscuit. Chicken strips were fried into lightly brownish colour. The taste well a bit of saltiness and a bit of dryness.

I ordered 2 Pcs Chicken Set with Mashed Potatoes, Coleslaw, Biscuit and a soft drink. I ordered one piece of Mild Fried Chicken mixed with 1 Hot Fried Chicken. Okay, seriously I couldn't differentiate the mild and the hot one. The fried chicken here was a bit dry. A distinctive taste of a bit of saltiness in the aroma of the chicken. Very least oil detected. It was crispy and hot. The mashed potatoes came with chilli gravy. A slight taste of hotness but it was good. Coleslaw was ordinary. The biscuit was very dry, the taste was in between of muffin and biscuit. There's a word for it, a food blogger told me a few days ago. I forgot the word.

Even though this place is a self service restaurant, there were lots of waiters. I had no idea why. The service was not too bad, they got a bit of mixed up, maybe the outlet is still too new. Price is comparable with other similar fast food outlets.

I would come back for the sandwich. The chickens were not really impressive BUT its a WORTH to try.

I had this in TTDI, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail. Same row with Secret Recipe.

New Packagings @ A&W Restaurants

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A&W's first store in Asia Pacific opened at Kuala Lumpur's Batu Road (now known as Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman) in 1963. It was also the first fast food corporation from the United States to set foot in the country.- WikiPedia.com

Little did I know A&W had such deep history in Malaysia. All I knew is my parents loved to bring us to A&W for their never ending love for their A&W Root Beer. Sometimes, I would see a bottle or 2 of A&W Root Beers at my parent's home. Well, the love passed from one generation to another.

Lately, I revisited A&W again, even though its fast food outlet, it doesn't mean I need to be there all the time right? I realized a bit of change, the packaging. The root beer remained the same....

Checked out the new A&W burger wrapper. Looks very high-tech?

Eventually it will comes handy. Its like a burger wallet where you can hold the burger properly without spilling the contents of the burger. In this case... the Mozza Burger, one of my favourites fast food burger.

Their lovely curly fries...
And their new "sesame" nuggets.

There's 2 favourite outlets I frequently visits. One in Cheras Leisure Mall which has history backed to old Chujitsu in the 80s and the other one would be the one opposite Amcorp Mall in PJ.

One more thing I felt that we Malaysians should be proud of, A&W is no longer available in Singapore since 2003. :P