Where Do You Get The Best Butter Prawns In Melbourne?

Sometimes its hard trying to find the foods that I like in Melbourne so I have to search high and low looking for the best place that has my favourite foods from Malaysia. And when I find 1 that I really like I keep going back there even if its far far away!

We have been coming to PJ Malaysian Restaurant for years now but I think its time I blog about it. Just so happened that we went there on Saturday to meet up with friends for dinner.

Named after Petaling Jaya this restaurant is especially famous for its one special dish, the butter prawns! The place attracts a big crowd every Saturday night so bookings is most essential.

We had the typical chinese dinner with rice and a few other dishes to go with it so we ordered the Crispy Honey Beef which is not too bad but its nothing to be excited about. You can get that just about anywhere nowadays.

We also ordered the Sambal Eggplant which is one of the 'must have' everytime we come here. Talk about small serving! I think the servings have gone smaller and smaller everytime I come here! Haha!

Next we have the Chilli Fish which by the way is bream. Nice but again nothing to write home about coz once you have fish, you've had fish!

This is the dish the restaurant is so famous for! The Butter Prawns! Shelled Butter Prawns with curry leaves, talk about yummy! I haven't tasted any better from elsewhere so they're still number 1 for butter prawns in Melbourne! So now you know where to get the best butter prawns in Melbourne, its PJ in Glen Waverley!

How To Raise A Marquee

Yesterday I was playing the nosey neighbour again and spied on my neighbours across the street from my house! I'm so kaypo I need to go confessions liao! Bless me Father for I have sinned...

But I did managed to learn something from it and that is how to raise a marquee! They were having a party on Saturday night and a marquee is the best thing for a party. No more people walking all over your clean floor and knocking over your furnitures.

Step 1, lay down the canvas where the marquee is going into.

Step 2, erect the main poles where the canvas will be hanging off. Secure them anywhere you can, be it the tree trunk or the fence! Just make sure you do it right coz a good start is half the success!

Step 3, after half an hour progress has been made and the marquee is starting to take shape! Better hammer more supporting rods into the ground for the ropes to be tied down.

Step 4, another half an hour and all is not well..we seem to have hit a snag. The whole thing is leaning to one side, oh dear! maybe we need to tighten the ropes.

Step 5, we've done it! We managed to get the roof up and now proceeding to install the side canvas which will act as the walls of the marquee.


Step 6, job well done! The marquee is up and its ready for the party tonight which by the way, I'm not invited so bad luck..can't blog on that, lets just crash it!

I So Need To Get Out More..

Was driving along the other day when a van passed me by and stopped at the red light. Something interesting caught my eyes... Quick! Take the camera out before the light changes!

Even stuffs like this interests me so you can imagine how exciting my life gets! Or maybe I'm just more observant than others. Can you see what caught my eyes?

Some tradesman wanted to do the right thing by not bringing his muddy gumboots into his van! Great idea mate! So do you find that interesting or boring? (I so need to get out more..)

You're Under Arrest!

Remember I said that there are the best and the worst of people in South Yarra? Well despite the beautiful colourful Jam Factory that I showed you, I neglected to show you the ugly side of the place.

I didn't tell you that while I was entering the complex I saw 2 police officers apprehended a couple of youngsters probably for shoplifting or some other minor offence. Here you can see the officers talking to the boy behind the officer on the left and seated on the floor.

This shot was taken from a few meters away and not focus properly but there's another girl with handcuff sitting on the floor while the police questioned them. Later I found out there were 3 youngsters all rounded up and taken to the police station for questioning. Not so glamourous at the Jam Factory anymore huh?!

Thong Anyone?

I saw these yesterday in a shop window. Growing up in Malaysia we used to wear these everyday and we called them 'slippers'. But in Australia they are called 'thongs'. Yes, like the ones that rides up your crack type of thong!

Would you pay $10 for a pair of these? How about $15 for the 'World Cup' version? Seriously who in their right minds would pay so much for a pair of 'kiam hu'? Would you buy them? I bet they're made in China too, I'm in the wrong business...

The Sentinel @ Jam Factory

Remember we won ticket to see The Sentinel 2 weeks ago? Well today's the day we went to see it at Village Jam Factory in South Yarra. It was good coming back to South Yarra, been a while since we were here last.

This is Chapel Street in South Yarra, its a tourist precinct and a very 'hip' area with young hoons with their 'doff doff' cars cruising down here everyday especially the weekends. Its got all kind of people, the best and the worst and I used to live here for a few years!

And this is Village Jam Factory where we will be watching our movie tonight. The reason its called Jam Factory is because a long time ago this building was really a jam factory! You can still see the original wall of the building even with years of transformation. I'm glad they kept the name alive for its heritage.

As we walk along the entrance to the Jam Factory we can see that the original sky-lights above are still preserved. Apart from the Village cinema complex, it has a variety of shops as well like Borders and Sanity.

Here we have the main lobby area of the cinema complex with its round colourful glass roof. When it was built years ago it won the title of the most beautiful cinema in the world and after all these years it still looks pretty good eh?

The complex has over 10 cinemas and part of them are located above these grand staircase. The rest of the cinemas are on the opposite side of this staircase. So there's virtually 2 parts to the complex.


So we came here for the free movie The Sentinel starring Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Eva Longoria and Kim Basinger and it was fantastic! It got me thrilled and on the edge throughout the whole movie. Eva Longoria was hawt even in suit! So go see it and you won't regret it.

Cashing In On The World Cup

Those of you that know me know that I don't like soccer nor did I stayed up late at night watching the World Cup last month! Thank goodness the World Cup is over and life can get back to normal for another 4 years.
But the World Cup fever is still on! Here at my local supermarket I saw this bottle of olive oil imported from Italy in the shape of the World Cup trophy! Its the Colavita extra virgin olive oil all the way from Italy!


Cashing on the Italian win, the company came up with this idea of shaping their olive oil bottles into the trophy they won hoping to boost sales but its selling for $9.99 today so maybe people are a bit sick of the World Cup and no one's buying them and they have to drop the price to get rid of them! We didn't buy it coz we use a different brand.

Ice Ice Baby!

Some people think that snow falls in Melbourne every winter but I'm sorry to tell you that its not true. We don't get snow in Melbourne in winter although it can get very cold, down to zero and below!

However when the temperature plunges down to zero degree celsius and we get a wet night, in the morning we do get ice forming on just about everywhere outside like on our Toyota Echo which was blanketed with ice crystals 2 weeks ago when we had a very chilly night!

People from parts of the world that do have snow every year may find this uninteresting but for Melbournians like myself this is a treat! We don't get to see this many times of the year but fair enough, if we were to go to the alpine regions where snow does fall then this is nothing. But we are in suburban Melbourne and the sight of white ice in the morning is a wonderful sight!


So don't be dissapointed if you come to Melbourne but there's no snow coz you have to go to the highlands for that! There's plenty of snow in the alpine regions this year so if you are a ski enthusiast, you will love it up there! Meanwhile down in suburban Melbourne, I'll just be content with my ice on the car! Ice ice baby!

Roof Cleaning, Anyone?

My neighbour across the street is having their roof restored and I'm just curious as to how they do it. I'm so nosey...I'm turning into my other neighbour who's an old man that like to check out everyone that moves in the neighbourhood!
Anyway, roof restoration involves first of all cleaning the roof with a high pressure 'watergun' to get rid of years of grim that's stuck to the roof tiles. The gutters are also removed and will be replaced with new ones. After the cleaning, any repair to the roof will be done prior to spray-painting it. I'll be watching the progress from my window and keep you posted! Hehe...I'm so kaypo!

Smells Like Shit!

Welcome back to the Tukang Kebun Show! Today I'm trying out a new fertiliser for my garden and its totally organic which is how I like my fertilisers. I've never like using inorganic fertilisers but that shouldn't deter you from using them, its just a personal choice.

This organic fertiliser I'm trying out is Seamungus from Neutrog, the maker of Sudden Impact for roses. According to the instruction on the Sudden Impact fertiliser which I apply during Spring, Summer and Autumn, Winter is when I should be using Seamungus to replenish the soil while the plants are mainly in the dormancy.

Seamungus is made from organic materials like seaweed, fish, humic acid and manure which then underwent specific composting and pelletised. It comes with a 100gm cup for application of 1 cup per square meter. And when first applied it does have an odour similar to aged shit! But the odour will soon go away after a couple of days.


I got a bit generous and gave 1 cup to each established rose bush which I don't think will do any harm. We'll soon find out how good it is from the blooms come Spring time!

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Special Meme!

Me and my kaypo-ness! I put my hand up so now I have to do the meme...to be fair. Sorry Yvy for taking so long but better late than never! This is a special meme because I requested to be tagged. (I swear I wasn't reading it properly...hehe.)

This is how it goes;

If you comment on this post, I will…

1. respond with something random about you.

2. challenge you to try something.

3. pick a color that I associate with you.

4. tell you something I like about you.

5. tell you my first/clearest memory of you.

6. tell you what animal you remind me of.

7. ask you something I’ve always wanted to ask you.

8. pick a song that reminds me of you.

After I respond to the above mentioned 8 points in this blog, you will have to post the same meme, and my response, on your blog.

And this is what Yvy said about me;

Wuching> Ok, ok….kita main sekarang.

Random : I think that you’re one of those people that can easily mix and mingle in any age group - young or old, no problem but I’m sure most of the time u go for the young group lar.
Of course lah! What you think I spend my free time visiting nursing homes and keeping the ah pek & ah mu happy kah?

Challenge: I challenge you to tattoo ‘Yvy, spank me!’ on your bottom.
Can! Next time you're in town I'll go get a texter pen and get Terese to write for me on the bottom of my foot to show you! Hahahahaha!

Color: Yellow
Why? Because I'm chinese issit?

Like: You blog wacky and that the way you should be. I absolutely love that wackiness in you!
Yes baby...I so lafu you too, if not for Ted...dunno what I'll do! *Go confession tomorrow*

Memory: I’m pretty sure we started on a ‘dirty’ note!
Chey! I got shower twice a day wan! Where got dirty lah!

Animal: Horse
I'd rather you said 'stallion'!

Question: When can I really spank you?
When Ted's not looking lor!

Song: Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me by U2
Huh? I can't remember this one, how does it go?

Holy Crabs!

Before I start I just want to tell Yvy that I'm sorry I still haven't done your meme yet! I've been rather busy at work coz my boss went AWOL on us and I'm stuck doing his works as well as mine! Furthermore tonight being thursday night is my TV marathon night so I have very little time to write a long post let alone the meme I asked Yvy to let me play too! I promise I will do it as soon as I have some time maybe tomorrow...

So instead I'll just post a couple of photos a friend from Sibu sent me just to tease me! With friend like that who needs enemies, right? This is Sibu mud crabs and its making me go nuts! Ohh..juicy juicy crab claw meat..*slurp*


So Suituapui, this is what I would like to eat if I happen to come to Sibu. You know what to do lah, Beautiful Mountain! And then after that you can take me to eat Tian Mian Hu, Jiu Hu Eng Chai, Kampua, Kompia, etc ....

He's Back!

He said he'll be back and now he is! He was spotted in Johnston Street, Collingwood and looking mean as ever! The T100 Terminator is back to finish off mankind and he chose a good start in Collingwood!

Torn and battled, this Arnie look-a-like is a gimmick outside the junk shop on Johnston Street placed there to attract customers. Well he sure attracted my attention but I only wanted to take his picture! Hope he managed to lure more humans into the shop where I'm sure more terminators are waiting! Hasta-la-vista baby!

"Why Do You Still Play With Toys?!"

People ask me "Why do you still play with toys?" to which I answer "Why not?" But I don't play with just any kind of toys, they have to be Star Wars toys!

I saw this Star Wars Clone Wars Clone Troopers Pack and I just had to get it! Its The Muunilinst 10 from the animated Star Wars series as seen on Cartoon Network!

You have to be a Star Wars fan to understand why I still buy and play with these figurines and I am not even going to try to explain it to you if you don't! I've practically grown up with the Star Wars fantasy and it will stay with me for the rest of my life!

This battlepack includes the captain of the elite team of troopers sent to hunt down General Grievious of the Droid Army. Leading the assault team is Captain Fordo and his command crew!

This is Captain Fordo of The Muunilinst 10, known for his aggressive fighting tactics and prefers to employ firepower over finesse. Fordo was once awarded the Chancellor's Service Medal, which he refused and transfered to a fallen member of his task force.

One of the command crew is the specialised heavy gunner with his super duper gun! I like this trooper best! Notice that he doesn't wear the shoulder guard like the others and his helmet is also different from the rest.

The rest of the command crew carry standard blasters except for one who carry the same type of rifle-blaster as Captain Fordo. The rest of the team are made up of ordinary clone troopers which are not included in this pack.


Here's Captain Fordo leading his men on their mission to hunt down General Grevious. After I've done playing with them I'll repack them back in the box. 20 years from now they will be worth a fortune! Che-cheh, are you jealous now? Hehe...

The Annoying Frog

On Saturday we went to Spotlight in Box Hill to get some yarns for Terese and some other knitting needles. This place is full of women shopping for cloths, needles, craft thingies and all kind of female stuff! So while Terese was choosing her yarns, I was wondering around the place and made my way to the clearance bin where I saw...

...this little gadget. Its a bottle opener but its the annoying frog bottle opener! It was selling for $12.95! I couldn't believe my eyes but its supposed to be cheaper coz it was in the clearance bin.

It makes that annoying sound everytime you open a bottle with it! And it was daring me to press the button! The store was full of people and lets just say I saw a lot of heads looking my way! So now I'm daring you to watch the video!

Leo's

Here in Australia the supermarket chains are monopolised by 2 very big corporations namely Woolworths and Coles Myer. You can find these 2 supermarkets just about anywhere you go.

But there are smaller upmarket supermarkets in some affluent suburbs like Leo's in Heidelberg and Kew where we went yesterday to get a particular brand of chilli jam that only can be found there. We don't normally come to Leo's mainly because of their prices but only if we have to, like when the stuffs you want can only be found there.


Leo's stocks a lot of unusual brands of products not normally found in the mainstream supermarkets for example Sarawak Black Peppercorn at $7.90 per 100 gm can! Talk about expensive!