What The §@*% … A&W Root Beer In A Paper Cup.
I was at an A&W; Restaurant Outlet this afternoon and ordered my favourite softdrink … The famous A&W; Rootbeer.
BUT …
Instead of getting the usual ice cold rootbeer in a cold glass mug, I was served this ….
The rootbeer was served in a paper cup and it is not cold as expected. I wouldn’t mind as much if I ordered to go, but I was a dine-in customer. When asked, the girl behind the counter said, “oh, we are out of glass mugs.”
Not even an apology or asking me in advanced if I don’t mind the rootbeer served in a paper cup. Even then, I would not take that as an excuse. A&W; all around the world serve their rootbeers in tall, icy cold glass mugs and it is no reason this one outlet in Ampang serve its rootbeer in paper cups.
Each outlet should have enough mugs to serve everyone of its customer for the whole day of operations and serve the rootbeer like this, as advertised ….
Otherwise, I would call it false advertising.
Call me anal … but I want my A&W; Rootbeer in the tall, iced cold glass mug.
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Storytlr Blog | Storytlr will stop operating on December 31st 2009
Another free internet service shutting down soon …
End of the year www.storytlr.com will close its doors. A pity, since I use this very service as my lifestream blog. Here’s the link to my Lifestream 2.0 – after 31 Dec ‘09, the link won’t work, though.
This is what the owner had to say about the termination of this very good online lifestreaming blog service …
Storytlr will stop operating on December 31st 2009The title says it all, we have decided to stop operating Storytlr in 10 weeks, on December 31st 2009. The reason is simple: our lives have moved on, kids were born, house were bought, new projects appeared and we dont have time anymore to operate this service properly. … {more}
via Storytlr Blog | Storytlr will stop operating on December 31st 2009.
I had my domain name www.nazley.net to point to this service to make it my main website, so that friends and families could be updated of whatever is happening in my life … what I do, my complaints and rants, my latest photos and facebook updated. I even linked to what I like reading in Google Reader to storytlr.com. So, the news about the end of storytlr did make me a little upset.
I said “did” … because I found an alternative solution.
After reading the notice of service termination, I quickly scour the internet and found a replacement. Yayyy … I can still have a Lifestream 2.0 version 2 (maybe I should name it Lifestream 2.1 :P)
Chi.mp is the new service provider.
Chi.mp gives me a cool domain http://nazley.mp, and I can also point my www.nazley.net domain name to the page as well. I think storytlr.com has a cleaner look to my lifestreaming blog, but the themes provided by chi.mp isn’t all that bad. Just a little outdated, I guess, design wise in my honest opinion.
I am happy now, that I still have another alternative to keep my lifestream blog online for free (yeah, I am such a cheapskate) but the fact that chi.mp bears the “beta” stamp on its website, I can’t be assured that the service would be there many years to come.
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Nasi Dagang Trengganu
I know … It’s usually for breakfast, but I forgot to take the Bonito Fish (Ikan Tongkol) out of the freezer. The fish got fully thawed at close to 10:00am. It’s not possible to cook for breakfast. In my books breakfast is a meal served before 9:00am. Even McDonalds stop serving breakfast menu at 11:00am.
I finished cooking about half past eleven, just in time for my wife to have a quick brunch before she leaves for an afternoon appointment. The expression I got from here was priceless … Not just the lovely smile but I can ‘feel’ she likes it a lot.
Personally, for me, the feeling of satisfaction is beyond words.
Here’s the recipe.
The Rice (Nasi Dagang)
- - 1 cup gluteneous rice / sticky rice
- - 2 cups long grain rice.
Mix, rinse and soak the rice for about 3-4 hours.
- - 5 shallots finely sliced
- - 5 pips garlic, finely sliced
- - 1 inch ginger, julienned
- - 1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
Add the above to the presoaked rice and steam the rice (in a couscous steamer preferably) until tender, but not fully cooked.
- - 1 litre of thick coconut milk
- - salt to taste
Add salt to the coconut milk and add to the steamed rice a little at a time mixing the coconut milk into the rice. Put back on the stove and steam for a few more minutes until the rice is cooked, tender and flaky.
The Curry (Gulai Ikan Tongkol).
- - 5 shallots
- - 3 pips garlic
- - 1 inch garlic
- - 1 inch galangal
- - 1 inch fresh tumeric (1 tsp tumeric powder)
- - 2 red chili.
- - 2 tablespoon grated coconut.
- - 2 tablespoon curry powder
- - 1 litre coconut milk.
In a food processor, blend the above into a paste. Cook the paste with a cup of water to a boil for 2-3 minutes. Put in the coconut milk.
- - 600 grams Bonito Fish (ikan tongkol) chunks.
- - 10 bird eye chilli (optional)
- - 1 cucumber cut into half inch chunks
- - 6 Belimbing (can substitute with small green tomatoes).
Add in the fish and leave to simmer until the fish is cooked. Lastly add the chilli, cucumber and belimbing and continue to simmer for a couple more minutes untul the vegetables are cooked.
Serve the Nasi Dagang with the Gulai Ikan Tongkol.
