Curture, Heritage & Act | Burning Act @ Annexe Gallery, KL Central Market

On a breezing Saturday afternoon, after my acupuncture treatment at Tung Shin Hospital, we decided to have lunch at an old restaurant around KL Central Market which sell good chicken rice.

When we reach the shop lot around Central market..we realize the shop was closed for good..and hence we have to walk back to Petaling Street for the famous beef noodles :)

From there, we walk through KL Central Market to Petaling Street. To my surprise, I see some art shops at the back entrance of KL Central Market.  Been a person used to walk around Petaling Street during her Uni time..I was wondering why I never been to this place? Is this place new?

After a few searches, apparently this place is called Annexe Gallery, and was launched in January 2007 as a centre for contemporary arts (now I know why I never been to this place...have not been walking around KL after I graduated in 2005, thanks to the busy working life :( ).

There are lots of events on-going in Annexe Gallery. For more information about Annexe Gallery, you can refer to http://www.annexegallery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=54

By referring to the official website, there are Akasia Art Galley, APL Leader Potrait Artist, Art House Galley..and etc in Annexe Gallery (more information refer to http://centralmarket.com.my/directory.php?id=14). These gallery/art corner offer place to ~~ do your portrait/unique caricature, to purchase portrait art (specially on political leaders),  explore extensive collection of art paintings, batik paintings, painting depicting landscapes or abstract forms and crafts, and a lot more.

Below some pictures I snapped during my "rush" tour there (we were so hungry~~).

Suria Potrait Centre

paintings at the walkway

 Pheng Art Corner



C Works Design
think there is course to learn how to paint here...if not mistaken :p



C Works Design
you can buy this and D.I.Y your batik painting~~
 

After I browsed through the website..and I can't find a shop which offering something which I find it very interesting ~~ BURNING ACT!

What is Burning Act? The question we asked the owner of the art gallery, and answer is ~~~ a work that he uses fire to burn an image on some wood products (which I think is some kind of plywood). And according to the owner, he is the only one doing this in Malaysia.

 

We find this really interesting, so we ask for price ~~ around RM150 for self-portrait and RM200+ for couple portrait (please ask the owner for price if you are interested..I am a super forgetful person...lol). The image could be burned according to your "current face" or image on a picture and etc. Maybe I could ask him to burn my wedding picture in future :D

Gandhi image burned on wood
does this looks awesome!!??!!

Full of burning arts,  owner in black shirt

And, yeah, we were suppose to go for the famous beef noodles.. and  below what we had at Sun Gao Yu Beef Noodles (新九如牛肉面)...yummy.



Food | Claypot Chicken Rice @ Kedai Makan Heun Kee 食 | 瓦煲雞飯 @ 禤记

Was a lovely Sunday evening, was thinking what could we have for dinner..and "ding!!" ~~ claypot chicken rice nearby Pudu wet market!!

I had been there 2 months ago, introduced by a colleague, and really think that the claypot rice is yummy! Hence, we decided to go there for our Sunday dinner.

We reached there by 7.30pm, and we got the number of 32, which mean we have to wait for 10 tables to move before our turn...ooo, I don't know this claypot rice is so famous ;P

customers waiting outside the shop

 

Charcoal cooking method outside the shop

Charcoal - 2 heat cooking method

After taking few pictures, sat for a while, after been patiently waiting for our number to been called...finally is our turn after about 20 minutes, and yeah, earlier the staff had told us to wait for 20 minutes.

walking in when number was called

full of customers

We ordered one Signature Claypot Chicken Rice and one Vinegared Pig's Trotters - our famous.

Signature Claypot Chicken Rice

Vinegared Pig's Trotters

Close up look of the claypot rice..yum yum

The rice is juicy, non-sticky to the pot

There is no rice stick to he claypot at all, even the slightly burned rice was non-sticky and taste super nice, only then I understand why old people say the burned claypot rice taste good!!

Another famous dish is Claypot Lap Mei Rice, however we had been told that lap mei had sold off during the last visit, hence I have no chance to try yet. If I could remember, I shall go there again early 2014 to try that out. 

Heunkee open from Monday to Sunday, from 11am to 9.30pm. They are closed on every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month.

For further information, you could refer to their official website - http://www.heunkee.com/. 

Menu - http://www.heunkee.com/our-receipe.html

Jogging hotspot @ The Central Park, Desa Park City

Believe mostly everyone know that Desa Park City is the renown property development in town. However, do you know that many love to jog, sport and relax in the Central Park of Desa Park? 

The Central Park of Desa Park City is open to all from 6am to 11pm daily, admission is free ;)

Normally I will go there in Saturday morning, but this time I decided to check it out in the evening.

Park your car at the car park near to the football field & it is free

Walk along this tress on the way to the entrance or you can sit here for awhile to enjoy the evening breeze~~

The football field and basketball court beside the car park

On the way to the entrance of the part - football field at my right

On the way to the entrance of the park - at my left

Residents walking / playing with their dogs ~~ good place for your dog to make friend ;D

Rules and regulations stated for convenience of all :)

Start to jog!!

Desa Park City club house, view from the Central Park

Lake at the center of the Park

The Park is partly hilly

Cycling at the park  -- you can rent bicycle from a nearby shop

Resting ~~~

A restaurant with deck facing the Central Park, good place to have evening gathering with friends or family

Mini waterfront, kids love it~~

 

If you are free, go there one of your evening or weekend morning, you will love it :)

Massage @ The Asia Spa

   Was not working these few days, however was still busy to sort out my personal stuffs and attending courses which I was supposed to attend but didn't due to busy working for the first half of 2013..

   Due to the bad posture and late working hour in front of laptop, I am having this bad shoulder pain..and that get worst after changed to a smaller laptop since April 2013..

   Taking this opportunity, I had decided to utilise the massage voucher (RM100+ for 2 hours massage instead of normal price of RM300) that I bought from a beauty fair held in KLCC convention center few months back from The Asia Spa. 

   Called to the center, and found out that the center will be opened till late night, hence made an appointment at 6pm and depart to Jalan Yap Kwan Seng..hooray!! 

   After 30 minutes, I reach the center which located in the same building with Old Town at Jalan Yap kwan Seng.

At entrance to 1st floor 

Entrance

 

   After entering the center, a catalogue was given to me and I had choosen a Balinese Package which includes a balinese massage and body scrub for 2 hours ;)

   Below some pictures of the corridor to the room, and the room:

corridor

 

 

 

room

  
   The massure was from Indonesia..i guess, anyway the service is professional. This is the first time I tried balinese massage, is different with chinese, thai and malay massage. Compared to chinese which emphasise on points, thai with the leg, arm, body twist, malay on relaxing the muscle (based on my experience only...hehe), I feel that balinese style emphasising on the muscle and bone.

   Scrub was done after massage, and after that shower could be taken in the bathroom in the room. Rainshower is available together with a jacuzzi bathtub.