The Best and Worst of 2011
2011 has been quite a year for me. It started off pretty badly — there were plenty of uncertainties regarding my career direction and lady luck was never on my side. I kept missing opportunities despite working hard for them. It came to a point where I nearly wanted to give up and just bum around.
I kept knocking on doors, only to have them slam shut in my face. And I’ve lost count of how many doors I’ve knocked on. During the first half of the year, I wasn’t quite myself and was always feeling moody about things. I think this really took a toll in my relationship with Rif, as I wasn’t keen on opening up to him regarding issues I was facing. Rif kept telling me to persevere as he believes being hardworking has its rewards. It wasn’t until the middle of the year when things started picking up for me.
Brian from StarMetro called me to tell me I was promoted to Star2Sunday and I was going to write a bi-monthly food column for them. I got a fairly decent job with good working hours, allowing me to continue doing freelance work for other publications. On top of that, things started to improve in our relationship after Rif and I started the Marriage Preparation Course in June 2011. It was one of the best decisions we’ve made for our relationship.
My Chi Muis
I lost a few friends this year — friends I thought would stay by me through ups and downs. Those were very disappointing moments for me. While friends come and go, I never thought these few people would end up ‘going’. Good thing I still have a few close friends left and I hope these friendships would stand the test of time.
It’s been a pretty good second half and I’m quite sad that the year is coming to an end. I only hope that 2012 would be just as good as the second half of 2011, or better. That said, since this is still a food blog, I’m going to highlight the best and worst places I’ve visited this year.
Best Food Discoveries of 2011
Nibong Tebal Prawn Curry
Nibong Tebal Prawn Curry @ Lim Aik Chew
Curry Wantan Mee
Curry Wantan Mee @ Kedai Kopi Ming Sing
Jumbo prawn and lobster with tomato oil, shallot, lemon, garlic and herbs
Bak Kut Teh
Yao Yao Ping
Penang Hokkien Mee
Ah San Hokkien Mee, Bukit Mertajam
Baptiste’s Vegetarian Choice - Vegetables with shaved white truffles
Baptiste’s Vegetarian Choice with Shaved White Truffles @ Mezze
Chan Chan Yong Tau Fu
Bangsar Babe’s Special Recommendation
Caesar Salad
Worst Food Discoveries of 2011
Chicken Chop @ Papillon 1973
Papillon 1973 @ Solaris Dutamas
Shitty service and lousy food @ Joseph's Kitchen
There you have it — my best and worst food discoveries this year.
Happy New Year Everyone!
May year 2012 be a wonderful year for all. 🙂
Love,
Bangsar Babe
14 Responses
happy new year to you too!
Thanks dear! Hope your New Year celebration will be fab! 🙂
I’m glad to hear your year is ending on a high. Happy New Year and wishing u continued success in 2012. 🙂
Thanks sweetie! Happy New Year to you too!!
many yummo food discovered huh!
hope next year will be even more post to tempt us!
happy new year 🙂
Thanks! Happy New Year. 🙂
I can’t help but lol on your papillon chicken chop. R they for real? 😀
Ya lor. Such a con job!
Happy new year 2012! may this year be bless wit happiness, good health n plenty of good food!
Happy New Year to you too dear! 🙂
I can’t stop laughing at the papillion chicken chop. LOLLLL
Yeah, a lot of people find it funny. But really la…I was so angry when they served me that! Don’t know why people still go to the place…
I enjoy reading your column on good food and I have been to quite a few of the places you recommended and you were spot on. The attractions to your column is GOOD FOOD, not Bad Food. Hence, there is no need to write bad review. Like my daughter often said ” if you have nothing good to say, say Nothing”. Writing bad review can damage others business and some of these restaurants or hawkers are already struggling to make ends meet – don’t destroy their life!
Michael, the purpose of my blog is to share my food discoveries with everyone, both good and bad food. To me, I’d rather spare my readers the hassle of finding out about that bad food places themselves than to keep quiet. The attraction to my column is my honesty in reviewing and I never maliciously attack restaurants — I always try to give constructive criticisms.
Besides, I think a bit of negative comments can help these restaurants improve on their food, don’t you think?