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Actually, on March 4 it is the first time that I have been into Osome Wood Fired Pizza located at fourth mile, Kuching and to my surprised, they have this wood fire oven right beside the entrance of the restaurant. It is quite amazing because then people would be able to watch the Chefs at work, and the processes to go through just by making the orders of pizzas coming in - it is sort of like an open kitchen; we were seated at the second level and it is fascinating to be able to look down at the Chefs at work clearly albeit in aerial view.

^ Osome's boss clad in blue.

So, bloggers were invited to Osome Wood Fired Pizza on March 4 to sit through the unveiling of two artisanal pizza by Anchor Food Professionals for their second PizzArt campaign, with the first one being held in Sarawak last September.

This round, the PizzArt campaign includes the meat-endowed-cheese-oozing PizzBurger as one of its main attraction, alongside the ambitious all-meat-based UltiMeat Pizza.

PizzBurger features a succulent grilled minced meat patty stuffed with Anchor Mozzarella Shredded Cheese, Anchor Colby and Cheddar Cheese with baked in light crust with Anchor Butter while the UltiMeat Pizza features a pizza base made entirely out of ground meat deep fried to crusty perfection before being baked with Anchor mixed cheeses on top.

Speaking at the unveiling of the second PizzArt campaign, Director of Anchor Food Professionals Malaysia, Linda Tan said, “We want to excite the market and take the enjoyment of pizza a notch up by infusing global food trends into local favourites. This round we are working with 18 outlets in Peninsula Malaysia and East Malaysia. In Kuching, customers of Osome Wood Fired Pizza are in for a treat with these one-of-a-kind pizzas.”

Starting from March 8 to 31, Osome Wood Fired Pizza, Kuching will be rolling out the Anchor’s PizzArt campaign pizzas to its customers at the price of RM 18.99 each!

Those opting from the PizzArt menu will also be entitled to receive a free PizzArt pizza cutter that is available in six different colours.

Linda mentioned also, “These inventive pizzas under PizzArt were conceptualised and created by our own Anchor Food Professionals’ Hot Cooking Chefs. These pizzas can only be made by kitchen crew with advanced culinary skills, and in restaurants with pizza ovens.”

Together with outlets in Peninsula and East Malaysia, Anchor Food Professionals will be introducing these creations through a nationwide campaign from December 2017 to early June 2018.

The enhance your tastebuds, and to let you have a lick at your screen, here is PizzBurger sliced open, revealing the inner part which is oozing with cheese, portraying strings of cheese - undoubtedly mankind's fascinating kind of dairy.

During the unveiling at Osome, National Sales Manager Chua Chern Shian shared that Anchor brand products are not manufactured in Malaysia as the products are shipped in from New Zealand.

“The products will be packed before shipping with hygienic procedures for safety of consumption, then it will be shipped in chilled environment, or frozen depending on products.”

Once the product reached Malaysia, averagely within 3 to 4 weeks, Anchor Malaysia is responsible to make sure of its quality, ensuring that each products will have a 3 to 4 months shelf life, depending on products.

Chua continued, “Anchor is one of the biggest dairy exporter in New Zealand, and we focus mainly on quality, definitely the freshness, and most importantly it is natural.”

When asked to comment on the cows the dairy products are yield from, Chua said, “A lot of people would thought that the cows eat certain ingredients but in New Zealand, most of the time, the cows are free roaming, grazing on the grass at the green field, and the quality of the grass actully depends on season. When it comes to winter, that is the only time we give them dry grass.”

Chua elaborated that cows fed on dry grass will take in less nutrients as compared to cows fed on grass from the field. “However, during winter we do not have much productions because the cows would be resting as we do not want to overwork them.”

According to Chua, almost 90% of the farmers in New Zealand contributes milk to Anchor, “Fonterra is a corporation of farmers so we help them maximise the efficiency of milk the provide to us, and that is how Anchor helps in increasing the livelihood of farmers.”

The recently rebranded Anchor Food Professionals reflects the way the food service team are now doing business acting as true consultants, working behind the scenes to deliver exciting new tastes and products for chefs, bakers, caterers, commercial kitchens, hotels, restaurants, quick service restaurants and cafes.

Now, before I end my post, below are some pictures of hungry probably empty stomachs guys during the Anchor's PizzArt pizza challenge - to eat UltiMeat the fastest within three minutes :

Osome Wood Fired Pizza

Jalan Datuk Tawi Sli,

Hua Joo Park, 93250

Kuching, Sarawak

Operation Time :

Sunday : 11am – 10:30pm

Monday : 5pm – 10pm

Tuesday : Closed

Wednesday : 5pm - 10pm

Thursday : 5pm - 10pm

Friday : 5pm - 10:30pm

Saturday 11am - 10.30pm

I am always anticipating a Nando's media gathering because tbh I get to not only eat good food, but also meet others of the same field.

This time, Nando's held their gathering in conjunction with Christmas as well as to launch their new campaign #Everyone is welcome - I wrote this for my newspaper as well, and the title I put for the article was "This Christmas, #everywhere is welcome at Nando's" actually, everyone is already welcomed to Nando's lahhh, just the tagline envision a more harmonious and multi-culturalism we constantly instill within ourselves as Malaysians where since we are multi-cultural, having practicing different cultural and religion aspect, we learnt since young on how to live among each other harmonious.

Those in Sarawak can relate - being the state of Harmony - we are accustomed to living amongst each other, despite races and religions in harmony and coherence.

So what have Nando's prepared for its patrons this Christmas?

‘Everyone is Welcome’ reflects the different ethnicity and culture coming together to spend time with each other, or to simply have a conversation, a bonding session over meals, pushing aside the distinctive skin colour and to just celebrate the uniqueness each and every Malaysian have inside.

According to Stephen Chew, CEO of Nando’s Malaysia, “2017 has been a year full of exciting events and occurrences. As Malaysians living in a diverse country, we experience a lot of ups and downs, but no matter how bad the situation, we are still one nation. Together we stand tall in the face of adversity, together we embrace each other’s differences and together we stand and support our fellow Malaysians regardless of who we are and what we believe in. At Nando’s we stand for the people and no matter what happens, we are there for everyone. Our restaurants are always open and we are proud to be part of this diverse nation.”

As a brand that has always prided itself on being cheeky and fun, Nando’s has also produced a music video which is already capturing the hearts of fellow Malaysians. The colourful and light-hearted video that carries with it a catchy tune delivers a quirky recap of events that have taken place throughout the year and ultimately advocates harmony and inclusivity which makes Malaysia the beautiful nation that it is.

The video can be found on YouTube and the official Nando’s Facebook Page www.facebook.com/NandosMY/. For more information about this exciting campaign, log onto www.everyoneiswelcome.com.my.

Apart from that, Nando's does not disappoint by letting the party stop there. Instead, they enhance the celebration even more with a competition just for you and me, how? EASY.

Nando’s contest that runs now til January 7, 2018 where contestants stand a chance to win 100 Nando’s vouchers. YAY FREE FOOD

All you have to do is download a poster that depicts words like ‘Diverse’, ‘Equal’, ‘Fiery’, ‘Multi-cultured’ and ‘United’ from www.everyoneiswelcome.com.my or find them at the restaurants, take an interesting photo of it and post it on their Instagram with a creative caption and tag @NandosMY as well as #Everyoneiswelcome.

Okay less talking, picture time :

To transcend that message into the restaurants, Nando’s has also introduced a special sharing platter called ‘Everyone’s Platter’ that comes with a starter, sharing sides and of course a full uncut PERi-PERi chicken, which is a first for Nando’s.

The recommended for four platter consists of the all new portobello mushroom bowl, one whole PERI-PERI chicken, and four sides to share namely the regular corn-on-the-cob, large PERI-PERI wedges, regular side salad, and large mediterranean rice.

To top it off, the meal comes together with four bottomless drinks. With our diverse culture in Malaysia, we were taught to share since young, thus this platter costing at RM99.00, divided into four individuals makes a sweet deal as one eater will only be paying RM24.75.

What differs this platter even more as compared to its counterparts in the Nando’s menu is that, the chicken served in this platter is of the original butterfly cut so the chicken remains juicy and tantalising, and the cheeky Nando’s wants to leave the fun part of cutting to its patrons.

Not to forget, the chicken platter for four, also part of the #Everyoneiswelcome, ordering this its eater could get a choice of one full chicken and 10 PERI-PERI crusted chicken wings at the price of RM 79.90.

Recently, Kuching saw a growth in shopping malls and among the malls we have here, there is one mall where a concept shop had just open its doors to public to immerse themselves into the experience brought by the product.

The idea behind this shop is called the Huawei Concept Store and just like its name, public can now make an appearances at their recently launched store located at Level 2, Viva City Megamall Kuching to experience the product hands on.

Launched on November 10, its grand ceremony was accompanied with the blessing of the lion dances carving the blessing fruits and vegetables at the end of their dance, continued by cutting of the ribbons to officiated the opening of the store.

Its store, previously was only half a store now expanded to a huge one - the interior is pure white, a clean and plain concept that ensures its patrons ease as they browse through the mobile selections, and other products offered in the store.

Among the current feature and products that customers visiting the store can try is their Huawei Mate 10 transforming into a desktop. This demonstration was done at the shop for the interest of its buyers who are intrigued in knowing how does it work.

While another brand has the same feature, however it requires a separate bought dock whereas the Huawei Mate 10 need not as its only requirement to transform is the USB-C to HDMI adapter.

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd founded in 1987, is a Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong.

Lot L2-034A & 034B, Level 2, Vivacity Megamall,
Jalan Wan Alwi, Kuching, Sarawak.

Operation time :
10am - 10pm

Few days back husband told me that an electronic store that we regulate at are having a warehouse sales, and to my delight the word SALES is enough to bring me on all toes to walk over (drive in fact) to visit the one and only Thunder Match at Viva City Megamall Kuching.

Having some plans at the back of our minds, both husband and I geared up and visited Thunder Match yesterday with high hopes and we were greeted with yellow paper stuck on each and every products available in the store.

How excited we became! From laptops, to printers, to speakers, to phones basically every single thing is pasted the yellow paper indicating a mark down in prices. Whether it is mark down crazy or just a little, the price differences before and after will definitely make you feel like spending.

And yes, we managed to splurge a little something at Thunder Match. We bought this printer for a cheap price. It was selling originally at RM 489 but when we got it at the warehouse sales, we managed to snag it for RM 449. DISCOUNTS YOOO

The warehouse sales is now until November 12 for those who are looking into purchasing electronics for a cheaper price. How can we say no right? Definitely worth the visit and worth the time just checking each products discounted price.

L2-032-033, Vivacity Megamall,

Jalan Wan Alwi, 93350 Kuching, Sarawak

Operation time :

For more information :

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ThunderMatch/

On top of that, the Chilled Out Children Concept Restaurant also provide a nursery room. Could not take a widescale picture, but it is colourful, provides facility such as sink, sitting chair and comfy baby changing bed. Still got this height measurement on one side of the wall.

What is a Children Concept Restaurant if not without Kids Menu right? I was quite happy cause they have kids portion carbonara which most restaurants do not, and if they do have kids menu, it be a limited choice of burgers and nuggets - like Xavier hands are too puny for burgers, and nuggets just does not sound fulfilling if you ask me.

A plus for me too having kids portion Carbonara as usually I would had to eat Xavier's leftover cause adult portion too much for little kid, sometimes I could not handle it, and we just leave it to waste. Furthermore, since it is kids portion with kids price, Xavier not only manage to finish, he also save me bucks!

Besides Carbonara, they have kids size grilled meat, vegetables, soup and burgers too. I was shocked however, to find that they also provide a Baby Menu for babies! Really flexible because mothers carrying babies always struggle needing to bring extra food just for the babies - I inquired about the food they provide for this group of age, and they have puree!

I am still quite impressed with the Baby Menu, so let me elaborate more : They have different flavours of porridge (Sunrise Porridge, Fruit & Yogurt, Oat & Apple, Blueberry Oat, Smooth Baby Rice), Paste (cheese veg, baby pasta, baby noodle), Carbohydrate (Rice & Chicken, Rice & Mixed Fruits, Rice & Mixed Vegetables, Wheat & Honey), Protein (Carrot & Sweet Potato, Apple & Orange puree, Apple puree, Pear & Banana Puree) and even choices of Biscuits and Snacks just for the little one.

Now time for some food picture :

Before I blabber on with this signature drink of theirs - The Lemongrass drink,

Let me just put out a little information here. Chilled Out Restaurant is sisters to Kidz Paradize Playground and also VH Green Nature Park (Outdoor Learning Experience) Matang. Hence, the lemongrass used to make this signature drink, is from the VH Green Nature Park garden. Damn savvy and healthy, cause you know where it comes from and it is actually quite money-saving.

(And it is also the cheapest drink in the menu and a score for those who can drink lemongrass)

Xavier made a new friend/Bro on the first time I visited Chilled Out. Garner, a blogger friend as well, he and Xavier manage to bond over toys. Xavier kept on referring him as bro and even introduced me, my own friend, as his 'bro'.

So here is a Xavier, scooping soup out for his bro.

BELOW : Adult portion

Food verdict : Food served was scrumptious. However, just one thing I want to complain - that is THE DAMN PORTION SO BIGGGG! On the first night I went, Garner, Aliey, and Ztie who shared the table with me ordered from the grilled selection and they barely finish. What shocked me the most was the price for the portion. I myself ordered on the second time I went to Chilled Out - the grill chicken chop that costed only RM20, my confident self was beaten by the portion as I could no longer manage. while the beef and lamb priced at RM 30 and RM 32 respectively.

I also enjoyed munching on the sweet potatoes from the grilled set because irresistible!

They even have combos with the most expensive costing at RM 45, a mixture of chicken, beef, lamb and sausage accompanied with vegetables, mashed potatoes and corn and it is named as 'Sleeping Monster Grilled'.

The adult menu also offered Asian Delights to which I tried their nasi lemak, it tasted like standard Malaysian nasi lemak with the savoury sambal.

Activity time : Each week, Chilled Out would changed their activities for variants and there is also no specific time for the activities as the play guides from the restaurants are ready to guide (and play/entertain) anytime.

When I visited, their weekly activity is this seahorse in a jar and also a demonstration of rainbows ina a jar which I purposely did not watch along with Xavier as I wanted to feel how reliable the restaurant's play guide are. WORSE DECISION EVER : because Xavier had so much fun, he did not want to leave the place, and I had to lie to him saying the shop was about to close. sigh

I asked the ladies behind Chilled Out whether their play guides are reliable, or whether they can be trusted to handle a child because *vomit blood* to handle children, especially lots of them, you really need a mountain tonnes of energy and patience because children can get rowdy and naughty, and no matter how many hours they run a super huge playground, they will never get tired. (proven)

The ladies told me, "This is why we put out vacancy position waitress cum play guides - to ensure those looking for a job knows what they will be put up to. Furthermore, they are permanently hired, we will put them into a three months probation at Kidz Paradize AKA Chilled Out sister which is a big playground."

I silently nod my head with approval. and replied her, "oh so basically they are thrown into the jungle before working as play guides here," because seriously, have you seen kids at a playground with other kids. Many times I had to shout at Xavier not to play so rough. Worse is when a fight breaks out, and even if you told them off, the fight still go on.

Okay this is quite long-winded with a lot of photos, however, I can really relate that we need a Children Concept Restaurant in Kuching because sometimes I do have appointments or a girly meet up but meeting at a cafe (with strong wifi connection) is not practical if we are bringing children. Furthermore, the price of a coffee at Chilled Out is basically the same as a normal cafe, so I can vouch to mothers, you definitely can come and gossip here with your kids entertaining themselves while you yourself entertain yourself also.

UPDATE : Went blog visiting and noticed how Ztie recorded a video of Xavier during the fun play educational activity. (I thought myself, oh so this is what he did while I deliberately sat at my table finishing my dinner) Thanks Ztie!

Before I end my already long-winded post, here is some more information of Chilled Out :

Chilled Out! is a restaurant with a difference - it is a child friendly restaurant, focusing on kids and educational plays a key role as well. With a superb child friendly atmosphere which we provide all families a great dining as food is more than a necessity where it brings people together whether its connecting with old friends, meeting new interest or just bonding.

Since Chilled Out and Kidz Paradize are sisters, parents sending their children to the playground can also ensure their child is fed as if they are hungry, they can easily request the menu from Chilled Out! and order.

We cater for all event, special corner for kids to dine in, kids playroom area for kids to play and learn fun educational activities, weekend fun educational activities for kids and family during weekend, nursery room complete with toddler's facilities, special pastry and kid's menu in kid's style, kids now can create their own meal seat with our Special Kids Menu (picture above) and lastly, the best for diners, DISCOUNT for students, family dine in and our visitors from other sister company (Kidz Paradize and VH Green Nature Park).

There will be two randomly chosen child every weekend to get FREE FOOD,
After 6pm, all sandwiches are priced at 50 percent off,

No 222, 2nd Floor,

The Spring Mall,

Sarawak, Malaysia

Operation time :

Weekdays - 10am to 9.30pm

Weekends - 10am to 10pm

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/chilledoutthespring/

Check for more information on special festive menu and weekly educational activity.

(Another #howtowininlife constantly checking their Facebook page for a Surprise Under Table announcement so you can get a surprise under your table.. that is if you are the lucky one)