Food Gossip-14 : Manhattan Fish Market & Saisaki Japanese Restaurant.

1) Manhattan Fish Market.

For more than 180 years, the Manhattan Fish Market on Fultan street has greeted the dawn from its location in Manhattan under the Brooklyn Bridge, with the freshest seafood. Over he years, the market has maintained its reputation as the largest wholesale market in the country.

The historic market opens from 7 to 9am where the best restaurants and local fish store owners wonder through the stalls for the freshest, top-quality seafood products.

This is how Manhattan Fish Market came from. Its provide the freshest seafood to all.

I personally like the seafood platter for 2-3 persons. The platter served with garlic rice, prawn, fried calamari, deep fried fish, fried oyster and french fries.


2) Saisaki Japanese Buffet Restaurant.

This was my 5th time to patron this restaurant. Hoping to get a surprise, yet, to my disappointment, i failed to discover any food which can arouse my senses. First to mention is the raw oysters. They have never replenish the oysters. So, basically what we can discouver are the sashimi, tempura, hot and cold dishes, soups, free flow of drinks and different varieties of dessert.

Business Hours,

Lunch : 12pm -2.30pm

Dinner: 6.30 pm - 10.30pm

Address:

Jalan Pinang, Wisma UOA II, KL

Tel: 03-2166 3728

Miss Chinese Cosmos South-East Asia 2009 Pageant

The 18 contestants from Singapore, China, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia are the cream of the crop from their countries. The pageant is held over two weeks and began on Aug 7 with various activities like grooming classes, outdoor sports activities and a tour of Malaysia.

K-LINK International, the Diamond Sponsor witnessed the dazzling moments of Miss Chinese Cosmos Southeast Asia Region 2009 Pageant organised by Hong Kong Phoenix TV. Miss Chinese Cosmos Pageant 2006, Miss Chris Tong Peng Yu is a very pretty lady either in person or in the photos. I know her through her sister, Jayne. Chris is currently busy for film shooting, advertisement and product ambassador. The event was held in Palace of the Golden Horses. I was surprised to meet MCA Datuk Michael Chong in this occasion.

Pic below: famous HK artist, Simon Yam and famous International Supermodel Ms Amber Chia are the judgers.

Simon Yam is also the limelight of the night. I was able to talk to him. He is a friendly and cheerful gentleman.

Opening performance by the 18 finalists. They look gorgeous in the white evening gown.
Local singer, Chen Guo Fui performed while the finalists show the beauty of the chinese cheongsam.
During the Q&A session, some of the chinese culture related questions are so difficult to answer.

There are also 12 subsidairy titles which will allow the winners to be brand ambassadors for the companies adopting the said titles. K-LINK adopted a subtitle named " Miss Healthy and Beauty".

Congratulations to the Champion, 1st Runner-up and 2nd Runner-up! The winner will receive RM320,000 - RM20,000 in cash and the rest in kind while the collective amount for the first and second runners-up is RM150,000. The top three winners will represent their countries at the Miss Chinese Cosmos International pageant 2009 in Beijing.

Pic above: (from left) Miss Chinese Cosmos year 2007, 2004 and 2006.

Menu of the night, it's similar like a diet menu. We can notice that the serving portion is rather small.

Pic above: First dish - Roasted Chicken roll and smoked village egg with abalone sauce.

Pic Below: Stuffed King prawn with scallop paste and salted egg yolk.

Pic below: Steamed egg plant in spicy scallop sauce.

K-LINK Theme Dinner ~ Cultural Night

Theme dinner was the last event to be held in conjunction with K-LINK 8th Anniversary Celebration. After two months preparation, tonight is the time i have to make it happen according to my plan.

In fact, i don't like outdoor event due to the hot weather. Too bad, i have no choice. From 10.30am onwards i have to be there to ensure everthing is in order, including conducting rehearsal for the live band and emcees, as well as coordination with the Sunway Lagoon team.

Entrance arch at Landing 3 towards the main entrance of Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach. There was a "Mat Saleh" couple

wanted me to be into their photo. When the rest of the oversea delegates requested, i have to excuse myself coz i have to supervise other sections too. A lot of friends commented that i should have removed the white tops. But, for me, i always believe sexy is an inner beauty and own personality, but not by wearing less. I started the program punctually. The Live Band named Silver Beat Band entertained the guests while they enjoyed their delicious buffet dinner. The situation was out of control when the guests get high and jumped on the stage. However, for safety wise, we are not allowed so many people to go on stage at one time. Don't rub your eye. Yes, the event was held in KL, not Thailand. Look at the Thailand delegates. All of them came in their own traditional costume.

Indonesia delegates as well, they came to show their culture. In fact, they wanted to participate in the best dress contest, to win cash prize and product hamper.

The 2 emcees, Mat Over and Ms Angeline Tan conducting the best dress contest ( woman category) on stage. The Champions went to Bangkok girl - Yui. Nearly 1,000 guests at the Surf Beach. They enjoyed the opening Kuda Kepang dance, fun games, dance, live band performance and other program on stage.

The spectacular fireworks brighten up the dark sky, while the Live Band performing the K-LINK Corporate song. The fireworks released at the right time when everybody is enjoying the song.

Everyone eyes wide opened~~ " Wow, wow...amazing! "

I felt sorry for some of the oversea delegates coz i have no time to entertain them. I need to always alert of the program running.
Thanks to Sunway Lagoon Team, for showing their professionalism in work. This is an ideal place for function.
Also, not forget to thanks my team members for the good job done! Bravo~~

K-LINK 8th Anniversary Celebration

K-LINK International celebrated its 8th Anniversary and Recognition Ceremony in Malaysia International Exhibition & Convention Centre (MIECC) on 8 August 2009. The grandeur event was celebrated together with approximately 3,000 K-LINK International members from around the world like Indonesia, Thailand, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, Lithuania, Nepal, Poland, Africa, Kenya, Cyprus, England and other countries.

The team whom gone through a lot of challenges and many sleepless nights to make the event a success. Also with the helps from other departments. Eventhough the event started at 8.00pm, but there were guests arrived in the morning. As early as 6.00 pm, there were already crowded at the foyer. People can't wait any longer to enter the hall in order to grab the front seats.
Everybody put their big smile on their face. They are so awesome!

Besides cultural dances performed throughout the night, there was a local singer named Willian Chen Wei San entertained the crowd with 4 songs.
This is the night of glory! Congratulations to those top achievers for their hard work. Every top achievers received a Gold pin, sasch, keris -shaped trophy and a piece of certificate presented by K-LINK Board of Directors.
The 8th Anniversary celebration is incomplete without a cake cutting ceremony by the k-LINK Board of Directors, share holders and some top leaders.

The event ended at around 1.00 am, after the lucky draws.

Regional Recognition Rally, Melaka

Some of my friends envy my work when they gone thought some of my event photos. In fact, there are a lot of challenges that we need to go through prior to the actual event.

A project leader must be a person who equipped herself/himself with overall leadership, responsibility, able to work under pressure, analytical/critical thinking, problem solving and good communication skills.

Most of the time, i have sore throat problem due to non-stop talking with different levels and type of people.

Organizing a team is a big step to ensure a successful event. Irrespective of how a team is organized, it is important to remember that each member of the group should view themselves as a team member.

Pic below: Photo taken after the event over in Mahkota Parade Hotel Melaka.Making It Happen:
It is important that those who are on the organising committee take responsibility for their allocated areas. Regular meetings and communication between members and the cordinator/chair are essential at this point. It is during these meetings that the little things that make an ordinary event into a great event come to fruition.