My Honeymoon Diary : Another terrible Start Off !!!!!

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5 hours journey from Prague to Vienna downtown.....I had a terrible sleep on the bus overnight

the driver and the gebohchi ticketing officer was keep talking and talking was so disturbing and annoying!!!!!

i immediately jump off the bus when it stoped.....huh...* take a deep breath

Time: 5am

ok.....now we have to take the metro to the central station, and then interchange bus 80A toTandelmarktgasse 5A (the bus stop where we'll walk from here to our rented apartment)

It was very cold in the morning...when we reach the central station, we cant stand to wait for the bus at the outdoor bus stop...so we waited in the main hall....ooh aiya..becoz of that we missed the 1st 80A....oki la we wait outside la..to avoid the same "missed" again...

After 15minutes exposed to the cold air..finally we are on the bus 80A.

Tandelmarktgasse 5A....Tandelmartkgasse 5A....Tandelmartkgasse 5A....

We keep looking for the bus stop of Tandelmartkgasse 5A....but there's none of it....and now the bus already drove 1 big round and we were back to the central station....err...what to do now??

Me and hubby decided to stay on the bus...and wait for the second round "city tour". 5 minutes stop at the central station, ok..."city tour" start again....

Now the bus is going to the other end of the city and its wasn't the same "city tour" route as earlier....

Tandelmarktgasse 5A....Tandelmartkgasse 5A....Tandelmartkgasse 5A....

Till the last stop still we din see the bus stop Tandelmarktgasse 5A.....alamak...we start to worry did we do the wrong research earlier??

The bus driver also curious to this 2 little chinese stranger....city tour for 2 rounds still stay on the bus. Then he came to us...

We showed him the map and bus stop name ....(instead of telling him...to avoid mis-pronunciation that will possibly make a big jokes - Tandelmarktgasse 他的妈急屎......keke)

in the most simple english he replied to us: "stay here"

2nd time we were back to the central station, 3rd city tour starts again 5 minutes later.....

Till the last stop, finally the driver direct us ..we have to go from here.....its Tandelmarktgasse. NotTandelmarktgasse 5A...where is the 5A stop and how far is here from the 5A stop...the bus driver couldn't explain much to us...becoz they dun speak complicated english.....

we are lost in somewhere now...dunno what is our exact location....dunno how to walk from here to our apartment....a lot of dunno in mind ........

hubby start to study on the map to see how we can get to our apartment....struggling for a few minutes we start to walk.

Walk pass houses...quiet lane.....shop lots....and we saw the bus stop Tandelmarktgasse 5A too...(wander why they din drive thru this street...still wandering...) finally yeah...we found our apartment!

Morning has broken....like the first morning

And like the first morning....we had a terrible incident again!

ding dong on the bell

no body is answering

we waited for quite sometimes....there's is nobody in or out

perhaps times is still early....the receptionist is not on duty yet

we walked to the nearby restaurant for breakfast

look at the menu

it was all in German

we had a hard time to understand what's on the menu and what to order

if we simply place order who knows later all is bread and bread and bread

then i'll pengsan looking at the bread!

hubby translating the words using his mobile dictionary

frühstück = breakfast

weichgekochtes Ei = soft boiled egg

semmeln = roll

sesambagel mit räucherlachs = sesame bagel with smoked salmon

finally we placed order with the help of a friendly waiter who could speak general English explained to us the breakfast set

ohh..i like that round round bread so much and also the mango lassi comes with the breakfast set!

*****

we finished our breakfast and hubby went back to the apartment to check if the receptionist is available yet.

Ding dong ding dong still no one is answering, then he went to make a phone calls to the office. They said someone will attend to us soon....

Finally hubby "catch" one lady who is accessing the building...oh she is the cleaner of the apartment. Thank God, finally we got someone to help us on the check-in. But its too early for us to check-in cause the apartment is still occupied. There is no temporary luggage room where we could keep our luggage and come back for it afterwards.

The cleaner lady who were first day to work also get very confused on how to handle us. She suggest us to wait till 12pm for the occupant to check out or come back b4 she leave to collect the room key.

Argh...its is just so trouble some to come back again before 3pm...so we decided to wait till 12pm since now already 10am.

........

12pm - the occupant still did not return the key yet...aaiks...we dun care la..already waisted so much time! the cleaner lead us to our apartment unit with her master key and we left our luggage there and gotta start our sight seeing NOW!!!!!

After a half day trip at the Vienna city, finally we were back to the apartment. and luckily we collected the key smoothly!

studio style apartment with 1 single bed and 1 sofa bed

the small dining and kitchen area

Tips for Travelling:

1. Try to avoid renting an apartment than hotel - hotel allowed to check in at any hour...at least there is a 24hours receptionist attending to you.

2. Renting an apartment is not really cheaper than a hotel - they charged us 10 EURO extras for the 2 hours early check-in!!!! WT*!

3. Avoid renting the apartment unless you plan to cook food by yourself....and our intention earlier when booking this apartment...is to occupy their washing machine...hahaha (to wash some of the cloths and dry it...so that when i returned home...i have less cloths to clean!)

郭靓太煮私房菜 : 桂花面 Kwai Fah Yee Mee

I was once tried the kwai fah yee mee at the food store introduced by my best pal ~ Shanice! All of us like the noodle very much and today my challenge is to cook this kwai fah mee at home! Based on my taste bud its roughly about these few ingredients.

Ingredients:

~ 2  yee mee

~ few cloves of chopped garlic

~ 2 pieces of ginger

~ 1 piece of fish cake cut into slices
~ chicken piece cut into pieces

~ 3 stalk of mushroom cut into slices

~ 1 big onion cut into slices

~ 1 stalk of chili cut into slices

~ 2 beaten eggs seasoned with pinch of salt and pepper

Seasoning: 

~ 2 tablespoon of soy sauce

~ 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce

~ pinch of salt

~ pinch of pepper

~ touch of sesame oil

~ 1 bowl of chicken stock soup

Steps 1: Heat the frying pan with some oil and fry the garlic until fragrant and then put in the chicken and fry until half cooked.

Steps 2: Add in the other ingredients to the frying pan. Onion, fish cake, chili, mushroom, and seasoned all of them with the combination seasoning. Mixed well all of them and dish up set it aside.

Steps 3: Heat the chicken stock soup in the wok and soak in the yee mee. Cover the wok with lid and let the soup boiled the yee mee until softened. To let the yee mee soak in the flavor.

 pour in some corn starch to dry off the soup abit ...cause i pour in too many soup. 

Steps 4: Push the yee mee to aside and then pour in the beaten egg and let it cook until flowery (蛋花).

Steps 5: Then add in the ingredients and mix well. Then can dish up!

Steps 6: Garnishing the yee mee and served.

 Kwai Fah Yee Mee for 2

But why do this yee mee called kwai fah yee mee....look at the flowery eggs..that is the kwai fah meaning of decorating the yee mee. 

郭靓太煮私房菜 : 茄子意粉 Eggplant Spaghetti

I'm kind a lazy wife.....that always find the most simple and easiest recipe to prepare the food. Well...guess what you can do with just 1 eggplant and then few tomatoes in the fridge? The Answer is ....Eggplant Spaghetti. 

Ingredients:

- 1 eggplant

- 5 tomatoes

- 2 tablespoon of olive oil

- pinch of salt

- pinch of pepper

- 1 bowl of tomato sauce

- spaghetti for 2

Steps 1: Diced the eggplant and tomatoes.

Steps 2: Seasoned the diced eggplant with some olive oil, pepper and salt. Send the eggplant to the oven to slightly grill brown the eggplant.

Steps 3: Heat the frying pan and pour in the grilled eggplant then add in the diced tomato

Steps 4: Cook until both ingredients is slightly dried off then add in the tomato sauce and mixed with the ingredients.

Steps 5: I prefer the sauce to be more juicy and dry...so i add 1/2 cup of water to it. And cook until it is thickened.

Steps 6: Drain the pasta and served it with the eggplant tomato sauce. And sprinkle the top with some shredded cheese or im using cheese powder.

 A simple yet quick dinner for 2 

Easy to prepare and yet delicious!

郭靓太煮甜品 : 意式布丁 Panna Cotta

Others than chocolate....now i found hubby also like the Panna Cotta too since our last visit to Spasso Milano. So today my challenge is to make the Panna Cotta!

 with just a few ingredients ...its unbelievable easy

Ingredients:

- 1 teaspoon of gelatin

- 1/4 cup of cold milk

- 1 pack of heavy whipping cream (250ml)

- 1/2 cup of Icing Sugar (or less sugar if you prefer less sweetened dessert)

- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Steps 1: Sprinkle the teaspoon of gelatin on top of the cold milk. And set it aside 5-10 minutes to let the gelatin dissolved.

Steps 2: Mix the icing sugar with the heavy whipping cream over low heat. Simmer it but do not boiled it.

 keep stirring until the icing sugar is completely dissolved in the cream

 Steps 3: Add in the cold milk + gelatin mixture into the cream and keep heating it over low heat until the gelatin is completely dissolved.

Steps 4: Pour the mixture into the glass thru the screen. To give the mixture even more smooth.

 my cute little pink screen

 pour into the glass and set it to chill in the fridge for 2 - 4 hours

Steps 5: After 2-4 hours ...the gelatin is already harden and became pudding style. Now we can decorate it with any fresh fruits. Im using my favorite's fruit...MANGO!

i cut the mango in cub and then press some of it thru the screen and get some mango puree.

 i first layer the mango puree on top of the pudding then only topped it with the cubed mango

chilled for another 30 minutes ...yum my Mango Panna Cotta Dessert on a Saturday night!

Antipasti Buffet @ Spasso Milano

If you are craving for Italian food.....Spasso Milano is undoubtedly a good choice. Introduced by my brother 2 weeks ago then immediately we booked a table for 2 on the weekend. 

Nihonkan Club @ Jalan Ampang

just when our car turned in to the club, the security guard immediately walk towards us

don't worry ..they are not chasing us away from the in-lot parking

instead they are very gentlemanly help us to open the door...haha

quite a surprising move from the security

they even lead us to the lift entrance to the restaurant

Good Job!

Got italian restaurant and also PappaRich

a nice swimming pool

entrance of Spasso Milano at 2nd floor

the open kitchen

buffet spread

soup, appetizer, starter to dessert

italian fried chicken

very fresh clams cook in italian styles

mussel mussel

went for many rounds of the same food, we are still enjoying it very much!

Simply the boiled egg taste superb too!

Add an additional RM3++ for a main course

loves so much the pinkish beef fillet in balsamic dressing

fruits and dessert

yum~ chocolate mousse, passion fruit panna cotta & the carrot cheese cake

all were my favorite!!!

We skipped our breakfast just for this...and we are now truly satisfied with the all the food, the environment, the atmosphere and even the service! Remember to book your seat for the coming weekend!

Buffet Price: RM18++ (Add additional RM3++ for a main course)

Spasso Milano

347, Jalan Ampang,

50450 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel: 603 - 4252 7088

Email: spasso@out2dine.com.my