Buka Puasa @ Putrajaya
Wanted to write more on this, but I'm being super-lazy today. I guess a short one will have to do, then.
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I guess having buka puasa get together with The Girls is a yearly thing we have. Last year was at Tropicana Golf Club. The year before that was at Concorde Hotel. And the year before that, we even had a sleepover at Mandarin Oriental Hotel with buka puasa session at Madam Kwan's, and sahur at Kg Baru.
This year we agreed to have it near Putrajaya / Cyberjaya / Bangi. To be fair to some of us. I mean, last year it was all the way to Tropicana. Ceruk giler. Fara, Lo' & myself reached there late. And I mean LATE. So we buka puasa in the car and I couldn't enjoy the buffet very much anyway. I was initially kinda pissed off at the choice of location. Jauh giler! But I guess the main focus was to meet up, not to be able to decide what place to buka puasa at.
At first we decided to have the buka puasa at Cyberview Lodge. They're offering Ramadhan buffet at RM45.00 nett. A lot of The Girls thought it was still affordable. As long as not more than RM50.00. But, when Sheils called to make reservation, the staff there informed her that it was actually RM48.00++. Which works out to be RM55.20!
Aiyoh!! Too bloody expensive! These places are really making money off the month of Ramadhan, I tell you. I mean, honestly, how much CAN a person eat after a day fasting? Takkan lah sampai RM50.00? Of course, if you compare Cyberview Lodge's price with that of Shang, or Mandarin-Oh, yes Cyberview Lodge is cheaper.
Frantically searching for a new venue, someone suggested the buffet at Taman Warisan, Putrajaya. Oooh, it's RM15.00. Menu changes everyday, so we weren't sure what we would be eating for buka puasa. The staff who took Mel's call was being somewhat reluctant to share the info on the Menu for the day (I wonder why..? Hmm..) Anyway, we decided to eat there.
There were 6 of us Girls - Sheils, Zuec, Mel, Fara, Rina & yours truly here. Fara even brought along Baby Yas. Rina came with hubby. Mel came with hubby too, and brought Lo' along. Zuec's sister joined us, so there were 10 at the table. The others couldn't make it for geographical or personal reasons.
Anyway, food was OK. For RM15, I thought it was value for money. Plus we get to meet. THAT is the main point! I miss this. I really do.
We left Taman Warisan at around 9.30pm, with the promise to meet up again. Perhaps after Raya, especially since a good friend of ours is coming back to Malaysia for Raya.
I'm having another buka puasa session next weekend, with my secondary schoolmates. Might be dining at Shakey's Pizza. BTW, Shakey's ada buffet for Ramadhan?
This weekend it will be with family. InsyaAllah will be hosting buka puasa at home. And inviting a few sedara-mara. Expected number of people? Erm, I think would be around 10-13 adults, and a couple children. Hmm, need to start think about what to cook, eh? We're going for local dishes of course. Any suggestions anyone? :-))
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LOLs..! So maybe it's not so short after all. ;P
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I guess having buka puasa get together with The Girls is a yearly thing we have. Last year was at Tropicana Golf Club. The year before that was at Concorde Hotel. And the year before that, we even had a sleepover at Mandarin Oriental Hotel with buka puasa session at Madam Kwan's, and sahur at Kg Baru.
This year we agreed to have it near Putrajaya / Cyberjaya / Bangi. To be fair to some of us. I mean, last year it was all the way to Tropicana. Ceruk giler. Fara, Lo' & myself reached there late. And I mean LATE. So we buka puasa in the car and I couldn't enjoy the buffet very much anyway. I was initially kinda pissed off at the choice of location. Jauh giler! But I guess the main focus was to meet up, not to be able to decide what place to buka puasa at.
At first we decided to have the buka puasa at Cyberview Lodge. They're offering Ramadhan buffet at RM45.00 nett. A lot of The Girls thought it was still affordable. As long as not more than RM50.00. But, when Sheils called to make reservation, the staff there informed her that it was actually RM48.00++. Which works out to be RM55.20!
Aiyoh!! Too bloody expensive! These places are really making money off the month of Ramadhan, I tell you. I mean, honestly, how much CAN a person eat after a day fasting? Takkan lah sampai RM50.00? Of course, if you compare Cyberview Lodge's price with that of Shang, or Mandarin-Oh, yes Cyberview Lodge is cheaper.
Frantically searching for a new venue, someone suggested the buffet at Taman Warisan, Putrajaya. Oooh, it's RM15.00. Menu changes everyday, so we weren't sure what we would be eating for buka puasa. The staff who took Mel's call was being somewhat reluctant to share the info on the Menu for the day (I wonder why..? Hmm..) Anyway, we decided to eat there.
There were 6 of us Girls - Sheils, Zuec, Mel, Fara, Rina & yours truly here. Fara even brought along Baby Yas. Rina came with hubby. Mel came with hubby too, and brought Lo' along. Zuec's sister joined us, so there were 10 at the table. The others couldn't make it for geographical or personal reasons.
Anyway, food was OK. For RM15, I thought it was value for money. Plus we get to meet. THAT is the main point! I miss this. I really do.
We left Taman Warisan at around 9.30pm, with the promise to meet up again. Perhaps after Raya, especially since a good friend of ours is coming back to Malaysia for Raya.
I'm having another buka puasa session next weekend, with my secondary schoolmates. Might be dining at Shakey's Pizza. BTW, Shakey's ada buffet for Ramadhan?
This weekend it will be with family. InsyaAllah will be hosting buka puasa at home. And inviting a few sedara-mara. Expected number of people? Erm, I think would be around 10-13 adults, and a couple children. Hmm, need to start think about what to cook, eh? We're going for local dishes of course. Any suggestions anyone? :-))
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LOLs..! So maybe it's not so short after all. ;P
posted by Yam @ 10:12 pm
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