Eat, Play, Drive with Nissan Almera - Aunty Koh Best Cendol

Last month, I was invited to join a test drive food trip by Nissan Malaysia. The plan is to drive from KL to Malacca and explore some of the good food there. I was assigned with Kelly and Joshua to drive a stock entry level Nissan Almera which doesn't have the push-start key-less feature. Some of the other teams were driving Impul premium version which comes with the key-less feature and body kit with 16 inch rims. The stock comes with 15 inch rims.

The trusty Nissan Almera that I drove.

The Impul Almera.

One thing about the Nissan Almera is the spacious boot space. It can easily fit two of me inside. I am 178cm tall and weight about 95KG. Yes, so gonna lose weight soon.

The journey to Malacca was quite smooth. Although the pick up response is a bit laggy for the Nissan Almera but once you are in a constant speed, it is a smooth ride all the way. Well, Nissan Almera is built for economy and fun driving in mind. If one wanted a speed demon, one would have gone for a Nissan GTR.

The fuel economy is surprisingly good even after driving some long sub-urban road to reach Aunty Koh Best Cendol in Bukit Rambai we only have to fuel up about RM 16.78 worth of RON95 petrol to reach full tank again. That works out about 6.8 liter/100KM.

The first stop is Aunty Koh Best Cendol as I've mentioned. It took a lot of turnings in the sub-urban area after Alor Gajah exit to reach Bukit Rambai. I was told that Aunty Koh only opens for business during the weekends from 12pm to 2pm but usually sold out by 1pm.

It is actually a stall located in a house with huge land, so parking will be easily available but advised to reach early so that you don't have to wait for too long.

We have a huge orders and Aunty Koh only works alone so we need to wait for quite a while.

And it's worth the wait. The cendol here is thick, springy and rich with the taste of pandan and santan. The gula melaka used is also not too sweet and rich with the aroma of gula melaka. I would have to say that this is one of the best cendol I've eaten so far.

Here are the videos of Aunty Koh preparing the cendols for us.

Besides the normal cendol, I also tried the santan-less Taibak. Pandan infused sugar syrup is used for Taibak instead of gula melaka. For those that can't take santan, this is a good alternative to have a go at cendol like dessert. Personally, I still prefer cendol. Taibak is a bit too plain for me.

Everyone seems to like Aunty Koh Best Cendol.

Kelly, Eunice and Hui Ping

Joshua Law enjoying his cendol.

With Huai Bin aka Sixthseal.

More food posts will be posted on this Eat, Play, Drive trip. Stay tuned.

Address:

Aunty Koh Best Cendol
No. 5113, Jalan Batang Tiga,
Kampung Bukit Rambai.
75250, Melaka.
GPS Coordinates: N2 14.804 E102 11.516

Simon Says Turned 5 Yesterday!

I almost forgot it was my blog 5th anniversary yesterday. Too bad I've already promised to publish an advertorial yesterday so I can't do a Blog Birthday post. Sorry blog. As usual, during each blog birthday I'll change the header to reflect what's I've blogged about and been to events that related to this blog of mine. Also, together with the new header will be a new background colour.

The year 2012 is a year of change for me because I started working in a new company after I quit my previous job of 4 years. So far the new company has been good. Better benefit and better job satisfaction.

As for blogging activities, this year as always I've been invited to many many events, especially alcohol beverage related event. Started with this and ended with this. I also did something related to cars, which is not a common in Simon Says. Got the media pass to Super GT 2012 and then I was invited for a makan trip to Malacca while driving the all new Nissan Almera.

Of course the tons of movie screenings from Nuffnang and Churp Churp that saves me a lot of movie tickets money. Hell, I can even earn from the two. Coincidentally, Nuffnang also turned 5 this year.

This is my previous blog header.

The new blog header.

Honestly, I've been lacking in updating my blog this year and wrote a lot less personal post like food post or personal view. The most personal one I've got this year is probably this. Next year in 2013, I promised I'll update more often.

So far...

Simon Says has garnered 877,668 of page views in 5 years. Not much if compared to other bloggers but I'm still thankful that there's people out there that read what I write.

Simon Says FB Like Page is liked by 127. Click the link and like if you haven't done so :p

My Twitter account now has 775 followers.

Thank you for all your support this 5 years. Hopefully I can continue to blog for many 5 years to come.

Ascend To New Heights with Huawei

Last Friday at Taman Tasik Titiwangsa, information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider Huawei is culminating its ‘Ascend to New Heights’ consumer activation campaign in Malaysia with an on-ground event at Tasik Titiwangsa from 21-23 December 2012. At the official opening of this event, it also launched three new smartphones and announced Midland Network Sdn Bhd as its latest partner to expand the distribution of Huawei smart devices in Malaysia.

Tang Siew Wai, Regional Marketing Director for Huawei Device Southern Pacific Regiond said, “The ‘Ascend to New Heights’ consumer campaign is an aggressive push towards extending awareness of the Huawei brand in Malaysia. We have organized many exciting
activities from today and over the next two days.

During the 3 days, visitors can register and then try out each game or activity to collect stamp.

The ‘Ascend to New Heights’ campaign, which is opened to the public, offers over 2,000 prizes including a Grand Prize of an all-expenses-paid trip for two to Dubai (comprising a 4D3N stay at a super 5-star luxury hotel with a helicopter tour of the city, exclusive tour of the tallest building in the world - the Burj Khalifa, Dubai Historical Tour and Desert Experience). The campaign is a significant milestone in the company’s increasing push into the direct-to-consumer space.

These are some of the prizes that could be won when completing or being the top of the activity.

Start with the Experience Zone to experience the 3 new Huawei smartphones what were launched on that day.

The 3 Huawei Ascend smartphones are:

Ascend D1 Quad – This super-fast smartphone powered by the Huawei’s K3V2 quad-
core 1.4GHz processor boasts the most compact design among 4.5-inch smartphones.
The Ascend D1 quad expands the realm of possibilities for consumers with an Android 4.0 operating system (upgradable to Jelly Bean) and Huawei’s proprietary power management system which provides up to 30% in energy savings. RRP at RM1,239.

Ascend G600 – With a sizeable of 4.5-inch LCD IPS HD screen and a 960 x 540 pixel
resolution with Corning® Gorilla® Glass, this smartphone offers visual clarity on a dual-core-powered Android 4.0 operating system without breaking the bank. A 1.2GHz dual-core CPU with industry-leading 1930mAh Li-Polymer battery ensures the Huawei Ascend G600 can be fully charged in four hours, powered on in five seconds and with Huawei’s power saving technology, more than 15 days of standby time. RRP at RM799.

Ascend G330 – This is an affordable smartphone which combines slim, sleek design
with a powerful 1.0 GHz dual-core processor that maximizes computing performance. It
also features a 10.16-cm (4-inch) WVGA TFT display, a 1.500 mAh lithium-ion battery
which delivers plenty of power for extended chat, phone and surfing sessions and a high-performance 1.0 GHz dual-core processor with 512 MB RAM/4 GB ROM and crystal-clear display resolution. RRP at RM599.

To get more updates about Huawei Device one can follow one of these links below:

Facebook - www.facebook.com/HuaweiDeviceMY (Malaysia)

Twitter - www.twitter.com/HuaweiDevice

YouTube - www.youtube.com/user/HuaweiDeviceCo

Flickr - www.flickr.com/huaweidevice

Website - www.huaweidevice.com.my

Visitor could walk away with a Huawei smartphone by joining the Racing Challenge. I tried it too but alas my lack of exercise betrayed me in the race.

So, I went for something less challenging and got myself a Huawei pen.

Visitors that are good and fast with their hands went to try the Cup Stacks. The highest stacked cup walks away with a Huawei smartphone.

For something fun and easier, just take a photo of your self jumping with a Huawei logo. You can see the photo taken in the photo booth.

The event's official radio station 988 was also there to mingle with the visitors by giving out freebies and playing games with them.

On that day DJ Anson of 988 was there to host the event. Usually, you'll hear him hosting his show on air using Cantonese but that day is a rare case that he uses Bahasa Malaysia to host. Here's a video of him speaking in Bahasa.

Of course, the most fun part is the hot air balloon ride.

Still want to try your luck to win the trip to Dubai? No worries. Until 31 December 2012, consumers can also continue to take part in the ‘Ascend to New Heights’ hot air balloon contest online at www.AscendToNewHeights.com for a chance to win attractive prizes including Huawei smartphones, devices, t-shirts, USB drives and movie tickets.