By now, most of you would have seen the very first seven seater Proton MPV on the road, the Exora.
I got to admit that when I first heard about the announcement of this new car, I was a bit skeptical if Proton is able to deliver another quality model following the impressive Satria Neo (which I reviewed) and Persona.
Proton Exora in the showroom
The Exora turned out to be another quality product. Using the same proven 1.6 liter Campro CPS engine that is found throughout other Proton models, the MPV spots a huge interior and seats 7 comfortably. Comes with dual airbags, DVD player with overhead LCD monitor, good sound insulation, and most everything you ever want in an MPV.
Exora My Unbeatable Family
To showcase the car, there’s a now a prime time TV show – “Exora My Unbeatable Family”
This is the first Malaysian reality TV show that will feature families competing in physical and mental challenging using a Proton Exora. The seven episod Mandarin series is hosted by Steve Yap and Chris Tong. The show should be really entertaining, show casing family value and the appreciation for Proton Exora at the same time.
There’re six teams in the show, each comprises of five family members aged aged between 18-50 year old. For six weeks, they will face challenges and obstacles to overcome, using an Exora.
A team is eliminated every week, the last family that survived to week 6 wins a brand new Proton Exora High-line, 1st and 2nd runner-up walks away with RM 5,000 and RM 3,000 price money too.
The show is on air 7pm every Sunday on 8 TV.
Catch the show, especially if you understands Mandarin, but if you don’t there’s always the subtitle!
Furthermore, viewers stand a chance to win RM500 cash prize on the weekly online contest! Log on www.protonexora.tv (you can also view the episodes on the site) for more details.
I think it’s gonna be pretty interesting to see how families ganged up to go against each other for the ultimate prize. After all, a brand new MPV is a pretty big catch.
For more information and the full specifications of the car, head to Proton Edar’s website. The MPV is priced from just under RM 60k to RM 75,998 for the highest spec model.
I am truly blessed with awesome friends, and it is with such luck that sometimes I ended up with the greatest gifts from overseas – foods I can’t otherwise get right here in Malaysia.
Knowing that I am a lover of everything pork, when EiLing (nickname Puan Sri) went to Australia for vacation, she bought me a packet of Pork Krackles!
Pork Krackles, from Aussie
The snack is made of pork rind, vegetable oil, salt, and a bit of other things I can never remember. The most important thing was like all other pork rind/crackles products, it always tasted great!
While just as crunchy as Mr. Porky from UK, this one’s not as hard. I think this might due to the fact that they use only the skin layer of pork and does not include the much of the fatty/meat layer.
Haze and KY enjoying pork krackles as late night snack
Oh, and interestingly, it has very little trans fat and a good source of protein (according to their website anyway). Now anyone knows where I can find these things in Malaysia? Pleaseeee?
My current fix is the salmon skin from Isetan from time to time, while it is good, it is no match for proper pork rind. haihh
Egg, telur, 蛋， easily one of the most important foods in our everyday diet. We gotta respect the first prehistoric human who looked at the egg and said “I’m gonna eat that liquid chicken!”
From that fateful day many thousands of years ago until very recently, the production, preparation, and consumption of eggs hasn’t really changed that much. Until now..
so when is an egg not an ordinary egg?
But before we get to that, here’re some trivia on eggs that you might find interesting:
Healthy Living talk show, and the launch of Safegg
Last week I was invited to attend the “Healthy Living” talk show with the launch and cooking demonstration of Safeegg, which brings us to the latest method of egg production and preparation – pasteurized shell eggs.
The talk show and speeches were given by YB Datuk Hajjah Rohani Haji Abdul Karim, the deputy minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry, Yong-Sik Cho, CEO of Safe Food Corporation (SFC), Professor Gulam Rusul Rahmat Ali, University Sains Malaysia, and Maverick Lee, MD of SFC, and Mr. Kong Vee Hong, GM of SFC (I went to uni with him back in the States!)
the nasty Salmonella bacteria
The picture above shows the nasty Salmonella bacteria under electron microscope, this is the very bacteria that infect 142,000 Americans and causes some 30 death yearly. Basically one of the major causes of food poisoning that leads to diarrhea, dehydration, and in more severe cases, death.
This nasty stuff can be found in contaminated egg whites, you don’t really want to mess with it.
Safegg live cooking demonstration
To be honest, before attending this event, I didn’t even know that pasteurization of shelled eggs even existed. The technology is actually from Korea to treat bacteria at low temperature, without the need of chemicals. During the process, the eggs are also coated with a protective layer of food grade mineral oil to prevent cross-contamination and keep the eggs fresh longer.
Through this method, harmful salmonella bacteria are killed but the nutritional value and tastes of the eggs remain.
The tell tale sign of a pasteurized egg is that the egg white appears to be slightly opaque instead of completely transparent.
the eggnog was absolutely fantastic
After the show, we proceeded to the Safegg cooking demonstration where I helped myself to a few omelete, “mata kerbau”, desserts, and that addictive eggnog. They were delish!
Safegg is now available at all major hypermarkets in the country.
Last week Haze and I went to meet Ciki for some catching up and plenty of red meat. The location was Prime, one of the five star restaurants that isn’t exactly known to be budget friendly.
We went there anyway only because Ciki promised a 50% discount she was getting from the friendly Director of Communications, Cheryl, whom I also met over the fabulous review session at Favola, the Italian restaurant at Le Meridien.
the irresistible wagyu prime rib
Torn between a lavish self indulgence and not bursting budget, we ordered a bottle of wine and the wagyu prime ribs (per kg RM 478) to share among the three of us.
Prime ribs and filet mignon are my two favorite cuts when it comes to red meat. While I had filet mignon a few times since coming back from the States, this was the first time I had my beloved prime ribs since 6-7 years ago.
served with wedges, and just look at the pink center of the beef
The prime rib is the cut of meat between the 6th and 12th ribs of a cow, and in this case, Wagyu beef. This cut usually has quite a lot of fat marbled muscle that makes it very tender and juicy.
Needless to say, the Wagyu prime rib was excellent. We had it prepared medium rare, Idaho steak fried potato , wild forest mushroom friscassee and light black summer truffle jus are accompanied the dish, we didn’t really need them to enjoy the beef though. It was already so good as is.
The portion was huge too, the three of us actually had trouble finishing it.
red wine, spinach and mozzarella salad, lobster bisque
As we were about to finish, Cheryl joined us “for a drink”. The one drink turned out to be two extra bottles of red wine, and she ordered the spinach and mozzarella salad (RM50) and lobster bisque (RM 45) for us to try too.
The salad came with Master Kobe that were grilled perfectly, figs, aged balsamic vinegar dressing and of course, very delightful mozzarella cheese. The lobster bisque did not disappoint either, I especially like the combination of golden pastry and the bisque, sophisticated.
tiramisu, crème brûlée, chocolate pecan mud pie
After all the meat, salad, and soup, we activated the second stomach for desserts. The Illy Coffee tiramisu (RM 30) was perfect for someone who loves their dessert with plenty of alcohol (Sambucca liquor), texture wise it was a lot softer than normal tiramisu. Of course, the alcohol is added only to request, I recommend it.
Crème brûlée (RM 25) was made with Tahitian vanilla beans and served with fresh berries, we finished it.
My favorite dessert of the day, however, was the pecan mud pie with chocolate sauce (RM 30). It was very rich, flavorful, and absolutely sinful.
KY, Haze, Ciki
The girls spent the next couple hours talking about anything and everything while I made my limited verbal contribution from time to time. It was an awesome dinner and great hang out session that only made better by ….. the fact that Cheryl signed off the bill!
So thank you Cheryl, and when I’m loaded, I’m gonna go to Prime more often. 
Address:
Prime
2 Jalan Stesen Sentral,
Kuala Lumpur 50470
GPS: 3.135631,101.686476
Tel: 03-2263 7888
