THERE IS ALWAYS A FIRST TIME AT ELMINA LAKESIDE MALL

After attending the wedding in Templer Park, Mr. Ridwan Wahid and Puan Suhaila Sulong were kind enough to send me to Subang Airport. I had to catch the plane back to Johor Bahru at 4:00 p.m. They realized we were a bit early and promptly decided to stop by at Elmina Lakeside Mall.

The mall was actually near to their old house [in Denai Alam, I think] but they did not have the chance to take me there. Now that they had moved somewhere further, then only I stepped foot for the very first time.

It was an open air concept shopping area by the lake. It could be a bit hot during the day and might be that practical to walk around when it rained.

I liked this place because, firstly, there were many green and healthy plants and tree everywhere. Secondly, there were many restaurants and eating outlets.

Before leaving the mall, I was given a treat at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaves by the lovely couple. It was another farewell this time and looking forward to the next meeting sooner or later, but as for now it will be in December.

THE DINNER BEFORE LEAVING KUALA LUMPUR FOR THE Nth TIME

25th MAY 2024 ~ I was yet to leave Kuala Lumpur again after the 3-day stay in Bangi/USJ/Kuala Lumpur/Shah Alam. As a consequence, I had to trouble Mr. Ridwan Wahid and Puan Suhaila to entertain me when I was there and eventually send me to Subang Airport.

As usual, they took me first to dinner and this time we went to Richiamo in Elmina, somewhere near their house in Shah Alam.

I decided just to have [2 pieces of] Salted Egg Croissant with coffee while the lovely couple had rice.

The ambience of the cafe was quite homey but too bad we could not stay for too long as I had a flight to catch [and only to learn that the flight was retimed again for the second time after checking at the counter].

Thanks again Mr. Ridwan and Pn. Suhaila and I cannot thank you both enough. Maybe we will be meeting again in Kuantan soon.

DINNER TIME AT LOCCA CAFE IN SHAH ALAM

   16TH DECEMBER 2023    ~ To complement the breakfast in Dengkil and lunch in Putrajaya, Mr. Ridwan Wahid took me to Locca Cafe for dinner. It was located somewhere in Elmina East in Shah Alam.

The place looked like new. There were many customers when we were there. I was actually waiting for my flight home scheduled at 8:30 p.m. so we were actually expecting the food to arrive at the table quickly. Unfortunately, we had to cancel two dishes that were not able to be served on time. That should be something the management of the restaurant had to look at very seriously.

Thanks aplenty to my kind host, Mr. Ridwan Wahid, a friend of the TESL group, who had been ferrying me around for the gastronomic adventures, sending and fetching me to and from the wedding reception venue and finally, dropping me at Subang Airport. I just couldn't thank you enough.