Best Steakhouse in Town

I once had a wish of trying some of the best restaurant with Michelin Stars but soon notice that many of them are French & Japanese food and serve 'cold' food therefore I most likely wouldn't enjoy it or find it value for money or good experience. I therefore should tweak the wish a little bit by changing it to best steakhouse. I should probably start with Malaysia instead of worldwide as there are really plenty of great steakhouse in the country. 

Here are some of the best steakhouse I have tried so far.

1. Chamber's Grill @ KL Hilton (Rating 4.7)

2. Butcher Carrey @ Sri Hartamas (Rating 4.3)

3. Maria's Steakhouse @ Sunway (Rating 4.6)

Here are some of the steakhouse I really keen to try in future:

1. Prime @ Le Meridien (Rating 4.5)

2. Meat Point @ TTDI (Rating 4.9)

3. Vantador @ Sri Hartamas (Rating 4.5)

Second Tier of Steakhouse that I am keen to try:

1. The Beato Steakhouse @ Publika (Rating 4.5)

2. Jake's Charbroil @ Medan Damansara (Rating 4.3)

3. Kay's Steak and Lobster @ Putra Heights (Rating 4.6)

KLSCM 2024

Very tough race. I was doing ok up until 33th km and then I suffer cramp at six different places- left upper tight, lower left leg, lower right leg, right shoulder, left and right sartorius (ie between tight and private part). On top of it, the race is also over distance by 500meters. 

Final result of 4:49:20 (or pace of 6:46/km), is 3rd among the three marathon in terms of total time, and 2nd in terms of pace.

Overall ranking = 2671 (of 12,425 participants) 

Overall men = 2342 (of 10,320 participants)

 

KLSCM 2024 Coming Up

First Marathon in 2024 and third in my life. I am definitely under prepared for this, both in terms of behind my training schedule and as compared to a year before. 

Last year's KLSCM, I just came off 4 successful half marathon, including three sub-two half marathon and a trial-full marathon. This year, on the other hand, I started the first half of the year with plenty of sickness (almost monthly), although I do have a satisfactory 10km run in July and 30km run in September. Hopefully I can finish the race without any major disaster, knowing that results better than prior year is near impossible.

Ultimate Goal:- Anything better than last year.
 

Favourite Medal

 Whats' your favourite medal?

Here's my favourite medals (not taking account on the actual race)

Top Place- Boom+ 30km 20024

Its Big. Its Colourful. It has a spinning earth/circle thing in the middle. 

First Runner Up - Score Full Marathon 2023

Its really Big. 

Boom+ Run 2024

This year run has been hit with numerous unfortunate incidence amid health issues. This is my first long run (as in run more than 21km) this year. It started with a poor omen as I notice my chosen running shoes are half torn (and required glues). Luckily I brought a backup shoes. The backup shoes is suppose to be for normal daily trainers, however, it is definitely capable of finishing the 30km. 

I able to hit my target today despite in poor form. There are many red signals such as high heart rate after 35minutes mark, drop in pace after the 18km, cram at 26km mark and generally really struggle in the last 10km. Nonetheless, its still a PB for 30km race :)  

2024 Birthday Wishlist

 My birthday coming up soon (a month plus to go). Here is my birthday Wishlist:-

1.    New Keyboard & Mouse 

2.    Soundbar / Stereo with USB and Radio

3.    Game- NBA 2k25

4.    2XU Running Gear

Genting Aug 24

Second 3D2N trip to Genting Highland this year. We also stayed at Ion D'Element, however, we chose a much bigger "King Size" apartment. at a slightly higher cost. Apart from the space, the apartment is also significantly cleaner and with much better view. 

This trip is not as 'foggy' as the April trip, however, the first day is really cold, one of the coldest experience in Genting (around 17C-18C). 

Skytrek 2024

Been 15 years since the last skytrek. This 'Intermediate' route is significantly lower and easier than the last 'Advance' route that we took. Lots of flying fox and just basically flying from one tree to another. The whole journey still took about two hours, including tutorial session. 

Sunway Rapid KL Run 2004

After three consecutive disappointing races this year, I surprisingly did very well in this race. Its my second best 10km race ever, 5'26/km (versus expectation of between 5'40 and 5'50/km).

The route is good. Weather is fine. The view is pretty good too.

Next race- Boom 30km on Sept 14th. 

Badminton Racket

After several days of research on Speed/light head Badminton Racket, I have decided to go for Yonex-Nanoflare, which is less confusing than Li Ning & Victor.

Nanoflare has 4 main 'active' series, namely 1000, 800, 700 and Nextage, with Nextage being the cheapest version. Each series has 4 grades- Pro, Tour, Game and Play respectively. Pro is most stiff and Play is most flexible. "Play" grade is about RM 300 and "Game" Grade is RM 459. The Pro grade is made in Japan, Tour & Game grade are made in Taiwan and the Play grade is made in China. 

Eventually, we decided to go with Nanoflare 800 "Game". It is a bit risky, as we were wondering if my skill is enough to control the "Game" grade, and if  I should just stick with a safer "Play" grade. 

(P.S. also choose thin string with tension of 26)

After the first trial session, I think we have made the right choice. 

Badminton Competition- 2024 Serdang

First ever Parent & Child double competition. We enter a under 15 category, which is a slight disadvantage as the next category is under 12. I am also quite unprepared despite be in training for more than 6 months. The results are 0 win 2 losses (double elimination method) and results are not as bad as I thought.