MIGF: Bubbles & Bites @ Genting

Few casual eateries participate in the Malaysian International Gourmet Festival, which makes Bubbles & Bites on Genting Highlands feel like a breath of fresh, cool air.

The five-course MIGF menu at this Highlands Hotel outlet costs RM98++, with a first course of three light starters: a meaty oxtail-stuffed "empanada" puff ...

... as well as Scotch egg, hard-boiled and coated in breadcrumb-fried chicken sausage meat ...

... plus a peri-peri chicken wing. Sampling these starters is a culinary cross-border voyage, tasting recipes from Argentina, Britain and Portugal.

Second course: a heap of freshly picke! d salad leaves from Genting Highlands Resort's own garden, enlivened with anchovies, parmesan cheese and lemon. Fantastically crisp and zingy.

House-made spaghetti alla matriciana, the familiar Roman pasta favorite with a thick, tangy sauce of tomatoes, onions, smoked beef bacon and olives.

Customers will find their stomach space sorely tested by the fourth course, a whole whopping lamb shank, beautifully braised for eight hours and served with pumpkin-and-butternut couscous.

Tiramisu to finish this belly-busting lunch, made memorable with purple cotton candy.

Add RM70++ to pair the food with Aperol Spritz cocktails and Bottega prosecco.

Thanks to Genting's Resorts World for the invitation to try this MIGF menu, as well as to the friendly Bubbles & Bites service team for working hard to satisfy .

Bubbles & Bites,
Level 2, Highlands Hotel, Genting Highlands.

HP Ink Advantage Launch 2012 with amazing artwork by artist Red Hong Yi

Printer launches are just another event. Trust me, I attended many.

But HPInk Advantage Launch 2012 was something else. A rather brilliant collaboration with the unconventional yet talented artist Red Hong Yi, HPs latestInk Advantage campaigns messageof Print More, Pay Less and Risk Nothing was delivered across effectively via the astounding artwork by artist Red Hong Yi.

I cant help it. As a digital strategist I like relevant but unconventional marketing concepts and this one actually made me sit up and paid attention during the launch. No doubt the numbers are impressive;ONE (1) ink cartridge that costs RM37 allows printing of up to 1500 pagesbut the message delivery was something else.Red Hong Yi showed how SHE uses thatONE (1)ink cartridge that costsRM37and printed 1500 pages that made up her artwork of93.5m2.

Yes, via feathers, thousands of papers, a HP printer and ONE single cartridge. Behold the massive but really admirable artwork!

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Rather than just plain marketing, the message got delivered loud and clear. A brief product session tour followed right after but the only thing that stuck to my head was that massive artwork, and the fact that it was possible with a HP printer via scanning and printing and ONE ink cartridge.

For specs, Ill outline them briefly here, together with the prices of course. Prices are most important right?

Enjoy the pictures and if youre seeking a new printer to buy, the HP printers with scan, print and WIFI capabilities are the way to go. According to Martin you will be able to print DIRECTLY from your phone via WIFI and if youre far away from your printer (Im talking hundreds of km away) you will still be able to print via an exclusive assigned email which allows you to connect to your computer remotely and enables printing immediately (* selected models). Isnt that cool or what?

2520hc All-In-One Printer- scanning, printing and copying. 2020hc only print. Priced at RM389 and RM299.

**All made possible with these cartridges!

In addition to the main models above, HP launched foure-All-in-Onemodels namely5525, 6525, 4615and4625.

HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 5525, 6525RM469 and RM599 respectively.

Print from virtually anywhere with HP ePrint, and from multiple devices with the new HP ePrint app for Apple and Blackberry, which recommends the best available HP ePrint-enabled printer based on location and printing needs, and the HP Printer Control app, which allows for wireless and remote control of print, scan and copy features from the users Apple mobile device.

HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 4615 All-in-One, 4625 e-All-in-One printers pricedat RM449 and RM399 respectively.These models are ideal for SOHO users looking for a versatile product! with pr int, scan, copy and fax functions at a low cost.

So does anyone here has a HP printer? What are your feedback so far?
And dont you agree that the artwork by Red Hong Yi is simply amazing??

Markets, Not in Living Color

We've been away. Literally and figuratively. It's not been a great 6 weeks. And we've had distractions.

I am digging out and getting caught up and firing up some brand new posts for this here blog. In the meantime, I thought I'd link -- for those of you not following Dave or I on Twitter or EatingAsia on Facebook -- to a series of food photos on Dave's photography blog.

Everyone loves markets, right? We love the hustle, the bustle, the overwhelming colorful beauty of them.

But as Dave shows with this series of photos, markets are gorgeous in black and white too. Maybe even more so, without the distraction of color. Have a look for yourself and see. That shot up top? It's going on our kitchen wall.

If you're hungry for more B&W food images from Asia, check out Dave's Photoshelter gallery, here.

(Worth noting, because it's getting to be that time of year: every image in that B&W gallery and in Dave's other galleries on Photoshelter, and on his blog and on this one, and that you might have seen in stories he's photographed for publications such as the New York Times, Saveur and Australia's SBS Feast, are available for purchase.)

The Pureimagine has added a photo to the pool:

Tak Hing Yuen Seafood Restaurant
Nikon D300S, Nikkor AF-S 50mm f1.4G