青蛙生活点滴 Froggy's Bits of Life: May 2021

Sunday, May 30, 2021

泰式羅勒炒豬肉飯 Crispy Pork Basil @ 泰式燒烤店 The Piggy Mookata USJ10

30.May Dinner

Day 441 MCO 行動管制領 Covid-19 (MCO#3.0 Day 25)

@ 泰式燒烤店 The Piggy Mookata USJ10 (click here to Google Map)
No 17-G, Jalan USJ10/1C, Taipan Business Centre 47620 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
GPS Location: 3°02'54.3"N 101°35'05.3"E
泰式羅勒炒豬肉飯 Crispy Pork Basil rm$14.90 👍👍👍😋😋😋 8/10

Total bill: rm$14.90
Budget: rm$15 - rm$20++
Payment: Cash or Credit Card
Cuisine: Thai

Pork free: Pork, Seafood

Alcohol free: Thai Bottled Beer (Singha and Chaang)

Air-Conditioning in Restaurant: Yes

Internet Wifi speed: N/A

Digital Nomad Work-friendly Cafe: No

Electrical outlets for Digital Device: No

Free Drinking Water: No

Menu prices: Net

Order & Delivery: Table Service (MCO3.0 no Dine-in)

On-line Delivery Service: GrabFood, FoodPanda, Beepit

Indoor Seating tables: Yes (MCO3.0 no Dine-in)

Outdoor Seating: No

Drive Through: No

Take away : Yes

Dine-in: Yes (MCO3.0 no Dine-in)

Happy Hour: N/A

Parking: MPSJ

Photos taken using: Samsung Note 8
Thoughts: The Piggy Mookata | 泰式烧烤店, it is the first Mookata in USJ 10 Taipan. "Mookata" is the Thai cuisine of BBQ and Steamboat; is a Thai style Steamboat and BBQ charcoal. This restaurant offers fresh porky ingredients with their Thai Homemade Chili Sauce. Besides Thai BBQ, the restaurant also offers variety of Thai style rice and noodles (both Ala Carte and set). Some Ala Carte dishes can go with additional beverage plus ice cream for an additional rm$2.

Today's rm$14.90 "泰式羅勒炒豬肉飯 Crispy Pork Basil" (rm$12.90 for the Ala-Carte), 甜泰式奶茶 the sweet Thai Milk Tea and a single scoop of 山藥冰淇淋 Yam Ice Cream. The main dish comes with Rice, Sunny side egg, Cucumber, and the "泰式羅勒炒豬肉 Crispy Pork Basil". The tasty Thai style meat dish was 蒜香 garlicky, and 辣辣 spicy chili with tender 豬肉 roasted pork meats.

There are at least 5 Thai style Restaurants in USJ10:

USJ10/1A Restoran Thai Corner
USJ10/1C Phad Thai Restaurant
USJ10/1C 泰式燒烤店 The Piggy Mookata
USJ 10/1D Thai Moment Classic
USJ10/1E Yummy Tummy Thai Noodle

"泰式羅勒炒豬肉飯 Crispy Pork Basil" is the Thai street food inspired dish or called the Thai classic "Kra Paw Moo Krob" (Stir fried mince pork with Basil). Best prepared with 五花肉 Roasted Pork Belly with 5 main ingredients: 大蒜 Garlic, 青豆 Green Beans, 洋蔥 Onion, 紅辣椒 Red Chili, and 羅勒 Basil. My opinion, the Thai "泰式羅勒炒豬 Kra Paw Moo Krob" or the Chinese "炒燒肉 Stir-Fry Roast Pork" (Chow Siu Yuk), both are great for either rice or as 下酒菜 beer bite with a glass of ice-cold 啤酒 beer!

Probably worth sampling in the future is the "Thai Pork/Supreme Mama" with 燒肉 Roasted Pork and 海鮮 Seafood with 泰國媽媽面 Mama noodle in a big Fire Pot (rm$39.90 & rm$69.90 variant), and of course its Signature BBQ and Steamboat, the "Mookata"!

Food today: 8 / 10 👍👍👍😋😋😋

Price: 5.5 / 10 😐
Value for Money: 7 / 10 👍👍
Service: 7 / 10 👍👍
Ambiance: 6.5 / 10 👍
Parking: 5.5 / 10 😐 (6:30pm today)
LRT/MRT/BRT/MTR Transport: 5 / 10 😐 (700m from Taipan LRT station)
Website: http://www.thepiggy.net/

Menu: https://ThePiggyMookata/menu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepiggymookata/
Telephone: +603-5882 2808
Operation hours: 11:00am - 10:00pm (normal hours)

Operation hours: 09:00am - 08:00pm (MCO3.0)

泰式羅勒炒豬肉飯 Crispy Pork Basil rm$14.90

The Menu

The Thai Restoran

@ 泰式燒烤店 The Piggy Mookata USJ10

Saturday, May 29, 2021

MCO3.0 Full Lockdown accouncement 全國再次封鎖 situation 29-May-2021

30.May Covid situation Day 434 (Vaccination Tracking)

MCO 行動管制領 Covid-19 (MCO#3.0 Day 25)

Thoughts: Today is 441 days since the 第一次鎖國 first lock-down in March 18, 2020.

馬來西亞 Malaysia 全国/城封鎖 Lockdown history:

MCO#1.0 (18.March.2020 - 03.May.2020) 47 days
MCO#2.0 (22.Jan.2021 - 18.Feb.2021) 27 days
MCO#3.0 (06.May.2021 - 06.June 2021) 32 days (initial plan)

MCO#3.0 extension to Full Lockdown (01.June 2021 - 14.June.2021) (new plan)

Daily infection and death cases shows the country went from BAD to WORST.

May 29, 2021 Daily Infected 9,020 Daily Deaths 98
May 28, 2021 Daily Infected 8,290 Daily Deaths 61
May 27, 2021 Daily Infected 7,857 Daily Deaths 59
May 26, 2021 Daily Infected 7,478 Daily Deaths 63
May 25, 2021 Daily Infected 7,289 Daily Deaths 60
May 24, 2021 Daily Infected 6,509 Daily Deaths 61
May 23, 2021 Daily Infected 6,976 Daily Deaths 49
May 22, 2021 Daily Infected 6,320 Daily Deaths 50
May 21, 2021 Daily Infected 6,493 Daily Deaths 50

Current Statistics is with Total Infected as at 29 is 558,545 cases and Total Death at 2,650. With these numbers, Authorities reveals the Daily infections will exceed 10,000 very soon, and the country should brace for the worst and it hasn't reach the peak. (Coronavirus World meter)

In a newspaper (Malay Mail) report, the PM revealed that Malaysia has incurred an estimated RM63 billion losses since the Movement Control Order (MCO) came into force on March 18. With an estimated RM2.4 billion daily, another lock-down will be devastating to the Economic impact. It is said that the people's livelihood will be affected, but what is livelihood without life itself; and that is likely why the new announcement of a Full-down from June 1 to June 14 (a 14 days period).

Malaysia Lockdown history:

MCO#1.0 (18.March.2020 - 03.May.2020) 47 days
MCO#2.0 (22.Jan.2021 - 18.Feb.2021) 27 days
MCO#3.0 (06.May.2021 - 14.June 2021) 39 days (as of today)

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_movement_control_order

Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/malaysia/
Source: https://www.malaymail.com//05/28/lockdown-mco3.0-survive-to-restart-package/

Source: SOP-AM-PKP-Seluruh-Negara_25-Mei-2021

MCO#3.0 (extended full lockdown 01.June - 14.June) new SOP:

(for 100% accuracy, refer to the latest SOP-AM-PKP published by the Authorities)

Cross-District travels not allowed.
Maximum 2 person in a Car. (but 3 for those going for Medical help)
All sectors will not be allowed to operate (Except Essential economic and Service sectors).
Land and Sea Transport to be reduce to 50% of its Capacity.
Businesses including eateries and roadside stalls operation hours reduced (8am - 8pm).
Convenience stores, pet shops, veterinary clinics, car wash operators, barber shops (8am - 8pm).
Optical shops and laundromats (8am - 8pm).
Pharmacies and Clinics (8am - 10pm).
Petrol station (6am - 8pm).
Highway Petrol stations (24 hours).
Morning and Wet Market (6am - 2pm).
Pasar Malam (4pm - 10pm).
Mall and Shopping Complex (8am - 8pm) (only for Essential Businesses)
Mall and Shopping Complex (8am - 8pm) (restricted to 2 hours shopping time).

Public Section (80% work from Home except the Frontliners).

Private Sector (40% work from Home).
Mosque and Surau (looks to be prohibited) (not sure).
Picnicking and outdoor photography is not allowed.
Wellness centers are also prohibited from operating.
An increase of roadblocks will be enforced at all roads.

Despite the governments repeat reiterations that there will be enough essential item supply during MCO3.0. It is estimated that there will be Panic buying to hoard essential foods during this weekend before commencement of the planned full lockdown starting June 1 which is next week Tuesday. Many states also began to see the shortages or out of stock for supply of surgical masks, causing prices to skyrocket (thanks for greedy and opportunistic business people).

Malaysia’s health authorities have warned the public to “prepare for the worst” as Covid-19 cases climbed rapidly despite what claimed to be thus far "strict containment measures". Despite the second year of "Banned Balik Kampong" trips; some blamed the recent trends and spikes was caused by the not so legal "Hari Raya Balik Kampong trips" to celebrate the festivities or other ethnicity that took the opportunity to visit their family too during the same period. Others say that the Rakyat should not be blamed because the Authorities and some Politicians did not do their job or even did not show "Good Behavior by example". BUT regardless of the "Blame Game", everything seemed to be already TOO LATE. As can be seen by the recent message from Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah's (Malaysia’s director-general of health), who tweeted this week that the country’s daily infections are “following an exponential trend” and could trigger a “vertical surge.” And the country is now the worst-hit country in Southeast Asia, after Indonesia and the Philippines.

The Malaysian government's plans to vaccinate 80 per cent of its population by the end of this year but so far only about 5 per cent (or less) have received at least one dose. The slow progress of Vaccination can, some say; can be attributed to many "human factor" reasons of which much has been written in the Web. While the "mySejahtera" looks impressive on your phone or computer for Vaccine Registration, but it apparently did not cut time and process, with the slow Vaccine roll-out and administering the essential Jabs. All this, coupled with the healthcare workers have been experiencing not just exhaustion, but depression and fatigue; not to mention the high-risk environment they are subjecting themselves to everyday!

Incidentally the new June 1-14 Lockdown MCO3.0 is called

"Survive to restart package"

Alhamdulillah 阿爾罕默杜拉, Hallelujah 哈利路亚, Namo Amituofo 南無阿彌陀佛 ...

"相撲"黃油焦糖爆米花 Sumo Butter Caramel Popcorn @ AEON Big SS16

29.May Snacks

Day 440 MCO 行動管制領 Covid-19 (MCO#3.0 Day 24)

@ AEON Big SS16 (click here to Google Map)
No.3, Jalan SS16/1 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
GPS Location: 3°04'58.0"N 101°35'15.3"E
"相撲"黃油焦糖爆米花 Sumo Butter Caramel Popcorn rm$9.90 👍👍👍😋😋 7.5/10

Total bill: rm$9.90
Budget: rm$10+
Payment: Cash or Credit Card
Cuisine: Variety Halal foods

Pork free: Non-Halal section

Alcohol free: Yes

Air-Conditioning in Restaurant: Yes

Internet Wifi speed: No

Digital Nomad Work-friendly Cafe: No

Electrical outlets for Digital Device: No

Free Drinking Water: No

Menu prices: As per Retail price on Product

Order & Delivery: Self service

On-line Delivery Service: FreshAeon, AEONMakan, Shopee, Lazada,

Indoor Seating tables: MCO3.0 no Dine-in at "AEON Cafateria"

Outdoor Seating: No

Drive Through: Its website claim Yes with AEON Drive-Thru

Take away : Yes

Dine-in: MCO3.0 no dine-in

Happy Hour: N/A

Parking: Mall Parking

Photos taken using: Samsung Note 8
Thoughts: The popcorn became accessible when "C. Cretors & Company" (an American manufacturing company) invented the Popcorn machine in 1890. The owner of the Company "Charles Cretors" further promoted the Popcorn as a street snack after he created and deployed street carts equipped with steam-powered popcorn makers. Since the 1930s, Popcorn started to become a popular snack food at sporting events and in movie theaters (one of the defacto Cinema snack!) world wide. (Wikipedia)

The rm$8.90 ""相撲"黃油焦糖爆米花 Sumo Butter Caramel Popcorn" is the Product of "Sumo's (M) Sdn Bhd" which has been in the business for over 20+ years. The company, "Sumo" is one of Malaysia's leading snack food manufacturers., specializes in snack food products including frozen sweet corn, pop corn, waffle cakes and ice cream. Not just snack foods, "Sumo" is also a leading supplier of snack food processing machinery including caramel popcorn machines, waffle cakes machines, sweet corn steamer, kaya ball machines, and ice cream machines.

SUMO offers the following taste (all with Caramelized coating):

黃油焦糖爆米花 Butter Caramel
切達奶酪爆米花 Cheddar Cheese
巧克力爆米花 Chocolate
咖哩燒烤(辣)爆米花 Curry BBQ (Spicy)

Not a Popcorn fan but people are taking about the following Popcorn brands in the Web:

Garrett Popcorn
Eureka Popcorn
POCO Gourmet Popcorn

These popular Popcorns can be found in Sunway Pyramids! Most of them including SUMO offers their products in Supermarkets/Malls or can be found even in myNews kiosk or Petrol stations.

Food today: 7.5 / 10 👍👍👍😋😋

Price: 6 / 10 👍
Value for Money: 7 / 10 👍👍
Service: 6 / 10 👍
Ambiance: 6.5 / 10 👍
Parking: 8 / 10 👍👍👍 Free today
LRT/MRT/BRT/MTR Transport: 5 / 10 😐 (700m from Subang Jaya LRT station)
Website: https://aeonbig.com.my/

Online: https://fresh.myaeon.com.my/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Aeon-Big-Subang-Jaya/

Website: https://www.sumos.com.my/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SumosGourmetPopcorn/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sumos_gourmet/
Telephone: +60- 1-300-80-AEON(2366)
Operation hours: 09:00am - 11:00pm (Monday - Thursday)

Operation hours: 08:00am - 12:00pm (Friday - Sunday)

"相撲"黃油焦糖爆米花 Sumo Butter Caramel Popcorn rm$9.90