ZenQ Desserts @ Medan Commercial Center, Sibu

Taiwanese style milk tea and desserts stores are springing up like mushrooms in the town of Sibu recently. First, we have Easy Drink Easy Go as the pioneer of Taiwan style beverages business in Sibu. Then WikiTea, Buolomi, Each A Cup, RQ Tea Bar, Share Tea and etc followed the business trend closely one after another.

Recent added to the list.... there are Easy Drink Easy Go Mesona, BlackBall and ZenQ Desserts. These franchise are mainly focus on selling Taiwanese style desserts apart from varieties of drinks.

Just visited ZenQ Desserts @ Medan Commercial Center Sibu yesterday with colleagues. It's the newest and latest addition to Taiwanese style desserts shop in Sibu which started the business just couple of days ago. As we are bunch of typical "kiannai" Sibu people, therefore we decided to give it a try while it is still fresh and "chi"!

The store selling wide variant of beverages ranging from desserts of Grass Jelly series, Red Bean series, Barley series, Sago series and Shaved ice series to cooling drinks of Freshly Made series and Ice Tea series.

As it was my virgin visit to the store and my first trial on Taiwanese style desserts, I have no idea which to order looking at the long list. However, as the weather was hot that day, the shaved ice series caught my eyes. After a long thought, I finally decided to try ZenQ Shaved Ice while most of my colleagues were attracted by Mango Sago which was one of the recommended item on the menu. Another one ordered ZenQ Signature Grass Jelly.

Mango Sago was a big disappointment for all my colleagues who ordered it. From its Chinese name 芒果西米捞 （Mang Guo Xi Mi Lao), everyone was expecting a dessert with Mango fruit's flesh in it. However, the outcome was totally out of their expectation. No Mango flesh in the dessert but only Sago rice and a scoop of ice cream in a Mango flavored beverage. It's RM6.90 per serving.

[ZenQ signature Shaved Ice]

My ZenQ signature Shaved Ice was a big surprise! It came out as a super big bowl! Everyone was extra excited when seeing it. It contains 9 pieces of Q Yuan, "Pearls", Grass Jelly (a.k.a. cincau) and light milky flavor shaved ice!

[ZenQ signature Shaved Ice]

The shaved ice portion is really big! It is cooling and refreshing and best to have during big hot day! It is time consuming to finish up the entire bowl of the shaved ice. So if you are planning to spend longer time while chit chatting with family and friends there, I recommend these shaved ice series! ZenQ Shaved Ice is priced RM6.50 per bowl.

[ZenQ Signature Grass Jelly]

ZenQ Signature Grass Jelly has similar ingredient as ZenQ Shaved Ice but it has Crystal Noodles in addition and the base of the dessert is not the milk shaved ice, but 3 scoops of special flavor base ice. Customers can choose their own base ice flavor from Grass Jelly, Matcha to Natural Soya flavor! It is RM7.50 per bowl.

Any of the dessert series you ordered are customizable by adding extra toppings into them depend on individual preference and creativity. Some of this toppings cost you RM1.00 and some are RM1.50 each.

There are a lot more on the menu that worth to "explore". I bet I'll visit again the store for this reason in the future!

GE13 - The Poster War in Sibu

One of the most interesting part of General Election in Sibu is the poster war between the major political parties based in the town of Swan, which are Democratic Action Party (DAP) and Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) who contest under the flag of Dacing. There is a unwritten saying that Sibu is the town which has the greatest poster war in the country! I wouldn't feel surprise at all if this is true since the candidates for Dacing here are either backing by tycoons or the local tycoons a.k.a. the tawkays themselves who are financially strong and solid!

Along the major roads and junction, billboards, buntings and banners could be seen. However, in this GE13, BN's material obviously overshadowed DAP's. DAP's billboards message are simple and straightforward "change the governance, eliminate the corruption and misuse of power" whereas BN-SUPP are more variety which emphasize on education, development and hudud law. Yeah... the same old trick that had been used for the past n-years!

Lets enjoy some of the photos Just Sharing taken on the poster war in Sibu for the 13th General Election mostly taken in the town area! For those who couldn't back to Sibu for voting, hopefully you can feel the election heat and the ambiance here!

Malaysian Armed Forces Open Day

These photographs ain't taken at Lahad Datu. Yeah! They're taken in Sibu in conjunction of Malaysian Armed Forces a.k.a. Angkatan Tentera Malaysia Open Day 2013 @ Sibu Town Square 2nd phase.

The 3 day's event (5 - 7 April) is themed "Armies and citizen are always together" (Tentera dan Rakyat Sentiasa Bersama). I met some of the very friendly armies who tried his best to explain what are the roles and functions of these armies' vehicles to me.

 
This is Truck 3/4 Ton GS Cargo 4x4 Isuzu D-Max Commonrail 3.0L. It has capacity for 10 passengers. Its functions include as observation vehicle and provides logistic support services.

 
This is a Mobile Fuel Dispensing System:

Truck 3 Ton GS Cargo 4x4 HICOM Handalan II with 22-passengers' capacity. It has been used as logistical vehicle for fetching the armies, necessities and equipment at operation area.

Truck AMDAC 4x4 Machinery 12.184 F.A.E.G. The largest truck in the exhibition. Used for engineering and repairing supports.

Truck 3 Ton Kembalik Ringan 4x6 M/Benz LA 911C/42R Diesel. A very old truck yet still in use. It's a light towing truck for vehicles less than 5 ton. It is used to tow the damaged vehicles from the operation area.

Armies operation container and communication equipment

 

Foods supplies for armies

Explosives

As a conclusion, I personally feel a bit disappointed with this exhibition. No military weapons and combat vehicles have been showcased and military booths and exhibition are just the minor part of the whole event. It couldn't serve the event title "Malaysian Armed Forces Open Day" and it is more to "some-carnival-with-armed-forces-participation".

Big bikers also participate in the event. So if you are fan of big bikers... don't forget to pay a visit!