Celebrate 2005: Asian Heritage Row

“Celebrate the many things that is Life. Come join us as we usher in a new year and reflect on the year passed. We go forth with a positive message of great memories, future promises and human connectivity. Put away the sorrow and rejoice for all great love, friendships and all things we are thankful for. End Hate, Embrace Peace and Celebrate Life.” Celebrate is a 10 day festive event covering lunch, dinner and afterdark promotions over the period of Christmas and New Year on the Asian Heritage Row. With more than 15 outlets having varying items on offer, you will plan to visit AHR at least once as there's something for everyone. From great value lunch packages to festive season dinner packages to parties to dance the night away covering live bands, local & international DJ's or just chillin out after work. Whatever your flavour, AHR is sure to have it. So join us, Celebrate and have a great time. Quick links: Celebrate 2005: The Official Party on Asian Heritage Row Celebrate 2005: About Asian Heritage Row Celebrate 2005: Bar Blonde Asian Heritage Row Celebrate 2005: Weekly at The Loft at Asian Heritage Row Celebrate 2005: Cynna Xmas NYE Asian Heritage Row Celebrate 2005: Mezzanotte Lunch at Asian Heritage Row Celebrate 2005: Upstairs at The Loft at Asian Heritage Row Celebrate 2005: The Ivy Xmas at Asian Heritage Row Celebrate 2005: Kristao Xmas at Asian Heritage Row Celebrate 2005: MOJO's Asian Heritage Row Celebrate 2005: Tokyo Tei Lunch at Asian Heritage Row

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Celebrate 2005: About Asian Heritage Row

Asian Heritage Row Brief “The Asian Heritage Row is part of a plan to create Heritage Village KL, a cluster of old houses converted into upmarket and hip F&B outlets,” – Asian Heritage Row Sdn. Bhd. Nestled in the middle of Kuala Lumpur, the Asian Heritage Row on Jalan Doraisamy (beside Sheraton Hotel KL) is the new hot spot for everything food, fun and fashionable. With over 15 outlets ranging from restaurants to clubs to bars to even foot reflexology, one is spoilt for choice hopping from one outlet to another. It was the obvious choice for the Celebrate venue and to fuse the various cultural and heritage elements to usher in the new. Bar SaVanh CoChine Lounge Koi carp ponds, opium beds littered with plush cushions and mammoth Buddha heads combine to make Bar SaVanh, the slickest place along Jalan Doraisamy for aperitifs. Soak up the booze with tasty platter titbits from CoChine's extensive menu with many Indo-Chinese and Thai delights. The dining area upstairs overlooks the indoor “courtyard”. From Retro to RnB weekends nights and lunch time delicacies, Bar SaVanh deserves a visit. Promotions . Reservations . Enquiries . Contact T: +603-26971180 F: +603-26971181 W: www.IndoChine.com.sg W Wine Room A cosy, trendy, boutique wine, cigar and champagne lounge. The lighting is soft and conducive for a luxurious relaxed night out, aided by the cushy sofas and armchairs in hidden corners to catch the Live Band or Jazz. For street-watching, there’s a sexy two-tier wooden outer deck nestled amidst a neighbouring tree’s canopy. Promotions . Reservations . Enquiries . Contact T: +603-26918672 F: +603-26918669 The Vanilla Box Bakery Café Sugar spice and everything nice, it has to be Vanilla Box. This sweet little fresh oven bakery cafe serves a delectable range of cookies, brownies, cakes, pastries, pies, wood oven pizza's and western dishes like Sheppard's Pie and Schnitzels from breakfast, lunch to late tea time snacks, it's just the perfect place to curl up and give in to sinful indulgence. Promotions . Reservations . Enquiries . Contact T: +603-26916007 F: +603-26926007 Kristao Restaurant & Bar Kristao specialises in Malaccan Portuguese cuisine. It’s a very homey two-floor establishment, with a full bar in front. A welcoming sofa section greets you for pre-dinner drinks. They have the longest happy hours around and an extensive drinks and wine list. The Malaccan-Portuguese chef's specialties are a must try. There’s a good supper menu and their breakfast is equally interesting. Promotions . Reservations . Enquiries . Contact T: +603-26918768 F: +603-26981893 Senja Bistro Right in the middle of all foreign food outlets, enters Senja that delights and satisfies the sudden craving for good old Malay food done the traditional way. Food is served à la carte but there’s a lunch buffet too. It serves typical Malaysian breakfasts. The upstairs kampung style hall and dining bedrooms has to be explored. Promotions . Reservations . Enquiries . Contact T: +603-26931918 F: +603-26932918 For more Information and Updates, go to www.SmoovePinch.net.ms That Indian Thing That Indian thing is a beautifully-designed fusion outlet full of variety, mysticism and spirituality that allows one to experience your five senses and even the sixth. The extensive use of dripping water, glass and mirrors gives the restaurant a snazzy calming atmosphere. Using Indian cooking as its base, explore the fusion influenced pasta's and tapas. Promotions . Reservations . Enquiries . Contact T: +603-26986357 F: +603-26932199 W: www.thatindianthing.com Bar Blonde Bar Blonde is a trendy minimalist bar with a sleek clean white look. The front area is spacious as the upper floor has been peeled back into a mezzanine with an outdoor wooden deck patio at the top rear of the stairs. Home to the fashionable chill out crowd after a long night of partying. Promotions . Reservations . Enquiries . Contact T: +603-26911088 W: www.barblonde.com.my The Ivy There are only a few true English pub restaurants in the city. The Ivy, a chic restaurant and bar, has always had the cosy intimate feel, with its long bar opening straight onto the busy galley kitchen. Decorated with deep wood and brass, Ivy is a charming, cosy and fun place to eat, socialise and dance. You will see families, singles, seniors and the usual bouts of socialites here. Promotions . Reservations . Enquiries . Contact T: +603-26932260 F: +603-26932270 Old Cottage Foot Reflexology Aiming to be different than the other more commercially available reflexology outlets around town, Old Cottage takes to their work with pride and great service. Don’t wonder why they are amidst the Heritage Row outlets until you’ve experienced their massages and excellent pampering yourself. Promotions . Reservations . Enquiries . Contact T: +603-26985168 F: +603-26983169 Mojo’s Mojo’s is unique place that combines the best of many worlds in a cosy little restaurant bar joint. Its large plush dining area upstairs is fitting for that private dinner amongst friends and its pool table and bar downstairs makes it ideal for a cocktail or two. Great music here is also another well known secret. Promotions . Reservations . Enquiries . Contact T: +603-26977999 F: +603-26977998 The Loft KL The Loft KL is two storey lifestyle eatertainment area offering east and western cuisine fine dining, lounging and clubbing experience. It includes dining outlets, Mezza Notte and Tokyo Tei as well as the club lounge Upstairs. Upstairs Club Lounge Spread over 4 original 19th Century shop lots, Upstairs has a huge rich artistic studio feel to it with high ceiling and complimented with state of the art sound system and visual lighting. Their signature catwalk podium stage is home to those who want to dance the night away and is a fast growing favourite clubbing spot in KL. Mezza Notte Meaning Midnight in Italian, it is a stylish Italina fine dining restaurant offering traditional & modern Italian cuisine. Enoteca features a walk in wine cellar with 150 wine labels and selected premium champagne brands. It shares a common middle area with Tokyo Tei Tokyo Tei Tokyo Tei is an upscale Japanese Zen bistro featuring a sushi bar and various traditional, modern Japaneses cuisines and super Zen sushi for the new Asian. Huge glass windows, clean lines and lots of blond wood complete the splendour of this restaurant. Promotions . Reservations . Enquiries . Contact T: +603-26915668 F: +603-26925668 W: www.theloftkl.com Cynna Cynna is a place for the deserving. With 5 intimately oriental themed rooms, the place lives up to its reputation of fine clubbing. Their endless vodka and cocktail concoctions will leave you itching to try a few more. Resident and guest DJ’s who play sexy house music, it’s one of the most unique sensual exclusive new clubs in KL Promotions . Reservations . Enquiries . Contact T: +603-26942888 F: +603-26925668 W: www.theloftkl.com Ye Chine The Asian Heritage Row would not be complete without the inclusion of a Chinene Restaurant with such royal twist in character. Sister to Cynna upstairs, it offers over 150 Shanghai and Szechuan dishes of the sumptuous kind. Exotic excellence is the flavour and ambiance here. Promotions . Reservations . Enquiries . Contact T: +603-26941888 F: +603-26925668 W: www.theloftkl.com Palacio Palacio is a quiet little romantic discovery. From it’s elegant private dining rooms, select premium wines and European menu, it offers the Parisian charm of quaint hidden cafes that is a joy to discover. Little may be known but that is what makes Palacio such an interesting mystery. Promotions . Reservations . Enquiries . Contact T: +603-26920992 For more Information and Updates, go to www.SmoovePinch.net.ms Useful Contacts KL Taxi: 03-92217600 Public Cab: 03-62592020 Airport Limousine: +603-87873030 KL Tourist Police: +603-21496593 Police Emergency Hotline: +603-22627555 Puteri Malaysia Ambulance: 1-800-888-999 Lifeline Ambulance Service: +603-79569999 Fire Brigade: 994 Police & Ambulance: 999 KL City Council: +603-26916011 Do’s & Don’ts While every care has been taken to ensure comfort and safety, we hope to have your co-operation in observing the law and not causing any disturbances so that we all can have good clean fun. Please do not drink and drive. Consumption of alcohol is strictly for non-muslims. The organisers and sponsors have zero tolerance for drugs and narcotic substances. Anyone caught will immediately be handed over to the Police & Security officers patrolling the venues. Parking As parking within the area is limited and to avoid traffic congestion, please try to carpool, walk, take a cab, the LRT or Monorail to the venue. Nearest LRT and Monorail is Dang Wangi Station. Age Limit This event is organised for those above 21 years. However certain venues for dining have no age limits. Please check with each outlet.

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The Grand Ballroom, The Legend Hotel 8pm, Wed 14th December Performing - The Melbourne Grammar School Symphony Orchestra Zainal Abidin Operafest Charity Bazaar (free) will be from 5-8pm Concert tickets cost $30 for more details go to www.malaysianelephants.blogspot.com

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Rock The World 6 "Show Me The Tickets"! Contest

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MVA -10th Malaysian Video Awards

The MVA Council proudly announced that the 10th Malaysian Video Awards Festival has raised its largest prize money so far, a total of RM 230,000 (Ringgit Malaysia two hundred and thirty thousand) of which, 5 grants worth more than RM 45,000 will be awarded to the Experimental Video and short films awards’ winners by FINAS. Two sets of Adobe software, worth RM 1,200 each, will be sponsored by Adobe Systems Pte Ltd. The software is the prize for the Gold winners of Experimental Video: Animation and Experimental Video: Amateur. The Gold winner of the Short Film: Drama/Fiction will be awarded a grant worth of RM 1,500 by Kodak. The Experimental and Short Films awards were presented on Friday, 7:30 p.m 25th November at the National Art Gallery. The festival was kicked off at 4pm with a screening of this year’s notable entries in the awards, followed by the Official Opening Launch of 10th MVA and the Experimental Video & Short Film Awards Ceremony at 7.30pm. This year, 40 judges worked around the clock for the 25 categories and were satisfied with the quality of works submitted for the festival. The council received an overwhelming 400 entries. The Short Films entries gain positive comments from judges claiming that a number of entries this year are beautifully shoot and well written. The festival also aims to promote and encourage young and talented filmmakers and animators. With hopes of unearthing budding talents and providing them with a helping hand to chart out a career path, the experimental category provides a perfect platform for the young to showcase their talents. Click post title to visit MVA's Website.

Santa in Penang Christmas Cards

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Selling Penang with Santa’s help (edited from article in The Star, Metro North, Nov 28, 2005) Santa Claus has been “spotted” around Penang – visiting well-known sites and tourist spots, taking a ride on a ferry and a trishaw, and even pedalling the three-wheeler himself! These scenes of Santa and his reindeer in Penang are the paintings of artist Eric Yeoh, 29, printed on a set of 12 greeting cards for Christmas. “I had a fun time painting the scenes and getting the cards printed,” said Yeoh, an engineer by profession. His personal favourites are the ones depicting Santa cheering a Chingay performance featuring the state and national flags outside the Penang City Hall building, and Santa pedalling a tri-shaw past some pre-war buildings and Komtar in George Town with two reindeer as passengers. Other scenes have Santa and his reindeer riding on trishaws, on a ferry, on a boat past the Penang Bridge, and on the funicular train up Penang Hill with presents in the goods carriage. There are also scenes of Santa waving from a window of a pre-war building, in front of the St George's Church, atop Fort Cornwallis next to the Seri Rambai cannon, and at the door of a gaily decorated Queen Victoria memorial clock tower. Yeoh also painted Santa distributing presents to monkeys at the Penang Botanic Gardens (yes, monkeys get presents too) and sunbathing - minus his red suit – on a deck chair at the Batu Ferringhi beach. On the back of each card is a short description of the place or activity depicted. “Many countries have Christmas cards that are locally themed but universal in appeal, such as those depicting the koala bear in Australia, but there are not many of these types of cards in Malaysia,” said Yeoh. The insides of the cards were left blank and could be printed over for corporate use. A portion from the proceeds of the card sales will go towards the Penang Heritage Trust (PHT), of which Yeoh is a member. The cards are available from the Penang Heritage Trust in Stewart Lane (04-2642631), Disc & Dat Music Centre in Tanjong Tokong (04-8990864), Pintail Cafe & Bistro (04-2642694) in Upper Penang Road. Only RM15 for a set of 12 cards. The cards are available in Kuala Lumpur by emailing your orders to art@ascension.com.my For details, call PenangArt at 012-4653893 or email: penangart@hotmail.com

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6TH European Film Festival

In conjunction with the UK presidency of the European Union, the British High Commission and the British Council are organising the sixth annual European Union Film Festival in Malaysia. The festival will showcase the best of European cinema and will be jointly presented with Golden Screens Cinemas Sdn Bhd (GSC). A total of 25 films from 16 countries will be shown over two weeks. From Oscar winners to award nominees in independent film festivals, from romantic dramas to action thrillers, almost all of the featured films have received multiple internationally recognised awards. Klang Valley Dates: 24 – 30 November 2005 Venue: GSC Mid Valley, Kuala LumpurGSC 1 Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor Penang Dates: 2 – 8 December 2005 Venue: GSC Gurney Plaza, Penang The 6TH European Union Film Festival - Film Synopses: http://www.britishcouncil.org/malaysia-arts-events-euff-films.htm

The Original Zouk Abuse Story

As you may have heard, this incident shocked most of us, customers of Zouk and other venues. This is their official story.. http://zoukabuse.blogspot.com/ While we question the victim's movements that lead towards the incident, it is still very wrong and inexcusable for security staff to attack patrons, unless provoked excessively. Their function is simply to protect, ensure security and break apart any violent behaviour amongst intoxicated or aggravated patrons. We will still wonder why Ju-Lee, upon seeing her fiance in that state, didn't simply run out of the toilet first to get emergency help immediately from someone or anyone for that matter. Why when she is so familiar with her fiance's health condition, did she still not take calm measured actions, which should have been routine to her. We're guessing that in her state of panic, the thought never occurred to her. Why did the bouncers fail to identify a sick patron in need of medical help immediately? Why didn't anyone help? Questions plenty, sketchy details everywhere. Different people handle emergencies differently we figure and maybe this whole incident could have been avoided. We found out through one of the managers at Zouk that most of the security staff are new guys and the old ones who we had very high respect for and took the effort to get to know us patrons were no longer there. It is unfortunate that this incident has happened and we wish James and Ju-Lee a speedy recovery and hope Zouk management, after their internal investigation take the neccessary action against those accountable and publicly issues their side of the story for our assurance that this never happens again. party hard party clean party safe

No Black Tie is Back!

No Black Tie We are delighted to announce the opening of the new No Black Tie! Still the Best Live Music in town! Now in a new and improved space! and ... Serving Japanese-Inspired Cuisine from our New Gastro-Bar! starting november 8th ; tuesday, jazz musicians in the house wednesday night blues friday night acoustic fingers saturday night unclogged with alternative musos sunday, Soliano family performing with Remy Soliano on piano, Valentino on bass, Coni on drums, Irene on vocals and Salvador Guerzo on saxophone....and tuesday, november 15th we have more jazz! Michael Veerapen on piano, Lewis Pragasam on drums, Joe on bass, Junji Delfino on vocals and Bruce on trumpet & flugel horn... not to be missed. Venue: 17 Jalan Mesui (just five doors down from the old NBT) Opening Hours: 6pm-2am, Tuesday - Sunday : 03-2142 3737

SmoovePinch Special Halloween Treat at Sugar with Giorgio Acosta

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