It's that time of the year again! Alibaba's Tmall World "Double 12", 24-hour holiday sale opening launch held at MyTOWN Shopping Mall in the hearts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia!

Enjoy cashback offers for Malaysians who pay via Malaysia E-banking will enjoy up to RM20 cashback (min spend RM200) on Taobao!

Just spend RMB199 to get an instant deduction of RMB20 on your sea freight charges!

That's not all!

You get to win exclusive Secret Santa boxes with loads of goodies from Taobao & Tmall with purchases up to RM12 via Taobao mobile app!

With all these and more! Do bring your friends and family to enjoy this mega sale celebration at TownPark, MyTOWN Shopping Mall from 10th till 12th December 2017!

With lots more activities, giveaways and freebies up for grabs!

Just download the Taobao mobile app at the event and show the Santa Rina to get your vouchers to head into the "Secret Santa box" and pick your box in 3 seconds!

Inside there's goodies and if you're lucky you can also redeem an extra goodie at the counter!

During the launch, I was starstruck-ed! I met radio announcer & YouTuber, Jinnyboy! He is so tall!!

There was also Jane Chuck, a social fashion icon; Social Media influencers, Michiyo Ho & Miko Wong; And Miss Astro Chinese International Pageant 2016 & Miss Chinese International 2017's 1st Runner Up, Serene Lim!

So spread the word and prep up to shop non-stop this 12.12 at https://world.taobao.com

Download the mobile Taobao app here @ Android or AppStore

I've always wanted to experience Japan, however it won't be anytime soon. Thankfully, I am able to still enjoy a lil taste of Japan in the hearts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Hearing the buzz on social media since Isetan The Japan Store at Lot 10, Bukit Bintang KL opened; I've never truly been there before. Today was my very first time and it was enjoyable!

We had lunch with my family on the 4th floor at The Tokyo Restaurant. From the outside, it's décor are splendidly serena and tranquilizing beautiful! Doesn't look like any casual dining place to be and looks expensive too!

However, we were in for a surprise!

For the amazing décor and comfortable seating area, plus the peaceful serene surrounding; The pricing on the menu was really reasonable and affordable. They even have a kids menu!

Over here, they serve Western Japanese Fusion cuisine. The flavours of Tokyo are elegantly expressed out in this restaurant. Western cuisine are added with a Tokyo twist where, people can experience variety of top class food from all over the world!

So today we had their "Lunch Menu", which is the Beef Curry (RM22) with Deep Fried Chicken (+RM6) & Japanese Fluffy Omelette (+RM8) served with soup.

It was amazing! The beef curry was flavorful and meat portions were generous! Even my son who just urned 3 years old, loves the curry too! It's definitely not spicy. I've heard the rave about Japanese curry but this is my first time experience it and I am in love!

We ordered 3 types of drinks to share.

The Rosemary Lemonade (RM14), homemade refreshing rosemary syrup with soda, lemon and rosemary. It's not too sweet and with the soda, it adds a lil fizz to the drink. Rosemary is great for the memory too!

The Cranberry Lemonade (RM14) was my son's favourite! Cranberry juice with soda, sliced lemon and lemon juice. Sweet citrus and fizzy!

We also had the Virgin Passion Mojito (RM16) that consists of Mango syrup, soda and fresh mint. This was also refreshing as it has a natural mild mango sweetness blended with soda added with mint leaves that makes the drink a cooling drink to have on a sunny day!

Then we had also from their "Lunch Menu", the Sauteed Salmon with Lemon Soy Sauce (RM50), it's basically sauteed salmon fillet, served with romaine lettuce, papaya salad and lemon butter sauce. This set came with soup and rice.

The salmon was fresh and perfectly sauteed and cooked! I enjoyed eating this dish because of the salmon which is my favourite!

As for my kids, I ordered a Kids Sushi Platter (RM15) that is fresh, fun and yummy altogether!

Comes with gloves for you to roll your own sushi! The kids will love it! My son enjoyed playing with it, real true bonding moments with the family making sushi together and eating it was fun.

What I like about this was the sushi is not the fried snacks like other sushi joints have on their kids platter. They put real premium sushi ingredients like salmon, prawns etc! And it's fresh and yummy! (I just said it again fresh and yummy, haha)

We also ordered a Fried Bucket Combo (RM10) which consists of fried chicken cutlets with fries served with tomato sauce and do request for their "Mamee Fries" sauce!

That special sauce blends perfectly with the fries and it's not something you can get anywhere! It's their own recipe! We loved it and my son loved it as well! His favourite is fries for now...

For dessert, we had a taste of their yummy unique blend of Matcha Meringue Roll (RM18). It looks like a great dessert to end the meal with! But to be honest, it tastes even better than it looks.

With its uniquely blend of Matcha roll cake that is made up of meringue and Matcha powder served with red bean paste! I'm sure you will know what Meringue is, incase you don't, it's made up of egg whites and probably sugar, beaten up until it's fluffy. A normal meringue is super duper sweet and the texture is like hard candy. But this Matcha Meringue Roll is special because it's like eating semi-sweet marshmallow with it's fragrant egg aroma and he lightness of the sweet matcha taste, paired with red bean paste, it makes this dessert just perfect!

Incase you're wondering, YES! This place is famous for their 6th Avenue Cheese Cake (RM18) but we didn't try it, we'll try it next time hehe!

I'd highly recommend this place with your family, it's really kids friendly, clean and just feels safe with the kids here! They even have crayons for your kids to color the drawings behind their kids menu!

So do drop by for a visit!

They have baby chairs for the lil ones too, they even cater for private events and it's pork free!

Opening Hours : Daily, 11am to 11am (Last Call 10pm)

THE TOKYO RESTAURANT.

ISETAN The Japan Store, LOT 10,

No. 50, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Bukit Bintang,

50250 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Contact : 03 - 21192622

Email : thetokyorestaurant.icj@isetankl.com.my

Website : http://thejapanstore.mistore.jp/my/en/floorguide/restaurant/ttr.html

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

TripAdvisor : https://goo.gl/ifHi9Z

Knowing my love for food, how can I not publish this review? This is not a sponsored review as it is my deepest pleasure to enjoy and dine in new places all the time, whilst sharing my personal experiences, and going into detail on the whole journey of my food review! Thanks to my gift, especially my sensitive taste and scent. I can practically pick up the ingredients just by tasting or smelling any food.

Okay, enough blabbing about me. Down to biz with this beauty!

Located in Paradigm Mall, Petaling Jaya which is found along the Lebuhraya Damansara-Puchong (LDP) Express Highway. The busiest highway in town! The mall is facing directly opposite of Giant Hypermarket Kelana Jaya.

S.O.P is a German Cuisine Restaurant & Bar. From the outside, many may have misunderstood this venue as a bar or pub, however, rest assured it is 150% family-friendly!

It's a non-halal restaurant that serves amazing juicy ribs packed with a punch, full of flavours with every bite!

Their spaghetti is quite yummy when it's warm for you and your family to enjoy!

Their salad we ordered off the menu was really fresh and generous portions too!

On my 2nd visit there on Sunday, there were many families with young children at the restaurant and it was fully packed by lunchtime!

The Pork Loin set was yummy, the meat was marinated nicely. I asked for extra sauce because the pork loin is less fatty hence more meaty.

The Bacon Aglio Olio was delicious! My son asked for seconds!

My husband ordered the SOP Pork Burger and it was really good! The patty didn't taste like it was factory made! Flavorful with every bite! Satisfying portion too.

I added soup to my set lunch and it was Pumpkin soup that day. It was sweet, pure and rich! My son like it, even my baby kept bugging me for it.

The inner decoration is really unique. Very cosy, cool and homey!

A rack display for their liquors (I miss it so much...) There's also a wash basin to wash your hands.

Their door inside is majorly huge and very unique! It's to their private room inside! So you can even have a small party gathering here or birthday party!

Every set lunch comes with an Ice Lemon Tea and it was so good I ordered seconds at my first visit with my friends! This photo was taken on my 2nd visit with my family, seated outdoors as indoors was fully reserved. I noticed outside there's a huge space to walk about and just enjoy space. There's also a cute water fountain on the floor in the certain outdoors, some kids were playing there with their family. But be careful, they can get wet easily as the water fountain sprays out from the ground.

Do drop by for a visit with your family!

S.O.P Restaurant & Bar in Paradigm Mall, Lot GB07, The Boulevard Level G, Jalan SS 7/26a, Kelana Jaya, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Opening Hours : 12pm to 10pm Daily

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

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/sopbarbistro/