NICI New Clothes Day

Today is a special day, NICI-Mania calls it New Clothes Day. Our nici toys received a gift, a cute baby clothing (Thanks mom!) and every plush is so excited as we will decide who gets to wear it.

Without hesitation, our dumb hugo wolf went in first to try out the new clothes and got stuck at his nose. Its too small for 50cm hugo wolf..

Immediately after, nici snow reindeer quickly grabbed the new clothing from hugo and put it on. Looks like its too big for 25cm snow reindeer..

Along came 15cm NICI Pug and everyone was in exasperation by his dumb actions. Well, look at the picture you see..

A savior came along, it was nici raccoon who then exclaimed: 
"This new clothes will fit a 35cm nici!"

NOT...it couldn't get past nici raccoon's head

HAHAHAHAHA..Sheebo and reindeer laughed their asses off as Rob bangs his head in humiliation.

NICI lion stepped up to put on the new clothes and asked in a sanguine disposition, "How do i look, BABY?". Ermmm you don't seem to fit the clothing very well Paul.

Jolly Sheebo came shouting, "Gimme the clothes, I'm sure i can fit just nice!"

Everyone faints and couldn't stop laughing especially Rob raccoon who laughed uncontrollably.

Jolly Sheebo: WHAT? Rob Raccoon: Next time don't laugh at me first! HAHAHA

Then came Jolly Liselle

Liselle fitted perfectly in the new clothes!

Its like a match in heaven for Liselle but something seems to be missing..

The new clothing isn't complete without a nice pair of shades!

NICI Jolly Liselle new transformation complete!

Jolly Liselle is the lucky nici sheep today to get a set of new clothing. Hope you enjoyed this entry!

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- Sample gallery of Jolly Liselle with her new clothes -

Liselle looks beach-ready anytime! Get your nici friends to come along!

Fascinating about sunbathing on the lovely sands of Côte d'Azur

Jolly Liselle color sketch effect

NICI Pug who got used as a cushion to support Liselle for standing.

The funny duo nici raccoon and jolly sheebo who made this entry so interesting!

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Best Wonton Noodle in JB (晶晶云吞面)

NICI-Mania's food review segment is here again! This time Jolly Ben travels to JB (Johor Bahru, Malaysia) to introduce a famous wonton noodle stall in Skudai called 晶晶云吞面 (Chin Chin Wonton Noodle). For our extremely supportive overseas friends, the term "wonton" literally means minced meat dumplings, so wonton noodle is a minced meat dumplings noodle.

晶晶云吞面 (Chin Chin Wanton Noodle) is located at the corner of the crossroads between Jalan Kaloi and Jalan Lawang near the main road Jalan Skudai. It is very easy to locate if you know your way around in JB (Johor Bahru).

晶晶云吞面 (Chin Chin Wanton Noodle) is a family business, you can see three generations working in the shop harmoniously together. Always a very heartwarming scene to see. We could never forget the other time eating at this famous laksa noodle stall in Taman Perling where the stall owner (mother and daughter) was quarreling so blatantly in front of all the customers while cooking the laksa, which ended up in the daughter irately throwing the ladle and walking off in rage. That qualified as the most memorable hawker food moment. Alright, back to wonton noodles.

According to the owner, 晶晶云吞面 (Chin Chin Wonton Noodle) has been selling wonton noodles for more than 23 years, they started business started around 1988. Look at their classic signboard on top of their coffee shop. There is only one stall in the whole coffee shop, which means the wonton noodle here has to be good, or else people won't be coming here just to eat this. The general rule of thumb for hawker food in Malaysia is, your food must be really good to be able to only sell one type of food in the shop. Usually most coffee shops in Malaysia have at least 3 to 4 stalls selling different types of food.

This is the young 2nd generation at 晶晶云吞面 (Chin Chin Wanton Noodle) cooking the noodles pictured above. The shop owner went off for a break when there were less crowd. Usually the shop owner will be the one cooking during the peak hours of Saturday and Sunday mornings when there are a lot of customers.

If you come to 晶晶云吞面 Chin Chin Wanton Noodle on Saturday and Sunday mornings around 8-9am, be prepared to get hit with the biggest crowd at the noodle stall, sometimes you have to wait to get a seat but you can order first. Even with the insane crowd, their service is still extremely prompt. Last time we remember they added another stall on the right of the original stall to handle the takeaway customers, so the waiting time is reduced further more. This picture is taken on a Saturday afternoon around 12:30pm. We have not been eating here during peak hours since a long time ago. Too hungry to wait for food on a Sunday morning, so Saturday afternoon is the best time to come.

The first time we ate here was about 15 years ago. An old friend who was staying in Skudai nearby Chin Chin wonton noodle stall introduced this place after a basketball game. Memory was still extremely vivid of him saying that this wonton noodle stall is very special, the noodle taste very different from any other wonton noodle stall. After trying it for the first time, we got hooked by its unique taste and noodle texture and has been coming back ever since.

You can simply walk up to the stall and order a bowl of wanton noodle before getting a seat, this is what we usually do. You will immediately be asked whether you want it spicy or not. For first timers, we always recommend to try the non-spicy original taste. There are 3 sizes of noodle, small, medium or large. Small is just enough for a petite lady or a 35cm sheep plush like Jolly Ben. If you are a guy, you definitely would wanna order large or two bowls! What's that drink beside Jolly Ben?

Freshly squeezed lime juice with sour plum! This is the must order drink here at 晶晶云吞面 Chin Chin Wanton Noodle, especially when the weather is so warm. Sour plum lime juice is a definite thirst quencher! By the way, how do we know it's freshly squeezed? You can actually see the person squeezing the limes into your cup after you order, and they are very generous with the limes.

Our wanton noodle is here! It only took a few shots of pictures with Ben in less than 3 minutes for the noodle to arrive at our table. They are trained to be this fast to handle the monstrous weekend morning crowd.

The springy noodle here is the main highlight at 晶晶云吞面 Chin Chin Wanton Noodle. Their noodles are handmade by themselves according to our friend who was an acquaintant with the noodle maker. What sets this wanton noodle apart from other stalls is the white colored noodle. Most wanton noodles are dark colored as they use dark soy sauce for the flavoring.

There is a choice of 'mee kia' or 'mee pok' for the noodle. 'mee kia' is thin noodles like spaghetti and 'mee pok' is flat wide noodles like fettuccine. By default they will give you thin noodles, which is our recommended choice here.

The wanton here at 晶晶云吞面 Chin Chin Wanton Noodle is another highlight of the stall. The minced meat wrapped inside is soft and tender. It has a delicious unique salty taste no other wanton stall has and unlike most wanton stalls that likes to add too much flour to make up of the lesser meat, the wanton here taste of pure meat.

The secret? Well, we love cooking as you know and we cooked our own wonton too, adding pork fats is what will make the mince meat soft and tasty, it's a secret everyone should know if you're into culinary. The only secret we will never know is, what condiments did the owner at Chin Chin Wanton Noodle add to make their wonton so tasty because we could never replicate the same taste.

This green chilli pickle our personal favorite. Green chilli pickles always comes together with any wanton noodle, it is like how pickled cucumbers are married to cheeseburgers. Most noodle stalls fail to notice the importance of these green chilli pickles to the wonton noodles. All of which we have eaten is either too sourish or too soft but here at 晶晶云吞面 Chin Chin Wanton Noodle, the green chilli pickle is marinated to perfection. It has the perfect amount of sourness and it retains its crunchiness just like fresh chillies. Every time we request more of these and the stall owner has always been very generous give more.

Ordering a plate of braised chicken feet at Chin Chin Wanton Noodle is one of the usual things to here. You will be surprised that they make very delicious braised chicken feet besides their wonton noodles.

晶晶云吞面 Chin Chin Wanton Noodle is a must try if you ever come by Skudai, Johor Bahru. Because of it's unique taste, either you will love it or you will loathe it. Some of our friends from Singapore dislike the taste because the wanton noodles they are used to eating is an entirely different species, but most people here love it that's why its so popular.

Chin Chin Wanton Noodle Rating: 

晶晶云吞面 (Restoran Chin Chin)
Address: No.273, Jalan Kaloi, Batu 10, 81300 Skudai, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Opening Hours: 7am to 4pm

Best time to come: Saturday afternoon

What to order?
- Wonton noodle non-spicy
- Sour plum lime juice
- Braised chicken feet
- Extra bowl of wonton soup

NICI Drama Series 1

NICI-Mania Channel proudly presents your stay-home drama series weekdays every Monday to Friday, starring some of our most famous and adorable NICI toys!
 

Catch all the laughs and tears of the Walker family in Brothers and Sisters Season 6.

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Starring NICI Lion , NICI Zebra, NICI Raccoon, NICI Fox, your favorite NICI Jolly Mah series sheep - Jolly Sheebo, Jolly Liselle, Jolly Ben and guest starring the dumb but cute Elephant plush toy!

More blood, more donuts, more "F" words....

It's definitely the best season of Dexter you don't wanna miss!

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Casting a brand new lead actor, NICI Crocodile minily promises a Golden Globe winning performance.

Your one and only source into the scandalous life of upper east side.

We know you love us. X.O.X.O. NICI-Mania

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Starring NICI Jolly Mah, Jolly Winter Sven & Svenja, Jack & Jill husky and snow reindeer. Who will draw the most media attention?

Scream! Ladies scream!

Yeah, Dean and Sam Winchester are back, bringing you more actions and paranormal stories!

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Starring our handsome NICI Dogs - Pug & Mutt as the new Winchester brothers

Sunshine + beach + sunglass + crimes... of course, in Miami style. This is the final season of CSI Miami and it will be a blast!

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Starring our most savvy and charismatic Frederic Fox! People call him the NICI plush version of David Caruso. Would you want to know what is the finale of CSI Miami? Stay tuned to find out.

Ooops! Familiar?

-- Stay tuned -- ^_^

Poor NICI Monkey!!!

I found something really terrible today. A poor nici monkey suffered a cruel fate. NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED! You've been warned!!

A poor nici monkey being HANGED by the head below the bumper of a car..

Totally bemused by what I've found, I went in closer to have a look...

It has been a rainy day and the poor nici monkey got all wet and dirty with the sand from the road all over him. Look at his SAD face, I can't believe it..

This is the culprit!! Remember this plush cruelty sadist

I don't know who in the right mind would hang a cute soft toy below the bumper of their car, even if this is not a nici monkey but some other stuffed toys, it is still so wrong! If anywhere on a car the nici monkey should be hanged, it should be on the rear mirror or anywhere in the car.

NICI Raccoon Plush Toy

Meet NICI Raccoon Rob, Rob and Rob. These 3 nici raccoon plush are the most popular nici soft toy at NICI-Mania right there with Jolly Mah sheep and wolf plush.

NICI-Mania's favorite nici plush poll is also telling us that Rob raccoon is the number one favorite toy among nici fans and we dare to say, NICI's Rob Raccoon is the best designed raccoon toy in the market. 3 bushy tailed raccoon plush toys in line!

35cm Rob to 50cm Rob: Hey, why do think nici fans love us so much? Whats so cute about us? Is it our dark eye circles? ^_^

50cm Rob: Thats not a dark eye circle, we are not Pandas! Get over it.


All the nici raccoons we have here are slightly different. NICI-Mania will now show you in detail:

25cm nici raccoon has plush short and rough. Plush quality always degrades along with size, its a norm for all NICI toys.

35cm nici raccoon has plush long, smooth and lush. Quality is much much better than the 25cm raccoon.

50cm nici raccoon's plush is shorter but extremely soft and lush. The smoothest plush out of them and one of the best quality nici plush material. If you also own Milo Gorilla or My Lovely Bears, you know what we are talking about here.

25cm nici raccoon has tail almost as big as his body and its round in shape, his tummy is slim..

35cm nici raccoon has tail flat in shape and slightly smaller in ratio to his body, his tummy is quite fat..

50cm nici raccoon's tail is also flat but its slightly bigger than the 35cm raccoon in ratio to his body, he has a chubby and round body which is great to hug!

Side view of 25cm raccoon plush, notice the sharp pointy nose with ears that are rounder in shape.

Side view of 35cm raccoon plush, his nose is flat and the back of his head is also flat. His ears are more pointy than the 25cm raccoon but smaller in ratio to his face.

Side view of 50cm Rob raccoon plush, his nose is pointy just like the 25cm and he has big pointy ears just like the real raccoon animal.

In conclusion, we think that 50cm Rob is the cutest raccoon toy of them all and most importantly, the best plush quality.

If you are thinking of getting a raccoon plush, do not hesitate to get the 50cm size, it is worth the extra penny. 50cm nici raccoon has all the best features. Look at how adorable he is, the pointy ears, cute face and the paw..

and Rob Raccoon loves to suck thumb! Well not just him but all the other nici raccoons too!

Rob Raccoon's four finger paw is the cutest of all nici plush toys.

Rob raccoon's huge fluffy tail is very soft and extremely huggable, especially the 50cm one. Its so huge you can sleep on it. NICI has done it right on the raccoon's fluffy plush tail.

50cm NICI Raccoon has extremely life-like facial features, he looks just like a real raccoon.

Do you know that raccoons are an extremely popular pet in Japan? Just go to youtube and look at all the videos from Japan. It is said that raccoon's success as a pet in Japan is due to the 1977 Japanese anime Rascal the Raccoon あらいぐまラスカル

Too bad we haven't met any nici raccoon lover or any nici fans from Japan. Our nici raccoon do speak some Japanese but don't ask him to write in hira-gana, he only knows kanji as he is Made in China.

Raccoon plush toy family picture, look how happy they are! NICI raccoon lovers, this blog post is dedicated to you (specially Jessica! ^_^) and for those who are not yet a big fan of Rob, hope we have enticed you enough to buy a nici raccoon plush toy today.