2 birthdays in a go!

Celebrated 2 birthdays in one night! First was Stanley's. We were served with nice food like duck, sweet and sour fish, roasted chicken, mixed vege and so on. Wondering which restaurant's food was that~~ After dinner, there went the birthday song singing, candles blowing and cake cutting sessions. 

With his parents

Blow blow blow

The birthday cake might look simple, but it was a very good mixed fruits cake. According to his parents, it was made by a friend. Sad :( I guessed I won't have the chance to have any of that anymore. Had real lots of cakes. Tummy full of cakes! Slurpsss~~

Before we head to Aeroport to give Randall a surprise birthday celebration, had fun playing Wii at Stanley's place. How I wish I have one at home. According to my friends, the food served in Aeroport was big in portion and tasted quite good with a reasonable rate. Must try out one day! :) 

Happy birthday to you~

Happy birthday to you~

Happy birthday to Randall~

Happy birthday to you!

Smile!

Big group photo

Foochow Brunch with Family @ New Happy Cafe

A surprising request from mum to have brunch at New Happy Cafe as I kept recommending her to try out the 炒糟菜粉干. And so, she ordered this Foochow dish which was new to her. 

Tomato Kueh Teow with egg added. Tasted good as well.

炒煮面. I likey~~

The food there were all quite delicious and received compliments from my family. My mum eventually recommended this cafe to my grandma too.. :D

Previous blog on this cafe

Ben's Farewell

The one week CNY holiday was over. Everyone is returning to their original states and most of my friends are going back to study. The first to leave was Ben. We initially just went to Joe's house and Ben suddenly called to inform he's leaving the next day and us for a farewell. 

A group pic at Joe's place with blurry Mek Mek in the pic. Poor Mek Mek was chased and frightened by the 21-years old childish Ben until she peed.

After thinking long and hard on the farewell venue, William suggested to go to Magenta. Despite the fact that I already had so much CNY snacks at Joe's place, the greedy me still ordered a Chicken Moscow. Unfortunately, that dish had finished and so, I switched to Fettuccine Lamb Shank. We also had Turkey Ham Bruschetta to be shared among us.

Yummy Turkey Ham Bruschetta! Garlic Bread topped with tomato and "fattening" cheese with one-eighths of egg rolled in savory and tasty turkey ham. It was kinda salty, but overall, I think it was a great dish. The Bruschetta in The Junk was claimed to be very good. Gonna try that if I happen to go. :D

Fish and Chips (RM26). I only had a bite of this, so couldn't give any comments. Besides, deep-fried stuffs are not my favorite.

Fettuccine Lamb Shank (RM36). Although considered rather expensive for a pasta, the fettuccine was cooked with lots of lamb shank meat. I supposed the whole lamb shank was added. I did not manage to finish the whole dish. The meat was more than the fettuccine. I gave some to Ben and George eventually finished the rest. I love the lamb shank. Nice and tender!! Yummy!

~ ~Spaghetti (RM36). Forgotten the name of this dish as it was really long. Looks like a seafood aglio-olio to me. As for the real taste, it was a fusion of western and local as the spaghetti was sauteed with salted fish. 

Braised Lamb Shank (RM36). Initially intended to order this when Chicken Moscow was not available. I tried this before and it was good. Love the mashed potatoes.

As directed by William, we tried to "show off" our long legs. HAHA!! 

:)

Valentine's Day Celebration ❤ ♡ ❤ ღ

Where would be the best dining place during Valentine's? It is a norm for many couples to dine out in a romantic environment, enjoying their 3- or 4-course meals. You must book early to get you and your partner a place. If not, you would end up being "halau" as the place is full and in the end, you would have to "enjoy" your Valentine's at hawker centers. To avoid being "slaughtered" by these restaurants in this very special occasion, I decided to cook ourselves a 4-course dinner. :D 

I planned our dinner a week ahead, having appetizer, starter, main dish and also dessert. 

Tadaa~~ Prepared Valentine's Menu of my own! :D

I had started preparing a day earlier with my coleslaw and also marinating the beef. On the day itself, it took me 3 hours to prepare all the dishes including Mushroom and Peppercorn sauces, and also some side dishes to accompany the main dishes. Additional 1/2 hour was required for the dessert which I left it in the oven while we were having dinner.

Cheese Mayo Mussels. YUMMY!!

Jalapeno Beef with side dishes of roasted broccoli and carrots, and also mashed potatoes.

Crispy Skin Salmon.. Sedap.. :)

Forgotten to take photos of the Coleslaw, and Mac and Cheese. All the dishes tasted not too bad except the Mac and Cheese. It's not as creamy as I wanted it to be and lack of flavor. Hmm.. Needs to be improved!

Finally, my hot Chocolate Lava Cake topped with cold Vanilla Ice Cream. The cake had a crispy outer skin, but it did not have the overflowing chocolate as I wanted it to be when we cut it open. Sad.. :( Overcooked I guessed.

VERY FULL!!! :p

A BRAND NEW YEAR!

10th February 2012 marks the new year in the lunar calender. After the dragon year, it's the year of the Ssssnake~~ Did not do much on the first day. Went visiting and stayed at my granny's place most of the time. 

My first day look! No "ang ang" (hokkien word for red) this year. It's a belief of the Chinese to wear red on the first day of Chinese New Year as red is auspicious and brings luck.

My denim attire on the second day of Chinese New Year. :DTrying to pose as a model. HAHA!!

Met up with friends and went visiting! :) All looking so lady with their pretty dresses. 

We went to a friend's house where they invited the lion dance team to perform. There were 8 lions, all colored differently! The biggest lion dance performance I had ever seen.

With all the galsss.

With George (left) and Ben (right). LOVE this pic! We were all in blue~~ 

William was showing his "papa" potential. LOL! 

Everyone was snatching the cute little baby to take photo with! Model of the day ye~~

Besides all those tasty cakes and cookies served during CNY, we also got to have this unexpected delicious homecook Laksa! Yummy! 

Some more pics!

 Here ends my 2nd day of CNY and there goes my 3rd day!

My look of the day!

With the pretties!

4th DAY!

With them again! HAHA!

Do I look different in these photos?? :D They were taken on the 5th, 6th and 7th day of CNY respectively.

CNY is all about visiting, eating (which I enjoyed the most and obviously, I gained weight) and gathering.