HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! YEAY!

Ok, it's been 2 days already, but it's still my birthday week... Happy Birthday to me... A great birthday this year (though lacking in presents, sheesh! hehehehe)... My loved ones beside me, heath, living in a beautiful n peaceful country, breathing fresh air (minus some of the pollution that I also contribute to), a career, lots of birthday wishes, what more could I ask for? Ok, a birthday cake would be nice, but I can let that one go, hehehehehehe....

This is what I got from Mr Buffel..... (every d'Guild member gets one, but who's asking right?)

The Man took us to this place @ solaris mont kiara for my Birthday Dinner...

Inside dining area.... Ok, so this is not exactly the dining area, more of the staircase that led to the upstairs dining area.... but this is inside.... that counts, right?

Outside dining area with the drink station...

The Golden Triangle...

As if we were there...

Nice and cozy huh? a bit of privacy for the family.... Great for a romantic dinner as well...

The Man's Watermelon Juice

Birthday Girl and her sister's Umbra Juice (formally known as the buah kedondong) with asam boi.

I give this drink 2 thumbs up (and that's because I ordered this drink twice, just couldn't get enough of it)....

The Boy's Chocolate Drink...

eeeiiihhhhh passable I would say.... Can't compete with the umbra juice....

We started off our dinner with this appetizer...

Mieng Kham

Was supposed to order this one again after dinner. Yes, I know it's an appetizer... Unfortunately, the inevitable happened... My kids, if not one of them, it's the both of them simultaneously, just have to poop when we're about to sit down to eat @ a new place / a place they've never been to before... And my birthday was no exception. Fortunately, Mysha was sitting beside The Man, and I didn't know what happened until I finished my dessert. The Man was gracious enough not to tell me, so I could enjoy my birthday dinner, Thank U Sayang! He was also nice enough to wash her up after we left the restaurant. Unfortunate for Mysha, mommy did not bring a spare anything for her, so we only had her daddy's handkerchief to cover her up. Good thing we went there straight after work, so her day bag was in the car and there was an extra diaper in there. So, we wrapped her up like a nice lil' present in the car (Even though the drive home is just a short distance, I'm not going to take the risk of her peeing in the car).

Let's proceed with the rest of the menu, shall we?

Saigon Fried Chicken Wings

We just simply loved this dish... Was supposed to order this one a second round, but the above mentioned happened.... Soooo.....

Tempura Squid

Stir fried kale in oyster sauce

Thai Curry Powdered Prawns....

Ridzuan loved this dish... Heck, he loves all things Shrimp....

Spicy Lime Leaves Soft Shell Crabs....

You betcha it was spicy, but it was damn good!

I think this dish is the Choo Chee Fish.

Not sure if Choo Chee is the name of the dish or the way it's cooked. Basically the fish was deep fried and than served with that thick gravy of spices and coconut milk.... This dish was recommended by our waitress that's why I don't remember the name... Just remember the taste....

And for dessert....

Tham Thim Krop.....

It's basically Water Chestnuts covered with tapioca flour (colored red) giving it that pomegranate appearance, slices of jackfruit, served in coconut milk....

Coconut Jelly...

Made with pure coconut water, not one of those coconut jelly come some people make with a bit of coconut water and syrup.... this one u really taste the coconut.... Marvelous!

THANK YOU MY DARLING HUSBAND, for the lovely (and full) birthday dinner... for loving me enough to marry me, for wanting to spend the rest of your life with me and for letting me be the mother to your children. And also, for NOT FORGETTING my birthday... (let's hope The Man never does in the future, shall we?)

tata...

FOOD FOOD FOOD

So many things happened... been there, did that... ate here, ate there.... I'm really tired right now, just finished a 2 days course and I'm mentally drained, so I just want to rest my mind.... The coming posts are for you eyes, not much to read, but a lot to look at, sort of... Been a bit behind on my sewing lately. But I did managed to finally organize my sewing patterns.... This and a few more posts are not going to be sewing related, rather it's gonna be filled with pictures of places we've been to and food we ate these past week or so...


Ready? Saturday November 6th, Nenek held the 100 days tahlil for my late tok aki @ her place in Malacca. Since I've been craving for ikan bakar the good old Malacca way we just had to stop by @ a place to have them. These days ikan bakar places are all over the place, but I think it's been too commercialized and modernized. Even in Malacca most places have evolved into I don't know what to call them. Definitely not the old fashioned way... When I say old fashioned, the fish are grilled over the barbecue pit, charcoal or wood. And eaten with yours truely, the pre-packed nasi lemak. My husband would cringe whenever I say u gotta eat ikan bakar with nasi lemak. He just doesn't get it.

To some, ikan bakar with nasi lemak might sound a bit off or feel the two don't jive, but to me it brings back fond memories of childhood whenever the family goes back to our kampung and dad takes us to the ikan bakar place @ Serkam. Kampung Serkam, I think it's the first place in Malacca, or Malaysia for that matter to introduce this ikan bakar place concept. Or at least I believe it is so... Maybe I'm a bit bias on that since my kampung is just next door, but seriously, lots of people know Kampung Serkam because of it's famous ikan bakar place.

Anyway, here are the pics I mentioned...

Initially we wanted to try out this place. It's been around for quite some time, but I've personally never been there, and thought why not give it a try. The place look really nice... This is the Ikan Bakar Terampung in Umbai...

After a short call to a dear Malaccan friend, we decided to go some place else...... Just next door, also in Umbai. This place is actually @ the border of Umbai and Pernu....


Nope not @ one of those stalls there... but you're getting there. Same area, however, the place we went to was @ the water edge and had like a compound of it's own. More like a restaurant than rows of hawker stall type eateries...


Here u go..... Ikan Bakar Parameswara... Really nice place... Jam packed when we arrived @ around 7.45pm...


See those people lining up @ the back ground? That's where u pick out whatever seafood u want to eat n tell them how to cook it. Everything is sold by weight. They'll weight your seafood in front of you, take your order and send everything to the kitchen area to be prepared.


They've got the normal tables like u saw in the previous photo. However, we just had to dine in this 'fishing boat'. It just seemed much cooler... Not many places have this kinda thing... BIG MISTAKE! It was HOT in there! there was no fan what-so-ever, so u really have to rely on the wind. Unfortunately, there was no breeze that night... But it was still kinda cool dining in there, something different, don't u think? Actually we were really lucky to get that table in there. I saw a family leaving, so I hurriedly went there before it got snatched by someone else.


Our fish.... errmmmm.... Garoupa I think... I forgot....


This is for the fiiiiiiish..... Simple but nice...


The host, the ever so lovely pre-packed in brown paper lined with banana leaves, yours truely, Miss Nasi Lemak....... A big applause folks... thank u very much!


Sweet n sour shrimp....


Batter dipped squid...

I forgot to take a photo of the watermelon juice. So nice and refreshing. No pretense, no nonsense drink. Humbly presented to us in a plastic jug, but the taste, marvelous! Pure watermelon juice, no sugar, not diluted.... I love it!