Thurs - Sun of pure bliss, relaxation, crazy people, shopping and good food, I wish everyday was like this!
ThurdayOn Wed night, David had to attend 2 events - 1 in Rum Jungle (yuck!) and 1 in Velvet. He bought bottles there and there are still leftovers! Maybe we can organize another thingy at Velvet soon to finish them up. Hmmm.
We woke up quite early on Thurs and went over to Plaza Damas to have lunch at Izakaya Ichiban, a Japanese restaurant run by this Jap bald man. It was probably our 3rd time there and I love that it's small and cosy plus food's fantastic too. As usual, I dunno why I always seem to order my Soba Tempura bowl. Must order something else the next time! For the temaki, I had my all-time fav, Soft Shell Crab temaki and he had the Salmon temaki. We didn't stop there, ordered a plate of gyoza and chawan mushi too. Such gluttons, we are!
After lunch, still at Plaza Damas, I dragged the boy to the
Shopaholics Unite's sale at the Lunch Actually office. Yes, PF, the same place where I sent over the purple butterfly belt over to you :) Bought a Vintage Brooch for RM19 and somemore full length thick black stokings. Leng, the owner is a very very pretty girl. Trust me, when I say someone's pretty, she's pretty. I think she's a very capable girl. She is 1 year younger than me and yet she has her own company - Lunch Actually and now, Shopaholics Unite. How often do you come across a pretty girl who actually have brains?!
vintage pearl brooch
I thought of trying my luck at the possibility of The Curve flea market opening on Labour Day but sadly no, the only stalls that were opened then, were set infront of Cineleisure. So we checked them out and took a nice stroll inside Cineleisure as well.
Dinner was at my parents' that night. My mom cooked the biggest, bestest and meanest Steamed Ikan Bawal! And it was to be shared between the bf and I only
Being a fish-lover, the bf finished the whole 70% of it! Then, we stayed back to catch the American Idol result show and Brooke was finally out. About time now, I'd say!
FridayWent over to Bangsar with the intention of checking out the FJ Benjamin sale at BV2. Bad bad decision. We were stuck at Bangsar for like 1 hour. Cars were not allowed in as the parking lots were full and to make matter worse... the Muslim's weekly prayer session was going on. How is it ok for them to double-park and not get into trouble as if it was a church and all the church members were to double-park along the road, the cars will either be given a love note or towed away. Talk about double standards.
We u-turned and fled away from the horrendous traffic and landed ourselves at Mont Kiara. Ate at a Korean restaurant and I had yummy ginseng chicken pot and the bf had some BBQ chicken thingy. I ate the whole bowl of rice because Korean rice is so nice!!! Short, fat and has this lovely texture that I can't quite describe. Lovely meal. Still at Mont Kiara, we then went grocery shopping at the newly opened Solaris Cold Storage. All items sorted by country of origin! You have the UK section, German, Japan, Korea, etc. Amazing place.
Dinner was Bak Kut Teh (i like!) with Gary and Aiwen at our usual Mungo Jerry's in KL. Not the SS2 one ok, must only go to the one in KL because it is so much better there. We ordered so much that night that the 4 of us were having a tough time finishing them up! After dinner, we adjourned to Chili's, BSC. Had Tropical Margarita for meself, Presidente Margarita for Aiwen and the boys each have a Classic Margarita.
Saturday
We ordered some pizza delivery and stayed home to watch some movies, which I can't remember right now. Then, it was David's 30th birthday dinner party at TSB, Bangsar! My boy is all grown up now!
Hahahhaa. We had a wonderful dinner there, both me and Aiwen had the same dish - Black Cod. Grace and Adrian popped by for a short while before heading to Bubba Gums at 8.30pm. So sweet, she even brought the black&white dress she bought for me from Bangkok! Thank you, girl.
Weng bought the birthday boy the Spanking Board which consisted of - Wasabi, Banana, Cili Padi, Butterscotch and Bloody Mary shots. The whole mixture was so bad on his tummy, he had to immediately go to the loo to puke it out but nothing came out. Every party should have a hustler and at our party, we had Raymond. He was doing his duty so well, it was seriously funny watching him coercing David to drink but my boy's a good bargainer and drinker. He managed to maintain soberness throughout the night, and could even drive us both back home safely
Many people came at many different times. Winnie and gang came later and bought us a Flaming each. Like, hello, it was not even my birthday but hey, can't complain coz my Flaming was actually really really good
Played some drinking games as well and damn, I only took a few photo shots! Will upload to blog if I remember, else, they will be in Facebook.
SundayNo hangover for the boy. I made lunch and we sat down to eat while watching Cleaner starring Morgan Freeman and Eva Mendes. He didn't want to go out for the whole of Sunday, while as usual I was itching my ass off to go kai kai! CK called to confirm the initial Ironman movie plan and brunch but we had to turn it down because David wasn't feeling up to it. Cleaned up the house a bit and by dinnertime, I managed to get him to go out. Called Gary + Aiwen for steamboat plans but Gary asked to go to
Purple Cane at The Gardens.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Purple Cane! Not the one in One Utama as it only sells teas there. The one at The Gardens serves wonderful dishes cooked in various types of chinese teas. The next time you are there you HAVE TO ORDER these:
- Stir Fried Abalone Mushroom with Dry Chillies. It was so good, and I was fooled into thinking it was chicken!
- Crispy Duck - which you will have to wrap them in a thin omelette wrap, put some spring onion shoots and a dash of the magic sauce and wrap them all up with fresh lettuce and enjoy. THIS IS A MUST ORDER DISH.
- 'Jiu pai tau fu' - HEAVEN. I couldn't get enough of this!
Soups were served in pots and each of us have a tea cup and the idea was to drink the soup in a single shot. We ordered the Ginseng Chicken soup and Lotus Root soup. Nice. Also on the table were, Fish Slice with Mashed Ginger, a pot of stuff which I can't remember the name, Eggs + Tomatoes + Prawns and some dessert later.
This place is highly recommended for those running out of ideas on where to have dinner/lunch. I just wish Purple Cane does the similar concept at One Utama. I am dragging David to Purple Cane again sometime this week! Or better still, I'll bring my family there for the weekend for Mother's Day
I just hope my mother doesn't grumble that it is too expensive, which she tends to sometimes. The gang then went to Coffee Bean for drinks but I don't sit down for coffee. I go shopping. The idea was to get 2 bags - 1 for my mom and 1 for David's mom. He will be going back to his hometown this weekend so I have to get the bag by this week! But I got nothing, so after that, we went home.
Last night was a chaotic night. After discussions of going to Bangkok in October '08 during the Hari Raya period, SMSes came one after another bearing full names and I.C. numbers. I opened up Notepad to jot down their Cina full names and numbers and saved it up as
bangkokkkkkkkkkkkk.txt. Hahhahaha! Initially we only had 3 couples but it went on with EVERYONE confirming their 'participation' and we had in total of 7 couples. Saw Chew Soon online and told him about it and I swear, everyone was just in a holiday mood last night coz, HE ASKED WHETHER HE AND ANGELINE COULD COME ALONG TOO! Making it a grand total of 8 couples! We have to rent 2 vans, said David. I love group holidays! Can't wait.
Then, it was back to work again. La-di-da.
Have not gotten him a birthday pressie yet. No idea even. So was chatting with Sue on birthday ideas. She said she wants Curtis Stone to be her bf. I said, I want Curtis Stone to be my bf, and Jamie Oliver as my hubby. She asked why. Well, simple. I love how Jamie always cook for his wife, Julia and daughters, Poppy Honey and Daisy Boo (the fella sure knows how to name his kids, hahaha!)
