Fathers Day Celebration

It was Daddy's day.. well our way of saying it. :P
Every year, it is without fail that we would go out for dinner, buy a card for Daddy, and followed by his favourite Pandan Layer Cake from King's. This year, for no special reason, he is really excited about celebrating this day. As bro was jokingly asking Dad to pay for dinner, Daddy insisted that we should treat him.. Okayyy.. point taken !
On Friday night, as I sprawled lazily on my parents bed, ( yes, I'm 25 years old, and I still do that *blush*) Daddy was already discussing the options for his Father's Day dinner, it's so not him. He was still talking about a particular restaurant in Kepong, while I have easily doze off. Waking up every few mins to say.. mm.. ok... and up to you. That was a hilarious scene to watch!

Came Saturday evening, and we were still undecided what to have for dinner. I listed a few options for him, among them are Bavarian Bierhaus, Shogun, Jack's Place, and finally he picked Sri Ayutthaya, suggested the one in Wangsa Maju. So I picked up the phone and made reservations for 7 pax, and off we go!
It was a lovely restaurant, newly opened, they are all out to provide you with the utmost attention and service. We didnt have to wait long for our food, and it was yummy. A lil too much food actually, but there's always room for desserts. So here's the few shots of the scrumptious meal. And the bill came up to a whopping RM350. Not so bad if you divide it by 7 person, but it's a lil higher than our usual family dinner. But oh well, daddy enjoyed the dinner very much, I could tell. So it was all worth it.

From L-R : Chicken Feet Salad, Green Curry Beef, Kerabu Soft Shelled Crab, Pandan chicken, and Thai styled steamed Siakap

From L-R : Dragonfruit something, Pumpkin Custard, Lychee Coconut, Mango Pulut Rice, and my favourite Tub Tim Krob.

Restoran Sri Ayutthaya
2, Jalan Wangsa Delima
Seksyen 5, Wangsa Maju
Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-4143-6883

SATC 2

This post has been created a month ago, thought I should really tidy up before my blog slowly vanishes from my thoughts.

I blame it all on long hours at work, lousy internet at home, the World cup. Right.. everything but my laziness. LoL

It was just any other Tuesday, until Nathan - Manager of Sultan Lounge, walked to my desk, and asked if I was doing anything tonite, No, he wasn't asking me out. He handed me 2 passes to the premiere of Sex and The City 2 ! Skyy Vodka did a launching of the movie in Sultan Lounge about 2 weeks ago, hence the 2nd invitation from them. The invitation said 7pm, Pavilion KL. Wahida and I hurried through our work, and intended to leave work at 6.15pm sharp. We made it on time at 7pm, just to find out that the movie was actually showing at 9pm, it's a cocktail reception from 7-9pm. Darned.. we could have left work a lil later, and perhaps drive over from the hotel? Oh well, still, it was good to leave work early for once !
We helped ourselves to the free flow cocktail, special concoctions made from juices and Skyy Vodka - the official Vodka for SATC 2. They served the same cocktails that they did at Sultan Lounge the other day, but less fancy this time. I don't have a picture of them but I found the following link, and my fave is Carrie & Samantha !

After sipping several glasses of cocktail, we are all ready to indulge in the comfort of Gold Class seats, and enjoy the much awaited movie of the year. Too bad we can't bring along the cocktails!

Btw, here's the recipes...

Glamour Girl – Carrie -
2 oz. SKYY Vodka, 0.5 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice, 0.5 oz. Fresh Lime Juice, 0.5 oz. Simple Syrup or 1 Tsp. Sugar
Rim a martini glass with Crème de cassis and sugar. Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into the martini glass. Finish the cocktail with a drop of Crème de cassis on top.

Fabulous Flirt – Samantha
1.5 oz. SKYY Vodka, 1 oz. Fresh Orange Juice, 1/2 oz Simple Syrup or 1 Tsp. Sugar, 1 Lemon Squeeze, 5 Raspberries
Squeeze and drop lemon squeeze into a cocktail shaker. Add raspberries, SKYY Vodka, orange juice and simple syrup/sugar with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a martini glass. Squeeze lemon disk over drink skin side out to spritz cocktail – then bend and drop into drink. Garnish in addition with a raspberry lightly dusted with powdered sugar on pick.

Busy Beauty – Miranda
2 oz. SKYY Vodka, 3 Red Grapes, 2 Basil Leaves, 0.5 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice, 0.75 oz. Simple Syrup or 1 Tsp. Sugar
Muddle grapes and basil leaves in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Add SKYY Vodka, lemon juice and simple syrup/sugar with ice and shake vigorously. Double strain into a chilled martini glass, and garnish with a basil leaf on the surface of the drink.

Pretty Princess – Charlotte
1.5 oz. SKYY Vodka, 3 oz. Lemon Lime Soda, 1 Lemon Squeeze, 0.25 oz. Red Wine
Squeeze and drop lemon squeeze into a cocktail shaker with SKYY Vodka and lemon lime soda. Fill cocktail shaker with ice and stir. Strain into a tall Collins glass with fresh ice. Float red wine over top of drink as garnish. Serve with a skinny black straw.

Mr New York – Mr Big
2 oz. SKYY Vodka, 0.5 oz. Wild Turkey 101, 0.75 oz. Cola, 2 bar spoons of Maraschino Cherry Juice
Combine SKYY Vodka, Wild Turkey Bourbon, cherry juice and cola into cocktail shaker with ice and stir. Pour into a double rocks glass and garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Reference:
http://www.faces.com.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=108:a-skyy-high-sexscapade-&catid=44:spiked&Itemid=57

Weddings and more

Just got home from Khairil's wedding. It was a lovely reception, and a rather different concept as to what you would usually see at a Malay wedding reception. It was a seat down dinner at Balai Felda, and it wasn't a free seating dinner like most Malay receptions. I was seated at the France table with all the other ex-colleagues from ME. The ceremony did not start till bout 9pm, when the dashing groom walked in with his lovely bride in a suit and the most gorgeous evening gown. Darn, now I wished I brought my camera. I have known Khairil for bout 4 years now, worked together in ME for 1 year plus, and then the one month in FL. Am so happy to see him and his sweetheart tie the knot.
(Attended Zaleha's wedding too, it was yesterday at Dewan Taman Keramat. Took some pictures of the lovely couple, and her beautiful cake! Will find time to upload them.)

Been attending quite a few wedding receptions this year, or rather since the end of last year.
And as usual, the norm is when people start asking " When's your turn?". Am more than happy to brush off that question by saying, " one day ya.." or my usual reply to my mom" You slowly wait lar" But gee, it never really got to me till tonight, when I looked at Khairil walk down the aisle with his lovely bride, can't help feeling happy for him as I recall his stories of their ups and down. It affects me more when I think of it that way, about how two person has made it through so much, and finally the wedding day comes. Am just feeling a wee bit emotional tonight.
Oh, I'll just go to bed.

Good nite.

Nite out with the girls and mommy-to-be

Met up with the girls for dinner, the party is again incomplete as HZ is working outstation, but this time, we had new an extra company, it's Mommy Bong and Daddy Alan, to be that is , lil Kimberly will be joining us in August ! We are all pretty excited to to welcome her to our world, and add her to our ji-mui group.

Brought the girls to Sg Buloh for dinner as Bong was craving for crabs, and we know better than to stop a pregnant woman from having it her way. However, it was utter disappointment when we were informed that the crabs have been sold out for the day due to the high rate of diners that night. Nevertheless, we ordered prawns, fish and squids. The food didnt take that long to arrive, and as usual, it was pretty good. Had a good time catching up, gossiping, and cam-whoring, was almost 11 when we decided to leave the restaurant.

After much driving around, we decided on a second round at Kota Damansara, a non alchoholic session of course. We ended up at Wong Kok Char Chan Teng, since it was belated celebration for PC's birthday, we were entitled to the huge glass of milk tea. It was way past Mommy Bong's bedtime when we finally left the place and head home. I pulled myself together to write this piece before throwing myself on to my lovely bed.

Good nite...

Utterly disappointed..

Seriously, every time I thought I could depend on it, it fails me terribly.. It took me almost 2 hours to get home.. wait, let me rephrase it, after 1hr and 45mins, I was still in the train, at KL station. It got warmer by the minute, and a baby's crying across the platform did not make me feel any better. I was really at the edge of leaving the train, and catching a cab home. It was almost midnight for god's sake ! and to think that i left my office at 9.30pm.

Good thing, FBIL came to my rescue !! Came and picked me from the railway station, and dropped me home ! woo hoo... When we drove past Segambut, another train was stranded at the station.. I cannot imagine if I stayed on, I would prob NEVER get home. I got knocked off immediately, and treasured every minute of my sleep then.

*FBIL*HUGSSS*hope you enjoyed the cake*