It’s a quiet new year for me this year…I’m a KL girl; therefore I’ve got no hometown to go back to. Had reunion dinner at home with my family and only went visiting on the first day of CNY. To my grandparent’s house and to my elder aunty house…and that was it…the rest of the week…was spent at home…

In fact, I don’t look forward to go visiting this year. it’s not that I don’t like CNY…I love CNY…I love the atmosphere…love the foods…the gathering….but lately, for the past 2-3 years…CNY is like a torture to me….why…cos each time I see all my relatives…there’s only ONE question they will ask me….and I’m getting tired of replying them…the question is…”WHEN ARE YOU GETTING MARRIED AH?”…

I used to love collecting angpows…but now….I hates collecting angpows…why? Cos before those aunties or uncles hand me the angpow…I’ve got to listen to their “lectures”…”aiyah…better make sure this is the last angpow I’m giving u ah…I hope you’ll be the one giving out angpows to my kids next year ah” or “ha…still want to receive angpow ah…u should be giving not receiving ah” oh they even “trained” their kids to ask me the same question..”cheh cheh…my mummy asked me to ask you, when will you be giving me angpow?” dang….

I pity my mom too lar…cos if she go visiting without me, they will ask her that question too…or…they will tell my mom…”eh…aunty xxx’s daughter or son is getting married soon….so, when will we hear the good news from your daughter”aihhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

So...how's your Valentine's Day?

whenever valentine's day or my birthday...I always get bombarded by this question..."So...is your boyfriend gonna cook you a special dinner tonite?" they knew that he worked as a Chef and they also expect that I get nice meals cook by him frequently...sadly...nooooooooo...come to think of it...he have not been cooking something nice for me for some time already...:( okaylar can't blame him too...he's been working from 8am - 10pm 3 days in a week...when it comes to Saturday and Sunday...he preferred to rest at home and not go in to the kitchen...

so, yesterday's valentine was the same as the previous years...no pressie...no flowers...no romantic dinner...just a kiss and wish...in fact, we have never celebrated valentine at all...

as usual, i was supposed to prepared dinner yesterday, but he msg me and told me no need to cook lar...we'll go for Valentine's Supper....so, went to pick him up at 10pm...then went to have our Valentine's Supper at Jalan Alor....we had beef noodle for supper...hahaha...sooooo not romantic yah....was stuck in a mad traffic jam for 45mins!!!! never expect the traffic to be that bad at 10pm....gosh...

while we were stuck in the jam at Jalan Alor...i get people knocking on the window...asking if we want to buy a bouquet of flowers...one look at the flowers...you will definitely not want to buy it...the flowers all are dried up and it looks so miserable...i bet the price is expensive too....

Food...Food...Food...

This is a long overdue post...

Went for the food promotion dinner at Taylors' College 2 weeks ago. It was organised by a group of students and supervised by Pat (my boyfriend). The theme for that night was White Indulgence. Overall the dinner was great. A 15 course dinner for RM100. The food presentation was good. By the time, the 10th course was served we were like so full already. Pat was very proud with them. He was a bit worry at first on whether can those students cope up that night as this is the first time they are cooking up a 15 course dinner for 100 people. All their hardworks paid off that nite, as the feedback was really good!

The only thing i didn't enjoyed that night, was bumping to someone I dislike. She was there too for the dinner, and sat in front of me!

Thank god, I have my sis and her friend there to accompany me. We yak yak yak eat eat eat and it was not that bad afterall...though I would still preferred if they can put her at the other end of the restaurant, so that I don't have to see her stupid face....

Anyway, here are some pictures of the food we had that nite...and thanks a lot to Jonathan for taking the pictures that night.

Salmon
Coriander cured fresh salmon
(Serve on ice cube filled with chrysanthemum petal)

Chicken pâté
Poached apple with chicken pâté, watercress coulis and beet jus

Mollusks
Clams cooked in sauce, Whelk dipped with curry aioli

Prawn
Prawn marinate with herbs, avocado, grapes salsa, chervil oil, mint,
black olive powder and crustacean crab meat sauce

Tongkol fish parcel
Red chili cooked in syrup, green pea coulis, pineapple reduction and herbs
Hokkigai clam
Herbs jelly, Thai basil and ikura

Assorted vegetables
White asparagus, fiddle head fern, red shiso cress, snow peas, okra, aubergine, yellow zucchini, glazed shallot, parsnip and natural jus

Quail
Roast quail with ‘bak kut tea’ powder with braised barley, broccoli, rucola cress, brocco cress and passion fruit

Hazelnut cake
Sweet basil, crème fraîche, oven-dried vein ripe cherry tomato and honey-soy sauce

Frozen Mojito

Chilled Australia beef
Congo potato, yellow squash, Australia baby spinach and baby carrot

Deep fried white chocolate ganache
Slow baked banana and fennel-orange soup

Chocolate ebony
Sugar sponge, fresh berries and cinnamon basil sauce

Whipped cheese
Fig, lemon thyme crackers, yellow watermelon and caramel balsamic

Marshmallow

First Time Kena Tag...

I owed this tag to Sasha...now only got time to do it....boss not in today...so must utilise this time to do my "homework"...

5 TOP Favourite Malaysian Bloggers

Actually i've got a lot of favourite blogs that I loved to read especially all those yummy mummies blogs.... To short list to 5 is quite difficult ler...anyway the very first blog i read was:

Mom 2 Ashley's Blog - i loved to look at all her Good Morning pics of her Lil Missy...

from there, then i blog hop to many other mummies blogs... like,

Sasha's Blog - she's one very funny mummy...and her Lil Boy, Jayden...is so cute and cheeky...

Nadia's Blog - Lil Irfan is sooooooo cute...can't get enough of looking at all his cute pictures....and his mummy is so good at scrapping...all the scraps are so nicely done...envy envy...

then there's Zara Mama's Blog - mom to 2 beautiful girls...

and the list goes on and on....and everyday i discovered many other interesting blogs that are so good to read...reading all the mummies blogs really do benefits me a lot...at least it prepared me to what motherhood is really like...hahaha...it's like a big community out there...everyone's helping each other by sharing stories and experiences....so it's really difficult to short list to 5 favourite one...

i'm not gonna tag anyone...as i'm still new at this blogging thingy....and i guess most of the bloggers have done this tag already...