FollowThis week Sherilyn is staying home for remote learning. She went to school last week. Next week will be the last week that Sherilyn attends physical classes in school before the year end school holidays begin. I’ve been clocking in only 5-6 hours of shut-eye for the last two weeks, including Saturdays and Sundays. I…
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MCO Meals & Nasi Briyani From Catermate
Friday, 1 May 2020 Our Labor’s Day lunch, prepped by Sherilyn – stir-fried assortment of homemade pastas that she hand-made a few days ago with olive oil, garlic, fresh button mushrooms, bacon, lemon zest, lemon juice and black pepper. Dinner: oven-grilled salmon, sauteed organic long beans with minced meat and organic miso, steamed egg with…
Kak Jat Ikan Bakar @ Jalan Bellamy and Vintage 1988
I was itching to taste some Malay food today and hubs brought us to one Kak Jat Ikan Bakar on Jalan Bellamy. There are a few stalls on this road selling the same dishes and specializing in grilled fish. As far as choice of fish goes, you get pari (stingray), kembung, terubok, tilapia, and more. There’re…
Dealing With A Difficult Tween
I’ve been feeling a tad melancholic since the start of school on Monday. On the first day of school, my 11-year old found it extremely hard to wake up for school. And when she woke up after much resistance and kicking, she morphed into a totally different person… like someone has just cast a spell…
HFM’s Breakfast
The clock is ticking away to the day that Maria, my beloved part-time helper of 7 years goes on a 3-month maternity leave ~ only two more days with us ? Though Maria can’t do much strenuous work lately, we still love having her around in the evening to help us wash the dishes and do…
J’s Gate Dining and The Tokyo Restaurant @ Isetan, Lot 10
Wesak Day Weekend
So Mid Year Exam’s finally OVER for the brat rat. What a load off my Cass’ shoulders. Next will be getting the exam papers back, report card day ?, Jogathon day (I’ll be running with the brat rat again!) and sports day but before all these stress, it’s celebratory time!! Celebration of end of exam, two public…
The Fastest and Least Expensive Way to Cater For Your Next Party
Who doesn’t love the freshest delivery pizza with the best pizza toppings delivered to your doorstep on a lazy day where you don’t feel like moving a muscle? Over at our household, we have delivery pizza on the eve of the girls’ exams, when the girls have their friends over to work on projects or…
My Thursday ~ 11 Jan 2018
Back In KL
Our ETS ride from Ipoh to KL Sentral today was a tad eventful. A few minutes after the train dropped off passengers at the Sg. Buloh station, the air conditioning and lights in the train were out. Suddenly the train stopped short smack-bang in the middle of no where. Then an announcement came. The train…
Food Pictures During The Holidays
On Wednesday, we waited for almost half an hour to get a table and then sweated buckets under the hot noon sun at the O&S Restaurant @ Paramount Garden, PJ (hawkers’ centre): Perpetual long queue at the chee cheong fun and yong tau foo stall… Assam laksa with extra fish… Famous yong tau foo with prawn…
Eve Of Hari Raya And First Day Of Hari Raya 2017
On the eve of Hari Raya, we had lemang sold by an Indon lady by the roadside. Lemang is a traditional food made of glutinous rice, coconut milk and salt, cooked in a hollowed bamboo stick lined with banana leaves in order to prevent the rice from sticking to the bamboo. It is commonly found in…
Our Saturday Morning – 3 June 2017
My parents, hubster and MIL left the house at 6:30 a.m. today for the Taman Midah, Cheras wet market. My aunt (my papa’s sister) runs a vegetarian food stall at the said wet market. Today, their mission is to try my aunt’s homemade vegetarian food. My aunt has been making her own vegetarian food and…
My Wednesday – 12 April 2017
Our Sunday – 12 March 2017
After church service, we had lunch at Paradise Dynasty @ Pearl Point Shopping Gallery. Xiao Long Bao is Paradise Dynasty’s signature and award-winning dish. The xiao long boas sure are droolicious but are a tad pricey. The innovative 8-flavor / color ones (picture below) are priced at RM29 a set. There was a good…
Yung Kee Beef Brisket Noodles (Ngau Lam Mee) @ Jalan Pudu, KL
If you’re prepared to sweat it out under a canopy in the hot sun to enjoy one of the tastiest Hong Kong style ngau lam mee (beef brisket noodles) in the Klang Valley, head over to Yung Kee at Kwai Hup Restaurant (coffee shop) at Jalan Pudu. We did just that on our Saturday morning…