new hair color + mp restaurant.

Journeyed back to Ipoh early in the morning because we've made an appointment with our family hair stylists. Can't decide whether I'd like to have my hair colored or not, but in the end, I did. Went from blackjet to chestnut brown. Latest pic:

New hair color. Nice?

Brother suddenly (no, it's actually planned) decided to treat us to dinner because he's just gotten his first month salary so yeah, let's ode to that! Heh. Dad wanted to try dining at MP Steamboat which has been around for like a quarter of a century (I lied) and serves fusion foods so bro drove us all there. Atmosphere in there is okay, not too posh or anything, just better-than-your-average steamboat restaurant. The price is sky high so we didn't have steamboat. We settled for ala-carte which consists of mainly western. Not gonna comment much and gonna let my piccas do all the talking, aight?

Main entrance.

Good ambience.

Serviette with lots of info on it.

The menu cover.

One of the pages in the menu.

Carrot, apple and the Giant Mixed Fruit Juice.

My Tagliatte Al Turkey.

Brother's Black Pepper Chicken Chop.

Dad's BBQ Mixed Grilled Plate.

Sis' Australian Grilled Lamb Chop.

Mum's Seafood Platter.

All in all, the food are all nice, especially the aussie grilled lamb. -drools- We even ordered a second serving for the lamb to be shared among all five of us. My Italian spinach flat noodle is so-so, and I didn't even manage to finish it because I was too full. In the end, I gave it away to my sister and took her grilled lamb. Heh. And the juices... ah, refreshing. I love my dad's carrot juice! The gigantic mixed fruit juice that me, my sister and brother shared wasn't that gigantic at all. Just 750ml, which is not enough for the three of us to drink. -sadface-

Total bill is about 150MYR which divides fairly to about 30MYR per person. Not cheap but not too expensive either. Will definitely go back there again the next time. -lol- 

Next stop: IPOH BERLIN'S BEER HOUSE!

Must. Go. There.

free dessert.

It's W's birthday today but I couldn't take leave from work (I feel really bad, to be honest) to accompany her. So, right after work, I suggested that we go to 1U and I'll treat her to something good. Contemplated for a long while before we settle for Sushi Zanmai.

To cut everything short, the dinner was great except for a little spilling accident which wasn't my fault (the little girl beside our table did it) and guess what? We even got a free dessert for the manager because W knows him. Plus, the pretty waitress who served us is the manager's girlfriend and yeah, W knows her too. -grins- She's really a good host. The last time we went, the queue was so long that we waited about thirty minutes and it still hasn't budge and she offered to take us in, which means, we skipped the queue. Ha, I love the girl. I wonder if she knew it's W's birthday today.

The free dessert. Yummm ♥♥♥

Anyways, the total bill was about 80MYR which my wallet bled but it was worth it I guess. Anything to make W happy? I don't know. I still haven't gotten her presents yet and we have a deal on what to get already. Heh.

Still, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY!! ♥♥♥

strawberry fields.

Am lazy to blog today, but had a great dinner with my family earlier though it rained quite hard and we had trouble getting out of the car. Anyway, we went to this restaurant called Strawberry Fields which serves fusion food with reasonable prices. It's somewhere in USJ Taipan, on the way to Station One, tucked in between shops with a not so catchy green and bleached signboard. Oh, and it's painted in red.

Ordered a lot of food, each of us with different dishes and portions. The only thing we shared was the Tomyam Seafood. Yummmm. Here, piccas again (pardon me, I'm lazy today).

2 Chinese tea ice and a watermelon juice. That's my dad's arm btw ♥♥

The tom yam seafood with lots of seafood ♥♥♥

My brother's assam fish rice ♥♥♥

My butter cream prawn rice ♥♥♥

Mum's onion ginger fish rice ♥♥

Sis' macaroni with sausage and egg ♥

Sis boyfriend's butter cream chicken rice ♥

Didn't post up dad's Kunyit Chicken Chop Rice with fried egg and soup of the day because the photo came out very blur. -grins- Not going to comment on each dishes but the ones I like the most are mine and my brother's, as well as the tom yam soup. Heh.

W wants to find a room for herself. We're moving out soon and won't be staying together anymore. The moving out date will be end of August. I hope she can find a new room soon enough. -smiles-

bumbu bali.

Took annual leave on both days this week (because there's something that I need to settle with my family), and on Wednesday, had dinner with mum, sis and her boyfriend, Z. Dad wasn't in KL and brother didn't want to follow us out so he stayed at home with Rainbow. My brother always misses out on all the good food, poor thing. Anyway, the four of us went for dinner at Bumbu Bali, Puchong. I've always wanted to go there, like, since five years ago (when I was still in uni, mind you) but never got the chance to. So this time, without hesitation, I whisked them over in my sister's car and had my wish come true. -laughs- I feel like Cinderella all of a sudden, after the previous sentence. Heh.

The first thing that got me disappointed when we arrived was the menu, and it wasn't until my sister and Z pointed it out that I noticed. I never knew that Bumbu Bali was actually Ole-Ole Bali in disguise! Or rather, the other way round. They have the exact same menu, though a little difference in their prices. Bummer. I thought Bumbu Bali was another Balinese restaurant worth drooling over because I've always heard positive reviews about it from my friends and have always wanted to try it out. But now that it's actually the same restaurant as Ole-Ole Bali in Sunway, there's nothing to hype over it I guess. Because, I always go to Ole-Ole Bali! -weak laugh-

Still, the interior design is a bit different from Ole-Ole Bali and the exotic decors by the side really triggered my photographer instinct. Too bad I didn't bring my DSLR! -disappointed again- But! I've got my Nokia E71 which still takes nice pictures. Here, piccas. Most of them are pretty decent and clear except for the last three ones which I had to use flash on them because the they dimmed the lights. Bad quality for the three. Meh.

The stairs leading to the second floor ♥♥

The front part (porch) ♥♥

Pretty traditional Balinese sculptures ♥♥♥♥

Exotic porcelain/wooden animals ♥♥♥♥

The Laughing Buddha ♥♥♥

Table decor. Nice flowers ♥♥

My Barley Lime ♥♥♥♥

My sis. She looks different here ♥♥♥♥

The table setting ♥♥

Ole-Ole Trio: a combination of Ole-Ole BBQ Wings, Sate Lilit and Cumi-Cumi
Goreng, served with Sambel Matah, Sambel Terasi, and Tartar Sauce ♥♥♥

Grilled Lamb Chop ♥♥♥♥

Balinese Grilled Salad: Grilled chicken with squid, served with 

Rempeyek, and spicy lemongrass and shallot dressing ♥♥♥

Because the dish portions in Bumbu Bali are expected to be the same as Ole-Ole Bali, so we just ordered three dishes to be shared among the four of us. Got all of us full by the end of the meal and was happy about it. The final bill total was about 90MYR which we split into four. I paid for my mum and me 50MYR which Z paid with his credit card for his share and my sister's.

Though I love Bumbu Bali's overall atmosphere and all, I still say that Ole-Ole Bali's food tastes better. Perhaps their head chef is over at Sunway's branch? I don't know, but yeah, will go back to Ole-Ole Bali instead of Bumbu Bali next time. -grins-

apple puffs.

Baked some (eight, to be exact) apple puff pastries with sis today.

Tastes even better than McD's Apple Pie. -grins- ♥ 

big day outing.

It's my birthday today. Wabbit and I both took AL so that we could celebrate my birthday together. How very sweet of baby. -smiles- Anyways, we planned to head up to Genting at first, or maybe Malacca but it didn't work out because we both slept in late until afternoon. By the time we've gotten ourselves ready, half of the day was already gone. -lol- So, in the end we went to MidValley instead and had KFC for lunch. Poor me, only get to eat KFC on my big day. -sadface- But still, quite happy because it's Wabbit's treat. I rarely get treated by W anymore because we've come to terms about not spending extra money on each other except on special occasions. A simpler way to put it: So that we both won't be a loss party when the dreaded split really happens. It's a fair thing. Like what Karen said, A-A system. -haha-

Anyway, we loitered (yes, loitered) at Starbucks and bought ourselves two Mocha Frappucino, sat outside reading The Sun's Wednesday newspaper before walking around the mall aimlessly until 7PM. I so wanted to buy myself another wig that I saw in this one accessory shop. It's a mid-length bob wig and I bet it'll look fine if I put it on but Wabbit is like, 101% against me buying it. So I sulked all the way until we're out of the parking lot. Argued a bit with Wabbit in MPH (I want to buy Lovely Bones!) earlier and argued again when I wanted to go down to KL for dinner and W disagreed. We went to 1U's CHARMS in the end for dinner. -smiles- Pics, anyone?

The top view of inner courtyard where we sat.

The menu.

W with the menu.

My chinese tea and W's iced water.

W's Sotong Kangkung. Nice.

W's Omelette 'Lo Shu Fun'.

My Lamb Charmer

I'm like, so in love with their Lamb Charmer no matter how many times I've had it. The first time I had it was when I went out dinner with my family. I remembered my dad ordering it and we shared, brings back memories. That was the only time my family dined at Charms and I don't know why they never went back there the second time. -shrugs-

It was 10PM by the time I finish my last piece of lamb and all the shops around had closed down. Wabbit paid for the bill (thanks, baby) and we went home, but not before W begging me to go over to Brussels for a round of beer. I said no, and made W drove over to 7-11 to buy a bottle of Heineken for us so that we could share while we watch the TVB drama 'The Mysteries of Love'. Lovelovelovelovelove Raymond and Tavia in there! -loves-

Haha, yeah. So, not much celebration this year. It's all the same thing. No grand dinner or lunch, just everyday meals because Wabbit is short of money for the month. Just my luck, but at least I got myself a Fossil wallet from W in advance. Heh. I'm happy enough to say that I'm happy this year, with so many lovely wishes from my friends and family. I think I broke my own record of receiving over 80 birthday wishes this year from all my lovelies. Thank you everyone! -huggles-

Gonna celebrate another birthday party tomorrow in the office. Looking forward to it! -happyhappyjoyjoy-

secret recipe treat.

Mum and dad went back to Ipoh at around four something and I lazed around the house until about seven before my sister came out of her room (finally!) and asked me whether I'd like to have dinner with her and her boyfriend. I said okay and we went over to Sunway Pyramid, because we have no other place to go, and because it's near our house. Debated what to eat before we went there in separate cars (because I'm going to head back to SS17 after) and continued to debate after we arrived. In the end, her boyfriend picked Secret Recipe and we agreed, after much painful decision-making minutes.

I never knew that the branch at Sunway Pyramid has renovated. Proves how long I've not eaten in there. -grins- Anyways, the place was nice. Better than last time I guess and I don't know whether it's me or my imagination but, has the shop expanded or something? -shrugs-

Ordered their Prawn Macaroni with Cheese to share it with my sister, while my sister ordered their mushroom soup. Her boyfriend settled for Tom Yam Goong. After the waitress - I have something to say about her but it's not bad to talk about how bad her facial skin is so I'm not gonna - took our order, we saw the menu stand on the table and spotted this!

The words 'A FREE slice of cake to go with your meal' is smacked right in the middle of the menu and guess what? My sister's boyfriend has a Citibank card! -is happy- We weren't sure at first whether it's really free or there are some requirements to be met in order to claim the cake or something so I asked the waitress about it. And yep, it's free, provided that your single bill is over 40MYR and it's only applicable to cakes. There's some misunderstanding between me and the waitress which goes like this:

Me: Excuse me, may I ask? For this... *points at the menu* we get a cake for free if our bill is over RM40 right?

Waitress: Yeah. But it's only for kids.

Me: *blinks* Only for kids? Oh!

Waitress: Yeah.

Me: We're not kids. But what if I take away for my brother at home?

Waitress: You can choose any cakes over the counter there.

Me: I see... thank you. I'll go after I finish my dinner.

Waitress: OK

Me: *smiles at sis*

Sis: I think what she meant was 'ONLY FOR CAKES'. Not 'KIDS'.

Me: *laughs awkwardly*

There. Srsly. I don't know if it's my hearing or her pronunciation but, ugh. Funny but embarrassing at the same time. Anyhow, our dinner arrived and we gobbled down everything except for the last piece of grass mushroom because the cheese is reacting weirdly in my tummy and I can't swallow any more cheesy food. Managed to take a few pics before the food's gone. Here, piccas for this entry:

My sister with the iced lemon tea aka. TEA TOWERS ♥♥

Her boyfriend's Tom Yam Goong. Heard it's nice.

The boyfriend, wonder if he's constipated.

Our prawn macaroni with cheese. Yummm ♥♥

My sister's boyfriend paid for our dinner. I wanted to pay him back 15MYR but he refused to accept so yeah, I got free dinner again! Yay! -cackles- Still, I'd like to thank him for the food as well as my 1.60MYR bread that he bought for me as breakfast the next morning. Such a nice guy. My sis and you = I APPROVE!!

C'mon, you can bribe me with food anytime, anyday and I'll tell everyone that you're the perfect guy for my sister. -rubs hands gleefully- Srsly. =D>

advanced birthday celebration.

Celebrated my birthday with my family, sister's boyfriend and cousin brother at 1U's Chili's tonight. I'd like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who was there, especially my dearest daddy who paid for the whopping bill. -laughs- I'm really happy tonight. Thank you everyone! -tears-

Anyways, pictures again. It's food of course. -grins-

My Citrus Fire Prawn & Chicken! ♥♥♥♥

Mum's Lamb Shoulder ♥♥

Brother's Grilled Lamb ♥♥

Sister's Chicken Portobello something? ♥♥

Dad's Mushroom Jack ♥♥♥♥

Sis' bf's Lamb Shank ♥♥

I absolutely love my birthday dish! -squeals like a fat pig- Love my brother's, mum's and dad's dishes as well. As for my sister's and her boyfriend's, nah, it's okay. -lol- But to be honest, we shouldn't have went there to celebrate. It's a bit too expensive for six people to eat there. Well, at least it is expensive to me. I don't know about the others though. I could've eaten twice at Overseas Restaurant in Ipoh with that single bill from Chili's. -sigh- But still, it's just once a year so yeah, maybe I shouldn't be too calculative.

Anyways, I love you guys!! Especially you, dad! And my mum! Without you two, I wouldn't be celebrating my birthday with everyone today. Thank you. Srsly. -smiles- Aww, I wish I can give everyone a super big bear hug right now but I'm tiny so maybe a big hug will do? Heh.

By the way, where's my birthday present??

Note to self: One year older soon, straighten up your life, babe. Happy advanced birthday, Jasmine! I love you (hey, yourself) ♥♥♥♥