Happy belated birthday, dear!

Self-baked cake is a must for dear's birthday each year. Better late than never, duh?

A simple marble butter cake. Due to the tight budget, I just used up whatever ingredient I had in the kitchen.

Cake fresh from the oven, topped with smooth ice cream from Bentong.

My brother's version: kaya from KL Yut Kee coffeeshop as topping.

The simplest and spontaneous cake I ever baked without any recipe.

All cakes came late this year. Three slices of Secret Recipe cakes from my mum; Cappuccino cheese, White and black chocolate cheese and Blueberry cheese. I didn't upload the photos, they would make my cake looks bad. ;p

Happy belated birthday, dear.

Umma Son Korean BBQ Restaurant @ Desa Sri Hartamas

It was dear's 24th birthday. No celebration, just a simple dinner. After considering a few options that I offered, at last he picked this:

Umma Son, literally the mother's hand, means mother's cooking.

It was my second visit, while the first for dear. Thanks to Selina for recommending this place. It's owned and operated by a Korean lady who speaks fluent Cantonese after residing in Malaysia for years.

BBQ pork. RM18 per pax.

Look at these slices. Thick huh?

While grilling the pork, the friendly staff keep telling jokes and stories about their Korean customers. See how Szee was attracted to the stories?

No, you won't taste or feel the fatness. The lard melted upon grilling, and drained into a bowl. See the drain underneath the grilling pan? It was served with fresh lettuce and dippings, forgot to take a picture of it.

As usual, Korean restaurant always serves complimentary and refillable side dishes.

Their signature dish = my favourite dish = fried seafood with glass noodles. Oh my, how shall I describe it in words? Two thumbs up!!! Price: RM18? Forgotten, around there la.

Korean rice cakes. RM10? Not sure, forgotten. But I am sure that it was really nice! Very chewy and not too sweet, definitely differs from the texture of Korean rice cakes that you get elsewhere.

A recommendation from the staff. Bean paste soup, served with rice. Tasted like more flavourful version of miso soup, not bad. Priced around RM15, I couldn't recall!

The food were in large portions. What we had ordered were enough for 3-4 persons, I guess. Try this place if you opt for authentic Korean cuisine.
Umma Son, 1st floor, above KK Mart (somewhere opposite to the Desa Sri Hartamas food court).
Opens at 5pm-2am.
Tel: 03-2300 2010

 

 Happy birthday dear.

May you have great achievement in your career, life full of happiness and of course stay healthy always. ♥

Kow Po ice creams @ Bentong

Decided to put this as a post on its own, rather than bury it in all the Bukit Tinggi photos. What a waste would that be, this is a must-go whenever one visits Bentong!

Let me reemphasize: If you go to Bentong, make sure that you drop by at this place!

They serve home made ice creams and various types of ice kacang, etc. 

I've tried their ice kacang and chendol during my first visit few months ago. Not so special, but their ice creams were SUPERB! So this time I was just aiming for the ice creams.

Chocolate, vanilla, banana, pandan, peanut, etc etc..... Scratch your head to decide which flavour you want! Of course you may have all. ;)

We had chocolate, banana and pandan.

Overcherishing the ice creams.

 

See how smooth they were? The pandan tasted very natural, just like our homemade tong yuen using real pandan juice. For the banana flavour, it's like melting a frozen banana in your mouth. While for the chocolate, you could taste the slight bitterness and richness of the chocolate!

Even after it melted, you won't see whitish bubbling cream like any other ice creams. I wonder whether they use cream in making it?

Three scoops cost us RM7.50. When we were paying at the cashier, surprisingly we found out that those ice creams are available for take-away! At RM13 each box, we bought 1 box of chocolate flavour. It was actually a plastic container, wrapped with newspapers and according to the staff, it could stand for 3 hours without melting.

Malaysia's weather helps contribute to the good business. Why don't they open a branch in KL? I would visit it at least once a week!

If you go to Bentong, remember to go Kow Po. It is nearby Bentong bus station, located next to Hong Leong bank. And if you go to Kow Po, please request the boss to open a branch in KL. ;p

Happy Early Birthday, Dear!

Abandoned this place for some time. Now I am back!

It's June now. Which means Szee's birthday month. We did not have a proper celebration, but these were what we have done.

Trapped in jam at Karak Highway. The people were heading to Genting Highland but we weren't.

We went to Bukit Tinggi.

Japanese village.

Trees. Koi. Tea house. Flowers.

And us.

Botanical garden.

Lots of bizarre looking plants.

Back to Colmar Tropicale.

Game stall.

Dinner@La Flamme

And this was when the tragedy happened. Little Lulu's head injury.

I wish I could return to the past and prevent it from happening.

Heartache!

Anyway, happy early birthday to my dearest dear. ;)

成长

年轻时，我们冲动。
只相信自己的眼睛。
认为有梦想就是伟大。
觉得自己的感觉是对的。

成长了，我们的思想沉淀下来。
知道事情并非只有我们看得见的一面。
领悟到日久见人心的道理。
惊觉梦想其实不等于理想。

要知错，而不是后悔。
要放慢脚步，而不是放弃理想。
要时时警惕自己，而不是怨天尤人。