IICF Fundraising for Poor Kids Education in Indonesia

We helped to pack $9,000 worth of orders for home cooked Indonesian food as part of the fundraising campaign for poor kids education in Indonesia at the St.Andrews Episcopal Church in La Mesa. Amongst the food - nasi kuning with rendang, bak mi campur, cendol, empek-empek, bistik jawa etc. Most ingredients are brought from Indonesia, preparation and cooking started since Monday and they have been cooking in stages. Packing of all the food was today before the pre-ordered food was picked up or delivered if above $50. It was fun to help out for a good cause and to enjoy some good food as well. Was helping with packing the ju hu salad with bumbu sauce. Thank you to Uncle Kami for the invite. 

Assembly line of packing

Ju hu salad with bumbu sauce

Nasi Kuning with rendang 

Cendol

Bistik Jawa

Empek-empek

Cendol for breakfast - brain freeze!

Oct eats

Liang Fen @ Chef Chin's, Rancho Bernardo

Dumplings and noodles @ Myungin, Convoy

Omelette @ Americana Cafe, Del Mar

Pad See Ew @ Sab-E-Lee, Linda Vista

Vietnamese dinner @ Pho T Cali, Clairemont Mesa Blvd, along with goodies from back home of Casahana black sesame brown sugar omochi mooncake, Foochow biscuits from Eng Hin - Yong Peng, kuih tambun and cold shaved ice dessert from Tea Station

Mapo Tofu @ Chef Chin's, Rancho Bernardo

Grapow @ Panya Thai, Escondido

French Toast @ Champagne Bakery, Carmel Mountain

Szechuan @ Fu An, Convoy

October Birthdays

Abo-san

My boss Suto-san

Del Mar

Joined Grace bright and early at Del Mar Beach for a morning walk. 630am, no sunrise unfortunately as it was cloudy. Good work out, got in 11,500 steps, found fresh calamari on the beach and good brunch at Americana.

#CRANK2015 Wedding

Congratulations to Frank & Christina Cheng as they begin the new chapter in their lives!

*Wedding @ Sheraton Carlsbad on a very hot 90deg day.

The Intern

Director : Nancy Meyers

Cast : Anne Hathaway, Robert DeNiro

Release Date : 25 Sept 2015

Running time : 121 min

70 year old widower Ben Whitaker discovered that retirement isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded by Jules Ostin.

Verdict : A very entertaining watch.

Good start to the weekend...

Impromptu dinner @ The Zonce's. Glad to see Arturo and Miwa after a long time. And after some wine, piano sessions took place (gosh me and my rusty fingers). Amazing how Steve can play by ear! Guess I've got a lot of practice needed. Thanks Aya for having me over. Enjoyed the chatter and laughter till midnight. It was a very longggggg day.

Sept eats

Tandoori chicken and baigan (eggplant) @ Tandoori Xpress, Rancho Bernardo

Nice new place by the office, so worth the value.

Wu Shan chilli fish @ Szechuan Taste, Clairemont Mesa

Japchae & Seafood soondubu combo @ CDD Tofu & Grill, Zion Market, Clairemont Mesa Blvd

Sweet spicy noodle @ CDD Tofu & Grill, Zion Market, Clairemont Mesa Blvd

Shui zhou yu @ Chef Chin's, Rancho Bernardo

Galbi, tofu soondubu, japchae and lots of banchan @ Do Re Mi House, Clairemont Mesa Blvd

Spiral curry puff @ The Original Sab-E-Lee, Linda Vista

Marlin Taco's @ TJ

Spicy oil wonton, spicy tang hoon with minced pork and cold dishes @ Fu An Garden, Convoy

Sea N Smoke

Good catch up over lunch on the patio @ Sea & Smoke, Del Mar in a warm afternoon. The 'Un-leaded' concoctions of Ginger Sparkler and Cuke Refresher were definitely refreshing and the Niman Ranch Pork Belly Cast Iron Benedict over corn bread was good. That Pecan Banana Split Choc Brownie was a meal in itself! 年末休暇前に会いましょう ね

Tanglung Festival

First ever potluck organized by the newly created 'Malaysians in San Diego' group, and what better timing but to have it for the Mid Autumn / Lantern / Tanglung Festival. Surprising to see quite a few Malaysians whom I've not met before, especially after the Bersih 4.0 gathering in San Diego. We met up under a shady tree at Playa Pacifica in Mission Bay. Everyone brought home cooked food to makan. When it started to get dark, time to light up the lanterns (LED lit) and eat mooncake :) Moon was definitely very bright before the bloody super moon tomorrow.

Fried noodles, chicken rice, gula melaka agar-agar, yong tau fu, home made satay, cucur udang, beef rendang, sushi roll, red bean soup and mooncake amongst the food

Lovely cool day at the bay

Lovely!

Twilight

Home made fish tanglung...awesome!

Lovely to meet some new faces and what fun it was tonight.

Nutmeg Cafe, my new favourite breakfast place!

After the 5 mile walk around Lake Miramar (it was soooooo hot at 730am), off to Nutmeg Cafe in Sabre Springs. What used to be a hole-in-the-wall type local place, it's expanded to next door and has a big breakfast crowd. Good food for sure, coming back for sure.

NOK Thai

Thanks to Jenna and Samuel, enjoyed a good Thai dinner at NOK Thai (next to Gyu-kaku in Mira Mesa). Groupon has a $30 offer for $17. Make sure to make reservations as this place can get packed! Not the typical Thai decor, it's more of a modern contemporary cafe. Highly recommended Grapow Chicken. We also tried the Mango curry and Drunken Noodle. Was good to catch up with Yumi after she got back from Italy. Will definitely be back. Too bad they ran out of mango sticky rice :(

Poway Farmers Market

It's only 10min drive away, but my first time there. The Poway Farmers Market is there every Saturday with good selection of veggies, fruits and food. Also situated in the Old Poway District, the old steam train that runs though it is just so neat! My new stop for local produce!