Mum's KL trip : the Black dress & the Black bread

Mum came to visit us last week and stayed over at my place with 1 main
mission : Go shop for an evening dress for 1st Nov ! I'll tell ya why later.


HAppy Happy Happy


Anyway, was cracking my head on where to go shop. Or rather which place stands a better chance of buying a decent dress considering that mum is only here for 3 nights.


Think Think Think


Ok. I decided to bring mum to Coast London, as these store specialized in pretty fun cocktail dresss which is also appropriate for dinner wear. Most of the dresses are knee length which is great. I bought mine there too.

So I decided to bring mum to Pavillion KL. The Coast boutique there is bigger than the one at Bangsar Shopping Village.

Reached there and saw that they have new arrivals ! Excited !
But I have to fight my temptation of looking at all the latest arrivals that I would like to try on and maybe buy and focus to find mum a dress that suit her.
Mum busy browsing through all the dresses at display......and nothing caught her eye.
I can see it in her eyes......
So, I pulled out several dresses that I thought would look good on her and shoved it to her to try it on...never try never no, right ?
Mum tried the LBD (Little Black Dress) and the pinkish red one.......
Mom doesn't like low cut and sleeveless, she told me later.

And I wondered, this mission is going to be impossible. But we were determined to find it.

Walked in to Club Monaco and THERE it is !!!! THE ONE !!

The design, the collar, the material, the sleeves, everyting is just perfect except for 1 small problem. It's BLACK.
Told mum not to worry too much cause black is classic and timeless.
And it's the new age, who cares whether it's red or black ???

Mum bought it later on.....and is very happy with the purchase.

Yipeeee.....clap hand. mission accomplished.


On the way back, we decided to buy that CHARCOAL BREAD at a baker's store inside Pavillion for thrill. Call us jakun, but we have never seen a
BLACK BREAD before !
We stared at the bread in awe wondering how is it made ? what is it made of? there's no flavour in it and why is it black? did they put charcoal in it ?
what makes it so black ?

Since we're so damn curious, mum bought it and ate 1 slice inside the car.

Taste exactly like regular white bread, only it's black. our questions are still left unanswered.....

anyway.....

Our charcoal black bread moments.....Pictures ! Pictures !
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This is the food that I am talking about. See how BLACK it is......not chocolate black.
But Black black.

Cam whoring with a slice of the black bread. Mum just can't stop laughing at that piece of bread.

Look at her face la......turned red but still can't stop giggling and laughing with me posing with that slice of BLACK bread.

Happy 42nd Birthday.

Yesterday and Friday, a grand celebration was held at the branch to celebrate its 42nd anniversary.

And I didn't knew that the branch is that OLD......

An event management team was hired to oversee to entire celebration.
Very carnival like with games, gifts, photo taking session, and baloons. Lots and lots and lots of baloons. Hitz FM cruiser came.
THR and MY FM cruiser did not make it. What a let down.



But.....but....but.... this humongous fruit cake DID NOT let us down, at all !!!
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We bought this cake at Cherry Cakehouse at Old Town. They make delicious fruit cake like this one. It's got grapes, longan, strawberry, peach and pineapple.
The fun part of this cake is you can cut it whichever way you want.
Example, I like grapes. So I just cut the bottom part horizontally so that the entire piece of cake is just GRAPES ! fun la !

We like baloons........red, blue, yellow, green, pink.....we LOVE then all !!!!


Games and gift station in front of the branch.


CORN girl.....not CON girl. lenglui making delicious buttery sweet popcorn. want some?



Posing behind the cake.

Penang,- fun yet sinful

Last weekend was the shortest trip back to penang ever since I moved to PJ.
This trip was rather refreshing cos I have the 3 mouseketeers with me of which 2 of them are on a makan-makan quest.
What better way to explore Penang than to have a local to show you the way !

Penang was included into the UNESCO World Heritage Site weeks ago, and I missed the street celebration.
I thought I would grab the opportunity to explore some of the heritage sites since I have not done this before !
To look at Penang in a different perspective......

Start of our journey. cam-whoring inside the car.

The state really takes the World Heritage Site status to a whole new level !

Khoo Kongsi.

Antique window pane and wooden door.
Like the look and feel. Very rustically beautiful.
This is his favourite pose. Don't ask me why.


Catching up with our latest gossip, news, etc......with the gals inside winter warmers, Gurney Plaza.

TBH & KPL

KPL, what are you diggin'?


Back to the mousekeeters. They decided to conquer Penang Hill the next morning. Their motivation was free mee hoon and coffee.
Some said that mee hoon and coffee never tasted better up there.
Instead they got free water and no mee hoon and no coffee.
And the water never tasted better anywhere else. How consoling..........


Down the hill, coconut never tasted better anywhere else !!! hahaha !
This is a classic shot of how coconut should be enjoyed.

Overall, we had a very sinfully fun trip. Anything more sinful than greasy char koay teow for lunch, dinner and lunch the next day? plus dripping oily oyster omelette for dinner and lunch.

Restoran Soon Lee

Each time when not only we hit but soared in our sales target, we would 'insist' for a well-deserved dinner.

Our boss suggested we go Seri Kembangan and that is where we headed last night.
Located at a commercial area next to South City Plaza. It's a corner shop called Soon Lee.

If you're new to that area, you'll definately pass by it without noticing cos it's not a fanciful shop with neon lights, eye catching signboard and stricking red or yellow table cloth.

That night, boss ordered suckling pig, roasted pigeon, deep fried frog, succulent assam prawns, lamb cutlet and my favourite dish of the night.......tasty chicken served in spicy hot ginger and wine soup. The fact that they served this dish inside aluminium foil makes it even more yummy.

This is by far the most delicious ginger chicken I have eaten so far.
Just like garlic, I have a bitter sweet relation with ginger as well.

I hate ginger most of the time, but I could have this ginger chicken anytime !