b3 b0rn.. c0nf0rm, b3 si|3nt .. di3

as per earlier resolution, made the effort to meet with old friends… and the clan was dragged along!

to great eastern mall:

had initially planned this so that can meet shasha – but then shasha had something else lined up for 1st feb – proceeded still to meet up farah, roho and suzn.

mama offered to take care of the kids since she’s on leave too but i had promised to kakak to let her choose a new tiara. and i wanted to take them out.

chitralada palace is a good place to meet – because it’s less crowded that next door cozy restaurant and we ended up with window seats! as the other gals were a bit late – i took the liberty to order (and kinda went overboard too!)..

for appetizers – mieng kam and minced prawn in soy skin / main course – seafood tomyam (of course!), steamed garoupa with lemon, chicken with dry chilli & soy sauce, kerabu mangga and egg tofu with mushrooms. all for 4 adults and 2 children! nasib suzn managed to turn up and finish the food – else, it’ll go to waste!

afterwards, relocated to alexis for desserts – roho managed to finish a milkshake + pavlova (but then again, she didn’t have second helpings of rice @ chitralada – unlike urs truly and farah!)

noticed that shanon shah was to perform on 2nd & 3rd feb (or was it 1st and 2nd?) – he was in the same batch of undergrads who were sponsored by petronas to study in melbourne. spent a few years as an engineer – then followed his heart into the music industry. – should make a point to listen to him one of these days – only problem is most of his gigs start @ 10pm++ when that’s pretty much my bed time nowadays!

to bora asmara, kg sg penchala:

when she goes – she blows… err.. that sounded a bit off.. anywho, what am trying to get at is once i get me groove back – there’s no stopping me..

after lunch on friday, proceeded to meet up with a few others for dinner @ bora asmara on saturday. we took the wrong exit but managed to find the venue – thank god the rain let up for awhile which allowed me to just dash into the restaurant with anaqi while amir + kakak went to look for parking. very nearly crashed into a private function as i forgot to ask the waiter on the reservation.

surprisingly – we were the first to arrive! amir siap tanya – janji nak dinner pukul berapa ni, yang? was pretty sure the invite said 8pm

nadd appeared a few minutes later – and after awhile, we decided to order first while waiting for the rest to arrive. wanted to go with the ala carte dishes but doesn’t make sense to order when majority ain’t there yet – so ordered individual meals – nadd & kakak went with the fettucini carbonara, amir the sirloin steak and me – grilled caribbean chicken.

was halfway thru kakak’s fettucini when the rest of the party arrived (lynor+clan, kakak weghra, dydd+din, n|ns+clan, raz+arianna).. after that – it was basically catching up (for me la kan – who’s been clueless for sometime) and attacking the food

verdict:

fettucini was good – just remember to order only when ur hungry coz u get filled up pretty fast – extra rich creamy sauce

sirloin steak – should be good – amir didn’t complain (and he never fails to if the food ain’t good!)

caribbean chicken – ok la – it was quite interesting but not suited for me tastebuds where my chicken shouldn’t go with sweet sauces - gimme savoury and hot anytime!

wanted to try out the bandrek tea – but my order never materialised even while we were singing happy birthday to wegz. apparently, the order made itself to the bill though – thank god lynor insisted that we only received 1 bandrek tea (wegz had it, methinks)..

overall, nice place for hanging out – pity it was raining / drizzling throughout – else, kakak and anaqi would’ve had fun exploring the grounds! left immediately after singing the birthday song and impromptu injit2 semut demonstration – kakak and anaqi fell asleep even before we left penchala link!