Belated Birthday Celebration with Dining Buddies on 10 May 2007 (Thurs)

May 13, 2007, 9:51 pm

Lily Tan and Sophia Tsen have been my dining buddies for a few years now. Occasionally Peter (who operates Pete's Corner in Asia City) would join us. But when it comes to birthday celebration, it is always the three of us. The other two persons always treat the one who's celebrating birthday­.

This time we had our dinner at La Manila, Ground Floor, Block D, Warisan Square, KK. This newly opened shop only served Penang food for now and eventhough according to Lily, they are famous for their cakes in KL, cakes are unavailable here yet. The chef is supposedly from Penang.

Sophia had Prawn Mee with ABC while Lily (with OJ) and I (with watermelon juice) had Asam Laksa. I had not eaten Asam Laksa since Nyonya Kitchen (which was operating opposite Warisan Square at the KK Waterfront) closed down. I really hoped that La Manila could replace Nyonya Kitchen but to my disappointment, the Asam Laksa was not up to my expectation. :( The serving was quite small for RM8.50 a bowl. Sophia said her Prawn Mee tasted nice but when I tried a bit of the soup, it still lacked of something, maybe prawn paste? The ABC was a disappointment for Sophia as well but she managed to finish the whole thing though. As for the OJ and watermelon juice, well if that can go wrong, then one might as well close shop!

We adjourned to have dessert at San Francisco Coffee, opposite La Manila. It was the first time I went into this shop in Malaysia. This is cos I neither drink coffee or tea (and their hot chocolate is always too sweet for me) and I dont really fancy cakes so it will never be my kind of hangout.

Sophia ordered a piece of chicken pie and Lily ordered a piece of cake. Sophia and I are 'savoury' person while Lily is a 'sweet' person. So you can guess who ended up eating what. To my surprise the chicken pie passed my test eventhough the pastry was kind of flaky. This was the first time I tasted a nice pie since coming back from Australia. As usual, the piece of cake is simply too sweet for me so I only had one teaspoon. Lily of course had no problem in finishing the whole thing. We chatted for a while before going home cos the day after was still a working day for all of us.

A big thanks to Lily and Sophia for the food, drink, dessert and fellowship.