We were supposed to go to JJ Western at
I suggested Sam Pok Grill. It gotta be one of the worst Western meal I ever tasted, besides the one I had at California Grill in 1
Either the chef is on leave for CNY or had left for good. The taste was different as compared to the ones I had last year. That was a great disappointment.
The mint sauce tasted stale. Yucks.
Today is my eldest brother’s birthday and we went out for dinner as a family. In our family the birthday person is the one who treats the rest a meal during his/her birthday.
We went in two cars and they had already ordered when we arrived.
Chicken Katsudon
Baked Beef Rice
One good thing though was the fact that dinner was over and done with within just over an hour and I took the short cut to go home.
Barnabas turned 13 today.
He and his family left for Upperstar Pepper & Grill at Lintas earlier cos I did not leave work until after 6p.m. and we were supposed to leave the house at 6.30p.m. CTY fetched mum, Aunty Alice and I.
There were no parking bays outside the restaurant, which is directly opposite E-Siong Coffee Shop (the new building facing
The restaurant was so noisy and busy with people everywhere. It sounded like a fish market instead of a restaurant.
Altogether there were 15 of us including the birthday boy, separated into 3 tables. Some of them were already eating when we had not even ordered our food.
At first mum wanted to order Chicken Chop and so when the waiter came to take our order, I told him one Chicken Chop and one Lamb Chop for me. Before CTY ordered, mum changed her mind and wanted to have the same thing as me. And CTY ordered Chicken Chop. I wanted to make sure the waiter did not make any mistake and therefore told him to repeat our orders which were 2 Lamb Chops and 1 Chicken Chop.
Some of them finished eating before our food arrived. While we were waiting, some people who had just arrived were standing behind tables that they reckoned the people were going to pay the bill soon.
CTY’s Chicken Chops arrived and he finished his before mum and mine arrived. I saw another plate of Chicken Chop on the table where my bro-in-law was sitting. He had gone out for a while. After a while, the plate of Chicken Chop was not there anymore and was replaced by a plate of pasta. I did not think any further about that.
The people at the next table were sitting so close to us until we can see what they were doing and eating. I heard the guy next to mum telling the waiter to quickly get a soup spoon for him cos the soup was placed in front of him for quite a while already. So I offered my soup spoon to him since I was not using it but he declined. The lady in front of him scolded him for talking so loud until I could hear him. He should not be blamed since there was only less than half a feet of space between tables.
When our food came, the rest had finished eating and they were waiting for us. The Lamb Chops were not smelly, very soft but the serving was insufficient for me. I was still hungry when I finished eating.
When the time came to pay for the bill, my brother tried to reconcile each person with the food he or she had eaten. When he told the waiter that they had charged one dish more ie. the Chicken Chop that was sitting idling there for some time, he did not budge and said that once an order was inside the system, they could not take it out from the bill anymore. What a load of hogwash! Some more he told us that we had to prove that the dish was taken back to the kitchen. I did not see who was the person who took it back so I cannot say anything.
Two days ago Jerry Ho texted to invite me to his eldest son 4th Birthday at KFC Plaza Juta from 5-7p.m. today. A couple of hours later, I texted him back to say I would be there.
This evening I left the office at 6.15p.m. after taking the following shots.
When I arrived at KFC, the kids were playing musical chairs. Almost all the adults had finished eating and they were watching the kids playing. The youths were doing some puzzles. There were plenty of laughters.
Kids nowadays are so lucky with all these commercialised parties be it the birthday boy/girl or those that have been invited.
I had two chicken wings and one drumstick, wedges, fries and coleslaw with a strawberry flavour drink.
This birthday boy loves fire engines. He can give lectures on the thing. I am not joking.
We left the place at 7.20p.m. as I was still eating after 7p.m.
I went to Servay Hypermarket and shopped for an hour before going home.
Jeff told mum that his leave to come back for her birthday was not approved by his superior and he could only make it in 2 days’ time. But only he and I knew it was a cover up to give the rest of the family a surprise.
He arrived back in KK after midday today and did not come to get the car until about 4p.m.
When my sis-in-law called to say that I probably had to drive straight from work to Gaya Sports Seafood Restaurant since they had to visit their friends at Rasa Ria Resort straight after dinner, I told her I could not do that because the car broke down and had to be repaired.
When I reached home from work, mum, Aunty Alice and Chloe were already ready. Mum was surpised to see that I did not drive home. I told her the car was at the workshop.
Upon reaching the Inanam roundabout, I texted Jeff to say that we were about to arrive at the restaurant and so he had to start his journey.
After we ordered our food which was taken by my friend Peter Koh, the topic of conversation was another dinner during the weekend after Jeff comes back. I told them we will talk about it again in his presence.
After a while, Jeff appeared. My brother and sis-in-law saw him approaching our table but he signalled them to keep quiet. When he appeared at the back of mum, she was so surprised and happy. The kids were so stunned that they did not call their uncle.
The food quality had deteriorated. After dinner, mum complained to Peter and one of his colleagues who works in the kitchen.
Elizabeth Chung wanted to treat me lunch at City Mall after Canaanland Celebration. But the shop she wanted to go to was closed.
The next shop we wanted to try was filled with people. When Mr. & Mrs. Chew Chong Bin arrived, Shelley did not want to wait and we ended up at The Hut.
Since I would be attending a birthday dinner tonight, I decided not to have Western food. I wanted to have something light.
I was surprised to see The Hut serves Asam Laksa and I ordered that. Eliz and Alice Hiew shared in having a Western set meal. When their food arrived, we all took a look and agreed that the serving had become so small.
Shelley ordered baked crab while her husband had fried noodles. Monica Leong had pasta. Chew’s fried noodles smelled great.
According to Shelley, The Hut originated from Tawau where she often patronised even then.
The Asam Laksa was quite tasty. I do not mind giving it another try the next time I go to that place.
After lunch, the Chews went home and the four of us went shopping.
I bought a packet of beef jerky at Tong Xin Yuan located at M-2-39, 2nd Floor. Most of the things being sold at this shop originated from
After shopping and on the way back to the car, I saw contractor WCZ and one of my company's clients having late afternoon tea with another person. WCZ invited me to join them but I told him I was pressed for time as I would have to be out of the house again in 1.5hours' time to attend a birthday dinner at the chinese restaurant in Winner Hotel.
The birthday gal was my cousin’s youngest daughter Alyssa.
Though the restaurant had been renovated since we last been there a couple of years ago, the food was not that great but still filled with people.
Went back to work today and the bosses turned up for a couple of hours as well.
When I arrived home, the car alarm and wire went haywired. I could not start the car at all. The front and back lights were on automatically eventhough the car ignition was off. I tried lots of times to off the lights but nothing works. Chloe called her dad and after talking to him, I managed to off the lights.
He said he was joining us for Chloe’s birthday dinner and therefore he would check the car when he dropped by to fetch us.
I thought Chloe would want to have her birthday dinner at a Japanese restaurant but instead she chose Masakan Sedap. We let her chose the dishes she wanted to eat.
Chloe invited six friends from school for dinner at our home to celebrate her early birthday. My brother and his family would be leaving to
Meanwhile, CTY went home for a break today.
