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One fine day in 2003, I decided to start a food blog to tease my sister and my mother who were both living in the USA. Somehow, along the way, I ended up feeding a lot of people just via the food pictures that I put up everyday. In 2005, I decided to take a break from blogging and just take it easy. So there were sporadic posts from my travels in the US as well as Germany and England. Now in 2009, I'm trying to pick it up again and start chronicaling my journey towards a better lifestyle that is more healthy than what it currently is right now.

: : Granny Talk : :

When I got back home from work.

Granny : Haiya! Your AH Tin Ku-ku ah. Spend whole afternoon on your computer lah!

Wena : Okay what.

Granny : He bring up tea and WHOLE BOTTLE of cashew nut lah! Goodness me!

Granny is a ham.

: : Sunny Hill ~ ICE-CREAM : :

One of man’s tastiest invention was the ice-cream. PLUS! I haven’t had soft ice-cream in ages. I dislike the one at MacDonald except when mixed with Oreo’s which neutralizes the taste. So, last Sunday nite after dinner with Min Yen, Lesley and Jackson, the three gals went off to look for some dessert while Jackson went back home.

We went to an old ice-cream parlour (if one can call it that) around the corner at 3rd mile. The entire location is called Sunny Hill and the parlour is part of the school canteen. It’s been there for ages, since my parents’ time back in the 50s. Quite a lot of people do go there to taste the delicious ice-cream although it’s not as good as it used to be.

The secret to great ice-cream : milk powder. It’s not as rich as Haagen Daaz but definitely better tasting than Walls, King’s and Nestle ice-cream. So far, I could not taste any preservative in the ice-cream but I could be wrong.

As it was Sunday night, the flavour of the day was chocolate. The cone is RM1 and the sundae was RM2. Cheap, no? Each day is a different flavour, with Thursday’s flavour being pandan. Must try that one out one day.

Opening hours stated above. The ice-cream parlour is located along the road to Batu Kawah and is very near the 3rd mile roundabout. It’s just next to the Sunny Hill School.

: : Coffee Bean : :

Well, after the Red Bubble Tea House, Min Yen and I then went to Sarawak Plaza. Browsing through Belle’s Bookstore, Memory Lane and the toy store, I persuade her to come with me and have a drink at Coffee Bean. It just opened a few months ago so wanted to check it out.

So we walked in and placed our order. Paid for the coffee and snack, giving them my name to label the cup. Went to sit down. Then it was chit chat chit chat until the order came.

Suddenly, a shriek was heard throughout the area :

Waiter : Weeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnaaaaaaaa!!!

Doh! All the people in the cafe turned their heads around to see who it was. Talk about embarrassing.

I ordered the Original Ice-Blended Mocha drink with a slice of apple pie. Mind you, the coffee was RM9 and compared to Coffee Master, it is pricey. Well, since I do not often go to Coffee Bean, thought it was okay to spend a little bit.

Notice the spelling mistake?

Anyway, that was the trip down to Coffee Bean at the Boulevard in front of Sarawak Plaza. Their website is has not been updated with the address.

: : Red Bubble Tea House : :

…or was it Red Tea House? Can’t remember. Went here last Sunday after checking out some digital camera prices.

I actually wanted to have some soft ice-cream ice-cream but they didn’t have any except for yam flavour. So, decided to try something else instead.

A small scoop of honeydew flavoured ice-cream. Although not homemade (the honeydew taste was a little bit too much and not subtle), it wasn’t too bad either. I still finished it.

Min Yen had the green tea version but on a cone. She’s extremely camera shy. The ice-cream? Errr… could taste the tea but not GREEN tea. Oh well. Still, it was a nice flavour.

Anyone for Love Oranges? Leftover from Valentine’s day. Hmmm…

The Red Bubble Tea House is next to the MAS Office and Reliace Travel Agency in Kuching.

Yeah yeah, I know I should be updated the addresses and various postings in this blog but been a bit lazy lately. Everything is done manually as still cannot use MT until my cousin tells me where is the PERL located on his server. Ah well. Other option is to move to another account but would then have to pay. So, we’ll see how it goes.

: : Becca’s Birthday Party : :

Wena : Dad and I are going out for awhile. He has to feed me lunch.

Garnet : Aiya! No need lah! We have so much food today as it’s Becca’s 12th Birthday Party. Come come! I have a lot of fried rice.

Wena : Errr… wouldn’t they get angry seeing me eat their party food? (The party was to start at 3 p.m.).

Garnet : No lah! There’s so much food that we cannot finish it even during the party!

So, I had a plate of fried rice. Garnet is a wonderful cook and would always have something to eat or offer.

As there was a huge pot of spaghetti sauce available, I poured that over the fried rice. Hmmm…. tasty, very tasty.

I ate discreetly in the kitchen as there were a group of 4 girls (including the birthday girl) in the dining room. Didn’t want them to glare at me TOO MUCH. After that,

Dropped Sina’ and Dad at the airport

Rushed to buy Becca a birthday present

Go home and change into something more comfortable than a hot silk skirt

Change cars to my Uncle’s Toyota Corolla Altis and fill up with petrol

Rush back for the party

When I got back, Ubong had these little finger food ready. Delicious! The sausage went well with pineapple, cheese and cherries although the green ones tasted too much like children medicine.

Delicious chicken wings from the oven. Less oily but just as tasty as the fried or BBQ ones. Also, no BBQ pit to be cleaned afterwards.

Also some chicken nuggets from Ayamas. The nuggets were deep fried in oil.

Definitely ate too much. Hmm… but so did everyone else!

Happy Birthday Becca!