Mandi Kapur @ Putrajaya Challenge Park

It's been a month after my birthday. Dah lama tak pergi climbing since my birthday last month. Kebetulan pulak I fell sick on the week of my birthday. So, no celebration, no climbing, no nothing. Just stayed at home manjakan diri dengan bantal. Bummer.

Lain pulak ceritanya kat wall. Rupa-rupanya budak-budak kat wall thought I was hiding from them sebab diorang nak mandikan aku dengan kapur. Hehehe.. At first, I thought I was lucky sebab demam so that I didn't have to go to PCP and mandi kapur. I guess I'm wrong. They waited until today to spray me with chalks!

Look at me! Tak baik tau!

I guess I have to surrender. Can't really run from you guys, can I? Hehe.. takpela.. bagi can laa.. Next year, sorry! Tak dapat, Jang! Whatever it is, thanks Dev, Imran, Bob, Liyana, Ijat, Jaz, Apek and others for celebrating my birthday even though it's in our own climbers way. Love you guys to bits.. :)

Love You, Guys..

Chili's Grill & Bar Restaurant, 1-Utama

The usual detink-detink day with ene. We went to our usual spot, 1-Utama. Nothing much to look for.. just went jalan-jalan, accompanying each other.

Then, suddenly hunger strike. So straight we went to Chili's since somebody already told me earlier dinner today will be his treat. Yeayy for that!

We got there around 7pm and the place was full. They made us wait till it was 7.30pm. Then they offered us to sit at the bar.. boleh laa as long as there is a chair to sit. I was kinda worn out from window shopping already by then.

Then, around 8pm, there was one table empty at the dining area. Apa lagi, i went and rushed to the table before anybody could sit there. pheeeww..

Here was what we ordered:

Lamb Chop

ene's. The creamy sauce on top of the mashed potato was so nice. The lamb was marinated till it is just the right taste. And it was so tender.. we ended up swapping dish.. as usual.. I love you, ene =D

Lamb Shank

This is mine. The lamb was tender as well. But not as super-tasty as the lamb chop. Therefore ene, thanks for finishing this for me. Love2!

Beef nachos

This is a must-order item for him. He taught me to eat this. The first time I ate this, I almost fainted (dramatic, I know).

Durians~

It's still not her birthday yet. But I was thinking to buy her an advance birthday cake today since everybody else is at home home (Abang came today) so we can celebrate. But, while on the way back from a modelling job, I saw a stall selling Durians. Then, I strucked me. She told me before she really wanted to eat Durians. The season is here, by the way.

"Ma, I'm thinking to buy you a birthday cake. For and advance celebration. But.. would you rather like Durians over a birthday cake?"

"Wow.. mestilah Durian!"

"Okaay.."

D24 and Udang Merah

 Total damage was about RM110. Oh well.. sekali-sekala for my dear Mama. Love the D24. The flesh was so thick. You'll be full after a third one. Udang Merah wasn't so much my thing. The taste was quite dull to me.

Modeling @ Pameran Pengantin, PICC

Alin called me up yesterday saying she's having some modeling job for a Pameran Pengantin at the PICC, Putrajaya asking me if I wanna take the job. It's a no-pay job with all meals provided. I don't really care about no-pay and stuff. I just love being beautiful and wearing something beautiful with lotsa people looking and taking pictures. Gedik, kan? :) Thinking I don't have anything to do today, I decided to come. It turned out really fun and there were so many people came the the expo looking for the best price for everything regarding weddings. I wonder when can I be in their place.. searching for the grandest dais, looking at all the collections available, findings the best caterer in town. Haihh.. I wished ene could give the date soon. :(

Okay, enough with the sulking. Mari tengok gambar..

Me without makeup

After a Very Dramatic Makeup

All of Us

On The Stage

Dah Settled Stage Session. Phew!

Jalan-Jalan Sekitar Expo Sambil Snap-Snap!

With The Boys

The Witches!

I Just Love This One!

Outdoor Session

Breakfast @ Work

It's Thurday. Another day go to then it's gonna be weekend. Can't wait!

White Bread Pizza by Baya

Baya brought this to the office today. It's like the pizza bun we can get at the bakery, only she used white bread instead. Quite tasty, I should say. If only it was served hot with more toppings, I would've eaten more than five three.

Thanks for bringing us this lovely breakfast, Baya! :)

Banana Leaf Rice, Kanna Curry House

Suddenly got a pang of addiction of Banana Leaf Rice. My makan-makan buddy came today for a cuppa coffee, instead I urge him to go find Banana Leaf Rice. And.. he said yes. Oh boy.. if only I was single, I would truly fell in love with you! =D

So, off we went looking for a Banana Leaf Rice. And suddenly he remembered there was one Kanna Curry House in Puchong. Google punya google, we found it! Omg.. it was sooo near to my house. How can I not know that?

Warning: All these goes straight to the hips!

We ordered several lauks to go with the rice. There were Fried Squids, Spicy Prawn Sambal, Mutton Curry and Fried Fish Eggs. Yumminess to the limits! And can you see the white creamy thingy in the middle? That's called tairu. It's like a yoghurt to eat with the rice. It's quite sour though. Not my cuppa tea so I just left it on the side. Sorry, Tairu Boy.

To read the review about this restaurant, click here and here. All good reviews, I tell you!

Bored at the Office

I won! I won!

Feeling bored at the office.. we are fooling around with the trophy the boys got from the recent winning of AAX football league. Boy.. it's heavy!

Ergh. Need to do something with that hair. Frizzzzzzy all the down..

Banana Leaf Rice, Sri Nirwana Maju

Was kinda bored to death and thought it will be pretty nice if I went to Subang and visit a friend after work. He's my best makan-makan buddy, I should say. If there was any 'Best Makan Buddy Award', the trophy will surely go straight to him.

So, accompanied by my lovely GPS (I'm damn bad with routes), I drove straight to Subang. Met him at I-don't-even-know where (he directed me through phone, and I followed like a blind man driving), he suggested us to go have dinner at Sri Nirwana Maju.

Sri Nirwana Maju? Sri Nirwana Maju?? Isn't that where the Banana Leaf Rice is? Omg.. omg.. I have just thought about it at the office this morning! Thank you! You've heard my prayer.

*Drool..*

With us dining together, there won't be only one lauk on the table. We ordered Udang Sambal (Spicy Prawn), Fried Fish Eggs, Mutton Curry and Fried Fish (This isn't mine). With the curry loaded rice, served with fried bitter gourd and other nice green veggies, I'm not surprising I'll be a couch potato later in the night.

Read the reviews here and here.

From Zila's Kitchen

It's Saturday. Nothing much to do at home. ene is so tied up with god-knows-what so we decided not to go detink-detink today. Mama is at the shop. Feel like cooking today since there is nothing else I could productively produce today.

Nothing extraordinary, though. Just..

Mix veggies (french bean and cabbage)

Ayam goreng berlada

This is one of our traditional dishes in our family. Mama been cooking this since I can't really remember when. It's one of my favourite, too. So now, the recipe has been inherit by me.

So much for my very productive Saturday, huh.. =p

Bread Pudding with Chocolate Chips

Having this craze of baking suddenly today. It's working night, I know. But I just kinda having the urge to bake. Just a simple one would sufficiently do.

What to bake? A simple No-Sauce Bread Pudding. Got the recipe from the internet at the office this afternoon. There were thousands of them on the internet. So, I just closed my eye, picked one, and print.

This recipe is from allrecipes which I think can quite match to what I have at home.

Ingredients

• 6 slices day-old bread
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted I used margerine
• 1/2 cup raisins (optional) I changed this to chocolate chips, leftovers from my last cake baking session. And it sure more delicious than raisins, don't you think? :p
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups milk I used 2 tablespoon of powder milk for each cup.
• 3/4 cup white sugar Should've put in 1 cup of white sugar, though.
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). I baked it in the microwave since I was to lazy to preheat the oven.
2. Break bread into small pieces into an 8 inch square baking pan. I used my mom's Corelle porcelain bowl. Drizzle melted butter or margarine over bread. If desired, sprinkle with raisins or chocolate chips.
3. In a medium mixing bowl, combine eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla. Beat until well mixed. Pour over bread, and lightly push down with a fork until bread is covered and soaking up the egg mixture.
4. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly tapped.

*The coloured lines indicates what I've personally done to my own version of No-Sauce Bread Pudding.

Here's what it looks like:

No-Sauce Bread Pudding with Chocolate Chips

It actually puffed up while it was baking in the oven and it was beautiful. But it deflated instantly when I took it out. Now it's flat and fugly. Was wondering if it was natural for bread pudding to deflate like that?

Yep.. It still holds the moist in the pudding :p

Despite the look, the taste was quite amazing. Only that I think I need to add in more sugar next time. Some people said, drizzle some sugar on top of the pudding should make it more delicious. And as it baked, the sugar will be toughened and crystallized and it'll make the top part of the pudding crispy. Will try this next time :)