RasaNya memang Nice

Home cooked LasagNa bologNese... The good thing about home-cooked meal is that the "ingredients" memang kau kau... the beef, the cheese, the sauce... ah...

hmmm.. don let the look deceive u, it was Y.U.M.M.Y!!!

This isn't a quick and easy lasagna. This is a slow and divine lasagna. A memorable lasagna. No wonder it's one of the best loved Italian dishes.

Don't I just hav the coolest mum-in-law???

Weekend Sushi Party

Dear Daddy & Mummy,

I went to 2-chek house for a home cook lunch.
2-Chek said now Petrol price increase wo, have to eat out less lor.

2-chek introduce me a boyfriend today, his name is Calvin. It din work out well as after a while, he ignored me & only paid attention to the PSP game ... so I cried asking grandma to get the PSP 4 me.

Today's party theme is Seafood Sushi. There were fish, crab & baby octopus.

This is the Nigiri-sushi with Unagi Kabayaki (Grilled Eel):

Nigiri-sushi, with Kamaboko (imitation crab meat) on top of seasoned rice (with Salmon, Sesame Seeds & Bonito Flakes):

Here's the Tako Gunkan-maki (baby octopus)...

The Tuna & Egg Nigiri-sushi were gone before snapping a photo of it.

Here's the Dessert, a sweet sushi called TamagoYaki (Rolled Sweet omelette)Here's me with 2-chek, I ate the tuna & egg sushi:

A lot of people came, Ku-poh (Paternal Great Aunt), Yi-poh ( Maternal Great Aunt), Cho cho (great grand pa) & Sei Chek (Daddy's youngest brother).

That's all. I hope your weekend was great too.

your daughter, Esther.

p/s: Esther is my niece. She call me 2-sim & hubby is address as 2-chek. So, if u r still blur, the Sushi party was at my home. And yes, SexyLips, I prepared all the sushi...

Sunday's Adventure!!!

Dear Daddy & Mummy,

Today I went to church with Grandma.
After the service, I went home for a nap as I woke up very early in the morning.

By noon time, 2-Chek came & played with me, but I was still tired.

But then I saw 7-chai, I cannot resist his charm...See, I cuddled 7-chai (practicing to be a jie jie)Then I saw a mini zoom zoom...

zoom zoom zoom ar....

7 chai wanna go for a ride too...

Now, posing for the camera is a piece of cake, I look cute from any angle... even with my hair all messed up

2-sim ask me to pose, so here's my best shoot:

Shy lar... 2-Chek wanna kiss me...

High 5!!! Here's me looking HAPPY because I'm going to 2-Chek's house for Sushi:Your daughter, Esther

p/s: That's my super cute niece, Esther. She call me 2-sim & hubby is address as 2-chek. Actually the toy car is a Remote Control Car but Esther is afraid of the car when it moves around, that she run screaming for grandma... so what to do... remove the remote lor.

Dating at Home

With the fuel price shooting up & with more rumors that it's gonna b even higher soon, 1 of our lifestyle changes to tackle this is EATING at HOME (sometimes).

New motto: Fighting inflations by eating out less.

My dinner date at home now mainly consist of Unagi Kabayaki (Grilled Eel), Miso Soup, Tamago & Rice.

Sometimes, with a side dish of soba (cold noddle) & sauce:With a setting like this, hopefully hubby don't mind at all.

Mitsu Shabu Shabu

Spotted a new shop, Mitsu Shabu Shabu, located opposite tHe Spr1ng (the new block next to RHB Bank). It's a Taiwanese-concept steamboat restaurant. The last I had was in Jln Song, but closed down oledi lar... bcoz it sucks. Hopefully this new outlet is better.

In this cook-it-yourself restaurant, customers dip razor-thin slices of red meat & vegetable chunks into individual pots of boiling water, then douse the food into bowls of spicy sauce for flavor.

There are a varieties of meat available, like chicken, seafood, lamb, beef, but NO Pork (halal) to choose from. Some are in sets so easier to order.

Whole fish & fillet, it's easier to get just the fillet, as the fish bones were killing me:Vege set, that came with tauhu, yaks:Frozen Dumpling, I had to cooked for a long time for it to soften:Lamb slices, when dip into the boiling soup u need to chant shabu-shabu and stir the meat for a few seconds only, that's what the japanese guy in tokyo taught hubby...hahaha:Here's the assorted meat set, consist of prawn, squid, chicken, fillet, and beef.

'Shabu shabu' means 'swish swish' in Japanese, a reference to the cooking process. It's delicious and low-fat.

Ice blended drinks we ordered, the flavor, as usual, strawberry for me & chocolate for hubbyCan u guess what the below photo was trying to convey???

It's the 32nd birthday of hubby's elder brother but he's in Singapore. We help him celebrate in Kuching including eating everything hor... Grandpa is damn proud as he was able to cook for himself...

The above meal for 5 persons, cost RM 88.80.
Not bad. Not bad at all for a decent meal.

Adventure on Saturday!!!

Dear Daddy & Mummy,

7 early 8 early I already woke up & dress-up nicely. I waited for 2 Chek & Sim at the door to pick me & Grandma for breakfast. Off we went... zoom zoom ...We went to Padungan for Dim Sum at ... er... I don't know what it's called. It's a corner of some old shop house. The BIG people ordered Cha Sau Pau, Pai Kut, Dim Sum & Lo Mai Kai. hmm... faster feed me... hungry lor... psssk...daddy, come nearer, I tell u 1 secret ar... Grandma let me drink coffee le...

With a full tummy, off we went shopping at the old shop houses nearby. Later on, I went home for a nap. In the afternoon, Ku-Poh brought me & grandma out again for more SHOPPING... After shopping & shopping & shopping, we went to 2-Chek & Sim's house. I played with "chu chu" Then grandma sneak out for more shopping & left me behind at 2-Chek house.

that's all the complaining for today,
I'll update more tomorrow.

Your daughter, Esther.

p/s: Esther is my niece, isn't she a cutie??? She call me 2-sim & hubby is address as 2-chek. I really don't know the name of this Dim Sum shop, please enlighten me if u do, okie??

Peek inside my Shopping Bag!!

After shopping for half a day ... walking for 4 hours make my legs super tired le... hopefully some FAT stored at my tummy area are bein burn off in the process.

I think from the content of the shopping bag says a lot about me... This is part of my haul from KL, Melaka & Singapore other than shoes & clothes...

12 treasures in my shopping bag:

1. TOE Socks ... loved them to bits...

2. 4GB Thumb drive for me & 4GB Memory Stick for Hubby, fair & square, tat's how I like it:3. The only thing I got from Melaka, DODOL Durian...yum yum yum4. Capsule Toys & 4 Bleach Characters, both from BanDai adding to our collections mostly covered in dusk ...hehehe:
5. CHOCOLATE!!!! No need to say more:6. Hubby's magazines about Cars:7. Japanese Food stuff, like instant Miso Soup, Nissin Cup Noddle, Porky & Pucca, Bonito flakes & Rice Toppings:8. COFFEE!!!

9. Sushi Mold... have been looking for these 4 ages, the last 2 sets was brought back from Australia:

10. Block Candles... loved buying them but never had a chance to use them yet:

11. Sake set!!! As I don't drink alcohol, hubby also puzzled why I bought these... filled it up with sparkling grape juice cannot ar???

12. Strawberries & Cherries!!! only SD13 for both le... happy happy (don't convert, don't convert, don't convert)hahah... 40% of the stuff are JAPANESE thingy.

These are the little things that makes me HAPPY!!!
NO expensive stuff like jewelries or make-up kit.
My happiness come at a CHEAP price le.