Surprise surprise!

Hi, I am Yik Yin, Jasmine's friend. My friends and I are planning to celebrate Jasmine's birthday next Saturday, 5/7. It will be great if you can join us for the celebration. You'll be our surprise guest!! Do inform me if you can make it and we'll plan things out. Thank you.

That'll explain the title. Our inital plan was to celebrate at Feeka but damn the location was so inconvenient for public transportation access. We basically have to walk another 7 minutes from Raja Chulan monorail station to go there and i was going from Kajang since it was postponed to lunch on Sunday. 7 minutes as indicated by Google Map if we didn't get lost. I was 100% sure i'll be lost. So, plan changed. We went Pastis Cafe at The Gardens instead. Jasmine chose it because it was more convenient for them to go from Kepong too. Li Ying was my partner in crime. Just like two years ago, we were the only two from UKM who attended Jasmine 21st party too :)

Lucky for me, i had a driver on that day. Too bad for bf cause we waited for an hour and a half to a parking spot while i was in desperate need to use the washroom. Frustration filled the car, well, mostly from me.

Because we're joining them for dessert after lunch, bf and i had our brunch at Antipodean first. Very good service but i didn't like the place. Too small for the crowd. I couldn't get out from my seat till i finished my dish cause the table had to be pushed all the way the place i was sitting. And they didn't have a menu on the table. Just a blackboard with the list of food and drinks. Luckily i knew what i wanted from the start. I wanna try their egg benedict. Second time i got my poached eggs totally well done. Requested for change. Thanks to their good service, i was satisfied i got my runny egg yolks after that. To me, i still think that the one i had at Tipsy was the best so far.

The surprise was exciting! We almost failed at it. Haha. Li Ying was having problem with the house she just moved in for intern and the time we wasted at the parking lot, we were late. Yik Yin had to drink her coffee extremely slow and made up all sorts of excuses to drag time and i got urgent calls for her that Jasmine was asking to change place after they finished their lunch. So, we ran there. I was sweating when i reached. 

Chose two cakes and lighted a candle for her on the cheesecake. I walked in with the cake to their table and we sang her a belated birthday song. Gosh, if i was the birthday girl i would have died from embarassment. Lol. The cafe was so quiet. We were the noisiest. Went PC fair after that.

Latte for bf.

The runny yolks ones.

Grilled chicken with balsamic vinegar sauce.

Boston cheesecake. I tasted lemon/lime. Nice.

Fondant chocolate cake with ice-cream. Runny center. Yum yum~

Latte again. Bf's crazy.

This smelt so creamy i can smelt it from tables apart. Haha.

Jasmine, Li Ying and me :)

Kena isolated.

Trying out so many poses but all turned out weird so we gave up. Haha.

The five of us.

Because Jasmine likes the kampung feel of the deco.

:)

Yay, for your 21st and again, 23rd :)

Hehehe.

Bf joined my family for dinner after that and we went Thean Hou Temple after that. The visit brought back lots of childhood memories. We took lots of photos :) I was shocked this was the very first time bf stepped his foot here. 

My sheep.

He's a sheep too.

Grandma made me think of Malificient.

Sis's monkey.

Bro's is rat.

:)

This spot was so familiar. We are going there for another shot definitely.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7! Grandma so cute. Too bad bro's missing!

3rd of July is our anniversary day.

No fancy dinner cause i was rushing for my manuscript.

Every special dates falls on the wrong dates!

Made a card for him.

And we made me one too! And how dare he said the fatter one is me -__________-

A chapter break

I don't remember when did i have these. In what sequence did i have these.

But i'll try to remember where, with whom and under condition did i have them.

Miso, Smile of Korea & Tokyo Pastry, Avenue K

Remember this clearly! Had them during one of the most exhausting moments of my life. It was a Thursday and we were just done with our third day of data collection at fac. That week was filled with activities including the weekend before where i was unable to go home. Hng. By the time Thursday came, we were already halfway dead. Feeling dizzy and jelly all day long. Tomorrow (Friday) was another full time data collection day! No matter what, i wanted to go out also. My lunch date with Jasmine had been postponed and postponed and lastly it became a dinner date. It's better than nothing. We had dinner and then desserts.

So this is called robokki. Cause it has both ramen and toppokki. Big portion.

Seriously i'm so bad with korean names. Thus, i will call this Korean fishcake soup.

Matcha red bean crepe. The whole point of our date. I was greatly disappointed.

Choko mousse tart.

Look at ittttt.

Simple Life, Midvalley Megamall

Because i was so tempted by all my coursemates' and juniors' pictures on Facebook/Instagram, i had to try them too. Maybe it's the influence of the things we learnt in class, diet students are kinda health conscious now i realised. So, bf became my victimised companion to try them out. Believe me, they are healthy and tasty.

Spaghetti pesto with fried mushrooms. Tasted like lei cha but i kinda like it. Love the mushrooms!

Simple Life charcoal sandwich.

Naturally colourful foods are good for you.

Black sesame soy milk.

Alexis & TWG, The Gardens

Had this on the same day we had Simple Life and Nana's green tea parfrait! Also, the same day we witnessed the aftermath of the accident where a 6 year old fell from the escalator :(

Pavlova and cafe coffee at Alexis. This is extremely creamy, milky and not sweet. Yes, not sweet.

TWG tea macaroons. Niceeee!

Donutes, Puchong Jaya

Dating at Donutes with my Donutes date (my dad). Since mum doesn't like it here, dad will only ask me to come with him whenever he's craving for Donutes coffee. I'll go and make all the orders, buy all the cakes and breads with him waiting for me at the table. Eh, but i think this time, mum tagged along.

Donutes coffee. Dad's love.

Chicken and tuna mini burgers.

Mont blanc. Chestnut coating, vanilla cake.

Strawberry tila. The vanilla cake is so soft. Lovee.

Chocolate diamond. Sorry if this looks ugly and lonely. It's so chocolatey. Haha.

S.Wine

Bf brought me here to fix my craving. We got lost again? I think so. Haha. Remembered i bought potato cake for mum from Namoo too cause it was Fathers' Day. Yeap, you heard me correctly. Cake for mum too on Fathers' Day cause she'll be jealous :p

S.wine.

 Spicy bacon & mushrooms. Olio style spaghetti with chorizo, pencetta chunks, sauteed button mushrooms, arugula & chilli flakes. The bacons were too salty. Way too salty, they're almost unbearable. Bf loved the aromatic spaghetti though.

.Grilled fennel roasted pork loin. Served with potato gratin, roasted Mediterranean vegetables in a red wine sauce. He loved the potato gratin too.

Latte. Ohhh, and he said this was one of the best latte he had so far.

Bacon, strawberry & macadamia sundae. Vanilla ice-cream, strawberries, bacon bits, caramel sauce & macadamia brittle. Weird. But nice. The bacon didn't blend in well though.

Secret Recipe

I first tried this at Putrajaya when we were there for our community service. Walked a mile to search for a Secret Recipe outlet in Putrajaya. Haha. Bf bought a whole cake for his dad on Fathers' Day while i could only afford a slice T_T 

Chocolate estacy. Secret Recipe newest release.

Very chocolatey~~

A Pie Thing

Had this on the Friday i was home alone for three days. I saw many good reviews on this but i was kinda disappointed. The crust is supposed to be the soul of a pie, no? These were too thick and hard and tasteless. I had a hard time cutting through them without making a mess. I can only trust my own tastebuds it seems. But i don't think that's what i'll do. Ahhh i'm just too vulnerable to those nice pictures and comments.

The Mashacre + latte.

Chicken + mushroom pie, mash, pea and gravy.

The Elvis.

Peanut butter, banana, chocolate.

Others (Opps..)

Nasi kerabu. My first try and i fell in love. This was served at my fac at UKM KL Campus. I think it can beat the many many nasi kerabu outside. This was nicer than the nasi kerabu i had at Putrajaya bazaar Ramadhan.

Char koay teow at Wai Sek Kai, Sungai Chua. The best char koay teow in town. Haha. We had this since we were kids.

The peanut butter one! There wasn't any promoter available so we helped ourselves..

Daily Fresh caramel popcorn at RM7.90. Very nice popcorn at such price. Fully coated with caramel.

Toasted oat germ cracker, ohh i love it~ Bought them at an Organic shop at Kajang Prima at RM8.50. BMS Organic sells them at RM9.90.

There are so many of these in the market now. Twinfish is the most original brand though.

Saw this on the paper and i bought it to try already the next day. The ad worked? Lol.

Red bean and chocolate mochi from Yoyo's Cafe, KK.

I was more satisfied with the texture than the taste. So chewy i'm going to die~