Great Food, Great Company !

Dennis, Angeline and I decided to have our dinner last night at Feringgi Garden, Batu Feringgi (near Park Royal Hotel). We started our dinner with Ceasar's Salad and soups; Mushroom and Shark's Fin followed by a Steak & Chicken Combo for me and Dennis while Angeline had a spicy Fish with cheese.

For dessert, we shared a plate of Banana Fritters with Vanilla Ice Cream and a plate of "Black & White" which is actually a half sliced of cheese cake and chocolate brownie with chocolate ice cream. Mind you, their ice cream is "Movenpick" .... Yum, yum !

I must say ... not only the food and service are good .... the company is good too ! It's a pity that our family members .... Soo Theng and Nanthini are not with us .... otherwise, it would have been much more fun !

Baby Oliver Cheong

The last time when I saw baby Oliver Cheong was about 4 to 5 months ago .... back then, she was just a tiny little sweet baby. Last night when I saw Oliver, I was amazed with her transformation .... she has changed into a beautiful baby gal and definitely much more active !

We had a lovely dinner at Dragon-I in Queensbay Mall .... Bamboo Chicken Rice with Chinese Sausage, Fried Shanghai Noodles with Seafood, Salted Egg Prawns and "Kong Pow" Chicken were our selected menu. Overall, the food and service were good.

It was a good catch up session for all of us because we have not seen Sharon for quite some time already. One other reasons why we had to do it last night is because Sharon and Baby Oliver will be joining Stanley in KL next week ... for good ....

It's Better Late than Never !

Well, this has been outstanding for a long time ... I owe my dear friend Nanthini Sathasivam a blog on her farewell dinner. Nan, an affectionate name that we called her, has left us to pursue her career in Doho as a Director of Human Resources in Shangri-La Doha.

Prior to her departure, we did a double celebration i.e. our Christmas Gift Exchange and Nan's Farewell Dinner at Tarmizi, a Fusion Restaurant in New World Park. This is a new eatery place built by the Kwok's Family. There were six of us at the dinner, Dennis, Soo Theng and hubby, Jimmy, Angeline, yours truly and the star of the evening, Nan.

Nan's farewell gifts were quite interesting ... Soo Theng gave her a nice wall clock, while, I bought her an earring holder... and guess what ? Our dear brother Dennis also bought her a similar earring holder ! What a coincident ! We all had a good laugh looking at our farewell presents for Nan.

Clockwise : Jimmy, Soo Theng, Nan, Dennis, Angeline & Wendy

It has been a month plus since Nan's departure .... all of us miss her very much especially when we all get together for a meal or for a movie ... Until the next meeting ......

Yat Fatt, Yat Fatt !

Voon Chong and I drove down to Sungai Petani on Saturday, 16 Feb 2008 for a lunch at "Sei Kow" (Jimmy father's kopitiam). We had my favourite Seo Bak, Char Siew, Chilli Prawns and Squid, Chilli Padi Fried Pork and Seo Bak, Steamed Egg and the famous Steamed Fish. The food were excellent !

Oops ... forgot to mention ... while waiting for the above food to be served on our table, I have asked Jordan (Soo Theng's son) to help me to pick for some lucky lottery tickets sold by Jimmy. The tickets were then scratched for lucky numbers and out of 6 tickets purchased, two of them were with the no. 18. Jimmy suggested that I buy no 1818 for that day. I ended up buying that no. for two days. Guess what ? I striked RM500 for Sunday's draw !!!

Well, immediately, after lunch, we drove back to Penang because Voon Chong had to catch a flight back to Kuala Lumpur. Until the next makan-makan at Sei Kow's Place ........

Sumptuous Seafood @ Batu Kawan

Last night, the entire Sales & Marketing team (except Diana, Nurdiana, Christine, Shahira & Norhidayah) from both hotels (Gurney & Northam) plus the 2 General Managers (FC Chong & Jack Soo) went to "Ah Ean's place" at Batu Kawan for a sumptuous seafood dinner. This dinner was hosted by Nicole Phang, to celebrate her promotion to a Sales Manager, effective 1 January 2008.

We had Baked Crabs, Steamed Lala, Chilli Balitong, Assam Prawns, Lala with Tau Cheo, Fried Sotong, Mee Teow, Fried Vegetables and for dessert, we ate Fried Ice Cream. The food was superb and everyone of us have enjoyed it very much ! Thank you Nicole ! Till the next promotion and next makan-makan ....

My Office Family !

2008 New Year Lunch !

My brother has invited me to his working place (G-Hotel) for lunch at "The Soy" on 1 January 2008. We had set lunch and it only cost us RM22 ++ per person. What a deal !!!

X'mas Party at Northam Hotel

It's ho, ho, ho again .... but this time, it's at The Northam Hotel with all in S&M and Finance. At lunch time today, we celebrated our Christmas Party followed by Christmas Exchange of Gifts. I have received an elegant looking Parker Ball Pen at the party ....

Other gifts that I have received this X'mas !

X'mas Party by Gurney's S&M Team

Ho, ho, ho ... it's our Christmas Party ! We celebrated yesterday immediately after work at 1.00pm with a small makan - makan and exchange of gifts. I have received a cute pair of "wedding bears" from Ee Lynn, one of my colleagues ....

Happy Birthday Siew Hong !

Ms Ong Siew Hong's Birthday is supposed to be 8 December but then, Aunty (Siew Hong's mum) decided to celebrate her Birthday earlier (Wed, 5 Dec) because she will be joining us to Genting Highlands on the same day. Aunty cooked for her Nyonya Lam Mee, Roti Jala with Chicken Curry , Loh Bak and Nyonya Spring Roll.

I was honoured to be invited to celebrate Siew Hong's Birthday at her house, joined by her friends, Serene and Chi Son. For dessert, Aunty made Bubur Pulut Hitam with santan. Serene bought Siew Hong a lovely Hagan Dazz Ice Cream Birthday cake.

Nyonya Kerabu Bee Hoon

Today, Aunty (Siew Hong's mum) made Nyonya Kerabu Bee Hoon from sambal belacan, bee hoon, udang kering, taukua goreng, coconut kerisik, prawns, etc. Once again, I was invited to lunch at her house. It was "Simply Delicious", hot, hot, spicy and tasty.

The Best Thai Chicken Laksa Lemak

Today, my colleague who is also a friend from The Northam All Suite, Penang, by the name of Ms Ong Siew Hong has kindly invited Michelle Koay and me to her house during lunch hour to savour her Nyonya mum's Homecook Thai Chicken Laksa Lemak. The ingredients are similar to our Penang Asam Laksa except that this Thai Laksa is cooked using chicken meat to substitute for fish. The other extra ingredient used is "Kiam Chye" @ Salted Vegetable which actually made this laksa unique in it's taste.

I must say that this is the best Thai Laksa that I have ever eaten. Yum, yum, it was so delicious that I ended up having two big bowls of it. Ahyo, come to think of it, my Totalife Diet is down the drain today because of my greedy craving for the laksa !

Thank you Siew Hong for the invitation and I look forward to be invited again to sample your mum's Nyonya Lam Mee which I also made to understand that it is her speciality.