Weekend Trip to Malacca

We are late, we are late, we are very very late. This was us again.

I woke up early, 6am ( somebody left their mobile phone alarm on at 6am and kept on ringing till 7am). Its still dark, but i had to start the final packing before starting our journey. We were suppose to meet the Os family at 9am, so far on time. It wasnt until they started waking up late, as in 730am. My target was to leave the house at 815am max so we could reach their house at 9am. One thing lead to another. Master 1 didnt feel like finishing off his breakfast, master 2 decided to do his business , so chaos in the house. Everyone scurried out of the house to only realised that piggy has forgotten his wallet... so a U turn was made.

So doing a 100km per hour, we arrived approximately 9.45am or maybe a little later as i wasnt really paying attention to the time.

So finally its time to rock and roll. TV on, children in seating position and seat belts buckled. Time for our journey.. Vvroom...!!

Since we were not familiar with the road to Malacca, we were given a complimentary map by SZ for insurance purpose, incase we lost sight of them during the journey.Our tail racing through the highway to Malacca was interesting. Keeping up with them felt like we were racing at F1. Traveling at the speed of light, we have finally arrived Malacca at about 1130am.

The sound of our tummies growl, i couldnt wait to try out the local food.We had plans to tour Malacca like a typical tourist with a twist of our local tour guide taking us to the "only the locals know the best place to eat food".So we left master 2 behind, as we decided to take one car ( finally our car made used of all our 7 seats.. see it does come in handy haha)

We started our early lunch at a place that was once a childhood hang out food place for SW,Jeta Groves. A small simple food shop that offers a small sized range of dishes. Small enough portion to allow you to eat small other portion of another food. I tried the mee rebus, which i felt in love instantly ( partially i was dying of hunger and i've never tried mee rebus before.. yummy..) I had my serving and ordered another serving for master 1, who decided he didnt like it, so i eagerly took it without him having an option to object... HAHAHAHAHA .. Oh the tau kua ( grilled tofu?) and Chendol ( ice desert with some sweet stuff) was yummy too.... a thumb up....

"Tau Kau"

"Mee rebus" "Chendol"

Ok, stomach filled, off we go to the A'Famosa touristy place. We wanted to drive, but since parking is a little difficult, we decided that since its a really nice and windy weather, we took a walk there. Our local tour guide was proud of his home town. He told us the history of the place, he was like a walking history book. He even showed us his school which was nearby...

So being a tourist, we decided to take heaps of tourist photos. Our beautiful master 1, miss JW and master JX were our models for the day. Oh and all of us decided to do some photo shoot behind the building.. oh so nostalgic ...

Sw explaining the history Posing at the famous cannon

Mother and Son

Cool Pose by Master 1                Behind the scene

photo shoot

Deep thought pose Spiderwoman. Climbed up the wall and pose

Decided to put master 1  in the cannon

After posing for the camera, we headed to our next destination. Taking a ride to the menara tower. While heading to our destination, we were walking through SW's memory lane. To be able to let his kids and his friends to experience his memories, i feel that it was a little sentimental to him.

Reliving his past time

So continuing our journey to Menara Taming Sari, we saw the tower. It is about 60 feet. Paid 10 rm per person, we got into the machine and felt relief.Nice air conditioning, after a long walk!!Enjoyed our view, and relaxing at the same time.

Tower

Tickets

Kids enjoying the view

After a long journey, we were exhausted, but we still had a long way back to the car. Dragging our feet and kids behind us, we took a short cut through the megamall malacca ( it wasnt as mega as our midvalley megamall). Ah the coolness of the aircond made our life a little pleasant to continue. I was a little dehydrated and the plan was to stop by the herbal shop for some cooling tea. We didnt managed to, instead we stopped at a waffle shop and the kids indulge themselves into can drink... i stole a sip from master 1's can of grape juice.. ohh so refreshing.... Oh yah.. before we left the mall, we stopped over and SZ bought a dozen of Big Apple donut.. ohhh yummy..

On our way back to our temporary residence, master JX was out like a light, while master 1 and miss JW were still full of energy watching some puppy movie. SZ and myself couldnt continue opening our eyes, so we too tried to take the opportunity for some 5 mins winks

Heading back to rest Kids still full of energy

Rest of the late afternoon, the guys relaxed for a while and being me, im enjoying chomping on my donut before heading out for dinner.

Dinner was at Nonya makko, and it was great!SW took us to a really nice nyonya restaurant. The beef redang was one of my favorite dish, followed by many others.. we ordered quite a number of dishes for 10 adults and 2 kids, and it came out less than 15rm per person which considered quite cheap.

After a long and interesting day, the troops were beginning to show their exhaustion. My masters as always show disinterest in sleeping, whereas the parents were showing sign of depleting... about 20% left on their battery bar.So out goes the parents, and the kids, well some how they found their way to slumberland...

Day 2

Too lazy to do anything. The sun shinning, bird chipping (haha not really, couldnt really see any birds), kids screaming and laughing in the background. We didnt really feel like doing anything. We were satisfied with our sightseeing the other day. Instead we took everything to a slow speed...slow as in very slow.. haha

Had our last meal for our trip at Odeon. Apparently they are famous for their beef noodles, both wet and dry. Another eating place for SW.

Wet beef noodles Dry Beef noodles

After a nice meal out, we decided to call it a end of our holiday. But piggy was so exhausted from not being well, SW decided to join him in sumberland, and followed by me. It was only about 330pm we made a move back home. It was a great weekend trip, and i enjoyed so much that i proposed to lee to do it often... So lucky me, our next trip is Genting....

Korean BBQ and Alexis

Was suppose to blog about my KOREAN experience, but am getting lazy and partially dont have the time to sit and type without the kids climbing up to see what im doing.
So the other day i had my girls night out, this time SZ brought along one of her friend. Initially we were suppose to head to shogun for our dinner, but decided to change our mind and head to Korean bbq. I had always wanted to experience the Korean BBQ in Malaysia, but never had the chance.. so lucky me...
So the Korean BBQ restaurant that we went to was in Taipan.. " Daorae"

Here are the photos...

Doesnt it look yummy??

Waiting impatiently.. apparently its really packed

Space ship legs..

Menu

seasme oil, soya sauce and
the other one hmm forgotten

10 different korean side dishes

wrap the meat into the lettuce and munch it...

on the house pancake

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cheesecake, chocolate cake and carrot cake

do we need to explain?

Roasted Pork Dinner

Ok, i better start recording my achievement before i decided to ZZzzzZZ. I know i havent been updating my blog, but since this blog is still fresh in my mind, i shall brag about it hahaha

I've decided to create something different for dinner... since Christmas is coming up, thought of trying my luck with "ROAST PORK".... it looks easy, but was it??

So my adventure started when i was researching my recipe, and tips to create the most delicious Roast Pork. Scratching my head, i didnt know what kind of Roast pork i wanted.. Should i go for herb version?Honey?Maple?Chinese version?Black pepper? There was just too many choices. After yahoo search, and recipe book searching, i've decided to go for MAPLE roast pork. So I gathered all my ingredients, research my pork body parts, so piggy can get the meat from the market.. almost all done.... except the maple syrup. I spoke to a friend about my adventure and she told me maple syrup was too expensive, and suggested i go for honey instead. I didnt expect Maple syrup to be so costly... almost 30rm for a small little bottle.. so yet again i changed my recipe to HONEY BAKED PORK.

The problem with me when it comes to creating new recipe, im afraid of failure.... so when my adventure begins, i started to panic and stress out.. Silly huh..I guess i didnt want to waste my food hahhaha....

so here are my photos .....



sauce

Sauce Pork layered with bacon strips, secured with
toothpicks

Looks interesting?? Here is the recipe... I added more gravy....

Honey Roasted Pork with Bacon

*1.5 kg pork loin

*Bacon Strips
* 1/2 cup of honey

*4 tablespoon of orange juice

*4 tablespoon of olive oil

*1 teaspoon of thyme

*1 cup of chicken broth

1)Preheat the oven to 220 degree

2)In separate bowl, add honey, oil, orange juice and thyme

3)Put pork in oven pan

4)Spread a thin layer of mixture on top of the pork

5) layer bacon strip, secure with toothpick

6) Pour the rest of mixture to the pork

7))Add chicken broth to the pan

8)Bake the pork for 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hrs ( reduce to heat so the bacon will not burn.. around 180)

9)Baste often with the juices inside the oven pan.

10) when meat it done, transfer all the juices to saucepan to make the gravy

11) Add little corn starch to make gravy thicker

12)Slice and serve with vegetables..

Suggestion for dessert

Brownies with ice cream, finish off with Chinese flower tea...

brownies with vanilla ice cream..Divine

Salam

I was out shopping with my family at the Curve, and we bumped into piggy's colleague. Their two girls, aged 2 years and the youngest 6 months were so adorable and beautiful. Their facial features were different to any other Malay girls.Their hair were really black, skin so fair and have a distinct look. Beautiful...

Anyway, the eldest girl was showing me her barbie doll, and I took my hand to reach for the barbie doll. What surprised me was she took my hand and kissed it. I was stunned. I didnt know what to do for that moment. Piggy told me that it was a way for them to respect the elder ( now i feel old).. I was impressed, at such a young age, they were taught the art of respecting.... that i respect...

Time to chill .....

A few days ago, Piggy decided to take us out for some cakes and drinks. Both of us needed to indulgence ourselves after a hard day at work(Yes, i had a hard day at work too you know). We decided to venture the whole family to Coffee Bean. Luckily we managed to find a comforty couch instead of the hard chairs. Looking at the selections of cakes, pastries, pies and biscuit made my tummy grumble. So i ordered my favourite cheese cake, and piggy ordered a different type of cheesecake.Next, what to drink... i told piggy to grab me a small hot chocolate ( needed to control my diet, after all, cheesecake and hot chocolate at 9pm!)

When the yummy cakes and drinks finally arrived, my small hot chocolate suddenly became a tall glass, looks like a mug of beer. How on earth am i suppose to finish it?Well piggy told me it was only extra 50 cents so he ordered me the large instead...

While taking the chance to enjoy myself (without much success), the two little masters were mucking around. They seem to be entertaining the other guests at Coffee bean.

Trying to relax and enjoy myself, i zone myself out and looked across. There was another family, similar to us. Two boys playing happily, jumping from one end of the couch to another. The youngest was happily playing with a piece of straw given by his father, and you could see the parents finding it interesting that they all took out their phone to snap photos. They were too trying to chill out, but with their kids around running, i dont think that was possible.

Later on, the mother seem to drift to her own world, sipping her drink and eating her cake.She didnt seem to be paying any attention to what is happening around her. The poor father had to do the job of keeping the kids in line, and at the same time eating his cake. It seem that every scoop of cake he takes, half falls on the floor. After observing the family for half an hour, piggy asked me whether i wanted to go as the kids were showing their sign of boredom. I said yes and stood up too.Coincidentally, the father said something to the wife, and they too both stood up to get ready to leave. After coming back to my sense, i realised that the family i was seeing was my own. The reflection says it all...........

Wording

Suddenly the flow of overdue blog begins haha.. oh and i upgrade the size of the wording, didnt realised that it was so small.Sorry.. Happy reading.. and its like 130am and im still not sleeping.. ahh my flow of creativity is back!! haha