Delightful Birthday Celebration!

We celebrated Cheng Leng's birthday & engagement last night. I hope we can celebrate for her every year if it is allowed to. Hey sis, remember to come back home often after you are married ya. :-)

Hubby B has prepared some finger food for her lovely sister & the rest of the family members as well.

Toast crackers with smoked salmon!

Hams that going to serve with rock melon.

Berries Crepe Cake from Nadeje.

She has turned to 30, a wonderful start for a soon-to-be bride.

A family photo of us. Jun Liang has also joined us for the celebration!

Hey Sis, we missed your smile when Nic proposed to you le!

We had a wonderful celebration and hope Cheng Leng too! Wishing you Happy Belated Birthday once again.

Thanks to our photographer, PaPa! Great shots!

Do We Deserve A Thank You Note From Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad?

Everyone knows that The Loaf is owned by Tun Dr. Mahathir but not many knew that it has opened another branch in Pavilion KL. During the last week Liver Update Meeting in One World Hotel, our team has decided to give out Mini-U-Hu-Hu (Cheese Cup Cake) to all the participants who visited out booth.

The cakes are freshly baked and sent to us every morning. They were nicely packed in a box though some were crushed during the transfer. However, they are kind enough to replace to us. Good job!

We served the participants with difference flavour of U-Hu-Hu each day & the response was overwhelming! Wanna make a guess which is the best seller among the rest? It is the Durian U-Hu-Hu. Thanks to the chef's creative idea to cultivate our local favourite into the cake. So yummy-licious!

This should be our last team photo (aiya.... Datin Rachel was missed out here) as our company is ended the operation soon. Miss those moments in the company! Sigh........ Hey Tun, why don't give a scrumptious farewell dinner at The Loaf, Pavilion? :P

Quality Times

Last 2 weeks, Hubby and I spent some quality times together. He suggested to cook steak for dinner. I only contributed to the side dishes, which were grilled corn and boiled baby carrots.

This premier corn was bought from Jusco. RM 3.50. I grilled it with the husk on. I applied some olive oil, cayenne pepper & salt on it. Super yummy!

Hubby B marinated the beef in the afternoon. So he did the grill job after he was back from his football.

Our job done! It is dinner time!

See this medium rare done steak! I love it but BB only allowed me to take 2 or 3 bites only!

Haha... we finished all the food. Yummy yummy!

Lok Lok

We can only get this type of Lok Lok's van in the Klang Valley. Malacca's Lok Lok (satay celup) is a different version one. Anyway, I love both.

We were hunting for dinner on Tues. When we passed by the Melaka Raya area, we saw this van. BB knows that I love Lok Lok. So he suggested to have our dinner there. Hmmm..... eating in the street?? Don't we look "tam chiak" (greedy)? Is this enough for our dinner? I was a bit hesitate initially. However, we went for it finally.

Lok Lok's van offers a variety of food skewered on sticks with pots of boiling water and 3 types of sauce (sweet sauce, chili & satay sauce). Watch out for the chili and satay sauce! They are pretty spicy. Besides, they also grill and deep fried your food if you want to. We have just a few sticks and it costs us RM 18. It is quite expensive for Malacca's standard.

Overall, the food is quite nice and they are fresh. If you want to hold a party at home, please do not hesitate to contact them. They can drive to your home for a Lok Lok party.

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Elcerdo @ Changkat Bukit Bintang

Since BB knew that I was upset with the snake incident, he has invited me along to his trip to KL.

We decided to go to Elcerdo KL for dinner. This is a Spanish restaurant that served pork, pork and pork. I love pork, especially suckling pig. Since they are famous with that dish, we are definitely going to order half of it to try.

We parked our car at Pavilion KL. Since we do not really know where the restaurant is situated, we left the mall early. We walked for quite a distance. I have started to complain to BB that my foot are sore & I'm tired. We called up Kelvin for direction and we asked around too. Finally we found the place.

The ambiance there is nice. If you look around, you will notice that most of the tables are sure to order their specialty, suckling pig. We ordered a half suckling pig and also the highly recommended appetizer, air dried ham served with rock melon by Kelvin.

The ham is superb. We can't describe how tasty it is but it melted as soon as you put it into your mouth. We fall in love with it. The next day, we tried to look for this ham from most of the supermarket but sad to say that our mission failed. :(

Here come the suckling pig. It was pretty big portion for the 2 of us. Never mind la. Who care? Before it was cut, there is a small ceremony to be carried up. The waiter will ask the guest to participate in this "wish comes true" ceremony. So I was the honored one! I was given a plate. The waiter taught me to hold the plate and knock 3 times on the wooden chopping board where the roasted pig is served. Then I was asked to make a wish. Hehe... greedy me has made 2 wishes instead of 1. The waiter started the first chop with her plate. Then I followed with the 2 chops on the suckling pig's stomach. Once done, I have to break the plate as it symbolizes that my wish will come true. Everyone in the restaurant clapped. Haha... I felt great!

The pig was taken back to the kitchen for the rest of the chopping. The taste was plain and normal. So you must eat with the sauce that came with it. We concluded that the Chinese style suckling piglet is still the best. It is well marinated and meat is thin and crispy. Slurp slurp.....

We tried the Werner's Special dessert. Since our stomach has reached out the maximum capacity, we have requested the waiter to split the one portion dessert to two glasses. The wild raspberry sherbet is sour to me. But as you eat, you will get the slightly bitter chocolate which was hidden at the bottom of the glass.

The waiter served us 2 glasses of complimentary shot of lime juice, white wine and vodka upon asking for the bill. Since I can't drink, BB has drank it on my behalf. BB told me that the drink was refreshing & it is good for digestion after those oily food.

Well, the bill came up to be RM 300 for just the 2 of us. Hubby B, thank you for this scrumptious dinner.

Nyonya Style Popiah

In conjunction to Qing Ming, mum has cooked my favourite Nyonya Popiah for the prayer to our ancestors. This dish looks simple but in actual fact, the preparation is not an easy one. Lets see what are the ingredients needed.

The making of the Popiah skin (crepe). You need lots of patience when making this crepe. Haha... Only my Mum has this patience to do so. That's why I always appreciate her efforts in making this skin - Just for me! Thanks Mi!

The sweet sauce which was gotten from the market. The actual Nyonya sweet sauce supposed to be steam version. I recalled my auntie did it before.

The garlic chili.

The shredded turnip / Yam Beans which fried with minced pork and prawns.

The lettuce & coriander leaves.

Shredded cucumber.

Beansprouts. I remembered that when I was young, my grandmother asked me to tail the beansprouts whenever they wanna make Popiah. I disliked this assigned task because it was boring!

The finely cut omelettes.

The fishcake.

All ingredients are ready to be assembled.

See! My nicely wrapped Popiah! I can't wait to put you into my mouth! Muahaha...

It is so juicy and delicious! I had a total of 6 popiah for today! BB said our baby must be complaining inside the womb. Haha...

Mum, thanks a lot in making this Nyonya Popiah for me.

Tok Suk Gong

We have been visited to Tok Suk Gong several times. They serve nice and authentic Korean food. We went there again last 2 weeks.

I ordered my favourite Fried Seafood Pancake. Upon it was served, my instinct told me that the pancake for tonight is bad. It looked so oily. Besides, the BBQ pork was also poorly grilled. Somehow I told BB that they must have changed their chef. I asked the waitress and she acknowledged that they have changed their chef recently.

No wonder! I was so disppointed with the meal and doubt will ever return there again.

His First Attempt

BB likes to cook when he has the mood. However, his way of cooking is like Jamie Oliver. He doesn't follow the recipe and also the measurement. Whatever he think he likes, he will add. While for me, I prefer to follow the recipe so that nothing much can go wrong. So what has he cooked for us for the past 2 months?


He made this Ham for about a week. MIL helped to smoke the meat. It looks delicious and tempting right? The taste was quite ok except it was a bit salty.

He is cooking the ham now.

Ta da.... Caramel Pork. Slurp slurp!

Fried Garlic Pork. This taste marvelous too.

. His another first attempt in baking Marble Cheese Cake. He failed due to the cake was too sweet and the use of Kahlua in this recipe. Besides, he did not add in sour cream as well. However, he tried it again 3 days later. Hmm....... I must praise him that the cake is superb this time. It is as though as we are eating the creamy Marble Cheese Cake from Secret Recipe. Thanks for your hard work, BB!