A Surprise Birthday Dinner At Mezze

When Witch invited me to dinner on a Monday evening, I had suspected something was amiss. My suspicion was confirmed that evening - it was a birthday dinner for both me and Caroline.

Both Caroline and I share the same birth day and month, which is December 1st. But while it had been a complete surprise for Caroline, I was not that easily fooled! Which is quite a pity, cos surprises are always good, especially if it's a pleasant surprise.

We had dinner at this restaurant, bistro and bar called Mezze located in Medan Damansara, KL. It was our first time there, so I did not know what to expect.

These were the dishes we ordered. (Sorry for the low quality photos as I did not bring my camera along - I had to depend on my iPhone 3Gs).

Spaghetti Carbonara



This dish looked rather unique with the raw egg yolk served in a shell. The taste was not bad, but after mixing the egg yolk with the pasta, it was a bit too creamy for my liking.

Olio Bacon



This pasta with bits and pieces of bacon was delicious! I would definitely recommend this dish!

Funghi au Truffle Pizza



This pizza with thin and light crust was yummy. With mushrooms, tomatoes, oregano, rocket leaves, truffle oil and layers of cheese on top, it was really quite delicious!

Salmon Pizza



I love salmon so this pizza is a favourite of mine! Thin and crispy crust with slices of smoked salmon on top, it was love at first bite! I thought the rocket leaves somehow matched the salmon very well!

Chargrilled Spatchcock Chicken



I have only one complaint about this dish - the chicken was way too small! It was hardly enough for one person, what more for all of us! (there were six of us there). Other than the size, everything else about this spring chicken was delightful! The meat was tender and juicy - it must have been very well marinated. I wish I could have the whole chicken to myself!

I was craving for some desserts, but both Caroline and I knew that there would be a birthday cake for us. And true enough, we were presented with a Cherry Cheesecake bought from Caffe Cino, PJ Hilton.



I guess Witch was a bit disappointed that both Caroline and I did not at least pretend to be surprised haha! So after the birthday song was sung and we both blew the candles, the cake was cut and I got to taste a slice of my birthday cake! Thank you for the delicious cake!



Here's a group photo of us which I have taken from Caroline's blog, with my face blanked out as usual and the birthday girl sitting next to me.



Mezze was a good place to dine and we had a great time. The only issue we had with the place was the smoky environment. Obviously they did not have non-smokers in mind! That's a real pity because the food were really quite good!

Happy Birthday To Panda!

Happy Birthday to me,
Happy Birthday to me,
Happy Birthday to Panda,
Happy Birthday to me!

Do you like my birthday card? It's from my insurance agent by the way. Who sends birthday card anymore, except insurance agents?



Even DIGI did not send me a birthday card. Instead, they sent me a Happy Birthday greeting via text messaging. The message reads like this : "To our valued customer, DIGI wishes you a Happy Birthday". How impersonal!

Now don't get me wrong. I do appreciate all those birthday wishes whether they were sent via slow mail, e-mail, sms, iMessage, Whatsapp, kik, Line, Twitter or Facebook. Thank you all for wishing me Happy Birthday! You know who you are!

By the way, in case you do not know, it's NOT my birthday today. That was on December 1st. I am only blogging about it now. LOL!

Oh, guess what? I even received a birthday card from a fellow panda in the form of WWF.



Nice and heartfelt. Thanks WWF!

Although many people sent me birthday wishes via text messaging or sms, I have to show you all a message I received from blogger SK. I am not sure if I should show it here since it's his personal message to me, but I think it should be OK, right SK?



Bambooshootilicious? Haha!! I could not help laughing out loud when I read that!

By the way, if you are not an iPhone user and you are wondering why there are both blue and green colour messages, well the blue ones are iMessages (which are sent online between two iPhone users) and the green one is a normal sms message.

Why was my last reply to SK not via iMessage but normal sms? Beats me!



One of the perks on my birthday month is getting the Birthday Vouchers from Redbox Karaoke. It's gonna be a karaoke month for me, that's for sure!

A "surprise" birthday dinner thrown by my blogger friends also awaited me, but let's leave that to another post, shall we?

A Birthday Surprise At Coffee Chemistry Signature

Last Sunday, I celebrated Witch's birthday with my regular group of blogger and Twitter friends at Coffee Chemistry Signature in the newly opened First Subang Mall.



It was intended to be a surprise so Witch did not know we had bought her a birthday cake. We had earlier had our dinner elsewhere before coming here so we only ordered drinks.



This is my cup of hot Cappuccino. I love it!



Latte



Another Cappuccino



Orange juice



Caramel macchiato



Affogato



If we had not eaten dinner earlier, I would have ordered some food. Oh well, maybe next time...

Then it was time to reveal the birthday cake! It was a Mango Ice Cream Cake from Swensens!



Witch was of course, caught by surprise. We were so glad we succeeded! Haha! Here she is, cutting the birthday cake.



The ice cream cake was delicious! Yum!



After that we had a game of Monopoly. It must have been ages since I last played this board game. This photo below captured Eric playing the game and Caroline...errr...tweeting?



It was my first time playing the World Edition of Monopoly. What? Montreal, Canada is the most expensive? It used to be Boardwalk in the original version. And by the way, Malaysia is not even listed here.



Unfortunately, we did not manage to finish the game as it was already late and time for Coffee Chemistry Signature to close.

We took some group photos before leaving. Below is one of them with my face blanked out as usual.

It had been an enjoyable gathering, as always.

Steamboat Dinner At Jade Pot

One fine Sunday night in September, I met up with my regular blogger and Twitter friends for a steamboat dinner at Jade Pot Steamboat Restaurant in Jalan Klang Lama, KL. It was also an opportunity for us to celebrate Mooncake Festival and Saucer's birthday.



Since there were 8 of us, we opted for 2 sets of the set menu for 4 pax priced at RM89.90. We also ordered 2 types of soups for an additional RM8 - Tom Yam and Head Fish with Yam.

Ooh! Look at the cute teapot!



Before long, all the raw ingredients were on the table ready to be cooked in the steamboat pot!



While waiting for the soup to boil, we ate the deep fried dumpling with minced meat first as it was the only dish that was already cooked.



These were some of the raw items in the set that we ordered.


Deep fried bean curd skin


Fresh fish balls


Stuffed bean curd


Dumplings

There were squids, shrimps, mushrooms, pork slices, eggs, noodles and vegetables too but I did not take photos of them.

The steamboat meal also came with 4 different sauces for us to choose from.



I found the tom yam soup really nice with just the right amount of spiciness and sourness that befits a tom yam soup. The fish head with yam soup was also good - tasty and full of flavour!



However, later after the dinner was over, a few of us experienced excessive thirst. We suspected that the soup must have contained lots of MSG - no wonder it was so tasty! MSG is not good for health so I was not too pleased about it


Adrian scooping up some cooked food from the steamboat pot

For dessert, we were served with Ai Yu jelly, which was pretty refreshing.



After dinner, we celebrated Saucer's birthday and surprised him with a birthday cake from PJ Hilton!



Saucer, the birthday boy and his birthday cake. Happy birthday!



The durian cheesecake was very delicious and full of durian flavour. I loved it! Priced at only RM35, it is PJ Hilton's cake of the month. I wonder if it's too late to order this cake now since it's almost end of the month!



After the cake, it was time to celebrate Mooncake Festival with what else, but mooncakes! All of us brought one mooncake each so that we could share all the different flavours of mooncakes!



Except for me. I decided to be special and not bring any mooncakes! I brought taro instead. I was not really into mooncakes this year - it's rather strange and I do not know why!



Unfortunately, we were too full to eat any of the mooncakes and ended up cutting them up and bringing them home to be eaten later.



Although I was full, I nevertheless ate some of the mooncakes and did not bring any back. So much about being full and not into mooncakes. Haha!



We took some group photos. Here's a funny group pose. As usual, I respect my own privacy and have my face blanked out.



It was so much fun dining with this group of blogger and Twitter friends! I had a great time that night! Let's do this again, guys!



But please, no more steamboat at Jade Pot. Unless they get rid of the MSG!

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