Towelwrapped
June 30th, 2007
the homemade chicken rice on the table that is now cold is proof that my family and i do not spend enough time at home. we never eat the food Kak Nur makes. and yet everyday she still puts so much thought into what dishes to cook that would whet the appetites of 5 phantom people who never come home for dinner anyway. sometimes i feel bad that all the untouched food goes to waste, but it is the wasted kindness that i feel worst about.
i love this time of year. june heralds the return of everyone from abroad, back for the summer and sporting new hairdos or weird foreign accents that disappear after the second teh o ais limau sucked down in hot balmy weather. it is that long shriek (ohmygoooooooooooooood it’s YOUUUUUU!!!) and that first hug after so long that i cherish most about these reunions; catch-up palaver comes a dangerously close second. who’s going out with who? you did WHAT? and then what did he say? oh my god tell her how you had sex in the laundry room with that guy from your econs class!
yes i do love this time of the year. but spring/summer collections are going to be the death of me. sigh! it seems that my father has learnt to wield the lethality of the Guilt Trip with most impressive effect; scans of all my credit card bills are now being sent each month to my email inbox. with the purpose of bullying me into cooperation, doubtlessly. well, it is working. i am now pale with shock and faint with grief! how does one go on living with such shameful evidence of sin, avarice and wrongdoing? O, happy dagger!
actually, i must confess with the utmost seriousness that i would not be able to stab myself in the (unlikely) event that suicide is in order and next on the agenda. too much blood and gore, eeeep.
it is time now for an insertion of this most beautiful conjunctive adverb that has been known to distract from exceedingly awkward moments, or when you want to change the topic of your blogpost that have gone most astray -
ANYWAY,
earlier tonight i went for the Martell Presents KLue RSVP Dinner, held at Market Place, which is a fairly new restaurant that has crept stealthily into and made its home in KL’s dining-out arena. it is situated in a quiet lane off Lorong Yap Kwan Seng, with the likes of Munakata, Sasso Rosso (panna cotta that is divine like you would not believe) and Aunty Nat for neighbours.
i was with the ever cheeky Kelvin and the lovely Kimfluttersby, and i think us three make a good team! kismet has brought us together to compare deserved remunerations and boyfriends-who-are-abroad, as well as to snap way too many photos of the restaurant and the food! i so love it when i am in the company of people who understand the need to take pictures of food :D
aforementioned pictures of food :
the amuse bouche of a watermelon slice and an unidentified sambal-like topping; a combination so orgasmic that i did not stop to attempt recognition of the unidentified sambal-like topping.
wild mushroom soup with vanilla cream
kelvin’s main of pan-fried cod with wasabi mash. hahaha! no salmon for him today.
the beef tenderloin with apple puree that kim and i had. spinach bed at the bottom. YUM!
dessert!! i was so tak sabar for this to come. chocolate mousse with a drizzle of passionfruit syrup. zomg there is no need to say how good it was. i love chocolate mousse. i love chocolate mousse that is well done. i love market place’s chocolate mousse. the end.
the Martell babes!
this is the photo i stole from Kelvin. you can stalk him at that email address
from upstairs, where we quietly slinked off to
the crowd
this is my second time at the Martell/KLue RSVP dinners, and i mussay this time around was much better than the previous at Ninja Jones. coz this time the food was nicer and Martell gave chocolates hahaha. nvm the fact that their brand was stamped all over it, it was still good chocolate. free flow of Martell as always, who would have thought green tea and cognac go together so well!
after dinner, Azlan and i went to watch Snow Cake which was awesome. then we went for a satay feast which was even more awesome. seriously, satay peanut gravy is the one thing in this world that gives my life some semblance of meaning.
31 Comments Add your own
1. Jeff from LA | June 30th, 2007 at 8:59 am
Hmm, I don’t know if its just the pic, but Kelvin looks quite a bit older than the two of you.
2. Gin | June 30th, 2007 at 10:25 am
HAHHAHHA. U LOOK LIKE A PRETTIER VERSION OF XIA XUE HAHAHHAHAHAHA.
n yorhhhh.. din take me U_U…
wuwuwuuw
3. Gin | June 30th, 2007 at 10:26 am
and ah pau ah. u said take from your blog. i dont see it also *O*
me n you and all those i jadi kelefeh wan. ;p HAHHA. very funny ;p
4. kennysia | June 30th, 2007 at 11:03 am
You wasted good homecooked food? Bomb away your daddy’s credit card bills? Ate at posh dinner places?!?
BOYCOTT!!!!!!
5. Jeff from LA | June 30th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
I’ll have to agree with Gin that the pink dress really looks great on you. No wonder you love pink. (I’m typing this while trying to hide from my roommates the fact that I’m on a very, very pink site).
6. Michael | June 30th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
Havent dine in such places in a long period…T_T…but i was contempt with my home cooked food~ahhhhhhhh
P.S: I dont think that she looks like a prettier ver of Xiaxue…its an insult huh~not giving some nasty hint though…hahahahhahaha
7. tokyo rose | June 30th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
oooh! i like your new hair colour. nice! ^^
8. JT | June 30th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
Nice dress!
9. Jon | June 30th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
Gluttony’s a sin! Omg! You’re making me sin ;)… well… in a good way :D.. but god dammit, those are some really really delicious meals!
10. Kelvin | June 30th, 2007 at 11:49 pm
yes i am an uncle hahaha…
but cheeky? hmmm
11. j0nathanlim | July 1st, 2007 at 5:27 am
who had sex in the laundry room with that guy from ur econs class?
cant wait to get home.
12. Michelle | July 1st, 2007 at 6:13 am
It’s so lucky I’m still bloated from yesterday’s dinner…..=)
13. pinkpau | July 1st, 2007 at 7:11 am
jeff : he is :) if everyone only hung around ppl their own age, things would be very boring
gin : haha you should see me when my hair is curled! eh ya hor dont have the pic. ok send to u when i see u on msn
kennysia : my boycotting of all the nasty things in this world makes up for my spendthriftness :P
jeff : haha you’re not the first guy to have brought this up. some of my guy friends want me to change the colour of my blog so they can visit it without constantly looking over their shoulder. geeeeeez. what’s with you guys and pink anyway?!
michael : ahh then you should go dine in such places :D
tokyo rose : thank you! i wish it were a bit lighter tho
jt : thank you! i like it very much :)
jon : no i havent! i’m just the devil on the mountain showing you the view of four corners of the world.. haha. you’re the one who makes the choice to sin or not :P
kelvin : not cheeky meh you
j0nathanlim : no one u know :) jon faster come bak.
michelle : that’s not lucky :O that’s unlucky!!
14. foreverjas | July 1st, 2007 at 11:13 am
you’re not sleeping again? hihi ^^
15. Jeff from LA | July 1st, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Sorry, Kelvin if I made you feel old. Its just that when I started reading the entry I had this mental image of a 20-something guy, so when I saw the picture I was a bit surprised. It was more of my own fault than anything - I should read more carefully between the lines.
And I have no problems with hanging out with older people, as a semi-young (24 year old) lawyer, I hang out with older people all the time. (US lawyers tend to be older on average since lawyers have to go through 7 yrs of college.) For example, at the law firm I worked at in law school, the next youngest lawyer at the firm was old enough to have been my dad.
16. Jeff from LA | July 1st, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Actually, I should clarify that a bit. Its not 7 years of straight college to become a lawyer (lest I scare everyone away from law). Its 4-5 years of undergraduate study, and 3 years of graduate study at a law school.
17. Kelvin | July 1st, 2007 at 1:09 pm
it’s ok Jeff :)
the young kids at my badminton sessions are also calling me “Uncle” already… time flies and we must always make the best of things. though i think you should have other better things as mental images instead of me hahahaha
pinkpau… my cheeks aren’t as fat as yours :P
18. Michael | July 1st, 2007 at 2:23 pm
no la…actually i’m nt familliar to posh dinner places in KL…i’m from Melaka, that seriously lack of it… Bt have tried many in HK la…HAHAHHHAHH
19. d'Fish | July 1st, 2007 at 2:58 pm
hey there… heard about your blog…cool site. will link you. keep blogging k…
p/s - check out my site too.. leave your words of wisdom k.. ahak! oh ya…dont forget to vote for ‘hot malaysian bloggers’.
20. hw | July 2nd, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Unlike you I’m dreading this time of the year. I can actually roast a chicken without using a fire in my garden under the merciless heat and light from that bright little object up in the sky.
6 months back from the US and I’m still not used to the damn weather. *shrug*
What’s with guys and pink? Well what’s with girls and pink? =S My gf just bought me a bright pink T shirt that says I
21. hw | July 2nd, 2007 at 12:57 pm
argh… post got cut off..
to continue…
My gf just bought me a bright pink T shirt that says I heart Fish and the heart is filled with those bright red glittery beady thingys and I’m supposed to wear it everyday. Not that I mind, but oh dear….
Btw your blog isn’t annoyingly pink, thank god. If you want annoying pink, try entering a Sanrio / Hello Kitty store.
:P
22. bs | July 2nd, 2007 at 1:06 pm
the pinkness of ur site is all right wat… at least it’s not Panadol Menstrual pink ma…
23. Avril | July 2nd, 2007 at 1:35 pm
agree with u on the thomas aka planetshakers. the more ppl know abt his tricks, the more i feel better :)
24. Pinky | July 2nd, 2007 at 4:00 pm
hey, Kevin, you married?
25. Jonathan | July 2nd, 2007 at 8:53 pm
All the yummy food….i cannot enjoy anymore
Im officially now in Monash Clayton….those food + tomyam + nasi lemak…arghh..all gone…and reading your blog makes me depress
..anyways..Tim Tam Australia says Hi
26. Jeff from LA | July 3rd, 2007 at 4:54 am
I was not saying that Pinkpau should change the color of her site, she has the right to make it whatever color she wishes.
Also, I think pink is less gender-oriented to Asian guys living in Asian countries. When I was in HK/Taiwan, it wasn’t entirely uncommon to see guys wearing pink.
In America, its pretty rare to see a guy with a pink shirt on unless he “plays for the other team” or he just moved here from another country. Not that there’s anything wrong with guys wearing pink, of course.
27. Kelvin | July 3rd, 2007 at 9:31 am
Pinky,
“hey, Kevin, you married?”
Are you referring to me?
28. k0k | July 3rd, 2007 at 7:47 pm
yep, it’s working fine now.
…
Damn. A food post. You lured me here on purpose didn’t you?
29. Sandra | July 4th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
I wanna get to know KIM…! introduce to me? eh? when you free? can be my model annot? i wanna try shoot models for fun lar… ok arrr?
30. Pinky | July 5th, 2007 at 1:20 am
yes, sorry abt the typo. but ya, are you married?
31. Kelvin | July 5th, 2007 at 2:04 am
Pinky… nope!
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