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Whimsicaljottings was mentioning recently that there’s this broccoli-chicken dish that she makes that’s very tasty yet very simple to make. So when she blogged about it on her site, I shamelessly flicked her recipe (again!) and told myself I’d make it for the weekend

Made this on the same day we had the labor scare coz hey, a girl’s still gotta eat and cook for her man right?

I only made a little modification to the cooking method and this was the end result:

The dish was lovely!!! And this woman does not lie, when she says it’s tasty –  IT IS TASTY. When she says it’s easy – IT IS EASY!!

A photo does not lie either:

Besides the taste, I LOVE the fact that you have your meat AND your daily dose of favorite vege in one dish. I was telling the hubby that this would come in handy on days when I have no time to cook once Baby S arrives I should teach him how to make this!

For some reason I wanted to make tofu too. Got the recipe from a Chinese site (although I’m very sure she has a tofu recipe on her site too, ahem)

Something went very wrong with the seasoning, which had everything to do with the 1 cube chicken stock granules – it was too salty so I had to add in a lot of water to tone down the saltiness. But in the end, it was pretty yummy.

It was my first time making tofu. I even stupidly asked the husband IF the bean curd would eventually turn brown if I fry it (coz it didnt look like it would ok) .

For the record, he didn’t know if it would either.

Here’s the recipe:

Ingredients:

2 pieces of soft bean curd

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 red chili, finely sliced

Red capsicum, chopped

Minced Chicken (you may skip this if  you’re already making another chicken dish)

Seasoning:

Water according to how thin or thick you want the sauce. I used quarter cup.

2 tbsps oyster sauce

1 tsps dark soy sauce

A pinch of chicken stock granules  (Original recipe called for whole cube but you REALLY want to go slow on this one and not make the same mistake I did)

½ tsp sesame oil

Pepper to taste

1 tsp cornstarch, mixed with 2 tsps water 

Directions:

1.  Cut bean curd into half and fry bean till brown; set aside.

2.   Stir fry garlic, chili and red capsicum in hot oil until lightly browned.

3.   Add in chicken meat and fry for 2 minutes.

4.  Stir in seasoning and bring to a boil. Thicken with cornstarch mixture and set aside. Adjust seasoning if necessary.

5.  Spoon sauce over bean curd and feel free to  garnish with coriander.

Done.

For dessert, we had the luxury of having the cupcakes my good friend Anusha got for me when I met her for a catch up session on Friday.

Aren’t these the cutest?? Wasn’t really expecting it but thanks alot babe!

The booties were just sooo adorable, made me think twice before I goobled them up.

This is Funky Villa – the new Thai Restaurant located in Cineleisure.

The funky thing about this place is, one would not be able to make it out as a  Thai Restaurant unless someone tells you (Thanks Nicole!) :)  That’s because it looks more like a club than anything else with its lounge area/bar and dance floor. 

Unforunately for me, I can’t imagine having drinks while munching on Thai food (tom yam soup with alcohol anyone?) but yes the settings here are pretty impressive for a nice dinner.

Here’s a photo of my bestie that I finally got to meet, after months! It’s their first time seeing me with my massive bump

And yes here’s me making an appearance with my 15kgs over-weight self.

Oh how I enjoy Thai food

A very unflaterring pic of the hubby stuffing his face, muahaha

The food:

Can’t remember what veg is this (it was good nevertheless) and green curry chicken

Tom Yam soup. Accidently bit on a chili padi and I swear to God – it almost felt like I was about to go into labor!

Fresh salt bake fish

Egg stuffed in fish cake, so good!

For a place that looks more like a club than a proper Thai Restaurant, we were impressed with the quality of the food! Two thumbs up. Everything we ordered came out awesome.  The bill was only RM150 which is very affordable for a group of four and a half hungry people :D  

And the ultimate no 1 reason why I adore this place – umlimited freaking Thai Iced Tea!! Never have I been to a Thai Restaurant where you get this! Neverrrrr…..

ROUND 1 – note how I look like I”m in my own little world. Yea my husband looks miserable in the photo coz his lemongrass drink sucked and I wasn’t letting him have mine! HA HA

Oh the orgasmic feeling in every sip, mmm mmmm!

ROUND 2 – still a happy camper in my own little world.  Hubby still looks miserable, boo.

All in had about 5 rounds, ahem (and still managed to fall asleep the minute we got home).  For RM6.50, I would so so sooo would go back for this and make every cent count

A very full me – if you didn’t know me, you’d think I’m just FAT!

Jove with his awesome camera. All photos credit to him except for the crappy looking ones which obviously came from mine

Wylane – don’t tell Jove but I secretly think you’re a better photographer coz you took decent photos of me, heeh.

I believe Jove has inspired the hubby to get a DSLR camera too in preparation for Baby S’s arrival :)

The customary group photo

For a bit of funky: call 03 7725 2308 to make a reservation.

These are my besties @ Souled Out

(and I think Dheeraj has mastered the art of posing for my camera whenever I”m around)

This is also the face of a newly proud Uncle.

His sister just gave birth to a baby boy and I’m pretty sure our own Baby Dhee will set a good example –  going forward that is

This is us as a group, probably  meeting after a year I believe. It’s tough when one is away having his own business in a different country while the other – busy with work and  celebrities and just being married

From seeing each other almost every other weekend when we were FREE and younger, ahem, and then to almost zero for the past one year (because that’s life),  it’s always good to know that when the time comes, we’re still able to sit down and pick up where we left off.  No akward moments, only laughter and catching up on what we’ve been missing from each other’s life. And also taking a step back into the past just for laughs

I wonder if it was weird for them to see me knocked up, hehe.

We had them over for drinks at the apartment later and le’t’s just say the night ended at about 4.30 a.m…….it felt just like old times. Except I was SO sober YET had so much fun :) Of course I have incriminating pictures of two drunks for that night but that I shall keep that as blackmail money

This is another meet up session and on the table, for once, we finally had TWO married couples (us included) and it was good to hear that finally, another couple are officially engaged!! And boy was the proposal romantic Can’t say the same about mine but I’m glad some guys do go allll the way out.

Looking forward to the wedding. We’re all moving into a different phase of life now coz hey that’s life

My husband, (the one that behaves like he’s pregnant sometimes) had some strong cravings for Malacca food. That’s when we decided to make an impromptu trip with my cousins in tow. It has been years since they’ve set foot in Malacca, I guess that’s maybe because they’re fortunate enough to explore Argentina and South Africa instead - lucky buggers!!!

The boys happy to be in Malacca for a foodie trip.

We made our first stop for lunch @ Jonker Walk to savour chicken rice balls. Although they were a few other more famous stalls, the long queue and heat put us off. I don’t know how some people do it.  

YUMMY

Nothing like a bowl of fatty cendol to wash it down with

We drove around to look for a hotel, and finally settled for this dingy RM68 a night room. We got what we paid for alright! The only advantage was the location, which was a 2 minute walking distance to the mall.

Then it was off for some Portuguese seafood dinner and from the picture you can see the excitment on their faces!

Devil’s Curry

Baked Fish

Kangkung Belacan

Fried Squid

Last but not least, sweet and sour crabs!!

Oh you know the food is good when he does this………

Total damage including fruit juices – RM115, cheap eh?!

This is the sheer look of happiness after he got his FIRST foot massage. Wait, more like from the fact how the masseuse was busy chatting him up for 1 hour!

The next day, before we left, we decided it would be Baba Nyonya food. We headed to Cottage Spice which is probably our third time there coz the food is that amazing.

Jeevy can’t wait to dig into the shrimp omlette and spicy brinjal

CHICKEN RENDANG – can you sense my excitment?

Sambal Squid

All gone folks…..all gone!

Last but not least before we said our good-bye to Malacca food – a bowl of cendol, again!

Yup it’s pretty obvious that we love having a foodie trip in Malacca. Thinking of exploring food in Kuantan next!

I guess blogging about the friends you miss somehow makes them feel bad and makes them take time off their busy schedule to see you again!!

That or maybe little threats of how the baby will never know who her Aunty Mena is worked *evil laugh*

Whatever it is, it was sooo good to meet my bestie again to catch up on things and gossip

She even bought Peanut a bunch of cute baby clothes – all the way from the UK and it’s quite possibly Peanut’s first gift too. And yes Aunty, I will rename Peanut to something else once I find out the baby’s gender!!

PINK!

More pink!

These babies clothes are the cutest! It’s good to know that some people have faith that it will be a girl

 Seriously, don’t wait for my baby to pop before we meet again and thank you so much for the lovely clothes. Time to start working on your own baby too

And quite random:

Just a quick note calling all dog lovers to keep a look out for MDDB’s adoption drive that usually take place in Summit once in two weeks or once a month in Subang Jaya. You may go and play with the dogs, while at the same time adopt if you want OR make a cash donation. MDDB also urgently needs rice, dry and canned puppy, dog food and puppy shampoo. For more details log on to Malaysian Dogs Deserve Better