.. biru-biru di Orchard

Tergiur dengan Nasi Tumpengnya kantin Aneka, hari ini kita bela-belain menerjang sejuta TKP (tenaga kerja Phillipina) di Lucky Plaza. Nasi tumpengnya memang te-o-pe be-ge-te deh :) lengkap dengan ayam, kentang, bergedel dan sambel goreng ati ampela Yummm! What a small world after all, selagi makan ketemu beberapa junior dari EL ITB, beberapa indo-singers dan teman-teman lainnya. Anyway, as always, salut buat Nelly dengan tumpengnya .. sering-sering aja yach!

Sehabis makan, se-shopping dan dua shopping selanjutnya, kita jadi tergiur dengan kios kios pijat yang ada di Takashimaya. Bukannya sehat badan malah jadi sakit-sakit semua :( ... mungkin yang pijat semangat kali ya lihat orang gendut hehehe .. Walhasil besok pasti biru-biru nih badan :) ...

Tidak puas dengan porsi pertama, kita balik lagi ke Aneka untuk tumpeng ke dua hari ini Yum-Yum .. eh menjelang suap-suap terakhir, ada ribut-ribut di Pub belakang kantin, dan gak lama kemudian gedubrak-gedubrak eh ada orang digebukin di pojokan, heboh juga sih ada kali minimal selusin orang (cowok-cewek) yang gak jelas antara ikut berantem, memisah atau menyemangati ... Buru-buru kita selamatkan teh kotak-teh kotak yang tersisa dan menyingkir dari lokasi pertempuran. Untung saja berantemnya gak berlanjut di depan kantin Aneka, kalo iya kan kasihan aja si Reggy dan Nelly. Sudah sering ya Reg, abis kelihatannya nyante gitu :)?

Ngelihat ramenya si bapak di gebukin, pasti dia lebih biru-biru dari saya besok pagi :) ...

.. martabak tralala (2)

Picture always say the darnest things :) ...
Dari kiri ke kanan (atas ke bawah): NasGorKam; Tongseng; "Itu itu itu ..."; "Blaik bukne, spatulanya leleh :("; "Pssst, ojo kenceng-kenceng"; Adonan martabak tralala; "Makan ...."; "Waaaa .. enak tenan";"Pisang dulu, mentega dulu, pisang dulu, mentega dulu .."; "Enak gak enak yang penting gaya .."; "Wah pak, martabak kita jadi .."; "Lho kok lembek ya ??"; "Enak, enak, enak gila"; Rini/Gita: "Ewwwww ....", Yolli:"Sip sip ... (lho)"; "Gak penting banget sih!"; New sport, ultimate martabak/freezbie .....

End of the day? Perut kenyang hati senang :) ...

.. si lucuuu dari Belgium :)

kawaii-neeee :)
Anak teman lama kita yang sekarang menetap di Belgia.

... sayang fotonya burem karena pake kamera telpon :(

.. tongseng, nasgorkam and martabak haha-hihi :)

Seiring dengan semangat 45, saya mo nge-blog dalam bahasa indonesia yang tidak baik dan benar ..

Terinspirasi dari sesepuh-sesepuh dapur yang ini dan itu, saya jadi semangat memasak. Seiring dengan wejangan dan do'a jarak jauh dari para sesepuh di atas, saya akhirnya memutuskan untuk membuat martabak manis coklat-pisang-keju-susu, nasi goreng kambing dan tongseng. Martabak manis karena saya ngidam, nasi goreng kambing karena sudah lama gak makan dan tongseng as a little surprise buat istri tercinta (yang konon hobi dan sudah lama gak makan tongseng).

Dengan dalih makan-makan dan bersuka-ria, saya berhasil menghasut tetangga ini dan buruh rodi ini untuk bersedia dengan relanya menjadi kelinci percobaan :) ...

Kemana ya nyari Mbek dan minyak Samin? Biarpun sudah pernah pergi ke pasar Tekka dengan mbak Tyty, tetap aja saya mabok dan hilang arah. Ditemani oleh jeng Gita, kita akhirnya memilih Uncle yang tampangnya paling baik untuk membeli daging. Berhubung daging yang di jual disini bersih banget, kita sibuk celingak-celinguk nyari lemak kambing. Melihat kita berdua gelisah, akhirnya si Omm bertanya "You want more fat?", "Yep, you have?", dan jabruk langsunglah si Omm ngerogoh ember (yang lebih mirip tempat sampah) buat mengambil segenggam lemak (duh!) ... "Enough enough Uncle, not so much" :) ...

Senang dan ceria sudah dapat kambing, kita melanjutkan shopping di Tekka dan Sheng Shiong untuk melengkapi daftar ramuan sesuai resep (ada blue band lho di Sheng-shiong).

Dengan bodohnya, setelah mulai masak, saya baru sadar kalo saya udah lupa rasa tongseng itu gimana. "Git elo tao tongseng itu rasanya gimana gak??" "Lah mana gua tau, gua belon pernah makan." *gubraks* ... ya sudah bagaikan si buta dari goa hantu menuntun daredevil kita mulai memasak tongseng dan nasgorkam, sambil mempersiapkan adonan martabak manis yang katanya harus di tunggu ngembang minimal 2 jam.

Hasilnya? Not bad deh, minimal itu kata kelinci-kelinci percobaan saya (atau mereka takut di timpuk penggorengan ya??). Two out of three works :), Tongseng dan Nasgorkam selamat sampai tujuan, sementara martabaknya rada-rada cacat dan bantat. Yah yang penting ceria kan :)? Casualities: ngeberantakin dapur nyonya dan melelehkan spatula tercinta :P!

Foto-foto menyusul, sementara sudah ada beberapa foto yang sudah bisa di lihat di sini.

PS: Siapa bilang Martabak manis tidak baik untuk kesehatan? Buktinya martabak kita bisa buat main ultimate freesbie :) ...

.. my cubicle

Was planning to blog something more serious today, but alas it was so hard not to blog about the following video. Find it hard to relate song nowadays? try this one :) ..



Happy Tuesday morning everyone !!

Fine dining w/ neighborhood service (and ngah-ngoh auntie) ...

Not knowing what and where to eat, we decided to give Acacia a try last weekend. Acacia is a restaurant in the middle of Bishan Park II that serves western cuisine with a touch of local food. We have been thinking of trying it for quite sometime, but it closed for renovation earlier.

First of all, the restaurant setting is a bit "weird" for me. Very proper fine dining setup indoor (complete with white linen and wine rack), and a very relax (and dark) "hawker" setup outdoor. Nothing fantastic about the food, unfortunately, despite the pricing is a bit steep. The salads were horrible :(. We got mango salad with too much of balsamic vinegar that make the whole thing stink, and cesar salad with too much parmesan. The vegetable was not that fresh either. Fortunately the main dishes were not as bad as its predecessors. The steak was juicy and big, the Tom Yam was nice (though a bit too spicy for my liking), and the fish and chip was OK. While they have many choices of cakes and other dessert, we simply did not have enough space for more.

The overall ambience was nice and quiet .. until a group of two/three families join us with at least a dozens of those screaming things :) ...

Who is the ngah-ngoh auntie then? She is one of the Restaurant waiters. She is a nice old lady (don't get me wrong on this), but a bit ngah-ngoh that she kept on forgotting what we ordered and unable to differentiate between the mango salad and Cesar salad (duh!) ...

Is it worthed for a second visit? Most likely no if it is just the two of us, but could be a back-up plan if we run out of idea on place to eat when we have guest in our place. Another "garden" style restaurant in Botanic garden is a much better place to dine in.

Terminator 4, coming soon :) ...

Disclaimer: The following movie can provoke your religious belief. Watch at your own will ...

... BK's kids meal and fatherhood.

One thing I learnt the other day is that kid's meal menu is really-really small.


My in-law reached Singapore at noon time last Saturday. Since I need to fetch them from the airport, I decided to have my lunch there. With a spirit of dieting, I ordered *surprise-surprise* BK Chicken Tender Kids Meal. The uncle looked at me with eye big-big and smile wide-wide that made me wonder why. Then the meal is served and reality struck me :(. The portion is so small (Duh!), consist of tiny pack of fries, amazingly thin chunks of chicken, and unbelieveably small cups of Coke. Good thing that it came with a plastic toy :). Oh boy, so use to the "up-sized" meals, I wondered if this can last me long enough until they landed. I think BK really underestimate "medium-sized" boy like me.

Now you may start to wonder what the fatherhood has to do with BK Kids Meal. Not to mention that why on earth this Panda talk about fatherhood in his blog. For start you usually are with kids when you pick kid's meal from the menu. And second, well, it has actually nothing to do with the meal except that the tought of it came through my mind after I finished my lunch.

While waiting in front of the arrival gate I noticed one kid that was so annoying that made her cute. The litle girl run around the gate, happily, being chased by her Mom and *from what it looks like* the Nanny. Both her Mom and the Nanny are hopelessly trying to calm her down, but she keep on yelling, laughing and running around at the same time. Apparently they are waiting for the father of this girl. When the belt started to run, and some people walked down the stair to collect their luggage, the girl start to yell "Papa Papa Papa ..." even when her dad was no where in sight. When he eventually out of the gate, the girl make a quick dash around and literally flew to her father arms.

I couldn't help to feel envy at him. It must be an out of the world experience receiving such a welcome hug! Hmmm .. probably fatherhood is indeed a joy after all :) ... (or was that my biological clock went hay wire??)