We feel lonely, sometimes to the point of tears, but we don’t let those tears come because we are not supposed to cry. Or how we feel a surge of love for a partner but we don’t say anything because we’re frozen with the fear of what those words might do to the relationship.
-Mitch Albom
mothers day dinner was a super impromptu affair this yr. or at least to me it was. prob cos of mis comm b/w my mom n my grandma. we werent exactly sure wot time my grandma will be done with her community club activities so we were juz waiting for her call.
alas we made it to lao beijing at tiong bahru plaza. there arent make restaurants suitable for mothers day at tbp so we juz settled at lbj. juz as well tt i've nvr ate there b4 =)
unfortunately they dont do ala carte and we were forced to order the set menu. which is good for me cos i hate cracking my brains on wot to order.
the nuts n the pickles. i <3 these braise nuts! they are so soft n crunchy. how oxymoronic haha. but pass me achar instead of cucumbers anytime man!
double boiled sharksfin soup with sakura chicken. the soup is nt bad. i pref this kinda sharksfin soup to the sticky kind. i always feel tt those sticky sharksfin soup are rather bland. afterall the broth is always chicken based right, since sharksfin have no taste anyway. yums.
my fave peking duck! was so happy to see this on the menu!!! of cos everyone swop down immediately on this peking duck cos we were all famished! dinner only started at 8for us when our usual wkend dinner time is 530!!!
peking duck crepe all set! this is obv nt mine. mine will juz have the crepe skin, duck and the sweet sauce hahaha!
guo tie. my grandma kept asking us if we ordered this!!! and was disappointed tt we could nt order ala carte so i guess she must really like this. but this is really nt bad! =) best to eat when its hot!
deep fried soon hock with bean sauce. this is another of my fave fave fave. cos i love the fish sauce with plain rice. too bad i didnt order rice cos i'll b overstuffed if i did. but the soon hock is fresh n crispy! i <3 this totally even though this is a common dish.
stir fried venison with mushroom! i <3 this dish too. i've always kinda like venison cos its like a cross b/w mutton and beef and its really tender! some cze char started selling venison but its nt a meat tt every one does well cos if u overcook, it'll b hard and too chewy.
braised broccoli with dried scallop and crab meat. i was already full to 90% at this point so i only ate a slice of it!
beijing style fried mien xian! i didnt know u can fry mien xian like that tho! tasted super alot like bee hoon but i <3 it, even at my 90% capacity, i finished it! =)
shou pau. i dislike nian rong so i didnt have any. but i was amazed my uncle's gf nvr see this in her entire life b4!
the best way to end such a fulfilling dinner is wif mango with pomelo. yums.
happy belated mother's day everyone!! =))
a rare pix i caught of my uber cute cousin. most of the time he refused photos but i took this sneakily and he happened to turn and look at me hyiak hyiak. =) i dowan to go to work tmr!!
may have always been my fave month cos there are more public holidays and celebrations! and M stands for Mother! My mom's bdae happens to be in May so we always combine both the celebrations together =)
last wk I also had the chance to watch this new movie which is prob only shown in cathay? its called mother and child. its probably released cos its mothers day wkend.
anyway the movie is surprisingly nice. since i guess most wont go watch it, its abt 3 different woman who dont know each other at all but also somewhat intricately linked. sounds super confusing haha.
the main message is that blood although is thick, time spent together is as significant as well. One of the lead, she gt impregnanted at 14 and gave up her daughter for adoption.
her daughter grew up to be a successful lawyer played by naomi watts. her despite all the bitterness towards her mother was accidentally impregnanted as well despite having a ligation procedure done before. being a mother then, changed how she felt towards her mom and she started trying to look for her mom.
this is a screenshot of the movie, naomi watts mom with her housekeeper =) noami watts eventually died while giving birth due to excess loss of blood and ended up giving her newborn for adoption too. =) o well. i think my explanation is in bits n pieces but overall, the movie is abt mother's love =)