My birthday cake, it's called 'Fruity Garden'. See the fruits decorated on top?
A must for the Chinese, the basic traditional Chinese way of celebrating one's birthday..Angpows (or red packets given by the elders) and two red hard boiled eggs.
Finally, I am thirty. Last Sunday, I celebrated my 30th birthday with my hubby and MIL. I had a good sleep despite some occasional coughing at night. I've waken up earlier to do some laundry as usual - it's a Sunday routine, otherwise my hubby would not have enough socks to wear, hehehe...
We had a quick and simple breakfast in the morning because we wanted to keep a lot of space in our stomach for Japanese Lunch Buffet at Pearl International Hotel, Old Klang Road. When my hubby and MIL had bread and buns, I had two red coloured hard-boiled eggs (symbol of harmony and happiness). I had a good time eating them with soya sauce, the taste is just too yummy... do make some and have them, you will love the taste. Then I proceeded to read my newspaper and checked my FB and emails. When the time was almost up, we got dressed and headed to the hotel.
This is the first time I felt bad... why? I didn't manage to snap any related pictures for the Japanese Lunch Buffet that we had. There are a variety of choices of Japanese food - sushi, maki, handrolls, teppanyaki, sukiyaki, tempura, miso soup, and of course fruits and desserts... Personally, I still prefer the sushi and maki made by Sushi King, enough said. Desserts? My personal favourite - chocolate ball - it is round and it is so soft and smooth inside. I felt like helping myself to all the chocolate balls available, but my coughing reminded me to take just one. I even recommended to a pregnant lady to try it!
Time flies when you enjoyed yourself. I had a good meal, at the same time I felt I'm getting old to eat that much already. Sooner or later, before I know it, buffet lunch and hi-tea are going to be out of my makan list, how sad =( sigh... but, maybe once in a while will do no harm, right?
In the late afternoon, we managed to get to Taman Megah, Petaling Jaya. The name of the shop where we got the birthday cake pictured above is Cake Sense. Their choices of cakes are not that many but they managed to bake and decorate their cakes in detail. We had to choose a birthday cake (for me) which did not come with nuts (almonds, walnuts, peanuts, no!). This is to cater for my MIL who pitifully has to stay away from all the nuts and beans in the world (her favourite food!) in her diet.
Now, let's look at the Fruity Garden... It is decorated with lots of fresh cream and fruits such as slices of pineapple, kiwi, peaches, grapes and longans. There are two layers in the cake and in between the two layers is spread with lychees, juicy ones... We had the cake in the late evening before we went out to pack some food for dinner, nice century egg with pork porridge.
It is sort of a routine for birthdays celebrated in this household. However, there's a difference this year... I managed to share two big slices of my Fruity Garden with two adorable kids - Hayden and Aldan, my yoga mate-cum-good pal's sons. Listening to them wishing me 'Happy Birthday Auntie Tourmaline*' with their cute voices made me wonder and ponder about having kids to call my own...
Surprise, surprise, if you checked the Chinese lunar calendar, my birthday this year came with a bonus! The Mid Autumn Festival which falls on the15th day of the eighth lunar month every year was also celebrated on the same date! So, I have moon cakes and a birthday cake to celebrate =) This should be the first time in my life for me to have double celebrations!
To all my friends, colleagues, and students, I wish to thank you all for all the wishes coming to me via emails, e-cards, facebooks, SMSes and cards and not forgetting the gifts too. To my dearest hubby, the treat to the Japanese Buffet Lunch, a gift and preparing the red eggs for me. To my parents and parents-in-law the Angpows (pictured with the red eggs above)... and to my brother, a digital camera which is on its way coming to me... To my yoga mate-cum-good pal, thanks for the mitt and the soap. Last but not least, I would like to thank the companies that are thoughtful enough to send me Birthday wishes every year wihout fail.
We had a quick and simple breakfast in the morning because we wanted to keep a lot of space in our stomach for Japanese Lunch Buffet at Pearl International Hotel, Old Klang Road. When my hubby and MIL had bread and buns, I had two red coloured hard-boiled eggs (symbol of harmony and happiness). I had a good time eating them with soya sauce, the taste is just too yummy... do make some and have them, you will love the taste. Then I proceeded to read my newspaper and checked my FB and emails. When the time was almost up, we got dressed and headed to the hotel.
This is the first time I felt bad... why? I didn't manage to snap any related pictures for the Japanese Lunch Buffet that we had. There are a variety of choices of Japanese food - sushi, maki, handrolls, teppanyaki, sukiyaki, tempura, miso soup, and of course fruits and desserts... Personally, I still prefer the sushi and maki made by Sushi King, enough said. Desserts? My personal favourite - chocolate ball - it is round and it is so soft and smooth inside. I felt like helping myself to all the chocolate balls available, but my coughing reminded me to take just one. I even recommended to a pregnant lady to try it!
Time flies when you enjoyed yourself. I had a good meal, at the same time I felt I'm getting old to eat that much already. Sooner or later, before I know it, buffet lunch and hi-tea are going to be out of my makan list, how sad =( sigh... but, maybe once in a while will do no harm, right?
In the late afternoon, we managed to get to Taman Megah, Petaling Jaya. The name of the shop where we got the birthday cake pictured above is Cake Sense. Their choices of cakes are not that many but they managed to bake and decorate their cakes in detail. We had to choose a birthday cake (for me) which did not come with nuts (almonds, walnuts, peanuts, no!). This is to cater for my MIL who pitifully has to stay away from all the nuts and beans in the world (her favourite food!) in her diet.
Now, let's look at the Fruity Garden... It is decorated with lots of fresh cream and fruits such as slices of pineapple, kiwi, peaches, grapes and longans. There are two layers in the cake and in between the two layers is spread with lychees, juicy ones... We had the cake in the late evening before we went out to pack some food for dinner, nice century egg with pork porridge.
It is sort of a routine for birthdays celebrated in this household. However, there's a difference this year... I managed to share two big slices of my Fruity Garden with two adorable kids - Hayden and Aldan, my yoga mate-cum-good pal's sons. Listening to them wishing me 'Happy Birthday Auntie Tourmaline*' with their cute voices made me wonder and ponder about having kids to call my own...
Surprise, surprise, if you checked the Chinese lunar calendar, my birthday this year came with a bonus! The Mid Autumn Festival which falls on the15th day of the eighth lunar month every year was also celebrated on the same date! So, I have moon cakes and a birthday cake to celebrate =) This should be the first time in my life for me to have double celebrations!
To all my friends, colleagues, and students, I wish to thank you all for all the wishes coming to me via emails, e-cards, facebooks, SMSes and cards and not forgetting the gifts too. To my dearest hubby, the treat to the Japanese Buffet Lunch, a gift and preparing the red eggs for me. To my parents and parents-in-law the Angpows (pictured with the red eggs above)... and to my brother, a digital camera which is on its way coming to me... To my yoga mate-cum-good pal, thanks for the mitt and the soap. Last but not least, I would like to thank the companies that are thoughtful enough to send me Birthday wishes every year wihout fail.
1 comment:
oh my... i wanna try the cake.. can I can I?
lolx....
Happy belated birthday to Tourmaline Bear bear... :P
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