The Banquet on the 19th

April the 19th, it was a momentous li'll occasion for both SY and I (it's for us to know and for you to find out). So we decided to commemorate the day with a nice relaxing dinner at The Banquet @ BVII. We arrived slightly after the normal dinner rush hour, hence, seatings were aplenty. We were seated at a cosy corner and notice how my crisp Zara shirt blends in nicely with the rest of the decor'. Ahaks.

It's not our first time here, so we sort of knew what we wanted to order. Summoned the waiter and he sent our orders of tom yam soup (good), fried chicken wings coated with salted fish (very good), oven baked butter fish (yummy yummy yummy) and white wine clam pasta to the kitchen (yummy yummy). I must also add that each and everytime I come here, the service had been exquisite ... real top notch. :) (Maybe that's one of the reasons they could afford to overcharge us customers eh) :P

The last photo was taken as I was still undecided on what to order ... whether to go oriental or western. Ended up picking Italian with the clam pasta which was a splendid choice. The pasta was springy and tossed with loads of salty garlic. The wine was infused adequately within the pasta and the many juicy clams but not too much as to overwhelm the taste of the dish itself. I chose to exclude parsley though as I'm not a fan of this intense smelling herb.

The oven baked butter fish was cooked to perfection as usual. So flaky and when dipped in the honey mustard sauce ... ooo simply divineee. It's a dish that's gentle on the pallet and the baked potatoes on the side perfected this dish rather nicely.

The fiery tom yam soup was loaded with a generous amount of prawns, chicken, squid, mushroom and BIRD EYE CHILLIES. So good and yet sooooo spicy. A couple of sips and the nose starts to drip, the forehead revealed heavy beads of sweat and yet ... it keeps you wanting more. Deliciously deadly this concoction is.

Finally, the chicken wings ... unlike the usual 101-kinda-spice marinated ones, these v-shaped finger lickin' babies are coated with a mush of salted fish and it's to die for. Seriously, take a succulent bite and savour it by pressing it in between your toungue and pallet. Let the flavoursome juices coat each tastebuds and you'll get what I mean. Simply heavenly.

After dinner, the both of us headed to Mango Mania across the street for dessert but that indulgence deserves its own entry. :P

Paddington's Pancake House @ 1 Utama

Over the weekend, SY and I made our way to 1 Utama to catch The Forbidden Kingdom starring two of Asia's biggest martial art stars, Jet Li and Jackie Chan. Heck, we even managed to snag ourselves a couple seat at RM2 extra per person. The seat was more comfy and spacious. There's also an asile of sorts in between every two seating. Well, enough about that. As for the movie ... well, that's another story to tell.

This entry tells of our lunch at Paddington's Pancake House. It's situated behind Oriental Cravings on the Ground floor of the New Wing. We had a ball of a time drooling over big bright coloured photos of mostly panckaes in their menu. I can't remember the names of the ones we ordered, so I'll just let the photos above 'do the talking'. For the first photo, can you see the melted mozzarella peeking between the two pieces of salami. Hehehe. Looks yummilicious no? ... trust me, it was worth every single calory consumed. *Slurps*

Happy B'day Big Guy :)

Last night, the gymrats gathered at Starbucks Taipan to celebrate a certain '28' (give or take 13 years) year old's big day. List of attendees included the b'day boy of course (Alfee), Juls, Lorraine, Su Yee, Alex C, Johnathan, Annie, Ping, SY and meself. Can't believe I forgot to take a group photo but if you insist on seeing one, pls make your way to Su Yee's blog.

We got him a Nike 90 gym bag and a slice of chocolate brownie with thick chocolate sauce and melted marshmallows poured heavily on top. B'day boy was generous enough to fork out moolah to vengefully inject our bloodstreams with loads of caffeine and sugar though. Aiks ... looks like the lot of us need to hit the gym again tomorrow no? Hehe. We sampled their Strogannof Pie (Sheperd's Pie but ala chicken) and Passion Fruit cake. The pie was kinda good with the hard pie crust holding in the creamy black peppered chicken stew. As for the passion fruit cake ... well, I wouldn't recommend it since it gave a very artifical sweetened taste. Bleh. Me no like and SY seconded it.

But as they say, it's the company that matters most and I guess we all had a great time catching up again. :)

Oh and that last photo shows Alex C on one of his better days. :P

Love is in the air ...

The rings so beautiful ... like one’s first kiss
The bond so pure ... seals true love and forever bliss

My heart's desire ...

I just finished my class in True Fitness Jaya33. Plopped myself on one of Coffee Bean's brown leathered chair and then she caught my eye. Oh what a beauty!!! I was hopelessly mesmerised as she boldly countered my stare with sheer arrogance. Dressed in midnight black, she exudes a sense of dominance ... a tough cookie for sure. Sitting still, I noticed her curves ... it hugged her figure flawlessly. I guess if you have it, why not flaunt it.

I couldn't resist it anymore ... I had to make a move. Each step I took echoed my thumping heartbeat. I was nervous and was afraid that it might show. Breathe Adrian ... breathe. As I neared her, I was wrapped in her aura of sexy shophistication ... I badly needed to touch her but others were looking. Each pair of eyes had the same look ... a look of eager desperation ... the closer I drew to her, the more hostile the other looks became. It was too much to bear ... I was drowning and yet ... and yet I wanted her so badly I'd risk anything.

I stood beside her and whipered 'Hey love'. She said nothing but opened up for me. The first thing that hit me was her smell, so intoxicating yet deep breaths I drew ... I can't get enough. I ran my hands against her inside and expensive leather greeted my caress ... ooo, naughty naughty girl ...

Push the right buttons and she'll let out a gentle purr I was told ... this is more than I can take. I needed to get away before I succumb to sin. I tried to make a dash for it ... but not before she handed me her number.

You want it too? Fine I guess ... good things are meant to be shared anyways ... here goes ... 265572

RM265,572.00 to be exact... that's how much she cost. The new Audi A4 ... my heart's desire.

Koko Ni Iru Yo & Soba Ni Iru Ne

The first video is the seen from the guy's perspective while the second one is the answer reply from the girl. The choruses are rather similar but the rest of the lyrics are different. Beautiful meaningful words. My favourite Jap Pop numbers at the moment. Enjoy it and lemme know what you guys think of it k. :)

At this very precise moment I would like to ...

I am sitting in my company's conference room now as I needed the huge table to work on some calculations. I've got A1 sized (that's 8 A4s put together) drawings to study with the technical specifications in freakin' font size 8!!! Seriously peeps, don't let your children be engineers. Tak berbaloi yo.

Anyway, I've got a colleague sharing the table with me. He's also stuck in the similar unfortunate din like I am. Birds of a feather huh. All of a sudden he looked up and asked me "Hey, if you can do something of your choice right at this very precise moment, what will you be doing?"

I pondered for a while and I listed for him my choices in no particular order.

1) Get pissed drunk and dance in the rain without a care in the world

2) Be the summer breeze and roam the bright blue skies freely

3) Hugging that special someone and being hugged tightly in return

4) Sit on a sandy beach as the lapping waves tickle my feet

5) Sleeping on a gently swaying hammock

6) Line up everyone I hate and punch them right in the kisser ... and then do it over and over again

7) Sipping on gourmet coffee in a nice li'll cosy cafe as I watch this crazy world go by outside

8) Stand on the highest point of the Swiss Alps and scream my lungs out ... heck, I might even yoddle too :p

9) Run, run and keep on running into the crimson horizon

10) Be able to sing like Soul Ja

11) Downing bottles after bottles of Hoegaarden (the only beer I like)

That's all I can think of for now. So I asked my colleague the same question and he answered ... "I wish I can be at home to use my toilet because I don't like the office's toilet. The floor always wet wan"

*Adrian smacks own head*

TGIF!!!