the pictures are not in order, but i'd still like to share some of the bday dinner we had at kokopelli traveler's bistro in PJ over the weekend. just for the record, kai was the mastermind!

she got herself a shopping spree voucher! - courtesy of kai, the husband

it has been a while since the last hangout with this group, hope we can afford more of this even after the baby (faiz & asrul's) comes!

today is crazy cravings day because one thing lead to another, but the cravings remain as cravings because im not crazy enough to go find each one of them because if i did, i'd eat em all and die...tapi sedapnyerrrrr all of these (and oh, all pix are courtesy of google)...

first i thought of this when i saw it on someone's fb profile

her cake had macaroons on em while led to....

although i've never gotten my hands on em, my gf

nas couldnt stop talking bout how good it taste like

there's a shop selling it a few buildings away but...

masih belum sempat singgah :(

in my mind i was picturing sitting under running chocolate

so i could jus open my mouth wide and die under the blissfulness of it!

maybe they could drug the chocolate a lil so it would "take me awayyyy"

and the choco sundae jus crossed my mind

but im sure nobody would take me there since its working hours

and im the only crazy person thinking of crazy food

there are times when i wish i have a kitchen-less home so i dont have to cook and do the dishes, where i dont have to clear the mess and wipe the grease. but occasionally, i'd like to think dat i'd be able to do wonders in the kitchen, when i have the strongest urge to play with the pots and pans, whip up something simple but really tasty that money cant buy (read: i'm fussy, it's hard to come by food dat cud really hit off with my taste buds).

so one fine morning i woke up craving for something dat i'm capable of making and so i showered, got dressed and got inside the car while virtually listing the ingredients in my head. shopping was super brief and i had gotten my hands on my fave fungi and sauces and cream. it all happened so quickly when i suddenly found myself "dancing" in the kitchen with the spatula and a knife in one hand, haha! horrifying i know! in about exactly 1hour, i finished preparing a potful of meatball bolognese sauce, and a pot of fusili, ready to be served...but it was only 3pm on a Saturday afternoon!

anyway, my point is, when there's mood, there's magic and anything is impossible!

during Ramadhan, most companies practice shrinking their lunch time, actually omitting their 1 hour break, so everyone is expected to work through "lunch time" and it can be a lil sleepy (at least for me) but what else can be done when you're not allowed to eat to keep us from falling asleep? blogging. (if gossiping kang hilang pahala puasa ok).

anyway, before i decided to post something here, i've blog-hopped almost everywhere and most of my frens and other fellow bloggers have puasa cravings. i'm a lil different i'd say. although i can be fussy where food is concerned, i dont have anything in particular dat i'd love to sink my teeth in. this year i've decided to eat hot & spicy food, no matter what the dish may be, i have to have some kind of chili/pepper in it otherwise i wont feel full (read: tak puas). since im not super rajin, i'd prepare some sambal belacan for 2-3days and keep in the fridge which will later accompany me at dinnertime. of course, this sambal will only be taken with rice.

so far, i've never set foot at the food bazaar because im not a fan of crowds and disappointment of lousy food. but since my daddy will be away on monday, i'll just brace myself for some food adventure. i wonder what type of dish i could never go wrong with...?

it was nadiah's last day at work

so the company decided to give her a treat

thanks to me (hahaha) we went to delicious

kak nadiah and i

she looks a lil scared...scared of footing the bill maybe?!

spicy seafood spagetthini (which turns out to be aglia olios)

not too bad tasting i'd say

but on the right is my frostee lychee and lime, yummmeh!

chocolicious sundae

it was sinfully delicious, and rich and we had to share to share it

otherwise "ble potong kaki wooo"

oh, our first dessert, the banoffee pie

is just as great

caramelized banana in a tart, with some fresh cream on top!

i like em all!

im not sure if it's normal to crave for certain food, but tis craving of mine has not ended. some facts about myself and sushi; my first attempt was when i was still schooling (15?) and it was definitely not love at first bite because i tot it tasted horrible coz i could smell the seaweed in my throat which actually makes me feel like vomiting. since then, the only sensible thing to do was to stay away rite? and yeah, dats what i did until recently.

at a business dinner a few months back, after some drinks the client insisted we have dinner with them at a Jap restaurant. the moment i heard that, i was petrified because in my mind i had imagined throwing up in front of all these gentlemen. since i was left with no choice, i tagged along and they did all the ordering and when the food arrived, i hesitated. i'm with no bunch of friends u see, so i could not put something in my mouth and take it out if i dont like how it tastes like so i told myself i had to prepare the mind. at the end of the night, dinner turned out to be nice (not good, just nice). and yeah, i made it through a round of Jap food after more than a decade.

quite recently, i had the strongest urge to buy a piece of sushi at a supermarket because i remember my bf some time ago used to buy from here; the tuna mayo sushi. since i was with my sister at that time, we both took one each, accompanied by tako tao. when we got home, we finished the tako tao and braced ourself for a piece of sushi we had bought earlier. first bite into it, i was surprised at how tasty (and not disgusting) the sushi tasted. from then on, i was stuck.

so last nite after dinner, i was talking to my brother about a couple of stuffs and suddenly the sushi topic popped out. he, coincidently like 10 years ago had his first taste of sushi and felt like vomiting, just like myself. however, over the weekend he went out with his fiance and dined at sushi king and didnt have trouble downing it at all! i find it rather funny, maybe back then seaweed was taken from some contaminated sea, who knows...

saturday was "go out with bf" day. we made some plans prior to it so basically we already knew where to dine and what to watch, where to go and what to buy. ok, what to buy was rather impulsive. but anyway, here's some pix taken during lunch at chili's klcc, after a very long time! food is still good, and dining was better because of the view, although a lil cloudy...

kickin' jack nachos for starters

lunch was great, the crowd was just nice and most importantly, we spent some quality time over some good food. and this was later followed by the movie toy story 3! definitely a good Saturday for me to say the least.

ok, friday noon as we were having potluck at work, hanan told me my fren usop's at klcc. i totally forgot that he came down for my gf's wedding over the weekend so after some discussion over the phone with hanan, usop tot we shud meet up after work.

initially we were supposed to go to chili's ~ usop's treat but both myself and hanan were filled to the brim from our potluck lunch which dragged over to tea that eve. so the next best thing was karaoke at ampang park! x perlu makan, menyanyi while hanging out.

poor usop, he didnt grab lunch when he got down at the bus terminal coz he was prolly busy thinking bout his soaked sneakers (heavy rain+clogged drain=banjir!) so we decided we'd take him over to none other than....German Deli Imbiss! both me and hanan ordered drinks, only usop n my bf ordered megaton for dinner.

initially nas wanted to meet up over the weekend, it went from saturday to sunday then to tuesday. since nas yang ajak, she picked the place ~ we went to liki-liki that nite. im not new to this eatery, so i dont mind the steamboat dinner and the location as well.

my bf and i were the first to arrive, followed by nas and kai, then ana and adie. there were a couple of surprises from these dear friends but i'll post it up another day. stay tuned...

and yeah, it was fun going out like this on a working nite!