Return to Pegaga

For dinner tonight, we returned to Pegaga. In fact, I was craving for proper Malay food. Being out all day, I don't think Anita could cook, and the dinner at Pegaga was heavenly.

It was just the two of us. The boys were already at home, having their dinner. Anita had kerabu and nasi goreng, whole I had my usual fix of daging salai.

The main part of the restaurant was booked up by a family celebrating a birthday, and even the space outside was occupied and we had to wait for our table. Good to see that the business here was really picking up. When I started going there back in 2011, the place was rather empty. We saw the potential of the place even back then with a clean surrounding and great cooking.

It was probably a busy night as the staffs were rather on the grumpy side tonight. But the food was still great.

All the best ....

Last night, the plan was to have a quiet dinner with one of Anita's friend from university who was due for her first child. She was due for admission today, and hopefully it all goes well, they would be expecting the firstborn on Saturday InsyaAllah. Unfortunately, Anita had to attend to some business, and I decided to head out there on my own after work. And I sure glad that I did.

We went to another friend's cafe. It appeared that the husband was more apprehensive about the delivery. Praying that everything goes well, I would like to wish the father and mother-to-be the best of luck. Welcome to the sleepless nights ……..

Return to Rebung

After the packing was done for the day, I invited my parents and sister to join us for dinner to celebrate Irfan's birthday. We went to a restaurant not far from the apartment, a familiar one called Rebung. It is owned by a celebrity chef, Chef Ismail and the Angkasawan, Sheikh Muszaphar.

The blast time I was there was a couple of years back for iftar. We booked a table earlier as to not have to worry about seating outside and creating too much noise with my boys and their cousin about.

The table was waiting for us when we arrivedThe birthday boy taking his seatKicking things off with satayThe buffet spread was simple but had all that you need. Starters, light meals, nice rice dishes, prepared on site, and not to forget the desserts.

I did the rounds, and had satay for starters and then laksa Penang. For the main meal, I took three dishes with the rice - sambal tumis, masak lemak daging salai and asam pedas ikan pari. This was followed by ABC and teh tarik. You could also have roti jala, roti canai, rojak among others if you fancy them. Failing that, there was always ala carte. That was what we did for the children. All this in the background of a live singer. Nothing fancy, but it helped liven up the atmosphere.

A decent spread. Not too many items, but they were all nice.I hope that the nasi lemak was not from the morning stockThis two had been yapping up all eveningFinishing things off with ais kacangI must say that all the items were above average in terms of quality, and well worth the buffet price - which was not exactly cheap. If you have visitors coming over, you could certainly bring them here to sample the local food. It doesn't have the glitz of Songket - no shows when we were there - but the quality of the food alone was enough to make up for that. Highly recommended.

Yee Sang Dinner

It was now a tradition that we have a yee sang dinner near the Chinese New Year, every year. This time it was last evening at Ming Palace, Chorus Hotel. This was the restaurant that Anita had been coming for the close to 30 years. Of course, the hotel was used to be called Ming Court back then, hence the name.

The food there was nice, but expensive. At least the quality was predictable. My boys were used so used to the place coming here since they were babies that even the waiters knew them already. And the boys certainly knew what to order from the menu.

It would be the Year of the Snake this new year. Wishing all my Chinese friends and colleagues a happy and prosperous year ahead.

I Need Sleep

I was already fast asleep in the car on the way back from dinner last night. I was that tired, having had to return to the hospital on Thursday after work. One of the patient became ill plus a new admission. I ended up sorting things out well past midnight. Rather than return to Gombak, I spent the evening at the apartment instead.

Hardly had much sleep, followed by a busy day at work, I was zoned out by the time I reached home last night.

Luckily Anita had planned dinner and got the driver to take us around as I was too tired to drive then. The next thing I remembered was waking up on the couch at 2 in the morning.

I then staggered bed into bed, and woke up refreshed in time to drive to work this morning. So, clinic was sorted out, and it was time now for lunch. A quick detour to Bangsar, then the apartment before joining the boys and Anita later during their swimming class. That was what Saturday going to be like. I hope.