Raya Do

Taken at Wan's house

Was busy over the weekend, catching up with old friends and Raya open house. I went to 2 over this weekend (4 in all) and it's slightly different as one's Chinese married to a Malay man while at the other house, it's a Chinese man married to a Malay lady. This actually means that the food served were more varied as it's not limited to only Malay food. Like I said before, no matter what the occasion is, there's always food (especially after a month of fasting!). Hari Raya was another joyous occasion that was no different. I had earlier gone to Datin's house and we had sarawak laksa and other goodies (I didn't take my camera with me) and also dropped by Wan's place but only had cookies as we had gone out for tea earlier. The cookies, cakes and snacks alone can fill one up especially if you get you hands on one of those "once you start, you can't stop" tidbits!

Cookies from Wan's place

Snacks at Czar's and homemade cakes at Moon's

Over at Czar's place, we had the lamb, beef and chicken rendang along with chicken curry. We also had nasi impit which is compressed rice (similar to ketupat) with peanut sauce. All yummylicious! The best of the best was the chicken rendang.

Fabulous Chicken Rendang

Of course, knowing Czar, there had to be more food. There were Mee Siam (one of my faves), Assam Laksa, Lemang and more. All were cooked by herself (except the nasi impit and lemang).

Superb Mee Siam

The fantabulous Assam Laksa

The lemang that was done almost perfect! Lovely!

The wonderful green bean kuih (Ang Ku Kueh "Red Tortoise Cake" - but since this was green I guess you can't call it Ang) was really good, the skin was thin and the beans were not too sweet. No tortoise was harm in the making of this cake, it's called that because it looks like a tortoise.

Then other guests had brought some cakes with them, the homemade Baked Marble Cheesecake was nice and moist while the Chilled Lychee Cheesecake was refreshing.

Over at Moon's place on Saturday night, her home was a hive of activities as there were many guests and I could not really take photos without being in the way.

Guests helping themselves to the food, kitchen top being used as a makeshift food counter.

What food? Starting from the bottom : Lodeh, Beef Rendang, Boiled Eggs (for the Lodeh), Spaghetti, Nasi Impit and sauces; sambal, peanut, sausage & minced chicken. You could try Spaghetti with sambal or peanut sauce or Nasi Impit with sausage & minced chicken sauce. That was the beauty of it!

Moon also served her famous Chocolate Cake which she bakes to sell normally. Moist and covered with lots of chocolate rice, it was a favourite of many. Email me for her contact if you are interested! Well, the invitations have stopped and I'm somewhat relieved! Ha ha ha....One can only eat so much good food time after time. Of course, I would not blog about times when I eat instant noodles! Mrs Pitt was getting worried! It's all good.....

Rich, fatty foods are like destiny: they too, shape our ends. ~ Author Unknown

So long ....

I am feeling rather sad, I just heard some news from a friend. I have been going to the SS2 night market to look for the uncle that sells the dodo kuih (tutu cakes). I had written a bit about him and the tutu cake perviously here. He hasn't been around for the last 2 months or so.

I was just informed that he had passed away in an accident in Taman Midah. His stall is now taken over by his wife and daughter who told my friend what happened when my friend asked where this uncle was.

May he rest in peace....

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity. ~ William Penn

Uncle Chilli's Reborn!

PJ Hilton is going through a major facelift. According to this report, Uncle Chilli's has gone through a transformation too and is expected to be in operation early this month. However, when Czar and I dropped by PJ Hilton last week for an early dinner (thanks Czar for the treat!), the place was already opened and we decided to dine there and check out the place.

When we stepped in, we were greeted by some staff in cool black uniforms and ushered to our table promptly. Well, it was early and we were among the few patrons. The staff were free and they showed me around the place. It looks really swanky and cool, kinda reminded me of Chynna in KL Hilton when I saw two large red lanterns as part of the deco. However, the rest of the area was pretty different. All for the better and keeping up with KL Hilton's standard.


So, here's a peek into the all new Uncle Chilli's (for those who have yet to see it) which is having its official launch on Nov 8.

Private dining areas available

Some parts of the seating area (on the right is the non smoking section)

Taken earlier before more patrons arrived - the bar area which is also the dance floorSoft curtains and colour changing booths for the non-smoking area located at the back part

We ordered some nachos which were pretty ordinary but we enjoyed the bread they gave along with balsamic olive oil dip. As for drinks, we ordered "Walking Stick", a mocktail made of cranberry, strawberry, apples (I forgot the rest). The Mushroom Pizza was delicious and is recommended. On the other hand, I love anything that has mushrooms!

Loved the bread with the balsamic olive oil dip and the Walking Stick Mocktail! (The glass is made slanted, nothing wrong with your vision)
The Mushroom Pizza was great!

So overall, the all new Uncle Chilli's look great and it is a good place to chill. It's got the ambience for all - drinks, dinner, live music (Alleycats performing for the month of November) and dance where the DJ plays retro music. Mmm...a new hangout!

You can fall in love at first sight with a place as with a person. ~ Alec Waugh