I love coffee, chocolate and cakes the most other than all my gadgets. Honestly, perhaps not as much as I love my Lumix GF 1 KK, my Alpha 300, my Bold bla bla bla. I do not know. Perhaps I love them all equally as I wish to never have to choose between any of them. Lately I have been having a cupcake a day. I like to savour every bite of my cakes! That is how much I love cakes and anything cake like. Currently my supply is from My Sugar Creations. The cupcakes were a gift from the boss as an early Aidilfitri wish. Everyone got it.

My Sugar Creations

Am not sure but I think the base cake is the normal butter cake and the usual icing decorations. The taste… quite sweet but tolerable. All in all, the cuppies are just fine. Perhaps a special request would make the difference. Will have to wait after Aidilfitri if I were to order from My Sugar Creations as orders have been closed for Aidilfitri, so I was told but I think the closing date for orders is different on the blog site.

Raya Cuppies

There were actually more cuppies but I had a few already before I took this photo ;p

I will be getting more supply some time next week from my brother’s friend who is in this business. Had her cupcakes few times but had never blogged about them. Will do that then. Now, am off to finish that cuppy right at the back there (of the above photo) while watching Salt on DVD.

It is quite common for my friends and I to have at least once, an iftar. Each group will gather separately for it every year. Like I said in my previous post, that is when the joy of fasting is felt. And yes, I have different groups of friends as many of us would but regardless, they are all my friends and some if not all, are those I would consider good friends. Yesterday, it was supposed to be my “Legal Aid friends'” turn. We had been having buka puasa together since the year we became good friends. We did not stop at just knowing each other during our dock brief sessions while we were in pupilage undergoing our legal aid service. I feel lucky for that. However, almost everyone could not make it this year save for Janet and me, and so, as Janet put it, we had candle light dinner just the two of us. Coincidentally, Ole Ole Bali had candles on their tables! So we did in fact had a candle lit dinner!

For starters (we got there quite late and I expected that I needed something “quick and light” before the “real dish”), I ordered Soto Ayam. What can I say? It was good! I actually finished the whole bowl! I tell you, I loved it! One weird thing was that it was served with garlic bread and sad to say the garlic bread was too salty for my liking…yikes for the garlic bread.

Soto Ayam

So, the “real dish”… I was contemplating whether to order what I finally decided to have and the Grilled Steak Ciabatta. The burger (as in the Grilled Steak Ciabatta) looked so delicious in the photo but I decided to go with Siap Megoreng, a Balinese Specialty. I thought since it is a Balinese restaurant, I should try its Balinese specialty. Logical thinking was it not? It was served with yellow rice, some spinach, “rempeyek” and chilli sauce they called Sambel Tera. The chicken was a deep-fried lemongrass marinated half chicken. Yes, it was half chicken and I obviously could not finish it. Nevertheless, it was good!

Siap Megoreng

Janet decided to have the Kambing Bumbu. It is a stir-fried lamb cutlet with chili and spices dish, also a Balinese Specialty. She almost finished the whole thing. Either she was very hungry or the dish was that good!

As for drinks, there was nothing special or extraordinary but Janet seemed to love the refreshing feeling of the Barley Lime. We also had iced coffee, iced mocha and iced lemon tea. Yes, still just the two of us but we talked too much that we got so thirsty…

All in all, the ambiance was good, the sitting arrangement was comfortable enough for you to eat comfortably and continue chatting till late and the music was good…for quite some time, they played Edith Piaf, class or what! I would love to try their other menus some day…

And so, the legend continues…wait, this is not script writing. Oh, well, we are in the month of Ramadhan, where almost everyone is fasting. The joy of fasting is felt mostly at the time when we have our iftar. By the way, iftar is the meal Muslims have after sunset to break our fast. Most people will gather with family and/or friends and have iftar together. Is it not just joyous! Well, I love good food and good company (how I would love to say I love good wine!).

So, Sunday last, 22.08.2010, my friends from Convent days gathered for iftar at SBKL. I suggested the place as I noticed that they have special buffet served during Ramadhan. However, we chose to go for ala carte. Everyone seemed delighted about the food. Yaya actually started eating the moment her order was delivered and sort of ignored us! From her feedback, it was good. Generally, everyone’s feedback was the same

What we had –

(1) Rosemarie had this dish called Salmone.

Salmone

(2) Rose Azzura had Agliolio (I think that is what it was called…)

Agliolio

(3)  I had Carbonara but mine was served with bacon. Yaya had Carbonara as well but served with duck.

Carbonara

(e) Tasya had Homemade Burger

Homemade Burger

At the end of the night/food fiesta, we all had coffee and most of us order this iced Mocha

Mocha

For those who have yet tried SBKL, or are looking for home made like dishes for iftar, perhaps should try SBKL…