This year we tried something different for our reunion lunch... We cooked something spicy!!! If my memory serves me right, this is the first time ever... Well, there will always be a first time!!! Every year, we cracked our head and brainstorm together for our reunion lunch... Quite frankly, I almost ran out of idea... Besides that, it is not something easy as my parents want certain ingredients and the only way to differentiate it from last year is the way of cooking it!!! It was fun nevertheless albeit a very tiring kind of fun!!! 

We woke up around eight something in the morning to prepare all the ingredients, (though I'm not the one preparing, but still I woke up early!!!) and you know what time we finish everything including eating and taking bath??? Around three something in the afternoon!!! Crazy huh... Okay now lets enjoy the fruits of our labour!!!

HUAT AH!!!

Today is my mum's birthday but we decided to celebrate her birthday a week earlier since all of us were back in our home town last week... I've been to this particular restaurant a few times but only recently I realized that they have changed their name to 'Happily Restaurant'!!! What a nice name but do you know how they came up with the name??? The lady boss name is 'Happy' and coincidently her surname is 'Lee'... Viola, 'Happily' shall be the name of the restaurant!!! Okay I just made that up and is purely my assumption!!!

It is customary for us to order a plate of 'Longevity Noodles' when we celebrate someone's birthday in a 'Chinese' restaurant... 

 'Honey glaze pork ribs' that tasted quite nice...

This was my favourite dish of the day... The chicken is very crispy yet the meat is tender and juicy!!!

 Looks burned but tasted really good!!!

 My least favourite dish of the day... Too bland for my liking...

Overall Rating - 3/5

Happily Restaurant

No. 23-25, Jalan Flora 2,

Taman Flora,

83000 Batu Pahat, Johor.

07-433 0025

Cake of the day... All of us were wondering what they put in the chocolate coating as the coating is super sticky!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM!!!

First of all, I would like to clarify about the name of this restaurant... Frankly speaking I don't really know what is the name but for us 'Batu Pahatian', we just call it 'Yong Chi' (mandarin for swimming pool) because this particular restaurant is located next to a public swimming pool... They are famous for their steamboat but they do have normal dishes as well... So if you're not a fan of steamboat just like me, you're in luck!!!

Looking at the dish above, most will know that we are celebrating someone's birthday... The star is my one and only grandma!!!

I don't quite fancy this restaurant as I think that it is overrated... But after sampling the food served on that day, I'm convinced that they can cook... The food were really delicious!!!

 Overall I'm liking all the dish served besides this complimentary fruits that looks underwhelming!!!

Overall Rating - 3.7/5

Yong's Seafood Restaurant

No. 2 M/S, Jalan Minyak Beku,

83000 Batu Pahat, Johor.

07-432 3320

Here's the cake for my grandma... I wonder who's in charge of putting the candles as it miss at least one BIG candle!!! 

 This remind me of boobies!!! It sure look like it... Haha...

 Star of the day!!!

 Baby 'Chayson' is getting more and more chubby!!!

My uncle and aunt are 'dim sum' fanatic I suppose because they really know where the good 'dim sum' restaurants are... 'Li Yen' is one of the restaurant famous for its 'dim sum' and I've been invited by them to celebrate my aunt and cousin joint birthday celebration... 

I will talk about the quality of their food later on but what I would like to talk about now is their service... To me, it seems like their service is not as famous as their 'dim sum' offering... Not to say bad but for a high class restaurant serving first class food, the service is left wanting!!!

After sampling their 'dim sum', I'm really sad to say that I'm a bit disappointed with it... Don't get me wrong because the foods are nice and all their ingredients are top notch... You get BIG prawns which are fresh and succulent in almost every dish as expected from a high class 'dim sum' restaurant... So why am I disappointed then??? Because I'm expecting it to blow me away with their offering but frankly speaking I don't get it... 

I consider the price to be really expensive (most of the dish range from RM9 to RM11) and I expect them to beat the hell out of all the other 'dim sum' restaurants especially 'Oriental Pavilion' located at 'Jaya 33'... But it is the other way round!!! 'Li Yen' got it's ass whoop BIG time by 'Oriental Pavilion'!!! In my opinion, 'Oriental Pavilion' serve some of the best 'dim sum' dish and their price is quite reasonable if compare to 'Li Yen'... 

Overall Rating - 3.2/5

Li Yen

The Ritz-Carlton Kuala Lumpur

168, Jalan Imbi,

55100 Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia.

03-2142 8000

We 'KIDS' decided to buy something special for our beloved aunt this time since all of us are working now...

 My uncle which is always happy especially when there's a baby around!!!

 Super duper chubby baby 'Chayson'!!!

 Kids nowadays!!!

 Cheese cake from 'Lavender Bakery'... The cheese cake is awesome...

Complimentary birthday cake from 'Li Yen'!!! This really surprise us all because the cake looks fabulous and you know what, it tasted really good as well!!!