Weekends and cupcakes...and Dona's place in between :)

I have found another joy in working which i look forward to every Saturday and Sunday :)
Boutique Cupcakes is my 3rd home now ^_^
Yes, i do have to sacrifice my movie time, pak toh time, family time...
but am grateful that both my family and Julian are being very supportive.
Friends, mom and sis had come visiting, and Julian accompanied me both days when he's off with work.
I'm so blessed with loving people around ^_^


Last Saturday, Monica invited me to a restaurant called Dona's Place for a food review.
When i heard Lamb Shank was in the menu, i auto-agreed and headed off to Plaza Millenium as soon as i finished my part time work :)


Dona's place operates inside this Yum Cha Corner lot during the night.
During the day, it will be another restaurant, fyi.


We (Monica, Jack, Julian and I) reached just in time for dinner and were greeted by Mr. Siva, a bubbly restaurant owner whom i learned used to be one of the first General Manager and F&B director of Sutera Harbour years back.
*wow!*
Food expectation level up +5

"Food first, talk later" he said
*huhuhu... am liking his attitude more* lol!

So this is what we had for our stater.


Cold, sweet and refreshing.
This is Air bandung Special served with Ice cream (RM3.50)
A great drink to switch on my pallet. Loved it.

Next came the main course which consists of their specialty, Lamb Shank served with buttered rice, Fish and Chips, Nasi Goreng Kampung and Lamb Chop served with blackpepper and Mushroom sauce.

Let me show you their Saturday's Special a.k.a The lamb shank (RM24).


Huhuhu~ It's lean, tender, juicy and fresh with fats peeled off from the meat. Heaven!
The portion is great as well!
But please note that this dish is made to PRE-ORDER and only available on SATURDAY.
As their business hour is from 4pm onwards, Mr. Siva will buy the fresh lamb shank the night before or early morning (for whoever has pre-ordered) and cook it as early as 11am before shop opening.
So you see, freshness is one of their top and main priority to ensure that you'll be served quality and fresh food only ;)
To pre-order, contact Mr. Siva at this number 016-8340993.


Next, i tried the Fish and chips (RM14).


Unlike typical fish and chips with thick coating, Dona's place Fish and Chips is crispy with a juicy and thick fish meat coated with a very thin batter.
My only comment is that it's a bit salty for me, but the lemon and tartar sauce saved the dish. I'll definitely come back for this.

The Nasi Goreng Kampung (RM7) on the other hand really reminded me of my life in KL.
Before, i have yet to find Nasi Goreng Kampung in KK which is served with cut long beans.
Now, i finally found one :)
It's soooo yummmmmyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Next time, I'm going to ask the chef to include cut chilli padi in his cooking.
I like eating it pedas-pedas hehe...
Oh! Did i tell you the chef is one of the former chef from Sutera Harbour too? ;)


Last but not least is the Lamb Chop (RM16).


I only ate a little as i never like cutting a lamb chop dish.... UNLESS... I'm eating it at home :P which requires no fork and knife at all *heh =P* OR if I'm at some open house/buffet restaurant where i'm served with only the meat and no fats/urat/bones =P.


For dessert, Mr. Siva served his wife's home made brownie with double vanilla ice cream, or better known as Chocolate delight (RM6).


O... my.... god... XD
I LOVED IT! LOVED IT! LOVED IT! LOVED IT!!!!
I loooove the bittersweet taste of the brownie. Perfect for my taste bud!
I wonder if i can request the brownie to be warmed before the ice cream be put on top.
It will taste triple nice too!
But this alone, is perfect enough for me :)


So out of 5, I would give this place a 4/5.
I will review again when I'm back there to try their Hungry Man's burger (RM14)! ;)



Thank you Monica and Jack for tagging Julian and I along to this humble restaurant with a 5-star hotel food quality.. and i have to mention.. with a reasonable price as well.
My tummy screams with happiness.
*burp*
Excuse me~ =P

Dona's Place @ Yum Cha Corner - Halal
Business Hour - 4pm till closed.
Contact: Mr. Siva 016-8340993

Visit Everyday Food I Luv KK blog on their review for Dona's place here
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We need a Repair Pal in Malaysia

When you have had your car for more than 5 years, like mine, some things will start to wear off.
Your engine will start to sound funny.
Your cooler starts to warm down.
Even your hand break might not be as powerful as before.
I know coz i've driven my car once with the hand break up till i realised it an hour later :P
And my car STILL sound like a motor boat engine even after 3 times of car service.
What actually happened??? Make me understand coz i don't.
The engine works fine but what's with the VROOM VROOM car racing sound?
The mechanics told me that they have fixed it, but i didn't see any improvement at all!

Malaysia should have a centralised website like Repairpal.com.
At least you can get a repair estimates and read other car user ratings, reviews and advice before getting a new car of the same module or before sending it for a repair.
You can also know what the mechanics are charging you for.

Car users such as Toyota, Ford or Honda Civic from Honda range can read the ratings and reviews, the Q&A about the module as well as the usual problem reports to better understand your car before sending it out for a repair or if you are planning to get new one.

If you are a car-noob like me, you can access to the Auto Repair Encyclopedia and find out the whole terms of the external and internal car parts such as leak down test, timing belt, head gasket replacement and many more.

This website also gives you the map to all repair shops around the country. Let say you are in California, you can easily search Los Angeles auto repair shops nearby at a click of a button.

So to all computer savvy in Malaysia, why not study this website and make one for Malaysian made car, please? :P
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It is so unfair

I always have a vision of where my life is going...
at least partially.
Through out my 26 years in this world... ok.. make it 20... coz i dont know what the hell happened in my first 6 years, i worked hard and tried whatever possible to get what i want to be happy.. to be successful.
Unlike blessed people who most of the time have things flourishing their way,
I on the other hand have to work for it,
be it for personal, career or relationship.
And when i achieved it, I know because i believed in what i wanted, believed in my auto scribbled plan of action inside my head *which i never knew how to verbally pronounce it*, believed in what i thought was the right thing/best thing to do and that i persevered through whatever comes my way.

But this time is different.

I cannot do this alone.

I need assurance to help me believe once again that this is the right direction.
That it is ok for me to cross that bridge,
and that I'm going to be well taken care of emotionally, religiously and financially.

I always believe EVERYTHING happens for a reason.

But love, please help me believe in us.

Mom and dad, please understand that this is not as easy as it seems.

God, please tell me what to do and i'll do it.
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Boutique Cupcakes is now open!!!!

Omg I'm so excited that Boutique Cupcakes is finally open TODAY!!!!
The launching went great and the shop looks great as well.


Ha! This is Boutique Cupcakes FIRST customer.
She bought a dozen of our cupcakes in mix flavours ;)


There are still few little things that is yet to be settled,
but please bear with us for the first week yeah.
We're still adjusting :P

Boutique Cupcakes also have lots of promotion for this month of october and that includes the breast cancer awareness month as well as the Golden Ticket promotion.


Click their blog for all the new flavours in the shop, including the promotion for this month

Here are few photos i took last night with Rina.


Rina loves our Apron :)
Basically she loves anything pink hehe.


Angeline and her team were there last night, busy baking for next day's launching, sales and for the after dinner cupcake party.
The whole area smell of sweet cupcakes! yummmm~~~
But you know what?
Due to overwhelming respond, Boutique Cupcakes cupcakes selling FAST during the launching this morning!!! @_@
Hence, the cupcake party has to be postponed to 10.10.10.
At this very moment, they only left some and continue baking for today's sale and early preparation for tomorrow's sale XD

It's ok.. everything has its reason :)
One of them is... our glass door is not here yet! XD
*Stupid supplier!*


For the Before and After shot as well as other photos of BC, please visit Boutique Cupcakes facebook album yeah? ;)

Whatever it is, Congrats Angeline & Mei!!!

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Oh! Remember the dad meets dad meeting i mentioned in my previous post?
Well it happened, and went well hohohoho :")
All important issues discussed ^^


Hobbycon 2010 performance audition was held on the same day too.
We have new people and new types of performance this year.
So am really looking forward to the actual date.


Here's a few photo after the audition.
Pedo bear attack!


LOL! Earlier before the audition, BB and I went to Eva Marie's first birthday organised by two lovely parents Nana & Joj.


Her birthday was awesome and i love love love the candy section and colourful deco!


Since i missed her full moon event,
I felt great to have at least attended her 1st birthday hehehe...


Happy birthday Eva!!!

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Hrrmm... i notice my posts story is going backward compare to how i normally post. lol.

Anyways, Boutique Cupcakes will close early at 5pm TODAY (only).
Yeah..
I just received a call from Mei...
All of our cupcakes almost finish...
*Talk about supreme cupcake lovers.. @_@*
Oh well... make sure you guys get your hands on the cupcakes tomorrow!

Cheers!!!

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