Weekend in Kuala Lumpur

Loh sisters very first overseas trip! 5 of us were at Kuala Lumpur for the weekend, helping the 2nd sister with her wedding preparations. Flew off n Friday evening, arriving KL just in time for a very late dinner. CL and his family were really nice to wait for us for dinner at 10pm. They brought us for Pumpkin Porridge steamboat. Sorry no food photos cause we were starving, but a photo of the place, in case any of you are going to KL and are interested in having it.

They also serve Chinese Zi Char dishes along with the steamboat. We had really yummy pork belly meat, salted egg yolk crabs, and sliced pumpkin coated with salted egg yolk!
The pumpkin slices were fried with curry leaves and were really soft and tasty with the coat of egg yolk. A must-try!

What we had for breakfast the next day

Sister specially ordered a chocolate cake for us, knowing we are all have a sweet-tooth. This is a chocolate cake from Pastry Union. I really liked how light and fluffy the whole cake tasted. Also, the design of her cakes are very clean and simple. No fancy decorations or bright bold colours, just very simple and few small pieces of nuts etc. What we had was the "Garden Cake":

Garden was inspired by the poetic 

re-emergence of life after a particularly heavy storm. Lush chocolate cream with cranberries coats the chunks of chocolate

sponge. Amidst this, fresh wholesome nuts emerge and dot the landscape.

One can almost already feel the wafts of petrichor.

Lovingly made from:

Chunks of chocolate sponge with cranberries-infused chantilly cream; sprinkled toasted nuts for a wholesome, crunchy bite.

Keep chilled during storage and consume within three days. Before serving, leave it at room temperature for a moment to soften the cake.

Price:

RM78 nett (700g), good for 6-8ppl 

RM148 nett (1.4kg), good for 12-16ppl

Pretty pricey for a cake in Malaysia, though after conversion, this cake is really good value in SG dollars. Honestly, you will not be able to find such tasty and good quality cake for ~S$32 in Singapore. It was so good, I had 2 slices every morning! :P

After breakfast, we headed over to One Utama Hotel, to take a look at the wedding venue. Coincidentally, there was a Malay wedding going on, and we manage to snap afew photos. Its amazing how creative this wedding is.

 At the entrance, beautifully decorated with green hedges and white roses & chrysanthemums. 

Fully decorated dining hall.

Full length white cloth covering the whole dining hall. Just stunning.

Leng & Min Hui.

Lovely table piece on the VIP table.

Extravagantly decorated centre stage

Sister ♥

Sister ♥

Me in my current favourite Alvila top. It's so silky smooth and comfortable. I can easily match it with a pair of shorts, jeans or even skirt. Love how vibrant the colour it, away from the monotone black & white.

After enduring the viewing session, we headed over for dim sum. Yummy custard buns!

Just remembered. Less than 2 weeks to HK getaway! Dim Sums here I come!!!

Next up, wedding gown hunting! Valerie Fan was really patient with us. Almost 3hours of trying on gowns and gossiping. Ha..So glad we found a really beautiful piece, the moment the sister came out from the changing room, and Valerie put on her veil, we all in the room knew that was the one! Can't wait for her wedding shoot, and all the photos!

Second day of our short trip was free & easy. CL's parents wanted to bring us for Pork Knuckle, but we kids were not up til 10am. If you were thinking that 10am was early, you were wrong! Apparently, people do wake up very early for good food, and these pork knuckles apparently are sold out by 10am some times!

So, we went for Nasi Lemak instead. Super yummy! Tried googling for this place, Village Nasi Lemak, and it was indeed as popular online as it was in the real world. We were there at around lunch time, and there was a ridiculous long queue and tables were full. We manage to get a table quite quickly. Rice was so tasty and fragrant. The fried chicken was their popular dish, so must try. Food was overall very yummy, but also very expensive. The rice served was a ok serve for us girls, meaning it would be a little less for the guys. It would cost an average of $10-15/person for a comfortable portion. 

After lunch, we headed to Bangsa Village for alittle shopping and tea with our KL relatives. We had a baby to play with for the whole session, so all the sisters were busy entertaining him. Presenting to you:

Baby Issac!

 Tea Break at Botanical, Bangsa Village

We had a 6pm bus to catch, so we didn't have much time for shopping after that. Didn't manage to catch much sleep during the ride home, and there was a massive jam 1/2 way through so we only got home around 1am. Was a walking zombie the next day at work. But then, I am glad we 5 sisters had this lovely weekend together. It was a nice bonding time, and lots and lots of food!! To all the skinny people out there, go to KL for a weekend if you need to fatten up. Trust me, you will!

xoxo,

Jade