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During our last trip to Scotland, we visited Silver Darling Restaurant to celebrate my mother-in-law's birthday. Silver Darling is one of the top restaurants in Aberdeen, specialising in seafood. We attempted to book here twice, before we finally got a table for lunch (yes they're very busy and popular!)...
Last week, I cooked mee goreng and as an accompaniment, I also made sambal telur.Sambal telur, also known as egg sambal is a Malay dish whereby hard boiled eggs are coated in a spicy, sambal sauce. This recipe is pretty similar to the sambal telur tauhurecipe that I posted last year but with...
Some of you may have seen this on my Facebook and Instagram page, but to my blog readers, I am delighted to share some happy news with you all!I was chosen to be Nuffnang's Featured Blogger of the Month for November 2014. It truly is an honour and I am absolutely over the moon. You can read my story in more...
One of the loveliest staycations we had this year was at Pullman Kuala Lumpur Bangsar. Pullman is the upscale international hotel brand of Accor, the world's leading hotel operator.Once parked, we head up to the spacious, modern lobby and got ourselves checked in. We're in room 2022, a grand deluxe room up...
We're cooking Bobby's Flay recipes for "Cook Like a Star" event the whole of this month, so I have been browsing his recipes online. I found a couple of good steak recipes to try, and one of them is this Korean-style marinated steak with grilled scallions.In his recipe, Bobby Flay uses skirt steak but I...
Earlier this week, I was invited to BEAST by The BIG Group for The BIG Feast week as well as the launch of their new lunch and dinner menu. BEAST is located at Intermark Mall and is well-known for their steaks as well traditional dishes with a dramatic flair.The set lunch menu is no more, and is replaced by...
My kids love pasta, so much so that it has become a weekend staple in our home. Their favorite pasta is spaghetti and I am often surprised at how much they can eat.Scenario #1Mummy: "Kids, do you want to go out to the mall and eat some nice food?"Kids: Mummy can we stay home, and can you make us pasta for...
Good morning!One of my favorite flowers from the garden,Cosmos caudatus also known as ulam raja.If you enjoyed my photos,LIKE me on Facebook! You can also follow me on Instagram (@babysumo) for more photo updates. Thanks :)
When I was growing up, we would sometimes make trips to KL to eat Japanese food at the reputable Kampachi Japanese restaurant located in Hotel Equatorial. Their Sunday buffet was legendary and it was something we looked forward to as the food was always delicious.Chirashi donThe Kampachi in Equatorial KL is...
Hi everyone! We're finally at my favorite month of the year :) And for the whole month of November, we will be cooking along to Bobby Flay's recipes. Sadly, this would also be our last "Cook Like a Star" event, so do join us!Bobby Flay is a well-known American celebrity chef, and restaurateur. He is also...
Last weekend, I was browsing through my Instagram feed and came across BBC Good Food's frozen banana ghosts photo. Since we have bananas in the house, I thought it would be fun to make these Halloween treats with/for my kids.Mummy (M): Baby C, let's make some Halloween ghosts.C: Ghosts? Will it be...
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Lizard at our sui mei plant
Do you like Nyonya food? A good place to get delicious, affordable Nyonya food is at Limapulo. It is located on the Asian Heritage Row at Jalan Doraisamy (adjacent to Sheraton Imperial KL Hotel).Lunching at LimapuloThe restaurant was packed with customers, just 15 minutes after opening time. Seems that on...
We have been getting quite a lot of rain here in KL and the rainy weather is definitely making me crave for hot soupy noodles. A delicious noodle dish that we like is mee suah 麵線in a chicken or ikan bilis (dried anchovies) broth.Mee suah noodle soupThis is a dish I have been eating since I was a...
I am in the midst of planning our vacation for next year and one of the places I would love to visit is the beautiful and vibrant Macau.Throwback to our lovely Scotland trip - we really loved chillaxing at thegorgeous Balmedie Beach. And I just read that Macau has a really unique natural beach,...
Nazma Tandoori is one of the Indian restaurants in Aberdeen that we used to frequent while we were still dating. During our last vacation in Scotland, we took the kids here for a family meal and to satisfy our craving for British-Indian curries.Having won the British Curry Awards for four consecutive...
Finally our passion fruit plant is flowering...The early stagesThe flower is emerging..Beautiful passiflora :)And ta-da.... fruits!If you enjoyed reading my posts, LIKE me on Facebook! You can also follow me on Instagram (@babysumo) for more photo updates. Thanks :)
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a photo of my mum's chicken curry on Facebook and Instagram, and got some email requests for the recipe. So, here it is!This is an Asian-style curry which is fragrant from the fresh herbs used - ie lemongrass, curry leaves and daun kesum (Vietnamese mint). My mum has been...
Staycations rank high on my kids' list of favorite things to do. We recently had a great staycation at Best Western Premier Dua Sentral, KL. It is centrally located near the KL Sentral area and less than a 30-minute drive away from home for us.There are a total of357 rooms and suites in the hotel. For...