Buttery blast from the past

Posted on December 15, 2009 by The Giddy Tigress

My good friend told me that Nancy Chong bakes the best butter cakes in Ipoh.  I had never heard of Nancy Chong before this, but I was curious to find out what the hooha was all about.

“Let your nose lead the way,” my friend had said after she gave me directions to get to the road Nancy Chong’s house is.

So when I was back in Ipoh during the recent Hari Raya Haji break, I stopped by to get some cake.

“No more extras today!” announced Nancy Chong curtly. 

Sadly, I left with only free smells of the butter cake and drool all over me.  Not even a single SLICE was available.

Until today.

My Mom came for a visit, so I specially requested Mom to get me one butter cake from Nancy Chong.  Turns out that my Mom actually KNOWS Nancy Chong personally, because she had ordered my first birthday cake and other birthday cakes from her before.

And suddenly, like the surprisingly heavenly whiff of freshly baked butter cake, it all came back to me.  The times when I was a little girl and I had followed my Mom to Nancy Chong’s house and had looked longingly at all the beautifully designed cakes, how the smell of her cakes had made me yearn for more…

 

And today, my Mom brought this cake all the way from Ipoh, colorful floral frosting and all.

Very sinful, temptingly sweet, but ooohhhhh so GOOD.

 

I call it a slice of marble butter cake heaven.  Now, now…stop licking the monitor will ya? 🙂

I have a feeling it will all be gone tomorrow…

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Those unchanging things

Posted on December 4, 2009 by The Giddy Tigress

Some things just never change.

Like how crowded the popular ngah choy kai stalls in Ipoh are, most patrons being out-of-towners stopping by for a quick bite.

Like how crunchy and succulent the ngah choy in Ipoh still is.  And always will be.  We were afraid we could not finish such a big plate, but that obviously was not the problem at all!

 

Like how tasty the chicken is, although we could very well tell it was extremely oily!  The combination of sesame oil, soy sauce, pepper and (I’m pretty darn sure) some secret magic ingredient made it all so worthwhile.

And as I mentioned earlier, some things will never ever change, and that is why my (unbiased) opinion is that Ipoh still serves the BESTEST koay teow ever.

Yes, some things just never change, and we love them all for their neverchangingness. But even more precious than the tastiest food in the world, the feeling of pride and joy when in the midst of a newborn will always remain unchanged too.

Last weekend, I met baby Caitlynn, newborn daughter to my brother and SIL.  The sight of a peacefully sleeping baby, oblivious to all the noise made by her brother and sibling, is truly a sight to behold.

Welcome to the world, baby Caitlynn!  I hope to be the your favoritest aunt in the whole wide world! 🙂

Oh, and speaking of things that never change, the malls in KL were all decked out in Christmas decorations too, as usual.  We were at The Curve and well, if you were not snapping pictures, you’ll really feel out of place!

Speaking of which…I need to go now,…cuz tonight we are setting up our tree! 🙂

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My latest Friday’s obsession

Posted on November 15, 2009 by The Giddy Tigress

 

I’ve always wondered why TGI Friday’s does not offer any special promotions on Fridays.  Anyways, when we came back from the States, we discovered that the 3-course meal had become a 2-course meal instead (maybe because most people cannot finish the entire 3 courses?)

I had stopped ordering the course meals since they removed the half ribs from the entrée selection, but the inclusion of the Southwest Adobo Chicken recently is making me rethink my decision.  Love the marinated herbs in it, love the sweet potato crips (shaped like fries actually) and love the hot hot Jalapeno sauce!  Lately the chicken was done a tad too dry though. 

However, I’d still recommend this choice to anyone ordering the 2-course meal.  I’m not complainin’..my kid loves this place, even though they don’t give out balloons anymore.

Oh by the way, did you notice that I chopped off my locks?  Had a concave bob done last Friday.  My iffiness about it disappeared when my tot exclaimed, “Mommy’s hair is BEEEYOOOOTEEEFOOL!!!!” 🙂

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The ultimate giddy ear test

Posted on November 11, 2009 by The Giddy Tigress

Our fridge is *decorated* with lots of magnets on its exterior, and one of these is a set of Fridge Phonics which Ethan loves to play with.  What this Fridge Phonics set does is sing a song corresponding to a particular alphabet together with it’s phonetical sound.

A couple of days ago, Ethan was playing with it, when he suddenly exclaimed, “Oh NO!!  Something’s wrong Mommy, look!”

Apparently the U was NOT pronounced as “U”.  I tried it myself and agreed with him.  The “U” sounded like “N” now.

We then reported this to my hubby, and demonstrated it to him.

Upon the first listen, hubbs looks at me strangely and said, “No…there’s nothing wrong with it.  It says “U”!”

I repeated the process over and over again, but still we held differing opinions, … till now.  I think there is something wrong, but hubbs thinks something is wrong with me, or rather, my hearing.

So what to do?  I got proof….here’s the video clip of what the “U” sounds like.  Please, tell me what you hear so that we can decide who needs to go for an ear checkup.

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From plain Jane to hot chick

Posted on November 9, 2009 by The Giddy Tigress

Isn’t it amazing what a simple classy accessory can do to one’s image?

 

I can now kiss goodbye to unforgiving glares from the sun, and say hello to a cool relaxing drive… 🙂

Thank you, thank you LOVE…. 🙂

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