Swensens, SS2

After our Italian feast, I treated everyone to desert at Swensens - which was located on the other side of the block, and at the opposite end of the Italian shop.

Dan and I shared a desert, Coit Tower (RM16.90). It has always been my favourite since I was a little girl. The coit tower consist of vanilla and chocolate ice-cream, slices of bananas, strawberry chunks and syrup, chocolate fudge, crushed peanuts and whipped cream. I love bananas and ice-cream!

We ordered french fries too, since we had 2 little boys with us and also because my mum loves their fries. Their fries are served with 2 sauces; BBQ sauce and tartar sauce. The french fries taste great with the BBQ sauce. In my opinion, another must-have at Swensens.

The rest had ice-creams too, but I did not want to interrupt or stop anyone from enjoying their desserts so that I can just take a few pics for my blog :D

There are still many more reviews coming up on my birthday feasting marathon, so stay tuned :D

Pizzeria Bella Italia, SS2 PJ

It's been a feasting marathon for me, since I celebrated my first birthday dinner last Sunday with my family and another family from church. It was an early one, since today is actually the actual day - but it is never too early to celebrate any kind of celebration :D

I had the privilege of picking dinner, and I decided to have Italian food! I've visited Pizzeria Bella Italia before - many years ago, when I was 15 or 16 years old. It was a birthday treat for me from a church friend, and I remembered that the pizzas there were pretty good.

For appetizers, we ordered Calamari (RM16) which was served with lettuce leaves and shredded carrots, covered in thousand island dressing. Tartar sauce was also served on the side. I had tasted better ones, but this wasn't too bad either.

We ordered 3 different pizzas. Dan and I are true pizza lovers!! A monthly dose of pizza is mandatory. We had Diovola (RM19++), a beef pepperoni pizza. The beef salami was appetizing, and the pizza was covered with a generous amount of cheese. I like the crust, as it was crunchy.

We also had Hawaii (RM16++), a pizza topped with chunks of chicken and pineapples. In my opinion, it tasted good - much better than Pizza Hut's and Domino's Hawaiian Pizzas.

And the final one was the Seafood Pizza (RM20++). It was generously covered with pieces of salmon, squids and prawns. The seafood was fresh and it was simply heavenly.
Alexis's pizza at Great Eastern Mall are definitely better because their also much more pricey. Thus, the pizzas here are pretty good and decent, as the prices here are reasonable in my opinion.

We ordered one chicken lasagna. Price, I cannot recall but I'm certain it isn't pricey. The lasagna was the best I've tasted in years. The sauce and cheese were perfect in every way! I am definitely looking forward to visit this place again, just for the lasagna.

The total bill came up to RM150 (inclusive of drinks and a Cabonara pasta that I did not have the chance to taste and take a picture, since it was quickly snapped up by the 2 little boys from church LOL)

My hubby and I felt that the price was extremely reasonable. Do check it out, it's just located beside Public Bank in SS2 Square, Petaling Jaya.

My 23rd birthday dinner

I celebrated my birthday at home with my family and Dan yesterday. Mum took a lot of afford to prepare and cook for us all a 5-course dinner.

We had Garden Salad mixed with Balsamic & Italian dressings;
Stir-fried bean sprout with garlic;

Mouth-watering PORK CHOP!!!

Honey-lemon chicken;

and baked Jewish-style fish. Dan and I fancied this very much.

I didn't have much to eat, as my stomach couldn't accommodate 'em all. The capacity of my stomach has somewhat decreased, but i think its a seasonal thing *haha

Dan surprised me with a Haagen Daz Cookies & Cream Ice-cream Cake!! Yummy! But the surprised wasn't exactly a surprise, thanks to a not-so-smart individual.

It's the yummiest ice-cream cake I've ever tasted, and it's sort of my first and last Haagen Daz cake. Dan said it cost approximately twice the price of one Secret Recipe cake O_O

The unsurprised cake from Secret Recipe - White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cake, which is one of my favourite beside the Classic Cheesecake.

Thank you to my mum and sisters for preparing the scrumptious and very appetizing dinner, and definitely to Dan who has been such an amazing bf, as always :)

A WONDERFUL early birthday treat!

I had an extremely good time with Daniel today. He took me out to celebrate the joyous occasion of me turning 23 this coming Tuesday *hee

He brought me over to

for tea time. Dessert's Bar is located at Menara Hap Seng. They do have another branch in Mount Kiara, if I'm not mistaken. They had a Ramadhan promotion, so we chose meal 4 (RM16.00), which consisted of any crepe dish on the menu, and it came with a free smoothie and a scoop of ice-cream.

We had the banana rum and raisins crepe, which came with a free scoop of classic dark chocolate that I chose. The crepe was DELICIOUS! The rum wasn't too strong, and the raisins and almond flakes gave more flavour to the crepe. The classic dark chocolate ice-cream wasn't too bitter, and it complimented the rum and raisins crepe perfectly.

We opted for the banana strawberry smoothie, which tasted only mediocre. I think they added banana essence into the smoothie, which gave an off taste to the smoothie.

After pampering me with desserts, Dan brought me over to One Utama. He bought me two pretty sandals from Vincci as my birthday gifts.

Dan picked the purple ribbon sandals for me, and I picked the pink one. Thank you darling! *hugs tight-tight
We also shopped for some clothes for Dan :) I hope you really like the shirt that I'd picked for you :)
We then went over to KFC for dinner. I noticed that their chickens aren't as small as they used to be, hence gone are my KFC-boycotting days *lol

It was indeed a wonderful day because of my wonderful Dan :) I'm already missing you so terribly...

Too many random posts

Life becomes a drag when;

(a) I'm broke
(b) There's final exams to study for
(c) I feel fat (Do take note, I said "feel")
(d) I'm forced to go for a holiday trip during my study week
(e) I can't paint my nails - now that I'm feeling a tad stressed (All 5 decided to harden simultaneously)
(f) I can't afford to shop or feast with friends (due to deprived freedom, money and time)
(g) I miss the bass player terribly :(

However I am thankful for;
(a) God (Who's ever forgiving & understanding)
(b) My family (Though its a lil dysfunctional - there's no perfect one :P)
(c) Bass player (He never fails to put a smile on my face :) )
(d) Friends (Life would be blue without 'em)
(e) Daily blessings that come in rather small and unexpected packages :)

And a special shout out to dearest Jo;

Finally you're 22 too *hee

The b'day date

The birthday date with the bass player was indeed a delightful one :)

You're finally 22!! *squeezes the bass player's cheeks :PI made him the b'day card. Nice?

I knew he most likely wouldn't allow me to buy him the shirt as his b'day gift, so I bought him mini muffins and cookies from Famous Amos :) One of the best ways to spoil and pamper the person that I love *hee

The mini muffins sat in my room the whole afternoon, and they kept tempting me 0_0 Thankfully I had a rather strong sense of self-control yesterday, which is extremely rare when it comes to food *hee

We went to Paddington's House of Pancakes again :) And had yummy food again :P

It's called Boston - had a generous amount of cheese and seafoods

Desert!! The blintzers were just out-of-this-world!! *drools

The bass player did some shopping. It was fun and something out of the norm, cause we're usually shopping for me instead *hee

Before the date ended, we went for a movie 'I now pronounce you Chuck and Harry'. This movie will tickle your funny bone from the beginning and till the very last second of the show - 100% guaranteed :)Hence if you're feeling a lil down, you'll feel a whole lot better after the movie - but you've got to be 18 and above to watch it *hee

I always have a great time when I'm with the bass player, I hope you enjoyed yourself too :)

A special day for a special someone :)

Today's my boyfriend's b'day..err, I meant the bass player :P
I'll be meeting with him to celebrate his special day in about 4 hours.
Can't wait to see him! I always get an adrenaline rush and plenty of goosebumps when I'm about to meet with him *hee
I guess it's pretty obvious that I'm deeply in love with the bass player :)
Happy Birthday, sayang!

A fishy day

First and foremost, thank you for all the b'day wishes :) and sorry for the almost one week hiatus *hee
Have been busy with Uni, and also a tad lazy to update my blog - even though there's much to blog about.

Resuming from where I'd left off, I had an enjoyable time on my birthday!
The bass player took me to Aquaria on my very special day. He actually remembered that I'd once wanted to be a marine biologist. I still do, but just never could.

We had fun tormenting and teasing the marine creatures, and also a few reptilians, amphibians and creepy crawlies *hee
Took quite a number of pictures, and it wasn't easy taking 'em. The animals kept moving! *tsk tsk
The bass player took most of the pretty ones - I'm not as patient or skillful as he is *hee

That's a shark

And another shark

The Tarantulas

I thought these fishes were Piranhas. The bass player corrected me *hee -malu

Lion fish *roarrrrrr

Big ugly toad

Mr. green snake

The overrated lizard *haha

Dinasour turtle

Troubled bettle - especially after being verbally tormented by the bass player *hee

The petting corner!

I like turtles - their so cool *hee

Sunbathing turtles are cooler *haha

And it wouldn't be complete without a picture of the bass player and I :)

Cass turns 22!

Yup, I turn 22 today :)
B'days have always been a rather quiet affair for me, so yeah...its another quiet one this year.
Anyway, thank you to all who remembered - for the wishes and presents.
I appreciate 'em all with all my heart :)

A Wednesday night

Last night, a group of us gathered at Madam Kwan's in KLCC to celebrate Kelvin's 24th birthday. It was meant to be a surprise, but he found out about it via a sms that I'd sent to his gf *hee. I'm too lazy to blog about it, hence I'll let the pics do the 'talking' for me :P

Spunky feeding the b'day boy with the cupcake we bought for him

The yummy cupcake *drools. The next time I'm over at KLCC, I'm getting one for myself :)

Teh fly acting cute :P

Kim and teh fly, acting cute again *hee

The bass player and I :)

All of us at the park, before the security guard chased us off the small hill AGAIN :P

KLCC - a beauty