CNY 2011 - Day 5, 8, 10

As the title reads, this is gonna be another CNY entry and also a showcase of some pictures I had taken during each house visit :)

Day 5 - Aunt Yan's crib

Just days before CNY arrived, Aunt Yan's house was finally done with the renovation and she was so excited to share this good piece of news with us! Thus, she invited mom and I to visit her house and I must say that I was really impressed with her house design!

Love this shot! It's actually a ceiling lamp which wasn't installed yet


Nice carpet which matched well with the contemporary design of the house


Dinning area


Love that wallpaper!






Sweet potato crackers

Day 8 - Lion dance performance at Times Square

Actually, the intention was to get pearl milk tea from Each-A-Cup but since there was free lion dance show, we ended up spending more than an hour watching the whole performance haha

Charming lion


Fly lion, flyyyy~


People mountain, people sea




Bubble tea!


Staffs of Time Square was distributing lotsa "福袋" (as pictured above) which is believed to bring good luck :)

Day 10 - Open house at Jia Hui's place

Food food food!


Nasi Minyak


Sweet & sour fish


Chicken Rendang


Mixed vegetables


Not to forget Curry Tom Yam Chicken prepared by Mom! It tasted really yummy!


Hui and her schoolmates ^^

Hunnie Signing Off~

Dinner at Tafu Restaurant

Had a chance to drop by Tafu Restaurant (located at Jalan Tutong) for dinner the other night. Surprisingly, they serve dinner set although they didn't somehow seemed promoted it cause I didn't see any of the set menu placed on each table; we were only given the set menu upon requesting.

Anyways, I would say that the dinner set was quite cheap considering 4 dishes + soup and it cost only $25 for 4-5 persons per set. Of course, it was just pretty normal dishes and not those high end menu like abalone, sea cucumbers and etc. Or maybe I shall call it home cooked dishes. Taste wise, although those were just simple dishes but they were all nicely presented and sure had the home cooked feeling. Especially the Steamed Tofu with Century Eggs dish, it just made us kept asking for more! Not to forget the Chinese style Spare Ribs too, meat was so tender and tasted tad of sweetness, perfect!

Overall, I would say that it was really a great dining experience as certainly wouldn't mind to make a revisit soon!


p/s: $25 per set doesn't include price for rice; it was mainly the price of dishes :)

Sze Chuan Soup


Steamed Tofu with Century Eggs


Spare Ribs


Assam Fish


Stirred fried Biding with Garlic

Hunnie Signing Off~

CNY 2011 - Day 2, 3 & 4

As the title says, this is gonna be a picture entry with some pictures to show you guys how I spent my day 2, 3 and 4 of CNY 2011 :)

On day 2, we had lotsa guests non stop from noon time until midnight. And this had tied up my parents to stay home and entertain the guests while Bro and I went to visit my 5th aunt's place.

Day 2 @ 5th Aunt's place


Bro finished this whole roll of 'Tapak Kuda' lol!


The boys busy gaming


Photo-shooting with Audrey

The next day, we were invited to open house at Soon Tiong's place and it was certainly a fun night! As usual, we never left Lau residence without feeling bloated haha the family and even maids just love to feed us non-stop!

Day 3 @ Lau residence






Got the chance to meet up with Chiu Fung and Chin Tze!


Ivan, Hui Chiet (still looking hot as usual!) and of course Soon Tiong~


I still find his CNY hairstyle amusing lol~ doesn't it reminds you of rooster? :P


Busy busy gaminggg


Alan got pretty bored and started to do some Tango movements. Don't you think he kinda resemblance 'Laughing Gor'? haha! Hubby thinks that he looks like Ronald Cheng though.


Candies with auspicious wordings from Sticky


A must eating snack in Brunei CNY!


Cheese cake with a tad bit of oreo cookies stains? :P

Next is the fourth day of CNY and it was also the day when Hubby had his house opened to close friends and relatives ^^

Day 4 @ Hubby's crib


Nasi lemak with Chicken Rendang and Curry Chicken


We also had steamboat on that night! It was quite an experience having 20-30+ people steamboat together with just one steamboat pot haha!


Naughty Jestin


Baby Tiffany has grown up so fast! She's a big girl now and even know how to pose for camera!


Everyone busy steamboat while SKY busy sms-ing *wink wink*

Alright, so that's all for today. More pictures coming up!


Hunnie Signing Off~

Kaizen Japanese Restaurant, Kiarong

Couldn't believe that it had been 2 years since my last visit to Kaizen. I guess this does not only happen to us but also to most people that whenever it comes to Japanese food, the first choice on the list is always Excapade. Well, this could be due to the fact that Excapade is located 'almost' everywhere in Brunei.

But this time, Hubby and I decided to try out something else upon receiving quite a few positive feed backs from people regarding it's food quality. I do agree with them especially after witnessing how the sushi chefs made sushi (they really paid high attention on hygiene when making sushi). Hubby and I was quite amazed with it. Their work station was really clean and neat.

Just like other Japanese restaurants, the items available in the menu are quite similar. Taste wise, I would think that there isn't any much difference. We ordered a bowl of Beef Ramen and the ramen was topped with generous portion of beef which the beef was really tender and well flavoured. It definitely worth trying if you're unsure what to order during your visit.

Another thing to take note is that, Kaizen is pretty small and tight thus I wouldn't think it's really a good place for big gatherings. And also to avoid disappointment, it's always better to make reservation in advance.

Reservation number: Kiarong branch - 2452662, Seria branch - 3222662

Inari Ebiko $3.60


$2.70


Gyoza $4.50


Oyster cake $6.30


Beef Ramen $10.80

CNY 2011 - DAY 1 "年初一"

Ola people! This entry is about how I spent my first day of CNY in year 2011!

I managed to visit 7 places on the first day of CNY this year! We started the house visits from 11am until 7pm and it was so tiring! Nonetheless, we still enjoyed it a lot!

First stop - Subok

Bro feeling excited!

After that, we continued our trip to Uncle Soya Bean's place :P

Mom helping out at Aunt Soya Bean's place


According to Aunt Soya Bean, it's Foo Chow tradition to have longevity noodles on first day of CNY and she prepared some for my family. It was really tasty! No kidding, it was one of the best mee suah I've ever tried!


Then Aunt Soya Bean asked me to try out this Tiramisu which was prepared by her son on the eve and it was sooooo delicioussssss! Really need to get recipe from him eh!


Mini bar at their place


Bunnies red packets ^^

Third stop - 7th Grandaunt's place

Then we headed over to 7th Grandaunt's place to meet up with my relatives to start the convoying!

Merrily Merry!

Fourth stop - 4th Granduncle's place

This is like the favourite place of the adults in my family cause they still receive ang pao yearly from my 4th granduncle haha!

The notorious three mice!

Fifth stop - Kooh family's crib aka House of cute babies!

Very nice packaging of pineapple tarts!






Curry chicken with home prepared spices; all time favourite!








Rugged yo!!!


look a like?




Mini lion vs. Senior lion






Aunt giving red packet to this little girl; effin' cute girl right?!

Sixth stop - Uncle Guan's place

Group photo~

Seventh stop - 2nd Granduncle's place

2nd granduncle has lotsa fruit trees planted in his garden; his favourite past time ^^


PEACE!

So that's how I spent the day 1 of my CNY 2011, how bout yours?


Hunnie Signing Off~