Weekend dinner with parents

Last Saturday, I suggested to my parents to have our dinner at a nice place in Straits Quay.

Mom: Aiyo, dun wan lar.. food there is so expensive
Daughter: Come on, once in a while only mar....
Mom: Hmmm.. okay la okay la.
Dad: Are we going to eat chee cheong fun there?
Daughter: >___<|||

So I was the driver and drove them down from our home all the way to Tanjung Tokong using our family car, mini Viva. Usually during weekends brother will be around, but this time he was away in campus for his exam preparation. And sister was not around too. I decided to bring them to try out the food at Blue Reef , Straits Quay. (we could have higher budget since the two of them were not around, muahahahah *evil grin*)

Grilled Salmon seafood platter

Mommy and Daddy

Me and my dearest ones

After our dinner, we bought a super yummy froyo and enjoyed it at the bench outside. It was a nice evening with my beloved parents even though the dinner costed me ~RM90 and the froyo was RM13 @.@

But nevermind. For them I will spend the $ to bring them to nice places that me and min fei or my friends always have our meals. When they were my age, they did not get to enjoy all these good food because they were already starting up a family to raise up children. During those days they were working extremely hard for their three children. Today I am grateful to God for blessing them with good health despite the sacrifice they made all these years.

We went out again for dinner on Sunday night! This time, dad's paying :P

He brought us to a very famous chinese restaurant during their time and it is located in Cintra Street.
To our disappoinment, the food was not that good anymore. The char hor fan we ordered was supposed to be very nice and popular according to my dad but it turned out to be so so, nothing much to shout about. The siew mai we ordered were made using pork tendon instead of minced meat wei!!! cuz it was so tough and chewy that me and my dad could not swallow. =.= Epic failed siew mai
The egg tarts were surprisingly nice though. I like the flaky egg tarts a lot and I da pao some back for Min Fei for his breakfast the next day :)
The bbq pork filling steam buns a.k.a char siew pau were also good. :)

dim sum is available during dinner time

Aunty pushing the trolley filled with types of pastries, yums!

Dim sum we ordered

Sorry for the half emptied plate. Forgot to snap a photo before makan

I dun like the siew mai >__<

Me n my dad

Egg tarts da pao-ed! =)

Mom <3

Weekend has arrived again peeps, have a great great one ya!!!! woots

A fun walk along heritage buildings

Me and my family took part again in starwalk for this year, and I dragged Min Fei along. Unlike last year, this time, we brought along a DLSR (carried by Min Fei all the time) and managed to capture some nice shots during the walk. The route was also different from the last few years as we get to walk through Georgetown and pass by some of the heritage buildings in Penang. It was really exciting for us as we get to see some of the famous heritage landmarks in Georgetown. Thanks to the organiser, this year participants were having a great time engaging in this fun-filled family sporting activity while having the opportunity to appreciate the beauty of Penang as a heritage city by WALKING :D

Our not-so-sleepy look :P

Gonna start walking soon :)

it was a little bit cloudy when we started off the walk

Hey, that's dad's favourite bakery where he gets his roti bengkali from almost every Sunday after dinner, at Transfer Road

walk walk walk

Shih Chung old school

So dilapidated
I heard it's haunted : S

Along Lebuh Farquhar - oops, whose face is that? so 'beh syeok' de... ^^

At the front of E&O Hotel

Spotted a kid on her cool skooter

Penang Supreme Court Building looks majestic

The road was already opened for traffic, how come?

Each of us actually got a small booklet with 6 heritage buildings on each page. We were supposed to carry it along our walk and get a stamp on each picture of the heritage building as we reached different station. At the end of the day, participants with the complete stamps were entitled to a lucky draw at Penang Time Square. Interesting kan? However, I found it time consuming as we need to queue up at those stations in order to get the stamps.

There was also a photo contest, where participants were requested to capture happy moments during the heritage building tour. I am thinking of sending in my entry form :D hehe..

Heritage Building No. 1: City Hall

a nice scenery with sun reflection :)

Oh no.. sun has come up >.<|||

Heritage Building No. 2: Fort Cornwallis

Fort Cornwallis

Leaning tower of Penang? 0.0

Heritage Building No. 3: St. George's Church

When we saw this, we knew that the free drink distribution stall is not far.
In fact, it was just right in front of us

I felt like pouring the drink into my mouth instead of sipping it gently.
Gosh, I was mad thirsty. 

People enjoying the drinks while taking a break

Heritage Building No. 4: Goddes of Mercy Temple

Heritage Building No. 5: Sri Mahamariamman Temple

Have you tried this "nasi beratur" which is very famous during the night?
You really have to queue for it, no kidding.

Yu Yan Sang building at Chulia Street

Heritage Building No. 6: Kapitan Keling Mosque

Gosh, I'm tired, my feet are tired. 

Some quaint shops along the heritage trail

There were so many of such buildings can be seen along the way

You should notice this building if you are familiar with the roads in Georgetown

In front of a shop selling praying items

Famous teochew porridge - Squat and Eat
Let me know if you have ever try it

Komtar

At the finishing point

mee goreng Itali

Me and Min Fei decided to prepare lunch for the family on this day... and dad was complaining about the 2 packets of spagetti left unopened for quite a while already in the kitchen cabinet. So we thought it was a good time clearing the stock while it is still within the best before date (already checked, it expires in 2012 ^^)

Therefore, we prepared this nice Italian dish: Aglio e Olio 

It happens to be my dad and Min Fei's favourite type of pasta and they really don't like Spaghetti Bolognese with the tomato paste as they found it too wet and sweet. 

One packet of spaghetti added into the boiling water

marinated minced meat

Onions and garlic cut into thin slices

Button mushrooms and capsicum (i insisted must include the 3 type of capsicum which added vibrant colours to my spaghetti)

3 plates of ingredients :)

you cant exclude them in your cooking if you want your Aglio e Olio to taste fantastic

All were put into a big bowl to be carried down to the kitchen

al dente :)

Colourful combination in the wok

need a guy to do the stir frying cause the mixture of ingredients were really heavy >.<

Tadahhhh.. our "finished good" :P

Me and mee

Our "finished good" on the dining table ready to be wallop :P