Monday 17 September 2007

Roast Pork Bap




My roast pork bap at £5

Savoury crepe





This is one of my favourite - Crepe with banana and chocolate. You can have different toppings of ur choice, like ham and cheese, pineapple, apple, honey and lemon and many more. But IMO chocolate and banana make a very good combination. I think, it is a French dessert.

Thames Festival in London




















All these are real people who painted themselves and dressed in fancy clothings and stood there like a statue while waiting for passer-by to drop coins for them.

Home-style chocolate fondue

Hubby and I had our very own home-style chocolate fondue.


I microwaved some chocolate chips and single cream for the sauce.

My favourite biscuits and banana

Mango and apple

Sunday 16 September 2007

My cookings

Last night was my 1st time to prepare a western style meal. Pan fried chicken with mushroom and bacon sauce. It turned out to be good. And hubby said it was so good. So, I make the same meal again for today's lunch - because i wanted to finish up the whole pack of cream.



For the chicken, I just pan fried it with olive oil. For the sauce, I cooked the mushroom and bacon with garlic and onion, then I poured about 200ml of double cream. Season with salt, pepper and chicken powder and about 2-3 tbsp of grated parmesan cheese. That's it. Pour the sauce over the chicken. For vegetables, I boiled the mix vege with water, butter and salt. Very easy.

Disappointment

Hai, disappointed nia. Hubby is supposed to come back tonight from Kent after 1 week. So, I was expecting him at abt midnight and was so excited for that. But at 12.10am, hubby rang me to tell me that he missed the last train and he will come back tomorrow morning. Cis...

Royal visit

I had a table of one 'brown' lady (look like a thai to me) and her friend. My section was quiet busy at the time she came in, so i was not bothered to take care of the lady and i put my priority in my other tables. Because usually asians that come to eat here are quiet kedekut and they dont leave tips !! So i was not bothered to layan that lady. OMG I am so racist and has discrimination towards asian. I am asian too !! Sorry guys ! And then I saw Boyd was so eager to look after her. OK, fine so i let him be. When she almost finished her meal, Boyd told me she is from the royal family of Brunei. She is the sister to the queen of Brunei. No wonder Boyd so so so so wants to go to her table so often. Luckily I wasnt rude to her earlier. But I was never rude to anyone, especially customers. Just that I did not, earlier, made an effort to look after her very well. Hai, wasted nia. Who knows, she might leave me big fat tips if she likes me.

Sunday 9 September 2007

What do we have here?

Underground or undercround?



Wooden ties, anyone?



So, the police are hired to watch street performers and chatting with passer-by. Great job.

Saturday 8 September 2007

Where to eat

Hubby's birthday is coming. I am planning to book a table for a candle light dinner. Hubby loves chinese food. But it is so boring. I eat chinese food for more than 20 years, so i wanted something special for certain ocassion. But it's his b'day so he can choose. When it comes to my b'day, I choose. There are so many websites i can go into to look for restaurants around London. And the most important is, i get special offer if i book online. One of my favourite website is Toptable. They have a whole list of restaurants in London with all different cuisines. They have the food menus, diners' reviews and of cos, 50% off the food bill. I can spend hours reading the reviews. I am sipek kepoh.

Same-sex marriage

Jackie is one of the sushi chef in my work place. She was from HK with British citizenship and she has a Malaysian gf. Yes, gf. She is lesbian. She was asking me abt the procedure of getting a UK depandant visa for her gf. Because, Jackie and her gf were planning to register in UK (Yes, it is legal for same-sex couple to get married. Elton John was the 1st to register, remember?), so her gf can stay with her in UK permantely. But her case is different from mine. Because, hubby (hubby is also british citizen) and I got married in Malaysia and I went to British embassy in KL to apply for dependant visa. I waited for a mth b4 I got everything and flew to UK. But for Jackie, she cant get married in Malaysia because Malaysia doesnt accept same-sex marriage. So, now they have two other options.

1st, is to get married in UK. But the thing is, to get married in UK, her Malaysian gf need to apply for a Marriage visa. And through my experience, I think the whole procedure suck!! Because to apply for a marriage visa, u need to have a proof of appointment made with the church/registration office/etc for a date to get married in UK. When my then-bf and i went to book a date at the registration office, we were not allowed to do so unless I have a Marriage Visa. So, this is ridicoulous. 1st, they want us to book a date in order to apply for my visa, but i cant book a date because i don have the visa. Funny !!

2nd, her gf can apply for Unmarried partner Visa. But they need to be together for at least 2 years. They started dating last year. So, i don think there is any option left for Jackie. Maybe she can wait until the day Malaysia accept same-sex marriage....or get a new British gf !

Getting a property

Jason (Btw, Jason is back as a manager), Boyd and I were talking abt buying a hse in London. Jason said he bought a council hse in 1993 for £53k only and now the price is definitely more than £130k ! But of cos i m not planning to buy a property in London. Hubby and I plan to go back to Malaysia in 5 years' time. Why do i wan to buy a property in London when I can buy an apartment in Penang without any loan? In a year time, I will earn enough cash to buy a small apartment unit in Penang. And when I go back to Penang in 5 years' time, i can sell it for almost double price. Great isnt it? Hope so.....

Hubby's quirkest habit

He did that again !! This is the 2nd time in a week. In the middle of the night, he will pull my pillow out of sudden. I was sleeping soundly, great dream and suddely, my head just 'thup' on the mattress, because hubby pulled it from me and hugged the pillow like a little baby. When I told him the next morning, he was shocked. He was not even aware that he was doing that. What if next time, he will push me down the bed in the middle of the night. But I'll make sure I kick his ass b4 he pushed me down the bed !