TJ Haus, SS18 Subang Jaya (Revisited)

Our very jovial Auntie W a.k.a future mummy-in-law's sister came back to Malaysia for holiday recently and we revisited TJ Haus for a cosy 'family' dinner.

Entrées#1: Baked mussels. They promised "New Zealand FRESH mussels" but we were served the tiny non-New Zealand ones.. It tasted good but a little chewy and dry.

Entrées #2: Our favorite Rosti with smoked salmon and sprouts. Yummies!

Main#1: Chicken Gordon Blue with a twist. Its stuffed with seafood, cheese and covered with mildly spiced curried gravy..

Main#2: X-T will always go for the lamb shank with Ratatouille.

Main#3: Sole Fish with too much bones!

Main#4: Chicken Chop. The portion is humongous and yummilicious!

We SKIPPED desserts again...as always... :(

X-T and I had a great time with the two jovial ladies accompanied by a lovely dinner. A big thank you to Aunt W :))

Roadhouse Grill, Jalan Ampang

Roadhouse Grill used to be a very crowded restaurant many years ago. Those were the days where peanut shells were scattered all over the restaurant and hunky gents chilling out around the bar area during happy hours. I miss the cracking sound of peanut shells as I walked into the restaurant in my cowboy boots. I miss the cowboy town feel, I miss their selection of music, the big chunk of red meat and free flow of ice lemon tea in big mugs. Well, it has been like a "cowboy town at midnight" since my last visit to the join 3 years ago. I almost forgotten the existence of Roadhouse Grill until aunt suggested this place last weekend.

A friendly car park attendant ran to us with an umbrella the minute we arrived at the restaurant compound [it was drizzling that evening]. The minute we stepped into the restaurant, I was surprised to see the sparkling clean floor. Not a single piece of peanut shell were spotted. The restaurant was rather quiet. Romantic music was played instead of the usual Country & Western music I used to enjoyed years ago.

Oo..the cover of their menu was changed too. They no longer serve salad as part of our mains anymore...sob.. sob..

Nice! Tables remained unchanged. We were ushered to a cozy corner. Nice spot for a nice family dinner!

We managed to mess the place a little while waiting for our meals. Not on the floor but the table...

First came a bucket of yeast roll. It was warm, a little crusty on the outside and chewy soft on the inside... Yumssssss!

Fried Squid & Nachos..*Two thumbs up*

Roadhouse Mix Grill [Beef,chicken & lamb] served with roasted sweet potato, sweet corn and seasonal vege

Dory fish

*I love the herbs*

Mixed egg & Fillet Steak Combo.

*The steak was great but the egg was nothing spectacular, guess my sis can do a better job with the eggs*

Fillet Mignon Cheese Steak

I did not take photos of the rest of the mains because... erm... those belongs to the host and my face is not thick enough to stop people from eating and start snapping photos of their plate hehe..

Aunt ordered "Messy Sundae". Well, I disagree with the name given. No doubt the vanilla ice cream inside the glass was yummilicious and the whole wine glass was covered with chocolate fudge and almond bits...The presentation was just TOO neat to be called "Messy".


Once again, my imagination ran wild and redecorate "MESSY SUNDAE" for Roadhouse Grill

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I hereby present to you.... L'abeille's MESSY SUNDAE"

And we finished our Messy Sundae "Messily"

P/S: Thanks aunt for the great dinner...*burp* ;)

Warehouse Sale Frenzy

So I was about to leave Ipoh city after a hearty breakfast with my family last Sunday..


Ipoh dried shrimp Chee Cheong Fun [rice noodle] with sweet red sauce. *yumsss!*




Suddenly, dad suggested we make a trip to one of the warehouse after visiting the kacang putih village as they're having a close down sale until end of this month. I told myself I'll not be getting anything at the sale this time. After all, it's only furnitures...how many beds and tables do I need. right?
*I won't...I won't...I won't*



A chair for oversized butt selling at 60% off?
Mmm...Not required ;)

I spotted 3 bean bags and it's at 60% off.. "Wow... but ....Nope...I told myself, I don't need these dusty bean bags X-T is comfy enough for me"




We almost bought this sofa bed which is also selling at 60% off! We got excited because the sofa was quite firm and it's a queen sized bed when it's opened up! Well, we couldn't find a good reason to get ourselves an extra bed, we walk away empty handed at the furniture section. *Phew*



BUT ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE WHEN WE [The Fantastic 4] REACHES THE KITCHEN & CABINET SECTION




Did I say I'm not going to buy anything?
Well, here you go......everything on the table, under the table and leaning against the table belongs to the fantastic 4!

OH CRAP!

I just remembered after the cashier completed our transaction.
As I pulled out my car keys, I realized I'm driving my Blue Cutie Compact that day and it's not X-T's X-trail and it's not daddy's Hylux. How am I going to fit everything and 4 adults into my cute blue car??!!!


Thanks to the staff at the warehouse...
He was happily helping us to load everything into my little car in less than 10 minutes!


Daddy's rubber wood chair [MYR$ 30 only, mana mau cari??] will be sitting in front with me.



Mommy's bookshelf [50%+30% off] will leaning against the back passenger seat. Mom and sis will be sitting at the back hugging 8 big bags of Murukku I bought earlier.



As for Blue Cutie Compact's backside?
It's going to be filled with the rest of L'abeille's stuff!


What's in those bags?



I've a stack of microwave and dishwasher safe plates [priced between MYR$1.50-3.50] each




Another stack of unique soup bowls at MYR$7.00



3 rice bowls at MYR$2.XX each!


SOMEBODY PLEASE STOP ME ALREADY!!


Microwave containers [MYR$5.50 for 3]!!!

Other nick knacks such as pillows, mini cabinets, metal storage boxes and other cheap stuff which I can't even recall now.. hehe

We spent less than MYR$300 for all our purchases. Cheap.. cheap..!

That was my daddy's masculine hands taking over the wheels while I try not to lost my balance while holding on to his rubber wood chair! grrr... Dad wants me to tell my dear readers that his daughter actually SOLD her car in exchange for all those lovely plates, bowls, pillows and cheap cabinets! Pluffffffffffffttt

I choose to rant on Mid Autumn Festival

I've been away from my hometown for more than 10 years. Cooking my own dinner and cleaning up my own mess is a norm. Well, not that I'm going to indulge myself on a weekday but somehow I just felt lonely especially during non-holiday festivals like today. Why so?

Mooncakes will only taste good when you're enjoying them with the family

Well, the office was particularly quiet today. One took leave while the rest rushed home to be with their families immediately after work. As they were walking pass my cubicle rushing to the front door, they happily asked "L'abeille, what are you doing tonight?", "Nothing", I replied with a smile on my face. Well, not because I love to party or I'm particularly hungry but there's only one thing in my mind as I was answering .... I miss my daddy and mommy.

To those of you who're currently studying or working away from home just like me. Do you feel the same? Or it's just me?

A cuppa dinner for L'abeille tonight consist of...

250ml of warm milk from an organic cow


+

Heaps of organic bittersweet dark chocolate

.......and continue looking at my PC
hopefully the "cheerful moon" will appear later in the night...



Have a great Mid Autumn Festival My Dear Readers!

A working mom's guilt!

One fine afternoon, one of my "many" aunts told me that she's tired of the corporate world. She felt that somehow, she'd neglected her growing up kids at home. To all working moms out there, do you felt the same thing too? One of my colleague is leaving our company by end of this year after the birth of her second child.

Well, I'm not in a position to give advise to a working mom yet because I've no experience of bringing up kids and family but hey, I hope this little poem helps to cheer you up! ;)

My dear aunty Leng,

Why sweat over working?

Come back at 7 the next morning?

You got to be kidding!

Financially if uncle is supporting,

You can already consider quiting,

Can spend more time with the kids at home who's longing for more hugging.

But before you consider quiting,

You need to carefully think,

How will you spend your days doing nothing?

With your active lifestyle, how can you sit at home eye blink-blink?

As you've asked...Of course Life is NOT all about working,working and working

But our brains and muscles MUST KEEP moving,

Or else my the age of 60 something,

What muscle's left? Only our eye balls are moving!

Maybe you can consider catering?
Or learn a little baking?
How about blogging?
I believe full time housewife can be quite BUSY and interesting!

If don't want to consider catering,

If baking is not your cup of Kopi-ping

Why not try making more siblings

Since your two daughters are so loving!

Luv,

L'abeille

One great weekend and a teary goodbye

The long wait has ended. Gideon, my 8 year old cousin brother from England is finally back to Malaysia for a holiday. He stayed at my place for a night.

We celebrated my dad and my aunt's birthday which falls on August.
(The cheerful looking boy my dad's hugging is Gideon)

Right after we sung the birthday song, the cheeky little boy blew the candles instead!..
*all of us had a good laugh*


He looked so excited as I gave him the Transformer's toy. He said, "Wicked, it's Trans-FOR-MERS"


It took him a few minutes to assemble one of the 3 robots...which erm...I tried transforming one of the autobots and it kinda too me forever and X-T came for my rescue.. *hides face*

My sis gave him a book on "100 Science experiments". He just can't wait to get his hands dirty trying out those experiments when he returns to England.





We had Japanese buffet at Shogun Japanese Restaurant.




The adults was having fun running around the buffet table but Gideon was playing with his toy the whole evening.



It was indeed a teary goodbye as we hugged each other tight while sending him to his uncle's home this afternoon. I'll need to wait for another two years to see him again..unless I make a trip down to London .. sob sob...

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