Eye on Mum
In the past, Mother's Day has always been a simple affair, because my mother's birthday is always celebrated about a week before it. So we kind of kill two birds with one stone. And we get to avoid the crowds because past experiences have not been pretty. Overcrowding in restaurants. Mixed up orders. 5 course dinners ending up as 2 course dinners because the remaining 3 dishes somehow fail to show up before all the food is wiped off the table by overly-hungry and irate diners. Rude waitresses (Don't know why so many people!? No need money ar?!). However, this year, we actually celebrated Mother's Day since my brother couldn't make it to her birthday celebration due to weddings and full moon celebrations in Singapore.
Although earlier deciding not go Japanese again this year (sis and bro-in-law really not keen because basically, sashimi, wasabi, miso and sushi rice do not agree with them, so what else is left?), we still ended up in Xenri, Old Klang Road. Not that I'm complaining. I can never get enough of their premium sashimi, freshly flown in daily. We ended up ordering the Mini Kaiseki Set (a scaled down version of a Japanese course dinner, prepared with ingredients du jour), the Xenri Bento, the Unagi Zen, phoenix roll, Dobin Mushi (soup that comes in a tea pot), seafood fried rice (to satisfy the bro-in-law's pallette) and chicken katsu-don (way too sweet). The staff (very loyal people or more possibly well-paid as they are the same faces I saw since a couple of years ago) are attentive as usual and we had a great time.
Dinner ended quite early at 8:30pm, so we decided to lepak some more before calling it a night. And believe it or not, we went to Eye on Malaysia at Taman Tasik Titiwangsa. No crowd. No ridiculously long queue. Plenty of tourism billboards dotting the garden paths which to me are quite an eyesore. And for unknown reasons, there's no shortage of peddlers selling spinning lights like some kind of lala concert. Just as we arrived, we were 'entertained' with a cheesy laser show. More tourism VMY2007 propaganda. Quiet for a saturday night really. Mostly families and couples (the windows aren't tinted enough for smooching in case you're wondering) parting with their money to get an unspectacular view of KL. We forked out RM100 for a private gondola. Seven revolutions and by the third, I was already begging to get off. It's so boring. You won't feel the height. If you're looking for thrills (or have a death wish), take the Genting Skyway. And the skyline is nothing to shout about. Oh well. If you want a good view, take the cable car at Langkawi.
My sister and bro-in-law were already getting hungry since they practically ate nothing during dinner, so we stopped at Kinrara Curry House, Seri Petaling before heading home. Had our fill of pulled tea, roti canai, mee goreng and fried chicken... No cake this year. No card. Still, a celebration to remember. I love you mum...
Although earlier deciding not go Japanese again this year (sis and bro-in-law really not keen because basically, sashimi, wasabi, miso and sushi rice do not agree with them, so what else is left?), we still ended up in Xenri, Old Klang Road. Not that I'm complaining. I can never get enough of their premium sashimi, freshly flown in daily. We ended up ordering the Mini Kaiseki Set (a scaled down version of a Japanese course dinner, prepared with ingredients du jour), the Xenri Bento, the Unagi Zen, phoenix roll, Dobin Mushi (soup that comes in a tea pot), seafood fried rice (to satisfy the bro-in-law's pallette) and chicken katsu-don (way too sweet). The staff (very loyal people or more possibly well-paid as they are the same faces I saw since a couple of years ago) are attentive as usual and we had a great time.
Dinner ended quite early at 8:30pm, so we decided to lepak some more before calling it a night. And believe it or not, we went to Eye on Malaysia at Taman Tasik Titiwangsa. No crowd. No ridiculously long queue. Plenty of tourism billboards dotting the garden paths which to me are quite an eyesore. And for unknown reasons, there's no shortage of peddlers selling spinning lights like some kind of lala concert. Just as we arrived, we were 'entertained' with a cheesy laser show. More tourism VMY2007 propaganda. Quiet for a saturday night really. Mostly families and couples (the windows aren't tinted enough for smooching in case you're wondering) parting with their money to get an unspectacular view of KL. We forked out RM100 for a private gondola. Seven revolutions and by the third, I was already begging to get off. It's so boring. You won't feel the height. If you're looking for thrills (or have a death wish), take the Genting Skyway. And the skyline is nothing to shout about. Oh well. If you want a good view, take the cable car at Langkawi.
My sister and bro-in-law were already getting hungry since they practically ate nothing during dinner, so we stopped at Kinrara Curry House, Seri Petaling before heading home. Had our fill of pulled tea, roti canai, mee goreng and fried chicken... No cake this year. No card. Still, a celebration to remember. I love you mum...
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I usually celebrate mother's day a day earlier than the actual day to avoid crowds. This year it was only me and mom cos everyone else is too busy.
And after bombing more than RM100 per person at Xenri the last time, I think my parents would enjoy Jogoya more. :P