Apollo de Cherub

pork., swiped from williamnyk on Flickr.

Early Saturday morning, mum left for Melaka to celebrate Roan's full moon with the in-laws. I stayed back cause I needed to work. :(. SK was kind enough to bring me for breakfast at Kota Kemuning before the drudgery began. The shop was a branch of the famous Imbi Road pork ball noodles. Not quite sure if it was the same shop that my colleague brought me to at Weng Hing. According to SK, the loh shu fun was one of their popular options, so I went with that. And to test their skill, I went for the dry option. Surprisingly, the noodles were thinner than usual. Perhaps it's of their own manufacture. It was quite good, but a tad oily. The 3JC pork balls had a good bite to them and no overly-porky taste. The bowl of noodles also came with extra sausages. Compared to the generic options that hawkers usual offer, this version was softer, no doubt due to the higher fat content. Not to my liking. Driving back, I felt a bit jelak... huhuhu... Made a quick stop at United Garden to settle mum's 4D chore and by eleven, I was home, getting ready to go to work.





Left work at about 5:00pm and quickly freshened up before SK picked me up for Apollo's birthday dinner at TJ Haus. Highly-recommended by SK after he boss organized a company dinner there. I too had tasted some of the food before cause there were lots of leftovers (I had their salmon in pesto for three days straight and when I saw that in the menu, I avoided it like the plague). Definitely yummy but unfortunately oink-free. SK and I were the first to arrive. The place was quite homey. Suspect that the owners have a fetish for cherubs and angels. They were all over the place. In the middle of the restaurant was a fountain in the shape of a peeing cherub (too bad it did not pee German beer). Famished as we were, we started with a salad of duck breast. Halfway through that, Apollo and Parco (whom I have never met) arrived. Next up was JJ and Bunny, followed by KT and Rich. Gratitude invited two surprise guests-- Bong and TZ, but they arrived much earlier than him. XD. He had gotten lost you see... We had used Restoran Kar Hiong as a landmark, but mana tahu there were two in Subang Jaya. Haha. By the time he arrived, we had basically finished eating and his food had already been reheated once. We shared a plate of crispy duck, lamb shank, beef steak and mixed sausages (the red cabbage that went with it was a star!), washed down with German beer.



Cake-wise, SK ordered several slices of cheese cake with a citrus jelly on top and digestive biscuit base. Good combination. Sang the birthday song and Jeffrey the owner also came over to congratulate Apollo. Gifts were opened after that. Overall, TJ Haus a great place for parties but what irked me was their "bottled water only policy". JJ asked for warm water and the waiter came back with half a cup of hot water and poured in half a bottle of Spritzer. WTF. For the next round, KT, Rich, Grat, TZ, Bong and Bunny didn't join us. One rushed back to her hometown, one was tired from work, a group went to watch "Prometheus" and the last chap was longing for the comfort of his home. Initially planned to go to Starbucks at Empire Subang, but it was closed by 10:00pm. Unbelievable. Ended up at La Bodega, the place for vin y tapas. Apollo remarked that it was his usual breakfast place. KKYN! Ordered some Illy lattes, a tiramisu and a strawberry cheese cake. The straight eye candy there was unexpectedly decent. Did some chit-chatting till about midnight and called it a night. Happy Belated Birthday Apollo!