Surprise Party

Saturday 14th : Sherry-Ann's surprise bdae party! aunt A arranged for my cousin, a surprise party at Meritus Mandrin hotel. 2nd level asian tapas Mezebar. family members were to arrive at 1pm, latest by 2.15pm cos aunt A told ann to meet at 2.45pm. Gx and I arrive at 1.20pm, mum and aunt S were the early birds. the place is small, but cosy. we were given a very nice sofa seats corner where the kidos can have their corner while the adults took a long table and the cousins took the other long table. i sat with aunt A at the other sofa seat corner and then uncle m, aunt o and mum exchanged seats with aunt A so that she can mingle with the rest of the adults .

Doi delivered the flowers and it was so heavy! seriously need 2 hands to hold it! 18 stalks of roses and matched with different kinds of other flowers. love the pearly details. love his arrangements, unique.

we all started eating 1st but aunt A and i were pretty nervous, both of us started eating but we ate little and i wanted to wait for ann to eat with her. aunt A decided to go down to the lobby early to wait for her. Ann was told that they were there to celebrate fathers' day one day earlier. when aunt called my hp and said nothing - that was the signal. we all stood up and waited, the kids even hid behind the stairways. uncle k almost suffered leg cramp cos we waited longer than 5mins! then i called aunt A and she said ann went to the ladies! but still we stood up and waited. then we heard aunt A stamping her feet so loudly and we knew she was coming up and then when we saw her we sang her a birthday song.

thebdae cake was provided by the hotel and wallace presented the cake to his sis. the cake is small cos there is a dessert bar! we didnt need to share the bdae cake! she said she liked the flowers alot and i think with the flowers it made her standout and feel special.

she received many gifts! sis got her perfume set. lucky ann received 2 bags, make up from bobbi brown, sweater top, accessories from the boys and 2 angbaos!

started my brunch with the lobster bisque. it was very nice. the antipasta and cold cuts were very good. i like the slices of duck very much. from the hot choices i enjoyed the lamb stew alot, the veal sausages with onion was yummy and i love the little clams in white wine sauce... the veg bits went well with the clams. i was pretty full so i didnt try anything from the roast corner. Gx said the roast beef was good. nesa had pizza. must be not bad cos she finished her slices. there was something else i didnt try there... dun remember what they were. Of cos i head to the desserts. when i say full that refers to the savoury! sweets are a must after meals no matter how full!

chocolate shot with bits of mangoes was alittle weird combination but still it was not too bad. just surprise that it was so watery, the palm sugar creme brulee - not nice... the cheese cake was ok, creamy- nowadays i am not so into cheesecakes anymore... the mousse cake had coconut which i dun fancy. the swissroll had a very interesting fruit for filling... was not able to guess it right when mum asked. Its not apricot or peach, its Jackfruit. the scones were not too bad. always love it warm thou. the egg tart didnt taste eggy more like a light custard tart.

My favourite dessert is ... Crepes Suzette! love it! its not an egg! its crepes cooked in orange marmalade and orange liquor and brandy. here they topped it with vanilla ice-cream and your choice of mango sauce, chocolate sauce, strawberry sauce and chocolate flakes. My 1st try was with mango sauce. it was so good and after a long rest and moving around playing with the twins, nesa, ann and i went get more crepes but we had to wait for the crepes to be prepared 1st! it was a pretty long wait. but we insisted on having it before we leave! for my 2nd piece i had chocolate flakes, i think i will like it plain with no toppings just topped with more orange sauce! i will come back for the crepes... quite like the place cos its cosy. we left at 4+ almost 5pm.

we are gog out tomolo to celebrate nesa's bdae. her actual bdae is on the 17th and ann's on the 18th. for both days we have arrange things to do! nesa is very excited! i just hope its doesnt rain when we are out!