Dating with mom at OIC Cafe

I'm staying with mom for a few days while my husband is away for a short business trip. Mom and I decided to have dinner outside on Sunday evening. We drove to Bandar Baru Medan and scouted the area for a restaurant. We decided to have something at the "Festival Walk". Parked our car and took a stroll along the restaurants that filled up the street. Mom wanted to have Japanese food at "Sushi Zento" but it's so full and people were still queuing outside the restaurant. 

So, we ended up at OIC Cafe. I had tried the branch in Greentown and thought it was good, and wanted to bring mom there. But the branch at Festival Walk serves different type of food. Well..sort of more fast food and less varieties. Even the interior is very different. This one is very colourful and feel vibrant & young. Children will love it here. Whereas the branch in Greentown look more classy with the contemporary design.

We chose something which has the 'thumb up' icon in the menu. Mom chose one which has 3 'thumbs up' (OIC dry chicken rice) and I chose one which has 2 'thumbs up'.(OIC fried chicken rice). Thumbs up should be good right? 

The presentation of the food and drink were quite impressive. Heart shape rice and classy glass for ice water. =D 

For the dry chicken rice (bottom right), chicken is a bit too spicy for me but it tasted ok. Jus that it was served a bit cold. My fried chicken (top right) was good with the sambal and it was served hot. Both of us didn't like the type of rice they use. It's just not very appetizing and slightly dry. If they would have use a better quality rice, the dish would be perfect for the price of RM9.00 (fried chicken rice) and 9.50 (dry chicken rice). One other comment, they should really have a thorough cleaning of their fork and spoon!! The type of utensils they use can easily trap food and difficult to clean. (the area pointed with arrow)  

(Didn't take any photos of the fork and spoon. Found one from Alibaba.com that look similar)

Address of OIC Cafe 

2-5 & 2-5A, Festival Walk @ Ipoh, 
Jalan Medan Ipoh 1,
Medan Ipoh Bestari, 
31400 Ipoh, Perak.

Opening hours

Sunday - Thursday :10:30am - 10:30pm 

Friday, Saturday & Public Holiday eve : 10:30am - 12am

2014 - New Year, New Role

2014, a year to look forward to. 

(Sorry...>.< this post is kind of late as it's almost March now)

A new life, a new beginning, a new role, a new house, a new car..

(haha..not entirely new as it's a 4 months old car)

Looking at my wedding ring, it is unbelievable 

how things have progressed and 

how God has brought us together. 

It is still hard to sink in all..  

I still find it amazing and hard to 

believe that I'm a wife now. (really?! I'm a wife now?! :P)

Our first Valentine's celebration at Missing Marbles. 

My darling arranged a dinner here with the restaurant manager. They prepared a special table for us and give us a pot of Sweetheart Hoya plant or Hoya Kerrii which I forgot to take photo. Below is a photo I found on "google image". This plant is so special! It has heart shape leaves. And I found out that it will bloom some kind of waxy flowers if we take care of it properly. Unfortunately, we put it under the sun and the leaves got burned...:( Maybe next year Valentine's I'll get another pot (?!) 

Valentine's Day Idea

This year is my first Valentine's with my husband. So I want to make it special. On little paper hearts that I cut out from pink color papers, I write down love notes for my husband. 

Some of the notes that I wrote...

1. I love your cheeky face =)

2. I only have EYES on you!

3. You are my SUNSHINE

4. It's awesome to spend my life with you

5. Let's grow old together! :)

I hide these hearts in places where he can find them in the morning before he goes to work.. for example on his wallet, in the handkerchief drawer, near the light switch and all over the washroom mirror. *grin* I did this all while he was reading on the bed. He hardly notice I was doing all this! >.<

But he found out the notes on the mirror in the middle of the night. Though I wanted it to be a surprise in the morning, I love seeing him all happy and he giggled while saying "darling, I saw your loves on the mirror.. I love them!"

He loves the love notes! ;D And I'm glad cuz I love it too as the notes helped me to focus on the things I love about my husband. 

2014 - year of the Horse

2014 is the year of the Horse according to Chinese zodiac. I received a couple of greetings from friends showing the horse in different designs. Nowadays, we don't usually receive cards via the slow mail or even via email. Many send their greetings via SMS and mostly through "Whatsapp" and posting at FB, which is the trend in this generation. Here is a collection of greetings I received from friends. 

This year is my first year of NOT receiving angpaos (red packets), means I have to give out angpaos! Lol.. The reason is that I'm married just last Dec and according to Chinese tradition, those who are married will need to give to the singles, especially children. Some said for newly married couple, they should give double packets to signify double joy. I'm not sure when and where this tradition started and whether it is a must to follow, so I only followed partially. ;-P Anyone can shed some lights here?