16 years ago today was the happiest day of my life and I still remember very vividly every detail that transpired on that day. Thank God we chose that day to bring her into this world via elective C-section as she'd already pooped in utero. Alycia is the baby that hubs and I wanted really badly and went through great pains to get. And today she turns 16. Though it's been 16 long years already, we will never forget what we went through to get her and the immense joy she's brought us and our families the moment she came into this world.
We spent the entire day celebrating Alycia's sweet 16th birthday at Lot 10 and Pavillion today. I brought the girls to The Tokyo Restaurant (TTR) to sample the launch of something incredibly yummy – the marriage of Crème De La Crème’s artisanal, beautifully-crafted ice creams with TTR’s famed 6th Avenue Cheesecake (burnt cheesecake). This marriage has created the ultimate dessert infused with the best of two worlds. And I was invited to sample this divinely delish ice-cream and burnt cheesecake.
Before the event, we had lunch at the Lot 10 Hutong food court, which is one of the best food courts in KL and possibly in Malaysia. Let me just tell you a little about Hutong Food Court, an award-winning non-Halal food court, to benefit those in search of the best of the best hawkers fare in Malaysia:
Lot 10 Hutong is a Malaysia's first and only heritage destination that pays tribute to one of the best loved national treasures - good food and the art of local cuisines.
A gourmet heritage village, Lot 10 Hutong offers more than 30 of the country's best eateries that have survived the 2nd and 3rd generations. Each is hand-picked from the best of the best, distinguished by its all-time favourite signature dish.
Kong Tai Singapore Prawn Mee. Campbell Mini Popiah. Ho Weng Kee Wanton Mee. Soong Kee Beef Noodles. Hainan Chicken Rice and Kim Lian Kee Hokkien Mee are among some these national food treasures at Lot 10 Hutong. And now, Ipohmalis / Ipohites can get their favorite childhood biscuits from Ching Han Guan at Hutong Lot 10.
Sherilyn had Soong Kee beef noodles while Alycia and Sherilyn had Porco Macau pork chop rice and noodles. Me? I only have to tax a spoonful or two from each of the girls and I'm good 😁 I LOVE Porco Macau's pork chop as the rice / noodles / bun come with a very generous portion of pork chop, fried to a tee - juicy, tender and porkalicious succulent. The curry broth that comes with the pork chop rice is absolutely flavorful and not spicy, thus perfect for me. We ordered the set meal (RM15.90 and RM17.90 respectively) which comes with a big mug of iced milk tea and a packet of tissue papers. Hands down a bang for your buck with delish food at Porco Macau. We enjoyed our food thoroughly in a clean air-conditioned food court.
After lunch, we went shopping for boba tea. Each time we're at a shopping mall, a new brand of bubble tea seems to pops out. The girls have tried almost most of the boba tea brands except for this Machi Machi (which we've never heard of before and just popped out near Lot 10), housed in a cute little shop. Sherilyn pulled me in. We were too blinded by Machi Machi that we did not even notice that our favorite Tealive is just right opposite.
And the verdict? We'll stick to Tealive, any time - cost wise and taste wise.
The girls enjoying their free flow of mocktail @ The Tokyo Restaurant before digging into Crème De La Crème’s just launched ice-cream flavors: Tokyo La Crème and Burnt Caramel Cheesecake.
After sampling decadent ice-creams and burnt cheesecake at TTR, we shopped at H&M before walking over to Pavillion before hubs came to join us for dinner. The birthday girl who's still not over her K-pop fever yet chose Korean for dinner.
Pavillion's Christmas decor this year is Star Wars themed, so fans of Star Wars, you know where to go for camwhoring! And try to go at night as the lights are fascinating and Insta-worthy.
We were dog-tired after being out shopping and walking for almost 8 hours from noon to night. But before hubs rushed off to his client's function, we did the cake-cutting thingy at home.
And finally, what motivates me the most after shopping or walking the entire day is checking my Oppo phone's step tracker at the end of the day. Today we chalked up to over 10,103 steps equivalent to 6.8km and just 2 days ago, we managed 13,331 steps when we went shopping at Mid Valley Megamall and Gardens Mall 💪😝 Though I don't exercise much per se during the school holidays, we still walk a lot. And on days when we are home bound and pretty sedentary, we go to the gym in the late evening.
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