Yes, very much backdated from September...but again, can say I was waiting for photos..this time from Reformed Alco Bear Marv
Anyway...can't remember which long weekend it was in Sept, but we did the usual girly, party thing at Velvet..only diff was this time Marv graced us with his presence...even tho he had his crutches with him
Gerald joined us too and we mostly behaved ourselves (mostly )
Couple of nights out..one bar hop night that turned out to be a "stay put in one bar" night and a last, big, yummy, piggy dinner, drinks and chat just before H&H took off back to Abu Dhabi and Germany
Werner's@Changkat
El Cerdo and 21@ Changkat
The Friday night started with an indulgent, super yummy piggy dinner, washed down with much fresh Hoegaarden on tap and sangria
The food was yummy and so was the communal eating atmosphere. There were 12 or 13 of us if I remember correctly and we did the whole hog (literally )
Other the the whole roast piglet, we had the cold meat starter platter which had serrano and proscuitto hams, salami and assorted olives and pickles, some sausages and mash, iberico pork ribs, black pig steak (which was truly, truly delicious...texture of a lovely, tender beef steak and a distinctly non-piggy flavour) plus a dessert selection
Lip smacking but the company was too good for food pics
Hoegaarden is good...Jacquie and Hal both agree
More hoe...
Ze little piglet who was our dinner. Marinated overnight in white wine and herbs in order to be tender, melt in the mouth and soft enough to cut with a plate
Tradition to cut the pig with the plate and add good wishes, then you smash the plate so it takes all the bad luck away...perfect for a good start of life together
Mostly happy after food and drink...waiting for dessert.
And after dinner, it was off to 21 for drinks and yak
Jamie was in KL from Singapore and came to meet us
the gals L-R Mel, Phoebe, Jacquie, Monica, Hal, Pohgs, Val and Jamie
Urfi came to meet us later
Henry is as usual surrounded by women
Last picture of all...the cutie Jacquie picked up...
Till the next time H&H make it back here..soon I hope
It was on a weekday and blur me was waiting for Henz to confirm so I could take the morning off but I ended up not being able to cos it was so last minute
But Hal looked gorgeous and the hat Jacquie made for her was just the perfect touch to finish off the outfit
Henz for once looked super smashing handsome in his suit and barely any monkey faced, cock eyed pictures
Can't wait for the wedding proper..whenever (and wherever) that may be
Henry, Hal and Henry's parents and sister Michelle
Waiting ...
the oath
The point of no return
Henry's dad was the witness
Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Henry Murty
The ladies L-R Jacquie, Hal, Monica and Henry's Mum
What used to be a Sunday brunch-lunch ritual (in rotation with BKT and vinegar stewed pig trotters or dimsum) has now been reduced to an occasional thing. It was on the list of "must haves" for the 2 weeks H&H and Monica were around
It really was a Sunday lunch this time, after a night out on Saturday, if I'm not mistaken
Per tradition, we sat outside and ordered everyone's favourites; fried sotong, fried chicken, fish cutlets, prawn curry, chicken something or another, rasam, pickles, pudina, pappadams, the works
L-R Me, Sue Mue. Henz and Monica
As above, add Hal Monster
Girls in sunnies
Sans sunnies
SS2 durian feast
Yummy times for all the durian loving monsters, plus a trial by fire for Monica
Yaaaarrrr....durian!
Yummy...
These are XO, or something like that. Quite yummers...we got Henz to choose the bitter ones
This was D24 I think
L-R Hal, Me, Phoebe, Monica
L-R Hal, Henz, Jaquie, Sue Mue, Me, Phoebe
Aftermath
We headed to the pasar malam in Taman Megah to walk off all that durian, and ended uop munching on savouries and having drinks...we are such piggies
H&H came back to KL for a visit in August...and to get legally bound (sans wedding, which will be much later). Post is super delayed cos Henz didn't load up any of the photos till a couple of days ago.
It was a rushed, slightly under 2 week trip cos they had so much to do and so many people to catch up with.
We tried to meet up as much as possible and to cover as much "missed food" as possible; notably BKT plus all the extra spare parts Hal loves, vineagar stewed pig trotters, the glorious (and stinky to puke inducing for Pohgs) king of fruits, Kanna Curry house with all the trimmings especially the fried sotong and much home cooked food...
Other then food, there was of course the registration, and happy nights out
Have a look at the highlights:
Dinner@ Gardens Lifestyle store 1 Utama
First meet up not long after they arrived in KL. Weekday dinner with loose flexi time so everyone could make it post work. I was late as usual...
And Hal and Monica actually scared all of us cos they wandered off in the mall sans handphone. We had to search for them in a closed mall past 11 p.m when they didn't come back
Classic Hal...wandering off on her own
L-R Henry, Hal and Monica
Eileen and Yen
Ching and Eileen
Phoebe and Pohgs
Baby Kay Lynn is adorable
Ching and Tze Yong
Henz and Me and our traditional self shot, just a little worn out looking this time tho
No Black Tie- Broadway Duets
We went to watch Stephanie perform, along with Elvira, Llew and another wonderful vocalist who's name slips my mind at the moment.
It was a thoroughly enjoyable show, for me...and most of us (Urfi seemed a little bored, but he had his Blackberry, so all ok on Planet Urfi)
We had a lovely bottle of Reisling at NBT and yummy BKT in the rain at a grungy restaurant along Jalan Ipoh Candid except for Henry and Hal
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