Guests for iftar

My SIL and her four kids came over for iftar tonight. I am aways enthused to cook whenever we have guests coming over for 'lil parties or mealtimes. Seronok sikit nak masak. On a daily basis, lauk for mealtimes at our home consists of 2 types only -- fish/meat and vege to cater for the two girls. And mommy will eat whatever menu picked by them. Tak seronok langsung kalau masak apa yang kita teringin, and end up makan lauk tu sorang-sorang. Tak best.

So, since SIL planned to come over, I got to cook something I like! Pikir punya pikir, I rasa teringin pulak nak makan sambal tumis udang petai and masak lomak pucuk paku with ikan kering talang. So, that's what I prepared. For Misha, it was lala masak sos and ayam masak kicap as requested. Also on the menu was anak mami Maira's must-have kari ikan bawal.

I had asked SIL if there was anything particular she or her kids wanted to eat, and daughter Fiqah said she wanted Maira & Misha's mudslide pie for dessert. So, the girls pun happily made some (nama je pie, but no need to bake ke apa, so easy as the recipe pun came out of a children's recipe book).

M&M's mudslide pie (melting away...)

And in the spirit of sharing what's on our iftar table :-D... here are pics of what we had tonight...

sambal tumis udang & petai...

kari ikan bawal...

ayam masak kicap...

masak lomak pucuk paku & ikan kering talang...

lala masak sos...

For dessert, we had...

fresh strawberries... to be eaten with



creme caramel pudding...



and we also had some Big Apple donuts as requested by Maira...

Kenyaaang... alhamdulillah!!

...the three cousins

Congrats, Mya!

My niece Mya got engaged yesterday. Congrats, gurrl!! The wedding's in Feb next year...

Mya and her two lil' cousins...

My mom's sireh junjung again... she made two in the same weekend!!

It was acara kenduri & makan for me over the weekend! Phewhh!!! Dah naik 3 kilo kot!!! hehe

Another birthday bash!

My nieces Maya and Tini lovingly organised a birthday bash for their mom, my eldest sis Kak Long as well as for my second sis, Kak Anim and her grandkid, Lisa this afternoon. Like my dad, all three of them are April babies.

It was makan, makan and more makan!!!

Maya the kitchen goddess baked blueberry cheesecake, a scrumptuoliscious chicken pie and fried popiah. Another niece, Jasmine baked apple strudels and also made some trifle. Rajin bebudak nih!!! The main dish was laksa Johor... aahhh... my tummy still hurts from the over-eating!!!

The birthday girls!!!

The kids enjoying some party games...

Can you spot Pooh and Tigger on the chicken pie below?

Happy birthday kiddos!

Happy Birthday Aiman & Azra!

My sis' grandkids had their birthdays celebrated in a little do Saturday. My sis' grandkids = my grandnephew and grandniece! Yup, I'm a grantaunt alright! hehe...

And this old granny had mixed up the birthdays of her grandnieces -- I had thought it was 6-year-old Lisa's birthday in March, but in fact it was her lil' sis, 3-year-old Azra's b-day! Ape la Tok Tin ni... (had ordered cupcakes with Aiman and LISA's name spelled out -- thank God Azra can't read!)

Aiman and Azra shared a gorgeous birthday cake baked by their aunt, my bride-to-be niece, Maya.

Above: Birthday boy, 8-year-old Aiman

Above: Lil' Azra blowing her candles

The kids goofing around...

Below: Maya's homemade donuts ala Krispy Kreme... yummy!

Yummy cuppies...

What a work of art!

Thanks, Linda for the cupcakes...

My niece Jasmine and her two kids, Aiman and Lisa will be having a lil' birthday do at my sis' tomorrow and I've ordered these cupcakes from Linda, whom I call a cupcake artist.

I knew about Linda's work from fellow blogger Wiz, from whom I initially wanted to order cupcakes from (Wiz is another cupcake artist), but Wiz' orders for March are already closed.

Picked Spongebob and Dora since the two kiddos love these characters so much.

I hope they'll love the cuppies. Oh, I'm sure they will!

Generous Linda was so kind to add on 4 little cuppies especially for my girls. God bless you, Linda... Allah murahkan rezeki you and family...