*~ It Was Our 1st Anniversary ~*

23rd September was the date we celebrated our first anniversary. Time really flies. I feel as if we just started to date each other few months back.

Anyway, boyfriend had started to plan for this few months ago but he did not want to tell me where we would go. He was too good in keeping it. I tricked him for so many times so that he would spill out the words but not even once he fell for it!

We went out for dinner quite early because he did not want us to miss out the sunset.

In the car not knowing where was i.



I ended up at Tamarind Springs.
An ex-colleague once told me that he wanted to bring me here but in the end, it did not work out. Instead, boyfriend was the one who did and i never mentioned about this place to him before. Another wish came true.

At the entrance of Tamarind Springs.

We had to walk all the way down before reaching the restaurant.

Boyfriend & the statue.

Few steps before entering the restaurant.

Rather than Indochinese cuisine, we went for Italian cuisine (Il Tempio Restaurant). There are few restaurants within the same area that offer different cuisines.

Surrounded by trees. Peaceful, quiet, romantic.

Before we went for something heavier.

Some starter that involved salmon.



Some duck confit salad.
The names were not easy to be remembered.
It was supposed to have celery but the chef helped me to change it to other greens since i hate celery. Delicious!

Some ravioli stuffed with ricotta and spinach.

Small portions but somehow everything was enough for the two of us since we were also served with breads. Love the taste of the food to the max!

The rings he got for us.

(Forget about my fat and hairy hand)

:)

Oh well... =_="

~* Sugar Rice Dumpling *~

My second time at Taiwan House.

Mr. [R]'s all time favourite Dry Beef Glass Noodle. He told me that he only orders this everytime he is there.

My Dry Prawn Ball Glass Noodle. I don't know whether the prawn balls were just like other prawn balls that you can get anywhere or they were specially made or homemade. Well, i just enjoyed eating the prawn balls. I also love the the fried chopped garlic that was sprinkled on top of the meat or balls. Beware if you happen to have dry glass noodle. It was literally dry until i almost got choked by it. Fortunately the dry glass noodle was served with a small bowl of soup.

Rice dumpling. There are two main types of rice dumpling. The first type of rice dumpling is the one that tastes salty and having different ingredients in it such as egg yolk, chestnut, pork meat, dried shrimps, beans and so on. This type of rice dumpling is supposed to be dipped with soy sauce traditionally.

Another type of rice dumpling is the one made of alkali water ("karn sui") and either having nothing or there will red bean in it. Usually, this rice dumpling is to be dipped with something sweet such as kaya, gula Melaka, or sugar. The size of this dumpling is smaller than the other one.

I have this habit of dipping the first type of dumpling with sugar instead of soy sauce. I have no idea who taught me this when i was a kid. Ahhh, i just love it when it comes to eating rice dumpling.

I don't know how far Mr. [R] likes it. Mum gave me a dumpling to be shared with him. I asked him to try it with fine sugar. At first, i saw no reaction from him and he told me there was nothing much about the rice dumpling with sugar. The next thing i knew, i saw him taking every bite of the rice dumpling with more and more sugar on it. The reason he gave was, "I don't want to waste the sugar." After he had finished everything, i asked him whether the rice dumpling was nice to be eaten with sugar, he replied, "You laaa...! I start to get addicted to it." It is my fault again. =/