Lance and Melissa got hitched!

Finally, these two birds have gotten hitched in the eyes of society hehe. What a fun, great wedding party!

The venue was at Tujo, Ascott Kuala Lumpur – love the glass ceiling and walls!

# – Lance and Melissa <3

The groom surprised the bride with some kind of epic military truck as bridal car, haha. Amazing!

# – Imagine the groom’s entourage all decked out in military costume coming out of this truck to take the bride away! Haha.

# – Wedding vows time! I cried a little course it was beautiful! Mel looked spectacular!

# – The newlyweds cut the cake.

The cake was super delicious…so moist and buttery!

In fact, a little girl seated just behind us was eating so much of the cake we overheard the father telling her to “Stop eating the cake” in a booming voice, hahahhaa.

# – Awwww :)

# – The cake. Yums yums yums.

# – Me and hubs selfie.

Wedding party started at 3pm and didn’t end till after midnight. Blame Lance for the non-stop booze…been a while since I saw all the terbabas faces, pictures shall not be published in public domain. Hahahaha.

Thanks for having us at your beautiful wedding! So happy for your guys…Love you two! <3

Our Vietnamese lunch favourite – Obanhmi in Damansara Utama / Damansara Uptown

Everytime we’re in need of something tasty & healthy for lunch, we would head to Obanhmi in Damansara Utama or Uptown. We may have eaten there about half a dozen times so far.

This place has never disappointed us once. Offering a range of Vietnamese style sandwiches called banh mi on top of a few other Vietnamese fares, Obanhmi is a wonderful place to grab a quick but satisfying meal.

# – The Vietnamese sandwich.

# – Obanhmi.

Parking is not as terrible as the inside square of Damansara Uptown, most times we’re able to find a space near the shop.

The menu isn’t big, but that’s okay as they focus on what they’re good at.

# – The menu. Price is certainly affordable – around the same as Subway but with much better food. Non-halal though.

Obanhmi makes their own baguettes. If you like to have your baguettes super fresh, you could check them out at specific times.

# – For freshly baked baguettes, go at 8am, 12.30pm, 1pm and 6pm.

# – The interior is simple and comfortable.

Our staple is the “O Roasty” sandwich – a bahn mi packed with pork liver pate, fresh vegetables, pickled vegetables and ROAST PORK.

# – O-Roasty.

# – Cross section of O-Roasty.

They have recently introduced a new item which name has escaped me now, but it’s basically a bowl of vermicelli, with chopped up roast pork, chopped up deep-fried spring rolls and loads of fresh vegetables served with a clear sweetish spicy sauce.

I LOVE THIS!

It’s decadent yet refreshing, like a very good bowl of salad meal should be. Lots of textures and taste.

# – My favourite at Obanhmi now.

The serve really good rolls too…both fried and fresh rolls.

# – “O Rolly”, the fried rolls. Crispy on the outside and great texture on the inside. Delicious filling of minced pork, mushroom, carrots and glass noodles.

# – My weakness is the fresh summer roll though, called “O Summery”. It’s a sight to behold!

# – Cross section of the summer roll. Served with a delicious homemade hoisin sauce, the fillings include basil, mint, chive, lettuce, avocado, pork and prawn.

Of course they serve a mean Vietnamese coffee! They have other beverages such as Vietnamese iced lemon tea, soft drinks and beer too.

# – Vietnamese style iced lemon tea and milk coffee.

Obanhmi
33 Jalan SS21/56B,
Damansara Utama,
47400 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor, Malaysia
47400 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Tel: 03-7732 8540
Email: obanhmishop@gmail.com
Tueday – Sunday: 9.30am – 9.30pm
Monday: Closed
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OBMshop

Making the perfect bowl of cucumber raita.

I have tried making cucumber raita in the past by simply chopping cucumbers up and chucking them into a bowl of yogurt.

Easy peasy right? Well the raita always turned out a little water-logged and tasted far too soggy, quite the opposite of refreshing.

Fortunately, I found a recipe for cucumber raita some time ago which guarantees a raita infused with cucumber flavours and the perfect texture too.

The secret to a yummy bowl of raita isn’t any special ingredient, instead, it’s the additional methods involved in making it which results in a whole lot of difference.

Ingredients:

1 cucumber
400 grams of plain yogurt
A handful of mint leaves (optional)
Salt to taste

Tools:

Muslin or cheesecloth (in my case, I bought bandage fabric from Daiso)
Grater

# – The ingredients and tools for making awesome cucumber raita.
Cucumber raita recipe

# – First, grate the cucumber – skin, seeds, flesh and all into a bowl covered with muslin/cheesecloth/bandage fabric.
Cucumber raita recipe

# – Grated cucumber.
Cucumber raita recipe

# – Then gather the cloth together and squeeze all liquid into the bowl. Squeeze out as much liquid as possible.
Cucumber raita recipe

# – Pure cucumber juice. What do you do with this green nectar of life? Drink it up of course!
Cucumber raita recipe

# – Weigh out 400 grams of plain yogurt – 400 grams to one cucumber.
Cucumber raita recipe

# – Dump in the now squeezed up cucumber bits.
Cucumber raita recipe

# – Finely chop up the mint leaves.
Cucumber raita recipe

# – Throw the mint leaves into the yogurt as well.
Cucumber raita recipe

# – Add a pinch of salt to taste.
Cucumber raita recipe

# – With a spoon, mix it all up. Stir and stir.
Cucumber raita recipe

# – Cucumber raita, DONE! Garnish with a sprig of mint leaf if that’s your kind of thing.
Cucumber raita recipe

While you can eat it straight, I like to chill it in the fridge for a couple of hours so that the cucumber has more time to flavour the yogurt. Serve it with curries or use as crisps/vegetable dips. Delicious!