homemade blues

Gosh. Where do I start?

Let's see. Raya came and went. D had his school concert. (I finally saw what the "Ultraman" pose was all about.) Had a blast meeting up with old, old friends in the Raya month (due to all the open house invites!). And I was hospitalized for a night some time end Oct for vertigo. Long story. But in short, vertigo is incurable, and I just have to take care of meself.

And last night, I had a good time - it's been a while since G and I went out to an adults only dinner. We must do this again some time. I mean, it's great family quality time to go out with the boys and all, but I believe, as last night has proven, it's equally great to just hang out and have a laugh with other people in your age group... :)

So we went to this place called NEROVIVO -I got it off the net while going through the participating restaurants list in the Malaysian International Gourmet Festival (going on all this month of November). Earlier, we had planned to go to Tuscany (PutraJaya Marriot Hotel) but it was just too pricey! RM115++ for a 3 course dinner. Aisey. Not worth it, man.

So, since I got Liz's agreement that we go Italian this time, NEROVIVO seemed the best pick.

When G and I got there, the place was teeming with patrons. Fortunately I had made reservations earlier in the week, so we got our table pronto. The ambience was nice. The staff was friendly. And the place seemed a hit with expats. Honestly, looking at the other diners, it seemed that we were somewhere else not in KL. Then again, I guess it was my party that seemed out of place... :p

I'm not getting into the details (I dunno whether Liz will elaborate on her blog), but suffice to say, we all agreed to give the place a 5 (on a scale of 10). Food was so-so (but we all gave thumbs up on the antipasti and dessert) - 'twas the presentation that brought the whole fine dining experience a tad down. I mean, the MIGF website said "extra special menus, extra special experience". Well, I didn't see the "extra" bit lah.

Maybe it's like G said - we were expecting what we see shown on the Asian Food Channel. It was a bit of a let down. But we did have a good time in each other's company. Tam and G took the opportunity to discuss business. Oh well. At least I got him to do this with minimal kicking and screaming.

That's it for this year's MIGF. One restaurant only. We'll see next year's festival...

p.s. How could I forget???!!! The other thing to commemorate in this blog. D lost his first baby tooth!!! Awwwwww......