Catching Up, Three and More
I was so bowled over being able to see my cousin Yin again on July 13. In my opinion, she is an outstanding graphic specialist and advertising-marketer in the extended Yong family. It was so special to me to be able to sit down to share a meal
with her, my uncle and aunt and Yin's sister Honey at the Purple Cane Restaurant at Shaw Parade in the heart of old Kuala Lumpur, the part where its illustrious founder Kapitan Yap Ah Loy and peers congregated in the early historical days of the city.
The food was delightfully light and yet tasty, with tea-infused flavours and attention to detail. I felt revitalised. My aunt had cooked her unique black vinegar dish at home the evening before - another cousin, Lai Wan, and her hubby Shaun, had also brought over delicious satay for an apparently deprived visitor from Wollongong.
Still in old KL, that same Monday morning, I had the opportunity to taste again the traditional south Chinese congee. It may be the character of the place but the taste had an old world charm and zing that cannot be replicated in Sydney's Chinatown outlets.
The yum cha brunch on July 19 at the Prima Revolving Tower offered more than food - the views showed the intricate results of stringent and strategic planning by a Government which knows how little land they have as territory. In the eighties, one could go across to Sentosa Isle either by cable car or ferry boat. The former means are still there, with two stations on the destination isle and many more operating coaches. However , Sentosa is now linked by a bridge to the main island of Singapore, with the MRT trains in striking colours shuttling like toys between the Vivio stations and those on Sentosa itself. It was a truly hot equatorial day for getting the beach tan my peers would love after a day's basking on a Bondi summer's day. Traces of the old Sentosa - the giant Merlion, wax museum and Siloso Beach - remain as anchor attractions, but in 2010, the Universal Studios Theme Park and nearby casinos in an environment of an integrated resort will bid for the tourist dollar with Macau, Bangkok, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Neil and Yeen Yee's wedding dinner at the Sunway Lagoon in the Kelang Valley offered much toasting, the elegant beauty of the bride and Neil's just-right speech. Neil looked so tanned already in his tropical sojourn to Malaysia, even before the bridal entourage's journeys to the islands of Penang and Langkawi. Neil's parents, uncle, aunt and others in the immediate Irish family had come all the way from Dublin, where they had another recpetion at the Hilton in that city just a week before. The dessert at the Malaysian Chinese reception signified the roundness of the marital union, and the other banquet dishes had meaningful connotations of prosperity, happiness and togetherness. I caught up with Yeen Yee's grandmother in the outer reception hall after so many years.
To be continued
with her, my uncle and aunt and Yin's sister Honey at the Purple Cane Restaurant at Shaw Parade in the heart of old Kuala Lumpur, the part where its illustrious founder Kapitan Yap Ah Loy and peers congregated in the early historical days of the city.
The food was delightfully light and yet tasty, with tea-infused flavours and attention to detail. I felt revitalised. My aunt had cooked her unique black vinegar dish at home the evening before - another cousin, Lai Wan, and her hubby Shaun, had also brought over delicious satay for an apparently deprived visitor from Wollongong.
Still in old KL, that same Monday morning, I had the opportunity to taste again the traditional south Chinese congee. It may be the character of the place but the taste had an old world charm and zing that cannot be replicated in Sydney's Chinatown outlets.
The yum cha brunch on July 19 at the Prima Revolving Tower offered more than food - the views showed the intricate results of stringent and strategic planning by a Government which knows how little land they have as territory. In the eighties, one could go across to Sentosa Isle either by cable car or ferry boat. The former means are still there, with two stations on the destination isle and many more operating coaches. However , Sentosa is now linked by a bridge to the main island of Singapore, with the MRT trains in striking colours shuttling like toys between the Vivio stations and those on Sentosa itself. It was a truly hot equatorial day for getting the beach tan my peers would love after a day's basking on a Bondi summer's day. Traces of the old Sentosa - the giant Merlion, wax museum and Siloso Beach - remain as anchor attractions, but in 2010, the Universal Studios Theme Park and nearby casinos in an environment of an integrated resort will bid for the tourist dollar with Macau, Bangkok, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Neil and Yeen Yee's wedding dinner at the Sunway Lagoon in the Kelang Valley offered much toasting, the elegant beauty of the bride and Neil's just-right speech. Neil looked so tanned already in his tropical sojourn to Malaysia, even before the bridal entourage's journeys to the islands of Penang and Langkawi. Neil's parents, uncle, aunt and others in the immediate Irish family had come all the way from Dublin, where they had another recpetion at the Hilton in that city just a week before. The dessert at the Malaysian Chinese reception signified the roundness of the marital union, and the other banquet dishes had meaningful connotations of prosperity, happiness and togetherness. I caught up with Yeen Yee's grandmother in the outer reception hall after so many years.
To be continued
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