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Had visitors over the weekend. It was good fun, but it also meant I stuffed myself silly like a tourist as well.
T & S were in town from Germany and Macau respectively.
First stop, Pin Chuan, the trusty place for delicious Szechuan cuisine. We had the famous mandarin fish in oil, salted egg prawn, crab meat [...]

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In the postbox:
Postcard from D and gang from Australia.

Bak Kut Teh spices from Malaysia via Hong Kong, thanks to YL.
Made some BKT for dinner last night. Perfect for cold rainy weather.
Had leftovers for lunch today too.

In the bedroom:
Finally using my Muji bedsheet, duvet cover and pillowcases. Lovely soft t-shirt material type cotton. So comfortable I [...]

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While our Malaysian friends back home got a day off, we in Shanghai had to work.
Not to miss out on the festivities, I got the gang together for a Deepavali dinner, in honour of our Indian friends. MY recommended Indian Kitchen, next to her office on Yongjia Lu.
We ordered:

Tandoori Chicken - juicy (even [...]

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Nasi Lemak Bungkus, Nasi Lemak and Mee Goreng with D. All in one sitting. Not in the pictures are the Roti Telur Bawang and Rojak I we devoured.
I got my Sri Melur Roti Canai fix right after D and Dogma picked me up from the airport. No pictures cos I dug in like [...]

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Had some friends over for mid-autumn festival dinner.
The menu:
Cabbage soup (with ikan bilis and pork bone stock base)
Grilled spicy chicken wings
Salt and pepper squid
5-spice pork chops
Broccoli with dried scallop sauce
Chocolate ice cream

AW and KN brought the booze and CY brought the lanterns, so after some eating and ‘moderate’ drinking, haha, we [...]

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