Father and daughter…

Father’s Day falls on the 3rd Sunday in June every year and this year, it was on the 16th last.

Melissa was home that Friday as usual and she insisted on going out for dinner to celebrate. She got her salary for the first time at the end of May and gave me a BIG ang pao the moment she could withdraw some of it from the bank. That was so sweet of her but I told her not to give me anymore as I have my pension and I would ask from her should I ever run short of money.

Well, this would be the first Father’s Day ever when she would be able to give me a special treat…and she insisted on doing just that, my sweet little girl…

…and we could only make it that night as on Saturday nights, we would go for the sunset church service…and after lunch on Sundays, we would have to send Melissa back to her school in Selangau already.

We agreed upon this place…

…which was something else before (and the food was not all that great then) as I have heard of their very nice soup served in a bread bowl (RM8.90)…

It really was very nice! The bread was very crusty and fragrant…

The mushroom soup inside was nice though it tasted like something out of the can with extra mushrooms and other ingredients added.  It was all right with us though as we do go for those canned soups once in a while, anyway.

It was a nice cosy place…

…with nice lampshades…

They had those with strings tied all round, thus creating the shadow effect on the walls and Melissa thought that was kind of artistic…

The ambiance was further enhanced with the pleasantly soft music and they were playing one of my favourites – “Send in the clowns” when we arrived…but unfortunately, it was short-lived. A group of young people came in later – one boy and five girls…and they were so loud that they drowned out the music completely. Tsk! Tsk! Somehow, voices carry and they get amplified in a small enclosed place like this. I would have chosen to go al fresco and pick one of the tables outside if I were to go in a big group…and make as much noise as I like without disturbing the other diners.

Their island catch (RM29.90)…

…was HUGE…and very nice. I wonder why it was listed under “appetisers” – normally, I would expect something small like  a shrimp cocktail perhaps to whet up an appetite. The waitress did say it was going to be big though…and frankly, just this and the mushroom soup alone would be more than enough for the three of us for dinner. The mussels (far left) were particularly nice – I loved the salsa-like sauce with chopped tomatoes and all.

The fish and chips (RM14.90)…

…were all right. I prefer the ones at this other place that we would go to everytime we feel like having that.

The fajitas trio (RM22.90) – chicken, beef and prawns…

…with the wraps…

…were a disappointment. It tasted all right…but the filling was distinctively Chinese. It would be nice if they had cooked it with the sauce that they had with the mussels in their island catch…and I would say that just one serving of this would be enough for three, at least. They certainly have everything in large portions here, it seems.

The iced black coffee (RM2.90) was very nice…

…and I loved the stirrer, and Melissa too.

Initially, we had planned to go for dessert after the dinner but with the enormous servings, we were already too full and did not have any tummy space left for anything else.

Thanks so much, darling, for the lovely dinner albeit a really heavy one. We’ll go there again sometime for the soup and try some of the other things on the menu…and I’ll pick up the tab next time.