My 68th birthday on 2nd December fell on a Wednesday and my girl had to go to school in the morning. That was why we did not have our Foochow longevity noodles…

…the mee sua served in traditional Foochow red wine and ginger chicken soup in the morning. We had that for lunch that day.
My girl insisted that we went out for dinner that night and the mum did order a cake from Marcus to be collected at 4 that evening. Other than that, we did not have anything planned for the rest of the day.
I was in the washroom downstairs and for reasons unknown, my handphone connection is very poor there and it is the same in the downstairs room that I use as my computer room. That is why should anybody call, I would have to go out quickly to talk. Internet connection is next to nil at those places and likewise, in the washroom upstairs…which is a blessing in disguise. You will not find me sitting on the “throne” longer than is necessary, browsing to see what’s on Facebook or whatever.
Well, around 3 that afternoon, the phone rang – “no name”. Normally I would not accept anonymous phone calls but my instinct told me to take it and I did. I could hear the girl caller loud and clear but she could not hear me. I think she made several calls and in between, I started getting calls from zmun2. I quickly finished off everything quickly and rushed out of the house…and I saw a nice white car at my gate! I walked over to see and the girl stepped out. “Grab delivery!” she said and she passed me the things and left – didn’t ask any questions, didn’t say another word.
It dawned on me right away that my dear blogger friend in KL had gone through the trouble of placing an order and getting them to send everything over. I called zmun2 but did not get a reply so I sms-ed her instead. Yes, it was from her, just in time for tea, she said.
I got these slices of cake…

…red velvet (RM11.88), my favourite and chocolate odyssey (RM11.88) which was very nice but very sweet because of the chocolate. That is why I hardly ever go for their chocolate indulgence that my girl likes a lot.
In another box, there were the salted caramel macadamia (RM11.88) and the Hokkaido triple cheese (RM11.88)…

Personally, I prefer their white chocolate macadamia but the latter was very very nice! I sure enjoyed it like how I’ve always enjoyed those Japanese baked cheese cakes.
We only managed to finish the cakes and felt very full after that so even though the pastries were delivered piping hot, we saved them for breakfast the next day.
I’ve had their chicken Cornish spicy (RM10.05)…

…before, way back in 2010 when their outlet here first opened. I enjoyed it more than the chicken curry puffs (RM16.06 for 2)…

For one thing, I like shortcrust more than puff pastry and the filling in the latter was kind of sourish, something like tom yam, not quite like curry.
We all loved the black pepper lamb pie (RM20.10 for 2)…

The filling was something like lamb stew with chunks of the meat and very strong on the black pepper.
Gosh!!! I really don’t know how I can thank you enough, zmun2 – it was so very sweet and so very thoughtful of you! That was a pleasant and lovely surprise indeed and yes, it sure made my day, thank you, thank you, thank you!
In the meantime, my cousin in Cheras, Selangor sent me a birthday card…

…a week earlier but it arrived a day late, on the 3rd. It’s the thought that counts, of course, thank you for that and for the effort too. She also sent us a Christmas card – now, that one sure arrived way ahead of the festival towards the end of this month.
I remember my special birthday celebration at my dear friend, Mary‘s out-of-this-world Thai restaurant and the one we had for my girl was no less stunning. Too bad the restaurant had to close – it’s been a while now but that did not stop Mary from coming out with something special for my birthday. She and her girls made this beautiful apple pie…

…and went through the trouble of sending it to my house! Gosh!!! I never had an apple pie this nice before, honestly! It was so so so good, as gorgeous as the ladies who made it, thank you all so much!
I truly am so blessed, praise the Lord!!!
FOOTNOTE: Prices quoted above are Grab Delivery prices, inclusive of charges.
SECRET RECIPE, town outlet (2.303270, 111.849253) is located along Jalan Pahlawan, round the corner from the Sibu Bus Terminal.