My Shu Uemura Happy Birthday

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Yummy birthday cake by Delectable by Su

Until last week, I had only tried cupcakes and the regular fare at Delectable by Su, and so I was pretty pleased when my Shu Uemura Birthday Party ended with a sweet bang.  The birthday cake was a rustic looking sandwich with oodles of cream, chocolate ganache and strawberries, rich and absolutely sinful. Su takes baking and decorating very seriously as can be seen from her prettily decorated cakes.

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Thank you, Shu Uemura, for throwing me such an amazing birthday party.   I am in love with the Autumn/Winter 2010 makeup palette filled with all my favourite colours (purple being one of them), now in my makeup pouch together with my Shu Uemura makeup brushes which I bought last year and can’t do without.  Seriously, those brushes are so soft and impart colour on the face so well that I can’t imagine how I survived without them.  And the lashes!  Such a pain to put them on, but they’re lovely.   I have several sets of Shu Uemura lashes which I stare at regularly but rarely put on because I’m useless (yes, I’m better at catching peanuts with chopsticks than applying fake eyelashes), so I’m glad we had a chance to learn how to put them on.   The final collage shows me and my friends with our falseys on, while the earlier collages show the torture tools employed.

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And after all that, we supped at Poco Homemade with simple bowls of noodles and rice.

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Boys weren’t allowed at my Shu Uemura party.   But they crashed it anyway.

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Thanks, Jonathan Ooi and Shirley How of Shu Uemura for generously organising a birthday party for me.
Non-collaged photographs were taken by my BFF. Thank you!
Thank you, Kenny Mah, for giving me the final collage even if you weren’t invited to my party.

Happy Birthday, Bald Eagle

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Above: At God’s Window, Mpumalanga

Happy Birthday, Bald Eagle! Wish I were in South Africa with you as you celebrate this milestone.  Have a wonderful celebration!

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Above: At the England-Germany game, and Brazil-Chile game

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Above: Spot the odd one out.  Safari in South Africa (excuse the sheep)

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Above: Bald Eagle enjoying a glass of beer with his brother.

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Above: Sticky pork pancake at Graskop

Sage, The Gardens

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In all my life, I’ve never met a louder bunch of people.   Just one foot into the entrance of Sage, a very dignified establishment if I may add, and I was greeted by a deafening “Surprise!!” by a rambunctious crowd from the other end of the room.  Warms the cockles of my heart, I tell you.

The best thing about foodies, and such a generous lot these guys are too, is that they always know the best places to eat.  Sage is a favourite simply because the quality is consistently top notch.  The lunch menu is a pretty good deal.   For RM100, one gets a starter, main and dessert, a soft drink and a coffee or tea. The menu changes weekly.

I like the foie gras at Sage.  Some restaurants screw up the preparation by overcooking it, but at Sage, the foie gras is seared such that the centre is still a little raw while the surface is crisp and clean.   The quality of the foie gras is definitely superior.   If you’re lucky, you’ll find braised wagyu cheeks – that gelatinous piece of heaven – in the menu.  The lunch menu doesn’t offer as many options as the dinner menu.   Only two choices of each (starter, main, dessert) are offered, but if you think you’ll be getting any less quality as compared to the dinner menu, you’re wrong.   The preparation and presentation of each dish is as immaculate as ever, and the pairings of flavours and ingredients, like the vichyssoise of hokkaido scallop with summer truffles which includes puréed Jerusalem artichokes, is wonderful.

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Seared foie gras with quail and mesclun salad

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Vichyssoise of Hokkaido scallop with grated summer truffle

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Braised wagyu cheek with dauphinoise potato and fine beans

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Roasted seabass with king prawn and sautéed mushrooms

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Earl grey bavarois with chocolate sorbet and ginger confiture

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French farm cheese

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Cupcakes and pressies!

Thanks, Chian Tyng, Ciki, Fatboybakes, DelectableSU, Toycouple, Just Heavenly boys, Alilfatmonkey and Fuich for the amazing lunch and pressies!  Very much appreciated!

Sage
The Gardens Residences (same side as Isetan)
6th Floor, The Gardens
Mid Valley City
Lingkaran Syed Putra
59200 Kuala Lumpur.

For reservations, call: 03-2268 1188