We meant to post these up a lot earlier, sorry about that.... I've been a very bad blogger.
Bad Betty! *spanks*
Anyway, we actually went to Hard Rock Cafe earlier last month, and then again for Lone's birthday this past Tuesday, 9th December. Happy Belated Birthday, dear!! So for those who haven't been to Hard Rock since it's renovation, here are some pictures for you:
This is how it looks like from the outside... the two rotating big bikes are gone and replaced with this puny model. =( It looks good, yeah, but we still prefer the old design... it felt warmer before, the new design makes you feel cold.
The stage, looks good, but again, cold.
The stage looks a lot smaller, but apparently, it's the exact same size, they said. 
The DJ's booth at the corner. And the fun things hanging on the wall. =P 
I like the booth seats.... very cozy. That's about one of the only things I like about the new Hard Rock design. It's not that the new design isn't nice, but like I said, it just feels colder. The worst thing about their new design are the many raised and lowered levels in the place; we've been there twice, and both times we've seen people trip and almost fall because of those steps. Anyway, more pix for you to get a feel:
Notice the raised steps from this last picture? People have tripped here, so be careful and watch your step when you go to Hard Rock.
At least the food was still good. We had yummy, yummy food!
Lone had the Combo Beef Ribs and Beef Brisket, I think it was called.
I had the Cobb Salad, which I really, really loved! It's one of the best salads in the world!
We went there again for Lone's birthday and I ordered Cobb Salad again. Loved it!
And Lone ordered the lamb, which was absolutely delish!
This is Kimi (sorry, I don't know the spelling), he's the best! The people there are still great too!
And so's the music:
This is the band T-Rex, they're no longer playing in Hard Rock at the moment, there's another band playing now. But I loved loved loved the T-Rex vocalists! They were the best performers, their singing was great, their chemistry was great, it was obvious they practiced a lot because they were really, really tight.
Can't say the same for the musicians though. The musicians were sorta...blah. But the vocalists were exceptional!!
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Ok, on to the next topic:
I cooked!!
Ok, maybe that's not such a big deal to some people, but it kinda is to me. I enjoy cooking, but I don't get a chance to do it often. Usually it's limited to cooking maggi mee or boiling one of those Campbell mushroom soups for myself, but it happened that my mother asked me to cook for the family one day because everyone was out and busy and I was the only one who had some time.
So I cooked. For six people. It's only simple stuff, but I'm pretty proud of my efforts. =) Here are the results:
Tell me they look good! Please! LOL!
A simple scrambled egg with onions, which made me cry buckets when I chopped them. =~( This was my brother's favorite.
Beansprouts, which I learnt not to cook to long from a failed previous attempt. It turned out a lot better this time. Nobody's favorite, but they all liked it. =)
Sawi with baby corn, stir-fried with vegetable bbq sauce. There wasn't enough of it to go around, but everyone liked it too.
My favorite! Teriyaki fish fillet. Simple and nice. My mum's favorite too. And the onions made me cry again.
This is Lone's favorite, lady's fingers, or ocra, in thai chili sauce. I kinda liked it too, except that I'm not a big fan of lady's fingers. I cooked this because I knew that Lone loved them.
Tell me they look good! You can't taste them anyway, so you don't have to tell me they taste good, but at least tell me they look good. LOL!
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And still more food to come!!
Later on, I got a penchant to have some steamboat at home with the family, so Lone and I went shopping, and while I didn't have to cook the food, (coz it's steamboat, hello!) I did prepare it, and that took a lot of time too.
Feast your eyes!
Are you salivating yet? No? Ok, just wait!
This is the soup we boiled earlier.
This is the wanton and the fu chuk, however you wanna spell them. Yummy!
Fish fillet....my favorite! We had them we soy sauce and garlic... OMG, I feel like having them again!
Liver, which I loved, and my brother, and my father! =)
This is the beef, which I painstakingly cut into small pieces so that they won't be too tough after cooking. I kept telling my family that they're not meant to be cooked too long, just swish them in the hot soup long enough for them to turn brown then eat them while they're tender, just like with shabu-shabu, but no one listened! They were still delish, though. =)
My absolute favorite!! Lamb!! I bought lamb shoulders actually, then I cut the meat out of them, and used the bones for the soup. Oh, I wish I had more!
Prawns, for the seafood specialists, especially Lone! =)
We even had boiled cockles, these are in the pre-cooked stage, while we were preparing the food... We had already started eating when these were ready, so were too busy eating to take a picture. Sorry. But anyway, Lone had a fine time with these, I can tell you. LOL!
And because we love vegetables too, this is sawi.... one of my favorite vegetables for soup.
And cauliflower, which is great with soup too! And my favorite veg too!
Baby corn and whatever this mushroom's called. Sigh.... I'm getting hungry...
Chinese cabbage, which made the soup sweet. Slurp!
Yau mak, I don't know what it's called in english. But a great veg for soup too.
Looooooooonnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeee!!! I wanna steamboat again!!!!!
Anyway, to reward me for preparing the food, this is what Lone did for me:
LOL! I had such fun swimming laps before dinner!!
And of course, we had the most delicious, satisfying dinner ever!
Don't you wish your girlfriend could cook - um, I mean, prepare dinner, like me? LOL!
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