Blue Ginger

Meet up with FMQ for round 2 of our office lunch. However, this time, we were the ones making the painstaking journey and we have a new member: TYW.

Venue: An Atas restaurant that specializes in authentic nonya cuisines.

The atas table setting.

And while waiting for TYW to arrive, we ordered our drinks and dig in on the appetizer.

Pink guava and lime juice. (FMQ cautioned: it's more worth it to order juices than plain water since both cost about the same in this restaurant.)

The appetitiser: Ajar-ajar, preserved cucumbers, carrots, cabbage and other stuffs. Taste really different from the normal ajar u get from hawker centers. More fragrant probably cos they added some shrimp paste or something.

Nearly finishing the ajar, but TYW has yet to arrive. This was supposed to a meeting of the LV bags, cos Blamer had just gotten herself a new LV bag and FMQ here got hers recently too.

Showing off her "Doc's bag" aka Berkeley. However, as Blamer was suffering from an eye-infection, she wore her specs to work and I advised her not to bring her LV, in case ppl think it's fake.

Finally the arrival of TYW, look how matching we were. Black shirt and white specs. White shirt and black specs.

Just like the two ladies in blue.

Finally, lunch proper. Ordered their nonya otah otah. U can actually see and taste the chunks of fish meat amidst all the spices and paste. Though I would like it better if it was a tad spicier.

Beef rendang. Apparently, FMQ and Blamers heart this dish, but I think the one they serve at Bali Thai is better.

This one of their chicken dish. I think it tasted like satay chicken. I like this dish better than the rest though.

The last dish is prawns. I think I ordered this but can't remember the name. Taste like tomyam prawns. The prawns are really fresh with the poing~poing feeling when u bite into them. The sauce is tangy and spicy good to go with rice.

Time for desserts!

Me and TYW ordered the most expensive Durain chendol. Very power this dessert. Must try.

Since both FMQ and Blamer can't stomach the powerful king of fruits, they have to resign themselves to this coconut sugar dessert. Just plain coconut sugar and ice, hmm very bo hua in my opinion.