Last month, I went to visit Saucer again in KL, only to find out that the same weekend coincided with the MPH warehouse sales! What’s more, the warehouse sales location was extremely near to where Saucer stays, so we decided to pay it a visit first thing on Saturday morning. However, our ‘morning’ was actually past 11am, considering it’s the weekend. By the time we were there, the whole stretch of road leading to the warehouse was parked with cars left and right. As expected, we saw crowds and crowds of people carrying big boxes of their selected books. I did not miss out too, and I bought some books at extremely big discounts!

The cheapest book from my loot was the Da Vinci Code, fully illustrated version by Dan Brown. Guess how much it was? Only RM10! OMG! I couldn’t believe it when I first saw it. I just had to buy it. The book by Jodi Picoult only cost RM15, while John Grisham’s and Nicholas Sparks’ novels cost RM20 each. During our visit, the Hitz.fm cruisers came over to the warehouse entrance to give out goodies. Of course, these goodies did not come for free. One would have to either answer simple questions or play simple games to get the goodies, and I managed to get an MPH book from the game. The free book would be ‘You Said What’, which is at the top of the book pile in the picture. I have yet to read the book but it looks pretty interesting judging from the summary at the back.

After MPH, we went for lunch, before we headed to The Curve for movie. I was in the mood for pasta that night, so I asked Saucer to bring me to the Italian restaurant nearby, called Italiannies. I have heard a lot about how Italiannies serves extremely big portions of food, enough to feed two persons if you order just one plate. Therefore, to be on the safe side, we only ordered one portion of each from the appetizer, main course and dessert.

First of all, we’re served with complimentary bread and olive oil while waiting for your orders to arrive. There were two pieces of white bread and two pieces with wholemeal grains. Nothing special about these, but I was grateful because I was starving by the time we reached Italiannies. Having to eat bread before our orders came was a blessing to my poor stomach.

Our appetizer would be the minestrone soup, which was Saucer’s favourite. They had two sizes for the soup, either a cup or a bowl. The size of a bowl was enough to feed at least 4 persons!

Then, I chose the seafood marinara pasta with tomato base sauce. I’m telling you, the picture that I took below definitely did not do justice to its sheer size! The plate was huge and deep and it was full of pasta, it scared me! Since we were sharing the pasta, we were given individual plates for our own servings.. and I actually had 3 servings from the big plate. I believe Saucer had 4! And the serving size I took was probably 3/4 of a normal size you would find in an Italian restaurant.

The bottom line is, I almost choked myself with pasta, or too much of it! *LOL* Anyway, size aside, the taste was pretty awesome, especially if you like tomatoes. Of course, the amount of seafood was probably not proportional to the pasta size, but they were still delicious and fresh. I was grateful that we did not order another main course or we would have stuffed ourselves to death. Joking!

Finally, Saucer kept pestering me to try the Cappuccino pie because he tried it before and loved it! It looked like a piece of cake but it’s actually 2 layers of vanilla and coffee-flavoured ice-cream. The presentation was also cute, although there was a little bit of distortion with the smiley face. The size was big, and I believe one person would not be able to finish the whole serving. However, I must say this was the perfect end for a glorious dinner! I’m definitely going back there again when I visit KL the next time.

Italiannies at The Curve
G75/76,
The Street,
The Curve,
Mutiara Damansara.
Tel: +603-77281715

After completing my first Cecelia Ahern’s book, I was eagerly awaiting her new books. By the way, the PS I Love You movie never made it to Malaysia. What a disappointment! Anyone has the DVD?

Anyway, I got this new book from Cecelia Ahern during last Christmas, and I only managed to get my hands on it lately. It is titled A Place Called Here and it is a uniquely told story, with a some interesting characters. Basically, it’s a story about missing things, and a very curious girl. Have you ever wondered where missing things go? The girl in the story, called Sandy Shortt, is the type of girl who could never sleep sound knowing that something is out there missing. If she couldn’t find one of her socks, she would practically turn the whole house upside down just to locate it. And if all else fails, she would end up miserable and even more curious. Hence, her parents are very careful with things around the house, to always keep them where they are supposed to be, just so they never go missing. Her curiosity and inquisitive nature really got to her, so much so that she ended up starting an agency to look for missing persons.

But really, have you ever wondered where missing things go? Sandy brought up a good point in the story. Things only go missing if you misplace them or if you FORGET where you placed them, but she does not forget where she puts her things. Knowing that she is so particular, she always makes sure she remembers where she keeps her stuffs. So, why do things still go missing? The story apparently led to a place called Here, where all the missing things and missing persons end up to be. Of course, this is a fictional story, but reading the book somehow makes me ponder. I’m sure in all of our lives, there must be at least ONE thing that we have lost and never found back. Where did they go? Does ‘Here’ really exist? Interesting read…