Homecooked Gifts Of Love For The Man's 44th

The best gifts are always from the heart, as gifts should be. The man was thoroughly pampered for his birthday weekend, especially by friends who were in town. There was a breakfast of only the best store-bought thosai, a jam session, and the friends' mother even whipped up lunch for him.

I only eat thosai at very few places because I'm so damn picky about it. I don't know that many good thosai venues, but among those I love, Murugan and MTR make the cut of course, and then, there's Bhagawan at the corner of the kopitiam at Block 284 Bishan Street 22. We had that for breakfast. It's always a welcome weekend indulgence! S went to tapau thosai so that we could eat in comfort at his home and linger over coffee. We've eaten Bhagawan's thosai for many years, and I don't know how long more Bhagawan will go on for since it's run by an elderly couple in their 70s. The lady makes the thosai fresh upon order, and her husband takes the orders. and they always sell out on weekends by 10.30am.

Luncheon was eagerly looked forward to. We woke up late and skipped breakfast for this. Aunty J's cabbage pesarapappu is seriously the BEST, among all restaurants, and uhhh, honestly many other home kitchens. She did her famous fish cutlets and Kerala fish curry. There were so many pots of awesome food on the table- achar, otah, prawn masala, sayur lodeh, and beef rendang, and even stir-fried pork kidney. Wow! Aunty J would have had to start cooking two days ago! The man was super grateful (so was I since my stomach was also a beneficiary). He was very touched that the friends bribed convinced their mothers into doing this meal. Sure, it benefited all of us, but it was extra lovely to have everyone sit down together for so many meals in a row. SO MUCH LOVE. 🥰🤩💋