It's My Freakin Birthday!

So, I turned 50 recently. Fifty! 50! Lima puluh! Goh chap! Gawd... Is that old or what?

When my partner turned 50 (ten years ago), he gleefully told me "I am officially an Ah Pek now". See how gracefully the man accepted his age. I am not about to declare that I am now officially an Ah Chim. Nope.

I have no hang ups about my age, really. Most of the time, I don't even think about it. When I have to disclose my age (like when filling up forms), I actually have to deduct the year of my birth with the present year because I honestly cannot remember how old I am. 

My brother sent me that cute caption above and it made me laugh. I don't know about the "looks 30" but I feel 15 and yes, sometimes I act 2. My partner can attest to that.

Early in the morning (at the ungodly hour of 4:25 am) I received birthday wishes from my beloved auntie. Later in the office, my mum and dad called. That was really sweet of them.

I also received a lovely birthday card from my parents. It arrived a day earlier and moved me to tears. Yeah, you may be 50, but you are still their little girl.

And since it is my birthday, I can eat whatever I want. Yeah! Surely you don't expect me to eat this :

I want something special. Something new. Something good. 

So I went to The Good Batch@Damansara Uptown. This place has been around for a while and I have been passing by frequently with nary a thought of stepping inside.

I had already decided what I wanted after checking out the menu online. Instead of my usual iced Americano, I chose the Aussie Iced Latte (with Ice Cream).

The coffee ice cream is rather sweet. Thankfully, the latte is unsweetened and that offset the very sweet ice cream nicely.

I ordered from the All-Day Breakfast menu and what do you know, you can have ice cream for breakfast.

The perfect anti-deppressent.

My Fancy French - French toast sticks with a homemade coconut-pandan sauce, dark-chocolate cookie soil, red velvet crumble and a scoop of premium vanilla ice-cream.

Does that look celebratory or what? Ice cream with coffee and ice cream with French toast. You can never have too much ice cream, if you ask me.

The very thick and fluffy French toast was complemented beautifully by the very fragrant and delicious coconut-pandan sauce. The cookie crumbs provided texture and  crunch. I absolutely adore this awesome breakfast. It's a breakfast and dessert all-in-one. And in case anyone is asking, yes, I polished off all the mint too.

By the way, if you are interested, The Good Batch turns 4 this year and they are holding a party on 8th October 2017. Party coupons are on sale now at RM40.00 if purchased this week but next week the the price is RM50.00 (as I was informed by the very friendly server). Too bad it is on a Sunday as Sunday is my very busy day at home.

While I was enjoying my meal, I received birthday wishes from my other brother. How nice, he remembered :) And so did my cousin.

Well, that was an awesome birthday brunch and I am glad I made the decision to visit The Good Batch.