Happy Birthday Pa!

By the grace of God, my dad made it to his 82nd birthday today. Happy Birthday, Pa! 

May God bless you with the best health possible under the present circumstances. And may we be blessed with your presence for as long as the Lord permits. Amen.

My brother went and bought four lovely slices of cake to celebrate. I didn't eat any because I was saving my carb quota (just in case) for something else.

My family is happy that dad made it this far. We don't know how much time he still has with us and we are grateful that he is still here today.

Though dad is now house bound, he is able to sit up and to stand with the aid of a walker and march on the spot. He is also able to walk a few steps around the bed. Little achievements like this mean so much to us. Mentally he is still very sharp.

Late morning my brother and I headed off to lunch and that story will be in my next post.

Now let's see what I ate yesterday heh..heh...

Ribeye on the left and sirloin on the right.

I used my cast iron pan because the pan was used earlier to fry up some sausages. So might as well use the hot pan to fry up the steaks. The splatter guard is really handy and effective. My stove top is no longer oily and messy.

I did not achieve a good sear because I did not adequately dry the surface of the steaks. I will do better next time.

Just 2 minutes per side for medium rare.

I also threw in a few cloves of garlic. Next time must put more because garlic is so delicious.

Yes, I ate both steaks. I am such an animal. Those two pieces weight almost 500g. I once went to a lunch hosted by a client (he runs a restaurant) and he ordered me a Wagyu steak. Then he asked me "Is 100g enough?" Please, don't make me laugh lah.

Oh ya. The sausages I bought from The Butcher's Table.

To cook, you boil up some water. Then drop the sausages into the boiling water, off the fire and leave it covered for 10 minutes.

Then pan fry for 3 minutes on each side. No, these I did not eat and they are meant for another day (to save time).

The steaks were for my OMAD and I did not feel hungry at all in the evening.

All that washed down with my DIY kopi C ais kosong. My kopi C tastes just as good as the one from Donald's shop and better than the one from the Kaw Kaw Kopi truck.