We Need Cheering Up

On Tuesday, mum, brother and I visited dad at the hospital. Earlier that morning we met with the doctors to hear from them what are the options available to dad.

We already had a family discussion much earlier and the consensus was to not proceed with any further medical procedures. A new complication came up the day before and after much deliberation, the decision was to maintain status quo.

Dad is in no condition to undergo surgery or any other medical intervention. All we can do is to maintain him and keep him as comfortable and as healthy as possible under the circumstances. It was a relief for me because I strongly believed that there is no point in pursuing any further intervention. It would make matters worse.

After the discussion, we went to the ward to see dad and to tell him of the decision made. He accepted it very calmly. Dad is actually doing rather well. In fact today, the doctor told us that his kidney function has improved. And that he is to consume more protein. Hah! See, protein is a very important macro nutrient. 

So after the visit, we needed to cheer ourselves up and what better way than to go out for makan, right? It was also an opportunity to take mum out for a meal. The most convenient place to go was Red Kettle at The Starling. Mum has been there before.

As you can see, the whole family are coffee addicts hee..hee.. 

Mum had the Classic Pork Chops which she said was very good.

My brother had the Beef Burger which he enjoys a lot. This is not his first time having this burger. Highly recommended he says.

The Oyster Blade Steak is no longer on the menu (bah!) so I had the Porkie Eggie Benedict. Unfortunately, it was not as good as it used to be. The bread was tough and amount of pork has shrunk.

I was hoping eat the Mocha Cake but sadly it was not available. So we had to make do with other cakes.

We had the Brownie, Black Forest and Dark Chocolate Salted Caramel. The best cake was the Black Forest. The other two were just ok only. As you can see, all are chocolate cakes since the other options were not so attractive. So that was our outing with mum.

The next day I was there again. In the morning I went to visit mum. I brought her my homecooked food. My lahling was in Penang for some family matters, so mum in a way ate his usual food hah...hah...

As usual, after the visit I made my way to the hospital to see dad. He was in a good mood. After chatting with him, I left and made it back to the office to check on a few things.

Then it was off to a late lunch. I was sweaty and very thirsty and no, I did not have coffee. I wanted something refreshing with ice. So I had the Iced Asam Boi Lemonade. Nope, I did not like it. It was too sweet (in spite of request for less sweet) and somehow lemonade and asam boi together did not do it for me.

And then I ate something I shouldn't eat. Haiz!

Peanut Butter n Jam French Toast. Let's just say that I should have ordered the Honey Bacon French Toast. As you can see, I was not very agreeable that day. I was very tired and cranky.

My friend had the Ice Lemon Tea.

And the Old School Chicken Chop.

And then he got all lovey dovey with the manager, Mr Yap. LOL!

By the way, Red Kettle has revamped their menu for Christmas. And TM (with the keen assistance of Mr Yap) took snapshots of the menu.  All this happened after I left. Since my lahling was not around, I had to Grabcar home.

They have pre-order dishes so that you don't have to stress up for your Christmas dinner.

This is pretty much their usual menu. Except no more Oyster Blade Steak. Tsk!

More of the usual.

Fancy drinks. Oh! I see a Chocolate Fondant!

I see something up my alley - Prime Angus Ribeye and BBQ Pork Ribs. I think I can sapu the pork ribs all by myself, 400g is nothing because the weight includes the bones, betul tak? heh.

Well, we'll see.