There once was a Devil
Who decided he had enough
Of a lonely little hotel
That some may call Hell
(Whatever you may call it,
it certainly wasn’t swell.)
And so he left the place
He once called home
In search of a better base
Around the world did he roam.
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He went to Australia
To Sydney, Melbourne, Perth
He even did Tasmania
But alas! had not the mirth
When someone mistook him for
A real Tasmanian Devil
He was miffed to be sure
And insisted a Devil in Tasmania
Was not quite the same
As a Tasmanian Devil
(Not this one, he’s far too tame.)
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He went to Europe
In hope of finding home
He bought a telescope
And ended up in Rome
The Devil in Venice
The Devil in Paris
The Devil in Milan
And still not quite done.
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He discovered Louis Vuitton
And a brandwhore was born
Burberry, Gucci and Paul Smith
Had labels flying out of his teeth
But the best of all
From mall to mall
Was the little brand Prada
(And this is why, my friends
That we call him, in the end
The Devil Wears Prada)
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And along the way, the Devil arrived
In this wonderful city, a perfect jive
Some call it Kay-El
Others call it Kuala Lumpur
Depending on who the tale is to tell
Once here, one never escapes its lure.
And so the Devil Wears Prada
Found his Happily Ever After
And to celebrate his third year
Of coming out of the dark
His friends, for a lark,
Came together in good cheer
With plenty of food and beer
To commemorate this special mark…
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With a confection made only
For the Devil who craves simply
Peanut butter and chocolate
(More nuts than chocolate)
And so we have this cake
That the FatBoy baked
And we have this take of
The Devil Wears Prada
And his Heavenly Nuts
(May he eat it happily ever after.)
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KISSATEN Coffee and Restaurant • L12A-1-1, Palm Square, Jaya One, 72A Jalan Universiti, 46200 PJ, Selangor. (website here)
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Copyright © 2010 Kenny Mah Ying Fye. Photography by Kenny Mah & Devil Wears Prada.
Cake Design:
• MUSE ~ Devil Wears Prada
• CONCEPT ~ A Lil Fat Monkey
• BAKER ~ FatBoyBakes
Kenny Mah believes in the good in people. He has been blogging for over ten years. No, his hands aren't tired. Yet.
this is so sweet….. happy 3rd anniversary to Devil… and i wonder what would be the 33rd anniversary would be like ….. so nostalgic …. surrounded by your kids :) :) :)
Say hi to devil and have a happy and fun filled weekend… :))
@vimesh: Uhm, it’s the 3rd anniversary of the Devil discovering this magical city called Kuala Lumpur and coming out of the dark, as Gloria Estefan puts it…
And those aren’t our kids (though I guess you mean they look rather youthful) – they are our friends and our family. Hmm, our family. I guess they are kinda like our kids then, haha.
aww, such a sweet post…such writing skills, sigh..puts me to shame.
@fatboybakes: Oh PUH-leaze. You are Da Man when it comes to writing skills, my friend. Your wit is so sharp, we your readers live in fear of cutting ourselves upon it.
(But we happily would bleed for more, more of your wondrous words, O master…)
I hope you don’t mind me naming the cake ‘Heavenly Nuts’ – it certainly was the heights and high we got after a single bite… and we couldn’t stop after that.
Your cakes are AMAZING. Period.
Just realized, for alliterative purposes, it would have been more appropriate if the devil wore DKNY. Is it too late to urge him to switch fashion allegiances? :D
On a cynical note, geeeez, you’ll accept any reason for a celebration with cake, eh! Next you’ll be celebrating the 2nd anniversary of your purchasing a new sofa :p
@Sean: Oh the Devil wears DKNY too. But honestly? These days, he seems to be more of Devil Wears Louis Vuitton than anything else.
Oh we do accept any reason to celebrate! And really, all Devil wanted was a cake made for him by his one of his favourite Scrabble-mates, i.e. FatBoyBakes.
No reason needed at all for a slice of FBB’s finest. Hee hee.
May he eat happily ever after indeed. :)
… and you too. :) :)
@J the chocoholic: Thank you, dear. May we all Eat Happily Ever After!
oh i meant something else when i said about kids…. i know the people in your pics are your friends.. when i said surrounded by kids 3 decades later was something else…. :)))
did not meant to offend u .. :)
Devil went to Prada,
Devil went to Cannes,
Devil dined at Kissaten,
And Devil went ‘Wee wee wee wee!’
All the way home because he began to look like a ham!
I refused to mention anything about those sinful nuts. *sourish comment*
My sincere apologies to Devil for making him the ‘mangsa’ of my verse. :P
@vimesh: Haha, not at all. I was just trying to be funny and tease you. Guess it didn’t work. Darn. Gotta work on my funny mojo, I do.
@jemima: Darling, it’s called ‘Heavenly Nuts’ cos Devil insisted on a cake with plenty of nuts and peanut butter. There’s no hidden context, really.
The heavenly part is what we all felt after eating it. It’s THAT good.
any ways did u see this episode of Glee its so cool… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E46BhMIRujI
and these days i am also loving Modern Family… it comes on star world
@vimesh: You are just gonna die when you read this. I don’t watch television. At all.
So while I have heard of ‘Glee’, I haven’t watched it. Go on, tell me I dunno what I’m missing. All my other friends are telling me so. Hahaha…
Hmmm, I’m fashionably alliterative (alliteratively fashionable?). Sean Wears Seed. Can only think of one clothing line that starts with ‘k’ though, so it’s gotta be Kenny Wears Kappa :p
Perhaps instead of informing FBB what ingredients u like in your cakes, u should make him tear his hair out next time by asking him to use whatever ingredients he thinks are most appropriate and reflective of the occasion. Like maybe a Mud Cake for someone who’s celebrating an anniversary of being in K Lumpur :D
oh i need to work on my sense of humor… i think these days i am just reading to much finance… so need to go out for a jog so it would burn my flab and also brighten up my brain….
Aiyoh! I know lar… I was just teasin’.
I’m just like the fox who couldn’t get the grapes…
Fyi, Devil & I have exactly the same taste – I lived on peanut butter since the day I can eat bread. :P
@Sean: Fashionably UN-alliterative? Heh heh.
Sean Wears Seed is actually quite catchy. Ever thought of suggesting this to Seed? You could be their brand ambassador.
And while I’m entertained by your notion that I am a polo-shirt sorta guy, I don’t have a single article of Kappa, unfortunately.
Might I suggest Kenny Wears Kenzo? (Now if only someone can get me a Kenzo piece, hehe.)
Finally, I’m surprised you haven’t suggested a See Ham Cake or some other sort of confectionery made from cockles by now. Alarming, really.
@vimesh: Nah, it’s not your sense of humour or mine, really. Words don’t often translate that well off the screen or paper, I feel. Some of the funniest things I’ve heard are just that, heard.
I do hope you can join us for a meal and a lot of great conversation one day. It’d be incredible.
By the way, enjoy your jog! (This reminds me I need to get some exercise too – all this eating is very “flattering” to my flab, if you know what I mean.)
@jemima: Ooh. What grapes are you speaking of, my dear? Curious Cat Kenny wanna know…
Good gosh, you may be the Devil’s peanut-butter-soulmate!
Devil came out from dark still consider as devil? By the way, happy anniversary to the Devil. ^o^
@Piggy: Yes, he’s an Enlightened Devil now… Hahaha…
Devil and nuts are Necessary Evil!
First his warm buttery buns, now his heavenly nuts. You sure he reads your blog ar? :D
You know, you can get Carrot Cake with See hum… ;)
Other than that photo (or two) of the cake, I see nothing sweet in this post. Rather hilarious actually. Not sweet. Guffaw-worthy hilarious.
Happy Anniversary to the Devil. But I was born and bred in Kay-elle. Does that mean I don’t get any anniversary celebration? Can I get one for the day I “stepped into the light”? Please? I could use some of them heavenly nuts. (I actually see more banana than nut…. Hmm..)
Devil’s peanut-butter-soulmate? It would be my honour & that would make me Evil..
Hahahahahaha
oh i would love to join u for a cool dinner.. with u and the devil… :) :)…
OMG !!! u do not watch TV at all…. i only watch only 2 shows and at times news….
but u do watch movies on ur notebook or at theater right… so if i try to find a loophole u do watch some kind of TV :)))…say 21st century TV LOL
Now i’m inspired to celebrate my landing in sg 8 years ago! Haha! Ok, before that, i’m gonna celebrate this weekend wif potato chips tonight! Zomg, so many perayaanzzzz! :)
welcome to kl again and again, the Devil!
@Brother B: Hmm, I rather see them as a Necessary GOOD. Heh.
@gfad: Well, he reads the comments at least. The posts themselves he’s not that excited over, haha.
Carrot Cake with Cockles? Oh will the depravity never end? I’m beginning to suspect you’re in cahoots with Sean to gross me out on a monumental and daily basis, I really do!
@Michelle: Hooray for someone finally not seeing this post as sweet! As I often say to whoever is willing to listen (not a large population, this particular group), I’m as unsweetened as they come. Why, I’m so bland I’m practically tasteless!
Oh, do join the club! As in the Club of Folks Who Don’t Really Need A Reason to Celebrate and Eat Cake. I’ve celebrated various non-events and eaten the most sinful of cakes (made, in chronological order of consumption, by Pureglutton, FatBoyBakes and Just Heavenly Pleasures) in the past six days alone!
We never need a reason to eat cake. Just eat.
@jemima: It won’t make you Evil at all. Maybe a tad Devil-ish, yes… but that’s a Very Good Thing (at least, in my books).
@vimesh: A loophole? Perhaps not. I rarely catch even TV series on DVDs and while I enjoy watching movies on my laptop or in the theatre, I’ve found few opportunities to do so, what with my constant travelling and, well, eating taking up most of my time.
But shall endeavour to rectify this oversight, hehe.
@Nic: Singapore, Eight Years Ago. HairyBerry Lands. The World Becomes a Better Place.
Aye, I think that is well worth a celebration, a big one as a matter of fact. May I recommend the Heavenly Nuts as the cake for this special occasion? Hehe.
Hurrah for Potato Chips! (Uhm, what sort? Salt-and-vinegar? Sour cream & onion? All so yummy…)
I need to join your army of cake-baking friends. What’s sinful is not your constant consumption of such sinful cakes. What’s sinful is that you can only share photos of them sinful cakes on the internet. =p
@Michelle: Yes, unfortunately. But my baker friends do have their websites where one can put orders and what not. For example:
Just Heavenly Pleasures: http://www.justheavenly.biz
FatBoyBakes: http://fatboyrecipes.blogspot.com
But I’m not sure if they deliver though; mostly is pick-up.
yohhhh this is sooooo sweeetttt!
“So much peanut butter, so little time
That’s good enough cause for this little rhyme
A peanut butter addict, this I can claim
Hey, there are worse things I can put to my name
Take my advice, love your belly
And do more with peanut butter than pairing with jelly
From brittle to cookies and even French Toast
From crackers to shakes and bananas the most
My pulse rises when I think of my dream
Chocolate cake with peanut butter ice cream
If your mouth waters with that little thought
Don’t blame the peanut butter, it’s not its fault
Peanut butter soulmates, Devil & Devil-ish are held together by this little jar”
Good nite, Kenny.
awww congrats!!
@babe_kl: Nein, nicht süß. Refer to this, please.
@jemima: Good gosh, a peanut butter rhyme – this is a far better dedication than my uneven verses above, for sure! It’s brilliant!
*beams happily*
Okay, I’m definitely taking Devil’s advice and re-write a bit of my post later today. It was much too rushed and not up to my usual, uhm, standards?
@lotsofcravings: Devil sends his thanks, bro.
that’s so sweet to celebrate such an occasion. he’s a lucky guy!
@mr sekimachihato: Haha, that he is. Doesn’t hurt reminding him either! *ahem*
…So THAT’S the peanut butter cake you were talking about! Verse, mirth, and peanut butter, that’s always a good combination.
And it was -wonderful- meeting up with you and Devil again tonight, and your friend! You both are looking so good. Nutella ice-cream! Next time, there will be coffee ice cream and beef stew. :)
@Shuku: It’s always an excellent combination. Except I am really disatisfied with my writing in this post, to be honest. Seems a hackjob to me.
Unfortunately I’m too tired (and busy) today to do much about it. Perhaps tomorrow, if I can carve some quiet time to rethink my little violet verses (as opposed to purple prose, haha).
And oh yes, coffee ice-cream and beef stew the next time! We are SO there, you can count on it! :)
Heeeeeeeeeee. Well, hackjob or not, it is still amusing. But I do know the pains of disliking what one writes and wanting to edit it to make it much better. I do it all the time on both blogs!
Oh, I think you’ll enjoy the latest post on my food blog. I equate cooking with kitchen sinks. :P
@Shuku: And I finally found some time, i.e. now, to look over this post. We’ll see if I manage to rewrite or not.
But I’m very glad to find a kindred soul in you. This isn’t perfectionism – it’s more of wanting to get things right, getting things true rather than accurate or perfect.
But before I begin, I’m gonna run off to your blog to read your new post (anything to procrastinate, haha)!
Of course there is Carrot Cake with see hum. Go to any dim sum restaurant worth their salt, and order one. :D
@gfad: Sure or not? How come I haven’t noticed this before on my numerous trips for dim sum?
Or do I have selective visual processing capacity…? Hehe.
Hmmm, I can’t see how u changed the rhymes or the flow though. It looks the same as it did two days ago! And it’s perfectly fine lah, you incorrigible perfectionist!
P.S. Hmmm I think that dim sum carrot cake with see ham is actually the pan-fried turnip cake thingy, not the dessert carrot cake that you’re imagining! (yay, my Chinese credentials are stronger than yours!)
P.P.S. So, since the blogosphere is even smaller than the real world, it turns out that the daughter of The Cookie Cat’s owner is one of your ex-online friends. She sends you greetings (see latest comments on that entry) :D
LOL
@Sean: Uhm, I didn’t changed the rhymes. I sorta gave up on them. Hopefully I’ll be better inspired some other day in the future and write another post with the same gist but better worded. Or something liddat.
But flow-wise, I meant I returned the verses to their proper “grouping” as I artificially separated them so I could have a verse/half-verse alternating with each picture.
I oughta have just paired up the images from the beginning. Ah, what we learn in hindsight…
P.S. Oh the turnip cake thingy…. the one with lotsa sprouts? I actually like that, but does it come with cockles? Really? (And your Chinese food credentials may be stronger than mine surely, but I can actually speak the language leh… That must count for something, no?)
P.P.S. What? What? Really? Who? *runs off to see*
@babe_kl: *winks*
Ohh that “Heavenly Nuts” cake looks so yummy! U lucky fellas! We need to eat cake soon, for no reason, ok!
@Pureglutton: Oh yes, I do most very much agree – we don’t need a reason to eat cake (especially when it’s such good cake) other than the simplest one of all: Because we WANT to.
Can’t wait for more of Devil’s Heavenly Nuts, hehe.
The Devil (2 syllable) loves brands, cities and people with 2 syllables right?
Devil loves:
-Prada
-CK
-Gucci
-Paul Smith
-Kay El
-Melbourne
-Sydney
-JB
-Venice
-Paris
-Milan
&
-Kenny
@keropokman: Perhaps. But I rather Everybody Loves Kenny… then maybe Miuccia Prada might fund my next trip to Milan, eh? Hehe.
Everybody Loves Kenny
That sounds like a new sitcom on TV? When will it be airing?
@keropokman: Knowing me, it’d be less a sitcom and more of an abstract performance art thingy, perhaps with me reading some Chinese poetry, but auf Deutsch, perhaps.
Just kiddin’. It’d totally be a sitcom. Hahaha…