A Gastronomic Adventure..

Comex fair update

2009-09-25T21:20:00.015+08:00

I'm lazy, so the pictures won't be in order.

This is our booth at Comex. ESET antivirus!

The 6 girls are grouped into 3 pairs.

And my partner is this babe called Evon Choo!

She's a slut & I'm such a bitch.

But we still love each other, hor dear? :D

Telepathy can be scary sometimes.

Us in action!

Me, Maggie & Evon

Me, Evon, Shi Min & Li Hui

Da Jie Da & Me

Don't mess with her, she fierce one hor! Wahaha

Li Hui, Shi Min, Yi Ting, Me & Evon

Shi Min, Li Hui, Me, Maggie & Evon

Raymond is being cheeky from behind!

Hehehe

Baby & Me! :D

Omg. I shy already.

*blush*

Shi Min, Me & Maggie

Chye Poh
Chwee Kway's good friend. Wahaha

Lionel

Raymond

Li Hui

Supper @ Swee Choon

Some of the friends we made in those 4 days.. Only took pictures with some

Yi Zheng & I

Hmm? I think this guy's name is called Kelvin or something.

My memory is failing me..

Saw Joscelin @ 4th floor while Dear & I were strolling around

Emcee-ing

Joscelin & Gillian

Had a great time working with all of the Eset crew

Lots of fun and laughter, just like the last IT show.

In fact, it did not even seem like work to me at all.

Tobi ordered Pizza Hut to celebrate at the end of the show
Thanks!

Bye *Sob*
I will miss you guys until 17 Oct!
Hopefully the bbq will be successful :D

2009-09-17T22:48:00.005+08:00

This seemed so long ago.. but I guess I still vaguely remember what happened

Sunday Brunch @ Riders Cafe

Bukit Timah Saddle Club, 51 Fairways Drive

This pic I kop-ed from Internet one!

What I had: Norwegian Benedict ($14+)

I love my egg bennys.

Norwegian benedict is a variation from the usual Eggs Benedict.

Instead of ham, smoked salmon is placed atop of the buttered english muffins.

The eggs were poached to perfection, and the hollandaise sauce complemented it perfectly.

Look at my runny yolk.

I broke the wobbly poached egg and allowed the yolk to seep into, or rather onto the muffin.

It was pure relish~

Cai had the Riders Breakfast ($13+)

You'll have to cab to Bukit Timah Saddle Club to be able to dine at Riders Club as it is pretty inaccessible.

There isn't any public transport which goes there.

We headed to Cine to catch 'The Time Traveller's Wife'

It was a pretty good show, though the ending didn't really do the novel the required justice.

I still like it anyway, it's a really special show =)

At night, we went to Bukit Timah to have steamboat!

Stir-fried crabs in kung bao sauce

This is only the first round. Wahaha

We had the bbq too, no pix taken as I was busy eating. Hehe

Taken during comex show briefing

The reunion of the original Eset people! =D

Haven't collected all the photos yet.

Let you have a sneak preview first =D

2009-09-03T21:31:00.008+08:00

Sorry for the late update.. Busy with work nowadays

Currently working at my aunt's spa now, and I so love my job.

I sit there all day, making calls to customers and repeating the same speech again and again.

I find it kinda fun actually, you get to talk to all kinds of people, and most of them are really polite (thankfully so)

Took this when I was really bored at home
Anyway, I really love Cornetto ice-cream.
It's smooth and creamy. So simple, yet enjoyable =D

Wednesday, 26th August

Lunch @ Tetsu with Cai

Tanglin mall #03-18

I 'stole' this pic from Google =P

Yakiniku (Beef tenderloin) $?
Tender, melt-in-the-mouth beef slices accompanied with sweet teriyaki sauce.
Sigh.. Utterly ambrosial.

Jubako Set ($32)
The set came with 4 appetisers, Kushi-age, Sushi, and a bowl of bland miso soup.

The Kani with century egg tofu (top right-hand corner) was fantastic!!!
I simply couldn't get enough of it.

Assorted kushi-age (Mushrooms, scallop, prawn, pork)
Very crispy, I liked this.

Teapot soup $10
You can imagine our bemused faces when this tiny little teapot arrived on our table.
It's even smaller than my palm!

Thankfully, it justifies its pricetag.

The soup was so fragrant, making it really addictive.
It's really quality over quantity for this lil baby.
There were also prawns, fish, and other ingredients in it, I can't recall what.

Cai then accompanied me to my dental clinic @ Paragon for my appt
Took off my braces that day! =)

Had our dinner @ Fish & Co (Paragon)

Being the novelty-seeker that I am, I'd ordered the Masala Dory Fish which is new on their menu.
The fish was delicious, I kept raving about how soft it was.

But the sauce was gross. In fact, it stank to high heaven.
Not a fan of masala, I guess.

Cai had some pasta salad dish, which he said was good as well.
Gotta try that next time.

Caught 'The Proposal' after dinner
I've been waiting for this movie since June!!
And it definitely lived up to expectations.

I love Sandra Bullock and her straight-faced humour.
And I think she's too cool!!!

Sunday, 30th Aug

Skinny Pizza
(3 Temasek Boulevard, #01-002 Suntec City Galleria)

Truffle fries ($6)
A must-order when you visit Skinny Pizza.
The occasional waft of truffle aroma simply delights the senses.

Roasted pumpkin with sun-dried tomatoes and shaved parmesan ($15)
It's a whopping 18-inch pizza!
Loved everything about the pizza except the arugula (the greens)
Don't see the need to elaborate more, this is a must-try!!!!

We're definitely having a second date with Skinny Pizza.
The wild mushrooms truffle pizza & squid ink pizza looked good as well ^^

Wanted to catch a movie after that, but the movie timings all buay gum.
So we decided to cab home to bring our dogs out to play.
When we were alr in cab, it started to rain..............

Changed plans and decided to head to Bukit Timah to eat instead.
Our stomachs are insatiable, really.

After surveying the stretch of restaurants along Cheong Chin Nam Rd, we finally settled on G7 Sinma, which is synonymous with frog leg porridge.

Thai Coconut ($3.50) to kick off the meal!
Boy, was it refreshing!
There's nothing more shiok than having smooth coconut flesh sliding gleefully down your throat.

5 frogs (kung bao) + porridge ($22)

Haven't had frog porridge for what seemed like eons.
For those who haven't tried it before, it actually tastes like chicken, only more delicious & tender!
Piping hot frogs in sweet kung bao sauce.. Can this get any better??

Of course it can. My evening just got better with uber delicious porridge, which seemed more like gruel.
It was very very sticky, just the way I like it. (cantonese style)
The thin ginger shreds added extra oomph to this, making it super addictive!
We finished the big pot in no time.

Headed to NTUC Finest @ Bukit Timah Plaza to shop for groceries
We bought so many things and it amounted to $100+
I love grocery shopping.. Let's do it more often! Wahaha

2009-08-24T11:27:00.008+08:00

Hot or not????

Haha. Yup, and that was Miss Universe 2009 :D

I think Miss Kosovo (above) strikes an uncanny resemblance to Audrey Hepburn (below)

When I saw Miss Kosovo on the TV, I was like, OMG AUDREY HEPBURN.
Srsly, she's a dead ringer for the latter, which I totally adore.

Look again! Alike or not?! (the one on the left)

Watching a bevy of beauties from countries all over, was totally awesomeeee.

I'm no lesbian, but I just have an appreciation for beauty :D

Sunday, 23rd Aug

Cai & I went to explore Orchard Central again!

Most of the tenants are already open for business this time.

I like OC's glass lifts, it has a busy NY feel to it.

Lunch @ Tonkichi

Located at the 7th floor of OC

My soba with assorted sashimi set ($26)

Salmon & skin aburi sushi ($12)

Quite nice, I loved the crunchy salmon skin!
Also, the wasabi mayo was not too overpowering
It complemented the sushi perfectly. And I'm not even a fan of wasabi.

Cai had the Ebi Tamago set ($22)

He gave me one of his prawns, which were HUGE.
It was nice and crispy, but the sauce that was drizzled over it was a tad salty.

Ordered a hire katsu on the side too ($3.90)
It means breaded pork fillet in English.

This is how it looks on the inside.
It was so crispy that one could hear the 'krr' sound when I bit into it
I relished every moment of savouring this baby :D

What a satisfying meal.
Then we headed to Cine to watch 'Where Got Ghost'

It was hilarious!
I mean, if you're a loyal fan of Jack Neo's humour, like me :D
It would be best if you understood Hokkien, to me it seems funnier that way.

And of course, the ending contained the heartwarming element that JN never fails to add into his works.

Had our dinner @ Shokudo Streets of Japan

Located at B1 of The Heeren

In case you don't alr know, this place uses the same system as the now-defunct Marche.
You use an electronic card to order and pay for your food.
What a brilliant gimmick. Consumers won't feel the pinch that way.

Unagi Fried Rice ($ I forgot)

See. Their gimmick works!
I just ordered it as anything with Unagi just spells L-O-V-E.
Didn't even bother to check the price. Like what if it costs $20 for a plate?

Just to show you the interior.
It's like our local Nasi Pattaya sans the ketchup.
Also, it contained tiny cubes of unagi within. Lovelove!

I'm glad I ordered this. It tasted great!!
The rice emanated a 'wok hei' aroma, which is imparted by cooking the food in a wok over a high flame while stirring and tossing quickly.
Resulting in caramelization and gives the food a slight smoky and charred flavour.

Wok hei is commonly found in zi char dishes.
There, you've learnt something new today :D

Shared this spicy seafood hotpot. ($9.80 i think)
Had sotong, fishcake, mushroom, prawns, scallop, artificial crabmeat, golden mushrooms, and veg in it.
Wow, quite a lot eh!

It was quite spicy for me cos I can't take spiciness well.
While drinking the broth, I choked several times, but that didn't stop me from finishing all of it.
It was kinda addictive, must be the effect of MSG.

Prawn & bacon skewer ($ Forgot)

This was quite nice.
Crunchy prawns grilled with salty bacon, what could possibly go wrong?

When I laid my eyes on this at the Kushi (grill) section, I knew I had to have it.
Gindara a.k.a cod fish ($12.90+)

It was slightly crispy on the exterior and extremely soft on the inside.

It went well with the sweet teriyaki sauce too.
My only gripe was that it contained way too many bones.

What could be a better way to end off a meal with none other than Blueberry Cheesecake?
It was quite nice, it had a yogurt-like texture and didn't taste to cheesy.

Next, we headed to ION Orchard as I wanted to buy some bread and pies from Bread Society
but when I reached there, the ones I wanted were all sold out! =(

Waited for cab for super long. I think at least for 30 minutes?
But we didn't mind as we were too busy planning for our Taiwan trip.
Super duper excited!!!!!

R.I.P Mr Ramachandra Muthusamy Kulanthaivelu

2009-08-22T11:28:00.009+08:00

This is a very loh-so post

Pls don't read if you are feeling sleepy..

Eyes popping out..

Some good friends that accompanied me during my study period

You all must be thinking, who in the world is Mr Ramachandra Muthusamy Kulanthaivelu?

Ans: He's someone who passed away on Wednesday.

Well, people pass away everyday, so why am I getting so emotional about it?

If you have 5 minutes to spare, please take a look at this article.

http://tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,211187,00.html

Ystd, while reading the New Paper in the train, I came across this article

My eyes went all misty after reading it

but I tried to control myself as it would seem silly to tear while reading the papers

The demise of this kind-hearted man is a great loss to this world.

He made a difference and changed the lives of countless people, and also the 150 cats.

It really touched me as I didn't know such selfless, altruistic people even existed in Singapore, a society where people seem to do certain things for a motive/when they stand to gain from it

It gave me a whole new perspective of what it truly means by being a good person.

I think it's more important to FEEL good and have a clear conscience, instead of trying to show people what a good person you are.

Some may not like me, but that's okay

I'm not perfect and I didn't come here to play Jesus

I know perfectly well what kind of person I am and I don't need to prove it to anybody

Yup, I know was a pretty lousy friend.

I'm trying to work on being a better one to the people who have never gave up on me.
Can't guarantee immediate transformation, though.

but I'll take baby steps towards that goal :D

Some things may have changed now, but the good times will always serve as a reminiscence.

All right, enough of the emotional talk.

Ystd after exams, our Business Law tutor gave us a treat at Tambuah Mas restaurant.

(YAY EXAMS ARE OVER!!!!!!!)

This is Mr Lee.
He's really cute, ain't he?
I think he's exactly like Mr Ramachandra.
He's a very caring and sincere teacher

Not just because he gave us a treat, but also all the things he'd done for us, including helping us so much in our Business Law ICA 2.
He didn't need to do all that for us, but he still chose to and I know that it came sincerely from his heart.
When he gave us the CDs that contained our photos, I swear everybody went 'aww' on the spot
He's just so sweet :)
Thank you so much teacher, you're such an angel.

Always camera-ready..

Candid so fun hor? Hehe

Tahu Telor
Not bad.. but i prefer the one at House of Sundanese

Ayam soto

Ayam Goreng

Udang prawns or something

Kang kong.. I didn't touch this. Dislike kang kong!

Something like assam fish

Shan't talk much about the food, it was so-so only.

But the meal was pleasant, nevertheless.

It's always the company that makes a meal enjoyable, isn't it?

Thanks for all your concern (you know who you are)

It makes me feel better knowing that there are people who actually care :)

We had group shots and split ways after that.

Went to Chinatown to get my measurements done alone, spent some me-time with myself.

Did some pondering and sorted out my thoughts.

For now, I'll just let nature take its course.

Lastly, I want to thank my teacher again.

Even a million thanks couldn't express how grateful I am to him.

But I still want to say, Thank you Mr Lee!

It'll all be over soon..

2009-08-18T12:21:00.003+08:00

Marketing Hospitality was a flop.
It's the subject I hate most this sem.

But hey, it's OVER! :D
Hope I'll at least secure a 'C' so that Marketing shall never see the light of day, ever again.

2 more papers to go, yet I'm in 'holiday mood' already.
I'm starting to plan for my holiday schedule now. I'm so excited :D:D Hehehe.

Patriotic, or not?

2009-08-09T23:47:00.014+08:00

Sigh. Just realised that I forgot to say the pledge at 8.22pm,
something that I've not done since year 07 onwards & had been looking forward to do so.

Anyway, Happy 44th birthday to Singapore!

Am in a state of apathy nowadays so I've been delaying my blogposts for quite some time

Gosh. Madly cute..

Buffet @ Go India

The good: The staff were really sincere.

They kept recommending those food that were nice to us.

Though even w/o any recommendation we still would have tried everything there

I'm a true-blue Singaporean! (very kiasu)

The bad: The food.. I'll just say that it doesn't suit my palate.

The other caucasian families seemed to enjoy it, though.

Went to watch the new movie "Overheard"

The much-anticipated climax seemed to be absent, or was it because of my high expectations for it?

Dinner @ Ma Maison
French & jap fusion cuisine

I like the decor, the ambience, and everything about this restaurant which resembles a quaint little French cottage.

And of course the food!

I don't know this man at all.. Just wanted to take a shot of the place

Sorry mister!

Beef stranogoff with butter rice

Squid ink pasta

Escargots

And we 'checked out' with this key

A very pleasant experience, but I'll shall be smarter in future and go before dinner time.

Cos we waited for 30 mins and only managed to have our dishes served another 30mins later.

The restaurant was packed with people and the staff were running around like mad.

So my point is, the food's good and people love it.

Dessert time, @ Ji De Chi

Almond paste with gingko, barley and beancurd skin

Cai's dessert which is so boring that I forgot what it's called
It consisted of red beans, PLAIN glutinuous balls and coconut milk.

Told you that it's boring.

Black sesame truffle mooncake from Bakerzin!

Mid-autumn festival is one of my favourite festive periods of the year.

Cos there's mooncakes everywhere and I'm absolutely in love with it.

I can eat it everyday w/o getting sick of it.

Today we went to New Lucky Claypot @ Clementi Blk 328

as Cai had craving for claypot rice

Before adding oil & dark sauce

It could do with more lap cheong (waxed sausages) ..

Sigh. Major disappointment.

The rice totally lacked the 'claypot flavour'

The one I had in HK beats this hands down.

Black chicken soup
Quite nice.

Next we went to JP to eat, shop, and eat again.

Went to OSIM and the saleslady was nice to let us try so many of their wonderful gadgets
So shiok. We almost forgot to leave! No la, I'm just kidding.

He bought his massager in the end and we left.

Steamed chilli crab dumplings @ Din Tai Fung
Mmm.. Nicer than their standard pork ones.

Go try it, it's only available once a year!

Until 31 sept.

Seafood la mian in Hot & spicy soup

Nah, not really that nice.
Tasted like beehoon.

Didn't strike a balance with the noodle and soup.

Too much noodles, too little soup.

2009-07-30T23:28:00.007+08:00

Saturday, 25th July

Celebrated XWZ's bday with Jo & 2 of his friends
Went to this restaurant @ Upper Thomson for steamboat dinner
It's called Ma Po something something..
Quite nice!

A favourite of many, I'm sure.

Fried mantous with condensed milk!

Chicken broth & preserved veg broth
Very nice ^^

The guys ordered so many plates of this garlic pork

Conjested with food!

Sunday, 26th July

ION with Cai

Queuing up to dine @ Watami

There's always a long queue for this restaurant. We waited a good 20-30 minutes for it

Mango yakult drink ($5.80)

Not bad if you're a mango lover like me

But i didn't really taste any yakult in there.

Complimentary salad with goma dressing

Pork katsu set

You're supposed to drizzle the egg on top of the pork and let it cook

Like this

Damn.. It tasted so good.

Hotate (scallops) with butter

This was okay, but I'm fairly sure I won't be ordering this again.

Brought Cai to explore the place.. I'm like the tour guide hehe ^^

Then we went to Cedele @ Wheelock to chill

Black sesame cake with tahini frosting ($6+)

This was delightful, I love anything with black sesame/almond/chestnut/pumpkin and the list goes on..

But I really don't like the ambience @ Cedele Wheelock

Their staff service is really bad & the whole place looks so gloomy

Headed to Paragon as Cai wanted to buy something

Stopped for a break at The Soup Spoon, my legs hurt so badly!

Had this Roasted pumpkin soup to share.

It's such a big and hearty bowl of soup, and that's my kind of comfort food.

& we headed to Clark Quay next
Bought this black sesame ice-cream as we strolled along the river in the evening

Had our dinner a Chinese restaurant called Grains @ Central mall

We had the 1-for-1 set meals @ $50++

Definitely value-for-money, the standard of their food was good as well.

Prawns in salted egg yolk

Poached spinach with wolfberries in superior stock

Spinach tofu

Braised sharks' fin with crab meat & golden mushrooms

I love the fact that they added crab roe, which brought out the umami flavour

Black chicken soup

I love this!!! Very very fragrant & very nourishing for ladies..

Guys pls don't take too much of this!

Grains fried rice, no wonder its their signature dish.

I love how generous they were with the ingredients

I particularly loved the scallops and crunchy prawns.

And also the addition of wolfberries, which gave it a slight taste of sweetness.

The rice wasn't too oily either.

Sweet yam paste in osmanthus syrup

This was very nice, and their rendition of this popular dessert is rather different from the common ones, which tend to be smooth.

This had a rough texture and you could taste the chunks of yam in there.

Really good! It contained gingko nuts too.

Mango sago with pomelo

This on the other hand, fared poorly. It was too watery.

But they were rather generous with the ingredients.

There were lots of sago in there.

And needless to say, I finished both desserts within seconds.

Grains is a good bet if you're around Central area and want to have good and affordable Chinese cuisine.

Not to mention, one that emphasizes on healthy eating!

Buffet Part II (warning: do not read this if you're feeling hungry)

2009-07-24T23:02:00.003+08:00

Continued from the previous post

Poolside at Ritz Carlton

The pool looked so enticing, we felt like diving right into it.

@ Greenhouse, Ritz Carlton

We had their Sunday Buffet Dinner

There's Cai beckoning me to go over

Desserts

This was so tasty!!

Fruits section

Seafood section

Cheese section

Live section (Meats)

Seafood section

Vegetarian section

Indian section

Tiger prawns, deep-fried garoupa and assam fish

Soba

Chilli crab

Lobster bisque

Smoked salmon, fresh scallops, mussels, asparagus, and some kind of smoked beef

Sushi & roasted duck

Oyster omelette

Pasta, fried dory fish fillet, sauteed veggies in cream sauce, braised duck, kung pao chicken, and italian meatball

Lobster salad shooter, Unagi, and Cold crab

Papadum, Naan, Vegetable Korma, Red Duck Curry, Butter Chicken, Mutton Curry, and Briyani rice

Some smelly cheeses

Blue cheese, feta cheese, fontina cheese, and brie cheese

Assorted nyonya kuehs

Cheese fruit tart (my favourite), chocolate mousse cake, and assorted chocolates

Some macha cake, tiramisu, blackforest and a white dessert which I couldn't identify

Dessert shooters

Cheesecake, creme brulee, and a chocolate pyramid (self-named)

Chocolate fondue with cookies and marshmallows

(the choc fondue tasted funny)

Pistachio & choc chip ice-cream

2 buffets in a day? My first time :D
We started the buffet at 6.30pm and ended the meal only at 9.30pm
Gosh.. We took 3 hours to eat?? Seems like a really long time
Well, we certainly ate a lot. Never underestimate the power of our stomachs!

If we're talking about variety, Greenhouse definitely satisfies.
We tried almost everything they had to offer, some of which pictures were not taken as we were busy eating.
But quality-wise, it was a real LETDOWN
For the price we're paying, we certainly expected better.

I do know for a fact that buffets tend to compromise a little on quality for the variety provided
But the food wasn't even satisfactory.
There's definitely lots of room for improvement.
One thing for sure, we ain't coming back no more.

2009-07-24T22:35:00.008+08:00

Some pics from our steamboat outing

People who went: Cherie, Amanda, Chewy, Mei Xuan, Beng, Xing Hui, Azlan & Sunny!

We had a great time :D:D

XH & Sunny look so cute here!

Sunday, 19th July

Buffet Part I

Cai & I went to Shabuya for shabu shabu buffet!

Miso & shoyu broth

We ordered this several times
Salmon & swordfish sashimi
It was so fresh and nicely cut..

Kurobuta Pork Belly
Texture was chewy but taste-wise, average only.

Wagyu beef
Succulent, melts in your mouth premium beef

US Black Angus
Our favourite meat of the 4!
We ordered this so many times & still couldn't get enough of it

The 4th meat was actually Kurobuta Pork Ribeye, but I forgot to snap it.
So-so only la.

Vegetable platter

Seafood platter
The fishcake was very sweet and tasty!
It may seem simple but it was really addictive.

the prawns were really sweet too.
We kept asking for more of this platter.

Shabu shabu is never complete w/o goma sauce
The waitress had to keep refilling it!

This buffet is definitely worth a try if you're a meat lover like us
A you know such premium meat costs at least $20 per plate if you order it ala-carte
but now you can enjoy unlimited premium meat at only $29.90++!
Really, it's a steal.

Cedele's Blueberry Maple cake for dessert

I felt like I was eating pancakes with blueberry jam on it
It was decent though, but I guess I'm not a fan of maple syrup
I just don't like the taste of it

After our satisfying meal, we went to do fish spa at Kenko

There were 3 types of fish: Big, Medium, and Small
We tried the Big and Med ones
The big ones were really ticklish, we were giggling all the way
and they kept fighting to nibble at our feet. Hehe

Such a fun experience, we're going back again this week.

After the spa, we headed to Ritz Carlton hotel (do not misunderstand)
We initially wanted to check out a Jap restaurant in there, and we ventured deeper after that
And ended up having yet another buffet, this time at Greenhouse

See Part II above..

2009-07-23T21:43:00.009+08:00

Saturday, 11th July

XWZ & I went to Iluma to meet Joanne for dinner

We were late for about 30 minutes.. Sorry Jo!

Vivian came to join us as well.

We went to this Jap restaurant for dinner (super long queue), recommended by Jo

It almost feels like an authentic Jap eatery

We used this device to place orders.

Oh, and it "talks" too!

Joanne helping us to order

My big plate of Ebi Fry Curry Rice

The scent of jap curry was sooo nice~

and I liked the crispy prawns

Joanne's yaki udon. Tried some of it, was quite nice.

Chocolate taiyaki, Jo absolutely loves this

XWZ's Ebi Fry Tamago don

Shared this Pan fried gyoza with spring onion with Jo
Not nice =/

I didn't really like this sake sashimi as it was sliced too thickly.

But it tasted alright.

Hehehe

Vivian & Joanne

After dinner we headed to Partyworld for K session!

Chocolate morocco

I prefer the one @ Orchard.

Chinatown's rendition is totally diabetes-inducing.

Shake shake shake!

My poor sandals

The waiter is going to shake his head when he sees this..

Haiz. Joanne ah!

Wednesday, 22nd July

Went to find RX after sch

I was late again.. Sorry!

I seem to be apologising very often.. lol

Went to check out Orchard Central

Well, there's nothing much as most of the shops weren't open yet

GHOST!!!! =O

Went to Heeren to have lunch

Jack's place

Onion soup
It was okay, I did not like the triangular things which tastes like bread inside.

It had a very artificial cheese taste

Grilled chicken in Thai sweet chilli and mango sauce

The mashed potato looks so cute huh.. Like ice cream!

RX's ribeye

I tried some, it's horrible =/

It doesn't even look like ribeye.

More like a burnt slab of meat

Mango cream cake

We were left with only this choice for dessert as the rest were sold out =(

Went to Ion @ Orchard next

There's so many new flagship stores from overseas.

And it's paradise for foodies like us, there's so many restaurants and cafes

They all looked so enticing.. We're gonna go back to try them all!

Also, we had a great time going around & sampling food from the many food stalls in Basement 4

Shiok shiok :D

Ion is Michelle's new favourite shopping mall :DDD

As usual, RX & I had endless stuff to talk about.

From the time we met until the time we went home, we were talking non-stop!

I think we can go take part in some talking contest if there's one.

Hehe ^^

2009-07-18T00:25:00.007+08:00

Sunday, 12th July

Very late post! Last Sun Cai & I had wanted to try the Shabu shabu buffet @ Vivo
but due to the very inefficient receptionist, we were unable to. (shan't go into details)
My stomach was alr rumbling like mad, so we settled for HK Kim Gary since I haven't tried it before and Cai said it's not bad.

My favourite HK actor Bosco Wong =D

I had this Baked pasta in twin sauce with pork chop. ($11.90)

The twin sauce consists of half white cream corn sauce & minced beef sauce

This was so bad that I dunno where to begin.

Shall I mention about how dry it was?

how little beef sauce they gave me?

that the pork chop was as tough as rubber?

or that cheese tasted like chewing gum?

Cai had this thing which I forgot what it's called

HK cafes just love to confuse us with their super long dish titles

It's basically a mix of grills (ham and some other meat) baked with cheese and pineapple curry

Cai didn't seem to like it either

Yin-yong is a must-have when I was in HK

this tasted normal

Cai had this strawberry drink with nata de coco

I tried a little of it and found it too sweet for my liking

Headed to Raffles City shopping centre & had dessert @ Cedele

Mango Almond cake ($6.90)

This was not bad, the cake was moist and I liked the big slice of mango in the middle.

Orange chocolate cheesecake ($3.90)

gosh I hated this so much

The dark chocolate layer didn't quite blend with the cheesecake

The bitter orange taste was not what was expected, I thought it would be more tangy

Shopped around @ Raffles city and I forgot what I bought already

Had our dinner @ Siam Kitchen at Suntec

Shrimp paste kang kong

Mango salad

Grilled chicken satay in peanut gravy

Green curry with chicken

SK chicken wings, takoyaki, prawn cakes

Deep-fried you tiao, Thai spring roll & Thai fish cakes

Pineapple rice

Tom yum seafood soup

It was an ala-carte buffet & these are servings for each person
Food was so-so luh. I prefer Thai Express.

Shit. I forgot what happened after dinner..
So it's time to say goodbye!

Projects season

2009-07-09T22:00:00.006+08:00

Jojo's new look

Aghast?
No doubt, it's still the same fluffy & cute lil Jojo
except that he's botak now!

Reason: Skin allergy
It's scary what germs can do to you.. He scratched his left ear until it bled & his legs were swollen.
I only noticed it a few days after!
The past few days he'd been shivering with pain, fear, and coldness.
See le so heart pain :(
But thanks to the loving care my maid, my brother & I showered on him, he's on his way to recovery.

Everybody CHEER! :DD

Sunday, 5th July

Was supposed to go cycling @ East Coast with Jo & XWZ
but at around 3+ it rained!
There goes our plans to feast on the wide variety of food there.. Sigh.

We decided to go bowling instead.
It sounded like a fun thing to do, since I've not bowled before.

Either we're very unlucky or we're very unlucky..
Cos when we reached Batok CSC, the bowling alley was packed with students.
So we played pool instead.
Something that's at the bottom of my fun-things-to-do list.

Actually wanted to go to Bkt Timah Market for dinner, but when XWZ drove in to Bkt Timah, Jo said she didn't want to eat there as it was still drizzling.
Lol. So we headed to Lot 1 for dinner instead.
Queued for so long outside Sakae, stomachs rumbling!!

Unagi chawanmushi

Agedashi

Baby octopus

Some maki sushi

Salmon mango handroll

Salmon skin inari (sushi in beancurd pouch)

These were all I had.

All these doesn't look filling, but believe me, it added up to be a pretty substantial meal.

The best thing about Sakae is that you can grab a wide variety of food from the conveyor belt cos it's so cheap!

XWZ made a move first as he had something on.

I then accompanied Jo to catch her toys again.

And yes, she succeeded again.

We should just give her an award.

"Toy-catcher of the year"

I hate this period of the year.

There's so many projects to complete, everyday it's just projects projects projects.

But I seldom get around to doing it.

I tell myself after school I'll go home to do my projs, but I always end up watching my dramas most of the time.

My attention span is real short when it comes to doing projs, as I'm always walking to the kitchen to find things to eat. *Le sigh*
I don't even feel like doing my ICCS proj!!! Plain lazy.

Okay, shall recommend you guys some of the nice dramas I've been chasing.It sucks that I've to wait one week for each new episode to come out, so I juggle between a few :D

Knock knock loving you

Starring: Dylan Kuo, Ming Dao, Maggie Wu, Coco Jiang

I admit. Initially it was the cast that made me want to watch this drama.

But after watching it, I find myself really liking it!

I don't know how to put it, but it's something different.

The Threshold of a Persona
Starring: Roger Kwok, Yoyo Mung

This show's okok only, but I continue watching it anyway.

Cos I like Roger Kwok aka Ah Wang!

Burning Flame 3

Starring: Wang Xi, Bosco Wong, Kevin Cheng

Yes yes yes. My favourite primary school show is back with a 3rd installment.

and it's better than ever! I like the cast :DD

Easy Fortune Happy Life

Starring: Joe Chen, Lan Cheng Long

My latest addiction!

It's sheer torture to wait for a new episode of it to come out every Sunday.

but who's complaining? It's worth the wait :D

I do?

Starring: Annie Liu, Lan Cheng Long

Okay la. Not really a MUST-WATCH show, but it's not bad.

That's about it! I shall go back to my dramas now.

Bye bye :D

2009-07-02T22:20:00.012+08:00

Saturday, 27th Jun - This was a special day, a long-awaited one even.

It's the reunion of the lesbos: Michelle & Gwennie. Wahaha.

We've not seen each other for more than half a year, and that's a mighty long time!

Headed to town to chill. She said that day's also miracle day.

Miracle #1: I didn't put on any makeup, which is common nowadays. I'm just too lazy to remove my makeup, so I don't bother with it.

Miracle #2: I didn't wear heels that day.

*GASPS* Yes, the old Michelle was such a vainpot. I still wear heels, only it's not a MUST for me now. I've learnt to treat my feet better.

Miracle #3: I said that I didn't feel like shopping. LOL. Unbelievable, I know. Can't believe I said that. The hot weather may have attributed to it, it made me feel lazy!

Some street fest involving many mascots and cosplay which I find to be totally boring. (sorry gwen)

Gwen felt like having Food Republic, so that's where we had our lunch.

It's only my 2nd time at FR, cos I was so anti-FR before.

But from today onwards, that's history. Cos I'm totally in love with their popiah and hokkien mee now~~

And the totally addictive thick curry gravy from the curry rice stall! WAHAHA.

Caught this movie. ZOMG. It's one hell of a hilarious flick.

Warning: You may need to understand American crude jokes to get its humour.

After movie, had our dinner @ Food Republic again.

Slacked awhile, then at 10pm her parents came to pick us and they gave me a ride home.

I'm a happy girl cos I bought my Breadtalk cheesecake!

At $8.80, it's kinda expensive but it's totally worth it.

Sunday, 28th Jun

Swedish meatballs, only at IKEA. ($6.90)

Almond pie, it's a Swedish thing. (Forgot the price. Should be $2++)

With my slogans, I sound like I'm advertising for IKEA Cafe.

Haha. I'm so cool.

There's always been a lot of hype about IKEA's meatballs.

Seriously, very nice MEH?

Well, if I hadn't tried it I would never have known how it tasted.

Headed to Vivocity next.

@ Tajimaya Yakiniku

Weird lightings they have. Half of the place is super dark and the other is brightly lit. Like what you saw in the above 2 pictures.

Is it a Yin-Yang sort concept??

Saucy sauces. (pun totally intended)

We shared this plate of US Wagyu beef ($28)

Had wanted to get the Jap one, but it was sold out already.

This is the short rib of the beef, the fats were very well marbled as you can see.

Grill away!

I think we chose the wrong part of the beef. Should have choose the rump instead.

This was so chewy, to the extent that we had problems masticating it.

I requested for a knife from the waiter and got strange looks from him.

WHAT. I know it's a jap restaurant but I like to eat it Western style ma! (think steak)

And off we went to search for other things to eat!

We landed ourselves on Jap Gourmet Town

It houses three Jap eateries in a single restaurant: Ajisen, Botejyu and Yoshimi.

I had the Tender chicken with vegetables soup curry

This was pretty decent, the chicken was how its stated to be, real tender.

There were also potatoes, cabbages, mushrooms, eggplant, pumpkin, carrot, and an egg in there!

Would have been great if they were more generous with the pumpkin, which I totally love.

If you like your curry to be full-bodied, you'd probably not like this.

Jap curry is really mild, but you can choose the level of spiciness you want. Max. at level 3.

Their signature Moonlight Okonomiyaki

Cai had this and I tried a slice of it.

It looks good ya? With all the bonito flakes on top.. It just spells YUMMY

However, taste-wise, it was slightly underwhelming.

Read:boring.

The yolk wasn't even runny, which I totally expected it would be.

They shouldn't have stinted on the teriyaki sauce either.

After dinner, we ended our meal with our favourite ice-cream parlour.

Haagen Dazs =)

My favourite Macadamia Nut & Strawberry cheesecake ice-cream.

Last week @ the Isetan Hokkaido fair, I didn't bear to buy this scrambled cheesecake which costed $6

Then Ah Cai surprised me with this!

And it was next morning's breakfast.

I'm sure all of you are familiar with scrambled eggs, but scrambled cheesecake?

It's basically a cheese cake that looks 'chopped up' and scrambled when mixed with the cream cheese, custard and other ingredients.

Just leave it to the Jap to come up with such cute stuff.

It consisted of two layers. The top part was scrambled and tasted like sweet scrambled eggs

The bottom part was real cheesy and creamy.

It was a real joy to eat =D

Wed, 1st July

Went to Ji Xiang to buy my favourite ang ku kuehs again.

I'm smart this time, I called to book earlier that morning.

They're real tasty! It should be enough to last me for the week =D

For those who are interested, here's the address.

Ji Xiang Confectionery

Blk 1 Everton Park #01-33

Tel: 6223 1631
Opening Hours: 9am to 5pm daily

Headed to Vivo next.. We seem to be hanging out here pretty often ;)

Pre-dinner dessert at Bakerzin

Cai had some Lychee Mint freeze ($?) which he says tastes like toothpaste. Lol.

I had this Chocolate Souffle with vanilla ice-cream ($10.90)

Loads of icing sugar on top.

This was delicious, the exterior was a little crispy,

and the interior was ethereally light. It literally disintegrated in my mouth.

The souffle was freshly baked and when paired with the cool vanilla icecream, it was a marriage made in heaven.

I swear the ice-cream was totally smooth and addictive!

That's the difference between vanilla ice-cream made from real vanilla pods and your run-of-the-mill vanilla ice-cream

It was so good that I finished the whole thing in seconds.
Unfortunately, my throat felt very heaty after I finished the whole thing.

Too much of the choc makes you feel very jelak, and the portion was bigger than it looked!

Headed to Imperial Restaurant for dinner

I like the medicinal cabinets behind the counter.

It resembles those you see in period dramas.

You're caught on camera!

Appetiser: Stir-fried french beans with tau kwa

The tau cheo sauce was so addictive, I couldn't get enough of it.

Pu er ($6), my favourite chinese tea of all time.
They used a candle to keep the tea hot, that's something really novel to me.

I don't know the name of this dish ($4)

It's basically egg white with some pork floss on top, the nest-like thing you see below is fried potato and it tasted like crackers!

It's such a simple, yet pleasant dish.

The egg white went so well with a few dashes of white pepper.

Pumpkin butter tofu ($?)

Deep-fried beancurd with pumpkin paste, which was so sweet and creamy. I love!!

The addition of pork floss added extra savoriness to it.

Just like any other regular Yangzhou Fried Rice

Forgot the name of this dish too ($26)

It's crispy fried scallops with a chewy interior!

This was quite nice, we enjoyed dipping those fat scallops in the sweet sauce.

Deep-fried tilapia ($?)

Cai liked this, but I found it the gravy too starchy and fishy for my liking.
I liked the crispy fish, though.

It's such a joy to hear the *crack* sound while chewing on it.

This restaurant is known for its exotic dishes.

They serve turtle, scorpion, crocodile, and even ANTS!

Cool huh?

I'd been to this place with my parents before, had quite a pleasant experience.
It was no exception this time.

Their service was impeccable, and the food was good enough to warrant a third visit.

It's movie time after that!

The 3rd instalment of Ice Age, it was quite funny.

Cute as ever, but I liked the first two ones better.
Went to Vivo mart to buy things and it was home sweet home after that =)

Today, 2nd July

Met up with Rong Xin for lunch at Bkt Timah Market

This is what you always see in pictures of Lasagna..

The one I had at Bukit Timah looked liked this

It's my first time trying Lasagna, I had the chicken one.
It's a bit of a let down, I must say.

I certainly didn't know what to expect before, but I certainly didn't expect it to turn out this way.

The supposed-to-be layers of cheese and pasta were all stuck tgth and were lying flat beneath the sticky layer of cheese.

There were loads of cheese in it and it was so 'nua' that it could almost be mistaken for steamed eggs.

Despite not liking it as much as I thought I would, I polished it clean and it left a nasty cheese smell in my breath.

Eww. That's the last time I'd ever eat Lasagna.

Went to NTUC Finest and bought bread, wafu sauce for pasta, and pumpkin!

Headed to JP next as RX wanted to shop for clothes.

She bought a nice ruffled top @ Osmose, suits her =)

Went to NTUC Extra again, and this time I bought more stuff.

Cheese, titbits, cake mix, bread toaster, and garlic spread.

Yes, I can make my own garlic bread tomorrow =DD

I love Mr Bean ice cream

It's the official blockbuster season!

2009-06-25T23:46:00.010+08:00

Sunday, 21th Jun

This year, we didn't celebrate father's & mother's day as my parents were busy.
Oh well. Went to watch Ghost of Girlfriends Past with Cai.

I think I'm really into self-discovery this days.
I've discovered several quirks about myself.
One would be my love for sneaking food into cinemas.
Weird, you may think. But it gives me that indescribable thrill when I know that i'm doing smth illegal.
This time it was Ramly burger, which imo is the best burger ever.

Let's get back to the movie. Main point.

If you hadn't watched this, well you should.

It's such a funny, yet touching flick. We laughed and we teared.
I shan't disclose any of its content, you go watch it yourselves =)

Tuesday, 23rd Jun

Hokkaido Food Fair @ Isetan Scotts, with Cai again.
Went around to sample the food. Loved the fancy peanuts, cheesecake and potato croquette!

Ion@Orchard

Ain't it simply gorgeous?

Dinner @ Sushi Tei

We started off with the assorted sashimi salad.
I'm currently on a sashimi craze.
The salmon definitely didn't disappoint. However, I didn't quite like the raw tuna, which seemed rather fishy. (pun intended)

Piping hot Umaki, my main purpose for coming here.

It's unagi wrapped in tamago, which sort of seals the deal for the whole thing for me, since these are my 2 favouritest items in jap food.
The dish didn't turn out far from what I had in mind, which means it's great.
Soft warm eggs dipped in sweet teriyaki sauce. My mouth waters just at their mention.

Soft shell crab maki with pork floss, grabbed off the conveyor belt.

The soft shell crab was tasteless

Grilled crab with mentaiko mayo

I love mentaiko-anything, so I just had to order this when I saw it on the menu.

Don't be fooled.

It was actually quite puny despite appearances.

Tastewise, I have to say that it really grows on you.

The crab meat just gets juicer with every bite.

Generally a no brainer, what could possibly go wrong with the addition of mentaiko??

(rhetoric)

What came next was the Phoenix Roll, an upgraded version of the popular Dragon roll, with its inclusion of unagi.

The unagi was superb, it was really soft and had no bones, unlike the one @ Nihon Mura.
The deep fried prawn was great too. However, avocado isn't really my thing.

The rice was rather hard, but there's nothing a dip or two in shoyu can't solve.

Sushi Tei was decent enough to satisfy my cravings, but definitely not exceptional.

At least I know where to go when I have unagi cravings.

I'm still searching for my sashimi holy grail, though.

Headed to Paragon Marketplace to buy bread for this week's breakfast.

Had wanted to have ice-cream @ Haagen Dazs, but was kinda lazy to walk over to Centrepoint.

Seeing this Italian gelato joint in the basement, we naturally chose this over HD.

Apparently, that was a wrong move.

We had the Forest berries, Pink guava, and Macadamia Nut.

The first flavour was way too sweet on the palate. The 2nd tasted exactly like its name.

The 3rd was the best of the lot, but was only average tasting for me.

It's basically vanilla ice-cream with chopped macadamia nuts.

I prefer Haagen Dazs's rendition, it's the real macadamia ice-cream.

It kinda looks like Huat Kueh huh?

Thursday, 25th Jun

Yes, Cai again..

I know you're probably sick of seeing this. Hahaha.

We went to celebrate his birthday today.

Brought him to Golden Sands Seafood for crab.

As we were among the earliest to arrive, our food came pretty fast.

The first dish, the Three Treasures Beancurd.

Consists of fish maw, mushrooms, veg, cuttlefish, abalone, and fried egg tofu that's hidden below.
The thick gravy was great when slathered on rice.

Chicken in Rice Wine

The sweet aroma of the chicken could be detected the moment it arrived.

It was tasty, albeit a little sticky and oily, but in a lip-smacking way.

The highlight of the meal would be their signature Golden Sands Crab, which is basically crabs fried with salted yolk batter.
The salted egg yolk fragrance was so addictive, we couldn't get enough of it.
We literally licked all the batter off the crab and still wanted more.

What a shiok dinner we had, we were totally lost in pleasure (oops, that sounded wrong) and was almost late for our movie!
Thank goodness we'd already booked tickets in advance, as it was a full house in the cinema.

Got cheesecake from Breadtalk and my fav soya bean milk from Mr Bean and rushed up to the cinema.

Fortunately, it was just about to start when we went in.

Before I start on the movie, I would like to recommend Breadtalk's jap light cheesecake to those who haven't already tried it.
It's my first time eating that, and I wished I had discovered its existence earlier.
I've been missing out on such a delicacy for so long!

Just like its name suggests, it's amazingly light and fluffy. It literally melts in your mouth, like bubbles!
It doesn't have the rich cheesecake taste which some people dislike, and it isn't too sweet either.
I'm so going to get the whole cake soon.
Don't understand why there isn't any Breadtalk in CCK or YewTee, where it's more convenient for me.

Back to the movie..
We watched Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Yes, one of the most highly-anticipated blockbusters of the year!

It definitely didn't disappoint, almost every scene was climaxy. (is there even such a word?)
My heart was pumping real fast throughout the movie, I'm serious.
My only gripe was that it wasn't as touching as its first installment.
But I found it to be good enough already.

As usual, we cabbed home after that.

Lastly, let's wish my makan kaki/RGDK/royal servant Ah Cai a very happy birthday!

Glad you enjoyed it =)

2009-06-21T00:04:00.007+08:00

Friday, 19th Jun

Amoy street food centre with my makan kaki, whom I think needs no introduction by now.
He's none other than Mr Vegetable =)

My sole purpose was to try the famous Thunder Tea Rice at Amoy FC

I'm glad I did, cos I kinda liked it.

Not only because it's a very healthy dish, but also because I like all the ingredients in the bowl.

Tofu, ikan bilis, chicken floss, long beans, vegetables and peanuts.

The peanuts and ikan bilis added more crunch and flavour to this dish.

However, I didn't like this bowl of soup that was part of the dish.

It had a strong minty smell, it was left untouched after a sip.

After mixing all the ingredients up.

I notice that I like my food to be colourful and complex-looking! =D

Cai had the dry version of beef noodles from the stall "Hong kee beef noodles"

Tried a little of it. The beef was tender, but the gravy was way too sticky.

I found it kinda gross.

Finally.. I've been wanting to try this stall since forever.

This bowl of Peanut & black sesame paste was from Zhen Jie's desserts.

After mixing it all up, you could clearly see how grainy the paste was.

The paste was neither too diluted nor too thick. It was very satisfying!

However, after happily slurping it all up, my throat felt rather heaty.

And after that.. Due to my poor sense of direction, I caused Cai & I to walk under the scorching sun like 2 stupid fools.

We walked round and round, went back to square one a few times.

Finally, we gave up and walked to the nearest MRT to take train.

Decided to stop by Ji Xiang Confectionery at Everton Park to grab a bite
It's a shop that specializes in Ang Ku Kuehs. Cute little turtles!
I got the Corn flavoured one.

I was leaving the place and then I took a bite..

What happened next is clear enough.

Another 6 to da bao home!

Peanut, Sweet bean & Corn.

Other flavours such as yam, coconut, salty bean and durian were sold out, or I would have bought all home!

I shall make a trip down to get a few of each flavour soon.

You really should try it.. I used to quite like AKK but now I LOVE and CRAVE FOR IT!

The skin is thin and unbelievably chewy..

I'm feeling hungry again but I've finished all of it! =(

Patisserie Glace @ Chinatown Plaza

At last, we reached the place that we had so much trouble looking for.

Strawberry Hills ($5)

I shared this delightful treat with Cai. It's a cake & tart combined!

It starts with a light & fluffy layer of sponge, followed by fresh cream with more strawberries sandwiched within, and ends with a thick layer of cookie tart base.

Ooo, and look at that smear of cream cheese. It's wonderful =)

Fromage Syun ($5.70)

It's cheesecake on a tart base!

I enjoyed every bite of this.. and I'm glad I had this baby all to myself =P

The cream cheese was really creamy without being too sour.

Even Cai, who had a bite of this, said it's better than Strawberry Hills.

Our stomachs still had room for more.. So we got a Rin Rin Iced Blueberry Cheese Tart ($3) to share.

Omgomgomg. This was so good.

It tasted just like chilled blueberry cheesecake on a tart.

My stomach was literally shouting, "ANOTHER!"

I loved it so much I had to da bao another 2 Rin Rin Cheese tarts home.

This time, I chose the Chocolate and Mango flavour =D

I would say that all that sweat was worth it, I'd found my new favourite cake bakery!

To the lovely cakes & cheese tarts: I'LL BE BACK.

Cabbed home to put my da bao-ed stuff into the fridge then we went to Sheng Siong to shop for titbits.

Dinner @ Bkt Timah Market

Satay beehoon from the stall that ALWAYS has many people queuing up for it.

I'd tried it before and it tasted great the last time.

However, this time the peanut taste wasn't strong enough & too little gravy was given.

Saturday, 20th Jun

Met Joanne @ Bugis after she knocked off.

Was supposed to meet at 6.30 but I arrived at 7+

I'm so sorry girl!

Acc-ed her to Iluma arcade to 'catch' plushies. Her favourite.
I think she's quite gd at it too, cos she has quite a collection back home.

After that, XWZ came to pick us from Bugis and we headed to Kallang Leisure Park for dinner.

Initially wanted to eat Sushi Tei but KLP only had Nihon Mura so we had to make do with it as Jo & I were already very hungry!

It's quite interesting, you use colour sticks to order your food and they will cook it & send it to your table.

And despite the crowd, the food came really fast!

Baby octopus

This was alright.. The sauce was tad too thick but I liked it cos it's sweet =)

Salmon sashimi

I've been avoiding this ever since the first time I had it in Sakae (horribly thick)

Nihon's salmon was nicely-sliced, not too thick nor too thin.

I'm accepting sashimi into my life again =)

Ebi tempura

My favourite in Jap restaurants
Nihon's version was quite nice. The prawns were really soft and it was easy to bite into.
However, I prefer the crispier ones I had at Shabuya.

Jo & I shared this pot of rose bud tea. It smelt so nice!

Joanne had this Teriyaki rice don

They were really generous with the mayo

Inoki wrapped in bacon skewer

Salty & chewy bacon with crispy golden mushrooms, what's there not to love?

I had the Unagi.
No rice provided, so I got some sushi to fill myself up.
Forgot to take pictures, but that's okay cos it tasted normal.

Overall, I was pretty pleased with the food here.
I came in without expecting much, and was pleasantly surprised!

Of course, it wasn't superb, but it definitely wasn't bad either.
Quite pocket-friendly too. It costed only $60 for the 3 of us.
I find their food better than Sakae or Suki Sushi.

I was so excited to get Mr Bean's giant ice-cream for dessert but it was already closed when we went downstairs. Very disappointing =(

Headed to Thai Disco next but I couldn't get in, shucks.
XWZ sent us home first cos he's goin to club later on.
What a shame the night ended so early. But part of it was due to my inefficient planning =X

Alright, I shall get to bed now.
Meeting Cai tomorrow.. It's time for some Ramly burger! Wahaha =D

2009-06-18T23:06:00.006+08:00

Sorry.. I just couldn't resist not posting up Jojo's picture here.

Did I mention before how very cute is he???

Eew. My arms look deformed here.

I'm already trying my best to put on weight!

The worms in the stomach thing.. I don't think I need to go thru that again.

Sigh.

Had our dinner at LJS. Been ages since I cam-whored!

*snap snap snap*

Where are my eyes?? They look like two slits instead =o
& off we went to Powerhouse.

Danced the night away. As a result, I got muscle cramps in my right thigh for 3 days.

Sunday, 14th Jun

My first time at Pasta de Waraku.. Given to Cai!
*blush*

Ordered the pasta set, which comes with diluted corn soup and a salad that sends your sodium levels sky high.

Octopus pasta with some green tea wafu sauce.

The pasta was tossed with some kind of oil, olive oil I presume.
And the sauce was bitter, it didn't taste like green tea at all.
Bitter pasta slicked with oil.. It just didn't taste right.

Beef sukiyaki pasta with wafu sauce

I loved this! There was a chockful of ingredients in there..
Tofu, beef (duh), 3 kinds of mushrooms, cabbage, and my favourite RUNNY EGG!
*stir stir*

The yolk was stirred into the sauce and omigosh.. It was heavenly!
Sweet & savoury at the same time.

(been trying to find wafu sauce at NTUC, Cold Storage, Marketplace but to no avail. anybody knows where to find it?)

Our appetiser: Curry Okonomiyaki

Looks like pizza, tastes just like flattened takoyaki.
Probably due to the fact that the same batter is used in making the two.
Ooo.. Just look at the nacho cheese on top. I love that!

It's filled with chopped cabbage and prawns as well =)

Headed to IT Fair to get a router & micro SD
Next, we went to shop for my chocolates (yay, Ritter Sport & Toggi!) and went to Carrefour to get my ground cinnamon and electric food steamer.
I'm so addicted to cinnamon and peanut butter nowadays.
I finished 1/2 a tub of peanut butter in a day! Ok, I'm sidetracking again.

Stopped for a rest at Cedele
and ordered my favourite Carrot Walnut Cake
or was it called Walnut Carrot Cake?

I adore carrot cakes! Gotta have it whenever I spot one.
Cedele's carrot cake was chilled, as compared to the warmed one I had at Fringe.
It was moist and flavourful, nevertheless.

The cream cheese was fabulous! Not as sour as Fringe's carrot cake.
And there was this unknown black nut-like thing in there that I loved. So crunchy!!

Look at the amount of walnuts in there.
They were soft yet not soggy.
I love walnuts too =D

Wanted to catch the movie "Ghost of Girlfriend's Past" but Marina Sq's timing was too late.
Initially planned to catch the 5.35pm show at CCK Lot 1
But when we FINALLY managed to flag a cab and no thanks to the traffic jam, it was already 6pm when we reached my house.

So we had a change of plans...

Plan B: Go home to put down stuff then meet up to have dinner again.

Brought Cai to Karu's Banana Leaf Restaurant
A place that I used to go often during my secondary after-sch days
with Ducky & LALAManX. Lolxzxzx.

Poppadum and assorted veggies, which I kept asking them to refill.

Always have the fish curry to go with your rice.

It's very fragrant, no fishy smell at all.

Very spicy though, I was tearing while eating.

Ordered chicken masala as our choice of meat.
The chicken was nicely done, not too tough nor dry.
Loved the thick paste, whatever that's called.

Had fish head curry as well.
The fish was soft and tasty, but there were quite a lot of bones!

Was stuffed to the brim after we finished our food..
Karu's curry certainly didn't disappoint =)
The bill came up to be $31, rather expensive for only 2 people.
Then again, since when was Indian cuisine cheap?

Despite feeling super bloated, I suggested goin to Swensen's for dessert.
I always believe that no matter how full you are, there's always an extra compartment in the stomach for dessert!

Ordered this Walnut Rocky Road for both of us to share.

Careful, it's bubblin' hot!
Melted marshmallows, Sticky Chewy Chocolate icecream, warm choc walnut brownie, with loads of chopped almonds and choc chips.
What a divine combination.

Headed to Sheng Siong to restock my supply of titbits at home, then headed home after that =)

Monday - It's Auntie day!
Met up with Rongxin to shop for groceries. Hahaha.
We went to Giant and NTUC, bought loads of stuff home.
My arms almost broke.

Tuesday - Movie with Feyfey.
Drag me to hell.
I didn't want to watch this movie, but Fey asked me to acc her to watch it.

It's serious scary shit!
The old lady was really gross, with the false teeth, slime, maggots,...... Do I really have to list it all out?
The sound effects made it even scarier. Piercing shrieks/Loud thumps could be heard every 5 minutes.
Worse of all, it's horror+gore. My two most-hated genres!

Wifey was still talking about the gross scenes while I was eating my dinner(chicken chop)
Felt like puking. I hate this movie.
Hate hate hate!

Movie + Chomp chomp

2009-06-10T12:15:00.005+08:00

It was Azlan's bday on Mon, and the Clique together Elwin and Kam celebrated it with him =)

After school, we went to AMK Hub to watch Blood: The Last Vampire
It was quite nice in the beginning, but towards the ending it was pretty sucky.
The girl was uber cool, though.

She's the same girl from My Sassy Girl!
Jessie & I think she looks like Barbie Hsu.

Chomp chomp next!

We bought Azlan a bday cake at Sweet Secrets

Chocolate Royale, my favourite cake.

Caution: It's VERY sweet! and very delicious too =P

Say cheeze!

We tried to find the same playground but it seems so faraway.

Gave up finding in the end and headed home. Haha.

A-la carte buffet at G7 Sinma Deep Sea

2009-06-10T10:35:00.006+08:00

RGDK & I went to this place for lunch buffet, introduced by him.

G7 Sin Ma Deep Sea Live Seafood Restaurant (what a long name)

No.3 Seng Poh Rd

New Cape Inn #01-01

(S)168891

More and more families came, and the whole place was packed.

We were lucky that we went early.

And the buffet officially starts..

Braised shark's fin with crab meat (only allowed 1 bowl per person)

I like my soups with loads of pepper, so i added a lot, thinking how delicious my bowl of shark's fin would taste.

Little did I know that the pepper didn't dissolve into the soup, instead it coagulated into gross little clumps.

This showed how thick the soup was. Way too much thickener used there.

But they were generous with the shark's fin though. There were 2 chunks of it in there.

Stir-fried asparagus with scallop in XO sauce

I'd forgotten most of the dish names. The specific names were 'koped' from their web. Hehe.

Definitely not 'XO-tasting', but still passable. The gravy on top was spicy black bean. I quite liked it.

Braised giant garoupa in claypot

It didn't come in a claypot though.

This was alright, the garoupa was fried first before being braised, as the exterior was rather crispy. In terms of flavour, it was a little on the salty side.

Fried prawn with almond flakes and oats

Braised whole abalone

Fried prawns with herbs

It's the famous drunken prawns.

I liked this, the taste of shao xing wine was not too overwhelming.

Steamed red fish

The fish could have been softer, but the gravy is superb.

Sweet & spicy, just the way I like it =)

Coffee pork ribs

The scent of coffee just grows on you. But the gravy was too sticky and sweet.

Fried venison with spring onion & ginger

We love venison meat! But this was kinda disappointing.
The gravy was too bland, it's only saving grace was that the venison was really soft and tender.

Deep fried sea bass with soya sauce

We saw other tables having it, so we had to have it too.

It definitely did not disappoint. It was fried to the crispiness, the flesh was soft, and the gravy was sweet and garlicky.

It's my favourite of the 16 dishes.

Kung pao chicken

I think it tasted alright, the chicken pieces were really tender.
Cai said it was boring, though.

Fried beancurd with conpoy and crabmeat

I didn't really enjoy this. The tofu tasted weird, kinda rubbery.

But the gravy was ok. I kept fishing for the crabmeat, hehe.

Fried soft shell crab with butter

One word: Gross. It tasted as bad as it looked.
Only a small portion of it was crab, the rest was all batter.

Lesson learnt, never order soft shell crab in Chinese restaurants.

Deep fried salad dough sticks

After eating a few, I suddenly realised I forgot to snap it.
But then again, it's not really worth the mention.

Neither was the Beijing smoked duck with crepe, which I forgot to snap. It's basically Peking duck except that duck meat was given instead of crispy duck skin.

Deep fried red bean pancake

Halfway through eating, I suddenly remembered to snap it.
I don't know how to describe it. It tasted very floury, and it wasn't crispy at all.
Didn't get more of this.

And we ended the meal with some fresh fruits.

The buffet offered a wide selection of 42 dishes and we only had 16 of them.
Which I think was a great feat considering there's only 2 of us =P

Live seafood

Prince prawns, even bigger than king ones!

Toothless fish

We headed to Suntec to look for Joanne as she's working there

Bought a sunblock from her, it's pretty good!

Secret Recipe next. Banana Choc cake.

Disappointing, the last time I had it, the chocolate fudge was molten-like and the sponge cake was moist.
This time it was dense and dry, and the chocolate fudge was way too hard. Sigh.

Our stomachs still had a bit of space left, so we decided to try Siam kitchen.

Ordered their green curry with roti prata.
It proved to be a right choice, the green curry was shiok!
I love anything with lemongrass in it. It was not overly-spicy too.

Felt so bloated and tired, so we cabbed home after that.

2009-05-18T22:29:00.004+08:00

Sunday, 17th May

NYNY @ JP2 with Cai

Cheese balls

it's actually hashbrowns with cheese inside.

this tasted so boring. the cheese had a rather bland taste.

not to mention that it came glistening in oil. yuck

We ordered a Seafood platter to share

It consists of a cold crab, battered calamari & prawns, smoked salmon with salad and crispy fried fish.

I liked the smoked salmon best.

The calamari & prawns were average and the fried fish had oil oozing out of it with every bite.

As for the crab..... I would just say that steaming hot crabs taste better =/

Watched Angels & Demons, a highly-anticipated movie!

I had expected more suspense, more action..

Well, it's still nice. Unexpected ending.

Had dinner @ Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao

La Mian in Si Chuan Broth

Their la mian (pulled noodles) is so so good! I kept going on and on about how much I love the soft texture of the noodles.

The broth is good too, it has a strong peanut taste which i absolutely love.

It's really worth it as it costed less than $10 for such a big bowl.

The amount of noodles in it is enough to feed 2-3 ppl. Perfect for sharing!

Xiao long baos a.k.a Steamed pork dumplings

One of the better ones I've tasted, but not the best. Best was at HK =D

I find this better than the ones I had at Din Tai Fung, though.

Sauteed veg with trio eggs

My absolute all-time fav. veggie dish!

Sauteed prawns with egg white

This was pretty normal.

Crunchy prawns with foamy egg white, rather boring too.

Sauteed chicken with macadamia in spicy sauce.

This was rather nice, the diced chicken was really soft and I loved the sauce.

It was sweet, with a tinge of spiciness.. Good for ppl who can't take chilli

and that includes me =)

Pleasant meal we had, though there were hits and misses.
And it definitely wasn't cheap.

Each dish costed more than $10 except for the XLBs and the la mian.

Definitely going back for more la mian in future!

2009-05-18T21:14:00.005+08:00

Saturday, 9th May

House of Sundanese Food @ Suntec City

I don't know if my tongue did any dancing, but it certainly enjoyed it =)

forgot the name of this dish. let's just call it super yummy crispy fish, shall we?
it's very crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
the bones & fins are edible too. a soft crunch could be heard when bitten into.

grilled marinated squid. a sweet and delightful treat.

tauhu telor (deep fried tofu with egg in peanut gravy)

i call it tofu tower, cos it's as tall as a tower in RL.

this is my favourite dish of the day =D

grilled tiger prawns in tomato sauce

they're sweet and juicy, what's there not to like?

We went to Tom's Palette next.

Granny's favourite mixed with rosemary & apple flavour

i couldn't taste what was granny's favourite exactly, but it tasted like some chocolatey flavour with malteser bits in it! rosemary & apple was very refreshing, i really enjoyed it!

Friday, 15th May

Went to Tamp 1 with Joanne.
There's really nothing much to shop there.

Had our dinner at Thai Express. It's my first time there =)

The crunchy thai glass noodles.. Not bad.

Tom yum soup w/ seafood.

First time having tom yum too. I love it cos I love the scent of lemongrass =)

Joanne came to my hse to visit Jojo after that.

Had a hard time coaxing him out of the kitchen.

He's too afraid of my maid!

My brother's pose is way too amusing.

Jojo looks mighty macho here

2009-05-07T20:47:00.009+08:00

@ 味香园, Chinatown

Water chestnut paste with bean skin

It's refreshing and sweet, w/o the cloying feeling.

i really love my sweet soups (direct translation for traditional desserts) :D

Friday, 1st May

Korean food with Cai @ Barley Fields, Bukit Timah Plaza.

Korean Ginseng Soup

The chicken was so tender that it would tear apart at the slightest touch. No kidding.

The soup had a slight taste of ginseng, which I thought was just nice.

Any more would make it too overpowering.

filled with sticky glutinous rice inside.

gave me quite a shock initially.

i thought they were visible fats like what you would see on pork

side dishes. kimchi, boiled potato, anchovies, bittergourd and veggie.

fried spicy rice cakes

one word: yuck

i'd expected it to be like chee cheong fun, soft and yummy

sadly, it tasted like rubber & was totally bland.

No, the spicy sauce did no salvation at all.

beef bi bim bap (i kinda forgot the name actually)
it's just sticky rice with assorted vegetables, beef, runny egg and gravy

mix it up and.. voila! you get this.
very bland. the sauce did not add any flavour to the rice at all.

Seriously, this meal was so disappointing.
It's my virgin experience dining at a Korean eatery, so I dunno if Korean food is meant to be bland and totally boring, or is it just the place that sucks?

So, despite being totally stuffed, we went to a nearby eatery called 'Ming Jia Korean Food' to try Zha Jiang Mian
or Ja jung myun in korean. (whatever it's called)

We've been wanting to try this dish since forever.
The way the female lead from 'Fantasy couple' eats it just makes us salivate.
She made it seem so shiok!

Cheated.. That's what we felt.
It tastes like normal instant noodles with watery black bean gravy.

Didn't expect my first experience with Korean food to be so sucky. Sigh.

No matter how stuffed we are, there's always room for dessert!

Cakes @ Fringe

Blackforest
Just your average BF cake, nothing special.

Carrot cake
my first time eating it, and i was totally blown away.
I loved everything about it
From the salty-sweet cream on top, to the nuts, fruits and carrot-filled moist cake.
There, I'm sold.

I ate most of the 2 cakes and it left me a very happy girl, a bloated one at that.

Sunday, 3rd May

It's a makan outing with Cai again!

Buckaroo @ Sembawang

As you can see, it has a ranch-like style.

Our appetiser, Mushroom soup in bread bowl.

It was delicious, the soup was really creamy and the bread was crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside.
We had to be extra careful when tearing off the bread, lest we broke the bread bowl and soup spilled out.

Main course: Triple platter
3 different kinds of meat. Pork ribs, roasted chicken & steak.
Believe me, it looks even bigger in real life.
Cai couldn't even finish it, so it was my job to clear it.

I would have been glad to do it, if it were tasty.
But the pork ribs was so hard and it was really frustrating eating it.
The steak, we asked for it to be done medium-rare, yet it came well done.
Srsly pissed. We want our bloody meats!

So many complaints, but I still finished it up in the end. Hahaha.

Next stop, ice-cream at MOF

My must-order at MOF: cookies & cream, together with strawberry and chocolate ice-cream.

Matcha sundae.
Green tea with red bean ice cream, vanilla soft serve, fruits, corn flakes, kantan jelly & black honey.
That's a whole lot of ingredients in there, isn't it?

Initially, I was afraid that we can't finish these.
But Cai said, 'Nevermind, you can count on me'
Steady.

After a few bites.. Cai said, 'I'm full, the rest you eat'
There, kena cheated.

But nvm, my appetite is really good when it comes to delicious food.
And so I gladly finished it.

I love love love MOF!
It never fails to disappoint.
Esp my fav cookies & cream flavour :D

Wednesday, 6th May

Went to the National Museum with Clique for our NE project

this tank looks so pretty!

a camera from the 1960s

The thing we saw on the show 'The Little Nyonya'
but I forgot what it's called.

There was more, but my cam died on me after that.
Completed our tour and went to have our dinner @ Astons', which was nearby.

I love Astons' cause it's really value-for-money.

Today

Lunch @ Dulukala Peranakan Restaurant

Celebrated Joanne's belated birthday with Peranakan food!

Joanne's craving for them after watching 'The Little Nyonya', so here we are!

Ikan assam pedas (something like that)
You see, I have this really big problem with remembering names and dates.

This sweet, sour, and little spicy dish was fantastic.
The fish was soft and succulent, every bite into it was pleasurable.

I don't usually like spicy dishes, but I really loved this one.
The gravy was great, a little on the oily side, however.

Nyonya chap chye.
Normal, but that doesn't mean it isn't nice.

Ayam rendang. My favourite dish of the day.
The gravy is to die for, oily too, as you can see.
Chicken was all right, not too hard.

We left this place with bloated & satisfied stomachs.
But what's most impt is that the Belated bday girl likes it :D
Happy belated bday girl!

In case you don't already know, there's this new show called 90210 Beverly Hills.
It's a spin-off from the 90210 which aired in the 1990s.
At that time, I wasn't even born yet.

I'm watching this series now. It feels like a younger Gossip girl series.
Minus a whole lot of naughtiness and schemes.
They're only 15 in this show, so it's more PG-like.

It's quite nice, I would say.
Though I prefer Gossip girl, cause I love scheming little Blair.

Health checkup: A good idea.. Or not?

2009-05-01T12:50:00.004+08:00

I've been contemplating whether to go for health checkup recently..
Probably going for one on Tuesday with RX
But I feel so scared!
I'm scared to find out what is wrong with me..
I srsly think something is wrong with my body.
I haven't prepare myself on how to react leh. =(
*Sigh*

Should I or should i not?
Advice please!

Okay, enough of the unhappy things..
There's something worth rejoicing!

Might be going on a HK & Shen Zhen trip with my clique in September!
It's a trip specially for us hospitality students.
& there are only 26 places.

I hope Clique can get in.. It'll be our first ever overseas trip tgth!
Confirm FUN.
I srsly can't wait :DD

2009-04-27T19:08:00.007+08:00

Hello people~ I'm back :D

Back to blogging, I mean.
Anyway, I'll just update the recent events
There are way too many pictures of my HK trip.
Food ones especially more, for HK is a '买东西吃东西' city =P
Lazy to upload them here.

I know I'm stereotyping, but Hongkongers are such an uncultivated lot.
Sigh.

Sunday, 19th April 09

Brought Cai to try this fusion restaurant called 'Saizeriya'
I came to know about it from the variety show 小男人周记
Is it the correct title? If it's not don't correct me =P

Saizeriya is known for it's cheap prices.
Quality wise, it's pretty average.
Perfect for those who want to fill their stomachs without having to pay much.

Appetiser: Smoked duck breast $4.80

This was, surprisingly, a cold dish.

But it's still tasty, however.

It tastes like a chewier and meatier version of ham.

Seafood chowder $3-4+ (forgot)

It was bland and really watery, not something I would have expected from a chowder.
In other words, it sucked.

Hamburg steak $7.98

It's my first time eating a hamburg!

In case you didn't know..
A hamburg is made of minced meat, and it is basically the jap version of the beef/pork patty you get in burgers.

I found the price pretty reasonable for the portion given, 4 sides and a hamburg!

I liked the sweet corn, really sweet.. Quite 'duh' eh? lol.

Butbutbut.. Some places serve those hard and tasteless corn, which I hate!

Hamburg was pretty alright, though I got increasingly sick of it with every bite.

Doria with meat sauce $4.98

I asked Cai to order this cause it's the 人气王 in the menu

It's just baked rice with a lil meat sauce in it.

Pretty normal tasting, but it beats the ones in Swensens' anytime.

If you would like to know, Saizeriya is located at level 2 of Liang Court.

Went to Great world city next.

Island creamery =D

I had the Apple Crumble flavour.
The flavour was intense, it had chunky apple bits and the cookie base of apple crumbles in it, with a dash of cinnamon.
Yes, just like real apple crumble!
I enjoyed it a lot, esp the part of chewing onto the apple and cookie bits!

Cai had Cookies & Cream and Chendol flavour.
I liked the large oreo chunks in the Cookies & Cream.
Chendol, however, was a little bland.

Ended the makan outing with a 1A curry puff, my latest obssession! :D

Sunday, 26th April

Suddenly had craving for Indian food, so we decided to go to Al-Ameen for this week's makan outing!

Ordered cheese naan ($3), which is really like prata.

It's just a chewier version of it.
It was average, the smell of mozzarella cheese was not that strong.
The bad thing was that it was super oily. Eekz.

Butter Chicken ($7)

A little too salty for my liking, but I finished it all anyway.

Went to the nearby NTUC Finest to restock on spaghetti & pasta sauce.
I love to eat pasta, it's so easy to make!
Delicious too. Hehe.

Had our dinner at a Taiwanese eatery called '刘三阁'

I just had to order this Hazelnut praline cake.

I love anything with hazelnut inside!

Layers of goodness inside.
Chocolate, cream, hazelnut fudge, and a crunchy hazelnut chocolate base!

Zha Jiang Mian (Taiwan style)
The noodles were really Q, but they were pretty bland without the sauce.
It's really the black bean sauce that gives the dish flavour.

Braised tofu with peanuts.

Just normal cold braised tofu with peanuts drizzled in 卤汁, which I do not know what it's called in English.

Cabbed home after that, as I wanted to watch Star Awards!
Already missed it for 1.5 hrs, luckily I recorded it beforehand :D

Monday, 27th April

School officially reopened today :D
Was pretty excited about it initially, but the idea of it seems a little boring now =/
I like our new tutor for International Cross Cultural Studies.
Mukesh Kumar, he's one funny dude.

After sch, our Clique + Sonia went to Bishan to have Manhattan Fish Market.
Felt so bloated and lethargic after eating too full, so we went home.
Yawns. My eyes are half-closing as I'm typing this post.
Thank god I've come to the end of the post.. Byebyeee :D

Bon Voyage to myself

2009-04-05T05:24:00.002+08:00

Currently @ the airport using free internet =P
Will be jetting off to Hongkong in an hour's time..
Bye people! Please miss me! =D

2009-04-01T01:08:00.008+08:00

Seems like it's been some time since I cam-whored.. Heehee

Today is Cai's last day in Sg before he leaves for his BKK trip tomorrow.
Met him at Lot1 then we cabbed to Esplanade for dinner

Here we are.. at No Signboard Seafood.

I'm really big on teas.
Flower teas, chinese teas, english teas, every kind of tea is my cup of tea! =D

Stir-fried scallops with broccoli.
Love the big & juicy scallops.
The broccoli on the other hand, was disappointing, it wasn't soft and fragrant enough.
They could have added some sauce to it to give it more flavour.

Japanese style beancurd. Our favourite dish for the day.
The beancurd costs $4 per piece, but it's definitely worth every penny.

There are two kinds of tofu here.
Only difference was that one had mushrooms and the other had prawns.

This is the interior.
It's silky smooth and very flavourful.
The harmonious combination of the scallops, mushrooms, spring onions, and salted fish just screams OISHI!!!

Can you see the juice inside?
Gosh, I'm falling in love with it all over again.

An extra layer of egg beneath the beancurds.
It is EVEN SILKIER than tau hway.
But it's also very oily, if you noticed the oil blobs in the picture earlier on.

Ordered a medium Sri Lankan crab.
Cai originally wanted to order 2, thank goodness I stopped him.
This portion was already a lot!

I still prefer the Chilli crabs that my Ah Ma cooks.
Her chilli gravy is way creamier and flavourful, without being overly spicy.

The gravy here was slightly watered down and they definitely used too many eggs.
Despite it being very eggy, it still lacks the punch of flavour.
Probably didn't add enough ketchup.

And it sure was spicy!
Tears were already brimming in my eyes at my first piece.

Chilli crabs are not complete w/o these cute little fried mantous! =D

After dinner, we went to search for some desserts to fill our stomachs with..
and we came across this really cute art gallery filled with pictures of monks.

Super cute luh.
Monk you thought?

Wrong!
Read this.
"Bidha, 75 year-old nun"

Walked to Marina Square but could not find anything nice to eat.
So we ended up at Esplanade again.
Haagen Dazs, here we come =)

Was craving for ice cream with waffles..
Hence, we ordered a 3 scoop w/ waffles.

From left: Tiramisu, Choc Choc Chip and Summer Berries something (forgot)

We weren't expecting an outstanding piece of waffle, and certainly not one this tiny too.
And this miniscule piece of a waffle costs another $5.
Heck!

The ice cream was great. Choc choc chip outdid itself, as usual.
Tiramisu flavour was filled with pieces of soft cookies, was great too.
The berries-flavoured one had a tangy taste to it, contained real berries in it and tasted a little like jam.
We liked it anyway =)

He always shuns from my camera. Grr.

Trying to imitate a pose that we saw a monk doing.

A 3D piece
Move left and right and you can see 2 sides of the Joker.
Saw it at a really cool shop called 'Popcorn bites' at the Esplanade.

Cabbed home after that.

Ya, that's how the night ended.

I'm so tired after typing this post.

Time to sleep.. Good night! =D

2009-03-30T19:14:00.006+08:00

Still remember the Coffee Bun which used to be a fad 1-2 years ago?

With the addition of Roti Papa, Roti Mama and the rest of the Roti family..
It's no wonder they closed down one by one..
Singaporeans are such copycats. Lol.

I finally found a Roti Mum stall at IMM. It tastes exactly the way I remembered it to be.

Delish!

Sunday, 29th April

Late lunch @ Ichiban Boshi with Cai

It was full-house when we arrived, but the waitress managed to squeeze 2 counter seats for us.

I was thinking, Great, there's greater accessibility to the sushi!

But to my disappointment.. The sushi did not look very appetizing

Instead of grabbing everything that came my way, I found myself looking blankly at the conveyor belt.

Idk why, it could be the ambience, or the bad service.

We grabbed a few sushis to try, only to realise that..

There was no cutlery on the table.

No chopsticks, plates, nothing!

The service staff were just doing their own things & did not bother to serve us at all.

Tsk tsk.

Hokkaido Maru, their premium sushi.

So it costs more, like $5.50

I like the tiny little details they add to their sushi.

There's flying-fish roe, corn mayo, crabmeat & cheese in this nigiri.

The cheese was the cheapo kind i.e. Chesdale, quite a turn-off for me.

Doesn't it look tempting?

I just love anything with tamago in it.

However, putting aside the lovely presentation, there's nothing spectacular about this dish (tastewise).

Conger eel tamago
This dish was on it's special menu and it looked so good so we decided to order it.

The conger eel was rather bland, it tasted like normal fish to me.

The tamago was rather bland and a little too soggy for my taste.

Some fried salmon maki wrapped in egg crepe.

It was a flop, really.

As you can see, the crepe wasn't wrapped properly, and it fell off when I picked it up with my chopsticks.

The fried salmon was over-fried. Not to mention also coarse and tasteless.

Sizzling hot wagyu steak

Everything about this dish was so wrong.

Starting from the sauce, it was a sweet & spicy.

Didn't go well with the beef, it masked the natural aroma of the meat.

The beef, was that even wagyu to begin with?

It tasted worse than the average beef you get in hawkers.

I'm not kidding.

What we had was a plate of boring & tasteless meat.

I seriously don't think this was worth $16.90.

Settled the bill as soon as we were done eating and decided to have ice-cream at Marvelous Cream.

It's such a pretty shop!

The many many toppings you can add to your ice-cream.

Can you spot the macarons? They're my absolute favourite!

We ordered 2 concoctions to share.

The chef making our ice-creams..

Ta-da!

The first one: Mango Tiramisu

What was in it: European cream cheese ice-cream, white choco flakes, sponge cake, whipped cream and mango cubes.

A little too sweet for my liking, but I liked the chewy mango cubes~

Rocky road.

Consists of Choco ice-cream, almonds, brownies and marshmellows.

The choco ice-cream was normal and the marshmellows was too hard. Boo!

But the overall taste was still acceptable, I preferred this to the mango one.

In fact I ate most of this :D

Verdict: Worth a try, if you don't mind spending $5.90 for a cup of this.

Headed to Bugis next, went to alter my jeans.

We were super unlucky, once we stepped out of the mrt it started to rain.. Heavily..

So we went to buy an umbrella but still ended up wet anyway.

Rain is such a mood-dampener. BOO!

Went to Sim Lim Square to look for an mp3, but couldn't find the one that I wanted.

So we went to Ji De Chi, again! :D

Steamed milk with almond paste.

I love the fragrant taste of almond~

Mango sago w/ pomelo.

Tried some of this, it's so-so only.

Liked the crunchy sago bits.

Cai had craving for hawker food, so we cabbed to Bukit Timah Market

A must-have at Timah market.. Chai Tow Kway!

The one from Seng Kee stall is the best.
Delicious and really addictive. I couldn't stop eating it! =P

Oyster omelette.

Tried to like this, but I didn't.

I don't like any thing that consists of shellfish. (scallops are an exception)

Satay!! My #1 favourite hawker food.
It was pretty good, they were very generous with the chicken pieces.

The sauce was very addictive, I finished it to the last drop. Hehe.

Gonna try the pasta at Timah market next time.

They're real cheap, like $3.90? OMG!

I can eat 3 times of that at Pastamania/Waraku/Shokudo!

I love hawker food!

The best thing of all?

You get to eat your fill of good food without having to break your bank.

2009-03-28T13:25:00.001+08:00

Watched two dog flicks recently.
If you thought 'Hotel for Dogs' was touching..
Well, 'Marley & Me' is definitely heartbreaking.
Sigh. Dogs are such love-hate creatures.

Michelle's rating: 3.5 dog poop out of 5 dog poop

4 dog poop out of 5 dog poop

Don't miss 'Marley & Me'!

2009-03-24T13:15:00.005+08:00

Went to watch Race to Witch Mountain @ Cineleisure with..

Quite an interesting movie.. 3.5/5 stars

Rubbish!

Shokudo for dinner

Ultra-thin pizza in curry mash potato flavour

Yum!

Tofu cheesecake.

So soft & cheesy.

I loved it =D

It's photo-taking time!

Home sweet home after that =)

Nan Hwa Chong - Revisited.

2009-03-23T01:46:00.001+08:00

Today Cai & I decided to go to Nan Hwa Chong as he had craving for Yu Tou Lu again.

During our previous visit we saw the table beside us ordering this dish, so we decided to try it as it looks good. And it did not disappoint us!

It's none other than the Marmite Chicken.

It's very crispy, and not very oily. Goes very well with the sweet sauce.

We fell in love with it instantly =)

In the menu, it's called Golden Tofu. Cai decided to order this to try as it sounds interesting.

To our surprise, it isn't tofu at all!

The specks of white flakes you see on it are probably the flour that was not battered properly. Or was it sprinkled for decoration? =/

It actually tastes like carrot cake with vegetables in it. After much thought, I gather that the filling in it is fish paste. Just a guess, though.
A unique dish, but we got sick of it at the 2nd helping. It has a really strong parsely smell, which we hate.

The yu tou lu was exactly the same as how it tasted the other time.

But this time, they gave us a lot of the yucky dark green vegetables and very little of cabbage, which we both love. BOO! :(

This time I remembered to take a picture of the fish. We stuck with our previous choice, the 白苍鱼.

Super soft and totally enjoyable to eat =D

However full we were, we still made room for dessert.

I brought him to Ji De Chi again. My new love, heehee.

His: Durian puree sago with pomelo

After mixing.

Not quite like how I imagined it would be.

The durian puree had a nasty aftertaste. Must be because of all that processed stuff.

They could have used real durian flesh instead.

Durian sticky rice roll

Another disappointment. The durian puree was the same as the above. And the rice roll had such a strong coconut taste to it, the whole combination is just wrong.

Mine: Double boiled steamed milk, or 双皮顿奶

I regretted eating the durian dishes first, cos my tastebuds could not taste anything afterwards.
It's very sad you know? I ate this bowl of steamed milk pudding without knowing how it tastes like.

But I do know that it is very soft, it tastes like soya bean curd.
HAIZ. Next time try again ba.

Shopped around in Bugis Junction & decided to stop by tcc for a drink.

Cabbed home after that.

I should stop here, have been blogging for 3 hours already.
Finally I'm back to blogging!
The feel is back again~ :D

2009-03-23T00:23:00.005+08:00

20th April

Went to Mustafa Centre with Rongxin, my obasan :P
My first and last time there, the smell of indians is unbearable!

Headed to Bugis: Ji De Chi for dessert

Mine: Peanut & Black Sesame yuan yang

The black sesame is good, comparable to the one we had at Mei Heong Yuen.

The peanut paste was too bland, the peanut taste is not strong enough.

Hers: Walnut & Almond yuan yang.

Bad combination. The almond paste overpowered the walnut, so after thorough mixing, there was hardly any walnut taste in it.

I would recommend the Sesame & almond paste, very smooth & creamy, yet not too overpowering.

A perfect combination of yuan yang :D

Headed to Sunshine Plaza next - 'Parklane Zha Wan Ton Mee'.

I always eat at the Bugis outlet, but we decided to visit the original outlet at Sunshine instead.

I had my usual, 'Chicken cutlet rice'. I don't know is it because of the difference in standards in various outlets or have the standards dropped??

The chicken cutlet Bugis which I ate was not these pathetic black pieces!

Not to mention oily, small, thin, and absolutely over-fried.

Most of it was chicken skin and not the meat.

It was so bad that RX noticed that I was frowning throughout my entire meal.

Hers. And this is what they used to be popular for.

The tasty crispy wantons with generous amounts of meat filling were a thing of the past. No more.

What's given now is what you see in the pictures. Over-fried wantons with only a pinch of meat in it.

Very bad. I'm not going back ever again.

On my way to the washroom, I walked past this muffin shop and the aroma of its muffins caught my nosebuds' attention.

So I told RX and we decided to try one since we were already there.

Yes, Banana walnut muffin you saved the day :D

Any previous disgruntles from the nasty chicken cutlet rice vanished immediately after eating this magical muffin!

Fresh out from the oven, one could sniff it from miles away.
As I sliced it with my knife, I could feel the tenderness of the muffin.
It's unbelievably good. Damn, I should have took a photo of its interior.
Definitely going back to try all the other flavours.

They have chicken pies & curry puffs too, which are also very popular with the customers, as they keep vanishing from the shelf and are being constantly replenished by the lady boss.
RX and I kept peeking into the store to see how the chef makes the pastries & what muffins/pastries the other customers buy. Heehee.

Oops. I forgot the shop name, but it has been on several newspapers and magazines before.
It is located at Sunshine Plaza beside the ground floor toilet.

12-15 April

4 enjoyable days of working at IT show.

Saw many familiar faces, and made many new friends.

They're all so friendly! :D

The cutie pies of NOD32 Anti-virus =P

My colleague, Yi Ting & Myself Raymond.

The way his eyebrows move up and down when he talks just tickles me.

Tobi & I.
She's real cute. Hahaha.

Will update the rest of our group pictures when I receive them.
They're such a fun bunch.
Am looking forward to work with them again in Sep. YEAH! =D

Way-too-late posts.

2009-03-22T23:20:00.005+08:00

Just a brief recall of recent activities.
In fact, I forgot most of it already.
Will just blog about those I remember =)

Another makan outing with Ah Cai, which I forgot when.

I believe when most people think of 'fish head steamboat', they immediately think of Nan Hwa Chong.

It's the undisputed best fish head steamboat around, no doubt about that.

So here we are =D

Stir-fried kai lan done well. Both crunchy and tasty.

A little on the oily side, though.

Super duper oily prawn omelette. The amount of oil most zi char stalls use is really scary.
However, they weren't stingy with the number of prawns inside. Big & chunky prawns, my favourite.

Braised pig intestine. Very chewy, but somehow I don't like it.
I've always preferred the stomach to the intestines.

The zi char dishes were secondary, because the main star for the night was the Fish head steamboat itself!
Forgot to take pictures of the fish and ingredients in it. Was busy eating =P

I loved how easily the fish tore once bitten into, so soft and succulent.. Like tofu.
Not really that exaggerrating la. But well, you get the gist of it.
For those who are afraid of the fishy smell that most fishes have, good news for you!
Cos the fishy smell is completely removed, leaving only the fragrant smell of the soup.

The soup broth is superb.
It's a little sweet, and totally addictive.
I think they used MSG, cos my throat felt really dry after drinking more and more bowls of it.
Bad for health, but it's worth it :D

Cai bought some chocolates at Lumonte.

Very pretty.

Another makan trip to 'Founder Bak Kut Teh'.

This is THE bak kut teh stall that every, yes I mean EVERY celebrity that ever existed had visited during their stay in Singapore.

It's walls are filled with photos of every celebrity imaginable, posing with the grim-faced owner of Founder.

Love the soft & tasty you tiao that we dip into the soup.

Dip, dip, dip!

I love the peppery version of BKT.

Founder's soup has a very strong taste of pepper, yet not too overpowering.

Just enough for my liking =)

However, I find the meat is a little too tough.

Probably beacause it's lean meat, which means no disgusting white layers of fats lining the meat.

Pig trotters, lean meat only.

Very very nice!

The meat is so soft, you don't even need to tear it into small pieces to bite it.

It just separates by itself with the slightest touch of the fork.

I would recommend going to Founder's for the pig trotters.

If not, just the soup alone is worth making a trip there.

It's located at Balestier, opposite Shaw Plaza.

Even after a satisfying BKT session, it wasn't enough to fill our greedy stomachs.

So we headed to a Suki Sushi branch in the nearby Shaw Plaza.

It proved to be a big mistake.

Suki sushi is a cheater bug.

I understand how some actual dishes may differ from their pictures in the menu

but this unagi sushi is ridiculous.

It looked nothing like how it was in the menu (reddish, slicked with oil, and totally delicious)
Instead, what we were served with was this boring slab of fish.

It even had a nasty fishy smell.

The tamago mayo sushi was equally disappointing. It tastes as bland as it looks.

Sakae can do a much better job.

Inari. Didn't eat this. Cai didn't complain so I guess it must be edible.

Our favourite dish, and the only dish we liked.
Salmon skin maki with pork floss.
My first time eating salmon skin and boy, was it enjoyable!
It's really crispy, and the sweet pork floss complemented it perfectly.

Think it's just a simple gyoza?
Wrong! It's a cannot-make-it gyoza.
The mayo drizzled on top was very sour, it spoiled the whole taste of the dish.

To end of this post,
-- I hate Suki Sushi.

2009-01-26T23:14:00.004+08:00

Saturday, 24th Jan

Noah's outing.. Finally man.
Jan didn't come along, though.
Heard that JP had expanded, assuming the position of the largest suburban mall.
So we went there to take a look.

And indeed, it had extended to twice its size!
I went to buy Tori-Q while the guys were eating..
& I got lost and almost couldn't find my way back.

Watched 'The Wedding Game' afterwards.
It's quite a nice show.. Far exceeding my expectations.
Nice plot, funny lines and above average acting.
Good thing it didn't have the Jack Neo flavour (singlish) in it.

I had a hard time deciding on what to have for dinner.
So they accompanied me to walk around until I finally decided on Kopitiam.
Hahaha.

There's a mirror in every JP toilet cubicle. How cool is that!

Sunday, 25th Jan

除夕 Day :D

Went to my grandmother's house in the noon to have steamboat!

Not w/o cam-whoring at home first xD

I love CNY!

but I love my CNY goodies even more.

Hei bi hiam, love letters, bak kwa, green pea cookies..

Can't get enough of them.

CNY is the BEST festival ever :DD

Happy Lunar New Year everyone!

Went to Golden Sands to have another round of reunion dinner with my Dad's mother & family

捞鱼生！

Steamed herbal chicken

Tender chicken meat in fragrant gravy.

I found pleasure in this.. :)

Fried Kai Lan

Pig trotters. I don't dare to eat this :<

Steamed red garoupa

Italian-style prawns

2009-01-23T21:09:00.004+08:00

Thursday, 22nd Jan

Clique skipped POM lect & we all went to Pizza hut for lunch
Long time never go already!
Went to play swing after that.
Regretted wearing skirt man.
And something that cracked us all up..
Elwin is just as noob as Beng at playing swing! Or even noober =x

So funny looking at both of them tryin to swing
Still need XH & Azlan to push them hahaha!
NOOB LA!!!!

Introducing to you my clique in school..

XH, Azlan, Elwin, Jessie & Beng! :D

group photo :D

the leaf is kinda distracting.. but it looks quite artistic. lol

XH & Azlan teaching them how to swing

we're so nostalgic

They headed back to sch for lesson & I headed to town to meet Wifey.
I waited outside Cine for an hour because she released late from work.
Like a fool lor! :(

Went to have our dinner @ Kou fu as my stomach was grumbling away.
Gosh I hate the icky jelly we had for dessert. But I finished it cos Wifey bought it for me :D

Went to Taka to walk around & bought egg tarts from Fancy Delight
We had a hard time deciding which flavour to buy as there were simply too many to choose from
Here's their web: http://fancydelight.com.sg/products.html

Finally we decided on these 2.

Wifey bought double chocolate

& I got melting chocolate.

It's really nice, the egg custard is real soft and tasty, and there's melting chocolate inside.

I LOVE IT!

Plus points for it's unique design too. Whoever thought egg tarts could look this adorable?

Went to watch Red Cliff Part 2 after that.

I watched Part 1 with her too :D

It's not bad, but not as exciting as previous one.

Rating: 3/5

Walked around a little then headed home as the shops were all closed

Plus we were really tired already..

2009-01-21T19:04:00.004+08:00

Today after sch we had no where to go, so decided to catch 'All's Well End's Well'
We thought that it'll be nice as the trailer made it seem quite hilarious
But we were disappointed in the end!
It was quite boring.
At least there was a happy ending, as the title suggests.

Old post: 16th Jan 09

Went to do facial with Joanne at 'The Sensory Suite'
Really like it, as the products they used were not only good, but smelled nice too!
We had our dinner @ Golden Shoe Carpark then we headed to Suntec.
By the time we reached there we were hungry again, had dessert @ Bakerzin.

the warm chocolate cake with homemade ice-cream on top

this is SO NICE!

there's warm valrhona chocolate fondue in the centre of the cake and it gushes out when bitten into.

complemented with the cold ice-cream, it's heavenly~

Walked around Suntec (it's a real boring place) while waiting for XWZ to book out

We did a good deed & brought a china tourist family to Esplanade.

Their son was around our age, i guess. And quite cute :P

XWZ came to fetch us to geylang to eat the famous beef kway teow.

At Lor 9 I think.

DAMN NICE! MUST try!!

The beef is extremely soft and tender, it literally melts in your mouth.

I ate a lot, a lot, of this. & still, I couldn't get enough of it.

Broccoli w/ mushrooms

Tis quite nice as well. the broccolis are very soft, just the way I like it.

Fried frog legs, my recommendation.

I'd eaten this elsewhere before and it was very nice, tastes just like chicken.

But this dish here is so-so only.

After supper, XWZ brought us to Little Bali to chill.

Wondering why there's day & night pictures?

The first picture was grabbed from the internet & the second was taken using my lousy phone cam =

Little Bali is a nice place to chill at, the atmosphere is good too.

No clear pictures, sorry.

It's located @ Alexandra Rd if you ppl wanna know =)

2009-01-11T21:03:00.005+08:00

Saturday, 10th Jan

Really, what a waste.
I spotted this sweet little number in a shop at Marina Sq
but I didn't get it as it was rather big for me at the waist area, giving it a baggy effect.
Pity, pity, pity.
Well, at least Jo bought her top there.

We bought a little present for XWZ then went to meet him & JJ for dinner

At Dian Xiao Er, JJ's treat. Thanks.

Roasted duck w/ ten wonders

Not as good as I'd expected it to be, but not bad either.

The skin was crispy, meat was tender, gravy was fragrant in a herb-like way.

Job done.

Assorted veg w/ seafood

Old style steamed fish slices,

which is really teochew style fish, my favourite kind!

Love the gravy. Fragrant and not overly sweet.

Marvelous.

with my babe

Wanted to catch Red Cliff 2 @ the cinema there but it was sold out.

XWZ dropped me off @ Bugis to get my Skinfood cleanser & then we headed to Cine.

As expected, the tix were sold out there too.

While waiting for the 3-hr parking thing, we played pool to kill time.

Slacking @ Marina Barrage after that.

I don't even want to start on how much I detest my phone cam

It is so windy over there, perfect place for chilling.

Around 12+ we headed to the nearby Lau Pa Sat to have supper.

The stall holders there are like, so desperate to get business. Irritating.

Had satay and cereal sotong.

I like the sotong.. so nice :D

The satay was okok, not juicy but not hard either.

& it was home sweet home after that :D

Sunday, 11th Jan

Went to Bkt Panjang with Cai, to have Bak Kut Teh! (recommended by him)

The soup was okay.

But no matter how much pepper I added to it, it still could not get any spicier. Weird.

What shocked me was the amount of fats on, between, and everywhere on the pork.

You can see the white, thick, gooey layers of fat clearly.

Eew? Srsly gross.

After eating we headed to Causeway to catch Ong Bak 2.

Random note: I'm never goin to recommend Prima Deli waffles to ppl ever again.

I always praise it to the skies, saying tt it's my favourite waffle.

But it disappointed me today!

Eww eww eww. Nothing can ruin my mood more than bad food.

Not even the AP Prima Deli auntie who served me grumpily.

We had Sakae too, as there was still time before the movie starts.

I never get sick of tamago sushi, tee hee.

K, movie review time.

Ong Bak 2 is not a sequel to the first part, just the same Tony Jaa.

There was a lot of action, killing, and *gulps* blood.

It was easy to sit through, but the ending was bad.

What happened to 'The evil never triumphs'?

Just not my cup of tea, I hate swords, knives, guns, and anything to do with blood.

Rating: 2.7/5

Then I headed to my Grandma's hse for dinner after that.

I simply love her cooking, something which I look forward to every Sunday.

2009-01-04T00:24:00.005+08:00

Friday, 2nd Jan

Mr Oops came to pick me @ around 8pm & we went for dinner @ Bkt Timah market.

Had craving for hawker food, and ordered my favourite satay, popiah, and black carrot cake.

After the filling meal, we went to Adam road to slack & have ice-cream.

After talking about some xin shi in the car, we headed to PS to fetch Joanne.

Went to this place @ Dempsey, it's called Oosh bar.

A very beautiful place to chill and relax with friends.

Han Ming ordered Blue Ocean. It tasted weird to me.

Mine, chamomile tea. I prefer tea over cocktails/alcohol anytime.

Joanne ordered wedges

& ice-cream.

Ah Xing came to look for us after that, then we headed to Boat Quay.
Opened a bottle @ 10Dimension as one of his friend was working there.
Didn't like it there, so we went to Dart, a new pub.
It's pretty chic, and it's very spacious.
Best of all, there were dart machines in there!
So fun :D:D

Played loads of card games and I only drank 1-2 cups of beer.
I srsly hate beer, i think it tastes disgusting.
We were all stuck at Dart as there were road blocks.
But that's okay, cause time passed very fast over there.
Finally went home @ 4plus, I was so tired that I fell asleep in the car alr.

That's all for that friday.. Bye!

Happy New Year! :D

2009-01-01T22:01:00.007+08:00

Tuesday, 30th Dec

Met Joanne at Bugis, stupid girl made me wait for an hr. Lol.
Acc-ed her to Haji Lane to buy her dress then we headed to Marina Square.

Joanne wanted to try Billy Bombers, it was my 1st time there too.
The menu is quite expensive and there's little variety of dishes.
I really prefer New york New york to BB.

So i ordered the cheapest main course on the menu. Salad w/ grilled chicken.

I thought the chicken would be like a whole piece, but it turned out to be in little diced pieces.

I may seem very 'sua ku', as it was my first time ordering a salad.

I'm on diet! Hahaha. (okay, I'm just joking.)

But I'm watching my health now, trying to cut down on fried food, which had taken it's toll on my complexion.

I like how crunchy the greens are.

Besides, it's high water content is gd for the complexion. Teehee.

Dipped in Thousand island sauce..Yum!

We walked around, then went to Anderson of Denmark to have waffles w/ ice cream!
Mint & Blueberry flavour :)

Bought these cute bedroom slippers @ Mini Toons.

Just when we were about to leave, we saw a shop called 'Marvelous Cream'

We wanted to try it long ago before it had officially opened.

The main product would be ice-cream with various toppings in a waffle basket/cone/cup, and it comes in 20+ different combinations.

It also offers english desserts like creme brulee, tiramisu, shortcake, and more.

But our stomachs were quite full alr, shall try it next time!

Wednesday, 31st Dec

Brought Ah cai the self-claimed food gourmet to try Golden Sands Seafood.

We ordered these few dishes:

Cereal Chicken.

I like to eat the crispy cereal alone in spoonfuls..Delicious!

Hotplate tofu.

It tasted different from the other time I tried it. Difference may be because I had the non-spicy version the other time.

Mixed vegetables with seafood.

See, I'm in love with greens now.

It's a good balance of nutrition. Sliced fish, pork, and prawns were thrown in as well.

Golden sands prawns, which are actually salted egg yolk with butter prawns.
The rich egg yolk taste is really unique. My favourite dish :D

Cai on the other hand, said tt he was disappointed.

Well, to each of his own.

He didn't eat much, so I was the one who 'cleared' most of the food.

I srsly srsly love zi char!

He accompanied me to watch 'Ip Man' to kill time while waiting for Jo to knock off @ 11.30

Now, this is another awesome kungfu movie.

And it's based on a true story of Ip Mun the master of Kungfu.

Fact: Bruce Lee is his disciple

Okay, back to topic.

Ip Mun is really worth watching, though the ending was sad.

My tear glands were helpless.

Rating: 4/5

Actually planned to go Kbox with Joanne & JJ after that.

But JJ said that Kbox costs $50 that day, which is so not worth it!

Didn't meet up in the end, as there was nothing much to do.

Then Cai & I cabbed home, but he went home to change into more formal wear.

Me? Rot at home.

That was how I spent my Christmas & New Year. Splendid.

The Face Shop mascara is so good. No fake lashes needed! (not that I use them anyway)