It's the official blockbuster season!

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 =)