Peperoni Pizzeria

We celebrated SJ's birthday in advance at this Italian joint off the sleepy Hillcrest Park. Their signature 21" XXL Pizza was huge with a crispy light crust that oozes cheeze and fillings with every bite. Its looks like a rotund giant juxtaposed next to petite SJ!



Their calamari was fresh and went well the right dips. The pastas like vongole and carbonara were delicious too, but we were so stuffed with the pizza and had to struggle to finish every strand.



Here's the birthday gal making a wish and getting her 'big' YSL pressie, hehe..







Service was great yet they dont ask for service charge (despite being part of the Les Amis Group). We tipped them anyhow for making us feel so welcomed. They even gave us fortune cookies to round off the evening and Winston won a free beer!



6 Greenwood Avenue
Hillcrest Park
Tel: +65 6465 6556

Blue Mountain Cafe

l met up with an old fren over dinner at Din Tai Fung (313 @ Somerset) and found out he's now doing sales at Mediacorp and rubbing shoulders wif 'atas' personalities... what a career change for an ex-cop! After din, we had coffee and dessert at Blue Mountain Cafe, which serves their signature coffee that costs $9.90 a cup! l'm not a coffee person so l duno whats the big deal... but you can give me 50cts Ice Mountain Water anytime... haha





313 Somerset Road
#03-23/24 313 @ Somerset
Tel: +65 6836 9301

Dragon Phoenix Restaurant

On the last day on CNY, my family had our 'Lo Hei' dinner at Dragon Phoenix (龙凤), which supposedly serves the original Yusheng invented by the 4 Heavenly Kings of cantonese cuisine. True to its claim, the Yusheng was delicious with the right blend of ingredients and sauces. The traditional practice of uttering auspicious phrases before pouring each item is truly meaningful and fun. We also managed to try their authentic yam dish and 'yoke lan' chicken.

Let's all have a 'HUAT' year ahead...GONG XI FA CAI!





177A River Valley Road
Level 6 Novotel Clarke Quay
Tel: +65 6339 3368

Roaring Tiger Year

Here's wishing everyone a Happy & Prosperous Tiger Year! Let's hope we'll have a thriving and successful year ahead...虎年行大运!

Festive Goodies


14 Feb - 1st Day of CNY & V Day... Lo Hei Dinner at Cousin's place. The home-cooked sweet & sour pork was real tasty!


13 Feb - Reunion Steamboat Dinner






Fruity CNY colours


12 Feb - Sushi Tei's Dragon roll for Luck & Prosperity


7 Feb - Shopped for new year gifts at Taka and had Dinner at Imperial Treasure

Park Palace

My cousin and her husband are flying off to South Africa so we decided to have an earlier reunion din with them before our actual one next week.

One of the dishes we had was this prosperity pot known as 'Pen Cai'... which has 18 ingredients ranging from scallops, abalones, roast meats, prawns, mushrooms, etc... the pot was brimming with goodness so let's hope we'll have abundance in the new Tiger Yr!



Park Palace
The Mezzanine, Grand Plaza Park Hotel
10 Coleman Street
Tel: 6432-5543

Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck

This latest addition to the Imperial Treasure Chain serves great tasting duck, but the service was nothing super at all (the staff were damn blur, slow and lethargic). Worst part...The fried ee fu noodles was drenched in oil and their 'soup of the day' was sold out by 2pm!





290 Orchard Road
#05-42/45 The Paragon

After lunch, we caught the movie 'Its Complicated' starring one of my fav actress, Meryl Streep.

Determined to get my weekly dose of soup, we decided to go to Paragon soup restaurant for dinner. The basement restaurants seem to be playing musical chairs and soup restaurant is now shifted to where 'Spaghetties' used to be. Thkfully, the soup was still as tasty!

Jumbo Seafood

My aunt has been 'terrorised' by a monkey at her estate which keeps stealing her chiku fruits. She sounded distressed so we decided to cheer her up by bringing her out for dinner at East Coast's Jumbo. We also assured her we'll get AVA to look at the problem. It is always a pleasure hearing her war stories and how we too behaved like 'little monkeys' when we were young. Dining by the seaside had a calming effect and of course, the spicy chilli crabs made her day as well!

Ippudo Singapore

Ippudo, the renowned Japanese ramen noodles chain from Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, has opened its 2nd store outside Japan right here in Singapore (first was New York City). They specialise in Hakata ramen, a thin 'mee kia' type noodles which was cooked with the right springiness! We heard abt the dreadful queue but thkfully we only had to wait 10mins for it. They have 2 signature flavours, the shiromaru (white) and akamaru (red), which is the color of the bowl soup. It was abit pricey but well worth it for such a satisfying meal. The gyozas and pork buns were notable too, despite their tiny portions. Yoshimaru has found its match!



333A Orchard Road
#04-02/03/04 Mandarin Gallery

Shiraishi

Gave my sis a belated birthday lunch treat at Shiraishi @ Ritz Carlton. The mixed sashimi were very fresh and the bento set came in a Gourd-shaped box which 'transformed' into several smaller dishes... novel and kawaii!



Ootoro sashimi (the highest grade of tuna that melts in the mouth!)


After lunch, we joined our neighbour to help deliver some food items from Boys' Brigade to under-privileged homes. It was tiring lugging all the heavy bags but it was worth it since it was for a good cause. It's sad to see so many old folks living alone in spartan houses.. so we shld never take our comfy life for granted.

White Bee Hoon

Sev introduced us to this stall opposite Sembawang Shopping Centre that serves 'White Bee Hoon'. Looks are deceiving.. cos this plain looking dish actually tastes yummelicious! One of the best bee hoons l've ever tried...kinda like a delectable hybrid between hokkien mee & hor fun.

Taiwan Trip

Just back from a round island Taiwan trip (28 Nov to 5 Dec 09) and it seems a vacation is even more exhausting than work! Managed to visit many scenic places and try their famous night market snacks like mee suah, fried oysters, pepper buns, chicken cutlet, etc... ate so much l think l easily gained 2kg! haha...

Keelung (Miao Kou Night Market)


Chuifen & Yilan


Hualien (Impressive Taroko Marble Gorge)


Taitung & Kenting


Gaoshiong (Fo Guang Shan & Liu He Night Market)


Nantou & Taichung (Feng Jia Night Market)


Taipei (Simenting - Shilin Market)


Taipei (101)

Birthday @ Oriole Cafe

Age is just a number, so just stay happy and young at heart! Some ppl have said I look very young, so thats a little consolation.. hehe...

This year, my friends celebrated for me at Pan Pacific Hotel Serviced Suites, at a cosy little cafe called 'Oriole'. Just like the biscuits with the same sounding name, this place is dark in appearance, rich in taste and has a smooth classy creamy interior.



The starters... the fish & chips and Calamari


The mains...(left clockwise, Capellini Crabmeat, the signature Beef Cheek Tagliatelle, Bangers & Mash and grilled Spring Chicken)


My fav mango cake!


'The Famous Five'





Oriole Cafe & Bar
96 Somerset Road
#01-01 Pan Pacific Serviced Suites

PS Cafe

We decided to have brunch in town but nothing seems to come to mind. After making a quick search on the iphone, we decided on PS Cafe at Palais. On stepping in, we felt like we'll entered some quaint old American cafe in the States, with its classy interior and high ceiling fans. It was very laidback and definitely a great place to eat and relax.



Chicken Soup with big chunks of meat and tiny alphabets


Brunch Burger.. nice juicy beef patty with a tangy citrus sauce


BBQ Special... the sausages were nothing 'special' but the hash brown & eggs were yumz


390 Orchard Road
#02-09A
Palais Renaissance


PS : Do watch the movie 'My Sister's Keeper' if you're beginning to take life for granted cos there are always less fortunate people around us. Strangely, the cinema was only half-filled on a Sat evening, my guess is that Singaporeans rather spend $$ on comedies, action thrillers, RA flicks, rather than such poignant stuff.

After the movie, we had a sinful oil-laden dinner at Spize.. the chicken masala murtabak was damn shiok!

Peach Garden

There was a 1-for-1 set dinner promotion at Peach Garden for UOB cardholders and we decided to give it a try. All the dishes came in 'appetisers' portions but the quality was not compromised. The coconut prawns and baked black pepper sea perch creations were unique and the ingredients blended well. Their signature custard buns were soft and were oozing with sweet custard paste.....life should be such.. all sweet and Peachy!





Peach Garden 桃苑
273 Thomson Road
#01-06 Novena Garden


Yesterday, caught the movie '(500) Days of Summer' at Vivo which took a refreshing look at Boy-Girl relationships. It wasnt your typical happy ending and sets one thinking of the fine balance between reality & expectations of love. Also had din at Sushi Tei which somehow felt inferior to the Paragon branch.