Lunch with Xiao Qiang

Xiao Qiang, my lunch kaki @ work, haha .... (he will kill me when he reads this post and realised that I posted his picture, opps)

Hito Steamboat @ Far East Square

Walked quite a far journey to Far East Square for this Japanese Steamboat ...

Stupid us ordered the HOT green tea on a bloody hot afternoon where the temperature was 34 degrees celsius.

Finally, the food arrived .... starving and sweating under the hot weather. My crazy idea of having paper steamboat under the hot sun and drinking hot tea, hahaha. Quite an experience though, I should have captured the amt of tissue soaked in our sweat on the table :)

The salmon pot with spicy broth, yummy! Love the broth with a slight tinge of spiciness.

XiaoQiang's chicken pot - even the original broth is nice, awwwww ....

It only 1/2 way through the meal den I realised that we have the same restaurant @ Hitachi Towers, haha. However, when we went back to check-out the place, the restaurant was gone. 2 weeks later while walking past Far East Square, this restaurant was gone too .... hmm ..... sad, wonder where I can find this paper steamboat again ..

The Marmalade Pantry @ Hitachi Towers

One of my favourite restaurant @ the CDB area - yummy food and great desserts (accordingly to FMQ, hee .... always see her posting the cupcakes on her blog) I never tried the desserts though, cuz when I am done with the main course, it's time to call it a day - can't squeeze anything more :(

Once again, my partner in crime (aiyah, he shy and covered his face while I took the pic .... )

I always thought that the white flower (what's the exact name?) was fake until I took it out from the container and realised there's water inside, ^_^|||

Recommended one of my fave dish - linguini with crabmeat tomato chilli & pinenuts to XiaoQiang, since he had no idea what he wanna eat .... even the chef recommended this wo ~~

I ordered the grilled pesto chicken wholemeal wrap with oven roasted butternut. Love the chips @ the side, quite a refreshing change from the usual fries.

Of cuz must have a picture of me with my food :)

This time round, no desserts AGAIN :( maybe I shld just pop down to buy their cupcakes sometime ...

U Can Fly

Remember our previous post about the balloon ride? Ha ha, never say die! We are back again, and this time... ...

Whoppee! We got the tickets!!!

Close-up on the tickets. Hee hee...

Next will be a series of balloon flight photos so that u guys will have an idea how exciting it was...

Taking off... ...

Nearly the same height as the building... ...

Going beyond the building... ...

Lift off!!!

U CAN FLY!!!!!!

And once we were up there, photo time! Blamer looked calm and composed here, but dun be fooled. She was as timid as a mouse and was having wobbly legs the whole time up there.

Magnificent view!

Tried to 自拍 but the lighting was just too bad. Dun really know how to use the night mode properly on "Dent Dent" still.

And at last, a photo of me. After much persuading (to Blamer) that it is really safe to let go of the railings and snap a pic of me before the balloon touches down. (as u can see in the background, we were coming down to "building height" already)

Finally, touch down... ...

After the scary flight (for Blamer at least), it's time to grab some food! The famous Loh Kee duck rice stall located opposite Bugis Junction.

and of cos, when u come to Bugis, shld always drop by Ah Chew's desserts.

John's Visit to Spore office - food galore!

John, my colleague from Tokyo office dropped by SG office for the week. Always great to have him around cuz he is a food-lover, just like me ... haha :)

He always have this list of i-want-to-try-food-in-SG and I will be entrusted with the task of bringing him around to scout for the must-try food .... luckily he only comes to SG once in a while, I have my slim waist to think of :P

1st stop: Shokudo @ Raffles City Shopping Centre

We brought John there just to let him to experience the unique dining concept, for he can get authentic food in JP.

Wah, must take a picture with the Japanese warrior

but, how come this Japanese warrior doesn't look as fierce? *his tummy reminds me of someone though, hahahaha *

Got a reserved tag to put on the table to shoo off the rest who are eyeing the seats (more "high class" than the tissue-paper reserve style in CDB area. hmm, maybe I shld try to sneak one of the tags out for my own use, hahahaha ...)

Looking around before deciding on what we should get ~

Finally, decided on the mains .... coincidently, Andrew and me went for the same stall - but in different flavours.

Yeah, me with my food! And, DO NOT mention anything about my hair, yes, I cut my fringe and its a bloody mistake :(

Tried the 弹珠 drink, but it's just like flavoured soda water. I think the peach one tastes better.

Some side dishes to go along; surprisingly, the mushroom are damn good/fragrant.

There's always room in the stomach for desserts! Check out the dessert counter ~

Desserts: so-so only. The crepes was kinda thick and soggy on its own; Andrew complained that the waffles were too sweet.

John with his red-bean and mocha ice-cream crepes

while Eric ordered his all-time fave mocha & red bean ice-kachang

2nd stop: Palm Beach Seafood Restaurant @ Milliena Walk

John wanted to try the chilli crabs, but I told him that the award-winning double baked crabs are better... so we are back @ Palm Beach ... my Nth time eating at this place... not gg to complain, since its on XXX tab :)

The guys looking through the menu while I have already decided that I want the crabs - see, fast & precise.

John with his coconut drink - he can't wait to feast :)

The super crispy fried squids ... just like eating crackers!

Was surprised that they serve satay with pineapple sauce until E&A told me that it was the norm during their times .... but it does taste good ~ new experience

bamboo clams - juicy and tender

the usual greens which I didn't touch

Prawn with beancurd and salted egg york - refreshing dish, though it's kind of salty

The highlight of the night, fell in love with it ever since the double date

Who can resist taking a pic? keke

3rd stop: Mee Siam @ golden shoe

Brought John to the local hawker centre to try out our local breakfast. He's game for some spicy food, so I ordered mee siam for him ...

turns out that its REALLY spicy, hahaaa. He was 1/2 sweating while eating the food, but its damn shiok lo :) I should have taken the before & after picture for comparison.

Meanwhile, I will need to prepare a list of places/food for him on his next visit :P

Shopping ~

Shopping ~ with the Great Singapore Sale on my doorstep, who can resist contributing money to our economy?

G2000, Isetan, gg<5, m)phosis, wetseal & some pushcart stall near my workplace. I reckon that I had way too many bottoms than tops, so I concentrated on tops this time round :) I am such a disciplined shopper, haha

Well, just when I thought I was disciplined enough, Victoria Secrets came up with 25% off dresses! Arg, the dangers of online shopping ~ just click click click and you end up $X amt poorer.

Necklaces for my outfits

Got this DIVA charm necklace @ a steal of $2.50, hahaha, totally pleased with myself :)

until I realised that I had a similar one custom-made from an online site abt a yr ago ....

Lastly, where I spent most of my money on ... :(

Think I better don't count the moolahs spent, if not, I will feel the post-heartache, haha.

Happy girl for now till the next purchase :)