Kai Nian Fan

Yesh Kai Nan Fan is what we name the objective of tonite's meeting. Courtesy of the organiser, the ever punctual me ended up waiting for 1 & half hours before the rest of the gang turned up. Haiz talk abt new year resolutions, I think punctuality should be their top priority.

Anyway, while waiting for the busiest of us all, we entertained ourselves outside Fullerton hotel deciding where to go for our dinner.

Nice guy with two lousy girls.

Mr Busiest finally arrived around 8 plus. B'cos it's getting quite late, we decided to walk back towards Circular Rd for dinner at TCC which according to Blamer, serves quite decent food.

At the restaurant,

We decided against gg upstairs to sit on the bean bags cos we reckon it will be quite a hassle to eat dinner that way. But the sofa was so comfy too.

We ordered our drinks (hope I can remember the names correctly)

I ordered the "Strawberry Tea". Taste more strawberry then tea though.

Organiser went for some mango yogurt drink I think.

Busiest order Passion fruit freeze.

Blamer here ordered "Oreo MilkShake" I tasted it but it is not really that nice.

For the food, we order some side dishes first 'cos we were really hungry after waiting for each other for so long.

Potota wedges with cheese dip. Although it's just normal wedges, but to four very hungry ppl, I think they are heavenly, ha ha.

Now this is a Cher's recommendation dish. Think it is beef with tofu and cheese. This is really unique and the minced beef is savory and very fragrant. Definitely a must try.

Organiser ordered the Meatball Gratin, I think the meatball is nice, but she never let me eat the pasta leh. Sianz

Busiest make a mistake by order this Seafood Aglio Olio. It's a super spicy dish. ha ha. The thumb's up was of cos before he had taken a bite of his food. Too bad I din capture his perspiring face but he was definitely relieved after he had finished the meal. Maybe next time they should specify that it's a spicy dish. : )

Blamer ordered a chicken dish, while I ordered a fish dish with miso sauce. I like the chicken dish more though, it's grilled to perfection, charred around the skin, but the meat is still tender and juicy. The fish is a little too chewy for my liking, the miso sauce tasted kinda weird as well. However, I do like the small mushrooms side dish.

After our dinner, we decided to take a walk down to Clarke quay for dessert. Busiest and me desperately needed the walk or else we will have to loosen our belts to contain anymore desserts.

We decided upon Haagen Daz since I still have a $10 voucher with Blamer (aka voucher keeper).

A group photo w/o me : (

Blamer decided to compensate me since I looked so sad...

Me recovered ! ! !

We ordered the Fruit Blossom with 6 choices of ice cream. Each of us got to pick one. Organiser chose strawberry cheesecake which I find very "bu sow", but I think she liked it very much. Other flavours include : Tiramisu, Rum n Raisins, Green Tea, Cookies n Chocolate and the classic Belgium Chocolate.

Before,

During... ...

After!

A lot of whip cream was wasted in the process of devouring our dessert. But still, quite like this dessert because of the fresh apple slices and the strawberries. I like the spoon and the service by the waiter and waitresses as well. Kudos especially to the perfectionist waiter who took quite a couple of shots before we finally got our PERFECT group photo!

We should do this more often guys ^_^

New Year Eve dinner @ Bliss

We had our New Year Eve dinner @ Bliss (a restaurant located in the middle of Punggol Park) with Dennis+Ariel and their frens.

Here a picture of us walking to Bliss:

Cam-whoring while waiting for the food to come:

The Lim brothers + their GFs

The other pair of brothers + their GFs

Finally, the drinks are here ... Mikeshakes + Mocktails (no alcohol cuz all are driving, hee)

We ordered 3 different types of mocktail, but somehow, we can't really differentiate between the drinks, since they all looked the same to me

Leecher's drink - shirley temple (glass with 1/2 orange-white colour); my drink - Tutti-Frutti (orange colour glass) and Dennis's drink - lemon frizz (glass with lemon by the side) tasted like soda water and we concluded that its the worst drink ever.

First up: bangels + mash. Since Dennis is a pro waiter, we decided to let him have the honour of serving us, heehee.

Us enjoying the food and our seat happens to overlook the Punggol pond. Breezy evening with nice food, perfect combination, yummy!

Other sides dishes ...

This luncheon fries (deep-fried luncheon meat cut into strips) is apparently Leecher's fave. He been "requesting" for it ever since we sat down at the restaurant.

Look at his anticipating face when the food finally came:

Dennis's before and after look when he finally tasted the luncheon fries

Haahaa, i totally agree with him!

Time for the main course: salmon and foie gras + beef.

The foie gras was super pathetic, couldn't even taste it. Think the ones that I had at Just Steak and One Rochester were definitely better. The salmon was still not bad.

After a night of feasting, it's time for Mahjong. Poor Dennis really couldn't play with 3 other gals, for he didn't even game in the first round. When we finally reached the last game of the 2nd round, the salt fish managed to flip and ended the night with:

Not a bad start to Year 2008. Everyone: HUAT AR!

Sweet Tooth + Baby Shower

Canele Petisserie Chocolatier

Brought Leecher to this cafe, to let him sample some cakes which I think is quite nice. This cafe is located at the basement of Paragon (opposite Subway, if I remember correctly) Cosy little place with only 5-6 tables inside.

Presenting our orders:

Leecher ordered this Chocolate cake and its yummy. A bit on the sweet side, but still tastes good!

I ordered the Cookies Cheesecake, nice and love the cookies!

The cakes are slightly pricey, our total bill came to around 15 bucks. Wanted to try other cakes, but we were too full for anything else. Will definitely be back for more!

Bakerinz

Went to Bakerinz (my fave dessert place) to have some desserts, since I was craving for sweet stuff. We ordered the 3 tapas:

In love with creme brulee, I finished it myself (Leecher only managed to snatch a bite, haha)

Since Bakerinz doesn't serve water, Leecher decided to order this Citrus Cool drink. Tasted just like passionfruit, haha

Bought the cakes to celebrate the December babies bdae in the household (me + brother). Mummy instructed on 8 cakes, so that we will have a HUAT year (she didn't know that each cake costs an average of $6.50 each, thus the instructions on 8 cakes, haha)

Even the packaging is in Mummy's fave shade of purple. (there are only 6 cakes, the 2 chocolate cakes have vanished before I could take a picture of it)

Here are the 3 cakes that we have tasted: (can't really remember the names of the cakes)

The macaroon tastes too sweet on its own, while the raspberry tastes sour. When combined together, its not really that bad but I won't say that its that delicious as well.

This cake (I think its named desire) is definitely pretty to look at, couldn't bear to eat it in the first place. The flowers are made of white and dark chocolate and it tasted good. However, the cake is too "rough" and the chocolate is too sweet for our liking.

Personally, i think the mango cake is the best out of the 3, though Mummy thinks that the cakes are only pretty to look at, but not delicious and definitely not worth the price tag.

Well, quite disappointing with the cakes but I will still love Bakerinz for their wonderful desserts!

PS: for the other 3 cakes, didn't manage to take close-up pictures for they were given to my cousins when they came visiting.

Baby Shower for Little Isaac @ Pasir Ris

A belated baby shower was thrown for Isaac at downtown east chalet on 29 Dec 2007. Isaac is the first born of the 5th generation in the household (yes, my great-grandmother is still around and I am the 4th generation, haha)

Look at how cute he is =) Leecher carried him when he was fast asleep, while I quickly snapped the pictures first before he wakes up. He now weighs around 5kg and is growing up fast!

To see more pictures of my little nephew(i am an aunt now), you can visit his blog at http://w-isaac.blogspot.com/

Xmas Presents

Leecher decided to leech on me again when I told him that my boss gave me Taka vouchers as my Xmas present.

So, we went shopping for gifts to exchange for xmas day. Here's our gifts for each other, nicely wrapped up: (I only got 1 gift, while Leecher got 3 gifts, talk abt unfair treatment, hmp)

Leecher "bought" the Shiseido moisturiser set as my Xmas gift (well, he just leech on my vouchers, haha)

I bought him 2 sets of DKNY perfume - for day and night use+ freebies:

Other Xmas presents received:

Face towel (from Ivy - thanks!)

Swarovski necklace from my mentor (thanks!)

On a separate note, the FENICS team surprised me with my first LV as my bdae present, OMG, loving it totally!

And lastly, chocolates to celebrate this Xmas day!


Yummy =)