It's post Labour day and we were both on leave to take advantage of the loooonnnnggggg wkend :) Been quite a while since we both went to "pator", so we decided to meet up @ town to do some shopping .....
Went to MOS burger for lunch - purposely made Leecher to queue up for food, so that I can continue to leech on his carrot head .... wa ha ha...
Leecher made a reservation @ The Blu @ Shangri-La hotel and for the first time ever, he actually went to find out how to go to the place. He confidently told me that take bus 132 or 105 at the bus-stop on Scotts Road (in front of DFS) and 3 stops later, woila, we will be in front of the hotel. As we were at Somerset bus-stop, so I told Leecher that we can take bus 700 to the bus stop in front of DFS. What happened there-after made me so "pissed off" and told myself that I would nv trust Leecher's road sense again ....
Incident 1: Wrong Bus Stop
I doubled and tripled confirmed with Leecher that DFS is the bus stop that we shld be going. He assured me 2000 times that it's the correct bus stop. When we alighted at the bus stop outside DFS, I look at the directory and told Leecher that there is no bus 132 or 105.
Me: Are you sure that this is the right bus stop?
Leecher (looking up at the bus guide): Ya, that's what the street directory says.
Me: Den how come the bus stop doesn't reflect bus 105 or 132?
Leecher: eh, not sure leh..are there any bus stops that serve different buses?
Me: all the bus stops serve different buses leh, what are you talking about?
Finally, Leecher managed to remember that its the bus stop after DFS, which is the Thong Tuck building bus stop. We walked over to the bus stop and saw 105 and 132. Thinking that we're on the right track, we boarded bus 105 when it came.
Incident 2: Wrong Direction
When we boarded the bus, Leecher was happily counting down to the 3rd bus stop. When we were almost reaching the 3rd bus stop, I pressed the bell. However, looking at the surrounding, i sensed that something was wrong - we're at Steven's road and we are going further and further away from Orchard. Thus, we didn't alight at the 3rd bus stop. When we approached Raffles Town Club, I am 100% certain that something was wrong and I dragged Leecher off the bus.
Me: are you sure we're in the right direction or not?
Leecher: ya, that's what the street directory says.
Me (feel like strangling him at this point): but we're going further away from Orchard, the bus will go up the expressway, so this is not the right direction.
Leecher: it's the direction going to Tanglin mall
Me (seriously want to strangle him): I doubled and tripled confirmed with you on the bus stop and you keep saying that its correct, but now, we're travelling in the wrong direction.
Haiz, I should have nv trusted on Leecher's road sense - so in the end, we took a cab and alighted at the hotel lobby safely.
Taking the lift up to 24th floor, where The Blu is located ...
The Blu, enjoy French-inspired contemporary cuisine, premium wines and champagne from a lofty vantage point 24 stories above the heart of Singapore.
Upon reaching, the waiter showed us to our seats and presented us with the menu .... wow, it's really personalised service, for they addressed Leecher as Mr Keith instead of just "Sir"
Ordered a glass of champagne each to kick off the night. We were pretty daring, for we just ordered what the waiter recommended w/o even asking for the price, haha. Once we placed the order, we quickly checked the wine list and found out that the champagne ranges from $26 to $59 per glass. We were pretty worried that it would be the highest range ($59) since it was recommended by the waiter. So, we decided to cam-whore with it - to make our money worth, wa ha ha.
We had the complimentary pre-starters to whet our appetites ...
Tuna in a glass
Juicy & fresh scallop
Next up, the appetizers: scallops (me) and tuna (Leecher). It was only now that we realised that what we had for our pre-appetizers were just a swap of what we're having now ... :)
Finally, it's time for the entrée.... The word entrée is
French. It originally denoted the "entry" of the main course from the kitchens into the dining hall. In the United States and English Canada the entrée is a
synonym for the main course. What is called an entrée elsewhere is called the first course, appetizer, or starter.
We ordered the lamb shank in red wine sauce & lobster, heavenly ~~~~~~~
Leecher can't wait to savour his lamb shank ....
My "mini" plate of lobster - which I think can't even fill 1/4 of my tiny stomach, haha. However, it's fine dining - so everything is in small portion >.<
Our dessert : Coconut pannacotta with roasted pineapple and lemongrass ice-cream. Notice the bling bling on top - that's GOLD foil, OMG~
The waiter recommended that we should take a walk @ the Balcony ...
When the bill came, its almost $310 .... but not to worry, there's always Leecher's carrot head
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Vouchers complimentary from his workplace, wa ha ha.
And that concludes our virgin dining experience @ the BLU ....
*Leecher quite handsome hor....?
* note: he forced me to type one, :(
so it's back to the same 4 pple again. We went back to Kenneth's shop - Tapas Wine Bristro @ Holland V (again), haha.
Introducing the beer which Kenneth gave us a sneak preview ...
Uber nice, esp suitable for the ladies; a lingering fruity taste in your mouth.
Kenneth is such a dear, arranged for the couch for us to sit :) I love being @ his shop where I am treated like a VIP, hahaha....
Do visit Tapas Wine Bristo if you're looking for a place to chill out or for delicious desserts.
