Kai Nian Fan 2012

The yearly tradition ever since we joined the workforce - Leecher & Yaozu still @ their 1st job, while me and Fionn have moved on from the 1st company. We did our Kai Nian Fan way back in Feb this year, celebrating CNY at the same time. Engaged in the help of BFF to recommend places to us and boy, she came up with a list of restaurants immediately without even battling an eyelid, haha! Great efficiency *thumbs up*

 

The location for this year - Ember located @ Hotel 1929. Chef Sebastian Ng, hailing from Marmalade Group, was the main behind the kitchen and the dining concept. With the husband whipping up a storm in the kitchen, his wife - Sabrina - is the marketing guru for the restaurant. 

 

Guys on one side, ladies on the other side.

 

Bread served warm - me likey!

As it was still the CNY period, we went for the 4-course set menu, where we ordered & sampled various dishes. 

 

4 different appetizers to start with - boy, we were instantly impressed with the quality of food! You experience a surprise with every dish, punching with the right flavours.  

 

Kudos to the guys for helping to toss the salad, while we stuff ourselves silly, haha!

 Yes, that was how much food we ate. Overall quite an enjoyable experience, despite some misses in the food, esp the duck confit. I came with high expectations on their cooked pork belly, but ended up slightly disappointed for it was tad salty and extremely fatty. It was always difficult to get a good meat-to-fat ratio. 

Pic first before tucking in! I love the service here, for the servers went on the extra mile of asking if you would like a group picture taken, instead of you having to ask for their help.

 

Vanilla bean ice cream overdose! Chocolate lava cake was the hot favourite :) 

  

 Another Kai Nian Fan to go! Organiser, you can start planning now, heehee! 

Restaurant Ember (Hotel 1929)

50 Keong Siak Road 

Singapore 089154

Tel: 6347 1928

Email: restaurantember@hotel1929.com

7th Year of together-ness

 

 As I add another candle to my cake today, we are also celebrating our 7th year together. 

But, of cuz, my birthday comes first above everything else, haha!

Swirl: Winter Aurora I

 New collection coming up tonight @ 9.30pm!

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Xmas giveaway, with every purchase ... just because it's the season of giving :) 

 

L'etoile Cafe

 I'm sure you all can guess from the title - that we've visited another cafe recently :) Another one to be ticked off from the list that I've penned. This time round, we went cafe-hunting with SC & Fling after Swirl's photoshoot. 

On a related note, there are various promotion on Swirl now :) Like & Share any of our Xmas album(s) / outfit(s) on FB and stand to win $15 Swirl's vouchers. In addition to that, we are giving away gifts for Xmas with every order received. Hop onto Swirl now to start your shopping! 

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Anyway, back to our cafe adventure. 

  

 Photoshoot took longer than usual, so we were hungry by the time we left our place.

 

Headed down to Owen Road.

 

 L'etoile Cafe is a lifestyle shop with Jap-French influences. L'Etoile, means "the star" in french. They don't take in reservations for night, so we just walked in. We headed up to the 2nd floor, where you will be greeted with an eclectic interior. We couldn't find a cozy area, so we headed downstairs again, for alfresco dining. 

 

Handwritten menus with cutesy drawings :) 

 

The guys went for latte ... while I took the biscuit. SC was taking pics of his latte (which I had no clue for he did looked like he was reading something on his phone) & I just took his biscuit and popped into my mouth. He looked at me in shock while I looked at him innocently .... clueless as what I have just did till the rest pointed it out, haha! Opps.

 

Ribena soda for the girls. 

 Truffle fries & chicken wings as starters. On the menu - it read "Chicken Wings - great with beer, all time favourites" So we ordered a plate, thinking that it will be either grilled or fried, but came otherwise. We all prefer Truffle fries over wings, for sure. 

 

4 different mains. I was extremely disappointed with my eggs Benedict, for it was on their favourites' list. I only finished 1 portion, for it was too much for me to bear. Leecher's order of Chicken Ballotine was way better than mine, but he don't want to switch with me *meanie!* Fling & SC ordered bangers and mash, and Vietnamese glass noodles (with lots of bean sprouts, for those were Fling's fave!)

 

 With SC & Fling - many thanks to SC for always helping out, and being the subject on my teasing, haha! One of the rare nice guys that I always "bully".

  

Greedy Leecher with his food. 

 

Had to tear him away from his food to take pics ... see, he still have his fork & knife in his hands.

 

Ended the night with desserts - chocolate lava cake with chocolate ice cream. Sinful, but yummy!

一转眼，我们也认识了10年. Friendship is such an amazing thing.

Another time back? Maybe not.

L'etoile Cafe

160 Owen Road

Singapore 218953

Tel: 6298 2872