1st Wedding Anniversary

Having a blog lets me pen down my happy memories. Recently, I've been clicking on my past entries and reading them now brings a very different experience, as compared to when the entries were first penned. Perhaps, it is part and parcel of growing up - a phrase that we all have to go through. No wonder they say change is the only constant in life :) Been updating this blog quite frequently since the beginning of the year, a mixture of backlogs and recent events. Months seemed to zoom past at an accelerated speed!

 

And so, we celebrated our 1st year wedding anniversary in end-Oct. Thanks to everyone who left us well-wishes on Facebook, haha! Didn't expect my entry to gather so much response ... Leecher even had his colleagues calling him in office wishing him Happy Anniversary, haha! Presents and flowers are no longer in the "compulsory list" when you sign on the dotted line *sad fact of life* It will be considered a bonus if you receive it. Nevertheless, Leecher made a reservation for a dinner @ Esplanade. 

 

Walked from the office to the esplanade :)  

  

 

Different art exhibitions will be on display @ the Concourse, where visitors will get a different surprise everytime they step into Esplanade.

 

As we were pretty early for our dinner appointment (got off work on-time!), we sat by the Concourse listening to live music. A series of free indoor performances is available at the Concourse every evening, which showcased talented amateur, semi-pro and pro artists from SG and around the world. 

   

Love is in the air ♥

 

#ootd that was purposed to be on instagram, but my phone wasn't getting reception, so I gave up after a while. Something is really wrong with M1 nowadays. 

 

Pretty empty for a weekday.  

 

Guess where we're heading?

 Mirchi - Taste of India. Haha, surprised that we choose an Indian place for 1st wedding anni dinner? Totally not-romantic right, haha!

 

1st to arrive even though we really took our own sweet time!

 

Mirchi - taste of India. Took this while inside the restaurant. 

 

Hoping that other diners will appear soon, for I dont like dining in an empty restaurant. 

Started with Prawn Shorba soup, Chicken Tikka & Vegetables Samosa. I was tickled when I saw the plate of round samosas, for I was always under the impression that samosas should be triangular.

 

 

We had saffron-flavoured basmatic rice & a basket of assorted baked naans to go alongside with the main dishes.  

 

Butter Chicken - my fave of the lot! Boneless chicken simmered in rich creamy tomato gravy.

 

Goan Fish Curry. 

 

Aloo Gobhi - potato & cauliflower florets tossed with ginger, garlic and indian spices. 

 

Spicy yoghurt mixed with chopped cucumber & onion.

Kadhai Paneer - fresh cottage cheese cubes, capsicum and tomatoes cooked in thick onion gravy.

 

Table full of food! We were extremely full after this meal - Leecher's shirt was threatening to burst, like the incredible HULK, haha! 

Halfway through the meal, Mummy dearest sent  Leecher an SMS wishing us "Happy Anniversary" .... How come I nv receive the message? boohoo!

 

Ended the night with Galub Jamun, which is a popular Indian dessert, very common at weddings. How apt to have this on our 1st wedding anniversary :)

Thank you Leecher  Dearie!

Mirchi - Taste of India @ Esplanade

8 Raffles Avenue #02-23

Esplanade Mall Singapore 039802

Tel: 6334 5590  

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BKK Trip with Leecher Nov 2012 P5

Another week to Xmas! I must say I'm still pretty much in holiday mood, haha, which warrants another travel post :)

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Again, missing breakfast for lazy Leecher was too engrossed in sleeping. Again, another #ootd to start the day with, haha! 

 

Individual shots - I love how cheerful my dress looked and Leecher is looking to start a war with his T-shirt.  

Shopping on the go! This was put on displayed @ one of the BTS station, with a QR code underneath each item. So you just need to login, scan the QR code to start adding items to your shopping bag, pay for the items and await delivery! As simple as 1,2,3. 

 

 Back to Chinatown in day time. This time round, we decided to go Chinatown using another mode of transport, having tried bus and train+walking previously. We cabbed to Chinatown, haha! Yeah, one of the rare times when we actually cabbed in BKK, even though cab rides are relatively cheap. We were quoted 200THB for a one way trip and refused to board any, unless it was running on meter. What's the point of being tok-carrot when you have the right to insist on charging by meter? We managed to board a cab which charged by meter and we paid THB80 for the journey there. 

The usual shop was closed. Imagine my horror when I was told they only opened by 4pm when we were there at 11am.

Exploring the area, since this was the 1st time that we came to Chinatown in the daytime. We always frequent this place at night, with a meal @ the nearby seafood restaurant & followed by snack-buying routine at 林真香.

 

CDs for sale .... I remembered buying a lot of CDs during my secondary school days, having to save my pocket money just to buy a single CD. 

Walking and enjoying the sights along the way.

 

I nearly shrieked with joy when I spotted that there was another  林真香 further down the road.

 This store, apparently the 总店 sells a lot of 腊 stuff - different from the other shop which mainly concentrated on local snacks.

 

  

Helpers in the shop packing food into respective packages. I honestly hoped that they did practiced some basic hygiene standards. 

 

Spending a bomb at the shop, close to 75SGD worth of snacks to be brought home.

林真香 (with Piggy mascot)
Yaowaraj Road
At the entrance of Talad Kao Lane

  

  

Spotted another 林真香 shop just next door. The 2 林真香 can be differenitated by their mascot ... one with a pig, the other bearing a dragon. Basically, they sell almost the same stuff and same prices.

 

 

 Be extra cautious when shopping at this outlet (shop with dragon mascot) - be sure to re-calculate your purchases. The guy in front of Leecher was overcharged by almost 300THB. Leecher paid around 1000THB for the stuff and he felt that something was amiss, for we only put in 6 packets into the basket. So we had to re-open the box, re-calculated the goods and found out we were overcharged of almost 400THB. Imagine if we didn't check our purchases!  

 林真香 (with Dragon mascot)

366-369 Yaowaraj Road
At the entrance of Talad Kao Lane

 Seafood  - mainly crabs on display along the roadside stalls.

 Walking along the streets - kinda excited, felt like a kid out on excursion. 

 Settled our lunch at this roadside stall.

 

The broth was really good! I've a problem with bean sprouts, and had to handpick all and dumping it in Leecher's bowl. I could easily finish another bowl, but I had to save stomach space for our cafe experience later.