My 2nd Japanese Meal

06 Nov'2009

Eugene having his 2nd taste of Japanese food.

This time round, it's at Ichiban HDB Hub. The usual Jap food fare.

I remember the time when SY (my long time fren) and I used to have our Japanese fix at least once a month at Bugis, mmm.... can't remember the restaurant's name - quite some time ago.

Luckily I don't like raw stuff (had a bad experience where I got food poisoning and puked for 2 days!, so now very phobia about raw food) or my bill would be astronomical. But SY loves the raw stuff, so can imagine her bill.
And there's one item that we both love and so far have not seen it been served anywhere else, and that is, Fish Liver in Vinegar - wow, it was so shiok - it tasted like those goose liver. So, if anybody do know where it's served - do drop me a line.


Anway, here's Eugene having my half of my hand-roll.





He didn't like the sticky rice... and soon was picking out the shredded cucumber to eat instead.

Canopy @ Bishan Park 2 - Dinner

01 Nov'2009


There are a couple of restaurants/cafes to eat at Bishan Park 2.

We had eaten before at the GreenRoom vegetarian cafe, where the food is innovative and delicious.

And so now, we try the Canopy.

I would say that both Canopy and GreenRoom's food are delicious but the portions are a bit small and the prices are a bit expensive.










My seared tuna. I ate 1 piece of it already, but still small portion right?
Granted that this is not the main course but still little leh.



Having tried both - I still prefer GreenRoom.

If I'm not wrong, both this eating places belongs to Jazreel Low, the ex-mediacorp actress and model. In fact, I saw her when I dined in GreenRoom some time ago.


Canopy Garden Dining & Bar
GreenRoom Vegetarian Cafe
Bishan Park 2
Ang Mo Kio Ave 1
Singapore

Tai Tai Wannabes @ Coya Pasticceria - Tea Time

01 Nov'2009

Tea anyone?

After our lunch at Rice-Table, we went strolling around ION before proceeding for tea at COYA - again on F's recommendation.


Very nice ambience. Reminds me of the ones in Europe.



Rows and rows of cakes and pastries beautifully displayed - yum, yum...





















Till the next 'Tai Tai' gathering.



COYA Pasticceria Confetteria
290 Orchard Road
#01-20A Paragon
Singapore
Tel : 6836-0351

Tai Tai Wannabes @ Rice Table - Lunch

01 Nov'2009

Long time that our group did not have a gathering. But alas, not all can make it.

F suggested Rice Table which is an Indonesian Restaurant serving lunch and dinner buffet.



I like it that the food was served on a long warmer. Have not seen this anywhere else. Most places will just put the dishes on the table.



The food was served in small portions and you could re-order the ones that you like.








Unfortunately I did not taste most of the food as I was nursing a sore-throat but my friends said that it was delicious.


The Rice Table Indonesian Restaurant
360 Orchard Road
#02-09/10 International Building
Singapore 238869
6835 3783 / 6835 3782

Claypot Fun

31 Oct'2009 - Dinner time



Read on someone's blog about this makan place called "Claypot Fun" and so, off we go.


Joking and playing with Eugene



Eugene following my pose - hand on face




Excuse this terrible photo of the food. My parents were there and I didn't want to ask them to wait while I snap pics.

There's only 1 size for the claypot. Each is only enough for 2 persons. We ordered only 1 claypot rice as dad and mom just want to drink soup. Actually, while at my bro's welcome back gathering, there was a buffet catered and all of us had actually already eaten. But hubby was still hungry and so...

We ordered the claypot rice with chinese sausages. Wow, plenty of sausages but rather stingy with the rice. Not enough leh.

They don't use the usual thick dark soya sause to dribble over the rice but their own in-house sauce which looks like light soya-sauce which was lightly sweet and not too salty.

We also ordered the mince pork with salted fish and 2 kinds of soup - salted veg soup and melon soup - very tasty!



so retro - looks like the coffee-shop of yesteryears....



That vintage player actually works!



Claypot Fun
902 East Coast Parkway
Playground @ Big Splash
Tel No:: 6440 7975

Welcome Back Bro!

31 Oct'2009


My bro has finally completed his one-year stint in East Timor. But during his stint, he do come back to Singapore every month for about 10 days each time.

Kudos to my sis-in-law who has to work and take care of the 3 boys. I'm sure she must be very tired having to come home from work and still have to help with the boys' homework and also bringing the boys for their tuitions during the weekends.


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My dad


Mom with sis-in-law and her boys



With my eldest nephew

Munchkin Fresh Food Feeder

Hah, another Munchkin innovation.

This is what it says on the Munchkin website :

"This award-winning product allows your baby to enjoy lots of delicious foods without the choking risk. Simply put a piece of fruit, vegetables or meat into the mesh bag and snap shut. Your baby can chew, suck and enjoy all the whole food goodness and taste, with only the tiniest, digestible pieces coming through. Your baby gets great flavor and you get great peace of mind!"


I bought this product to put ICE in it for Eugene to suck!

Eugene is teething at the moment and from what I read, his gum could be painful and itchy and something cold would help.

So I put an ice cube in the mesh and let Eugene suck on it without me worrying that he might pop the whole ice into his mouth and choke.

And Eugene loves it!


Looks like a giant pacifier, isn't it?

Munchkin Stay-Put Suction Bowls

I like Munchkin's kiddie products. I find that they create products that addresses the problems like for example : how to stop the bowl from tipping over.

What do I mean?

Usually, when Eugene sees a bowl, straightaway he would reach out for it and of cos, the bowl topples over and the food's on the table and floor.

Now, with these Muchkin bowls which I had bought quite sometime ago, there is a suction base and it will stick to the surface. Some surfaces sticks better and others, well, it will unstick after a while, so you just have to keep pressing it down to stick - but definitely better than a normal bowl with no suction bottom.

Anyway, it really helps a lot as he can try to spoon or use his fork or his hands to take his food without the bowl tipping over.


3 different sizes of bowl : small, medium and large



The suction base

Dirty's the word

When Eugene tries to eat on his own, as usual all his food will be strewn all over the floor and I'll say to him : " The floor is dirty, mommy have to clean the floor".

Yesterday, he suddenly said 'dirty!' - loud and clear while I was mopping the floor. I was so surprised because I did not specifically taught him the word.

Here's a video of Eugene saying the word 'dirty'. Guess since he can say 'daddy', 'dirty' is easy for him.

Think his pronunciation is ok. When he says 'daddy' - he would emphasize on the 'DAD -ddy'
- so you can hear the difference in tone between 'daddy' and 'dirty'.

Most importantly, he understands what 'dirty' means.

Korean Restaurant in Toa Payoh

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Note : This restaurant is now closed. In it's place is this restaurant Wang Thai Kitchen.


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Went to the market area looking for some food to eat during dinner time.

So sian, always the same stuff - chicken rice, char-siew rice, hor-fun, noodles etc.

And then we saw this Korean Restaurant. Hmm...... rather unusual place to be in.

There was a table of Koreans eating - must be good and authentic, right?


Our side-dishes which were refillable!
Yummy ikan-bilis which was fried with some sugar.
Kimchi - tasted nice to me, though authentic taste or not, I don't know.
Eggplant - nice too.




We shared a Ginseng-Chicken soup. I ordered for individual but it was a big bowl - think can feed a family.
Got dates, rice in it and big piece of chicken. Was given some sour plum powder to dip the chicken in. And not forgetting the soup - very, very slight hint of the ginseng only. Aiyah, soup cost about $9.80 only, what do you expect?




Hubby ordered this. Er.. can't remember the name of this dish.




I ordered this set of thinly sliced pork and seaweed soup. Quite a lot of pork given.



We were given a flask of tea too.

Our total bill : $27.40

Think it's a reasonable price to pay.


Mario Kitchen Korean Restaurant (formerly from Liang Seah St)
Blk 92, Lorong 4 Toa Payoh

Kian Seng Seafood Restaurant

What can I say, the sze-char food here is absolutely yummy.

We devoured almost everything before I remembered to take some pics. Thumbs up.





Kian Seng Seafood Restaurant
Blk 4013, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10
#01-450, Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park I
Tel : 6458-2552 / 6481-3873

La Cure - Dead Sea skincare

A friend told me that she have an online business selling dead-sea skincare products called 'La-Cure' which is from Jordan.

I've always wanted to try dead-sea products but was put off by the high prices - what if I don't like it or it is not suitable for me - it will be a lot of money down the drain.

That's why I was pleasantly surprised that 'La Cure' dead sea skincare products are so reasonably priced.

La Cure is giving away free samples at this moment so you can try before buying it.

Free samples

Go-Go Bambini

10 Oct'2009

Heard that Go-Go Bambini at Dempsey Hill is great for kids to go wild.

Eugene in the ball-pit but I only let him stand for a short while before I took him out.
I don't like ball-pits because you can't see what's in there.
According to their website, the ball pits are sanitized with alcohol spray daily and completely emptied and cleaned out once a week - er, so what happens if some kids puked or wet/pooped in the pit at the beginning or middle of the week? - you'll be playing in yuckety yucks!



Just for the photo. Not sitting but squatting - got out of there fast.







Daddy, wait for me.













For Eugene's age which is below 2 yrs, there's actually another play area for his age group but it is outside and hot, whereas as far as I can see, there's only a ball-pit in the aircon- area.

The above area are actually for older kids. It is a couple of storey high with maze, steps, slide and even a rock-climb.

Eugene was actually scared because the children were screaming (the girls were loudest) and they (especially the boys) were rather rough and was shoving Eugene out of the way.

We went up the play area with Eugene, to see for ourselves and I think it's really fun for kids.

I had a young girl who kept following me around and yaking, yaking, yaking and wanting to play with me and she introduced me to her twin sister and an older brother. She's rather sweet and showed me around the place. But man, she's a persistent gal - kept wanting me to acompany her. Seems her mom's not there, only her dad.

So, conclusion is that I will bring Eugene when he's older.

What's Your IQ?

Free IQ test - just for fun.


My score result :


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I don't think I'm smart leh, at least where emotions and work is concern. Kena cheated before and career-wise (sigh), what career?