High Tea @ Straits Cafe
Posted by: ahjune on: November 18, 2009
It’s time for my monthly high tea session with Christina & Ivy =) And it’s always good when there’s some promotion! Our venue this time??
They currently have this 3 for 2 promotion (just nice for the 3 of us) so i didn’t get to use the Women’s Weekly 1 – 1 voucher. Will use that for another time!
And if you look @ the lower picture, it’s the newly renovated Straits Cafe! I’ve been here once & it was last year june during my birthday. I like the new layout – simple & whole place seems to look brighter!
DIY Popiah Station which i didn’t make any! Haha… Was happily walking around, taking pictures & trying out other food. But i did make 2 “Kueh Pie Tee” to try & it’s good! =)
I think i’m the kind who needs @ least 2 visits to fully try out all the food as i spent quite a bit of time chatting with my friends & taking pictures.
Dessert Section! Not a very wide spread but it’s ok for me. I just wish they can add chocolate fondue!! =) My favourite!
But i took the Durian Fudge Cake & Durian Pengat to try & it’s good! Can see the durian flesh in the pengat… Nice!!
For the Cold Selection, i quite enjoy the prawns, sushi & jellyfish in shooter cups!
And we were given a good table as there was enough privacy for us to chat & we were near the hot drinks section. Makes it very convenient for us!
Let me show you some of the food that i’ve tried.
There was Salmon Sashimi & it’s very fresh!! Quite rare to see sashimi for high tea though (at least for the ones i’ve tried so far).
By the way, i like the picture of Christina holding the cup! The lightings is good & the picture turns out very nice =)
For the hot food section, i enjoy the satay a lot!! Very tender & the sauce is pretty good. The rest of the spread is pretty decent so no complaints.
Chawanmushi is pretty ok! It was warm when i took it & i’m ok with the taste. And usually i enjoy bread so when i saw Ivy toasting the bread, i also got one & took the egg mayonnaise, tuna , peanut butter & BUTTER!! My favourite =)
I was having a good time spreading different stuff on my bread & enjoy it slowly!
There was also Laksa & a DIY Rojak section which i didn’t try but i remember having it during the June’08 lunch buffet.
For my next visit, i intend to concentrate more on desserts first cause this time when i went for the desserts, it looks kind of empty already (towards end of buffet already) so i just went straight for the Durian Fudge Cake & Durian Pengat.
All of us really like Straits Cafe for the ambience & range of food & with the promotion, it’s really quite worth it.
Great venue for gatherings! Somehow it gives a nice homely cosy feeling.
I intend to come back here during end Nov with my bro, his gf + my bestie & her family too. And morever there’s the Women’s Weekly 1 – 1 voucher so it’s great when you get to save quite a bit.
Now counting down to next month high tea with Christina & Ivy! This time we are going to Equinox & it be the X’mas month… I’m sure the festive mood must be good =) Can’t wait!
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Straits Cafe @ Rendezvous Hotel
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Tel: 6335 1777
A Great Night @ Ion Orchard With Wenhui
Posted by: ahjune on: November 16, 2009
I remember Wenhui seeing pictures of me enjoying a meal @ Marmalade Pantry with my cousins & she commented that she’s keen to try out the food =)
Plus she got good comments about Marmalade Pantry from her friend too so we arranged to meet up @ the new branch @ Ion Orchard for dinner.
It is my first time @ this new branch (previously it was @ Palais Renaissance but it was closed already & they shifted here) & while i’m ok with the open concept, i thought it be better if the tables can be placed slightly more apart.
Since it’s Wenhui’s first time @ Marmalade Pantry, i recommend her to try the Crabmeat Linguini which is a popular dish. I’ve tried it before & it’s nice!
As for myself, i decide to try the Steak Sandwich & it turns out to be a good choice. Beef was tender & i really like the caramelized onions & wasabi mayonnaise that was in the sandwich. The crispy & flavourful tapioca & sweet potato chips were pretty good too.
Ladies…. Please take note! For Monday – Saturday @ 6pm onwards, there be 20% off the food bill & there’s special price for Champagne Cocktails & House Pours.
So now you can start planning more Girls Night Out with your friends!
But we didn’t stay for drinks cause firstly we already intend to go to TWG for tea & secondly my dear friend is Pregnant!! =) So no alcoholic drinks for her!!
I’m so happy for her!! Her EDD will be April’10. The gender is not known yet but i’ll ask her when i see her next month for our X’mas dinner =)
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The Marmalade Pantry
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Ion Orchard #03-22
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Tel: 6734 2700
http://www.themarmaladepantry.com/index.html
After dinner, we proceed on to TWG which is just 1 level down.
I’ve never been to the Republic Plaza branch but i’m glad they now have a new branch @ Ion Orchard which is a much more convenient location for me.
Lovely cakes on display when we enter TWG & just look @ the range of colourful macarons! I end up buying some for my brother’s gf to try as she loves macarons =)
Tea galore! Many choices for you @ TWG… And i really like the lamps! It’s nice.
I love the huge colourful tins that was on display & it’s just next to us! It end up being a great back drop for phototaking later.
We tried the Geisha Blossom Tea which is green tea with a blend of fruity & floral essence.
It taste like green tea when you drink it but when you pour out the tea, it has this nice fragrant smell – both of us thought it smell like peach!
I like this picture very much & thanks to this guy from the next table who kindly took this picture for us. It turns out so nicely =)
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TWG Tea Salon & Boutique
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Ion Orchard #02-21
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Tel: 6735 1837
Since Christmas is just next month, all the decorations @ Orchard are already up & how can we leave without taking any pictures.
This X’mas tree is outside Ion Orchard & i really love the purple theme!
Apparently you can walk into the X’mas tree & if you look @ the upper left picture, it’s what you will see when you are inside.
But it was pretty hot & i started sweating A LOT!!! =_=
But overall it was really lots of fun taking the pictures. One of our favourite picture is the bottom right one! We took our reflection & the effect turns out nice with a bit of the purple light around it.
And just one last nice picture together with Wenhui before we go home – love the background! =)
Looking forward to next month X’mas dinner! I suggested Ootoya @ Orchard Central. It be another round of good food (based on the positive reviews on hungrygowhere.com) & picture taking of the X’mas tree/decorations.
Ah Ma’s Birthday Celebration
Posted by: ahjune on: November 12, 2009
Another year has passed & it’s time to celebrate my grandma birthday =)
Every year we will go to Jumbo but since the outlet @ Serangoon Garden Country Club has closed down already, we switch to a new venue =)
As we came to try the food @ Ah Peng in Sep already, i shall not repeat the pictures but just show the dishes which we didn’t try during the first visit.
A Nice Cosy Meet Up With A Dear Friend
Posted by: ahjune on: November 7, 2009
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Recently arranged to meet up with an old friend! =) She was my good friend from secondary school. Even though we don’t get to meet up very often, somehow it’s always great to see her & we got endless things to talk about.
We met @ Plaza Singapura Mos Burger to eat something first then went to Spotlight to shop for some stuff together. It was quite nice to walk around slowly & continue with our chit chat.
After we are done @ Spotlight, i suggest finding a place to sit down for a drink. And i saw Tea Cosy in front of me. But the place looks different & the shop name has changed too. It’s now called Ten Thousand Angels!
Indeed i have lots of angels by my side that day… All around me! =)
All above pictures are the various sitting areas for customers. Different kind of feel for every individual corners with different furnitures!
This cute little sleeping angel caught my eye!
By the way, haven’t shown you guys the drinks that we had. I had Hot Chocolate & Patricia got herself Earl Grey. Initially she wanted this Queen Tea or Rose Tea but both are not available =_=
My hot chocolate taste nice & i really like the polka dot mug & the whole presentation with the colourful marshmallows =)
We had such a wonderful time relaxing in the cosy ambience, chit chat & taking pictures!
I can just sit there & read a magazine/book with a nice cup of hot drink!
Patricia & i had some fun with the colour accent mode with my camera. And it’s the first time for me to use this mode. Haha!
I’m the kind who don’t really try to play around with my camera various mode. Somehow i slowly learn when friends point out to me on how to improve my phototaking skills or share with me on the mode to use.
But @ least i learn something new again!
Patricia had something on but i stay on for dinner. After looking through the menu, i decide to try this new item – Bangers & Mash. The salad comes with my main course , it’s fresh & i like the dressing.
As for my main course, i enjoy it very much. I get to have my meat & with the coleslaw & mash potatoes = a great combination!
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TenThousandAngels (Tea Cosy)
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#05-10 Plaza Singapura (beside Spotlight)
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Tel: 6835 7848
Christina’s Birthday Celebration @ Tao’s Restaurant
Posted by: ahjune on: November 4, 2009
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It’s Christina’s birthday & it turns out to be a belated one as i missed her birthday celebration @ The Dining Room , Sheraton Tower cause i was sick =_= So end up she went ahead with her sister for the high tea.
Then Christina had a holiday trip with her boyfriend & they were going to HK! =) And again it has to be delayed until recently, we finally managed to meet up for dinner!
Part of the interior @ Tao’s!
This is my 4th visit to Tao’s but it’s Christina first so i decide to bring her here for dinner to try out the food =)
After you have placed your order, they will serve you the Mango Sorbet which is available for dinner only.
And a short while later, they will serve you the bread to go with the Bacon & Mushroom Gratin. This is good – slightly salty but goes so well with the bread.
The grilled mushroom (also available only during the dinner) came after the salad. The sauce goes well with it.
If i remember correctly, i always order the Fruit Salad & i really like it so this time i order it again so Christina can try. Smoked Salmon Salad was never on the menu during my previous 3 visits so we got this too since both of us like smoked salmon.
Soup wise… Mushroom Soup is strongly recommended & so i got Christina to order that =) As for myself, i decide to try something different & i got the Shark-fin Melon Herbal Soup. This is good & tasty too! It taste like it has been brewed for a long time.
Christina’s main course was Grilled Snapper With Japanese Sauce while mine was the Slow Cooked Pork Back Ribs.
Christina’s grilled snapper was fresh & has no fishy taste. I thought the portion was quite big – it’s a pretty thick slice of fish! And she was so cute when she let me try her grilled snapper.
She was like cutting half a slice for me & she still could tell me that “It’s ok June… It’s a small slice, skin only lah!” Haha…. =_=
As for mine, i tried it during my 1st visit to Tao’s & i like it a lot. They make it in such a way that the pork ribs is very tender. The meat just seems to slid off the bone without much effort. And i like the mashed sweet potato very much too!
I recommend the Rose Apple Tea to Christina while i had Ice Summer Peach Tea. Christina was commenting that the jar used to put the tea is pretty cute. A small fork is provided too so you can eat the fruits that’s in the jar.
Desserts will be Yangsheng Poached Pear & Creme Brulee!
There’s nothing special about the Yangsheng Poached Pear so can skip this. I remember they used to have Chocolate Fondue but it’s not available now.
Creme Brulee is still good though! =) Strongly recommended!
2 happy customers @ Tao’s! I’m glad Christina enjoy the food & service is good… Just like before! And it’s really important to have good service. It just seems to make the whole meal a more pleasant one =)
But dinner is not over yet! What’s a birthday celebration without candles, cake or something special =)
At Tao’s, they don’t give cake but i thought this is very nice too! Love how they present it =)
I remember they used to give a scoop of ice cream only & put it in a bowl without much decorating but that was about 2 years ago when i gave my cousin Xin Lian a birthday treat @ Tao’s.
Happy Birthday Christina & may you be blessed with good health, lots of love & all the best in your jewellery business =)
I also got her a birthday present. It’s a cup from Precious Moments as i find it really nice! I also got her a box of green tea so she can start using the new cup. Hee!
I also got a gift from Christina & it’s a Jill Stuart lip gloss which she got it for me during her recent HK trip =) Thanks! I’ll use it soon…
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Tao’s Restaurant
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PoMo (Formerly known as Paradiz Centre)
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1 Selegie Road #B1-19
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Singapore 188306
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Tel: 6339 8858
Clouds
Posted by: ahjune on: November 3, 2009
Just want to share this nice cloud picture which i took in June. Totally forgot about it until i sort out my pictures recently =)
I love the colour contrast & somehow i feel very serene when i look @ this picture =)
爱心 Dinner Prepared By Bestie
Posted by: ahjune on: November 1, 2009
Last week my bestie invited me to her place for dinner & she was going to prepare dinner personally =)
We met up first @ Bishan Junction 8 to let my bestie get the ingredients @ NTUC & we also went to BHG kids department to get a dress for Penelopy. She’s very into princess stuff nowadays!!
You see the black dress? That’s the one i got for Penelopy & my bestie chose the design =)
At first i wasn’t attracted to the dress as i was looking more @ the pink stuff. But when Penelopy wore it to show me, it looks so lovely! And she looks so cute when she cover her head with the hood =)
And after her shower, she changed into another purple princess dress! I’m sure by now you can see how much she love her princess stuff or clothes.
While my bestie was busy cooking, i chatted a bit with her in the kitchen & she made me a 爱心 Yuan Yang drink =)
By this time i was getting really hungry as the fragrance of the 猪 脚 醋 filled the whole kitchen.
Look @ the yummy spread for dinner! =)
The main ingredient for the dinner will be chicken feet & the sauce is 猪 脚 醋 kind. Usually i eat the braised kind with wantan mee so this will be quite different from what i usually eat.
And i finished my food happily especially when there’s my favourite mee pok (i love any kinds of noodles) , dumplings soup (i love meat) + chicken feet (must order item when i got for dim sum or having my wantan mee).
Just that maybe i hardly eat 猪 脚 醋 so i’m not too used to the taste yet.
But i really appreciate the efforts that my bestie put in & thanks for inviting me over for dinner! Hugz =)
Nakhon Kitchen & Dessert Bowl
Posted by: ahjune on: October 31, 2009
I think it was about 2 months ago when i saw Nakhon Kitchen being featured in 8 Days. I’m a big fan of thai food but didn’t really get a chance to go & try the food until recently =)
I reached at 8+pm (weekday) & was 3rd in queue but the waiting time was ok. Business was good! Look @ the picture that i took – it was full house!
I guess if you want to skip the waiting time, try coming earlier at 6 – 6.30pm or 8.30pm onwards.
By the way, they don’t accept reservations at all.
I like this tissue holder! Nice =)
I tried the Clear Seafood Tom Yum Soup & i like the one @ Nakhon! It’s spicy enough & the seafood are fresh. Shiok!!
Honey Chicken is yummy! The sweetness is just nice , chicken is tender & i like it that it comes in small pieces.
Phad Thai – Nice too! And there was this chilli sauce which has this sour & slightly salty taste… Awesome! I kept putting it into my phad thai =)
Very appetizing!!
Seafood Tang Hoon – I like tang hoon & this is nice too!
The whole meal cost $26 for 2 pax & there was no gst & service charge. I will go back to Nakhon Kitchen anytime when i got cravings for thai food =)
The location is rather convenient for me & i find the price reasonable & the food are generally good!
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Nakhon Kitchen
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Blk 212 Hougang Street 21 #01-341
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Tel: 6286 8785
After dinner, i proceed on to Dessert Bowl to enjoy some desserts.
I ordered Milk Custard With Mixed Fruits & Durian Mousse With Black Glutinous Rice to try. Both are pretty good too!
Nice sweet way to end the night! =)
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Dessert Bowl
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80A Serangoon Gardens Way
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Tel: 6285 1278
Kintamani Indonesian Restaurant
Posted by: ahjune on: October 27, 2009
It’s another celebration for my brother’s birthday but this time with family =)
Just nice i saw this 1 for 1 promotion for UOB cards @ Kintamani Indonesian Restaurant. And the reviews on hungrygowhere.com were good so i thought worth trying!
Part of the interior. As usual we reach early so it was still kind of empty. Not sure if it’s due to the 1 for 1 promotion but that night the restaurant was about 85% full. I wonder if there’s no promotion, how will the crowd be like.
But i must say i like the ambience. It’s nice!! =)
Now let me show you some of the buffet spread.
Overall the whole spread is decent even though it’s not a very wide spread. But if there’s no 1 for 1 promotion, i don’t think i’ll come cause rather expensive @ $39++ per pax for dinner buffet.
This restaurant don’t give cake for birthday but instead it’s a coconut with sparkler! Interesting =)
I don’t know why but this year for my brother’s birthday, got quite unique things to replace the cake! Haha… But it’s not so bad after all!
Anyway Happy Birthday once again! Even though we didn’t get to celebrate before the actual birthday but luckily just in time for the chinese lunar calendar one =)
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Kintamani Indonesian Restaurant
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Furama Riverfront , Level 3
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405 Havelock Road
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Tel: 6739 6463
My Cousin’s Eco-Store On YouTube
Posted by: ahjune on: October 23, 2009
Recently i saw my cousin Xin Lian posting a YouTube video on her Facebook which was featuring Yiqi’s eco-store.
So i would like to share it with everyone @ my blog too!
Happy viewing & do show some support @ his eco-store ok =)
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