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 =)
Afternoon Tea @ Sheraton Towers
Posted by: ahjune on: October 22, 2009
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I haven’t seen Grace for quite some time & recently i’m glad we managed to arrange to have afternoon tea together @ Sheraton Towers =)
Currently there’s a 1 for 1 promotion with UOB/HSBC cards!
About 2 weeks ago, i was supposed to meet Christina & her sister for high tea @ The Dining Room but i was sick, couldn’t make it. Just nice Grace is keen to try the afternoon tea @ Lobby Bar so i thought why not! =)
The ambience @ Lobby Bar is pretty good & i love the sofa seats. So comfy & i chose a nice corner seat so enough privacy to chat with Grace.
I arrived earlier than Grace so i decide to start off with some tea first while waiting. I opt for earl grey! It’s pretty nice but i didn’t notice it’s Lipton brand until Grace told me. Haha!
I just expected something better from Sheraton Towers lah.
I haven’t had this kind of 3 tier afternoon tea for a long time. Usually i go for the buffet kind so it was a nice change. Overall the food are nice but maybe both of us were pretty hungry, i wish the quantity can be a bit more!
Both of us were enjoying the scones very much! With the jam & cream… It’s heavenly! Usually i’ll pick out the raisins in the scones but the scones @ Sheraton is nice & fresh & somehow i just really enjoy it!
It was a really great afternoon tea session with Grace… We had such a good time catching up with each other! I just love to hang out with my friends like this =)
I even show her the Women Weekly 1 for 1 booklet and we are keen to go for another afternoon tea & lunch buffet together. Really looking forward to it!
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Lobby Bar
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Tel: 6839 5625
My Dear Brother Birthday Celebration
Posted by: ahjune on: October 22, 2009
My brother’s actual birthday was on 6th Oct but we couldn’t fix a date for the celebration as all our schedule clash.
So finally on the recent sunday, we went for dim sum together! =)
Even though we will always celebrate our bithdays with parents & grandma, we will still have another celebration on our own! Plus we get to try out something new or our favourite food.
So i did some research & compile a list to show it to my brother & Angeline. After some discussion, a choice was made!
1st venue – Hai Tien Lo @ Pan Pacific Hotel
That’s me in the lift going all the way up to Level 37! Great view from where we were sitting =)
The interior is simple & nice. Service wise… They were quite good! By the way, there was the weekend brunch but we didn’t try that cause i’m going for a facial later while both my brother & his gf are going for massage after dim sum so we didn’t want to eat too much.
The dim sum selections are not a lot (15 items only) but the quality is there. In total, we had 11 servings of dim sum (but we tried 10 items only but for the siew mai, we order twice).
Overall we like the dim sum here + we get to enjoy a nice view. We spent about 3 hours there! It was nice to enjoy dim sum & chit chat slowly =)
By the way i forgot to request for cake when i made the reservation so they gave my bro this instead! Hee… So cute & nice!
Something different from the usual cakes lah! He was surprised when he saw it & thought the waitress brought out a wrong item. Haha! =)
我们是他背后的女人!!! Haha…. =) I like this picture with everyone! It’s nice.
So blissful hor!!
Anyway i thought it was a good idea after all to have the longevity buns. Look & taste good! =) And it’s also a nice way to bless my brother with good health! Each of us got to enjoy 2 longevity buns & it already makes us very full together with the dim sum.
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Hai Tien Lo
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Pan Pacific Hotel , Level 37
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Tel: 6826 8338
The orchids are so lovely & i just had to take a picture.
I saw this when we were walking to the carpark! OMG… this is so gorgeous! The oriental figurines are so cute looking =)
I really like the whole design, colour & oriental theme.
2nd venue – Arirang Korean Restaurant @ Liang Seah Street
After i’m done with my facial (my brother & Angeline went for body massage) + some shopping @ Inouvi cause there was a sale, we came here for korean bbq dinner =)
I always walk passed this place whenever i’m @ Ah Chew Desserts. So when my brother & his gf suggested this place, i thought it’s a good idea.
We opt for the $19.90++ buffet bbq dinner. It’s really not bad! The bbq meat items that we choose were pretty good.
The only 2 items which i really don’t like are the sour plum drink (taste weird) & also the spicy seafood & beancurd soup. Dessert was ok only but still acceptable.
Soup wise… The ginseng chicken is good! But for this item, each pax can only order 1 time =)
It was really a day well spent with my brother & his gf =) Started off the day with dim sum which all of us enjoyed, relax during my facial & ended the night with yummy korean bbq.
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Arirang Korean Restaurant
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Liang Seah Street #01-07/08
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Tel: 6333 0025
Looking forward to the weekend where it be another round of celebration but with family this time. We be trying this indonesian food buffet! There’s this 1 for 1 promotion with UOB cards now & the reviews on hungrygowhere.com seems good so i thought we can give it a try =)
Jonathan & Eva Wedding
Posted by: ahjune on: October 17, 2009
13th Oct ‘09
Few days ago, i attended Jonathan & Eva Wedding @ Changi Village Hotel with my brother.
Got to know Eva through my brother first. Just like Lisi… Both were my brother’s friends & slowly i got to know them too =) Likewise, most of my friends know my brother too & so far he has attended 2 of my friends’ wedding with me too. Hee!
As my brother will be one of the emcee, he went down to the hotel earlier to help out + do a quick rehearsal with the other emcee Michael.
I also tag along & help out a bit along the way. I also took the chance to take more pictures before the guests arrive.
I thought it was quite a good idea to have their picture printed into a poster size & turn it into a guest book for the guest to sign on =)
The very pretty picture that you see is taken @ Taiwan.
It was going to be a buffet dinner & this area is where they displayed the food.
Eva also engaged a live band for her wedding. And it was such a coincidence that the guy who was playing the keyboard turns out to be my brother’s secondary school friend.
As usual, whenever i got the chance i’ll try to take pictures of/with everyone. Actually i don’t know most of Eva’s friends but as we chat slowly, it turns out to be quite ok =)
By the way, it’s my brother’s first time to be an emcee. Even though he made some minor mistakes but overall it’s already good for a first attempt!
Here is Eva in her evening gown toasting to everyone with her hubby, both families & also with all the jie mei/xiong di.
I thought this part was pretty nice… Jonathan sings quite well & i even saw Jonathan’s mum cried when he was singing & saying the thank you speech.
This is Rena whom i got to know @ the wedding. We were sitted @ the same table but didn’t talk much at first. But slowly as we chat, we realised that we got quite a bit in common & start to talk about travelling, shopping!
We were like 2 old friends catching up with each other! Haha.
Eva changed into her Kua towards the end of the dinner to take pictures with everyone. I always like to see brides in kua as i find it very nice & seems to make a chinese wedding even more complete.
You should have seen her gold pendant! It’s a pretty big one of a mother pig with piglets on it =) As both the couple are from HK, i think it’s their tradition to give the bride this kind of pendant. I always see it @ the jewellery shops whenever i’m @ HK.
The wedding favor is a Kissing Couple Bottle Opener cum Magnet from this website. When Eva was asking me where to get wedding favors, i just try to google & happened to find this website so i show it to her.
The price is very reasonable… The above wedding favor cost $1 each according to the website. And i find the design to be nice =)
At the reception table, they also placed a box filled with postcards & bookmarks with their wedding pictures on it which is for all the guests to take. It’s 2 sided with different pictures… Really nice! =)
Overall it was a pretty nice cosy wedding for about 90 guests. As most of the planning has to be done by Eva cause Jonathan is at HK most of the time, i guess it wasn’t easy for her. But with the help from all her friends, everything turns out to be quite ok =)
Anyway i hereby wish them lots of happiness & a blissful marriage.
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