Sunday 31 January 2010

Looking forward to..........better ones....

It all started with...me lor.... craving for Peppery Bak Kut Teh Soup since last Sunday when we were at Sin Ming.

So while walking around Marina Square, we decided to activate everyone for lunch today after mass. Miraculously, Kare managed to get home from work today before I finished mass at Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary… so lunch was earlier then expected.

So our friend Dominic drove his big white “Caravan” down to Sin Ming. We ordered 2 bowls of Bak Kut Teh and a bowl of Big Trotter. As usual, we said our our prayers and dug in......forgot to take pictures...as you can tell, half the soup was GONE!!!

It was good, but a little disappointing cause we expected the soup to be more peppery. We decided to go in search for even better clear soup Bak Kut Teh. Looking forward to it…….

Rong Chen
Blk 22, Sin Ming Road

Saturday 30 January 2010

The little joys of life!

After our short and fruitless shopping trip after lunch, we decided to head to the Henderson waves for some fresh air, and to while away some time before going for sunset Mass at St Teresa's. Serendipitously, an ice-cream man had stratigically parked his scooter at the start of the slope up from the carpark. Just what we needed to cool ourselves in the humid outdoors of Singapore!

Like happy kids, we savoured our $1 treats and began on our walk up (wishing we were dressed in shorts and T-shirts). Chocolate chip & Macadamia flavours... not that the ice-cream was gourmet, but hey, for a dollar, it's good stuff!
What's better was the lepak-ing on the waves... we conveniently plonked ourselves in a corner and quickly conformed our lazy selves to the contours of the wave, and there, just chatted the hour away. The sun was a tad bit uncomfortable to our eyes, as we were facing west.... more so for me, since i didn't have transition lenses!
Perhaps going one early morning to lie there and watch the world light up would be beautiful. We could do it as morning meditation :o) We'll be dressed a little more appropriately too...

Dinner only begins at 10pm

It was a farewell dinner with my friends from Mission Awareness Group at Khansama Tandoori Village. We walked through the side gate at Normanton Park Condo which leads to Science Park 1.

We went there about 8.15pm and there were only 2 other tables occupied. The restaurant ambience was very suitable us to reflect and share our lives.

My friends ordered many dishes...opps sorry, I can't named them. Anyway, all that we ordered was really good. I, who never really likes Indian food says that it's good... means it's good lah.....

Ok... we enjoyed our meals very much and shared alot till 10pm where all the Indians started  coming into the restaurant. We were shocked!!! That's where I learned that Indians eats very late at night....

87 Science Park Drive,
#02-01 The Science Hub,
Science Park 1,
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Rubber ducky you're the one...

The IT-challenged one is FINALLY writing her first entry... in this blog that is more than just about food, really. For beneath the surface of penning (or typing, rather) down the little adventures that tantalise our tastebuds (whether or not we end up finding the places in the end!), lies the laying down of memories of times spent with good friends. Afterall, more important than good food, is good company :o)

So, it was a Saturday afternoon when we were to meet for lunch after I was done with work, and after running around like a headless chicken most of the morning, I sure was hungry. A certain other person who was 3/4 of her wisdom short, and is finally back on a normal solid diet, was craving for rice. So we drove rather aimlessly for a start, and landed up at Marina Square. There, we scrutinised the mall directory, and decided on Dian Xiao Er, well known for their herbal roasted duck.

Strangely enough, it wasn't crowded, but hey, who's complaining?! When our food promptly arrived, we nearly hungrily wolfed it down, but thankfully remembered to catch a shot... The Roasted duck with angelica herb was juicy on the inside, with skin that was roasted crisp. The sauce was comfortingly herbal, and not overly powerful. Baby Kailan with salted fish and lime had an interesting zing to it... tasted slightly thai, thanks to the bits of ?lemongrass?. Our wintermelon and conpoy soup was simple and "qing dan".... the kind that reminds me of my grandma's soups.

Three thumbs up! (one for each dish lah...)


Marina Square, Level 2

Sunday 24 January 2010

How to Sin at Ming

It was one hot Sunday afternoon when we were tempted with visions of noodles and ice-cream - you know, the hot and cold thingy?

So, we used our usual transport that walks on water and zipped down towards Thomson Road and parked at the Holy Spit... er, I mean... Spirit Church car park and walked first to the first 'eating house' that caught or fancy. It was the want that was famous for their bak chor mee. We forgot the name of the restaurant but, er, I think you may know this when you are there - it is the one with advertisements of famous celebrities who had frequent the premises.

The mee and other ingredients were so on with our stomachs and taste that we finished everything and left the plates and bowls empty! So, take it from us, this eating house and its bak chor rawks!

Later we had to pacify our tastebuds with something cooler and we walked a little further down along Sin Ming and came across Icekimo (get it? get it?) We had a bowlful of 5 scoops of ice-cream that had strawberry, durian (D24), rum and raisins, snickers and horlicks for flavours! Our verdict? This was outstanding! Better than the Earthquake at Swensens :-D

Thankfully we did not take the 8 scoops one, or else we would have to waddle out to our car with great stress to our stomachs.


Ming something
Thomson Road

Icekimo
Sin Ming Road (we think...)
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Friday 22 January 2010

Frolicking in Serangoon Gdns!


It began, as with any other night - the need for supper.

With our stomachs growling away, we got into our trusty "I Have A Friend Who Walks on Water" car and headed down to Charlton Park area to scout out our favourite Charlie's Corner joint for some lychee freeze. But guess what??... The entire food joint had closed down!!! Sounds familiar, right?...

OK, so we decided to then go over to Serangoon Gardens.

There, after parking our car and walking for some 10 minutes or so, we found an apt substitute for Charlie's in the form of Frolick. It is a yoghurt and ice-cream joint where they sell - yes - yoghurt and ice-cream lah (and other related items)!

We had smoothies and yoghurt. They were smooth, yoghurty and delicious to our palates as we gently swallow and slurp the items down, savouring their sweetness, and er.. sourness of sorts too. We recommend this place if you have nothing else to do for the evening and your sweet tooth is having an overdrive. It is also good for those who have just went to the dentist and lost 3 or more wisdom teeth in the process ;-)

Frolick
Serangoon Gardens
(near 7-11)
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Monday 18 January 2010

The Tam Po Po Affair

After a long day at work, Kare and Line decided to have something soupy.

We went to Tam Po Po @ Liang Court. We ordered Tonkatsu Ramen. On the way there, we reminded ourselves to take pictures of our food for our Blog... but as soon as the food arrived, we whacked it ...... the here's the result of the end product.

Tam Po Po
Liang Court
Level 1
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Sunday 3 January 2010

The Pasir Ris Incident

It all began with an idea, no, make that a DESIRE, to go and have dinner at the Pasir Ris seafood center - like, you know, by the beach?...

Well, imagine our utmost surprise when we got there and found that said seafood centre is no longer there!!!


So we ended up at Elias Mall Zhi Char.......

We ordered Shark Fin Melon with Pork bone and their speciality Tou Fu.

How we found the food? Good!

How was the setup and ambiance there? Can be better. It was noisy but the waitress were efficiently fast enough to give us our food. We wolf them down quickly and almost forgot to get a picture. When we finally did, the result is as seen in this pic (above).

Verdict? We eat that's all lor!...

Elias Mall Zhi Char
Elias Road lah! (don't ask us where, we eat only!)
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Friday 1 January 2010

Chiak Pah Beh?...

Char Kuay Teow
Hello food lovers! Ler ho boh? ;-)

This blog is the result of the minds of two food challenged ladies and the inspiration from ieatishootipost. Here are the results of the culmination of our adventures in the land of culinary delights, Singapore style!

Have fun with our jalan-jalan into the various food centres and other makan places which we will highlight now and then. May you also be inspired to eat and enjoy the food mentioned here as we ourselves did in this paradise of diverse food which is our home - Singapore lor!...
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