My Favorite Little Things
I guess nobody was more worried, apart from myself, about the bold colour combination I had chosen for our new home a few weeks ago. Had the effects turned out as awful / bad taste, I wonder how well I
A View to Thrill
One of those things that the two of us had been unsure of at The Rivervale was about the comparatively low floor of our apartment. The asking price for this unit was about what we could afford, so while we
Aquarium 4.0
It’s interesting to think of how quickly one gets into a new hobby. In our case, it’s been our aquarium, and this new setup is the fourth aquarium project we’ve had this year. While we were at the tank and
Prata pleasures
Roti prata @ Banquet (Ang Mo Kio Central) At the onset, I’ll note that the best, and most unique, prata I’ve had is the prata shop along Casaurina Road. Passerbys of Upper Thomson Road would have seen this shop before.
Expensive instant noodles
Roast chicken ramen @ Toa Payoh Central foodcourt Ling has been raving about the Ramen at Toa Payoh Central foodcourt in her entries now, so I decided to also give the fare a go for dinner. I noticed a few
Claypot chicken rice revisited
Claypot chicken rice @ Compass Point The two of us made another trip to The Rivervale to work out some matters with the condominium manager, after which we headed for an early dinner again. I’ve been eager to try out
Signature dishes @ these foodcourts
Well, my returning to the same dish for the 3rd time is evident that the food has won my liking. Both the char siew wanton mee (dry) at Rivervale Mall’s foodcourt and korean bibim bab at Thomson Plaza’s foodcourt are
Good Fun
Hor fun is a popular dish here in Singapore. Basically, it comprises flat noodles cooked in a variety of sauces and ingredients depending on its sub-type. Three common types are seafood hor fun, beef hor fun, and Ipoh hor fun,
Dinner at Patara
With my mum’s birthday coming around the corner during the National Day week, all of us headed to Patara last evening for an early celebration dinner. Patara is a successful restaurant that specializes in Thai cusine. In fact, they have
Hawker Fare
Hawker Fare One thing that visitors to Singapore soon notice about hawker fare is the label each stall displays. Upon first glance, it’s easy to mistake the large letters “A”, “B” and “C” to be some sort of cusine grade
Grilled Sabas
Ling loves fishes, whether they’re in live form – like in the aquarium we have – or in seasoned and cooked form. In fact, whenever we’re at foodcourts, she’ll have a list of things she prefers and they’re invariably fish-based:
“It’s very hard not to get fat in Singapore…”
That’s Ling’s famous words when we were prowling around Causeway Point – a large shopping mall at the northern tip of Singapore – just now. We’d just stopped by a Singtel shop to buy a new handphone to replace her
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