Monday, January 28, 2008
If you park your car in Shaw Towers and walk over to Suntec, you wouldn't miss this cafe at Level 1 of Shaw. Especially when there's a long queue. So here we are!
The deal - Set dinner $15.20 (no service charge and GST) which includes soup, main course and desserts
The soup - mushroom, ok only
My spaghetti bolognese
Bin's chicken carbonara
Our dessert - brownie with ice-cream
Not bad and quite a deal!
For supper... Yes, we are super greedy!
Roti Prata in River Valley Road
My banana prata $2
Plain prata $0.60
Egg prata $1.20
Simin is back from UK and she got me macaroons! From Laduree which has a shop in Harrods. Thanks Simin!
8 different flavours.. rose petal, gingerbread, caramel salted butter, hazelnut praline, orange blossom, pistachio, cherry amaretto, chocolate. Would love to eat all 8, but had to share my joy with others. Haha.. the lucky 4 are Armi, Dr Ong, Preethi and Theodric. Simple maths would tell you that I ate 4! Haha...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Congrats Jianyi and Carolyn on their big day on 19th Jan!
Peiling, Michelle and me in my tailor-made cheongsam from Vietnam
Xinying and Diana
Mich and I
Linqi and I
Chocs for us
Saturday, January 19, 2008
We celebrated Lynn's and mine birthday last Thursday in Makansutra Gluttons Sq. We ordered the typical Singaporean hawker food - Hokkein mee, Char Kway Teow, Carrot cake, BBQ stingray, chicken wing, sugarcane drink.
Hokkein Mee $4
Chicken Wings $12
Char Kway Teow $4
Stingray $12
Cai's mini steamboat $9.80
Lynn's holding Cai's present to her
Then, we hopped over to The Cookie Museum for desserts.
Teacake soaked in Bailey - Nice!
Cookie Tower - ok lah
Brownie - very nice!
Thanks Lynn for the book and top!
Thanks Cai for the goodies!
Just came back from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. I must say it is an excellent break/trip! Firstly, it's our first Big Family Trip since 13 years ago to Australia. Secondly, great eye-opener to the history of Vietnam (wars,wars and more wars). Thirdly, shopping! My brother has an excellent account of the trip in his blog so I won't say so much... Hehe...
Vietnam here we come!
Our fellow travellers...
The Loh Family
The Choo Family
The Goh Family
And US!
Vietnam, despite being one of the poorest countries in the world, doesn't look at one on the surface. The roads are clean, minimal street beggars, people are dressed modernly.
We had 3 day tours on 3 different days - Mekong Delta, city tour and Cuchi Tunnel.
Mekong Delta - The vast delta of the Mekong River is formed by alluvium deposited by the multiple arms and tributaries of the river. The river descends from its source high in the Tibetan plateau and follows a 4.500km course through China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and southern Vietnam before emptying into the South China Sea.
It's a boat ride day
My Da Yi
Coconut with Powzhen
The people of the delta lead a carefree life. They are simple, don't go to school, can't read and write, spend whatever they earn in the day which may be just US$5-10...
City tour...
Reunification Palace - it was this building that the communist tanks crashed through the gate in 30/4/1975 in a dramatic scene captured by photojournalists and shown around the world.
My bro, Xuemin and me
Notre Dame Cathedral
Central Post Office
War museum - with a vast collection of war photographs
Vietnam's Chinatown - Cho Lon
Cuchi Tunnel - my favourite day trip out of the 3. Was really fascinated by the extensive network of underground tunnels used by the Vietnamese during the war. Amazed what people could come out with during times of desperation.
The model of the underground tunnel - 3 storeys high. You can see the ventilation source, and also the well for water. They had clinics and even performed surgeries inside.
The entrance
The ventilation hole
Crawled through a short segment of the tunnel - it's rather cool and well-ventilated inside!
B52 bomb crater
Had a go with AK57 with real bullets! Definitely a rare opportunity for a girl like me! I was so scared I don't even know where I'm aiming!
The Pro
It was an eye-opener definitely because I'm not exposed much to warfare and this is something new! Tanks, bombs, guns, traps... Was really amazed with the network of underground tunnels.
Of course, not forgetting food experiences!
Pho - how can we not try Pho in Vietnam? Tried the one in Pho 24 and 2000. Both tasted the same to me, though Bill Clinton visited Pho 2000. Enjoyed it!
Rated by CNN as Top 10 eating experiences in the world, how can we miss it?!
My gigantic burger - Yummy! But too big!
My brother's burger
Drinks in Rex Hotel's Rooftop garden
The aunties
Lastly, Jumping photos!
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