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MUSIC.FOOD.PHOTOS.LOVE

Posted on January 5, 2010 | 31 Comments

its been 2.5 months since the breakup.

wow.

ONLY 2.5 months? it feels like forever – we’ve gained so much distance between us, its amazing.

good. distance is good.

the farther we venture away from each other, the better the chances are of us forgetting the ugliness completely.

i do think about him sometimes cuz he’s like in everything i see. his towel is still hanging next to mine in the bathroom (damn smelly now). his shaver, toothbrush and contact lens case is still by the sink. his side of the bed is still untouched… though his scent on his pillow has long faded away…. okay. i WAS sentimental. but now, i reckon im just plain lazy. i will get around to recycling his toilet stuff (maybe use his kickass razor to shave my legs or….?) and washing his bath towel (so it can be mine again) and changing the bloody bedsheets and pillows! LOL. but im queen of procrastination. the only thing i seem to be keeping well to is maintaining/updating this frickin blog! im very heartened by your comments (with encouraging messages and so much love), thank you. you’re very kind.

ive been keeping myself busy. spending time with my family. and building stronger bonds with my friends… thru food. laughs. music. and conversation. the last weekend of the holiday season ended on a schweeeet note.

WARNING: LOADS OF PICTURES!

noticed this this along joo chiat road. i dont mind giving the "reincarnation blessing" service a shot - sekali i reincarnated as an ant how?

our aircon broke down over the weekend so we tried to stay out as much as we could in aircon spaces... like this one. dim sum for lunch.

k by now you should know Steph- my brother's girlfriend. i love snapping shots of her.

i MUST have my century egg+pork porridge with extra pork liver. MUST.

and i cant say no to XO CARROT CAKE lor! omg. this was yummy but the best is still the one at CANTON-i @ ION.

another guilty pleasure... thick french toast drenched in maple syrup and CHUNKS of butter.

more food coming... i love watching people eat. whets my appetite.

the epitomy of nonsense food blatantly put together and passed off as a dish. I LOVE. always inclined to order this at a HK cafe. dunno why.

i was craving for a nonya chap chye type of dish (at least thats what it looked like on the menu) but got this instead: BOILED green vegetables with tanghoon with WATER. it was very plain tasting. but cuz im a fan of veggies, i ate some anyway. but really, sorely disappointed.

this activity is designed to take the edge off a bloated stummy

inspired by the tree. broke into a jai-ho of sorts.

dont ask.

digress: mentos got fuji apple flavour!!! ME LOVE!

girlie sunday: dinner at krish @ 9 Rochester Park. (in this photo: sara wee - shan's cousin)

lovely path leading to the restaurant. Krish serves world cuisine with hints of indian spices and flavours. I LOVE.

this is dina. sybarite. loves coco (muffin/chanel).

that's sara with her best friend anabel (we call her bel). sara's the lead singer of local band 53A and bel is a jazz flutist. both girls are painfully young: under 25. bah.

alot of time to kill while waiting for food to arrive. took a pretty long time considering we were the only ones in the restaurant then...

the orgasmic designer roti john - $12. meat+cheese sandwiched between toasted french loaf, like HELLO? winner!

tomato and lentil soup with prawn creviche - $12. tastes like curry-spiced tomato soup. super intense well-married flavours. i MUST MUST MUST have this each time i dine at Krish.

sara ordered this as a starter: deep fried brie (cheese). this one.... wah lau. stim. no need to talk liao. ($12)

aiyo.... the cheese ooozing out..... slurrrrp.

bel's dinner - getting a lil too excited about her food.

bel's papadum crusted red snapper with sauteed zuchini and potato puree - $20

sara..... (she looks so good when shes not makin silly faces)

and dina ordered the same thing for dinnerrrrr...

seared seabass with israeli couscous, orange-onion chutney and beurre blanc - $28 (more filling than it looks. and the seabass was so fresh we could taste the sea..)

my STAR DISH: the uber melt-in-your-mouth goodness that was the PORK BELLY TIKKA with tamarind and onions - $14. (its sour and spicy - LOVVIT)

small dish for a big woman.

creatures of the deep

my dessert: VALRHONA CHOCOLATE FRANGELICO with MINT YOUGHURT SORBET - $12. if you're a big fan of dark choc, this is it. its like a very rich ice-cream of sorts, balanced by the citrussy flavour of the sorbet. party in the mouth.

bel and sara shared a PEDRO XIMENIZ PEACHES (ran out of peaches so they got poached pear in red wine - equally yum). this is essentially an uber yummy tea cake (half bread half cake sorta confection) - $12

dina's super interesting combo of sorbets from L-R: MANGO CURRY, SPICED RED WINE and LYCHEE ROSE. mango curry has a nice surprise aftertaste of an explosion of curry flavour. spiced red wine tastes like frozen gluhwein. and lychee rose was pretty straightforward. dina only liked the lychee. but i thought they were all yummy! - $12

we got 15% off total bill - you'd do too if you use a UOB credit card to pay.

mad chocolate love

dina and rikki checkin out the food board - guests get to put up lil postit notes of good food haunts around singapore.. and guess what we saw?

OMG. sakae sushi is like the scum of japanese cuisine. the "lowest" i'd go to for japanese food in singapore is Kuriya and even thats like if im on a tight budget. WAKE UP PEOPLE! say "NO" to substandard jap food!

then we headed over to Jazz By Southbridge (it was their last night at boat quay before their move to new locale at Esplanade). ordered the best tasting mojito everrrr. its got a hint of cinnamon sugar.. GENIUS! i asked the waiter to pop in a coupla lychees too: enhances the flavours.

drinks were going at 30%-50% off. all food at 50% off. so we ORDERED MORE FOOD cuz it was so cheap! this mother fish and chip dish was as long as sara's forearm! beer battered and uber yummz!

sara wee and dina albanaqma

bel and her bf leo who's getting onstage to jam

then bel got onstage to jam together with her boyfriend, Leo, who's on trombone (extreme right of pic) -

the night took an unexpected twist and turned out to be AWESOME! awesome vibe at an awesome place. met up with some old friends and made some new ones. overall a wicked end to a fab holiday season. next coupla things to look forward to are the ROCK CONCERRRRTS! first up on January 14th: GREEN DAY. omg. they were on my list of MUST WATCH – i was thinkin of travelling to see them live. but no need liao for they’re coming to singapore! im currently loving this one from the boys:

BEFORE THE LOBOTOMY by Green Day

(from their latest album 21st Century Breakdown)

AAAAAAAAAAAARGGHHH I LOVE GREEN DAY!!! WOOOOT!

(should i be worried that im still loving the emo/punk sounds at the grand old age of 30? i think i’d grow to be an 80 yr old grandma and STILL listening to the likes of My Chemical Romance…LOL!)

the killers are on after on 24th Jan – cant wait. heard its gonna be a visual feast. another one after is MUSE! OMG. they performing at the indoor stadium – FINALLY an indoor venue. lights and effects should be rather wicked. aiyo if you havnt gotten your tickets, go get them now la! the killers are nearly sold out and MUSE is selling pretty fast too. another band im lookin forward to see live… PARAMORE – ive only heard good things about them. used to think of them as a joke/kiddy punk band but ive since sat up and took notice and started takin them seriously. this one is my FAV from their latest album. check the lyrics out. LOVE LOVE LOVE.

PLAYING GOD by Paramore

(favourite track from their latest album BRAND NEW EYES)

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WILD WILD HONEY

Posted on December 28, 2009 | 20 Comments

christmas weekend’s usually all about eating, catching up with friends and sharing a few laughs over coffee/tea. i did just that and caught up with an old pal of mine, Angeline. she was raving about this new joint WILD HONEY at the brand new Mandarin Gallery. okay, gonna trust this girl. having done her time as a senior writer with singapore’s premier entertainment/lifestyle magazine 8Days and currently holding court as a features writer at singapore’s leading women’s magazine Her World, she surely would know whats cool and good.

the minute i laid eyes on the exterior facade of Wild Honey, my heart melted. it was such a quaint beauty/gem of a find! and the joint serves ALL DAY BREAKFASTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD! from japanese to mexican, belgium to new york.. there were over 16 types of breakies to choose from! OMG. FOOD PORN WET DREAM COME TRUE!!! screw those up-to-5pm-only “all-day” breakfast joints, Wild Honey is the real deal.

the excited foodie thats me whipped out the camera excitedly (naturally) and frantically started snapping away…. until i got stopped in the rudest way by man unknown to me.

man: no photos! no photos! please! thank you! (far from polite)

me: why not?

man: because i am the owner and i dont know who you are, you might be trying to copy me! (something along those lines)

me: …………… (stunned and superbly embarrassed, people started to stare.)

i was about to up and go. my mood was dampened by this rude rude man. but my poor girlfriend, who’s waited so long to check out this joint, gave me this look that strongly indicated her reluctance to leave. FINE. i’ll stay. the food had better be good. (at this point i was already on a rant… bitching abt that horrid man, surely there had to be a kinder way to tell a person that photos are prohibited?)

i ordered a Canadian (pancakes with syrup and berry compote with perfectly crisped back bacon) and she ordered a wicked combo of SOMETHING (cant remember the name but it was made up of french toast with mangoes and a side order of sauteed mushrooms). the food was like a sweet caress to my soul and at that moment i felt the angst slipping away. i observed that man/owner of the joint… waiting on tables, serving food, clearing the plates… and i saw a man who’s dedicated and passionate… hmm, he cant be all that bad, maybe i rubbed him off the wrong way, maybe he’s had a bad day or maybe he got cheated time and again when people ripped his ideas and made them their own… i dunno la. but i was determined to make contact, im not the sort who would take a brush-off lying down and especially not when im ALSO the customer.

so i tried to make peace. i really wanted to take more photos of this lovely place. so i tried to speak to him again. this time, i introduced my name. (i’d be lying if i said i wasnt still afraid of him. i hate being told off.) he explained to me that while i thought it was rude of him to tell me off, HE thought it was even ruder that i walked into HIS restaurant and started taking pictures without asking for permission first… and blah blah blah.. what i see here is a classic case of culture shock. i guess we both had to agree to disagree. as a trigger happy singaporean, i tend to take things for granted that i can snap away at anything without regard for anyone’s private space/rules. but i see his point here. plus its such a cheery lil joint and the food was AWESOME, it was near impossible to harbour a grudge. so we shook hands and i guess we’re cool now. his name is Guy. turns out, he’s a pretty darn cool chap! :)

WILD HONEY @ Mandarin Gallery #03-02

Angie at the entrance and order counter

Angie and her kickass breakie selection

cant recall the name of this breakie but that's french toast (yummerz) with chunks of mango served with clotted cream and berry compote on the side.

french toast so good she gobbled it down.. in CHUNKS. also ordered an extra side of sauteed mushrooms. good call girlie. shrooms is goooood lah!

my considerably less photogenic breakie BUT one that gave me the kicks nonetheless: the very simple yet stunning (according to my tastebuds) CANADIAN. simple fail-proof FLUFFY pancakes with perfectly crisped back bacon served with berry compote and maple syrup on the side. (ask for cream if you order this cuz i feel it completes the spectrum of flavours)

gorgeous quaint interior.. very much like the coffee joints in NYC but slightly more retro.

i love this joint so much i returned the very next day with two new friends in tow. i dont think i can stop raving abt this all-day-breakfast-gem-of-a-find yet so bear with me… cuz before you head on down, here’s some useful tips:

  1. prices of breakies ranger from $18 – $24 (a tad pricey for breakfast but hey, its worth it)
  2. menu’s on the chalkboard at the countre. alternatively you may wanna consult the two slick iPods at the order counter for pictures of the food on the menu.
  3. order and pay at the counter.
  4. they DO NOT take reservations so you just gotta rock up and try your luck. i was there on a saturday at brunch, wait time was abt 10min. pretty decent and food’s totally worth the wait)
  5. bring along your laptop if you wish, there’s FREE WIRELESS INTERNET (thanks to free wireless service at the Mandarin Gallery, otherwise Guy will be more than glad to provide you with the password to his wireless network.)
  6. MOST IMPORTANT TIP OF ALL: before you get trigger happy, ASK GUY (THE BOSS) FOR PERMISSION to take photos.

here’s what he looks like :)

Guy (the owner) and me :)

so the next time you need a break from shopping, rest your weary self at Wild Honey and order yourself a breakfast treat *anytime any day! (they open at 730am on SATURDAYS ONLY and at 930am on all other days) overall, out of my biased love for breakies and all things nice and quaint, i’d give Wild Honey a 5 out of 5 stars! DIE DIE MUST TRY!

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