the lastsplash

On my thirty-first, I woke up in the heart of the city with my wife and son beside me. The feeling was fantastic ! Zero, zilch, nothing about work at all - just me and my family! We had plenty of fun taking this photo. :-D We had checked into Naumi the previous day for our mini getaway cum birthday celebrations. My wife had won the free stay at this wonderful boutique hotel in her company's lucky draw - interestingly she was on maternal leave during the draw. :-p I must thank her colleagues for the stay. It was refreshing . Thanks to my Mum for taking care of our boy, we had some time shopping in Orchard earlier that morning. Guess where is this place? A delectable lunch before checking into the hotel. Back in the hotel, we were delighted by the interior design. This is the metal feature at the bed head. A closer look... The wallpaper is really classy as well. With music from Lush FM on the background, the ambiance was perfect for our mini getaway. The TV rotates between the livin...

This year's reunion dinner was extra special. It was the first time we had it in my flat, two families coming together for steamboat. Our mothers took much time to prepare the ingredients. Our darling Bertrand can only watch us eat. He had his "reunion milk-milk" earlier on! This is from his view in the rocker. The prawns weren't the most popular dish in this year's reunion dinner. So my wife and myself embarked on a massive de-shelling exercise. Tada! The product! But guess what happened? Yep... the spoon I used to de-shell the prawns bent! It reminded me of another incident ... when I broke some on the first day of the Chinese New Year, due to my "bull-strength"...

Earlier in the day...

Guess what was waiting for me when I came home today? Besides my beautiful wife with the bouquet which was delivered to her office earlier... There was a Zara package on the bed. A new shirt for me! Nice! I was looking forward to updating my wardrobe. :-) Today is the actual day of our Wedding Anniversary. Dinner prepared by dear wife was extra delicious. The "Father-and-Son" Dish. How appropriate. ;-p Another surprise after dinner - dessert from Marriott Hotel. A terrific homey way to celebrate our special day. Thank you dear.

I have not been writing for quite a while. Either my lazy bones had grown bigger or I had been very busy. I think it should be the latter. ;-p Although the frustrations at work and little episode of food poisoning were not documented, there are some events I will definitely want to record down. It has been two years since we exchanged our Wedding vows. 7th of September 2008 was the day we solemnised at Zhou's Kitchen, in Far East Square. This year, we celebrated with dim sum brunch at Meritus Mandarin Pine Court Restaurant . Not the usual candlelight dinner which couples may choose. :-p Nevertheless, it was wonderful. We had century egg porridge to kick off our brunch. The porridge must had been one of the most delicious that I have tried, besides the Tiong Bahru market porridge. Not too salty or bland, not too watery or gooey. It tasted perfect. Other pipping hot dishes followed... We spent a while outside the 35th floor restaurant, enjoying the city view and capturing the unique ...

It was nice having dinner with my wife outside again. A break from the routine dinner at home or at parents' place... Don't get me wrong, it is wonderful to enjoy family time, but variety makes life more interesting. =) Oh yah, no need to wash the dishes tonight! We were at Food For Thought , along North Bridge Road, this evening. It was my wife's first (tho' her office is just opposite it!) and the second time for me. They are revamping their website (said to re-open on 29 Jan 10 but yet to happen...). The restaurant itself has changed little - still a little too cramp. There are now proper menu sheets on the tables. Previously, you can only find the name of dishes scribbled on the black boards (refer to the photos in my old post). Other than that, now there are also these nice little cards with drawings of baa-baa... So here I am back to try the other dishes with my wife! Good things must share mah ... She was really excited when the food arrived! As promised the foo...

Restaurant City is celebrating the Year of the Tiger with the Food Quiz of the day: What is the name of the barbecue meat ate commonly during Lunar New Year? Ans: Bak Kua ! * ting !* New ingredient is now available, learn a new dish in the menu? Tada! Penne Carbonara with bak kua, carrot, and omu cheese.

Christmas Greetings. Glow. I had an extra special Christmas Eve dinner this year with my dear wife and two very good friends. We had dined in a vegetarian restaurant at East Coast Road. Naïve serves meatless food like no others. It didn't quite taste like normal vegetarian. Perhaps the secret was in the ingredient, Monkeyhead Mushroom . The ambiance of the restaurant was really simple and pleasant, filled with interesting decals/wall prints. It was like dining in my own house. ;-) At the start of the dinner, we had to do a ritual known as the Blessing of Sesame Seeds . It was a way of giving thanks for our food. We took turns to grind the seseme seeds and later spread them on out food. Someone hard at work... grinding away! So what are the yummy dishes we had? First of all, the starter, True Tradition ($9.90). Braised mushroom in 5-spice sauce served with steamed buns aka Kong Bak Bao, but it tasted better and healthier! For rice, we had the signature Oliver Twist ($3.90)! Its fr...