tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547390592390749832012-01-04T12:36:55.036+08:00Strawberry Moments.. collection of sweet moments of food, dining, travelogues adventures of a Singaporeanstrawberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16534889109664151663noreply@blogger.comBlogger1031100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554739059239074983.post-29272694995496281872011-10-26T20:33:00.001+08:002011-10-26T21:11:19.597+08:00

Tasted wonderful gourmet pizzas from Spizza earlier at Jalan Kayu! This pizza restaurant in Singapore is renowned for their traditional thin crust gourmet woodfire pizzas baked in brickstone oven. Just like in Italy. With 26 interesting pizza names using famous Italian women name in alphabetical order A-Z, you are bound to find one that you like... J for Juliana seems to be the crowd favorite.

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Howdy! it's been a long time since I last visited this place! Tucked in deep off Sembawang Road, this place would have easily been long forgotten, if not for visiting the Sembawang Park / Beach! Really missed the good old warm Australian ambience here... Felt like a pig again gobbling up all the famous buffalo wings @ $17.50 for half dozen. With varying degree of spiciness to choose from! We

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Who loves a good deal? Me! Itacho Sushi is not a newcomer in the Japanese sushi food chain. This restaurant is popular in Hong Kong and is strongly recommended by foodie Ricky. It serves quality Japanese sushi and food items at very reasonable prices! We visited one of their outlets at Plaza Singapura during lunch that day and had lots to rave about. They were offering lunch deals at $8.50!

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Right here at 313 Somerset basement, I found myself a wonderful cool relief from the hot haze outside! See what i found. The sweet lovely cold nice bowl of Trucker's Chendol at The Old Malaya Cafe (313 Somerset Basement 3) that save my day. Its prepared with lots of sticky brown Gula Melaka (palm sugar), red beans, coconut milk and of course with ice! It's really sweet so if you are a

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One bright and sunny Sunday morning, a little boy and a little girl whisked past a pretty green field in Dempsey Hill. There they found a white rabbit hole and stumbled upon THE WHITE RABBIT. The two little children found this place very interesting as it was housed in an old chapel. Without thinking, they climbed into the rabbit's burrow and there they found wonderful and delicious brunches for

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Good morning! It's Polling Day today! Have you had your breakfast and voted yet? May Singapore find good leaders to serve our country and may the best man win! We the citizens of Singapore Pledge ourselves as one united people Regardless of race, language or religion To build a democratic society Based on justice and equality So as to achieve happiness, prosperity And progress for our nation

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Was kept busy from start of the year with springcleaning, then it was Chinese New Year and now its almost the end of the first quarter of Year 2011!! How time flies! How has the year been for you so far??  For us, we started the year on a very healthy note. I didnt a chance to post this earlier but we had visited Halia Restaurant @ Singapore Botanic Gardens for a great start to Year 2011! The

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Happy New Year 2011!! Strawberry Moments wishes everyone a healthy, delicious and sumptuous new year filled with abundance and joy! Ted and me had a wonderful string of celebrations with family and friends from Xmas in December 2010 right till New Year's Day in January 2011!!  And we really cant believe that all this happy feasting is coming to a close.  We also cant wait to share with everyone

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I am posting this a month late. I had visited the Former Singapore Supreme Court on 17 Oct 10. The last day from which it will be closed to all for entry. This was also the day where the places were opened to the public with a public guided tour the whole day to let the public take a last look at this solemn building of our country's justice and strength.  The Former Supreme Court will be taken

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If you like wanton mee reminiscing the old good days, you won't want to miss this "Hua Kee Hougang Famous Wan Ton Mee" stall at Old Airport Road. Found this stall with a long snake queue of people that evening. The front of the stall was adorned with newspaper cuttings and accolades like great food ratings for the wanton mee and TV recommended awards etc and such. Believe the sauce and the

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I was really excited! I was invited to attend the Channel U “Personal Taste” Private Screening on 28 August 2010 at the *Scape Park. Just cant wait to see my favourite Korean Kimchi heartthrob Lee Min Ho again! Finally his new drama its here on Singapore TV, about 9 months wait after the hit “Boys Over Flowers” Korean drama serial! Hooray!! I was about 15 minutes late for my special

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Found this hidden delight in the heartland of Kovan on one hungry night, while we were driving around Lim Tua Tow Road.  Along the stretch of road at Teck Chye Terrace, there is a row of eateries and we thought we might be able to find some good food there. True enough! The restaurant we found this time was called "Ju Bao Hong Kong Cuisine". Understand that the head chef used to hail from Lei

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Found this lovely eatery around busy Bras Basah Road while downtown. This place was started by a group of friends as another of their attempt at a social enterprise and boasts of serving some great comfort food to make people happy with a good cause of devoting 10% of their profit towards their noble areas of interest: 1. Support Clean Water 2. Feed Good Food 3. Help End Poverty 4. Educate the

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Squeezed to join the crowd at the newly opened Marina Bay Sands, Singapore over the weekends. The Sands was opened on April 27, 2010 Tuesday at the fengshui auspicious time of 15:18 hrs. Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sheldon G. Adelson and other company officials had flown in and officiated the opening of the Marina Bay Sands, the most ambitious and

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Always wondered why this little restaurant manage to draw such a crowd, as its located at this awkward little corner just beside the slip road to CTE along Race Course Road. We happened to pass by that way the other day and so we decided to try its Bak Kut Teh. We were asked by the staff if we were willing to share tables before we were put into the queue. We thought we had better share tables

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We went to this coffee shop called "Wong Poh Kopitiam" at Kovan Centre the other day. This hidden coffeeshop located at one corner in the Centre had also been previously featured in one of the local food hunt TV show for its superb culinary skills in preparing the delicious Oyster Egg Omelette and Fish Head Soup. The stall is probably there for easily about 10 years but we only discovered it

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Gong xi fa cai! Strawberry Moments wishes everyone a Happy Lunar New Year of the Tiger and a prosperous and fulfilling year 2010 ahead! 2010 was a roaring start for us! Ted and me headed to the much anticipated new attraction at Sentosa Integrated Resort (IR) - the Resorts World (owned by Genting Singapore Public Limited Company (PLCHoldings Ltd) ) on 17 February 2010 and to visit the Casino

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Found a wonderful local delight at faraway Sembawang, serving delicious Teochew Seafood White Bee Hoon!  This place is a coffeeshop located just at the corner, at the street opposite the Sembawang Shopping Centre.  Its located at the You Huak Restaurant and you cant miss it because the restaurant has such a huge signboard in Chinese saying "White Bee Hoon" (Ba Mi Fen in Chinese) just outside it!

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Strawberry Moment wishes all belated Merry Xmas wishes and a Happy New Year 2010! For a good start to the year 2010, Ted and me decided to go for a healthy delicious meal so we headed to Bishan Park. We had a great healthy breakfast at Canopy Garden Dining & Bar ! Canopy is the newest addition to the Asmara Group serving an Australian style café food complimented by a wide variety of new

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I was swooned off my feet at Lee Min Ho’s First Asian Fan Meeting on 21 December 2009, Monday 8PM held at MAX Pavilion. Literally, by the 1.86m tall suave 22 years old actor! The doe-eyed boyish actor who won the hearts of many from his role as the F4 leader, Gu Jun Pyo in the Korean blockbuster “Boys over Flowers” was in town for his first Asian Fan meeting with Singapore, as one of its leg.

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Ginza Bairin Tonkatsu (since 1927) restaurant is located at the recently opened ION Orchard Singapore Shopping Mall, Basement 4 beside the Food Court. Understand the head chef and founder hails from Japan and was in Singapore when the restaurant opened then. This place offers a selection of good quality Japanese tonkatsu (pork cutlet), torikatsu (chicken cutlet) and their famous katsu-curry

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I am so excited!! My favourite Korean Kimchii star, Lee Min Ho famous for his role as the F4 leader of the Boys Over Flowers drama serial -  is coming to Singapore again.. for his first fan meeting on 21 Dec 2009! The event is part of Lee's first ever Asian Fan Meeting tour, which includes stops in Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong, and Taipei. Tickets are on sale from $98 at SISTIC outlets. More details

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After some whirlwind Korean excitement of seeing Korean star, Lee Min Ho over the last week of October 2009 while he was in Singapore (see previous posts on Korean star Lee Min Ho), my stomach is hungry for some nice fresh delicacies again! Not yet ready to try out any Korean delicacies yet after my starry encounters, I caught a nice find at the Tanglin Mall Basement Food Mall though. Fresh

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Lee Min Ho is here in Singapore finally! Actor of the crazy hit Boys Over Flowers Drama Serial - F4 Leader, Gu Ju-Pyo. The dashing actor spent about an intimate hour from 530pm-630pm this evening at Movida, St James Power Station for a Private Party with about a hundred fifty of his fans chatting, signing autographs and taking photos. As usual, he looks real cool and good despite his busy tight

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If you are following the hit Korean drama serial "Boys Over Flowers" which is being now shown on Singapore Channel U every Saturday from 930pm-11pm, you will probably end up being the fan of hearthrob Lee Min-Ho (playing the role of the rich flamboyant F4 "Gu Jun Pyo" from Shinhwa High School) !Just for fans out there, as I have also been converted to one - he will be visiting Singapore on 24

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You cant miss this when you are in Japan! I fell in love with these lovely and cute donuts from Mister Donut during my recent trip to Tokyo! And they are cheap too, costing about 100-300 yen (SGD$1.50-$4.50) per piece. For your information, getting a meal cheaper than 300 yen in Japan is rare so getting these munchy great tasty donuts at such prices in Tokyo is a real great deal indeed! Besides,

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Away for a quick short getaway in Tokyo for a week from 9 Sep-14 Sep. Boy, what a great break we had! Took a fantastic hotel + airfare package and off we went. Ted and me. We were lured by the real great deal package! Imagine flying by All Nippon Airways (ANA) and we were also wonderfully accomodated at the luxury 5-star Keio Plaza Intercontinental Hotel at busy Shinjuku! All at a reasonable

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End July 09, Ted and me got a weekend getaway package at Regent Singapore. Badly affected by the H1N1 flu virus worldwide, we thought we will stay inbound in our country least we catch the bug while travelling overseas. And so we did catch ... the travel bug, that is!Regent Singapore is a pleasant place to be. Like a piece of art everywhere around the hotel. You will know what I mean from the

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Due to an unexpected error, we were unable to post photos and blog online on Blogger for the last 2 months. We wish to extend our apologies to everyone. But we are back now! We cant wait to share with you our adventures over the last months that we missed posting ...

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If you are looking for wonderful, unparalleled quality Heng Hwa food at a most unexpected place at Kitchener Road, look no further than Pu Tien Restaurant! We had a most wonderful meal at the restaurant. They offer impeccable service and even offer free valet parking at the busy Kitchener Road, which I believe most customers will appreciate that due to the fact that the restaurant is located

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Found this restaurant that serves fresh and delicious fishhead steamboat by chance! Located just around the corner of Rangoon Road, we happened to sight this little restaurant one evening while zipping past the area and thought we will try. We knew later that this was a branch of the main restaurant at Balestier Road. When we stepped into the air-conditioned restaurant, we could see many

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Happy Birthday to me! Lovely Ted brought me to Bar & Billiard Room for a feast to celebrate my birthday. Raffles Hotel has a really nice ambience. Beautiful and tranquil. A symbol of the strength of Singapore.We were attracted to the Bar & Billiard Room’s international lunch buffet from 1130am – 2pm @ S$58++ per pax. So in we went.We were met with a fantastic buffet spread! Our eyes feasted on

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Behind its closed Japanese wooden doors, inside this restaurant is an experience truly one of a kind! It boasts of a true Japanese dinner theatre experience where skilled Japanese chefs kneel on an elevated platform to grill or barbeque your choice of food chosen among an array of freshest Japanese seafood, vegetables and meat display at the counter in front of you. The most interesting part is

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Shopping at Raffles City, Ted and me visited the Sushi-Tei located on the third floor just beside the new revamped Food Court. This restaurant appears well hidden in a corner. Stepping into the restaurant, one is transported to a calm and lovely warm modern ambience. We were shown to the tables beside the sushi belt. The season of the month is spring (March-May 09) and the restaurant has welcomed

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How did you spend Mother’s Day? Where did you bring mom to?Spring Court Restaurant is established since 1929. A place renowned for its Cantonese cuisine and fresh seafood, it was originally located at Great World then shifted to Chinatown but they later moved to East Coast before finally relocating back to Chinatown. To celebrate Mother’s Day, we thought this restaurant would an appropriate

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This is another fantastic place to go if you are craving for soya sauce chicken! One of my favourite. The stall owner is a Hongkonger couple who had been living in Singapore for many years now. Of course, needless to say, they are the chef too. The husband who is the chef prepares their specialty soya sauce chicken using the soya sauce to marinate the chicken. Delicious.Few years back, this stall

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Found this interesting Japanese Gourmet Town, Manpuku on Level 3 of the new Tampines 1 Mall while trying to join the excitement of the opening of this new mall and to visit the new Japanese clothing store, UNIQLO located at Tampines 1 Mall too. Its a lovely find! Look at the many cute and interesting food representations of the Japanese cuisines they have inside. The concept is similar to The

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Just wanna recommend this stall tucked in the hustle and bustle of the city.. in the laid-back and colourful pre-war shop houses along Keong Siak Steet (near Chinatown).I have been patronising Foong Kee during lunchtime for the past one year. Usually you will have to wait for at least half an hour during lunch peak hour when its packed with the office crowd. So its best to come early (around 11:

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Visited the revamped Sembawang Shopping Centre and had another great find – Le Grenier A Pain boulangerie over the weekends. You cant miss the bakery as its located right at the entrance of the mall. And this bakery is as its name suggests, “Une autre boulangerie” – is really a different bakery! The fact that it dares to be at Sembawang already makes it stand out. This French bakery was opened in

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Its been a long time since I had a plate of chicken rice! I suppose its because at such stalls, only chicken is offered and there are no other variety of food served so I usually shun it for its lack of choice. Unless I am craving for chicken…So today, I am craving for the simple soya sauce chicken again! In the Toa Payoh area, I thought of this stall. The main draw here is its famous soya sauce

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Picture of a bowl of Sesame Seeds to grind at TonkichiFound another great Japanese food outlet at Suntec City Basement over the weekends! This one reminds me of my favourite “Ma Maison” (See earlier posts) and is quite close in the running too, in terms of the Japanese food served. Tonkichi is part of the Pokka Food group and renowned for Japanese food. We have to try it. Curious as to how they

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This one is a great find and its already been famously acclaimed as the No. 1 Nasi Lemak so I must record it down in my foodie blog.Selera Rasa Nasi Lemak is at Adam Road Food Centre. What I like about this simple dish sold here is the hot and fragrant nasi (i.e. malay word for “rice”) – this stall uses a special Basmati rice whose rice grain is very small and fine, hence its great taste! Nasi

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Visited The Arts House recently and found this little Vietnamese restaurant, Viet Lang. Viet Lang is derived from Vietname's present name "Vietnam" and its historical name "Anh Lang". As its name suggests, it serves authentic Vietnamese cuisine and was previously relocated from Chijmes.Housed within a colonial style block at the Old Parliament Lane, Viet Lang exudes an old-world charm the minute

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Valentine's Day came and swept by on Saturday 14 Feb 09! Both of us have been busy since the New Year started and hardly found time to relax & haunt for good food. After springcleaning and preparing for Chinese New Year on 27 Jan 09, it was a whirl-wind, back to work... Busy busy busy. But we have to make time to celebrate this special day - Valentine's Day. My sweet valentine, Ted brought me to

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How would you like to pick up a "secret manual/recipe" like one of those you see in Chinese kungfu movie?? Well, we picked this one up at an unexpected find - Dian Xiao Er at Changi Airport Terminal 3. Famous for its delicious herbal roasted duck. Looking around for Chinese food, we stumbled upon this tiny little restaurant looking like an olden Chinese traditional inn made up of bamboo settings

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Strawberry Moments would like to wish everyone a healthy, happy and prosperous new year 2009 ahead! Cheers!

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Merry Christmas Everyone! Where did you spend your Xmas?In our hot and tropical country Singapore, no one would have thought of us having Xmas dinner in a spicy flavoured Nasi Padang restaurant! We did! And it was Restaurant Hock Lock Kee at Hotel Rendevous that we went! It was a fantastic dinner with superb flavours of spices and chilli!The current frenzy over the Channel 8 TV drama serial "The

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While away from home, sometimes you just get a sudden craving of your usual local delights. So this time while at Sydney, I ended up at this foodcourt in Chinatown Mall... in the hope of finding some local Singapore food to satisfy my tastebuds! Happy Chef Seafood Noodle House was the name of the stall in the Sussex Centre foodcourt I chanced upon. I was attracted by their colourful signboard of

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Was away for a week to attend a conference in Sydney, Australia. Took the Singapore Airlines SQ A380 direct night flight to Sydney and was whizzed off there in approximately 8 hours. What a great way to fly! Onboard the SQ A380 flight, I was already served like a king with sweet delights like two dosages of delicious magnolia magnum ice-cream, sumptuous dinner and breakfast! The inflight

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Got to tell you about my favourite dessert stall - Ah Balling Peanut Soup at Golden Mile Hawker Centre! Ah Balling is the literal translation in Hokkien referring to this sweet dessert of "round shape rice dumplings" served in peanut soup! And if you are at the hawker centre, you probably wont miss this stall as there is persistently a queue for the dessert. Its located among an interesting row

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Char-grilled Salmon Fillet Meal at S$14 with additional "Shiitake Mushroom" sidedishWe heard the Botak Jones advertisement many times on the radio and being in the vicinity around Bukit Merah, we thought we will make a trip there to try. Botak Jones, what a quaint name for a food place! This place serves authentic American food such as grills, burgers and pastas. Supposedly I understand that the

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Happened to see this interesting Japanese Matsuri Festival at Central Shopping Mall probably two weekends back. Matsuri means festival. Maybe the festival was to celebrate harvest of some sort. I did not ask further. So there was some celebration over at Central, nearer the end facing the Riverside Quay. The event was a rather short one. Japanese music were playing in the background and

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We ventured to the neighbourhood this time. Its Serangoon Gardens! Yep the place where the famous hawker food centre is affectionately known as "Chomp Chomp". But no, we did not go to Chomp Chomp. Instead we detoured and visited one of the coffee shops round the corner of Farleigh Avenue, just diagonally opposite the Serangoon Maju Mall. We walked along the row of shops and found this "New Huak

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Nothing beats a bowl of smooth thick spicy Laksa in hot sunny Singapore! And you can find the perfect bowl here at Sungei Road, Singapore! It is not famously acclaimed for no reasons and when you try it, you will know... There has been many Laksa stalls found in Singapore claiming to be either the best Sungei Road or Katong Laksa. These 2 are supposedly the best Laksas in Singapore so many use

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.... is Fernando Alonso, the spainard from Renault Team! Bravo! It was a really dramatic race with spills and thrills tonight that allowed Alonso to get his advantage and up his position from 15th to finish and win! Definitely a well deserved win for the two time World Champion!

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We are going to be part of history tonight, at this moment 7:56pm! Formula 1 (F1) World's First Night Race is going to start at 8pm at Singapore Marina Bay. I need to reach back TV to catch the flag off soon. Just to report that the pole position is held by Ferrari Racer, Felipe Massa. Lewis Hamilton / McLaren Mercedes from Britain is in the 2nd position and another Ferrari racer, Kimi Raikkonen

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Its dessert time! If you love ice-creams, you will love this Azabu Sabo Hokkaido Ice-Cream! We tried their ice-creams and fell in love instantly with its milky soft creamy ice-cream.Azabu Sabo uses dairy milk from Japan, Hokkaido so we should have no worries about it being tainted like those produced from China these days. Hokkaido is famous for milk and of course, for its milk ice-creams too!

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Went for a 5km fun walk and run at the SWING KPE - an event to mark the completion of the Kallang Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) yesterday on 14 September 2008, Sunday.It has been almost a year that I attended the last charity walk to mark the completion of the first 3km of the KPE! Now, its the full completion of another 9km. This expressway stretches from the East Coast Parkway (ECP) to the

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Signage of Hay Dairies Pte LtdAway to the Kranji countryside in Singapore we went this time! Until we explored to Kranji area, little did we know that in tiny Singapore, there are also our own farms aplenty. We were really surprised to find goat, frog, fish and many vegetable farms in the area! People queueing to buy Goat's Milk at Hay Dairies Pte LtdJust to let you have a glimpse of the

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My emphasis these days (due to my problematic stomach) is nice simple good food haunts. Guess where I found my good meal this time. Amidst the busy Bugis Junction.Many people may have overlooked this place as a just a bubble tea place. But hey! You maybe wrong. If you take a closer look next time, you realised a lot of the diners here are actually having fried rice, fried bee hoon, hor-fun and

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First of all, I must wish Singapore a Happy National Day !! We are 43 years of nation building today... and May our nation be peaceful and properous always!On this special day, I will share my little delightful secret...! This one’s a real hidden gem. Located within the Bukit Timah Saddle Club. We stumbled upon this place by chance and I really love it! I thought I had travelled to Australia. The

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Pssst… have a newfound secret. Found a quiet green heaven with eateries right smack around the city. It brings me so much happiness and joy today as I have never felt so healthy and good before!Went for a healthy walk at Bishan Park this morning and chanced upon this group of Deli in the Park eateries. A concept café by the Asmara Tropical Spas and managed by the Aramsa Spas, there are also

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My stomach was not feeling as good these few days. Wondering if its gastric that I had gotten beause of all the irregular hours of dining due to work. Ted says maybe I should get a good remedy through drinking some nice hot nourishing soup. I thought maybe too.. because my stomach seem to have lost its sense of hunger and wasnt capable of absorbing or feeling for solid food anymore.With that in

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Craving for some delicious nice food, we headed for Hotel Intercontinental at Bugis Junction. Olive Tree Restaurant caught my attention immediately when I stepped in the hotel. The electronic signboard was displaying “$55++ Seafood Buffet”. Delicious and being so hungry that I could chew an elephant down, I persuaded Ted to have that with me. So it was Olive Tree for us that evening!I love a

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This nice little restaurant is located just beside the Sculpture Square. Branded as a great place for wining and dining, many people were drinking away at the ourdoor area with some dining indoors...Time seem to have stood still here and you seem to be in an European restaurant! Like perhaps in Italy or France! Don’t expect your food to be served quickly here because my dinner took about 30-40

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While in Bangkok Thailand, we had the chance to try the Sky Restaurant at Thailand's tallest hotel, Baiyoke Sky Hotel (309 metres and 88 storeys high). The Sky Restaurant was on the 76th floor of the hotel and offers the Sky Buffet - international buffet lunch or dinner (@ 740Baht or 940Baht per pax. They offer a special 50% discount for in-house guest) Its probably one of the things that you

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Spent the weekends over at Bangkok Thailand. Took a river boat ride down the Chao Praya, went for relaxing massages and crazy shopping at the many markets / malls at Siam Square, Chitlom and Pratunam areas!! There was simply not enough time to eat, shop, massage and do so many things ... Bangkok is a great place with friendly people! Really. The Land of Smiles as they are known as. Except for

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Café De Amigo was named the “Most Popular Theme Restaurant” in Year 1999 and 2000 by Gourmet Hunt / RadioCorp Singapore. It was previously located at the Specialist Shopping Centre. This new place at Funan DigitaLife Mall is slightly bigger now and not so cram. You will be surprised there is also a live band playing some light jazz music while you eat in the evening between 8pm-930pm! So with the

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Just received a mailer recently on Royal Albert 100 years of mug series and thought about the tableware we see while dining. To a foodie like me, presentation of the tabletop wares is just as important as the food palate and quality! it is almost one of the key to a diner's appetite. Talking about tableware, I am still very much overwhelmed by the experience I had previously at Royal Copenhagen

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Ted and me visited the Ministry of Food (MOF) at Marina Square for dinner the other Friday. This was not our first visit there. Probably our third or fourth visit. We recalled the delicious Japanese food we had and even signed up as members then so we definitely had to go back!There was a long queue outside MOF that evening. In a while we were shown a seat for two at the side of the restaurant.

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I have some copies of the free recipes by Curtis Stone (Master Chef, author & host of TAKE HOME CHEF series on Discovery Channel Travel & Living). These are for:1) Vanilla, Pear & Cinnamon Crumble2) Skirt Steak marinated in Red Wine and Juniper Berries3) Whitefish cooked with Saffron, Turmeric and Leeks, and4) Sesame Crusted Ahi TunaLimited copies only. Please let me know which recipe or all you

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Kyomomoyama is almost as new as The Central. The Central has been known to the in-place now for things Japanese so we decided to go and try the food there. Standing outside the restaurant, you will notice a curious crowd examining the menu as the place is new. While we were also checking out the restaurant, we happened to read a newspaper review pasted on its glass window and it seems to suggest

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Its Chinese food haunt this time again! We went to Din Tai Fung to try its famous “Xiao Long Bao” (Chinese steam dumpling originated from Shanghai). This restaurant of Taiwanese origin has been rated by New York Times as one of the Top 10 Best Restaurants and has been patronised by many famous celebrities. Notably, the Hong Kong actor Chow Yuen Fatt has considered this as one of his favourite

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During the weekends, Ted & me visited the Eastern part of Singapore, Joo Chiat area this time. Joo Chiat is known for its Peranakan and rustic ambience and of course, a popular haunt among foodies! If you would have known, there is the famous “Fei Fei Wanton Noodle” stall in one of the coffeeshops in Joo Chiat,a favourite breakfast spot especially over the weekends. So we headed there. But no, we

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Located along the stretch of old shophouses in Geylang is where you will find this Cantonese restaurant called Sik Wai Sin Eating House. If you observe closely enough on its glass front, this coffeeshop has actually been found and already listed in the “Makan Sutra” by foodies already!! So we are not the only ones who discover this place!! Good and delicious food really travels afar! Sik Wai Sin,

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Ted & me went for Indian fare this time! At Jalan Kayu. In the quiet farther part of Singapore. In the North-East, near to the Seletar Airport.We visited the infamous one and only Thasevi Roti Prata. Well-acclaimed roti-prata since the 1960s. This shop also operates 24-hour! I was craving for pratas in the morning over the weekends so we headed for Thasevi. Since we were there, naturally we had

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This time we venture to a quaint little food stall located at one of the small lanes near to Little India, Serangoon Area. Here is where you will least expect to find a French restaurant, where they call themselves “The French Stall”. This place claims to serve authentic French cuisines prepared by a French ex-chef so we thought we will drop by to try.The ambience is open and relaxed. The walls

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It was the last episode of the "So Simple" TV show on Channel U yesterday. Missed quite a few episodes and only knew about this great show recently. The show was about life inspiring travelogues and simplicity of life looking through the eyes of a poetic traveller played by a Singaporean TV artiste. Really enjoyed the show very much because of the inspirational messages brought across about

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Its local fare this time round! We are back at the famous Amoy Street hawker centre again over the weekends. Our favourite haunt. On Level 2 of the hawker centre, you cant miss this Yuan Chun Famous Lor Mee stall! There is always a long and winding queue of people waiting to order the Lor Mee. So whats the big deal with their Lor Mee??Ted and me tried to understand. With their stall front pasted

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This time we visited the Sun with Moon Japanese Dining & Cafe at Wheelock Place. This was our second visit here. I would recommend more visits to the place to try out the other stuff! Because as I would exclaim: its quality food they serve there! The Japanese food served is simply extraordinary faire! Ted and me ordered the ala-carte mixed yakitori set to share. The way the dish was served

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We visited the Ichiban Sushi at Hougang Mall. Teddy had his tooth extracted and could not take any food that is too hard. So we headed for Japanese food.I had the Salmon Don, which was pretty reasonably priced and boy! was it delicious! Sesame oil over the juicy fresh salmon!! The don came sparkling gold and smells reek of sesame. The don was well seasoned with the right amount of sesame and the

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Tried a quick snack while shopping at the Raffles City shopping centre basement. The CHIPPY British Takeaway - Beer Battered Fish with Battered Fries. In other words, fish and chips!The thing about fish and chips is that the fish has to be really fresh for it to be delicious! Yum. This one is indeed and the fish pieces were delicate! The fishes were probably battered with beer as its name is

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Gong xi fa cai! Chinese Lunar New Year was celebrated on 7 February 2008 and we had 2 days of holiday ushering the new year of the rat. Was busy visiting relatives I havent met for a while. Hope you had a wonderful time reuniting with friends and relatives at home too and may everyone have a happy, healthy and prosperous new year of the Rat!!just before Chinese New Year, Teddy and me had gone New

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“Japanese Village” is the name of this Japanese restaurant located at the Revenue House. Was told that this restaurant offers good and delicious sushi so decided to go and try it with Teddy. It did not disappoint!“Irrashimase! ” (meaning ‘Welcome’ in Japanese), we were warmly greeted by the staff in the restaurant. Located on the 2nd floor of the Revenue House building at Novena, we entered an

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On a shopping spree this time at Orchard Scotts Road with Teddy over the weekends. Feeling hungry and thirsty , we went to the Shaw House building on Scotts Road and stepped into the new Dome Café on Level 4. The décor in the café was just like the typical Dome Café at the other locations. Warm, modern contemporary style. This was our first visit to the Dome Café at Shaw House. Outside the cafe

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The dim-sum by Fortun-ate Teahouse is delicious! Look at what we had.Simple dim-sum like siew-mai and har-hou but they really whet your appetite. The best part is that we had our meal in between our shopping spree at the Wisma Atria shopping centre, Orchard Road.Yes! The teahouse is just one of the tenants at the Food Republic located on the 5th level of Wisma Atria shopping centre. The revamped

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Welcome 2008, goodbye 2007! Its been a year filled with memories of nice dining, warm planting and surprise trips for me!As the new year ushers in, may everyone's new dreams and wishes be fulfilled in this year! And may this new year be another one of the best yet to be where, my tastebuds get more tantalised, where the world becomes my oyster and my voracious appetite be fulfilled ... ! p.s. on

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Found this beautiful piece of Aria Celestina Canon in D song and have to share with you!

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Spent Xmas with Teddy at Royal Copenhagen Tea Lounge (within Takashimaya Shopping Centre) having a peaceful and delicious tea there. The queue became quite a wait as I noticed it built up after we got our seats. Lucky us ! We also manage to get a window view of the Orchard Road.The decor at the lounge was elegant and lovely. At the entrance of the lounge were some beautiful flowers. I like it so

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Here's wishing all a merry christmas.... Joy to the world! The lord is come. Let earth receive their King. Let every heart prepare him room. And heaven and nature sing. And heaven and nature sing. And heaven and heaven and nature sing!MERRY CHRISTMAS !

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Christmas season is here again! Had an early small potluck party at my house over the weekends. Tried my hands on making the Italian bruschetta and whipping up the delicious, creamy Wild Mushroom Soup for my guests!And of course, to meet the hungry needs of the guests, we also ordered the Royal Copenhagen Tea Lounge's roasted chicken (approx 1.5 kg) and the Potato & Onion dish to spice up the

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Its school holidays and being a nice sunny day, brought my nieces and nephews to Singapore Jurong Bird Park ... Havent visited the Bird Park since my school days, easily 10 years now! Gosh. There was a new African wilderness wetland which I have not seen before. Many birds I have not seen before like Birds of Paradise, Scarlet Ibises, Spoonbills ...Realised the park did not changed much over all

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Celebrated Teddy's birthday at Bliss Restaurant located within Punggol Park. I would rate the food there great!! Definitely going back for more next time. Usually I would go for the Grilled Chicken Chop with mushroom sauce. This time, I tried the new dish - Grilled Pork Chop with mushroom sauce. The pork was tender and juicy! The best part about the dish is the mashed potatoes which is soft and

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Had dinner at this restaurant last Sunday in Shenzhen. Restaurant was a stone's throw away from the Oriental Ginza Grand Mercure Hotel (located at Futian District), the place where we stayed. (See blog written below) It appears when we stood outside this restaurant, we saw its list of accolades - listed in the food directory as one of the few good places to eat for its Lobster and Hairy Crab

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On work assignment to Shenzhen. Stayed at Oriental Ginza Grand Mercure Hotel. Business Hotel with facilities that would please the tired but fit conscious business traveller. The hotel boosts of a gym and an indoor swimming pool on Level 5. Tried the hotel's restaurant, Wei Pin Xun Chinese Restaurant on Level 3 yesterday. Its a Cantonese and Teochew cuisine restaurant. We had dim-sum which was

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I am now trying my hands at planting tomatoes! See what I have:This shot above was taken on 20 Oct 2007 about 1 week after we threw in the tomato seeds.Now the shot above was taken on 29 Oct 2007 just 9 days after. Look how they have grown! My wishful thinking is that it will give me some nice, juicy red and fat tomatoes-on-the-vine like what I had the other day... yum yum yum. Cant wait for them

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Oh dear! I am behind time in my journal - I participated in the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) Tunnel Walk on 21 October 2007 (Sunday). The 4km long KPE walk was organised, in advance of the opening of the first stretch of the KPE expressway on 26 October 2007 (Friday). Some 6,000 people participated in the KPE Tunnel Walk.The event was graced by the Minister of State for Finance and

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Have an urge to show the potted herbal bouquet I got from the Cold Storage 2 weeks ago!! My lovely bouquet of herbs!! Consisting of Basil leaf, Dill, Chevril and Parsley. All can be used as garnishes if you cook. I had buying basil leaves whenever I make the Italian bruschetta dish (a dish I learnt from Chef Yong - see my "Cooking Inspiration" weblink at the right!) so I thought why not grow it

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Yum yum... Piao Ji Fish Soup / Porridge stall offers really tantalising and fresh fish and prawn soup! The best fish and prawn soup I have tasted so far! The broth prepared is just nice and smooth to the taste. The ingredients used in the soup are fresh and overall, its a very generous serving. The dipping sauce / soy bean paste also goes very well with the seafood served and the taste of the

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We popped by the "Lau Pa Sat Festival Market" for dinner this evening. The place has changed tremendously since my visit to town, probably a few years back. The market is now also divided out into areas for restaurants and shops. One could find a few Italian and Indian restaurants, shuffled between the corners of the market. The market is still kept very much alive by the satay and ze-char

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