random pictures

the bf and i were really amused with the photo booth function of my imac... see what we started taking pictures of?!

we started off with traveling through some light tunnel...

then he said he looks huge and hunky in this picture... haha!

i like this picture, it reminds me of those caricatures!

i took this some time back... i luv the mirror image function!

and this picture... i look so emo... hurhur

i luv my mac!!

birthday treats

had 2 big meals 2 days in a row :)

means i gotta put in more effort to go jogging :P

first birthday meal is at sakuraya... was craving for (good) sashimi and sakuraya is a fail-proof place!

the bf and i both love sword fish and salmon... so those are the must haves... then of cos i love scallops and oysters!

according to ev, the seafood is shipped in every tuesdays and fridays... thankfully my birthday is on a friday :P the sashimi were so fresh i could taste the sweetness in the fish! we also had lots of makis for this girl who loves her carbs :)

saturday night dinner was at the hawker centre at smith street in chinatown... dad's friend's father-in-law's stall and according to dad, serves very good fish head.

we ordered veg, bitter gourd with pork ribs and a fish head steamed with some spicy sauce...

overall, the meal was quite a disappointment. the veg was ordinary. you can probably find veg as tasty as this in any zi-char stall...

the bitter gourd with pork ribs was slightly below average. the bitter gourd was bitter (its not supposed to be despite its name!) and the pork ribs were not flavourful enough...

dad reading newspaper behind :P

ok, the only saving grace was the fish head... but then its their signature dish, if not good then might as well close shop right!

all in all, prolly wont go back there.. unless dad insists on supporting his friend again!

best bubble tea in singapore?

remember more than ten years ago there were cafes that sold nothing but bubble tea? back then one cup of bubble tea costs more than $5 each... were prepared manually by mixing the concoction in metal cups and came in nice fancy glasses...

a couple of years following that time... kiosks serving bubble tea in plastic cups started sprouting everywhere! selling bubble tea for $2 per cup and completely over threw those nice quaint bubble tea houses... then that industry got too crowded and the kiosks started disappearing again...

fast forward to today... only a few dominant bubble tea companies remain: sweet talk and happy cup just a name a couple...

and now... people are starting to rave about this particular bubble tea shop - koi @ toa payoh central

the store front had a long queue of people waiting for their drinks. i took a peek at their preparation area and was surprised! remember those metal cups? instead of manually shaking it, the shop had this machine that shakes the cups (of cos, someone had to mix the drink and put it on the machine) and following that process, the usual, someone puts it into another machine and the plastic cup gets sealed.

i tried the bubble milk tea and the bf had the swiss chocolate milk shake. what i like about it most is that you can choose your level of sweetness! unlike most other bubble tea kiosks (where the bubble milk tea is usually pre-prepared and all the person does is to fill the cup with bubbles, tea and ice and seal it), the bubble milk tea from koi is individually prepared, "shaked" in the machine and sealed... and the taste? much better than the usual of cos. the draw backs? pricely. each cup costs an average of $4 for a medium sized drink, double the price of a drink from sweet talk.

will i go back again? yes, but only for the bubble milk tea... the chocolate milk shake was wayyy to rich and after finishing it, you feel like you're gonna "pu zhua" the next day :P

oh, did i mention that the pearls were super chewy? my jaws ached after finishing the cup!

happy new year!

new year new beginning... x'mas/new year is always a busy period... lots of new year and birthday celebrations :) *hint hint*

first b'day of the year was of cos the bf's.

took him to this place called the golden spoon at seng poh road in tiong bahru. read the reviews at hungrygowhere and all the reviewers said they will definitely go back there... sounds like a place not to be missed eh!

we ordered my favourite spinach with 3 eggs (salted egg, century egg & normal egg)... this one is cooked in a clear broth (unlike most places which cook it in a starchy broth). the broth is very "flavourful" and they gave pretty generous serving of eggs! *yum*

we also ordered deep fried cod in pumpkin sauce and cereal. they are famous for their pumpkin sauced foods... so how can we not try? the cod fish, partially drizzled with pumpkin sauce, were covered in cereal... which gave the fish a sweet and savoury taste, together with the fishy taste that cod has... absolutely yum!! we also ordered vermicilli (cos birthday must eat noodles :P) and the bill only came up to less than $50. i sound like i'm advertising for them hor? i think their food is really nice leh!

that's the bf waiting for his food *fierce*

the 2nd birthday of the year... mine! although not yet, the girls decided to give me an early celebration :)

we wanted to go mellben's at amk for crabs. tried to call and reserve a place, but was told "no reservations on saturday". so we rocked up at 7pm, only to find a freakingly long queue, and expected waiting time of 1.5 hours! we crossed the road to try uncle leong's crabs instead. approximately 45 mins of waiting time though... we tried their signature dish - shimmering sands crab... yummmm.. pics are with dean... as you can see from the pic below... she was busy all night taking pics and peeling crab meat for hieu :P

more bday and nonsense pics to come!!

happy birthday spr!!!!!!