A Taste of Peking at Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck Restaurant

It's a nite of Peking duck with mom, beanie & 大姨. :) We're seated at table 23 on 23rd Feb 2012. :)))

The salted egg & ham slice was average. Nothing to shout about. The shredded chicken fen pi with peanut sauce was a tag dry. I'm gonna try to make these on my own. ;) The improved version that is. :D

These b'day buns were a mini surprise from the restaurant. Lol! :))) Look at these cute little rosy cheeks. :)

The crispy duck skin coated with sugar kicked start our ducky feast. *.* They make such a compatible couple. ;) The rest of the duck with some fats, spring onions, cucumber lazed with sweet sauce, wrapped in thin pancakes are just so delicious. :D Loving it!

Who's able to resist these silky tofu. We had tofu soup & braised tofu spinach with assorted mushrooms. These have got to be our fav. :)

The chef made us ducky fried rice from the remains of the peking duck. :) On top of that, we had a bowl of stewed noodles with preserved veg, bean sprouts & mushrooms. Totally stuffed...

Lin & I got ourselves a pretty fruitti chocolate cake, tarfuto from Cova! Blessed B'day to both of us! :)

Details of Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck Restaurant:
The Paragon
#05-42/45
290 Orchard Road
T: +65 6732 7838

Birthday Breakfast with Mom

Mom woke us up early for a simple bekkie at Toast Box. Nothing fanciful, but the usual half boiled eggs, toast, coffee, ice lemon tea & mee siam.

Simple & chilled start to our birthday! :)

Details of Toast Box:
1 Seletar Road
#01-06 Greenwich V
T: +65 65 6853 3608
W: http://www.breadtalk.com/

B'day Celebration With Vic, Vanessa, Ally & Simon at Bibigo

I'm so happy today! Finally managed to do a sit down dinner with Vic, Vanaessa, Ally & Simon! We can't even remember clearly when was the last time we had dinner together??? Donovan's not able to make it though.

Vic's the person to go to when you wanna try something different & delish! I think she has a hidden list of places to go. :) So for this evening, we're at Bibigo.

We like the clean & fresh concept of Bibigo. Traditional Korean cusine made contemporary. :)

I love choices. Don't you? Bibigo allows us to customize our own bibimbap. :)

Lin and I chose the char-grilled bulgogi with black rice and Kohot & sesame oil sauce. Awesome! :)

Vanessa opted for tofu bibimbap while Vic chose chicken bibimbap. :)

We found the soondubu average but Ally gave a thumbs up for the Ginseng chicken soup. :)

For the sides, we had crispy chicken & seafood pancake. We heart the pancake. Unlike other places, Bibigo's pancake has more veg than flour! :D I'm so inspired to create these minimum flour pancakes on my own!

So now you know who's the alcoholic...:))) Doesn't it remind you of milk? :) It's rice wine by the way. :)

Vanessa further sweeten our nite with b'day cupcakes from Dessert Cup. Too pretty to be eaten...

I'm already looking foward to our next dinner. Hopefully it will not be too far away. ;)

Details of Bibigo Hot Stone:
Raffles City Shopping Centre
#B1-74
252 North Bridge Road
Singapore 179103
T: +65 6336 4745
W: http://english.bibigo.com/index.asp

A Speechless Birthday Celebration *.*

I'm speechless for this birthday celebration! *.* I've lost my voice! But it's not dampening my celebration...no...no. I continue to feast with Lin, Mom, Beanie & dearest cousins, niece & nephew. :D

Minced pork porridge stepped aside for this fabulous & more flavourful feast!

We love satays. There's a selection of duck, chicken & pork! Take your pick!

There's also Kueh Pie Tee, which is turnip, eggs & prawns in crispy cups. Warning: once you start, you can't stop!

And laska :)

And here's our 2nd choc b'day cake & counting...

We weren't successful in our photos taking attempts with the little ones...

Look what our cousins got me! A Kate Spade Barrow Street pouch. Very timely as the one from Pauline has gotten too small for my extended family of nit nacks!

Not my colour, but I like the bow & the size. :)

So who's staying in there?

a) Kate Spade Barrow Street pouch itself
b) Keys to my Peugeot 3008
c) Hello Kitty keychain with keys to my house. Her limbs are movable! Cute eh? Shawn laughs at it because he thinks it's too big for a keychain holder. The good thing is I can't misplace it so easily. I'm actually more concern about losing my Hello Kitty keychain than the keys! :)))
d) Access pass to the house
e) Rilakkuma power charger
f) Cable for the charger. I used a mini hair clip to hold the cable together.
g) Various heads for the charger. One for iPhone & the other Nokia.

Thank you Grace, Benny, Yahui, Charlotte, Shawn, Lydia & Lixian for celebrating our birthday with us. I love the present (Lin has yet to get hers), and we love your company better! :D Hugs...

Birthday Brunch at Canopy

Ed's b'day falls on 21st. Lin & mine fall on 23rd. :) And so we have an early b'day celebration brunch at Canopy. :) We favor smaller intimate meals with close friends over big parties now. :))) It has gotta to be age eh?

Canopy has an extensive all day dining menu. Our choice for Saturday brunch:

Egg benedict

Crabmeat pasta

Triple mini burger sampler

Green curry chicken pasta

and for Koka...

Tina bought us a tiny sinful choc cake from Bakerzin. :D The size is just right after a heavy meal. :) She wanted to get a 1-2kg cake initially. *.*

The rain didn't bother us. :) In fact it made us lingered a little longer. :) And so our brunch lasted about 3.5 hours...

On a seperate note, I now developed a soft spot for 3D cards. Look what Wendy & Tina gave us! I heart them! :D

Details of Canopy Garden Dining:
Bishan Park 2
1382 Ang Mo Kio Ave 1
Singapore 569931
T: + 65 6556 1533
W: www.canopydining.com.sg

Afternoon Tea at Paul? Think Again...

We see Paul everywhere in Shanghai but we never once tried it. Paul's in Singapore now. Not sure what I was thinking, I suggested to Wendy to try it out. I was silently hoping to uncover another gem...As you might have already guessed, it turned out otherwise.

The curious crowd had subsided over the weeks since it first opened. There wasn't a queue and there were a few empty tables. We requested for a table for 3. The waiter seated us next to the cashier, which was fine until 4-5 waiters began crowding behind me. As you can imagine, it wasn't the most comfy place to enjoy an afternoon tea.

We requested to change to another table. There were 3 empty tables for 2 pax. If you join 2 tables, it becomes a table for 4. The French lady said the table is reserved for 4-5 pax. And she said she could seat the 3 of us in a table for 2 pax. Comparing to the current table we were seated, with waiters crowding behind me, we obliged to the arrangement. I wasn't too pleased with it. For the two hours we were there, no one else enter the place. But the 3 of us still gotta squeeze in a table for 2. 

There wasn't any saving grace from the tea or tarts either. The crust of the chocolate tart was soft and tasted burnt. We don't expect this from a French bakery. The chocolate filling wasn't smooth as well. Disappointing.

Next up was another customer service boo boo. We ordered a raspberry tart and was served a mixed berries tart.

Me: We didn't order that.

W (placing the mixed berries tart on our table): We ran out of raspberry tart.

Me: That's not my problem. You should have inform us and tell us the other tarts available?

W (still wanting to place the wrong tart on our table): My colleague took the wrong order.

Me: That's your problem. We don't want it.

W: We have strawberry tarts too. Would you prefer that?

So here's our strawberry tart...

It's our first & last afternoon tea at Paul.

Details of Paul Bakery:

#03-16/16A/17 Ngee Ann City Tower A

391A Orchard Road

T: +65 6836 5932

Saturday Brunch at Roadhouse

We've not done brunch for a while...2 months? : I I'm so glad we're having brunch today with Elaine, Tony & Linda. :) Roadhouse tweaked their menu a little. Loving it! :)

Lin & I shared a Cajun chicken burger (this is new). The chicken was juicy & tender, done to perfection. ;) It came with fries & salad.

We also shared an egg benedict. The ham was a tad sweet for our liking...

If you wanna a healthier burger, try Roadhouse's Miso Cod Burger (this is new too). Elaine enjoyed it and will be back again! :D

Tony's joining the Irish team for football in the afternoon. A heavy meal doesn't seem like a good idea. So he opted for Beef & Sweet Pepper Quesadillas.:)

We love Saturday brunches! :) Where's your fav brunch hangouts?

Details of Roadhouse:
13 Dempsey Road
#01-07
Singapore 249674
T: +65 6476 2922
W: http://roadhouse.com.sg/