Bz Mommy

Nov again! How time flies!  And every Nov, we seems to be at somewhere on someday, just the 2 of us, celebrating our decision and being together

And last year we had a good afternoon tea with baby Eva still in the tummy…this year, we took leave from work (and home :p) to have a lunch buffet in the line!

My 1st time there and only realised that that online booking actually offers good discount to the lunch buffet, too bad it doesn’t apply to bookings done on the day itself

The light reflected on the floor tiles before the entrance….

Had to walk a LONG way from Orchard MRT to the hotel  I think no more 2nd time walking to Shang anymore..

The food…I long heard from alot of friends that the line is a must try…but sad to say, I was not very fascinated by the buffet spread

Sashimi – can’t go wrong unless it’s not fresh.. The cut was thick!

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They serve Salmon belly too…but it’s not good as the salmon sashimi somehow…

The chicken, the potatoes, and the sausages…

The Indian station – Hubby was happy when he saw the Naan but he was so disappointed after a bite…and I told him it’s the worst naan that we have eaten…ever! It’s worst than the naan that we brought from The Soup Spoon! Gosh!

The Sushi…s0-s0

The seafood – the 1st crab claw that I ate was really sweet, but not so for the rest..the prawns were OK.

Ok, I was not expecting much for the rest of the food after all the previous food that we have tasted..but I went WOW with the Laksa…it was not watery, in fact the gravy was thick and delicious AND HOT without the chilli! Shiok! And it has the quail eggs!

Prawn noodles! Ok la – compared to some places which served really very tasteless prawn soup…

Wanton noodles – no need to try, don’t waste your stomach space :p

They serve Kopi Terik or Teh Terik…

Drunken prawns…tried this after we had our desserts as it ran out for a while..

My happy Lao Gong..not because of the food, but because of my presence!

Desserts time…

Nothing much to mention except for the mont blac (bottom left on picture) and the tiramisu…the mango pudding was quite good too…

Oh, the jelly has a childhood taste…those jelly which I bought from the drink stall during my primary school days from my pocket money and do not dare to tell my mom I ate jelly for lunch :p

If we had the 40% discount, the buffet would be worth it, but for the full price which we had paid, it’s really not worth the food & the reputation that it had established..Seems to have felt that the food were not of standards because of the huge discount that it gave to those who made a prior online booking and shortchange those who had paid full price.. Question is, why should they be penalizing those who did not make prior booking as firstly the place is not full, business still has to go one even it’s 1 guest, shouldn’t they welcome more one-the-day booking since it increase their patronage for the day…

No more the line buffet for us, unless we have the discounted fare…

Our friend Ber invited us for a free meal at the Mushroom Cafe at SengKang Riverside Park.  This is the first time we came to this park.  It was not difficult to find – as Dear used to learn driving at the quiet roads beside the park.

It’s a bistro cafe – and it was quite a warm afternoon…

The view of the quiet park…

This Mushroom Cafe was actually by Old Chang Kee and no wonder the food looks so familiar…as there’s a Old Change Kee mobile store @ my office during some of the weekdays.

It was a different experience as we usually do not go to parks…I can’t quite stand the hot day and the sun and thus my family are also sort of deprived from the sun-fun :p

Been to this restaurant a couple 0f times as it’s one of my parents-in-laws’ favorite.

Papaya Salad…GOOD!

Spiced Sausage… GOOD!

Fried Oysters with Egg…the EGG is crispy! GOOD!

Hokkien Noodles…am not a fan of this..so no comments

And the pork..

+ the buns

= This = GOOD!

Yam Paste….nice!

A good meal with good food sure makes a difference!

Wanted very much to have chicken wings @ Ice Cold Beer on the Friday night but it was so crowded when we reached there. So we went to T.G.I Friday’s instead.

Order a few bites and the beer.

Nachos with cheese :

Buffalo Wings

Potato Skin

And our beer and stout

The food were OK, but of ‘cos it didn’t kill my craving for the chicken wings from Ice Cold Beer.  The staff in T.G.I Friday’s really seem to be working in a Friday mood and that’s definitely not what we are looking for.

….. to me!

Had a day off with compliments from my company (Birthday Leave).  Dear took leave to accompany me.  To us, birthdays are not about presents but the company of each other.  It was really a pity and a regret for me that I had to work on his birthday this year because I had just returned to work after my maternity leave.

He didn’t want to tell me what’s the agenda for the day.  5 days before the actual day, he smsed me and  said that I wasn’t allow to make any plans; he will do the planning and I will do the lazing… it’s a teaser and I kept wondering where he will bring me to.  Tried to get something out from his mouth but it’s so tight that I got nothing out. ><;

And guess what? I finally had a romantic time with him @ Dempsey Hill.  He drove us to jones the grocer for breakfast at 9am+!

My pretty white flat! Should tell them that’s its my birthday and ask them to draw a birthday cake or something…

His pot of tea…which later became our pot of diluted tea…:D

We ordered 2 set of English Breakfast…and he asked for poached eggs..

And me? Sunny Side Ups!

The bread is super nice! Nicely toasted and when it’s spread with butter, it’s heavenly!  Oh, the breakfast set include the button mushrooms, toasted tomato, bacon, sausages, the eggs and 2 pieces of toasts.

It was a hearty breakfast indeed! And that’s our early breakfast and lunch.  We continued to enjoy the wet morning (It was raining heavily & we were seated @ the non-air-conditioned table), sipping the coffee & tea and reading the newspapers, books & magazines. We bought a bag full of my magazines and he bought a book.  I finally had time to read the magazines which I brought from Hong Kong!

After nua-ing the whole morning away in jones the grocer, dear drove to another of our favourite cafe – The book cafe.  We order some chips and tea and continue with our reading..

My pot of chamomile tea…

His pot of lemongrass with ginger tea…this is refreshing and different!

The book cafe has a kids corner which has a low shelf of books and toys.

When I took this photo, I was told that I can’t take photo…bleah!  Was thinking not even to mention about book cafe here since they are so strict with the photo-taking.  Maybe they had earned enough from their loyal customers and hence do not need any more free advertising -.-

Dear drove to Clarke Quay and we went to Hooters for some tea time. I wanted to have some chicken wings, and both of us totally forgot about IKEA!

Anyway, had a great view at the outdoor seats of Hooters.  Had always wanted to enjoy a relaxing afternoon at the quay side and it finally came to pass.

Huge Ketchup & kitchen paper roll @ the table

The mild favor chicken wings – has a pinch of cheesy taste in the marinate.  But the meat is a-bit too hard instead of juicy ones like IKEA & Ice Cold beer…

My day started with 2 birthday kisses from Dear & Dawn…I thought that was the best present that I have for the birthday.  We were home early and wanted to go to fetch Dawn from childcare.  But my father-in-law hinted that he will fetch her instead.  Silly me didn’t get the hints and kind of insisted to fetch her….and he had to tell me that Dawn had made an appointment with him after school.

The night before, I had asked Dawn about my present.  Dawn said that she can’t because she has school on my birthday.  And the next moment, she exclaimed, “Daddy, how? Mommy’s present?”  It was quite a cute and immediate “panic” from the little girl and I can’t help but to giggle.

Earlier in the morning, I had asked Dawn where’s my present again and told her that she will give me my present after school.  I guess she must had asked my father-in-law the “how” question and my father-in-law told her to draw a cake in school and passed it to me. My bright little girl then said to my father-in-law, “Aiya, no need la, buy from the cake shop lo!” And that’s how the appointment was made.  My father-in-law was supposed to bring her to buy cake for me after school!

And here’s my pink cake from my little girl…it’s really paid by her because she took out the money from her piggy bank and return to “YeYe”!

And of ‘cos, birthday are not birthday without the song and Dawn sang the English and Chinese version for me before we eat the cake together.

Thank you my 2 darlings, for giving me a wonderful birthday!

Had been bugging hubby to bring me to Dempsey Hill for meals…supposedly to be a romantic and filled with night life place.

He finally brought me, but with Dawn, so it’s not a romantic dinner but a family dinner  The suggested place was DOME @ Dempsey Hill.

We reached at about 830pm + and it’s still filled with dinner crowd.  We walked in to find our own seats as no one served us for a moment.  The staff were all dashing here and there and it really seem to be a very busy evening for them.

Though busy, the staff were still having their smiles and attentive to our needs when we asked to have our orders taken. The drinks were served quickly and Dawn has a special take-away plastic cup for her warm water! This somehow makes me happy because you will not see such gesture in other place. Can you imagine that my heart always go beating faster every time Dawn picks up a glass to drink water in the various restaurants?

My Caromilie tea – which I hope that it calm me down and give me a better sleep …

The starter : Caramari~

Dear’s fish and chips to be shared with Dawn

My pasta!

Pretty decent food!

As we were away to HK during my father-in-law’s birthday, we had an early celebration @ The Paramount. This is the a-la-carte lunch buffet.

We started with those items which they limit in quantity…

The Beijing Roasted Duck (limit to 2 slices per person) :

Mini Buddha Jumps Over the Wall (limit to 1 serving per person) :

Live Prawns (Limit to 100g per person – can chose to different way of cooking) :

There are quite a number of items on the menu, and they are all not too bad.

Special mention is the dessert portion.. They have 7 choices and we ordered the :

Ice cream puff..

With chocolate ice-cream!

And Dawn likes it!

We also ordered the Herbal Jelly…

The Honeydew Sago…

And almond beancurd with longan ……

The Desserts are all great! Best of all, they are served in a single small portion, which makes it possible to still try a few types of dessert after a very full lunch!

It’s been quite some time since we went to Ma Maison.  We had went to the one @ Bugis & Central bef0re.  And it was a pleasant surprise to find a new branch at Millenia Walk. It’s also a plus point because Millenia Walk has a promotion of free parking for shoppers who spend $50 and above.

Very pretty entrance! This branch is more spacious and personally do prefer this branch than the one in Bugis.

Eva was also excited in the restaurant

Dawn waiting for the food!

Assorted franks, NICE! Dawn loves this!

My creamy mushroom omelette rice.  First time trying this and I fell in love at once! And it’s Dawn’s favourite too!

See Dawn with the thumbs up!

Dear order the beef omelette rice, but forgot to take photo as was feeding Eva..

In this restaurant, they have this promotion where there’s free treats for family who dines there.  A free beer for Daddy, A free dessert for mummy, and free toys for the kids! How good is that!

As Dear drove that day, so he chose the coke rather than the beer.  As for me, you can guess who ate  my dessert…

See the happy girl!

Ice Cream & Toy!

Nothing for Eva but she enjoyed her nap after her milk and gave us some peace for our dinner

Had an early celebration of my dad’s birthday as we will be away for the weekend before his actual birthday.  The chosen place - 老北京 @ Novena Square.

Dear said that they serve nice 八宝茶.  Took a sip from his cup.

寿桃 for my dad, on the house by the restaurant. Cute little ones! And it taste good! Dawn love it too!

Side dish – peanuts, can’t eat because I am still breastfeeding

Cold Dish – Pork.  I can’t remember what is it though, but it’s sinful but super yummy!

Also cannot remember what’s this vegetable :p

Steamed Juicy Meat Buns 小笼汤包 :

Traditional Roast Peking Duck 媲美全聚德的烤鸭 :

Mian Xian as it’s my dad’s birthday meal…

Egg Tofu…ordered mainly for Dawn.

Yummy fatty meat!

Very full-filling lunch

Friends met up for Dear’s birthday and the chosen place was Mad for Garlic @ Suntec.  I came to know about this place via those coupons websites but had never try it before.

The cover page of their menu…not sure about you, but the 1st impression that jump upon me was DRACULA-S!

The menu items were also on the paper place-mat.

We ordered the Garlic Bread Tower.  They brought the bread in the form of a “Tower” shape and mixed the garlic spread & cut it in-front of us.

A-little messy due to the crust and also we requested them to cut it to 8 pieces instead of 4.  Dawn love this, probably because of the crust.

A free pizza exchanged by Bernard, Garlic Snowing Pizza.  I think it’s the best food out of all those we had ordered. It tasted sweet and there are small little whole garlic on the pizza.  The sweetness is just right and it’s yummy!

The Gorgonzola Pizza with honey dip…I am not a fan of fermented cheese so didn’t quite like the taste.

Lobster Pasta, So-so only, maybe because it was cold when I finally manage to eat it (was feeding Eva).

Garlic Sizzling Rice…Bernard gave me a spoonful to try, and it tasted great even when cold.  The fried garlic is fragrant!

Fresh Shrimp & Garlic Sprout pasta ordered by Jimmy…

Garlic Butter Shrimp ordered by Shun…

As Dawn didn’t like must of the Lobster Pasta & the Pizza, Dear had to order another Chicken & Pasta combo for her.  The BBQ sauce chicken was quite good but the pasta is not to my liking.

It was an ordinary dinner and probably we will not visit again because the kid didn’t like the food (except for the garlic bread!).