Team Lunch at Ichiban Boshi

Miss Ang insisted on giving the team a treat for our help in covering her duties when she was away and also for some bets they were in and did not want to share.

After some discussion, we decided to have Jap food (again, for me)--> Ichiban Boshi at Novena Square. I know I just had jap food yesterday but I was fine with it. I kind of love jap food and I think it needs to take a few more meals before I get sick of it. Am still missing yesterday's sashimi.

The pictures in the menu looked all delectable and quite spoilt for choices especially when it was a treat! Hehe but of course we did not exploit Miss Ang. We ordered within limits. Think my Chirashi Jyu was one of the cheapest $14.90++. Basically it was rice with sashimi cubes (tuna, swordfish & salmon) with roes and cucumbers. Refreshing. I just had to dip the sashimi and rice in bits of soy sauce, it tasted good. Oh it came with miso soup as well.

Thank you Miss Ang for the lovely meal!

Rainy Friday

A good weather for piping hot and spicy Bak Kut Teh, as Ah Yeo said. But now I am kind of feeling "heaty"... a little headache. :S Or maybe it's the work. I don't know.

Ah Yeo drove us to meet up with Bo who was on leave today, at Founders' Bak Kut Teh. It was packed with patrons but luckily Bo was there earlier to help book the seats.

Initially we took the table inside the restaurant but it seemed stuffy so we went to sit at the table outside instead. Thankfully for the rain, it was breezy too. The food was served very soon after our order.

The ribs were tender yet springy. I would love it if it has the soft cartilage bones. :) I also love eating "Tau Kee", a must-have, though I still prefer the steamboat kind cos' I can decide how long to cook it, to retain its chewiness. Ah Yeo also ordered the pigs' parts assortment where everyone got to eat their favourites like pigs' intestines, liver, stomach, etc.

Again, Mr Kok could not join us because of his site meeting. And... ...

It's a mistake to send your photo to your friends... Haha! Hope Mr Kok won't mind our nonsense. As usual, while we were talking and all, Ah Yeo was busy snapping and doing his collage. Stealing this from him:

Argh! I am beginning to feel the heat around my neck and head, I think it's the bak kut teh.... Better drink lots of water!

Lunch at Xinwang Cafe (Anchor Point)

This was what I had today for lunch. The gang drove to Anchor Point and we settled our lunch at Xin Wang. All the way there, because Mr Kok needed to send his Sacoor Brothers' Suit for alteration. And Bo recommended him a tailor (Queen's Alteration) at Queensway Shopping Centre. So, journey to Queensway.

Anyway, this was the 2nd time I ordered this noodles cos' I love the soup! With the milk and papaya, the soup was soooooo sweet! And that time Irene told me we could change bee hoon to noodles. So I ordered the same combination, except I forgot to change the hard boiled egg to sunny side up. Nevermind, it still tasted good.

Why did I order this healthy sliced fish noodles soup? Because KS, Yeo and I wanted to try something else... it's a little sinful, oily and fatty. So to compensate that, I ordered this soupy main. LOL! What was that we wanted to try?!? (Hubby would be very interested to know this.)

Each only took one piece so not that sinful actually. Frankly the chicken wasn't big. Verdict is it's just like any normal fried chicken but KFC would be much much better. So, I don't think I will order this again. (Hubby, hear that?) For fried chicken, I will still settle for KFC, Popeyes or IKEA!

How I Spent the Labour Day

Waking up to a very humid morning but the trio went ahead to have breakfast outside. After Evans was done with his morning milk-feed, papa drove us out to Lai Kee Pau. This time, we wanted to try the roasted meat from the other stall which we thought looked delicious. On top of that we could not resist but to order some dim sum to top up the roasted meat noodles.

The noodles fell below our expectations. The shao la was not bad, the char siew and roasted pork (shao rou) had the wok smell but then not impressive enough for me to order again. The noodles were a little soggy and the sauce made it kind of thick and mashy. Hmmm, disappointed. So it was a good thing we had the dim sum to fall back on to make it a more satisfying meal.

Hubby ordered a new item which was actually sweet tofu fish paste cake at the bottom, with a prawn on top. Yah, nothing big deal. I think the usuals (fu pi juan) still taste the best.

We also ordered the Liu Sha Bao for Evans... too dry. I think the Bao Today's version is still better.

After breakfast, I suggested bringing Evans to the playroom, to keep him entertained, also to enjoy the air con. Evans was of course delighted. He had a lot of fun with the play house and the slide. There was another baby seated in his pram at the play room. I think the dad brought him in to enjoy the air con too since the baby was way too young to play in there. Evans did try to say Hi. :)

Evans surely had a fun morning.

I was feeling a little tired but I thought to myself I needed some workout to feel upbeat and of course to "recover" from all the pork knuckles the previous night. So after I put Evans down for his afternoon nap, I asked hubby to help me look after Evans while I picked up my running shoes and headed for the gym downstairs.

Never really like to run on threadmill unless I do not have other better choice. As I did not have much time, I needed to finish the jog and go back for shower before Evans woke up, threadmill was the best alternative. Jogged for about 40 min or so. Felt accomplished though the speed and the distance covered were not impressive. But a pat on my shoulder for working out.  Hehe!

Another place to enjoy the air con and the free space for Evans to roam about would be.... .... AIRPORT! Yes, airport AGAIN & AGAIN! It's near our house, it's a few stations away... We spent the evening there, doing almost the same old thing but so long it pleased the little boy...

From the last Heguru lesson, the teacher mentioned that we could start introducing vegetables and fruits to the kid. So we brought Evans to the NTUC at T3, introducing him to the various fruits/vegetables. Though he wasn't really focused and at times, not too interested, I wanted to believe that sub-consciously he was learning. He did show some interests when I let him carry the cabbage and apples. It was a pity that all the fruits and vegetables were wrapped in cellophane. Here was papa's turn who tried to get Evans interested... ...

After dinner at the foodcourt, Evans re-visited the Aviation Gallery where he could play with the rotating "flowers" again.  And given that it was a PH, there were more kids running about. Very rowdy. Sometimes I wish the gallery could be revamped cos' with all the wear and tear caused by the kids running up and down, it looked quite sad and old.

This time, we did not spend much time convincing Evans to leave for home. He probably had played long enough and was a little tired. Then we took the train train home.

This was how the trio spent the PH away... :)

Star Awards 2013 Themed Dinner

The idea came pretty randomly. It started off as a dinner to celebrate getting of bonus but it went wild with a themed dinner. And we are glad it happened and everyone looked the part (at least some of the least expected guys tried to look formal). I don't know if it's the anticipation or it's the rare occasion where everyone dressed up so nicely together. We do not appear like this in wedding dinners even!

The dinner venue was set at Paulaner, Millenia Walk. It was the eve of a PH (Labour Day) so it was timely, we did not have to wake up early for work the next day.

The ladies spent a lot more effort to dress up for the evening. We brought clothes and heels to office for change. And we brought makeup set to touch up. I even brought fake lashies to put on! It was (to me) a big deal because I rarely wear fake lashes. Always wanted to try them on but always no time. This time, I attempted to put them on and succeeded! It reminded me of getting ready for prom or some performance when the 3 of us were busy dolling up in the ladies. 

The highlights of the Star Awards 2013 dinner... ...

A little jam on our way to the dinner

Look at the other guests, we were definitely OVERDRESSED.

Without jacket for now

The dudes started without the ladies!

Not so sure if it was our formal dressing or the weak air con, we started to perspire a little half way through the dinner. So thought the iced cold beer would lower the temperature but the beer was not icy at all. Probably that was also why I thought the beer tasted average. 

All those blue tinted photos were courtesy from Ah Yeo who used different camera mode on his new phone to capture. The tinted photos indeed gave a sense of arty look, don't you think?

Can you tell we really spend a lot of time dressing up?

 

The bickering duo

 

We ordered 2 portions of Pork Knuckles (boy, it was really huge), 1 plate of sausage with fries, the other sausage with wedges and 2 different types of salads (caesar and I do not know what's the other one because I did not like it). The Pork Knuckles were delicious, the skin was roasted till it was very crispy while the meat still kept its moist. But 2 plates of them were a little too much. And you kind of got sick eating so much meat after a while but luckily we managed to clear most of the food during our chats and jokes. I like the caesar salads, served with croutons. The lettuce was fresh and crunchy. The croutons gave the extra texture to it. The other salad tasted a little more sourish.

As for the sausages, there was really nothing special... given that by right they are supposed to be the specialty (right?) in the German restaurant. Or maybe I did not know how to appreciate German cuisine. They were ok but I could not recall if I liked any particular type.

 

Looking good, everyone!

 

Mr Kok could not join us because he had to celebrate his youngest gal's first birthday. We gave him live updates via the WhatsApp Chat group, with all the photos, where he started to anyhowly gave us different awards, based on our dressing. It was a shame that he could not join. And, he was the topic of our lame acts. Putting Mr Kok's face together with our handphones was really hilarious. What made it more challenging was we had iphones and samsungs, so the quality and the alighnment were different. This was what we could do... ... LOL!

 

 

 

What's the star awards dinner without the red carpet moments!?? So we managed to find some "Star-worthy" backdrop in Millenia Walk and there we went, snapping away. Weren't we lucky to find somewhere with red carpet and white background?!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I like the one Ah Yeo took of us, during the candid moments because they looked more natural and somehow gave the "celeb" feel. He should be our photographer next time. HEHE! He also put together the photos which he took earlier that night, and formed the collages.

We did not want to end the night so early because it would be lame! Haha! So we went to The Coffee Club for some tea and coffee and they had the cakes (which I did not, too FULL!). The seats we had were very orangey, so I did a little edit on the pictures so that they are less glaring. It was a nice place to end the night with all laughters and reminisce. The waitress who served us was very nice too, she was very welcoming and entertained our 'nonsense' by laughing  with us. Hahah! A lovely evening. :) It was so lovely that we are already starting to think about the next themed dinner! LOL! Probably can be along the line of "From Riches to Rags"... no more glam, the most unglam wins it all. :D Stay Tuned!