Me vs 4+1 October Bdae people!

A long awaited gathering. finally we got a date and before Helen goes into labour, we met up at Coca at international building in Orchard to have dinner. As usual, mic was the earliest! He's always on time! once there i was hungry.

so eager to start that i didnt take any pics till our 3rd round of raw food was cooking! i like the wantan here. We were the first to arrive but not the 1st to leave thou! think we had almost like 5-6rounds of food order but we gals stopped much earlier, the boys of cos had much more room!

after dinner, we head to tcc at the ground level and we were pretty lucky to have our seats pretty soon. everyone was too full to have a slice of cake each. so i only ordered a mont blanc to share and a chocolate grottine for the bdae celebration. the deal was i was going to treat the rest including gx who are all born in month of October thus 4adults+1. helen's baby in the tummy, the little boy is soon gog to be arriving anytime in October!

i sang a bdae song for all of them. haha a very fast one emphasising alot on U and pointing to all of them. too bad everyone so full, we got to share the 2 cakes instead of 4 cakes. thou the mont blanc is a little sweet, i still find it nice and i have yet to find another place that served it. the chocolate grottine was nice too. the chocolate mousse in the covered dark chocolate walls was rich. while everyone had drinks, i just have warmed water to go with the sweet treats. i really couldn't take anymore food!

envy helen! i wish you helen a safe delivery and i wish you and soh happiness. i was happy we met up and had this little gathering. i am glad we still can sit and have meals together. Mic stay happy! and so am i going have 4 slices of cakes from each of you guys in April? we shall see!

Aunt's special treat!

i am so lucky! think thats how most of us (my family) feels! after the saturday party, before we left, we were surprised to hear uncle m informing us that tomolo the party continues... at Ah Yat Restuarant. So on Sunday 28th Sept, we met again in the evening to gather to celebrate my aunt's Big day!


the boys esp gx was alittle affected cos its F1 final nite race in singapore. but we were glad to find out that the room has ktv, 2 flat screens and it has tv receptions! so we had the one nearest to us showing the race while those who are singing had to face the other screen.

way before we ate, we were served champagne. i love champagne but it has to be cold thou. the dishes started with the soutao. followed by a cold meat dish which was not bad. then the crispy sucking piggy was nice.


wooo the next dish was sharks fin. it was good and i like that they put the beansprouts aside allowing people to add according to their liking. then really we had bao yu. the abalone. cos this restuarant is known for its abalone dishes. it was nice! next to the abalone was prob duck feet.

yes we wore our "lovers tees" ... the tees he bot for me as anniversary present... haha his is considered my present too. as we sang through the nite, watch f1, play with kidos, te adults took the opportunity to talk and share their feelings... and of cos the food didnt stopped! next after the tummy warming soup and lovely abalone, we had prawns with snow peas.

what i love about steam fish in restaurant is that they smell so good, the soya sauce smell, makes me wana eat the fish! next we had crab. ALASKAN CRAB. thats not all.... its cooked in FOI GRAS sauce... yes we did taste the foi gras and the was black pepper in it but of cos its not the usually dosage of black pepper and i love the taste of it! first time ever for all of us eating foi gras alaskan crab!

the veg soup was a little weird cos the veg is very bitter but the soup taste good... fried rice to end the savoury part of dinner but i spiced it up with the remaining foi gras. then we had toasting! i drank several glasses of champagne through the dinner! i say prob 6-7glasses? drank alot that nite. and sure did my uncles too....


dinner ended with my favourite xue ge. gx and i was being crazy with the camera since he commented i had such a greedy look when my favourite is served! he like onee better! it was an enjoyable dinner!!

unexpected dinner

monday... draggy! gosh was so tired ... but lucky it started to pour heavily after i got off the bus in school. looked forward to the end of the day to meet ann. we went to chinatown for dessert. yes again! before having the dessert we ate yong doufu at people park hawker... this stall is famous but i felt that they slacked cos the soup base has got not much taste.

then we head to have dessert. as usual ann is here for her yam, onee. i went ahead to try the peanut ice-shaving. its not bad but compared to taiwan's... of cos taiwan's ice is nicer! but its was nice to have something similiar here... really miss the huaduo bing! then we went in search of the shotglass. recommended by chef nan, she told me theres a shop that sells pretty reasonable priced shotglasses, can be used for vodka (haha) or mousse desserts in a glass. after that i rushed home for monday dinners with in-laws. Mil suggested to go have a nice meal today. she say just like 3 years ago, we had our wedding dinner on a monday and its on the same lunar calendar day. that didnt cross my mind!


we went to try out a new crab restuarant in tpy industrial park lor8. the food is not bad. the pork was very nice, i didnt get to see the menu this not sure whats it called. but it was really soft and yummy. the prawns were the best dish that nite. i like the creamy pumpkin sauce, spiced up with curry leaves. this is a must try!

for the 1st time, we ordered salted egg coated crab. and also for the 1st time i ever see crab stack up high, one on top of each parts! we were like playing stacko when we pull out a piece to eat. quite nice but can't have too much of this thou, even thou i love salted eggs! mouth gets pretty dry. we were served durian pudding, but this was ok only... the meal overall was not too bad. thou its in a coffeeshop area, we sat in the air-conditioned area.

Mum's bdae part iii

after school met ann. we went to chinatown and went in search for the dessert store. for lunch i only ate cracker and biscuits cos i was saving my stomach for dinner. but got really hungry after school. my dear cousin A is crazy about anything thats yammy! thats right spelling she loves YAM! got her to come along to visit this dessert store that i have been waiting to check out cos i heard about this place long time ago.

we walked the wrong way and we ended up walking in a loop before finding the dessert store. guessed many people who loves dessert knows about this place. For a 4pm afternoon and almost unable to find a seat, tells how good the dessert is! we ordered a plate of yam and carrot cake to share. suppose to have pumpkin cake but that was sold out. the carrot cake is yummy but i find the yam cake too pepperish. ann loved her yam onee. i find it ok. i ordered the mango pomelo sago dessert. its good but then maybe i didnt feel well, i should be really excited cos it was really not too bad... there was enough sweet mango cubes in this dessert. we wanted to order another dessert to share but i stop cos i have ten course dinner waiting for me! we are gog back next week to try other desserts.

parted with ann, i went in search for aircondition at OG. after meeting gx we stroll to the restuarant sis and dan chose. we got a private room on the 4th level. when we got there we were surprised that the room comes with karaoke. here the decor pretty old style but i like the setting. here they have their restaurant name and logo all on their plates, bowls, teapot, even on the rosewood chairs!

before gog to OG i walked all the way to get mum this box of mooncake. its not the lianrong type, its the mixed nuts mooncake. very old school but this is where i got my cantonese style wedding cakes. for my wedding i chose traditional cakes cos modern cakes are available everyday. not many occasions we will get to order tradition chinese cakes. as for the pic i took with mum, can't remember what was said but i couldn't help laughing out loud. this room is pretty nicely decorated. simple, modern, nice.

the peach bun served here is so dainty. as for the cold dish, the shredded egg looks plain but it taste the best! it was so yummy. shark fin soup smelt so good! even thou i still have a block nose i could smell. i didn't take pictures of all the food we ate because i was busy entertaining my twin cousins. we ate quite a few dishes and they were very nice!

五福大拼盘Coldcut Platter
蟹璜鱼翅Shark’s Fin Soup with Crab Meat
脆皮烧鸡Roasted Chicken
椒豉蒸活金目鲈Steamed Live Sea Bass In Special Bean Sauce
白灼游水虾Quick - Boiled Live Prawns
竹笙兰花Braised Brocolli with Bamboo Pith
三丝焖面Panfried Noodle with ShreddedChicken
椰汁蜜瓜西米露 Honey Dew Sago with Coconut Milk

this meal cost a bomb. a treat from my future bil... a big thanks to him cos the dinner was really good. they had a pretty good deal cos they order the set dinner and its some kind of anniversary promo, we were given a roasted suckling pig. sis and i tot it mit be a little piglet but it was much bigger! good deal cos the skin crackles when you sink your teeth on it.

bro and gf got mum 2nd bdae cake. mango cake. we were probably the last to leave the restaurant cos prob its monday, they didnt have many people dining at the restuarant. love the shot i had with mum. she was really happy. she said she felt like a queen for the last 3 days. do nothing and go out for good meals and relax. i wish that i could provide her such life everyday... how? when? ... for now i can only do what i can...

also love this shot with gx. feels like some lantern festival shot. next sunday is our 3rd chinese wedding anniversary... every lunar mooncake festival is our big day! we got married on the 15th day of the lunar 8th month.