Welcome to May Day!^^

Through the past few weeks, I have been busy like mad.
And after that, I have been tired like mad.

And finally when life goes back to normal (like right now), I don't know know what I was busy with.
Didn't think that I have anything to share.

That is, until I checked the pictures in my phone...
haha... It's good the have photos to help with remembering.

So here are the random stuff, but mostly food.

Tonkatsu set. The meat is very juicy and moist, very crispy on the outside.

The sauce and miso soup is awesome as well ^^

The two above is from Ma Maison Hawaii. Really like this place so much.
My friends ordered their strawberry pancakes for desserts and they come together with guava syrup, maple syrup and coconut syrup.
Really interesting.

My sister. Btw, I didn't take this picture, I'm not a stalker.
She sent it to me herself.
There was once she took a picture of herself acting cute and saved it as my phone as screensaver.
And I only found out some time later. = =

This one is from Itacho at plaza sing, while celebrating Joanne's birthday.

My aunt sent this to me. Looks delicious. Wonder where is the store...

Went to Hoshino Coffee with my seniors, the group that is planning to go to Japan together.
Yes, I'm going to Japan! Finally!
I don't drink coffee, but they said the coffee is good.... but I don't drink coffee.....

Seafood pasta.
The menu in Hoshino coffee is very limited, but all the food taste so nice.
If you are ordering pasta, I strongly recommend the lobster-somewherealongtheline.
It has a very rich and powerful flavour, which makes it so unique and different from others.

This one is from Lenas at Tampines 1.
I am a fan of their Lasagna and Cabonara, all the cheese makes me happy.
The chocolate makes me happy too.

My second try on making our TPJCG stamp, and it looks nice. =]
Carving stamps should be my hidden talent.

Just a few days ago, meeting some good old friends whom I seldom have the chance to meet.
Feels good to just sit down and talk about anything under the sky. =]

My very cute LG mates.

And the crazy seniors facilitating a workshop for our juniors. 

It's been awhile since we participated in some camp.

It's mostly food and people. 

We just can't live without them right?

God bless.

The awesome story of my garlic bread

During work yesterday afternoon, my dad sms me that he is getting a BBQ chicken for our dinner. I was so excited, I told him to buy a loaf of bread, I'll be making some garlic bread. He said "k".

So I went home after work, looking forward to my chicken and garlic bread dinner, I asked my dad if he had bought the food, he said yea.

But there was only a loaf of bread. I asked him where is the chicken, and he looked very shocked. Because I told him I'm making the garlic bread, he thinks that I didn't want to chicken.

Seriously, what logic is this?

T-T I really don't know to laugh or cry, but I thought that I should share this with you all.

Anyway, the garlic bread is amazing. ^^

You can tell me this doesn't looks good, but I won't believe you.

God bless all fathers with some tact, and all children with some patience, and everyone with the ability to laugh at little things of the everyday life. 

New places

As per usual after Saturday service,
My LG and I like to explore new places for good food and good spots for fellowshipping.
So one of them introduced this place, Chye Seng Huat Hardware.
It's a cafe in Lavender, not far from where our church is.

It doesn't look like a cafe at all, does it?
If you initially don't know this place, you might just walk pass a treasure without knowing it.
But if you look pass the old school metal gates, and into the glass windows,
this place and the interior is really cool.
Very artas (is this how you use this word?)

They have a open space by the side, and that day when we went there, the night is really beautiful.
Lots of stars =] (or they could be satellites, but they will be pretty stars to me.)

Their kitchen closes at 5PM, but we reached there around 7PM.
=[ so we went out to find some dinner then came back for coffee, tea and cakes.
Actually, their menu caters more to breakfast and afternoon snacks, instead of lunch and dinner.

hmm.. Didn't take pictures of what I ordered here because my phone ran out of batteries.
Plus it's too dark, and flash doesn't look good.
I ordered Hazelnut and ginger tea cake, and Earl Grey Tea, which comes in a very cute tea set. ^^
Their tea smells gentle and sweet, very nice. (And I know a few people who love to come here)
A very lovely place.
I would be going the next time in the afternoon with a fully charged battery. =]

But I really hoped that they would do something about the mosquitoes... =/

As for dinner, we went around and found out that the Lavender food court is just a small street away.
My brother always told me that it is one of the food courts where good food gathers, but never really had the chance to come here...

The beef noodles store looks really popular, but I was too hungry to join in this queue.

And I got myself some pork ribs noodles from the prawn noodles store.
Delicious as well.
I like prawn soup with the reddish colour,
it makes the soup looks so much more flavourful, and adds an extra depth to the deliciousness.

And we had a special service that day, I think I love you.
A belated valentines' service.
The guys in our Lg decided to give the girls flowers. =]

This one is mine. ^^

Awww... So sweet of them..

Wonder how people normally spend their valentine's day.

I spent it at work without knowing it was valentine's day = =

Back in the school days, I would buy chocolate and give it to friends 

and it really is a good excuse to thank them for looking after me all these times,

also a good way to give chocolates and show some love that are hard to express in normal day's context.

But, I guess I was too busy to prepare chocolates this year.. haha...

God bless and hope you had a wonderful weekend, and will have a wonderful weekday ahead. =]

Fight the Monday blues with a smile to the people around you, and you'll receive a smile in return. (Probably)

One Piece Film Z + Okinawan Diner Nirai-Kanai

Happy Chinese New Year!!

But before I touch on anything else about that...

Hahahaha.. =]
I watched the One Piece movie!!!
It is so awesome!! though the story plot is not as awesome as the war to save Ace or during the two years training individually.

The graphics are nice, the last fight is so damned cool, their humor never fails to make all of us laugh.

In other words, I would love to watch this again! 

Highly recommended! Of course, go watch the anime or read the manga first...

I'm liking Zoro more and more. Cause he is really really cool > <

It is a so-called sneak preview.
This movie cost $20, comes with a popcorn set, clear folder and red packets.

The website says there is a poster too, but when we went there to the counter,
they said that it is only for the previous sneak previews
and they are importing more posters in for the general screening.
What is this? Why is our timing so suay?
The people before us have posters and the people after us have posters.
I shall not be denied of this poster! D=

I wan the posterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr~~~~~ T-T

Went to watch the movie with Peifen.
After that, we didn't really have any other plans...
So we decided to go to Kinokuniya,
and we happened to see this Okinawa fair right in front of Takashimaya. =]
The good thing going out with Peifen is that she knows all sorts of things about Japan,
and she likes sharing them ^^
Thank God for her or I'll totally missed out on this.

Pretty ladies singing some local Okinawan folksong, very different from main Japan.
So she was sharing a little about the history of Okinawa,
and she said she knows a good place with Okinawan food.
So we were on our way again =]


Okinawan Diner Nirai-Kanai.
It is at the basement of Liang court.
The waiter and waitress are Japanese, but they speak English too.

She got herself stir fry bitter gourd with tofu.
Their local delicacy, which again, is quite different from the rest of Japan.

I got a more common dish, Pork slice with ginger.

Some new things to share.
Japanese do not only serve miso soups with set meals.
I think we were brought up to think that all the set meals comes with miso soup,
thanks to the Japanese food stores in Kopitiam and other fast food restaurants.
Come to think of it, the last time I was at Yomenya Goemon, they served clear soup too...
The clear soup, like a dashi stock or something, have this flower like thingy floating around.
That is not naruto, but a deco made of dough.

This below is peanut tofu.
Quite hard to be accepted, for me, and in general, I think.
It isn't salty or sweet, but there is a very strong sticky peanut taste.
But at the same time it's very different from peanut butter.
I think this is too hard to be described.
The texture is more like a pudding instead of tofu.
I rather eat this as a desert than side dish.
If you ever go there, all set meals comes with this, you should give this a try.
Quite interesting...

My friend said most of the time, for people trying out the Okinawan cuisine for the first time,
they'll usually have a stretch head moment and lots of question marks on their face.
Which I think, is very true.


This is one of the a lot more friendly side dish.
They call it Miso with chopped pork.
Like the miso paste mixed with pork floss.
You can eat a bowl of plain rice with this alone.
It is that good.

Pickled radish.
A very gentle pickled, not sour and suits me well.

The people in Okinawa loves pork.
Okinawa is known for their longevity, highest life expectancy rate in the world.
And I heard from somewhere before that their average age is above 100 years old.
And they call this longevity pork. 0o
Collagen instead of fats. But it sounds so logical = =

The place feels very country and homely, Asian rustic.
If Peifen didn't tell me I would not have known.
The hangers behind the seats are for businessmen to hang their suit.
Aren't they thoughtful!

The food is authentic, the people working here are local Japanese which I believe comes from Okinawa too.
A really great experience.

Under $20 per person, you get a set meal which is quite generous in their serving.
Unless you are there to drink
Not bad, I think =]

Thank God for Peifen and the movie, and the food.
God bless =]

Fish & Co. at the glass house

To be very honest, I never knew there is such a place even though I used to go dhouby ghaut quite often.
Well, it's pretty cool.

Went there with my LG, after last Saturday service. it's beside ParkMall

Really like their interior.
Very easy going, and describes them well.

I think the glass walls was designed to help in amplifying the live performance.
But it makes the place a bit too noisy other times.

Shared with Mag a huge mug of Jungle freeze.

Of course, at Fish and Co, you eat Fish and Chips.
Though I'm very very very tempted to get their platter for 1...

Italian Fish and Chips

Danish Fish and Chips is what I ordered,

New York Fish and Chips.
They are bit too salty, made us very thirsty before we even finished the food. =[
And it's something you don't want to keep eating. 太腻了。
I should have gotten their platter for 1 instead??
Though I really liked their concept,
there's even a Singapore Fish and Chips where it is topped with Chili crab sauce.

If all fails you, order their clam chowder.
Totally awesome. =]
And they deserve some credit for that.

Sorry for the blur pic. Just want to remind myself how much fun we had.
I guess good company makes everything a whole lot better =]

And that's is the Glass house Fish and Co.
If you are going there...
The price is quite reasonable, about $20 per person should be enough for a regular meal.
Be prepared to drink lots of water, cause the food is really salty.
It's not a place for a heart to heart talk, quite noisy.
It will be more suitable if you are going with a loud bunch.
But be prepared for forgetful staffs, they forgotten quite a few of my friend's order..... >= [
And do not go there to celebrate birthdays.
I regret to say, we did.
My friends brew candles on the wrong cake...Sorry to Mag and Xiao Pei Qi.

And...... We could have planned it better. 

Like going to Ma Maison = =

I think I like Fish & Co. Express better =P
Well, a customer has got her choices.