YUM!

Was craving for Shanghainese food today, so Daryl and myself immediately flocked to Hu Cui at Ngee Ann City after church.

And guess what we ordered...

First came the Xiao Long Bao - Juicy and absolutely delicious. Then came their signature dish Stewed Pork with Bun - 100% designer, nothing like the normal Kong Bak Pau you eat outside, it looks great and tastes great too! You just have to order that!!

The Stir Fried Beef with Leeks came next - The meat tasted a lil sweet, but generally it's a normal dish. Fourth came the Siew Mai - Defnitely one of the better siew mais around town!

We had the Flaky Pastry with Pork Fillings after that - The pastry was good, but the filling wasn't anything to boast about. Our sixth dish was the Pan Fried Pork Dumplings - It wasn't so nice cos i thought the skin was too thick.

You can imagine how full we were when we finished all those food when we still had to stomach the next dish Dried Noodles With Three Kinds of Meat - Tasted something like Hong Kong Noodles, except it was cooked with chicken, ham and bacon, which made the dish a lil salty.

I initially wanted to order the Stir Fried Shanghainese Rice Cakes (aka Shanghai Nian Gao), but Daryl doesn't fancy eating them. The last time we went there, i tried the ones that were stir fried with ham and it was delicious! Tastes something like the Japanese Mochi which is added to udons or soups, or think of it as our Muah Chee which is hardened in cake form ala the Chinese New Year Nian Gao, yet still soft to the bite.

A meal cannot be complete without dessert! So we had the same dessert we had the last time Deep Fried Banana Fritters with Honey - Sounds normal? It's anything but.

After the bananas are deep fried in a thick batter (imagine it looking like authentic European Fish & Chips), they are brought to YOUR TABLE after bringing a big bowl of ice water. Now, just as you are about to ask why, Daryl and myself were just as puzzled too because they didn't do it the last time. To our horror, the waitress used two spoons to tong the fritters into the bowl of ice water!

GASP!

Just as fast as she did that, she took used the same two spoons to tong the fritters out of the water again two seconds later. And there we have it, our dish of Deep Fried Banana Fritters with Hardened Honey! Suddenly, i realised that it was just the same as what i had eaten the last time. She did that step so that the honey would harden and it would have a crunch when we bit into it. Simply delicious and absolutely TO DIE FOR!

Total cost: $85

Exhausted!

Finished work at last... Can you believe i was sharpening eyebrow pencils for the past 3 days, although the sign at my counter clearly states that the service is not available until tomorrow?

It doesn't pay to help cos some customers really don't know how to appreciate my effort.

Bitches.

Happy Birthday Mummy!

...Yesterday i mean!

The 6 of us - my mummy, siblings and Daryl - had initially planned to go to The Line at Shangri-La to eat, but we decided against it cos according to my auntie, it wasn't that fantastic.

So, here we were, at Grand Hyatt's Straits Kitchen. We were welcomed by the Manager, who showed us to our special table - the only table with 5 brown chairs and 1 blue chair. I had called them to say it was my mummy's birthday so they'd better prepare something good! Haha.

The selection ranged from Malay to Chinese to Indian to Desserts to Juices, each displayed at their own counter in the restaurant. The restaurant had an open kitchen concept, which meant that you could see the chef preparing the dish right in front of you.

For $35+++, i made my money's worth by eating almost 90% of the selection of food there. Can you believe what a pig i was, eating from 1.15pm to 3.45pm! But hey, i only eat when it's delicious! =)

So the time came, our table was cleared because we had finished our food already and we were just waiting for our food to digest when... 6 staff popped out from nowhere to sing Happy Birthday to my mummy and present her with a cake.

Awwww How Sweet!

So yeah, that was how we celebrated my mum's birthday. And how i'm growing fatter and fatter each day...

aiyoh...

Just received a msn message from my sis (i don't have any fake god-sisters of any kind) saying she saw my pic.

I look horribly ugly!

Eeks.

If you're not afraid of nightmares, you may proceed to scroll down!


Compliments of http://tee2ming.blogspot.com.

a historical journey in time...

the first time i'm blogging after such a long absence.. did you guys miss me? =)

went to malacca yesterday in the afternoon with my baby. travelled by tuas and just in case you wanted to know, you'd have to put aside RM$71.60 for the total (to & fro) toll charges.

we set off late, so we reached at about 6pm or so. went to christ church, but we were greeted by closed gates because the museum closed at 5.30pm. so we proceeded to walk around the place, and realised that we could go to st. paul's church by climbing up a long flight of stairs. according to my map, we climbed 25m towards heaven.

since it was called st. paul's church, we expected to see... a church... right? not.


St Paul's Church, Compliments of http://www.bennenk.com/Maleisie/malacca.htm

it was the remains of an abandoned church with lots of tombstones to remember the dutch who laid (or still lay, i'm not sure) there. nonetheless, it was still a nice historical journey to travel. but can you believe that my baby wanted us to hold our wedding there? freaky. the sky was getting darker, and i wanted to get to the shopping centre to walk around for a while before grabbing dinner, so we adjourned to mahkota parade.

wanted to buy a pair of boots, but i realised it's not worth paying for, so i didn't buy it. went into nose (this fantastic shoe shop), but didn't wanna buy anything cos i was on a budget. i couldn't resist it when i finally went into vincci, so i bought this blue and beige pair of ballet pumps. ahh... satisfaction! =)

after waiting for eons at the carpark payment machine, we paid up and went on our way to malacca's chinatown. we kind of lost our way (again) thanks to the lousy map and their lousy road infrastructure, and ended up there at about 8pm.


Malacca's Chinatown, Compliments of http://tonyjsp.cool.ne.jp/gallery/gallery-jonker-street.html

the place was like a big pasar malam. they closed off a few roads, which was why we kind of got lost around the area. i walked to the first stall and i realised i got ripped off by RM$2 by the pineapple tarts seller at mahkota parade. what a start! -__-"

so we continued walking and realised that there were so many stuff to eat there, and my stomach was already grumbling, so we sat in front of a stall and started ordering stuff to eat. we had black carrot cake for RM$2.50 (it was ALOT), nonya laksa for RM$2.50 (which tasted more like curry), and dim sum (8 pieces for RM$3). dirt cheap!


Chicken Rice Balls, Compliments of http://www.chickenriceball.com

we walked down the long stretch of road then realised that there were more food stalls ahead - rendang noodles, ice kachang, chicken rice balls - but we settled for a dessert of hot crispy pancake with creamy corn and peanuts. yummy! i bought a pirated pack of uno cards with winnie the pooh prints, and headed back to singapore after that.

so that was my day in malacca - a refreshing change from the usual johor bahru! =)