Saturday, September 18, 2010

Old Town White Coffee

The other day when I was having lunch with one of my colleagues, he mentioned the horfun and nasi lemak from Old Town White Coffee is "hor jiak" (aka delicious), so when Blamer and I were shopping around Suntec, we decided to give it a shot.

Pretty pro looking food and drinks menu. We ordered the horfun and rendang chicken as shown in the pictures above.

It was close to nine when we dropped in, but as you can see in the background, the place was nearly full, bringing up our expectations of the "hor jiak" food.

Finally the food arrived. Not only did the food differed from the pictures, they were not really "hor jiak" too. The horfun was too bland, and there wasn't much condiments. Prawns were quite small and a tad overcooked. The rendang chicken was just pretty normal. Initially, I thought they might be serving coconut rice. But to my dismay, it was just plain rice.

The good thing though was that at least they provide tissue dispenser at the table for our convenience instead of heading to the counter for serviettes.
We decided to give them one more chance and order their drinks instead. The white coffee was still ok, but Blamer nearly puked out the "silk stockings" milk tea. A close description of the tea would be coloured plain water... ... yes it was that bad.

Our total bill which I think is a total ripped off... Not a place where you will find Blamer and me, ever again... ...

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Yuxin & Ivan Bdae Celebrations

Time for a meetup with the oldest of my friends - Ivan & Yuxin.

(1) Yuxin's Bdae Celebration (Apr 2010)

Planned a surprise bdae celebration for him. Rushed to buy a bdae cake for Yuxin after a 15 min chop chop discussion with Ivan over MSN. Ivan & I reached the designated place on time (cuz we know Yuxin will be 100% late) and got the staff to put the bdae cake in the fridge.

The Malay restaurant near our place which is opened till almost 12 midnight every night. We choose a strategic seat, such that Yuxin won't see our surprise later!

The bdae cake with 26 candles. All thanks to Ivan's bright idea.

The strategy: I will excuse myself to go washroom first. Ivan will follow 5 mins later. We meet at the entrance & light up all the candles, walk to our table and hope that all the candles survive the 30 steps walk. It wasn't easy lighting up all the 26 candles, make that grand entrance without pausing to re-lit the candles. The bdae cake was almost coated with candle wax!

Bdae boy with his bdae cake! Happy Birthday old fren :) The shock of surprise on his face when we presented him with the bdae cake was priceless!

We didn't manage to reduce him to tears, but that shall be our mission next year!

(2) Ivan's Bdae Celebration (May 2010)

With the 2 guys bdaes just one month apart, it will be quite easy for Ivan to guess that the next meet up will be to celebrate his bdae. However, we managed to fool him with our story:

Yuxin will msg Ivan that he needs a listening ear (problems with r/s) and he will purposely choose a date that I'm busy. True enough, Ivan MSN-ed me if Yuxin asked me out on the particular date. I had to fake ignorant that I dunno what it was all about, but Yuxin did mentioned to me that he was feeling down (blah blah). Perhaps, he wants a guy's talk, I suppose.

Once Ivan is convinced that it was a guy's talk, the task was simple: I will make a surprise appearance at the event, so I had to make sure that Ivan won't be able to see me coming in from his seat. A 20 min phone discussion with Yuxin & we settled on the place!

Only 2 big and 6 small candles this time round, as we learn from the past experience. Kudos to the sweet staff from Delifrance for helping me light up the candles at the counter!

Bdae boy with a victory sign :) I had to endure "scoldings" from my fave cousin for bluffing him.

As much as I like the staff from Delifrance, I can't say much on the taste of their food.

Cutting the cake! Another of my fave from Han's :)

With my oldest frens :) Glad that they like all their surprises. Now, they are going to have a hard time planning for mine, WA HA HA!

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Kai Nian Fan 2010

It's the 3rd quarter of 2010, how time flies... ...

It's our annual 开年饭, thanks to Caihong and Fionn, who racked their brains to come up with this venue. A cosy family restaurant setting that serves really affordable Italian food.

We ordered a bit of everything to share. First up, garlic baked mussels. Really like the sauce although I think the mussels might have been a bit overcooked.

Classic Hawaiian Pizza, I think no one could ever screw up this dish.

Now this is cheesy baked escargots. I was pleasantly surprised that they offer this dish. I think all of us gave the thumb ups of this one.

The minced meat bake rice was just normal, I think they can be a bit more generous on the meat.

Squid ink pasta. I think this is my favourite dish of the night because when I asked Fionn whether has she tried the dish, she answered me no. However, there was unmistakeably, black sauce on her lips!!! This is what I called 撒谎不眨眼!

After dinner, we went to Nectarie for desserts.

Had our desserts at this place recommended by Blamer. Strawberry shortcake, Tiramisu and can't remember the first one. Nothing to spectacular about the desserts I think.

As the night was still young, we went for some drinks and snacks at Brewrkz. Successful group photo after many attempts by the waiters. Wonder if they were drinking on the job... ....

Sunday, September 12, 2010

KTV with AF Gang

Another round of KTV Session with the AF Gang. This time, we have Marcus & Weiming joining us :)

As usual, Fa-ge made the reservation and we got a BIG room this time!

Yes, this is really touch-screen, as opposed to the previous time where I faked Fa-ge.

Guess what is Leecher playing with?

Not an Ipad, but made to look like one. I had great fun playing with this Ipad replica, cuz it allows you to pause the song halfway and we started playing 百万大歌星. I made the guys racked their brains over the lyrics. We were deeply impressed by Weiming as he managed to sing his way through all Jay Chou's songs. He must be really a great fan!

Marcus, Weiming & Yen - all calm and composed before the challenge.

Singing & waving to the song 红蜻蜓 (yes, I picked that song, haha)

Winston & Vanessa forming a team. If you're wondering where is Leecher - no one wants to be on the same team as him, cuz he is the 老鼠屎. Poor Leecher, it's time he brushed up on his chinese. Maybe Fling & Nijun will be able to help him.

Friday, September 10, 2010

A Random Saturday

When lil bro is out = chance for me to use the laptop = blogging! Can't wait to use my new laptop once I have set it up :)

Way back in Dec 2009, with my freshly cut fringe.

XQ was starting work in his new workplace and I recommended him the place where Leecher tailors his clothes. So, the guys met up and went to the shop first.

The place was crowded on Saturdays! The shop is enjoying very good business, mainly based on recommendations from other patrons. Leecher used to collect his clothes 1 mth after placing orders, yet now, he has to wait for 2 to 2.5 mths.

Next, we headed to Qian's place for MJ session! Qian's mum made buns for us, so nice of her!

Fresh & pipping hot from the steamers.

Went JP for dinner. It was way too crowded with the new extension mall. Still prefer the old wing more, as there's where we used to hang out during JC days. Passed Miao her Agnes B bag from Japan and used it to represent Fling, as she couldn't join us for the session :p Fling, we love you so much that there's even a little heart at the bottom!
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