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For the Love of Food! I Love Chinese Under the Maple Tree
Chinese Cuisine and any other links for pages you frequent. Adventures With Chopsticks
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Friday, November 30, 2007 #!#!# The Day Exams was OVER #!#!#  We went to watch Stardust!! JJ finished her papers early, so she reserved the movie tics for us and even bought us donuts to munch on!! We had hot chocolate and donuts at B&J's as we waited for the movie to start! V relieved that papers are over!! Was so tired.. i admit- i was the only one who didn't realli contributed- JJ reserved tics and bought donuts, hl carried the donuts and our clothes *heh, and Candice drove.. =p  Anywayz, during my exams, my bro realli pampered me!! hahaha.. we went out for lunch quite often!! ate the Xin Wang HK cafe (below 2pics - sliced fish mui fan and eel porridge) at Siglap (next to Cartel) many many times, bought waffles v v often (peanut waffles from the bread shop juz next to the Kindergarden at Parkway), and bro introed me this traditional desert shop near Popular Bookstore.. their deserts aint fantastic.. but it's like.. the only place which sells traditional desert around here.. and the pic above was juz so pretty cldn't resist posting it up. Hehe.  Also, during one of our last study sessions at Holland V Starbucks, JJ bought/ made us breakfast!! She bought the little plump sausages from cold storage the day before, and warmed some bread before we went to pick her up!! We had the warm yummy juicy sausages served on warm bread by JJ! =) Warmed our hearts to start a day of stressful studying. So sweet!! =p  Saturday, November 10, 2007 ^@^ Bubble Tea! =) ^@^ Woke up and went downstairs.. Just in time when mom and bro were about to leave to go Eunos... "Buy Bubble tea!!" i shouted while still comming down the stairs, juz as they were about to close the gate... "No!" mom shouted back, and closed the gate. *Pouts* . . . About 1 hour later, while i was studying in my room, bro delivered this:  Hehe =) Happiness!! thanks Bro! (and mom too..) ~ . ~ Good luck to all for the Exams!! ~.~ Study hard!! Friday, November 09, 2007 *%*%* Melt the World Cafe @ Oriental Hotel *%*%* THIS, is one of my FAV buffets!!! =) Family lunch during Depavalli!! yay!! They have different sections for different crusines - japanese has the sashimi and appetitizers, north indian with their delicious nuns, curries and terriyaki chicken (i love their garlic and herb nun!! it runs out quite fast, and the chef takes great pride in remaking the batches!! so muz take some, and watch him remake the batches!).. also, a chinese section (dimsum and stuff), thai section (wasn't realli keen), and the best section to me- the western section!! - I love love their soft and buttery mash potato, and it's the ONLY section whereby the flavours were well balanced- a good mix of light and heavy dishes.. their rice dish (which changes), are always good, and their veg offerings always have sth special. Loved the zuchini and their seasonal mushrooms. I know i gotta lot of favs.. But realli, if you're a desert fan like me, this is the place for deserts galore!! they have like, a whole section dedicated to deserts- from asian to european to the simple delights like choc waffles and icecream; and cranberry breadpudding!! Best of all, they have a special display for Tapias!! *bottom right pic!*  They also have their usual cakes: above-left is their Palova with passion fruit (looks gorgous!!) and their nutella choc cake!! The desert section spans the whole outer section- first section serves freshly made waffles with terrific icecream!! and MUZ try their macadamia cookies which are offered at the side counter.. Terrific!! Their cranberry breadpudding are for the health-concious and totally guilt-free even with the vanilla sauce! Next section is the cakes (both western and noya offerings) and tapias (the ones i ate are seen below..) and the last section is the healthy fruits and ice-katchang! Their ice-katchang section not like others- they offer mango as a topping- chunks of mango, not the syrup!!  *!*!* Aston's Specialities!!! *!*!* Bro and i didn't want to eat dinner at home... So we went out to Aston's! Braved the queue on a Friday night!! hahaha.. I like Aston!! If only they did more with meats other than steak... I DON'T EAT BEEF!!! sighz.. why why.. But if you ask me, their chicken is juz as good!! Tender tender chicken with realli great sauces.. i tried their lemon lime- which was perfect, and today, i tried their bbq!*bro's good choice* which was also realli good too!! We had their chicken and sauage platter, and a plate of their pork chop!! Pork chop wasn't good- sauce was nice, but the meat was tough and dry. I like juicy pork chops. Bro was nice to cut up the bits of meat for me.. He has a rather hard time. But the company was good!! Love going out with my bro!!! =)  We had 4 sides in total! (2 per main)- they ran outa tasty rice!! Soooooo sad =( Had their coleslaw - which was our only veg!! hahahaha.. refreshing with the red cabbage!! not only color nice, the taste was nice too!! The other realli nice side was the baked potato!! realli warm and soft.. makes you go.. oooh. that's good... =)  Sausages!! little plump ones!! very tasty!! i like!! =) The previous sausage taster dish was brought to the Steak House, which is at along Joo Chiat. These will do.. These satisfy the sausage craving juz as well!! =) ^&^&^ Zen revisited ^&^&^  Zen at Marine Clove- East Coast Park =) Went there once during the hols!! Candice and i were craving for their oysters!! *top-right* Fresh fresh oysters!! @ $1 each!! lolz.. we ordered 4 each ( 8 in all!!) and finished them as soon as they were served!! The first pic is their tempura oyster with mango salsa- v v spicy!! oyster was juz as fresh thou!! would have loved the oyster on it's own.. the mango needs work! Presentation for all dishes were absolute perfection thou!! i ordered their seafood curry with rice- which was shiok! Do if you like spicy thou.. First taste is creamy and smooth.. then, it kicks at the back of the throat! Fire.. =) Everything in that bowl tasted good!! i found myself fishing up every single morsel to try!! Mushrooms were also added, and it was so refreshing to find them amongst the curry!! Candice ordered black pepper udon- i don't like neither black pepper nor udon, so i'm not realli fit to comment. But she left a substantial "bit" behind.. so not all dishes are perfect at Zen.. But, yar yar, go there for oysters!! ooh, yumz... =) *@*@* Exams = time for good food! *@*@* I think all of you know what i mean =) Has been raining incessantly recently.. i love rain - would love it more if i could afford to stay in bed all day!! Rainy days are also good for warm, comfort food. This week:  Monday was Quad day - went to Quad and tried the laksa.. omg, i cannot believe we have such quality in NTU!! Laksa gravy was thick and creamy.. I would have it with spagetti as pasta!! (the soupy type)! it's realli good.. and nice! The tou-pok were drenched totally in gravy tt juz bursts in your mouth! and loved tt they added pieces of chicken into it! Added another layer of flavour.. and realli value for $$! no wonder most pp in the queue are from china!! hahahaha..  Hl passed his driving!! =) Congrats dude!! lolz, as celebration, we made him take the 3 ladies out for dinner!! And JJ knows the best place again!! - Breeko!! lolz.. okie, my bad that i was realli tired and we were realli too hungry to wait for me to take pictures ~ We waiting realli patiently *stomaches a-growl* for hl to finish his elective which ended at a ridiculous 830.. so Candice and jj would realli have killed me if they had to wait anymore!! So.. no pics of the lovely finger food we ordered: *try to imagine* Jacket potato which they call Tatos - are realli nice! so is the mozerella toasts ~ my absolute favs!! the mushrooms were terrific too! and so was the pizza - we ordered the pork one!! thou i'm definitely goin back to try other flavours!! =) oh yar, above is hl's beef hamburger! lolz.. dun ask me how it tastes like- i dun eat beef.. but hl finished it all!! so muz be of reasonable standard =)  While one of our study sessions at Starbucks, Candice satisfied her craving for Burger King's Mushroom Swis and JJ and i decided to eat crystal jade porridge!! Smuggled them into Starbucks so we could study while we eat.. *sighz. so desprete rite... Anywayz.. the porridge was realli heavenly!! so so so nice on a rainy cool day.. if only i was at home in bed instead of worrying about chps to cover... sighz. Also, JJ had the terrific idea to get xiao long baos (below) from the other crystal jade place! so we had the best of both worlds.. =) chinese food with coffee does taste aw-so-good!! hahahahha  Sunday, November 04, 2007 #^#^# Bro & me!! #^#^# Bro not feeling well nowadays.. so he's at home =) Have been addicted to starbucks coffee and waffles!! ahhahaha! Drank at least one cup of coffee a day for the past 3 days!! Apparently no effect on me leh... =S My new fav is Peppermint Mocha!! it's one of the xmas specials.. love that they took the effort to print snowflakes on the cup for xmas. hahaha.. i'll juz order with alittle whip cream juz to get the sprinkle of red sugar bits on the top! =p i dun like the toffee nut at all.. 2nd current fav is java chip followed by caramel (good for sugar rush!!)~ Both bro and me like java chip & caramel.. Easy to buy la, you wan which one, i juz take the other lorz. Think i'm passing on the addiction to bro.. lolz. better not lorz... =p  Bought friday's lunch in for bro!! =) Was craving for pork chops from the food center (Kopi tham) near the Market.. $10 for a pack!! expensive.. but nice =) 2 of us polished the whole lot!! plus shared one peanut waffle + one almond bubble milk tea ea. + one bowl of sliced / fried fish porridge each!! the one at this particular food center is the absolute BEST! mom will agree too!! hahaha.. love their soup.. $3 per bowl, but realli value!! SaTisFacTion!!! Peanut Waffles to go with coffee!! the one at Marine Parade (not Terrace), below the kindergarden- is my fav!! but bro say their standard's not uniformed one.. so far so good for me.. =) Great with bubble tea too!! buy from the Sweet Talk in the hawker center okie? $1 each onli.. don't ask for iced blended. BEST bubble tea's at Eunos, near the fruit store, if you bother to drive down..  ^%^%^ Crystal Jade @ Holland V ^%^%^ Had to go settle the Big 4 application- apparently mine's not succesful cos i lost my A lvls cert (rather, i think i didn't receive it... and now muz reprint).. and noone said muz buy envelopes to enclose nice nice.. took more than 3 hours to settle the application thingy. so mafan for nth. sighz. Anywayz, was done with stuff and went join candice and jj for studying cos of AA306 quiz. Lunch was at Crystal Jade juz nearby.  JJ's recommends their prawn horfun and seafood claypot porridge- both which are superbly good! the prawn-paste chic not nice.. v oily. the chee cheong fun realli cannot compare to tung lok's.. i miss tung lok's prawn chee cheong fun- skin muz be translucent and smooth... slurping-material! hahaha.. but their porridge and horfun is realli realli seriously good.. JJ has solid taste! hahaha.. and i love their shrimp wan ton mee (soup, not dry).. springy springy- always order that when eat with family @ crystal jade!!  Dinner was next door to Starbucks - Essential Brew - first time there!! and i love the place upstairs.. seriously romantic and relaxing.. it's platform with big red cushions to lean against the wall.. The food for me was terrific =) i love their jasmine-infused rice!! such fragance!! I ordered their honey-mustard chic- it was realli realli yum!!! i loved it alot!! like.. simplistic yet such full of flavour and balanced. not v heavy on the platter.. juz nice for a satisifying dinner.. We changed their seasonal veg to wedges as seen above, and it was a good choice! can use it to dip the honey mustard syrup =) |
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