Eating Out. Loud.

loaded with lots of functions, gatherings and what-nots, our kitchen has been pretty quiet these couple of weeks.

no grocery shopping, no cooking, no clanging of dishes after meals.

we're all happy except for the fact that we're decking up loads of calories eating out.

19 Dec

Poppy sent us to the Island Cremery at Serene Centre after work.
since we weren't hungry enough for a decent meal, we decided to pop by for some sweets first.

had a single scoop each, Poppy's was Nutella and mine was Spumoni. Spumoni was a nice perk-me-up after a long day at work though a tad too sweet. i preferred Poppy's Nutella. it tasted much like my own homemade Peanut Butter ice-cream. "but it's not supposed to be peanut butter" i quote Poppy.

well, since he promised to bring me there again, i guess i can safely say... Better luck next time!

after picking up Liz, Wei and Clarice from Toa Payoh to Clementi (all the way from Bukit Timah), Poppy suddenly had to go back to work. none of us managed to have dinner that night. tsk!

20 Dec

not sure if it's simply a lazy Sunday or the economic downturn

(i'm certain it's not after seeing throngs of shoppers jostling downtown), we had the entire RedDot brewery to ourselves in the afternoon i.e. until a chatty family and another "gone-in-60-seconds" Caucasian crashed our party. sort of.

we ordered 3 items to share - Farmer's Breakfast; Cinnamon French Toast; and Big Breakfast Sandwiches (picture on left).

the dishes were awesome but the portions too huge, each with a salad and chips as accompaniment. we were mad stuffed even with leftover chips and baked beans (farting beans as Miss Teo calls it).

we proceeded to Miss L's place to ravage our parcels that arrived from US. played a couple of childhood games including Old Maid, Happy Family and Snap.

on side note: i'm not sure if i was too high on caffeine or the smell from Miss Teo's newly spray-painted car, half the time i was fiddling with a cloth fish-bait thingy and trash-talking to the bunnehs (who largely ignored me). bah.

afterwards, Poppy came to fetch me for our movie Avatar.

everyone's right. it's awesome.

do catch it for i am going (again) tomorrow.

21 Dec

it was Gong Gong and Esther's birthday dinner at Chong Pang's Taste of Thailand restaurant.

i didn't manage to snap any pictures (mostly busy devouring the food, as usual), so i've sneaked a few from Deborah's cammie.

so here's two groupies and one taken with Nathaniel (aka Niel Niel).

23 Dec

a random dinner date. just two of us this time.

because my sandals mysteriously snapped and broke when i was out with Miss Teo, i had to limp to work with a pair of unworn flats (and ended up with a bad case of blisters). till today, it's still a miracle how i could totter around for two hours straight with broken shoes.

anyhoos, the point is Poppy brought me to Jurong Point so that i can get a new pair of sandals to last me till our Bangkok trip next month.

the crowd was mad. just like in some other malls downtown. snappily popped in a few stores, and finally got a pair from Charles & Keith. Poppy paid for it, so schweet right.

he asked for $1 from me in return (FYI: we're superstitious people), so i gave him a treat for dinner instead (which ended up costing more than the sandals -_-").

our orders were braised pork rice with peanuts, oyster vermicelli, salt baked chicken together with egg beancurd topped with red beans at Lai Lai Noodle Restaurant on Level 1.

the vermicelli tasted a lot like the ones u'd get in Taiwan and was topped with tangy pig intestines. i heart.

24 Dec

a random dinner date. also just two of us.

Poppy's on duty this night, and he came home to do the laundry while i was still away at work.

i met him at the coffeeshop and had zi-char together.

nothing about the meal to shout about but am mighty glad he managed to pull himself away from work for a bit to spend the last bits of the X'mas eve with me. slept early for the long day i have ahead.

25 Dec

working on a festive totally sucks. anyway i shan't broach on that subject.

knocked off earlier and Poppy came by to fetch me home to prepare for Jerry's wedding at Lion City Hotel's Happy Restaurant.

he was a great host but there's lots of rants about that meal.

in short it was T.E.R.R.I.B.L.E.

of course, being just a day's affair and one shouldn't splurge unnecessarily. but there lies a thin line between thrift and penny-pinching. since the guests somewhat "pay" for that meal, i'm sure they deserve better, at least something passable. 'nuff said.

on a different note altogether,

since the (unbelievable) omission of my online spree order, i haven't had time to buy replacement x'mas pressies.

oh cripes, i hope i make it in time for Mary's crabby treat on Monday.