Daddy and Glenn's Birthday!

26 March 2014

It is a coincident and a blessing that my father and younger brother's birthdays fall on consecutive days!

Daddy is 26 March and Younger brother is 27 March.

For my father, we did a simple family gathering for him. 

Since he was working, my family and his colleagues surprised him at his workplace,

with a Durian cake bought by Cheney since I was working that night too. 

Birthday boys

Everyone including customers had free glasses of Sparkling wine in celebration, 

poured personally by the chef!

29 March 2014

My younger brother, Glenn, wanted something more fun and exciting! 

So my sis, Glenn and I discussed over Skype to have a picnic at the beach on Sat with the family.

Morning, failed Oreo Creamcheese truffle Macadamia Choc Chip Cookies.

Sadly I don't have those magic baking fingers..

But throwing all the ingredients in, did tasted really good, glad everyone ate them all :)

Glenn requested for Tanjong Beach, insisted it was the most happening beach..

Though we thought the place looked more like East Coast Park and

we had to share the hut with a romantic young couple 
whose boyfriend was playing guitar for the girlfriend before they left.

We couldnt take the cosy atmosphere any longer,
we packed everything up, drove to Siloso beach  
and settled at Mambo Beach Club to have "Real Fun"-quoted by my older brother, haha

With the birthday boy!

Bought 4 buckets of Somersby Apple Cider and Coronas.

Before we came, Glenn wanted something alcoholic so mum bought a small bottle of Belvedere Vodka,

in the end, no one drank except her, she went high by the end of the night after mixing, haha.

 

Went to Sentosa Cove before the night ended.

PeraMakan Review

13th March 2014

In appreciation to the Malaysia Getaway, Cheney decided to give us a treat!

So I've chosen PerMakan at Santa Gran Hotel, Katong.

 Since my family always walked pass but didn't had the chance to eat.

Free refill of rice

Authentic Nyonya Fish Head Curry

Ngoh Hiang

*Sadly, they dont serve with my favourite honey sauce

         Chap Chye, Babi Pongteh, Itek Sio 

In translation [Vegetable Stew, Stewed Pork, Braised Duck]

Otak-Otak

[Mackeral Otah]

Pros:

1) Free refill of rice

2) Very friendly staffs/manager

3) Generous amount of seafood in the otah

4) Same Heavenly Father

Cons:

1) The fish curry is supposedly sweet but the taste is bland

2) Chap Chye missing out on the most impt-shrimps

3) Babi Pongteh and Itek Sio didnt taste the way it shld be.


Rating:
3/5 stars. Dont think I'll be going back again.

Reasons:
I've always love the rich taste of Nyonya food since I am partly from the Peranakan Origin and grew up eating Ivin's Ivin's Peranakan food (though we stopped ever since they added MSG cus my mum is allergic to). Comparatively, the food tasted really bland to me so the pricy bill didnt justify the food though Nyona food has always been small portions. It was that bad that my mum had to cook Assam Pongteh the next day cus she wasnt satisfied.

Ion Swensen's Ice Cream Buffet Review

22nd March 2014

Ever since Cheney started working, our "official-outing" is strictly on Saturdays ;(

Weekdays are a repetitive work-dinner-sleep routine and Sundays are devoted to church-sleep-work.

 Cheney, Glenn and I went to Scape to shop after lunch.

My beautiful buy, so in love with all the details of it. 

[Royal, Floral, Gold, Pink, Purple, Home]

for only $5!

And the small decorative pieces ranging from $0.50 to $2.20

Unfortunately my phone spoilt so waiting to get a new phone to paste on.

My sister told us about the new ice cream buffet Ion's Swensens was having, 

so we went to take a look and thought it was a reasonable price to try. 

$20.90++ for Weekend, $19.90++ for Weekday for Adults

The range of Swensen's Ice cream flavors

Their Gelato flavours

WHITE CHOCOLATE FONDUE!!

Variety of cakes.

Milk Chocolate Fondue

"Side snacks"

Generous range of toppings

First plate, Cakes!

[Green Banana, Oreo Cheesecake, Marble Swirl Cheesecake, Strawberry Cake, Chocolate Banana Cake]

*I felt the cakes were abit too sugary sweet.

Second Plate, white and milk chocolate fondue coated strawberries.

*Can be seen that the white chocolate was too watery to be thickened with the strawberries.

Plus point, their strawberries are huge!

Ice cream creation counter

Excited me didnt read the instructions and took a whole lot of my favourite toppings!

Yummy Waffle

Strawberry and Hazelnut Gelato with whipped cream and kit kat

Pros:
1) Wide range of ice cream flavours
2) Generous variety of toppings
3) White chocolate fondue
4) Nice range of cakes
5) Huge strawberries
6) Tasty waffles
7) Addictive chewy chocolate chip cookies
8) Ice cream creation counter
10) Reasonable price

Cons:
1) Ice cream has no quality taste but sweet
2) Some toppings have turned soft
3) White chocolate fondue is too watery
4) Cakes are sugary sweet

Rate:
3/5 stars, don't think I'll be back. 

Reason:
Since its an ice cream buffet, I would expect the ice cream to be of good quality but I could only taste the sweetness with no quality. Unfortunately even their gelatos. [Maybe cus I had too much New Zealand ice cream at my workplace that I can taste the difference. #truestory #notboasting]
I would prefer quality over quantity when it comes to being satisfied. But its worth the try for the price :)