Merry Christmas Everyone!

It's a wet wet christmas eve! It has been raining since this morning! Non-Stop! Hope it will not dampen everyone's christmas spirit!

Did not buy any christmas presents for anybody this year. Off work, during work, there is so much things on my mind that time jus pass so fast that before I know it, its already christmas eve! Received quite a few in office. Feel kinda bad though. No wonder I feel kinda empty and lack christmas mood this year! But its ok! I am going to Midnight Mass tonight! It has been a while! Hope the rain will stop in time!

The annual christmas party with my friends this year is at my house once again. I guess from next year on, there will be less chances of gathering in my place.

I made sheperd's pie again. I wonder how many years already! haha! To my friends, they say they only get to eat it once a year. I also heated some frozen mushroom soup which my mum bought. it was surprisingly quite nice except watery.

Meiling bought ham and turkey again! haha! What to do? She is the one with the discount! She was the earliest this time round as we needed to heat up the big bird! Anyway, we had a big screwed up with the turkey sauce. It was quite a drama with the Cold Storage helpline. Thanks Mei to going down all the way again to get a new sauce.

Mel made clams and mussels! She cleaned the shells so well.. they were practically shining! haha!
She did this quite easily. She first fried the onions till translucent and add chopped garlic. Then she added the shells, added chicken stock, added white wine, abit of lemon juice and butter. With some chilli flakes and salt, the dish is done!!



YX made mentaiko pasta! She always cook everything with the simplest and no mess way! So amazed. This is what she did. Remove the mentaiko from the sacs. Mixed it with butter, mayo and seaweed and keep aside. Cooked the pasta. And mix it in with the mix while the pasta is done. So EASY!! But she forgot to add soy sauce that day! haha! no wonder so bland!



Audrey brought brownies and ice cream! Sherrie bought roast potatoes and chocolate fondue! Her roast potatoes is actually very nice! It is potatoes drowned in olive oil with loads of garlic, spice(not sure wat) and then baked till it has a nice crispy top. However, she came so late THAT we were all full by then. Good for me though. Got to eat it the next day! haha! Ju brought the drinks and wine and ice!


Our table of food.

We had no entertainment though. watched 2 whole episodes of Harry potter! That is like 6 hours of Harry Potter! hahaa! I think we need to start playing charades or something or some drinking game! haha!


The whole group enjoying their chocolate fondue.


Our free log cake that came with the turkey!

And to end the night, we had our pressie exchange! I got a dark blue handbag from edc from Mel. We all thought it was black! haha!

Song of India

http://www.thesongofindia.com/ <-- was november's gathering chosen place.

Its located along scotts road, next to the SK2 spa. Beautiful colonial building we always past by but never thot we try. Heard the food here is really pricey but exquisite.


we wanted to order ala carte items but was recommended to order the set. This was because the set was 'refillable' and at the rate we were ordering, the waiter told us it was more worth it to order the set. There were 2 type of sets; Tandoori salmon and tandoori prawn. Half of us took salmon, the other took prawn. This way, we could interchange our items.


The food comes in a nice plate which looks like a paint palette. There was spinach and goat cheese, mutton curry, some chicken thing, yellow rice and youghurt. This is the salmon set.


My prawn set. We love the spinach and the mutton curry! and reordered it immediatly! The youghurt had mixed reviews. Some of us said the more u drink it.. the more u like it. It was suppose to aid in digestion of all the rich food. I skipped it.


This is my favourite! all sorts of bread! rumani bread and naan!!! LOVE IT! Order and reordered! yummy yummy! The bowl is dahl i think. haha.

Sugi cookie -- a surprise went failure.. ha!

Took leave sometime back to handle some stuffs. Was free in the morning and had a brainwave to bake some sugi coookies which BC had always wanted to make for him again.

I checked my blog and realise I dun have the recipe. Checked for those recipe printsouts i have. Also missing.. Cant rem the webbie so jus randomly chose a simple recipe on the internet. Turn out to be a failure. I cant seem to knead a dough from the allocated amt of oil suggested. I think i added like 25% more and manage to knead something like a dough.

ANyway.. spend my leisure time taking bobo pictures...

Saybons - French Food Factory

I tabaoed this when I was at Plaza Singapore like a couple of months back. It seems to be a great hit with youngsters as I seen quite a few youngsters standing round the shop sipping their soup like a cup of starbucks coffee on-the-go.

I have read about this place previously on the newspaper about its soups. Being a 'The Soup Spoon' addict, I have been eagered to try this place out but as usual, too lazy (and "busy") to drag myself them. Things are different if there's tranport readily available for me. Ha!

I ordered their set. Seafood bisque and sun-dried tomatoes ciabatta. Their soup isnt chunky like that of Soup Spoon so its nice for a light snack. Naturally, the price is much cheaper too. I dun rem their soup's exact taste but I rem I quite enjoyed it. Will like to try their mushroom soup 1 day.

Grill Out @ Sunset way

October's food appreciation session was recommended by mei. She told us that she tried out a great place at sunset way with affordable quality steaks! She tried out the place after watching it on the makansutra program on tv!

Sunset way is almost like any ordinary hdb neighbourhood except its full of many pretty exciting restaurents! Its near where daily scoop is! :) (My fav ice cream place) The restaurent is open air. Thank goodness it only started getting warmer towards the end of the night.

As usual, we were early and got to wait for the rest to arrive. We ordered the clams to start with! I was really excited over the clams because it came highly recommended from Mei.




The complimentary salad. We werent exactly a big fan of it cause there werent much dressing.


The complimentary bread! We were so looking forward for its garlic bread which we saw on some1's blog! but we were told they ran out and so we have buns. It wasnt that bad. It's jus that we were disappointed. Hees!


Clams in white wine and garlic!! My fav!! I kept drinking the wine! it was only me.. the other 2 din like it tat much! ha!


BIG fat Juicy YUMMY clammies!! hehe!


Mushroom soup! Some of us feel its too "WILD", meaning taste of all sorts of wild mushroom inside.. hehe!

Pics taken out of bordem while left at the table all alone...





When the rest arrives, we ordered another round of clams and mussels. We were told we could have a mixture of clams and mussels. So we ordered two orders of mixed clams & mussels, 1 cooked in garlic and white wine.. the other in chilli.


I love the chilli one too! Everyone else had their own preference. I am greedy. I love both! (next time, i must bring a spotlight with me for dinner. blur pics!!)


My Black angus tenderloin! 200g for 30 over bucks! it was pretty good. Better than the kobe i feel which is twice the price! BC and I ordered different steaks so that we could try both out!
I love the baby potatoes and side veggies! fried fragrantly with garlic!! 1 of the rare times i finish all my side veggies!


BC's US kobe beef. Too soft for my liking. Soft because its marbled with fats. I dunno.. I jus felt mine was better and a much better deal. 180g at 60 over bucks

We had dessert too! (too lazy to take pics by then) We tried their fried milk which is bascally like milk pudding/cake and panfried with some added spice. I guess most of us aint ready to accept it. It was pretty neglected. We also had a durian cake, coffee cake, chocolate lava cake and a blueberry cheesecake. All were pretty normal we felt.

However, their service was really good. The young waitress was professional and friendly. Even if we were the last one to leave (as usual), they were happily chatting at a side with no intentions to chase us away. Also, when we commented abt the kobe beef not to our liking, i think the manager/boss even came to chat with us and toked to us about the species of cows and cutting of beef. We really felt comfortable with their service.

I wun mind going back there again... i love the fresh clammies!!! We are sticking to jus the black angus next time round. I guess US kobe beef is jus not something I enjoy. :)

Stammtish @ Sixth Avenue Centre

For Sept's dinner venue, the group decided to try out Swiss Cuisine. As usual, I just tagged myself along for a chance to try something different. I apologise for the blur photos and also, I have forgotten most of what we had on that day. Jus enjoy the bad photos. :)

We went to Stammtish @ 6th Avenue Centre.



The group were late so BC and I went ahead to order something first. We decided to try the Bacon, Egg and cheese rosti! Like breakfast set! haha!


The barley soup! Read good review of this soup from "Hungry No Where". The name did not sound so appealing but I am glad we ordered it. Heavenly! Cheesy creamy soup with barley.


Tomato soup and some other soup. The tomato soup was too sweet for our liking.


Forgot wat this is. :P


Forgot wat this is too. :P


"Bangers & Mash" -- haha.. not the real name of this dish


Pork Knuckle!! Cripsy and yummy! If only I can jus eat the skin only, i dun care so much for the meat. haha


Rosti with mushroom in creamy sauce.. Yumz!


Dessert time! Chestnut puree with meringue and icecream. Great reviews from "hungry no where" too. Not bad.


Strawberries & Cream in red wine.


Fondue! Fondue! Love the chocolate!


Pretty display colours of fruits...


Into the mouth you go....

A pity we did not try the cheese fondue. I always wanted to try cheese fondue. Maybe BC and I can go back there for another time. I know he loves the pork knuckle! and wun mind going back there for that! haha! I will defintely have the barley soup too!! Plus the chocolate fondue! :)

Nandos @ JB

Yet another few hours trip to JB. We will travel to JB once in a while when we get bored of finding things to do in SG. But this time our target was to eat Nandos! Yes! We found Nando in JB! Do not have to wait til we get a chance to be back in Aussie!


We went to the Nandos located at the Zon. The Zon is actually a ferry terminal surrounded by a shopping centre, a huge club and several restaurents. There is even a super high class KTV entertainment building. Think its those sleezy kind for rich business man. Haha!


The Nandos there is actually a restaurent, unlike when in aussie, where its like a fastfood restaurent. We had waitresses attending to our order and needs. Price wise, converted to SG, its similar to when its in Aussie.


Each table has 4 bottles of peri-peri sauce. Tomato, Garlic, Hot, Mild.


They had something new on their menu: Called peri peri soup. Its actually normal cream soup with added chicken bits and some peri peri spice. In short, spicy cream of chicken soup. Ha! Nothing special. Wat you expect for 3.50 Ringgit.


My quarter chicken! BC has his 1/2 chicken. The spice on the chips was different. But thankfully, the chicken was as juicy and nice. Both of us were happy! We do not mind coming back again whenever we have a craving for nandos! The only thing we hate is the slow customs! Else its like travelling down to orchard for a fav meal!


Our sauce plate consisting of garlic, mild and hot... haha! We love mixing them up!


My gift! A bottle of peri peri sauce! haha! I only have haf bottle left from our last trip to Melbourne. BC bought a couple of bottles for his fwens who misses nandos too. So sweet of him!

Au Petit Salut

We went to Au Petit Salut @ Harding Road to celebrate one of my good frn's birthday. This place has been 1 of those high-end places in my reserved list for special occasions! Not saying that my fwen's birthday is not special. Its jus that its not 1 of those place that u consider for gathering with fwens. Unless I earn like 10K per mth, its no problem! Haha!

Anyway, for dinner reservations, we were requested to fax over a sheet of paper with our contact and credit card details. Apparently we have to pay $98++ (the price of its set dinner) for no show. We made sure that expected attendance was counted properly. In the end, we found out its more for the purpose for when the whole group fails to turn up and not individually and feel more assured.

The restaurent is in 3 storey building located along Harding Road (near Dempsey Hill). Nice, quiet but rather inaccessible place. The restaurent consist of outdoor and indoor dining. Naturally we took indoors, small but cosy. The place was nicely lited and was quiet. We kinda spoilt the nice ambience with our laughters and loudness.


Website: http://www.aupetitsalut.com/

The followings are what we ordered. I shall reference the menu on the webbie and give the exact name of each item. haha!


Demi-douzaine d’éscargots de Bourgogne (Escargots in garlic butter)


A Closer Look. Mmmm! We love the garlic butter!


Soupe de coque au safran ("Little-Neck" clams cream soup)
The soup was lovely! It was frothy and creamy. There were loads of clams! Just alittle bit too chewy though.


Caille rôtie, farçie aux Foie Gras et champignons sauvages (Oven roasted French quail stuffed with duck Foie gras and wild mushrooms)
Isnt this dish pretty?!! The thing about French Cuisine is that every little dishes is like a work of art! The quail was pretty juicy. (i got a small bite! Ha!) But wat i really love is the Foie gras and mushroom stuffing!!! Yummy! The Foie gras simply melts in yr mouth!


Risotto aux homard et St-Jacques (Lobster and Scallop Risotto)
The dish was infused with the thick and creamy lobster broth, freshness of the seafood can be tasted in every bite. (Description with courtesy from Mellie).
I, on the other hand, still have not learn to appreciate risotto, still taste like hard uncooked rice to me. Haha! But other than that, i tasted the dish and enjoyed the creamy cheesy mouthful i had.


Filet de boeuf pöelé au poivre (200gm) (beef tenderloin caramelized with white peppercorn)
Nice and tender. Abit too spicy with all the infused white peppercorns. You have the option to omit the peppercorns if you are afraid of the spiciness. I love the mushrooms. Kept stealing it.


Onglet de boeuf à l’échallote (200gm) (onglet beef served with shallots confit and mashed potato) My dish! Enjoyed it too. But found the meat abit tough and chewy towards the end. Think it was also partly due me asking it to be 'Medium Well'. Mashed potato was the same throughout the dishes. Smooth and creamy texture, not so strong flavouring and compliments each dish nicely. There were cloves of garlic at the side too but I did not venture eating them.


Cuisse de canard confite (Crispy French duck leg confit with green lentil stew and mixed green salad)
The skin of the duck was crispy and the meat tender. We did not care so much for the green lentil stew though. Looks like green bean soup to me. HA!


Our only side dish. Potato Gratin. I can only rem it being hot and cheesy cause I was too stuffed by then to eat more of it. The portions may look small but its actually quite filling.

The good thing abt dining with close friends is that we can share and try every dishes each one is having. Dinner is filled with laughters and you do not not feel awkard. Good food and good friends, that is life!

And even how full we were, we gotta make some room for dessert!!



Charlotte fraises et framboises au Champagne et biscuit Rosé de Reims (Strawberry Champagne Tiramisu)
1 word! Strong! haha! The first bite i took! Wow! the cake is really well soaked in champagne manz! Some friends really enjoyed the cream. I am not really a cream person.


Profiteroles au chocolat
I enjoyed this the most! The combination of the choux bun (like cream puff but crispier.. to me) and the ice cream and the chocolate was heavenly!!!!! I have seen a show on "travel and living" channel. The chefs really does these from the scratch. Simple as it looks on screen. Its a long and tedious work!!


Crème brulée à la vanille de Madagascar
Another good item! I love the crispiness of the harden carmelised sugar coating on top.


Soufflé au Grand Marnier
I love the chocolate truffles inside the souffle. A warm and chocolaty surprise in the middle.


The happily stuffed customers!!

We highly recommend the lunch set lunch! http://www.aupetitsalut.com/aps/menu02.html
The food was enjoyable! Wun it be even more enjoyable when u can enjoy the same thing at a cheaper price?! The set lunch is 30++. Some of the main items costs more than 30 in the menu! Now I have to find some1 who can drive me there for lunch!!!