So I’ve heard about the infamous chicken rice at Newton, but it was only last november when I tried it. Jim is a visiting brit so it was mandatory to have chicken rice checked off his must do list, I almost believe it’s our national dish! Our eyes were definitely bigger than our stomach, and ordered far more than we could handle for 6 of us.
My advice is to go with more people, so you all can have a taste of these must try dishes:
- Hainanese Chicken Rice
- Marmite pork ribs
- salad yiu tiao
- baby kailan with garlic
- fish head curry
- char siew, siew yok (roast pork)
Jono and Naree were in town last month for their yearly fix. Wish I could have spent a bit more time with that bugger.
Here’s John having his favourite beef kway teow/horfun from Geylang. It’s a yearly pilgramage!
Missing you already! Will plan a trip down under soon mate!
I discovered this gem of a singer a few months back when I heard her on YouTube. Her music style was very much like Jack Johnson; mellow, acoustic, slightly melancholic together with a unique jazz-like vocals. Only after doing a bit more research did I find out she was signed on with monotone/Brushfire Records, the latter owned by Jack.
Was lucky to score an invite to last night’s gig at Timbre@Art House for her showcase organised by 98.7fm (Thanks Vanessa!) Was still feeling ill but this was too good to miss! Definitely not disappointing at all, she sounded great live. I had the pleasure of meeting her as well after the gig, and I have to say, she is the sweetest thing! I wish her all the success.
Here are my two of my favourite songs below. Others I like are: “First of the Gang and Bitterheart”
Oh btw, sorry for the hiatus. Be prepared to be to be inundated with random blog posts, food reviews and pictures in the next week!
Lately my new food haunts are around the Robertson Walk area near Mohammed Sultan Road. A few months back, we walked passed a lively wine bar/cafe just down from DoubleO called The Wine Connection. Patrons chatted away over rich wines and aromatic cheese platters. It sounded like a perfect way to round off dinner.
So we sat ourselves down for a bottle of red and two cheeses.
The only disappointing things were the 2 unnecessary surcharges imposed at the end of the night.
For a bottle of wine (which was from the wine list by the way) we were charged a $10 corkage fee. To my knowledge, corkage fees should be charged if you bring your OWN wine, not ones that we order from the menu.
Then there was an extra $5 slapped on for a weekend surcharge.
What we ordered:
Richland Shiraz – $30.80
Candied Nuts – $2.20
Bread Basket – $3.30
Dry Fruits – $2.20
Roquefort – $10.89
Brie de Meaux – $7.26
So at the end of the night, the bill came up to $71.65. A bit pricey in my opinion. If they’d knock of the silly surcharges, I might consider going back.
Wine Connection
Address: 11 Unity Street #01-06
Robertson Walk
Singapore 237995
Tel: +65 6238 6878
Website: www.wineconnection.com.sg
It was a spur of the moment decision. On Monday, Wayne decided he wanted to go watch the Brazil Singapore International friendly match at the Singapore Stadium.
If you asked me I think it was a real waste of $60. The game was sloppy and the stadium was in an embarrassing state. It’s time to tear down that place already, what’s taking the government so long!
The only consolation was the company. Chi, Max, Ling, Leon and Lynette made the night entertaining, especially chi with his sudden outbursts during the match. “Oei, $60 can buy me alot of nasi lemak, and right now the nasi lemak is looking alot more attractive!”.
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