Category: Relationship
Every day’s a date. <3
It was running errands day, yet we managed to enjoy ourselves silly. Hammy had to pick up his grandmother’s medicine from Tan Tock Seng pharmacy and help his sister to collect Table Mate from NTUC house.
After collecting medicine, we had lunch at our usual hangout in Novena Sq 2 – Seoul Yummy! Seoul Yummy first appealed to us cuz they provided side dishes along with their set meals, we are a sucker for korean side dishes.
Isn’t the decor pretty?? Haha before the dishes came we goofed around a little.
Whenever we eat at Korean restaurants, we’d make sure that side dishes are free-flow. It’s a must because we love them so much that we’d ask for refills. Different Korean restaurants serve different side dishes and even for the same side dish, there are variations to how it is prepared.
From clockwise: Radish, giant beansprouts, tofu, Ikan Bilis, peanuts, Kimchi.
My favs are the ikan bilis, tofu and kimchi, while Hammy’s favs are the Ikan bilis and giant beansprouts. I think we asked for refills thrice. :D
We ordered their Hotpot Bean Paste Soup ($9.99). It’s seoul yummy! The soup was rich in flavour and full of ingredients.
The Curry Rice Pork Cutlet ($9.99) was nice as well; the curry with potatoes and carrots was delicious, but the pork cutlet turned a little hard when the dish got cold.
What I want to say is that their service improved! There was no doubt a change in staff, which was a good decision, because the previous staff were not very friendly and even gave us condescending looks for ordering only one set meal once. Come on man, that time we were just having tea break and not very hungry! But this time the staff was polite even after we asked for side dishes refill so many times. So, we wrote feedback =) Hope it’ll make her day.
After lunch, we headed to Queen’s Street to collect the Table Mate.
Table Mate
But after reaching, we realized that we had gone to the wrong NTUC house and didn’t manage to get the table mate, but we decided to explore the area as Hammy had already torn half an hour of parking coupon! So, we went to Singapore Arts Museum =) Really love this kind of impromptu surprise. It was my first time there, though I really like to look at art installations, oil paintings and stuff. It’s a special kind of feeling when you can stand near to an oil painting and actually see the individual paintbrush strokes the artist took to build upon layers and layers of colours to get the final masterpiece.
To our surprise, it was free to enter the museum and Hammy was upset cuz he thought he could use his NAFA student card to get free admission. He’s been rather proud that his student card can get him free entry to 8 museums in Singapore. Haha but turned out that SAM was free to everyone that day. Lol.. =P
Hammy running up the stairs to avoid being caught in the photo.
Can you spot him? He thought he was small enough to hide!! Silly.
I wanted to show the interesting curve of the bench. This bench is also selfish cuz it only has space for two butts! Unfortunately there was only two of us and we couldn’t have a photo together on the bench. Then Hammy said, take two photos and he’ll photoshop us together. Wait, does that mean he’ll be sitting on my fingers?? It probably isn’t possible too cuz the angle of the bench is different! =S haha I don’t know ah, he’ll go and figure it out…one day.
Happiness finds us at the most unexpected times =)
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Seoul Yummy:
10 Sinaran Drive, #03-69 Novena Square 2, Singapore
Singapore Arts Museum:
71 Bras Basah Road, Singapore 189555
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Lunch date at Bakerzin’s.
A couple of weeks ago, Hammy and I were unable to meet up for a few days due to clashes in schedule. When we finally met, he was all cheerful and scarily happy, and feeling generous that he suggested eating at Bakerzin’s. Usually when we walk around in Northpoint, we wouldn’t think of going Bakerzin’s cuz it’s a little pricey. But with the lunch promotion – a main, soup and drink for $10.90 – it actually isn’t that harmful on the pockets!
Like a little girl who was rewarded with a good meal, I even suggested that perhaps I shouldn’t meet up with him for another few days and maybe we’d get to eat something good again! Haha I was just fooling.
I love the free-flow of bread at Bakerzin’s, you can choose to toast them manually at the toaster and have them crispy, or have them chewy without toasting. Accompanied by olive oil and balsamic vinegar, the bread was delightful, although I felt it went best with the pumpkin soup.
The set meal we ordered: Teriyaki Chicken, Pumpkin soup and Ice Tea ($10.90). It was our first date in Bakerzin’s and I’m not sure if this was the best dish to order, as the sushi rice was a little dry. But all I can say is it was very filling, for the both of us! Yes, we shared one set meal and felt so stuffed after that (must have been all that extra bread we had). The chicken was pretty sweet, but the pumpkin soup was REALLY GOOD.
Aha, then we decided to be a little adventurous and tried the Baileys Irish Cream souffle ($8.80). After watching Hell’s Kitchen and hearing Gordon Ramsay scold aspiring chefs for collapsed/watery/mushy souffles, we reckoned that it must be a pretty hard dessert to make, plus it has to be made on the spot. But Bakerzin’s apparently did it right, because we were bowled over, and that must have been the nicest dessert I’ve had. MUST TRY! It looks like a sponge cake, but tastes like foam that melts in your mouth.
Do you know how to eat a souffle?
- Open a hole in the middle of the souffle. A good souffle should not collapse nor sink into the cup.
- Pour in any sauces into the hole, in this case it was the Baileys Irish Cream.
- Dig in!!
We will certainly be back to try their other desserts, with eyes on their Creme Brulee next!
I was at Bakerzin’s:
Northpoint Shopping Centre,
Yishun Avenue 2, 930 #01-44, 769098
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Fancy a group-date?
I finally met up with my secondary school girlfriends from CHIJ, and this time, it was dubbed ‘The Boyfriend’s gathering’. Wonder why? That’s because all of us are happily attached and decided to bring our other halves along! How do you feel when attending your other half’s gatherings? Is it always awkward?
For me, the first time’s always gonna be weird, the way new people are thrust into existing circle of friends. But with more exposure, things will get more natural. And it’s always nice to bond over good food, or board games for the non-athletic ones, and physical sport for the athletic ones.
With jacynth and laura
with theresa
This jacynth wanted to hide behind me cuz she thinks she's fatter than me. Come on!
Wait, you haven’t seen the whole group yet!
Our gatherings have doubled in capacity, somehow! Isn't this cute?
The photos above were taken using laura’s digital camera. I like how it has wide-angle properties and can fit everyone in the photo and it doesn’t look cramped. Nowadays even point-and-shoot cameras are so good!
We had dinner at The Delicious Group in Scotts Square. The food was not as fantastic as we had anticipated, and the dish that the boys ordered (3 of them ordered the same chicken) turned out to be a camouflage of mushy moss over tasteless chicken drumstick. It is as unappetizing as it looks, trust me.
Mascarpone Pesto Chicken ($15)
The boys who ordered this got their girlfriends implicated as well, because it was so tasteless that the girls volunteered to share their own pastas with them, so the couples took turns to alternate eating this erm-looking thing. See! Where can you find such nice girls to share thick and thin with you guys?? Haha. By the way, pesto tastes like grass.
Hammy and I were lucky as we ordered pastas, so they weren’t so bad, although nothing to rave about. I’d expected the Crabmeat Linguine to taste better, but the dish didn’t bring out the flavour of crab meat. It could have easily been substituted with chicken and it would taste the same. Hammy’s aglio olio was nothing worth mentioning. We’ve had better Aglio olio from Pasta Manna at Old Airport’s hawker centre, way cheaper too.
Crabmeat Linguine w pine nuts ($15)
Aglio olio spaghetti + Shitake mushroom and sundried tomatoes ($12)
Well anyway, gatherings aren’t so much about the food right? It’s catching up and sharing gossips that makes the deal. I wish I could have joined them for coffee at TCC afterwards but we had to go off. Another time then! Next up, steamboat in mid-Jan 2012! :)
Theresa and laura were so generous to gift a unique polaroid to every girl in the picture :) Thanks for the memories!
Thank you theresa for organizing this gathering!
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Lower Seletar reservior, a small getaway.
Feeling extra adventurous and since it was so conveniently ‘on-the-way’, Hammy and I visited Lower Seletar reservoir one evening and explored their newly renovated premises. It used to be under-developed – the jetty was old and dirty. But now, they built several carpark lots and revamped the jetty, and added a small water park for children to run around and get wet in.
I couldn’t help but feel narcissistic enough to let Hammy treat me like a ‘model’ and snap away. It helps to have nice scenery. :P
Bokeh effect.
Love this photo cuz of the background. Haha.
The new jetty with shelter.
This was Hammy playing around with the camera when the sky got dark. There were night lamps along the path and after waving the camera about in slow shutter speed, this was what he got.
Again, using slow shutter speed, I managed to capture this photo of the water spouts at the water-themed playground. Slow shutter speed gives flowing water a smooth and foamy appearance.
A silly photo of me.
The place was void of noise from the main road, despite a nearby expressway. We got to connect with mother nature for awhile; breathe in the fresher air; hear the swishing of the reservoir, and watched kids have fun at the water-themed playground. Relaxing! <3 I could consider it a date.
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Happiness is in my heart
Attended Hammy’s cousin’s wedding last Saturday and this is the only photo we had together. Makes it more precious :) I think weddings and special occasions are the only times I get to see him in shirt and pants cuz he dislikes dressing up. He prefers to live a simple life and do not desire to go shopping AT ALL (although he’ll buy iphone game apps secretly). Haha the only shopping he enjoys is at grocery shopping at Cold Storage (it’s his therapy). He always reminds me not to spend more than I can afford.
Being with him has brought so much balance to my life, in the sense that he adds joy and laughter to my daily life and supports me when times are hard. He is also grounded, while I can be floating in the skies sometimes. He’s far-sighted, while I can be quite ‘in the moment’. I’ve learnt a lot, and am still learning from how he deal with things and people in life. Thank you dear.
