Sunday, February 8, 2009

Fine Dining at Aerin's in Raffles Marketplace



Three of us, my boy, hubby and I were again deciding what's the best to pick for our meal. I jokingly suggested, for once, why not let's walk into the donut shop and order all the yummy donuts to take them as our dinner. I thought, there's not going to be a better chance to eat so many donuts at one go if it's not during a main meal time. Both of them straightaway stared at me in disbelief and said "No". My boy replied: "Main meal time must have savoury stuffs so not something like donuts. No way."

In the end, walking around the basement of Raffles Marketplace in Raffles City Shopping Centre for two rounds but still couldn't make up our minds. We were spoilt for choices - so many eateries. We finally narrowed down to three restaurants, Din Tai Fung, Kuriya or Aerin's. In the end, we walked into Aerin's. Good choice, no complaints.

Very good ambience (very important to us). Chic dining in a modern European gorgeous open setting.

Chargrilled Lamb Rump
(Half-done marinated grilled lamb served with onion braised, mashed fried bean & chipotle & aioli).
Recommend must have it half done - very juicy.

















Fish & Chips
(Lightly battered snapper fillet served with shoestring fries and sauce)

This is their "must try" dish.

Yes, really very different from the one we have tried in many other restaurants.

Not only the fish is superb, even the fries is very well done.




Bangers and Mash
(herbs & garlic English pork
sauages with mashed potatoes
in beef juz)




Baked apple & rhubarb pie with vanilla bean ice-cream.
(Pot of oven baked granny smith apples, rhubarb and raisins, all covered in an oven-baked puff pastry, served with vanilla ice cream).
This is their house speciality dessert - Another "must try" item.




The fillings is pipping hot.
Do dip or spread some ice-cream with the crush & fillings to savour it. Yummmmy!





Satisfied, satisfied...

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Friendship and Blogging



In my journey of learning blogging, I get to know very nice fellows like Ming Chern, Perry, Aloysius, Benjamin and Stuart. Ming Chern, especially a good friend, has thought me a lot of important stuffs I need to know about blogging to make it not just a tool for relaxation but also a platform to generate income. How big and far I want my blogging business to go is, of course, up to me.

Well, so staying at home is not a bad BUSINESS after all.

cheers!

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

My Fourth Uncle's Home in Thailand




This is my third uncle and his wife (both on the bike). It's their visit to my fourth uncle's holiday home in Thailand.




My fourth uncle with his brother-in-law's air rifle. He uses it for birds shooting trips.




A holiday home of their own in Thailand.




Back to nature. Even having a dragonfruit shrub in their yard. Fancy plucking one off the shrub when it ripens?





How about chopping the bananas down by yourself? You will be wondering why didn't he chop it only when it ripen on the tree. It would have attracted a lot of ants if he had waited.






























Envy the proud owner of this garden.

More fruit trees ... Hmmm, mangoes ...


... coconuts













Kampong spirit. Away from the hussle and bustle of city living. Relax ...

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Annual Lunar New Year Getogether







Time flies! Our children have all grown into young adults. Without fail, we, once young Cedar Girls' Primary classmates holding fast to our friendships still continue with our Lunar New Year gathering every year.
All these years, from the time we were singles, into courtships, married, starting our families; our hubbies developing into good friends; and now seeing our children all becoming friends too.
When friendship is firm nothing can dampen it. Even distance apart, all going about with our own busy schedules and not having time to meet up regularly will still not affect our everlasting friendship.
Cheers and Toast to our special friendship!
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