Secret eat: Best sesame bun in Singapore

 

Heya, how was your weekend? I'm currently away in Langkawi/Koh Lipe now… but here’s a small picture post to tide you over your Monday blues! The above photo is of t amazing sesame bun I have ever tasted in Singapore. 

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Weekend outtakes- gym, dim sum (again), brunch and affordable art

An image-heavy post with some details of the weekend that has just passed - a couple of meet ups, cheap eats and treats, and chit chat with the girls... 

bestie with affordable Art

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Weekend outtakes: Dim sum, french food, yoga and tote bags

Another weekend has just flown by.... here are just a couple of outtakes from this week: 

Friday 15th November

• Breakfast seminar for our clients at Raffles hotel. Though turnout wasn't as much as we hoped (32 sign ups but only 18 attendees), we managed to get a few followups, which is good. 
• Team lunch with everyone at Royal china following the seminar. 

image credit to misschewy

Before talking about the food, i must first say the deco really appears to ladies. The walls are a lovely Tiffany blue, with touches of porcelain, gold and white, giving it a very elegant look. 

image credit to the best singapore

We had the executive set lunch ($38+++) which was of fairly good value and very filling. It consisted of Har gao and dim sum, crispy duck roll, pork chop/cutlet with sides of beans, crispy beancurd roll with fresh prawns, steamed fish, noodles and dessert (mango sago with pomelo). 

dining at Royal china 

amazingly good melt-in-your-mouth sea bass. 

siew mai and har gao :)

yummy wrapped duck (awesome sauce and crispy skin), reasonable beancurd roll with prawn (very fresh)

• Birthday dinner with W and Miao at Bistro du Vin. Before i elaborate on the food, i must first say the location is really convenient (sitting just behind shaw tower and pacific plaza), the deco is quaint and the service is impeccable. I've never had a waiter very gladly offer to read the items on the chalkboard menu to us before (because from our table we couldn't see it clearly). During our stay we never once felt we were rushed to order, make payment or leave. Service was also prompt, with our food arriving in a timely manner, the surprise birthday cake Miao deposited earlier appearing at our table at the right time, and the service staff refilling our glasses with water very promptly. As we left the staff even said happy birthday to Wei, which was lovely.  

birthday girl ^__^

very extensive menu (wine on the flip side but we didnt try)

was still rather empty when we arrived (730pm) but the place became packed by 8pm!

amazingly delicious onion soup (with bits of bread inside), and above average escargot

found the confit a bit dry for my liking. Beans and tomato sauce also quite meh

Chicken stew in red wine with carrots and mushrooms, with side of mashed potato was a clear winner. Chicken was tender and juicy, the stew was flavourful. Mashed potato was really yummy. 

Saturday 16th November

• Very average morning consisting of Yin yoga followed by Hot hatha at Hom yoga raffles place
• Following that i went to Tang's playlab level 4 to take part in a tote-designing competition (Cheap Monday Design A Tote Bag Day) organised by Cheap Monday,  Tangs Play lab and Nylon Magazine. 

image credit to Nylon Magazine SG

me with my creation ;)

Help me like it here so i can win! 

• Big sis bought some groupon vouchers so we went to Manhattan fish market to have a Tan family dinner :D Nothing much about the food since it was pretty average, but for a saturday night service was brisk. We got our food within 15-20 minutes and were done with the meal in less than an hour. 

signature fish n chips

some fried mushrooms

their mocktail/soda drinks

Sunday 17th November

• Very normal breakfast at home. My sister bought handmade cupcakes back from work. Had the rainbow red velvet cupcake which was very yummy, though it would have been nice if there was icing on the inside as well! 
• Went with mom to the wet market to buy veggies, meat and some fruits. The bf's mom bought me a non-electric fruit juice blender after hearing i was very keen on getting one. It's now sitting at home waiting for Mom and i to put it to good use! :D Might do some research on Bali hotels, as well as phnom penh attractions for my trip next year! 

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Last weekend: Meetups & cheap eats

Just a couple of photos and short 2-3-liners summing up last weekend:
Friday, 8th November

• Dinner with ex-roomies and the bf at Jollibee – crazily long but fast-moving queue for imho very normal tasting pinoy fast food. Ordered 2 pastas, 2 tubs of 6 pc chicken, and 2 side orders of fries with 2 drinks, cost us more than $11 a person (party of 4) 

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Eating in Singapore: Victor's kitchen

Over the weekend the bf and I revisited Victor’s Kitchen. Victor’s kitchen is a small dim sum joint nestled in a corner of Sunshine plaza, 15 minutes walk away from Bugis or Dhoby Gaut mrt. 

How to go: It’s located inside sunshine plaza, along middle road and directly opposite BIG hotel, and very near NAFA. For a detailed map refer here. A couple of buses stop outside sunshine plaza e.g. 56, 64, 139, 147.

You can walk from Dhoby Gaut mrt (walk to cathay, then to POMO and peace centre. Cross the road from peace centre and keep walking straight for about 100 m and you’ll see sunshine plaza) or Bugis mrt (walk to the end of Bugis street, then turn left once you cross over to Burlington square and keep walking. You’ll pass by NAFA and a prata place before hitting a junction. Continue to walk straight across the junction, turn right and peace centre will be on your left).  

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