Dinner With The Ngs

Time really rocket so fast that it’s already a brand new year! Our friends from Perth will be leaving SIN to prepare their daughter for school soon and we managed to meet them for dinner before they leave.

They were so nice to host dinner at Casa Manini located at Serangoon Gardens. It was a very cozy restaurant with friendly lady boss serving us with good attitude. We were given a seat near the entrance but I would say it’s a lovely seat as we got all the greens around us.

We browsed through the menu and we all decided what to order. The kids went with the truffle fries and the spaghetti aglio olio E gamberi, while we had the salad, vivaldi pizza, lasagna classica, buratta pasta, risotto al funghi and cotechino & lentils. The food was good but the portion was quite small for sharing so, you will tend to order more to share if your group is big.

Dinner with the Ngs is always entertaining and enjoyable. The two families shared almost the same interests and we have lots of topics to talk about besides discussing our trip to London. 😊 While the adults were enjoying our chats and wine, the kiddos were busy with their drawings and colorings entertaining themselves.

We ordered their homemade Tiramisu for desserts and it was not too bad. Soft and tasty but I would prefer the cream to be richer. Overall, thumps up for the food and service.

Thank you Mike & family for the sumptuous dinner and we will see you soon in June! Have a safe and pleasant flight back to Perth!

Farewell Dinner For Saito-San

Saito-san was supposed to be in Singapore as a replacement for Yatomi-san but we were left with no bosses for about three months due to his employment pass issue. During that time, I was already planning to quit but at the same time, feeling bad as it will not be nice to quit when the new boss arrives.

I am happy that I had the privilege to work with him for at least a good few months before I handed him my resignation. I remembered working alongside with him was pretty simple and no pressure at all. He always allows us to work independently and try to solve our problems with us if we encountered any.

I received the news from my ex-colleagues that he will be returning to Japan end of this month and I am really happy and honored to be invited to his farewell dinner. Jessica, kindly booked the Chui Hua Lim Teochew Restaurant for this occasion and I really had no idea that this restaurant existed! Hahahaahah…

I only knew it when I took the cab and the driver actually told me that this restaurant is pretty famous and popular amongst the Teochew people. The restaurant is really huge – with 2 levels of super spacious dinning halls and private rooms available. 

We were given a private room with KTV system and the room was freezing cold. We started to key in as many songs as we can to the system so that we can enjoy both music and dinner at the same time. We also had a few rounds of singing and the craziest part of the evening was… everyone stood up and dance! Hahaahahahaha…. 

Everyone went crazy including boss and we turned the cozy private room into a mini disco with all the dancing music. It was so fun and hilarious at the same time but who cares right… this is all about having fun together and make memories stays in your heart forever.

Thank you, Saito-san, for giving the opportunity to bid you farewell and wishing you all the best in your new assignment.

Our Annual Affair

It is a yearly affair that we will meet for dinner before the CNY as our reunion gathering. This year is no exception too as I booked private room at Spring Court (as usual) and chose their set menu with free suckling pig.

We had our reunion pretty early this year as some members are not available due to trips and other engagements. At the same time, we were able to celebrate Yoyo’s birthday which falls on the day of our dinner. 

This year being too early for CNY menu, we weren’t able to have our Lo Hei like we had last year but we had our birthday buns for the January babies and the craziest part was everyone in the room were given gloves to tear the sucking pig apart as a part of our Lo Hei!

As we were in the private room, we were more than happy to input all the songs to the karaoke system so that we can enjoy music during dinner. However, we DUN SING but ended up dancing with the music. The night was so crazy that we were all dancing after half way through dinner and some were singing too. It was so crazy and we laughed so hard till our tummy actually vibrated! Hahahaahahahah

After the desserts were served, we had the cake cutting ceremony and that was considered the only time we were all seated and started singing the birthday song nicely together. Okay, no one was drunk but we girls just wanna have fun! 

I would say this would be the best & craziest CNY reunion dinner ever! We actually danced till we dropped on the floor and of course footage will be shared here… ahahaahahahah… it might sound crazy but I am already looking forward to our next year’s CNY reunion!

MuYoo

I chanced upon this new milk tea at Bedok Mall and thought of trying it out. When I was at the counter, I noticed that they have the Brown Sugar Milk drink too but so far haven’t heard about this branding.

I casually asked the staff if the brown sugar milk is tasty and she somehow gave me that look of unsure, no confidence, clueless and full of question marks around her head. She paused for a while and told me that their fruit drink is better…. Hahaahahahahah…

I am not a fan of artificial fruit drink so, I ordered their milk tea instead. She gave me the confidence that their milk tea is good. 😊 I told her that I wanna take a pix of the drink and she was so kind to provide a cool carrier but I returned it after taking picture. 😁

I brought it home and tried it… it wasn’t the best milk tea compared to the big names like Gong Cha, Koi and LiHo but I think it’s okay in my opinion. Guess their fruit drinks are better… 😊

Our Babies’ First Day Of School In 2019

What a drag!!! It’s a brand-new school year for the kiddos after a long holiday. Lady Faith is quite excited about school as she will be having different classmates and she wasn’t sure what to expect. I assured her in the morning before sending her off by telling her that no matter what class she is in, she will still be able to hang out with her old classmates or perhaps she will find new best friends in her new class.

As for little pumpkin, she is absolutely NOT happy returning to school. She has been crying at school during the December holidays and she somehow brought over the thought of going to school is such a drag! 

I tried to console her and she was trying to keep her tears but when we arrived at the school gate, she was holding my hands tied crying her heart out. I tried so hard to reassure her that everything will be fine and her classmates will be the same. With the help of the teachers, we managed to get her off me and brought her to her classroom.

I went to check her out at the window and told her to stop crying and I know she was trying so hard to keep her tears… guess she will be fine after a while. 😊

Happy School Day Girls!

Brown Sugar Boba Milk Craze Continues

YUMZZ…. This Brown Sugar Boba Milk drink is a trend in Singapore and man… there are so many different brands to choose from. But which is the BEST in town?

Well, I am a great fan of milk and I am gonna try them and give them some comments. For the first time, I am trying out this R&B drink which was somehow in the top 10 list. Tracked it down and realized that they have a branch near my place… WOOHOO!!!!

We drove down to Oasis Terrace Punggol and found this little outlet at the corner and yes, there was a long queue (no surprise) but it was pretty quick. When I collected my drink, the girl at the counter informed me to give it a shake of 5 to 6 times or stir well before drinking and I did what was told.

The first sip of pretty good and the bubble was really QQ! It was quite a pity that I couldn’t reduce the sugar level as I thought it was quite sweet for my liking. When I got home, half of my cup was gone and I added some fresh milk from my fridge and it tasted better. Hahahahaha…. 

My verdict for R&B :- too sweet for my liking but if you are not too fussy about sweetness, you can give it a go if queue isn’t too long.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone and to all my faithful readers! May 2019 be a better year for you and your family. May it fill you with love, happiness, prosperity and good health always!