Double Bay

I was invited to dine with my close buddy Jessie to celebrate my birthday though it’s over! She brought me to the latest Australian Restaurant at City Hall. Double Bay is newly opened and today was our virgin visit though we passed by it everyday on our way to office.



It wasn’t crowded when we arrived as I guess we were pretty early for dinner. As soon as we were seated, I asked the waiter what was their specialty and I was told ‘FISH & CHIPS’. For a moment I was like… ‘WHAT?’ He explained that their fish & chips were different from others as they were cooked in a very special way.

When I browsed through the menu, almost everything involved FISH. Anyway, we decided to order a Caesar Salad to share. I ordered the Australian Barramundi while Jessie had Barred Cod; both with beer batter. Soon after, I ordered a house white wine to go with my fish and Jessie had her S.P.G… aka Lychee Martini… which tasted like cough syrup!!!



Caesar Salad was surprising sweet… plain and not as tasty as it looked. At a glance, our fish & chips looked really normal with those chunky fries and a touch of salad. I have to say that my Australian Barramundi was pretty good and unusual. The fish was not dry but tasted as if it was steamed. Jessie liked her Barred Cod (Grouper) too but she said that it was quite oily and she didn’t like the chunky fries…




We were so stuffed and didn’t have space for dessert which was such a pity. We are sure to be back for desserts soon. I kind of like the concept as it was really layback and comfortable. The interior décor was simple yet cozy. Mmmh…. will be planning for the next visit…

Thank you Ah Neh for the great dinner!!!

St. Valentine’s Day Dinner

Celebration on Valentine’s Day is usually extra costly as this will be the best day to earn extra bucks for both florist and restaurants.

We decided to celebrate it the day before to avoid all additional cost. I thought it would be more practical, in fact, I told hubby that it’s valentine’s day everyday if we want it to be…. Hahhaahaha…

Anyway, we went to our latest favorite hangout at Serangoon Gardens. It’s Buono again. We simply loved the environment, the food and the location is near to where we live. When we arrived, it wasn’t crowded at all perhaps it’s the eve of Valentine’s Day.




We ordered the Caesar Salad which tasted pretty good, Seafood Risotto and the famous cream sauce Buono pizza. We have tried this Buono pizza during New Year’s Eve and fell in love with it.



The ambience tonight was really quiet, cool and simply one of the best valentine celebration so far. I believed that no matter where you are, the companion is the most important part of the celebration.

Happy St. Valentine’s Day baby….

My Birthday Part II

When hubby picked me up in the evening, I had no idea where we were heading to for dinner as he wanted to give me a surprise. As he drove, I could roughly guess the venue but was not too sure until we were nearer.

Yes, we arrived at Dempsey Road and I already knew which restaurant… he was pretty surprised when I asked him… anyway, I was right about the venue! Dempsey Road’s direction is really messy but parking else was alright… (Maybe it was mid-week).

La Forketta, an Italian restaurant which we planned to try but couldn’t find a chance. I was really impressed by the cool interior décor and not forgetting the romantic outdoor dining. When I was browsing through the menu after ordering two glasses of house wine, I thought the menu looked good but man, it was pretty costly. (sighz… its FINE Dinning!)


After browsing through for a good 10 minutes, we finally decided to order a Parma Ham with rock melon and calamari for starters to share. Hubby ordered his favorite Carbonara and I had Spaghetti with clams cooked with white wine. While waiting for our food to be served, we enjoyed the bread basket (yes, you have to pay for it).





It didn’t take long for them to serve our Parma Ham with rock melon. This is one of my favorite starters apart from calamari. The Parma Ham is heavenly delicious and it was definitely a great combination with the sweet rock melons. I thought the calamari was way too costly ($35) and the taste was just normal.


I enjoyed my main dish very much – Spaghetti with clams cooked with white wine. It was really good and worth the $25 whereas hubby’s Carbonara wasn’t that fantastic. The taste was good but it was only served with countable chopped thick bacons!!




I was surprised when the ‘dessert’ was served with a little candle… Yes, hubby ordered a small slice of blueberry cheesecake to act as my birthday cake. So sweet!!! He then softly sang me a birthday song, I made the wish and we shared the pretty delicious cheesecake.


After settling down at home, I decided to open up my gifts from friends and family members. It was one of those ‘childlike’ moments… hahhahaahahaha…..

Thank you baby for the wonderful evening… I enjoyed thoroughly. Love you.

My Birthday Part I

I woke up early this morning feeling fresh though noticing the ‘numbers’ are getting bigger; but I am feeling YOUNG. While getting ready for work, mum came greeting me “Happy Birthday Girl” and gave an Ang Pao… mmmh… I felt all YOUNG again. Before setting off, I took my time to have one of the two Red ‘colored’ eggs which mum prepared for me (it’s a tradition la).

When I arrived at work, my close colleagues came giving me hugs and warm greetings/wishes. The sms from friends today were the highest in history and I really felt so warmed & loved by so many friends. I was called to the reception at the quarter of the morning and was surprised to receive a cake from Mandarin Oriental Hotel. I was really speechless as I wasn’t expecting that at all.

I thought it would be nice to give my close buddies at work a treat and we decided to lunch instead. Linda & my darling Angie went out to get us lunch and man… it was a small feast and birthday celebration at our very own dining room. Though no posh restaurant or fine dining but it was absolutely enjoyable.















Happy moments passed really fast and I received another call from the reception in the mid-afternoon. For a moment, I thought it was the Conrad room service people who came to pack up as I had a few guest from Japan having meeting in our office. I was really surprised to see the Sales Manager and the Director of Sales from Conrad instead. They came with a cake and a bouquet of beautiful flowers. Though I wasn’t the type who loves flowers but that bouquet was really stunning!




I was rather shy to bring the flowers to dinner but thanks to Ah K who provided me a big paper bag to hide my cake at least…

Thank you pals for the wonderful moments, the wishes and the gifts. Cheers!