Thursday, November 08, 2007
Alright I am back after three days to add another post to my blog =D
Firstly, happy deepavali to everyone because it's a public holiday! But sadly, I have to do duty on this day, so here I am now in office working till 8pm later. Well now for my post on another outing that I went on tue night. Tue was soon heng's ord date, so he planned to take us out for another outing to bugis there for steamboat. It was meant to be a section outing. Soon heng came in the morning, got his long awaited PINK card, and went off after having lunch with us, leaving me, kangwen and nicholas having to work until 5.30pm before setting off for bugis. We reached earlier than the meeting time which was 7pm. Initially we thought of getting some present for him but there wasn't much time left and since we were a bit famished, jun xiang brought us to a diner at north bridge centre just opposite the road of national library. It was called "food for thought". The atmosphere of the diner was very cosy, a bit of old-fashioned design but still it felt nice and warm to be in. Then on the way to bugis just now, nicholas mentioned that he liked carrot cake (not the fried one but the actual cake with carrots in it) and the restaurant just happened to have carrot cake! We got a slice and we also decided to get a slice of dense durian cake for soon, decorated with a candle! I tried some of the carrot cake and it was really really nice. So, to all cake lovers (*hints*), this place would be a nice place to dine in (: And I found out that their concept of this restaurant was very interesting too, go to their website to find out more http://www.foodforthought.com.sg/hello.html
Well then, soon heng arrived with aston. It wasn't surprising since we would be going to somewhere related to aston later on. I couldn't get the candle to light up, neither could soon heng. Haha. The durian cake was split into mouthfuls. Even I, who don't eat durian, was fed a mouthful. So after the pre-dinner cake, we proceeded to liang seah street which was just nearby. That area is really a steamboat paradise. There are so many steamboat shops there, all boasting the original chong qing steamboat. The one soon heng wanted to eat at was very very crowded and the waiting list was quite long too. So we gave up eating there and aston suggested another restaurant which was happy pay steamboat (天天火锅小厨). I don't know how or why but jun xiang said something like vip and we were ushered to the second floor which was air-conditioned with better decorations and room space. The second floor is some old fashioned setting which I don't know which decade that was. There were a lot of coca cola bottles, those glass bottled ones, which I guess is very very rare to see nowadays. There were six soup bases to choose from, so we took the corn rib and 麻辣 one. We were all carnivores there so meat was a must for us. Haha. Next were the additional food like dumplings, meat balls, vegetables. The main food was still meat. We ordered pork, beef, lamb and fish. Well, the meat was well sliced and thin enough. The 麻辣 soup wasn't exactly 麻辣. The spiciness was there but it wasn't exactly numbing. The corn rib soup was decent enough. Drinks provided, lemon tea and barley, were free flow and refillable. Basically the place was family-oriented, so it was normal to be noisy over there. Service was alright, food came rather readily. I think we asked for many servings of meat, until we contemplated writing 10 plates at one go, but it wouldn't work. Nicholas and I stopped eating first while the rest carried on with a few more plates of meat. The total cost amounted to 22 per person.
Then after dinner, we walked over to purvis street where aston's brother opened a bar there. The place had ktv and a pool table. And soon heng was displaying his vocals again! Well, drinks were on soon heng as decided by him, so we got tiger beer. Jun xiang and kangwen went to play pool, nicholas and I just stayed at our seats while looking at soon heng sing. There was a girl there who could sing really really well too. I couldn't stay for long, had to get home by midnight. So I just drank like two glasses of beer, watch them play a bit of dice, sing some songs. There was this super high uncle who kept praising soon heng's singing. Well I think soon heng enjoyed himself. That's ord for him. Well till my ord, 443 more days! One year and two months more left to serve. Jiayou everyone! 15 more minutes to the end of my work. Packing up time. That's all for now then.
hellmos signing off...Labels: bugis, section outing, steamboat
My mind's unweaving/ 5:35 pm
