my 25th birthday weekend

We started off the weekend with lunch at 49 seats. I chanced upon this place on instagram and have been thinking of trying for ages. We went around 1.30pm and there were abundance of seats. Quickly, we ordered our main courses. By the way, we hardly took any pictures throughout the entire weekend, so some pics were taken from Google Image/49 seats. :p

I noticed that the prints on the curtain were hand drawn.

interior of the quaint, humble restaurant. totally my cup of tea.

seated beside this little fish tank. yes, FISH tank. try to spot the fish.

Tom Yum Pasta $14.90

4.25/5.0

Basically, the taste explodes in your mouth. It starts off with a creamy texture, and then the Tom Yum flavours went KABABOOMMM! ok too kua zhang, but the taste really surprises people. Most importantly, it was spicy enough for me.

Sillyb fell in love with this plate of awesomeness. Basically he took the fries and kept dipping into leftover sauce from my pasta. Also, he kept telling me, 'WA the pasta best of the best sia! Cannot stop thinking!'.

Seriously, try it to believe it.

Fish & Chips $12.90

4.0/5.0

I love this fish & chips. Usually I would prefer battered fish to those breaded ones. 49 seats did a good job with the batter, the fish was super tender and the flavour was just right. I could easily finish the whole plate without any sauce. The only complain was probably the fries. Not really complain la, but a bit too normal and does not compliment the awesome fish. I guess it could be better if the fries were chunkier and crispier.

Next stop was Sentosa - Siloso's beach Bikini Bar. Why no Trunks Bar?

Sillyb came to this place several years back and we had to search for it. He was like, 'Eh why don't look like ah?', and after walking a few steps further. 'Eh yayaya is this place!'. OK at least we found it.

A really relaxing place, with multi-racial bikini babes serving you.

Guess this is one of the design feature.

Prices on the menu are nett. We saw large plates of nachos with some beef sauce on most tables, but as we were still full from lunch, we just had beer. 

I was like smiling all the way and he had to ask me what's so funny. It was nothing funny actually. I just felt happy, cox the weather was so nice, the beer was good, the view was relaxing and, the atmosphere was there. I was also observing a bunch of girls who brought at least 10 rolls of toilet paper to the beach. Apparently they were playing games using toilet paper. Am i too old or what?! Then, sillyb insisted on passing me my birthday card.

TADAH! wahahaha cute right!

I request for handmade cards whenever we are celebrating something, be it Valentines Day, Christmas, or birthdays. No presents never mind, must have cards and must be handmade!!! Also I noticed some similarity in his messages. It will always be like, 'Hope to spend the rest of the birthdays/v day/christmas with you.' lolol. 

Next destination was... Moon Hotel! I already guessed there will be a staycation hehehehe. Moon Hotel is located at 23 Dickson Road, just opposite Wanderlust Hotel, where we went to celebrate his 27th birthday last December.

Exterior

Lobby / Reception / Breakfast area

Deluxe Room Artist Impression

Bath Tub Artist Impression

my Instagram pic of the bed lol.

I guess you could see the difference between artist impression and my Instagram of the product. Basically, the room is about 22sqm. It has no windows and this fact was concealed nicely by a curtain beside the bed. Only deluxe rooms have bath tub, and the one and only suite room has an outdoor pool. Unfortunately, it was fully booked. 

The design is minimalist, and its impressive how they fully utilize the small space without us feeling compressed. The bath tub area is kind of exposed, meaning you can look in through the glass from the bed and vanity area. Oh, the bed is super comfy!! We rested on our feet for awhile and headed out for second half of the day. Yes, so much stuff and only first half.

We went to Fortune Seafood Restaurant at 887 Bukit Timah Road for crabs. I have been craving for crabs and it's like finally!!

Salted Egg Yolk Crab 4.0/5.0

Cereal Prawns 3.0/5.0

Baby Kailan 4.25/5.0

The crab is fresh. I guessed it was coated with flour and fried, and then stir fried with the salted egg yolk sauce - there was some crispy stuff sticking onto the crab shell and it was my favourite part of the crab. The taste and flavour was there, with a hint of lemon grass which is supposed to make the dish less 'jelak'. But, the lemon grass didn't seem to help. Having craving for crabs, I found it tedious to finish the dish.

The prawns were also fresh, but the cereal part was bland. We were guessing if the guess forgot to put salt and sugar into the dish. It was a pity as the cereal was really fragrant and the prawns were fried to perfection (I ate the whole prawn including the crispy head n shell). 

The baby kailan was one of the best I have ever had. It is weird that such a simple dish could leave a deeper impression as compared to the seafood. I guess Fortune Restaurant emphasizes on the freshness of their ingredients. The baby kailan was crisp, nicely cooked (not too hard or soft), and the light gravy complimented the greens very well.

If you are interested in the crabs, maybe you could try black pepper which should be less jelak. They serve Indonesian crabs at $48/kg and Sri Lankan crabs at $58/kg.

Last stop of the day was Marina Square before we headed back to the hotel. We went for some shopping, followed by HangOver 3 at GV.

3.0/5.0

The movie was average for a regular movie, but disappointing as a Hangover sequel. The first 2 sequel was so damn funny because it's mostly flashbacks of how they got wasted and shit that they did. Part 3 was averagely funny, averagely exciting. However, the ending redeemed itself. It ended with the gang in the presidential suite again, all messed up, and Stu with tits. The whole theatre LOL ok. Anyway such sequel is not to be missed. I hope there will be a Part 4 if it isn't really 'The End'.

Day 2 started off with breakfast in the hotel, followed by more sleep till check out at 12pm. We walked to Iluma for lunch (food again) and ended up with Sukiya steamboat. But before that, we went to take a portrait shot in a photo booth. After lunch was movie again. I have issues with watching cartoon, so it would usually be my last option. But because sillyb was nagging, we watched 'Epic'. 

my face looks so bloated :/ when will the fats ever go away?! *ROARS*

Variety 2.5/5.0

Taste 3.25/5.0

Value 3.0/5.0

Lunch at Sukiya costs $18.90++/pax. They serve very limited and typical steamboat items, mainly balls, vegetables and noodles. The free flow of beef and pork is probably the highlight. There is also no seafood. My favourites were basically the cheese meatball, cheese tofu and meat. Their sauce and condiments were also weird - their soya sauce has vinegar in it? We stuffed ourselves with the food anyway hahaha.

Epic was interesting, or maybe I have not watched a cartoon for ages. Probably give it 3.5/5.0?

We went for shopping at Suntec City hoping it would aid in digestion of the massive lunch we had. I went home empty handed and sillyb bought 3 T-shirts! By the time we finished shopping, I was way too tired and we decided to end the weekend by heading home for some rest. In the end, sillyb was the one snoring away on the sofa while I was wide awake.

Loving the quality time spent with him over this birthday weekend.

Thank you sillyb. ♥

Valentines Day in JB

Restaurants all over Singapore would probably be packed on this day, so sillyb and I went to JB instead. We took AC7 from Yishun Interchange and the bus ride was pretty quick as it was a weekday. Cost SGD2.00/pax for the ride. 

We headed to KSL to try the fried oyster which left us a deep impression on our last JB trip.  

Oyster King located at basement level of KSL

Lala Fried Bee Hoon 6.5/10

Nothing really special.

Garlic Oysters 4/10

Oyster tasted weird with the condiments.

Fried Oyster 4/10

The fried oyster tasted weird and had a weird smell.

The texture of the flour was not right either.

The meal was quite disappointing, because on the last trip, we could literally smell the fragrance of the fried oyster from afar. It was so crowded that we had to wait 45 mins for one plate of fried oyster.

Anyway, we went to catch a movie titled "The Wedding Diary 2".

The movie was heart warming and funny. It has insights to life after marriage, mainly problems within married couples, in laws, and your little one. Of course, the movie ended happily with all problems resolved. 

We headed back to City Square and settled for an awesome looking Korean BBQ Restaurant to have dinner. There was only two couples in front of us in the queue yet we waited for around 30 minutes before we got a seat. I have to say that they were really slow and disorganized.

Anyway, here's some pics of the place, and food!

BORNGA

Sillyb in his waiting pose

 Our choices for the night

 

 Always wanted to have ice cold Tiger beer with Korean BBQ! Shiokkk

Look who's using handphone now?!

Side dishes - mostly veggie.
i miss korean ikan bilis!

 

The meats look super fresh and they taste fantastic, especially the beef as the marinate was superb. The korean boss cooked the beef for us as it's very thin and it required some skills to perfect the meat.

Chef Chris in the house YO!

Total damage RM 94.60.
SGD less than $40. Cheap rightttt!!

We had a satisfying dinner which made up for the unsatisfying lunch. Took AC7 from JB customs back to Yishun Interchange again, this time at RM 2.00. 

I love the exchange rate man.

Some might be wondering about the missing gifts for our V Day celebrations. Well, we exchanged it last midnight. I would say it's a pretty special gift with much much love and effort. 

Thank you for the awesome V day, sillyb. ♥

A weekend in December

After a week, I have finally finished penning down my trips for 2012. Time to update some recent activities.

I had a great time with silly boy last weekend. On saturday, we went to JB for a date. 
Me ♥ dates.

We reached Woodlands Center at about 11.00 am. Walked past Sheng Siong and could not resist the aroma of their Otah.

otah otah! 4 for $1!

yummay!!

tonnes of people queuing for buses into JB.



The queue at Woodlands Custom was long as expected. Worse still, an African man who was in our line got stuck with the immigration officer. Luckily, silly boy queued up for another line and we cleared soon after. Not so silly after all! :x

City Square was bustling with people and it seemed to have changed alot from my last visit. Once we enter, there were lots of food stalls calling out to us. Then, we spotted 许留山, a popular dessert chain in Hong Kong. Irresistable, we ordered one to share :)

silly boy's big tummy block the view of his feet :x


finally!! suddenly, i miss hong kong.

 we both look silly in our own ways :p

We went to Cathay Cineplex to check out the movie but there was not much selection and timing was limited. The neoprint shop which used to be beside Cathay Cineplex has also closed down due to the massive renovations going on in the mall. *Disappointed*
Anyway, we decided to go for our lunch first.

Dontaku Japanese Restuarant

walkway into the restaurant

very extensive menu

scouting for all the salmon items

Silly boy had a Salmon Sashimi Set set which came with salmon sashimi, tempura, california handroll, salad, chawanmushi, miso soup and rice. With all these, the set only costs RM22!

I had Spicy Tonkatsu Ramen. 

We also order Enoki Bacon Roll, Kani Cream Croquette and Salmon/Ebi Sushi.

 
Digging In!

 Rating? 7.5/10
Damage? RM74.20 (Less than $30 #OMG)

After lunch, we went for some shopping. Surprisingly, we spotted this!!

NEOPRINT SHOP!!

I always liked taking neoprints but such shops are hard to find in Singapore these days. Even the last one I knew of in Bugis -Pretty In Tokyo, has close down. Excited, we took our first neoprint together.

time to decorate!


Waiting impatiently for it to be printed

TADAH!!

It was really fun taking neoprints although I was quite lost and stucked on how to pose. Silly boy as usual, had many ideas on his pose and expression.

After City Square, we took a cab to KSL which costs us RM8. It was a 5 minutes ride. We headed to MBO Cinemas to check out the movies and decided to watch a Chinese romantic comedy 'My Sassy Hubby'. 

Only RM22 for 2 tickets #OMG again.

No Nachos here :( 

so we ordered fries instead, which was delivered to our seat in the cinema.

flimsy movie tix.

Candy Bar Menu - Combos, Drinks, Hot Food, Popcorn

CZ12 - silly boy's must watch

Jackie Chan is one of his idols, but I didn't know he fantasizes about grabbing his idol's b***s. :x

The movie was on for about 2 hours, pretty lengthy for a Chinese film. Ekin Cheng and Charlene Choi were the main casts. This movie is actually a sequel  of "My Wife is 18". I really enjoyed the onscreen chemistry between these two stars. But also, my tears flowed like an open tap for the last 45 mins. It reminds people of the bittersweet in marriage, and love. Sometimes, people become uncertain of their love due to many reasons. It can be due to friction, which is bound to occur between couples, or perhaps a greener pasture on the other side which is too alluring and bewitching. A marriage takes two hands to clap, and some people fail to see that, it's actually more than just a piece of paper. Love is necessary in a marriage, but eventually, it evolves into compromise, commitment and greater love for your partner than yourself.
To me, marriage is probably the biggest challenge in life.

OK, enough of emo talks and stuff. After movie, I brought silly boy for classic pedicure at one of the nail parlor I used to frequent. His feet really need some pampering!

#likeaboss

  

before and after. cleaner and shapelier. ;)

We went for shopping and ended up at Tesco, the supermarket at the lowest floor of KSL. We bought our favourite Mi Goreng and Mi Sedaap.

It was already 9pm by the time we walked the whole of KSL. We chanced upon a new stall selling fried oyster and it smells really good!! By the time we went back again, they were closed for the day. Hungry, we took a cab to Taman Sentosa for dinner.

There are two Chinese restaurant in opposite the new Sentosa Mall, Kimdo and 101. I bought silly boy to the usual 101 as food and service were better there.

BBQ at 101. 

Ordered chix wings, prawns, abalone slices and abalone mushroom.

Rating? 8.5/10 (9.5/10 for the chilli!)

Damage? RM20

Zi-char at 101.

Rating? 7/10

Damage? RM47.30 ($19 #OMGx3)

The food standard at 101 has dropped slightly. The sweet potato leaves had some clam shells in it. The hot plate oyster egg fared below our expectations. However, the fried baby squid was good and salted egg pork rib was the best dish of the 4.

It was a lucky night and we managed to get a cab within 3 minutes. Headed back to Singapore with smooth traffic and the night ended perfectly. 

♥

On Sunday, silly boy randomly suggested to go for brunch at Riders Cafe. I always wanted to visit Riders Cafe but did not have a chance to. Excited, we got ready and left home at 10 am.

Riders Cafe is located at Bukit Timah Saddle Club at Fairways Drive, along Eng Neo Ave. Brunch is served on weekend only from 8am to 3pm.

 

interior of riders cafe

balcony seats overlooking the horse pen

('_')?

#gay

rock glass on horseshoe coaster

weekend brunch menu

snap snap

My Iced Latte and his Iced Mocha

Mine - 'The Usual' 

 Silly Boy's - Smoked Salmon & Creamed Eggs

Rating? 8/10

Damage? $48

Full and satisfied, we explored the surroundings of Riders Cafe.

staircase with framed memories

gloomy, but perfect for stroll :)

 

charming horse which we never got near to

majestic tree outside an empty cafe

took a snap together before we left

We bought ingredients for dinner at Sheng Siong Supermarket. His favorite kailian, favorite chicken feet and favorite prawns.

For the rest of the afternoon, we became couch potatoes. I introduced silly boy The Walking Dead and he was totally hooked. Everyday, he never fails to tell me about walking dead synopsis, walking dead twitter, $5.98 walking dead game, walking dead thia, walking dead that. We had The Walking Season 1 & 2 marathon for a week and finally, Season 3 for Sunday.

The Walking Dead Season 3 is FANTASTIC. I felt that their landscapes - prison and Woodbury town, elevated the whole feel of Walking Dead series. New characters were introduced and of course, existing characters died.

One of the deaths which has the biggest impact on me was Lori's. I cried pretty badly when Lori said her last words to Carl.

"You are going to beat this world, I know you will. You are smart, and you are strong, and you are so brave, and I love you. You gotta do what's right. It's so easy to do the wrong thing in this world. So, so, if it feels wrong don't do it, alright? If it feels easy don't do it, don't let this world spoil you. You're so good, my sweet boy. Best thing I ever did, and I love you, I love you. My sweet, sweet, boy I love you."

Too many tears, not enough tissues. It was agonizing as Lori sacrificed herself in order to keep her unborn baby girl alive. Worst, Carl had to shoot his own mother to keep her from reanimating.

This serial can be quite wicked at times.

Halfway through the serial, we prepared dinner and continued watching. Totally addictive. #Hooked

Sunday dinner at home

It is hard to not grow fat with silly boy. We enjoy eating and cooking way too much. We have breakfast, lunch, dinner, sometimes supper and when we are couch-potato-ing, we snack. 

Also, my napping after meals habit has grown on him. "Exercise" and "Gym" have been stuck on our To-Do-List for several weeks now.

Say hello to the laziest couple on planet Earth. :p