Let me see..... I was thinking of a starting line to associate or at least have something to tag on the word"cats" and guess what? My brain is filled with  "It's the Tom and Jerry kids.. blah..." the song and the cartoon. Hahaha.  Classic huh?

Well, I was goggling on where to go on the weekends where I chanced upon the Cat Cafe. It seems to good to be true, playing with cats and enjoying your tea + desserts at the same time. I literally forced Boo to book an appointment( Yes, reservation is recommended as it is normally quite packed according to the staffs)  and settled a date which was booked 2 weeks in advance. I guess weekends are just too popular and especially we are requesting for morning session only. 

The cafe is located at the second storey and you will be greeted by the "招财猫“ . Hahaha.. In order to ensure customers to keep the environment clean for the habitat cats here, we are required to leave our footwear outside and wash our hands with soap foam provided in the cafe. NICE!

The home of the cats is certainly designed a playground for them!All the customers were seat  in two rows with comfort chairs or on the floor to watch and take photos of the cute little kitties. Without further a do, I shall present you.. the sleepy sleeping kitties ~Ohh did I not mentioned that they were once a stray? All the cats were adopted or rescued by the owners. 

 Aren't they cute? Emma is the white dozing kitty while the other is Skittles.. they have been taking their power nap all the time I was there. Wish I could take a grim of Emma's blue eyes. Awww... 

As you can see, there is a long table near the big windowsill for you and me to look out to admire the scenery of Boat Quay, but the cats have invaded to sunbath and catch a nap at the same time. Hahaha. How efficient are they?! 

Other than chasing the kitties in attempted to take their photos, the cafe also provides desserts and beverages for us to enjoy. Boo and I ordered their cappuccino and black coffee respectively and an Earl ice cream cookie. Ohhh boy, the ice cream cookie tasted so good! Light Earl Grey taste in between the cookie. Yummy!

And my boo actually took a selfie with Dewey which I found it very unique indeed. Hahah.. My Boo is always so innovative! 

Well, I believe I'm not too bad either. Ok, I'm very thick skinned...The overall experience is good, where you can tell that the cats are well taken care of and will never be abused by the customers as the staffs are quite protective towards them. I believe they are in good hands ~ =)) Do visit the kitties as you know part of the expenses you made does make a difference for them to survive. If you can't get enough of them, why not buy a small souvenir for yourself to look at them at home?

Cat Cafe Neko no Niwa is located at 

54A Boat Quay (Level 2)

Singapore 049843

Telephone: (65) 6536 5319

*Reservations recommended*

Mondays to Fridays: 11am to 10pm

Saturdays and Public Holidays: 10am to 10pm

Sundays: 2pm to 9pm

I believe most of us have traveled to Hong Kong, enjoying the shopping and also the food. Other than dim sum, the most authentic place that describe best about the culture, are Hong Kong cafes! You might think that the chain of restaurants which are almost in every heartland malls are the closest you can get to curb your cravings, you will be so wrong!


With Boo's Recommendation, we decided to travel from the West to Balestier for some real Hong Kong Cafe food! Upon pushing open the glass door, I am overwhelmed by  the many canvas paintings decorating the whole place which looks like a simple place, sincerely serving good food.

Oh my.... here comes the first dish Boo and I cannot wait to indulge ourselves in!! The fish roe fried rice is so fragrant that I bet you will be addicted to the dish once tasted a mouthful. For a serving of 2 at $9 filled with fish roes and beat eggs make it yearning for more! Yummy!!~ Simple yet ... delicious!

Next came our toast which tasted so great that I thought I have packed it from Hong Kong itself! The peanut butter has immersed in between the warm toast with some honey and a cube of butter makes it so sinful yet... can't take my eyes  mouth of it!

Notice the mug? It contains the infamous 丝袜奶茶(Silk Stocking Milk Tea)! The taste is definitely different from the local HK cafes, I suspect there is addition of condensed milk to enhance the taste of the milk tea. (-.^)V

The last dish of the meal is the jade tofu with Broccoli tasted very healthy and I specially love the gravy and the tiny mushrooms plus shredded dry scallops. Yummy! The Tofu silky inside but slightly crispy outside. Solid indeed as the gravy did not turn the tofu soggy despite we finish the dish last.

All the food served are of equally high quality. Although it is not an easily accessible place, it is worth visiting this cafe and I bet you will never look back....

 Cafe De Hong Kong (新天地小厨茶餐厅)

Address:#01-01, Easpac Building, 586 Balestier Road

I am all in the mood to look for new place to hangout with Boo. So, after some research online for some newly open cafes and based on our feelings, we chose this young cafe which is located in Tanjong Pagar area. =))

Upon entering the cafe, we were welcome by the opened concept at the first storey of the place. Did I not mention that the kitchen is also an open concept too? It is just located beside the cash counter ~ Hahaha.. I don't know what to say, but I am quite amused! There is a second storey which is quite private with a few "nua-ing" sofas. 

Looking at the Menu, the cafe specializes in all day breakfasts and some deserts. What further interested me was, from the desert section, there is a tag which says " Pay as you wish Muffin". There was nothing at that time, so i presumed those muffins are not ready yet.. so disappointing.. 

While waiting for our foods, I decided to do my usual cam whoring when Boo secretly sneak over my back and snatched my limelight! Humps!! 

Have the dishes left you hungry? We ordered the Leek Potato baked eggs and Smoked Salmon and Mushroom Sandwiches. The Baked eggs is quite special with baked beans and tomato sauce beneath, cheesy pieces of potatoes, leek, button mushrooms and two half boiled eggs as the toppings. The combination tasted so good, surprising as I thought it would be disaster! The top layer served as ingredients to eat with the wheat beard and the slight sourish taste from tomato sauce adds favor to the whole dish. 

As for the sandwiches, I would like to say the breads are the highlights! They were warm and crispy, not too dry. A pity is that the mushroom sandwich should have some sauce if not, it will be rather too normal~ ==> Statement from Boo. Boo also ordered a plate of scramble eggs and it was the slight watery type which both Boo and I love. Guess what, it costs only $1 for 1 full plate of scramble eggs! hahaha. 

Last but not least, what is the point of going to a cafe without a cup of coffee? We shared a cup of "Brown" which is coffee with a tint of chocolate. I love the design on the coffee but ~ I think Brown is sweet for my taste bub. I guess that is because I love black coffee. =)) 

I love the front door especially it matches my outfit. ahahaha.. A date in Red ~~


Address:

Drury Lane

94 Tanjong Pagar Rd 

Singapore 088515

Happy New Year !!! The greetings came four days later but well at least I did not forget to do so for my first post for year 2014! =))

My after marriage life still goes on and frankly speaking nothing changes except that maybe there will be some house rules laying down soon especially for festival seasons. Anyway, that is not what I want to blog for today. So let's just cut the chase and talk about this little cozy Japanese Restaurant.

Boo and I were checking out Westgate mall which is newly opened for a month and it seems that there are many many big brand restaurants/cafes around. But I have to give credits to my Boo that it was him who saw this little Japanese restaurant.

I think one look from this picture you should have known what it specializes in! BBQ Meats!! BBQ vegetables!!! BBQ seafood! Wahhh!!!! The service staff was so nice as to offer us their private room! Looking at their Menu, other than BBQ foods, they also have hotpots and other side dishes are suitable for an enjoyable dinner with a brunch of friends after a long day's at work. * Hahaha...

Boo and I ordered some sweet cold sake to eat with the BBQ foods and hotpot we have ordered. Sounds a bit too much? Nope, it was only just right potion for the both of us! We had ordered the seafood/pork/chicken set menu C consisting of two big scallops, few pieces of chicken and pork belly plus some cabbages and pumpkin slices. Yummy yummy!

And the picture below shows our second round erhh...the BBQ pork belly slices were just so irresistible for us! All that juicy meats.. =p~~~~~~~

We were actually quite full from the BBQ meats. As the greedy duos, we still go for the hotpot without cancelling the order.

The hotpot consists of bean spouts, onions, some garlic slices and slices of chicken meat. Please do not belittle the taste of the hotpot based on the mentioned ingredients! The secret to this tasty hotpot is its soup base! Heard from the waitress, Beatrice, that the soup was made from the Boss's family passed down secret recipe!

Within minutes, Beatrice stirred the vegetables and meat into the soup and add some chili paste to make it more fragrance, as if it was not enough for me and Boo to not drool on the table!! Ooh... the bean spouts absorbed the essence of the soup, which I can just fed myself only to the bean spouts with some white rice. Nice! The chicken slices tasted like well marinated braised chicken after some time which I recommended to eat when you have almost finished the hotpot. 

No words can describe the food and the warmth we felt in this cozy restaurant. I'm loving it! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello Everyone, it has been a really long while since I last updated my Blog. Well.. well. I am really busy with my wedding preparation and yes, I will be getting married in 2 weeks' time!

In a mist of the hectic wedding preparation, I chanced upon the Facebook page of Jemolian's store which advertised the annual Rilakkuma cafe event held on behalf of Bon Japan in Singapore!!! How am I not getting excited when little did you know that Boo and I decide to name our future girl as Rila and boy boy as Kuma!!! Hahahaha.. 

 To be honest, I cannot imagine why a cutie affair was held in the middle of a light industry area. Anyway, I still hung on the hope that the interior maybe very different from it's surroundings?!

We were greeted by the cute head shots of Rilakkuma bears on the cement flooring , approximately every 5 steps at level 2 before approaching into the event hall. 

Once entered into the event hall, I was captured by the PS2 Rilakkuma game! The graphics were just too cute to resist taking pictures!! So I made Boo to play a few rounds in order to take a couple more pictures! 

As I have overlooked the chance to get the limited set meal ( need to reserve few days before), Boo and I gotten ourselves a dessert set meal plus a fish stick wrapped with seaweed. The presentation did look good but the Lipton milk tea was way too diluted! =((  The set plus the fish stick costed us $14.40, which was considered quite expensive but I guess we shouldn't be complaining as it was not as if we could get them as and when, it was an annual event,mind you! 

After the tea break, it was time for some camera whoring!! Posing here and there with the giant Rilakkuma and Korilakkuma at the event hall. 

Especially Boo Jemolian's Store who certainly wanted to pose with his friend, Little Quacky aka Kiiroitori. 

Although we did not buy any merchant goods in the event, we had a good time as usual by entertaining ourselves, making the best out of what we have... *...* 

TGIF! Oh yeah, I can finally let down my hair for some fun with Boo tonight. We were thinking of going to Muhan Korean Restaurant to enjoy some BBQ meat and rice wine.

However, we were both so disappointed when we saw the big "Close" signage hanging out from the restaurant . Wild guesses were made between the two of us of what could have happened to our favorite eatery!!! At that point of time, so coincidentally, a man from the next shop told us that the eatery was closing down temporary for some serious renovation work. Phew, not closed down. 

Anyway, we approached the man for other alternatives for nearby good food and he recommended  us  the Chinese restaurant just across Muhan, called Bee Hiang (茗香).

By the way, I am not asking you to look at Boo in his favorite white-green strips but the decorations of the oriental restaurant! Hahaha.. Very chi-na yet reminded me of the wedding dinners I used to attend when I was young.

Looked at what have we got ! The Bee Hiang Fried Rice which consisted of some prawn meat, crab meat and eggs which tasted really good with the grains well mixed with the ingredients and the wok's taste that lingered in mouth for the longest time.

The prawns rolls plus spicy sausages rolls was one of the must order dish here. I concluded that when I saw almost 70% of the other tables ordered the dish. Well, the skin of the minced prawn rolls were crispy and the prawns meat tasted fresh. As for spicy sausages rolls, the skin were not salty at all,with the minced pork meat well seasoned. The dish was definitely better than most restaurants of the same!  

After having enough of the fried and carbo dishes, our only vegetable dish came! It was the stir fried sambal veggies ( I have forgotten the name of the veg). Oily yet luring you to feed yourself more with the veggie! It did not  taste salty at all and you can jolly well eat it alone without any white rice needed to neutralize the saltiness which happened to most sambal veggie dishes. 

Oh my..  one of 2nd my favorite dish! Stir fried Cereal Tofu!!!! The cereal tasted crispy and smelt good,  the best combination with the soft tofu. The tofu was quick fried first before cooking with the cereal which made the tofu soft inside yet tough on the outside! Good stuff!!<3

Finally the main lead of the night came! The 3 layered bruised pork slices in steam bun! Yummy yummy, just reminded me of my late grandfather. He could make the world's best "Kong Ba" which made me wanted more despite me not a pork eater. Missed him so much ~~ 

A great dinner which brought back so much of my younger memories~~ Truly enjoyable dinner with Boo ! 

Address112 - 116 Amoy Street
Singapore 069932

Reservation & Enquiry

Tel:	+65 6221 6695 +65 6221 6684

After visiting there once with my colleagues, I couldn't forget the hospitality that the boss and the servers had shown us. That was the reason why I hounded Boo to bring me there again , a week after the first visit . I must say the location of the restaurant is quite inconvenient for people without a car. Nevertheless, that reason doesn't stop me from going there!

Hahaha.. nice food filled of different varieties right? The above potions consisted of 2 sets of pork belly and Wagu beef ! Each of the sets have big potion of Kim Chi , Korean beansprouts, some tofu and mushrooms together with onion rings and eggs!! Yummy yummy!!!! 

Other than the part that potions were big, the BBQ hot plate was tilted slightly such that the oil from the BBQ meats will flow to the Kim Chi and it was another new method for me to eat the cooked Kim chi ( cut into small pieces) with the BBQ meat only. 

 After finishing most of the meat, you may want to request a bowl of white rice and cook some fried rice together using the leftovers on the hotplate! Nice right? So much about DIY experience! Boo was so excited about it too!

 

I couldn't help but to pose as though I am a potential housewife! hahahaha... I did not cook the fried rice! 

The end product finally done! Credits to  Boo for cooking the rice and me arranging of the rice and doing up the decoration (yes, the little piece of cabbage).  

We had so much fun in the restaurant and we received a very warm welcome by the owner and server. Although there maybe some hipups here and there, due to the fact there were only 2 servers attending the customers and one cook in the kitchen. =) 

By the way, I heard from the owner that they are going to change the name of the restaurant, so don't be surprised if you entered the place with a different signboard! Do patronized  them because of their good food! 

Muhan Dojeon Korean Resturant 

21 Amoy Street 

Singapore (069856) 

CLOSED DOWN

Boo had been giving me a lot of surprises, and this time is just as special as the other  he had done for me.  As he knew I was pretty stressed up by the workload recently and Japanese food is one of my favorite cruise, I was brought to this Japanese restaurant at the Millennium Walk.

As we do not have any reservation, we need to be located at the outdoor. For which, I think it was a blessing in disguise.. Hahaha, I got to breath some fresh air,enjoying the light breeze with Boo.  OO.. and I saw a strange phenomeon, which was the servers here had to knee down on his/her one knee beside our tables to note down our orders.  The tables aren't that low, you know?!

Guess it was one of their customer services to us. Well, then I have to say I was impressed it. Boo recommended some of the food on the Menu and both of us decided to share the two sets plus a side dish. 

The fried burdock was the first to serve and gosh, it was really crispy but it was tasteless if served without the salt and a little squeeze of lime. Frankly speaking, I don't know what is burdock so well I google and this was what I have got. 

The dry root of the burdock and it is said to prevent high cholesterol problems, clears the toxins out from the body, and more other benefits like curing sore throats and colds. Nice ah?!

Both of the main sets came abit later and I forced Boo to take the orh lulu eel set while I took the salmon set.  I have to compliment the rice as it was really fragrant and each grain of rice was well cooked; non sticky. The marinated sliced mushroom and the vegetable tasted heavenly with the rice and the slices of fresh salmon. Yummy!  The chawanmushi and other sides were so-so only, which I prefer not to comment about them...

As for the eel set, the eel had too much of the sauce which caused it to be too sweet. What a waste to the fine piece of eel. However, the mixed grain rice was also heavenly fragrant !! 

                  

It was overall a fruitful and enjoyable evening! Good food!!! <3

After a day's of gown fitting at our bridal studio, Boo and I were deciding where to eat at Tanjong Pagar. As the usual famous Ramen Restaurant we both love had a super duper long Q , forced us to give up waiting as our stomachs were growling furiously. (o.o'')

                                                                   

                                                         
As I was feeling unwell, Boo was made to find somewhere else which serves something light and soupy. It wasn't long before we passed by the Pho Stop which specializes in Vietnamese cruise. Once stepped into the shop, I was attracted by its simple yet reflecting the country's culture and lifestyle's decorations.

** Photo from citynomads**  ( I missed out shooting the summer rolls, so well, I "borrowed"the pic from somewhere)

For our appetizer, we had the popular summer rolls,consisting of a bit of bean spouts, sticks of carrots and cucumbers rolled in lettuce leaf and rice paper. What made it stood out to any other rice paper roll was the sweet and a little sourish peanut sauce that came with the dish. Do dip one of the roll into the sauce and put it into your mouth and you will realize that the taste was not overwhelming as in the you were able to taste the crunchiness of the fresh veggies, coated with a bit of sweet and sourish taste, making you wanting more food! That's what an appetizer supposedly does right?

I ordered a rice noodle soup with chicken shreds as my main dish.The chicken broth soup was very well flavored, and the rice noodle were well cooked , no gluey and lumpy noodles! Great! Not to mention that Pho Stop doesn't scrimp on the chicken shreds and the bowl costed only about $7.50 - $8.00!

Boo gotten himself the grilled chicken with dry laksa noodles.The grilled chicken tasted like satay chicken without being so oily yet delicious. The  burnt parts added favor to the tender meat, loving it so much! Well, I think it should be alright to have some "unhealthy" food once awhile! 

My overall feeling to the restaurant was great and I would certainly come back again for some chilling moments! However, I must add that for non beef eaters like me, the menu was really limited. Hopefully they will create more chicken or maybe even fish related dishes. 

Pho Stop 

21 Tanjong Pagar Rd  Singapore 088444
6221 4001