To sum it all up, my long weekend was food and more food, and of course I did catch up on my snooze. On Friday we had a good dinner to start the long weekend. Hubby and I found this great chicken rice place at Siglap which I'm sure many foodies are familiar with, Chuen Chuen HK Style Cafe at Siglap. They were fomerly from the old Bugis hawker centre which you will also recognize from the 'Lost and Found' poster, a programme hosted by Channel 5. I vaguely remember eating their chicken rice during those days and if I'm right they still taste as good. The rice was fragrant and didn't leave a trace of oily aftertaste. We ordered a set meal to share so that leaves some space for some food sampling. Their homemade tofu on a bed of baby kailan and japanese mushrooms was worth a try and the marmite ribs though tasty was lacking in its main ingredient, yes, marmite. So, it was good but not great. Overall, the food was decent and affordably priced and I plan to go back to sample their breakfast menu - this time I'll make sure to bring along my camera for decent-looking photos.
Dinner on Saturday evening with Bro and Candice. I was out the whole day so didn't manage the whip up a decent homecooked mealm instead we ordered in a Proscuitto Ham and Funghi pizza and Beef Lagsane from Pizzadorne. But what I did manage to prepare was NZ mussels the chilli crab style.l; Unfortunately it was too starchy this time round. What is a meal without wine, right? We started with a bottle of Gewϋrtztraminer and later a bottle of red made up of 6 different varietal of grapes that bro had brought along. To me, it was peppery on the nose with a slight hint of vanilla and clean on the taste but definitely not for early drinkers as they may not find it easy to drink.
Sunday! Happy National Day!!! Didn't start day bright and early but surely I had a great meal to start the day with my family. This time the venue was The Imperial Treasure Nanbei restaurant at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Airport Terminal 3. I was all excited about eating Peking Duck but the taste was masked by the thick and not-so-refined looking pancake. Kinda disappointing as I've had better ones. However, the soup was divine, even Mom and Dad gave their thumbs up.
Nothing exciting about Monday (hence the colour) as it spells the end of the long weekend. Looking forward to the next one - Hari Raya Puasa - 41 days and counting...
