I missed my weekly Tuesday post.. and it seems my sister noticed, so ok! A blog entry just for her~ This will be Day 8 (even though it's been like, what, 2 months?? since we came back from Singapore and she's going to come over soon herself....) For some reason, Day 8 has really really few photos... I don't know why, so maybe Day 9 too~

Woke up late again that day and skipped another round of breakfast. If you'd imagine 7 previous days of eating, it's really no surprise that we started skipping meals by Day 8 ^^'' So lunch was...

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Bakkuteh!! It's this Chinese herbal soup simmered with bones.. there are so many ingredients and herbs that go into this soup, I don't even really know what's inside, but the spicy taste and smell of this soup is absolutely great.

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Liver!

I don't recall what we actually did this day.. I remember we saw this really big fountain outside a shopping centre, and then playing in the arcade, where I tried to play the parapara machine... oh my gosh, talk about embarrassing =_= ANYWAY, since this is a half day, we didn't really take many photos, and it was straight on to dinner!

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We went to this restaurant near East Coast Park, behind Jumbo- a restaurant well known for its chilli crab, but M recommended this other one behind it because he said it's actually better~

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Drunken prawns. I absolutely loved this dish!! 1) Prawns are pretty similar to lobster, so it's one of my favourite seafood... along with lobsters and crabs and... *names half the entire seafood population* 2) The broth was really really nice. It had the alcoholic tinge to it, but even after drinking a whole bowl of it, I wasn't flushed, which probably means all the alcohol content evaporated while cooking, but the taste retained in the broth and prawns... I wonder if anywhere in Sydney has this dish.

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Bamboo shell fish? I have no idea what they are really ^^

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And here comes the main dish- the chilli butter crab! Especially liked the deep fried curry leaves, which melted in the mouth because it's so crisp~

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Not just ONE crab, but TWO! We were warned when eating this that the shell will be extremely slippery, so if we didn't want any crabs flying around, we should be careful =) Doesn't it look like some alien sea creature that will eat you if you don't eat it first?~ Rawrrr

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Huge contrast to the flaming red chilli crab- white mantou (um... bread rolls- asian style) to mop up the sauce of the chilli crab~

After a very satisfying dinner, we headed over to the Singapore Flyer- a big ferris wheel that rotates slowly... I think it takes about half an hour for each rotation.

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Must say- it's not as nicely lit up as Tokyo or other parts of Japan, but way better than what Sydney could do~ unfortunately, we didn't get the whole cabin to ourselves. It was a pretty huge cabin, so my sis, M, tt and I shared it with a whole bunch of other tourists, which made it not as fun and definitely not as peaceful (tourists= lots of photos being snapped, flashes going off, excited whispers and/or raised voices) but it was quite a nice experience seeing Singapore from high up at night~

And that concludes Day 8. Quick huh? =D

Day 9 was a full day~ but not that many photos either.

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We've been eyeing this long an cake for a long long time, ever since we saw it at a shopping centre's bakery quite early on in the trip. We finally got it! =D As this is already Day 9, we had to rush to get everything we wanted as souvenirs/ presents for families and friends etc. This was in the same place as some chocolates we wanted to bring back for my parents, so we got this cake along the way! =D Had it in M's car~ really nice!

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Brunch was at a hawker centre. It had been my selfish wish to have chicken rice wrapped in brown paper at least once while we're in Singapore, so they brought us to a hawker centre and bought it for me especially =D Thank you!! Was actually famished when we got this, so it disappeared pretty quickly and tasted specially delicious~

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Unwrapped! Can never go wrong with chicken rice when it's been wrapped in brown paper =D

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This was in Singapore, the land of hot and humid weather 365 days per annum, so we had shaved ice to cool down. This was my sister's long an plus grass jelly.

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M got shaved ice+ mixed fruits and sour sop! It looked pretty similar to custard apples, but it's different. I don't remember ever trying it, so we copied and got the same thing =D It was really nice actually, like a bigger and meatier version of custard apples.

After that, we went to the Esplande (the big durian looking thing... Singapore version of Opera House) to have tea at their cookie museum.

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Their tray of sugar, plates, cups and teaspoons

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Notice how there are two different types of teacups? One is all pink and girly-looking~ for the ladies, and the other plain, tall cup for the gentlemen.

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Their different types of cookies... and believe me when I tell you they have hundreds of flavors, and some even get extinct (stop producing) while others get created in their stead. If I remember correctly, there are seasons for cookies too, where some are only available for certain times...

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Have to say, it was a wonderful experience. Sampled many different flavors of cookies, from savory to sweet. Tried a spicy Japanese-inspired one with wasabi and peppers, rose with red wine, chicken rice, ikan billis, and I brought home a nasi lemak one for my mum. It's really amazing how they made it, because one could taste the layers- first the coconut rice flavor, and then the chilli sauce, then the peanuts and ikan billis on top of it all- condensed into one cookie. Must have been hard to make... so it's no surprise that one tin of cookies cost around $40SG.

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Their interior is nicely decorated too, very Victorian style. Imagine having high tea there...

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Menu was nicely printed with "paintings"

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The esplanade close-up~

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My sister brought a rose and red wine tin of cookies. Needless to say, it was very nice too, though I found the nasi lemak one to be more special as a cookie.

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Tea~ Lots of tea!!

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That night, we went to the only 6 stars hotel in Singapore... none other than Fullerton!

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Chefs... for what?

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Tada! This was our dinner! A chocolate buffet at Fullerton Hotel~

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A teacup of hot chocolate, freshly made. There was a table with about 10 different choices of chocolate, from lightest to darkest (which was about 80% cocoa I think), some with flavors like orange, some just plain. There's a girl with a saucepan, who will whisk up some milk and chocolate, turn the heat on a stove and make you a cupful of delectable hot chocolate right on the spot while you look on~

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Their chocolate mousse looks innocent- but don't be fooled. Within that mousse holds about 7 whole cherries that have been soaked in liquor. The lychee white chocolate mousse was most memorable to me because it was soooo great- with pieces of lychee inside and soft white chocolate mousse that goes perfectly with it...

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I am ready to go back there right now.

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Table full of desserts... self serve!

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._. I haven't had dinner yet... this is the worst thing for me to see at the moment.. until I get some food.

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I shall shut up and just put photos up.

There was an incident that night where I left the camera, along with my memory card from the beginning of the trip till then, in the bathroom and forgot to take it. When I remembered and went back for it, no surprise, it was gone. Went around panicking and asking the service desk and the cleaner if they've seen it and came back with negative answers... feared I might have ruined the night, but it was found in the end ; ; Jie, M, tt!! I'm so sorry for causing you guys trouble on a night that would have been so enjoyable!!! =(

But that concludes day 9. We only had half a day left... which will be in the next entry- Day 10.... home time~