Scent of Butter

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Masters audition in just a few days! Somehow I think I'm beyond nervous... when I first received the email, I was fully panicking, now... it's just... I'm-not-ready-but-I-can't-be-bothered. Been listening to Capsule's "Milk Tea Time" (ミルクティーの時間) on loop for at least 100 times already, 49 seconds of cuteness on loop =) So feeling rather happy, I shall blog about Day 6~ because Day 6 will be short.

Morning! Breakfast at hawker centre where we had fried you tiao.. um.. how to describe this to people who've never had them... it's like long bread stick, but the texture is like donuts! Really nice~

Soy bean milk!

Their xiao long bao, which wasn't as nice as, say, Din Tai Feng, or Shanghai Tan, but still good, because it's xlb- the nicest dumpling ever~

They were well known for their tea-soaked eggs, and even though I've never been a big fan of hard boiled eggs, it was pretty good.

We wandered around a huge computer centre where there were storeys filled with electronics. Didn't take many photos, it was a super super super hot day and I wasn't feeling well either, but then we did see this pico projector for sale and it's this hand sized projector that can project movies and photos up onto the ceiling! Just imagine lying in bed and watching movies on your ceiling! It did cost $500, and upon more research, realised that it's still a kinda new technology- it will improve and get cheaper soon, so I shall refrain from buying one =)

Then we got lost getting to Bugis Junction, where we were supposed to walk through a lot of cheap stalls and mini market to get to, but we didn't end up getting there at all, until we asked for directions ^^'' Oh gosh, next time I'll bring a map or something, it's NOT fun getting lost in Singapore, because it's so humid, there's no difference whether you're in the sun or shade. As long as you're walking around outside, it WILL be hot and you will get all sticky and uncomfortable!

Lunch was at this western restaurant, but I forgot the name.

Wee, lobster! I've been having an obsession with lobsters lately and must have eaten... quite a lot. Before this obsession, I haven't had lobsters for years because I preferred prawns, but now, it's lobsters all the way! XD

Wandered around Bugis Junction and met up with M and my sister before heading to dinner. They just KNEW we'd get lost (are we that "blur"??) ^^ but it's all good, food solves all matters~

Dinner was at Mushroom Pot, our third buffet during this trip, first being the Japanese Buffet from Day 1, and then Meat Buffet at Carnivore from Day 5, and Day 6 is... a Mushroom Buffet! This, we definitely do not have in Sydney!

It's a steamboat~

You get to choose some starters and then the yinyang pot comes. We chose a normal chicken soup base I think? And M wanted "ma la" soup, which is this really really red spicy soup where they put these small peppercorns that just sting your whole mouth when you accidentally bite into one.

Our selection of starters

First dishes, selection of mushrooms and some liver.

I forgot what this was, but it's like hairy monkey head's mushroom or something. Wait, I'm sure that's not what it's called, but the texture of it felt pretty similar.

Next, we went to Timbre, this outdoor bar/social place to chill.

Mango lime mix~ I think it was either mango or lime, but then I chose mango for tt first... then tt decided to change it to lime, then I think the waiter got a little mixed up and decided to make it mango and lime.

This was... a gunner? I don't know ._.

Some green concoction. Witch's brew =P

Unbelievable. They could still eat. After the mushroom buffet, I was pretty much gone, and they still ordered a pizza.

Oh this!! I definitely had room for this, and if I didn't, I'll make room! This was from Stamford Hotel. It's a really special mooncake- it's snowskin wrapped around sweet filling, and this one was my sister's chocolate chips in white chocolate. It's crunchy. There's this other one that's green, where the "yolk" is a white chocolate truffle. THAT one was really to die for.

End of Day 6~ Past the half way mark! I might actually be able to finish blogging about Singapore afterall~

Monday, November 02, 2009

I'm falling behind in my blog!! I have so many things to write about the current life, about now, about the past week, about everything! I have major whinge sessions to let out (like someone at work being a total prick and complaining to the manager, just because she had to do a little bit of work, whereas everyone else probably does ten times what she does in less time! Just fire her already, please!!) and food recommendations (new supermaket meal [unpaid advertisement]- Sunrice's Thai curry with jasmine rice made from all natural ingredients, comes with lunch box, plastic spoon, and only takes two minutes of microwaving! Awesome~), and a wonderful birth day to write about... but I should really finish off my Singapore entries first... been too lazy =( I guess I won't elaborate so much then, and quickly put day 5 and 6 together tonight... if I can~

Day 5!! Sentosa day, so pretty much, we wandered around Sentosa the whole day, went on the luge rides a couple of times, went up the merlion... oh wait, photos....

Yay, mcdonald's big breakfast. I don't know why they decided to discontinue it in Sydney, it was good!! Scrambled eggs, chicken sausage pattie that's absolutely delicious (I think Sydney was beef pattie, but they taste exactly the same...) and English muffins~

Went straight to sentosa after breakfast and went up the merlion, this lion and mermaid creature that represents Singapore. We got this coin that was drop into the lion's mouth and you get a free gift, which turns out to be a fan. It may sound dodgy, but it came in useful!!! I brought them back to tackle Sydney's summer~

Wee, glowy shoes

Lion's teeth~

Some scenery from atop the merlion. The sea~ cos Singapore is an island.

Really like the palm trees, or are they papaya trees... I think that was a resort that my sister was chilling at the whole day while the two of us went around sight seeing... nothing she hasn't seen before afterall~

Sadly, sentosa was under construction. Would have wanted to ride that crazy-looking roller coaster =D

This is the merlion. It's not the actual merlion which sprouts out water, that's somewhere else. This was just a replica that people can climb.

Lunch was at this Japanese restaurant in the middle of Sentosa. We were really relieved to sit and finally have lunch in an air conditioned place, being all sun burnt, hot, sticky and grouchy. Did a few rounds of cycling in the scorching sun and got really hot and uncomfortable, so sitting in a cool restaurant sipping tea was such a blessed moment. I think the thing that puts me off Singapore most is the humidi ty and the heat.

My sister's drink~

Cooling lime drink I think~ shaved ice!! Imagine how great it is sipping this after a hot day outside, walking around getting sun burnt!

My sister's meal, she wasn't hungry and was after something small...

They put mango in everything! These hand rolls had mango in them, except for the soft shell crab one, and I must say, they were very nice~ I've seen mango and salmon sushi in Sydney (Makoto I think it was) before, but not in hand rolls...

More sushi~ need refreshing, cold food!! There are a couple more photos of this dish close up, just click on the photo and press next in the Singapore picasa album... new account btw, my other one reached its limit.

Headed to underwater world next... and argh, seriously, I don't mean to be racist, but I still get mad thinking about those I***** tourists who 1) take forever in the toilet while there's a queue waiting and manage to leave the toilet in the most gross state and 2) shove and walk into people as though they do not exist without so much as a murmur of apology. So aggravatingly rude!!

Fishie~

Sea monster! Octopus? I think this was a squid... I don't know...

Gigantic crab!! yummie~

I would love to eat even just one of those legs... and they got so many!!

Jelly fish are good to eat too~ in chilli sesame oil.

Dewgong... no wait, that's the pokemon. Dugong, I think the real life ones are called. They're heaps uglier than the Pokemon.

Leopard spotted stingray! So cute~

(.__.)

They've got such foolish faces XD (sorry, I'm kinda in a bad mood after thinking back about those I***** tourists, I think it's being reflected in my writing.... am usually not this mean)

Metal armoured stingray with spikes... So many kinds of stingray actually, it's quite interesting... I wonder which one we ate (we did eat a stingray, but that's in one of the later days)

._. I... don't know what they are.

Awww~~

Don't look at me like that... I ate your relatives, but they were doomed to die anyway, it was either us or someone else.

Then we walked out and saw this peacock!!

A couple of metres down, we saw this pack of photogs surrounding an area... and look who was taking a bow~

all fluffy and white~

A peacock that opened his feathers!! This was the first time I ever recall seeing a peacock open its feathers, and it was just strutting its stuff while all these people snapped away with their cameras, but there weren't even any female peacocks around to impress, just... humans. Hm...

A bridge to a small island. Sentosa has many little islands around.

Sunset~ we sat down at some wooden bleachers to watch a show.

With lasers~ and water sprays~

The story was super lame (who did what? Lee did it! Lee did what? *pause* We did it! Who did what? Lee did it! Lee did what? We did it! x100) but the effects were great. Funny how my sister just blogged about this today AND specifically remembered this song too, haha~

Another super annoying man from C***!! (No, really, I'm not trying to be racist, but I guess I am... against my own kind even) who fully shoved past me to get a seat on the mrt. Seriously, the gap between me and the wall must have been about 5cm wide, or not even that, and he squeeeezed past me to get a seat, and he wasn't even old or disabled! Just queue up like everybody else, seriously... =_= it's as bad as cutting a queue, not to mention awfully rude to push past people. His wife tried to squeeze after him, but didn't manage to make it (the guy was scrawny... I reckon I can win a fight with him if it really came down to one). Hmph!

It was around 9 or 9:30 when we finally had dinner~ at... none other than Carnivore! The meat buffet we saw from Day... 1 I think it was... or 2.

We were given these signs at the table. My sister explained that if we got too full and were unable to talk anymore, we can simple flip the signs over to indicate whether we want more food put onto our plates, or whether we've had enough.

To counter all the meat, they had a self service counter of salads~ The fruit salad was really good, and their sundried tomato mini octopus were great.

A healthy dose of meat and veggies~

The concept of this meat buffet was that several men will come to each table, bearing a huge skewer of meat (or pineapple in this case), straight from the grill or barbecue... didn't get a chance to see the kitchen, so wasn't sure... but they'll come and when you indicate you'd like some, the man will carve it straight to your plate using a sharp knife.

They're heaps funny and like to joke around a lot. They even master poses for cameras! 10/10 for service, they were all so friendly (though sometimes you could tell they just want to get rid of all the meat on their skewers and try their best to convince you to have some, even when you're full)

Meatttttt!!!!

I must had killed around 10+ chickens that day and ate their hearts. Even stupid rude tourists cannot ruin my meals.

Shall leave day 6 for another time~ I think I need sleep...

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