Sunday, September 27, 2020

Ichiban Sushi, CompassOne, 26th Sept 2020

 Saturday is my dine out day. Nicer food than weekdays. I saw the queue outside Ichiban Sushi was short. Only one family was infront me. 

It took me a while to decide what I wanted to have. Having too many options in the menu seems not good for customer like me. I just could not decide which one. 

I finally chose fried fish sukiyaki. Something new. I have not eaten fish sukiyaki before here. It turned out nice. It could be my second choice after beef next time.






Thinking to do at home next time with a sukiyaki sauce. Basically just put tofu, carrot, white radish, meat, seaweed and the meat (pork, fish, chicken or beef).

Ninja Go Lego Blocks

am I a tiger mom? Yes, I am. It is a bit too early for Marco to start doing P1 math and English exercise. Well, it will start soon or later. I am very kiasu parent.

Marco has been doing Math and English exercise from P1 book I bought since few months ago. He seems like 70%-80% understand already. He is more than ready for Primary School. Except he may have problem in waking up early.

After completing a book of exercise, I rewarded him with a set of ninja go lego which he wanted it so much. 

He was so happy and motivated to complete more books.





Pontian Wanton Noodle, CompassOne

 I asked MG to walk walk to CompassOne. Then I decided to eat Pontian Wanton Noodle while he didn't want. He wanted the Shilin Fried Chicken. He liked the taste of the batter, which he tot it was the chicken skin.

I don't like the noodle taste, it was so bland and texture also not so great. The chasiu also was always dry. What I like is the fried wanton. They are always super crispy and I dip a bit in mayonaise.








Green Corner at Home

 I started to create this corner since few months back. Starting small by propagating my money plants in glass bottle with water. Then I bought Gerbera Daisy and Strawberry Begonia. Then finally got my Venus Flytrap which I named her "Miss Venus".

My friend also gave me an air plant. I put it near my fountain as air plant may need moist as their food.

I found happiness when looking at my plants grow new leaves. I still want to buy Caladium plant family which I think they are beautiful or Calathea family which has very unique leaf pattern.






If you want to grow your own Venus flytrap, you can get it here. Basically just put near the window where it has enough sun. Water with overnight water (leave it overnight for the chlorine to evaporate first). Once a week you will have fun feeding this plant.


Collin's, Serangoon NEX

I wanted to try Collin's few months ago but the queue was a bit too long and moving slow.

This time I was on leave, I could had early dinner. I ordered their grilled chicken chop. I changed the corn to fries. The portion was very generous. The char on the chicken chop was great too. I loved the salad. The leaves looked fresh. The dressing was like citrus and tangy which I liked. 


I will be back to try their platter. Their platter looks good for sharing.


King of Fried Rice, Kopitiam Square

This was the second time I tried the fried rice. This time the queuing time was 2 hours. I ordered prawn and fish roe fried rice so my helper can try a and try to make similar at home.


In my opinion, their pork chop fried rice is still best choice because the pork chop is so tender and marinated well. This prawn fried rice had no punch to the overall experience. It is also more expensive. However, I like the fish roes popped out inside my mouth giving very unique texture.

I will definitely back for the pork chop fried rice. It is more value for money.




Sunday, September 13, 2020

Dian Xiao Er, VivoCity, 12 Sept 2020

 




Friday, September 11, 2020

Changi Airport Jewel Visit, 7th September 2020

 We had video shoot here and followed by company lunch at Itacho Sushi, Jewel. 

I arrived early, before 10am. It was v quite and empty so I could take nice pictures.









Melon Ice Cream and Yuzu Cheese Cream Pie

 I personally like the yuzu cream cheese pie. It was salty and sweet with yuzu fragrant in one bite.





King of Fried Rice, Kopitam Square, Sengkang

I visited the stall last weekend. The q during lunch was long. So I came again few days after around 9pm. It was close and the sign displayed was "SOLD OUT".

The q was long even before the stall opens at 11.30am. Total waiting period from 11am to 2pm was around 3 hours. Why do people queue at this stall? It is because it can achieve the same taste as Din Tai Fund fried rice and sells it half the price.

Basically the rice was good. The selling point is the pork chop. It was tender, correct done-ness and marinated well. However if I need to wait 3 hours, may be I rather eat the Tin Dai Fung one. My time is more precious than just $6 savings.





Saturday, September 5, 2020

Balestier Bak Chor Mee at 205 Compassvale Lane

 Where got nice food in SengKang? Almost none. But recently I saw in facebook someone posted nice food in Sengkang Punggol. This BCM happened to be under my block. Why not I try it, right? 

The queu was long while the rest of the stalls had no queue. However, the taste was not up to my standard BCM like TaiHwa behind ICA building. May be I must eat there instead of pack it and eat at home. It came with a fried spring roll skin. I gave the gizzards to my son. He likes gizzards.



XO Fried Kwetiao at Kopitiam SengKang Square

 It's Saturday. It's time to eat outside. My plan was to eat The King of Fried Rice at Kopitiam Sengkang Square. But when I arrived, the queue was so long and waiting time was around 1 hour 30 mins. Forget it.


I went to few stall beside it and found this XO Fried Kwetiao for $4. It turned quite nice. I just didn't enjoy peeling the shell of the two prawns. It tasted good but a bit greasy. The portion was enough for an adult. I think next time I don't mind having this again, value for money.

Teacher's Day Celebration, 3rd September 2020

 He chose to wear Spiderman costume because his friends (YuHong and PoAn) also wore Spidey costume.






Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Dian Xiao Er, 30th Aug 2020

 I have been sick for days. I also think I may worry about so many things in life. So just loosen a bit today by taking Marco to eat nice food.Marco today has been behaving very well also. I never shout at him today.

My initial plan was to go to china town. I saw the sun was v strong and I was not well also. So waterway point or Compass One were best option to go.  I gave Marco few options, ate chasiu noodle, sushi express or duck. He chose duck which is the most expensive option.

Nevermind, today is to reward his good behaviour and giving him control. He always says that he cannot choose. He wants to have control. Ok, I told him to choose.

He said that was the best duck he ate in his life. He said many times to me. He really likes the duck. I will bring him again next time. He ate almost whole bowl of rice with lotus roots and duck. He separated the skin from the duck meat. He ate the skin first and then the meat with the rice. 

He kept praising how nice the duck was. He said his favorite part of the duck was the skin. He also talk on how white the lotus roots were compared when we cook ourselves at home. I think this is because we didn't dip into saltwater, so it was oxidized. 

After eating, he showed me his tummy, it was big. he said he wanted to vomit because he ate too full. I think you understand as a mother, when you see your kid has good appetite, you feel happier. I feel glad also because our taste buds are similar, so I don't need to argue on what restaurant to go.





He stood quite long time at the ipad display stand, playing his game.