Tonkatsu Ramen

Japanese food is my all time favourite. As for ramen, i personally prefer the ramen base at tampopo, follow by marutama.

For tampopo, i love the tonkotsu-base (note the difference, tonKOtsu vs tonKAtsu), sinfully good when accompanied with a piece of Tonkatsu. Though i generally prefer my Tonkatsu with a tonjiru, but it still taste good.

Now this bowl of ramen is on discount. Why not go have a try? =D

Mid of the week...

take a break, have a piece of cake.

I went for TCC 1-for-1 about a week ago and it wasn't filling. We ended up ordering a piece of cake to share.

Sour Cream Cheesecake sounds weird, but the taste is not weird and freaking good. Maybe you can give a try today if you pass by any TCC.

Resort World Sentosa!

Lift of Hard Rock Cafe

Back from a nice staycation between 10 Jun - 12 Jun. Despite that complains of expensive room, and high cost of meal, i think the rest are pretty fine.
It was a family trip, but it made me realise the difference in us base on stage of life and spending-focus.

Mistakes that make it a serious-damage for our wallet (skip below for non-ramblings reader)

1. June Holiday
As the 2 of us are comfortably with no kids, June Holiday is quite a peak & expensive time for us to have a holiday. Like there is actually an online promotion that offers cheaper room and with 2 USS tix, but it is for non-peak, meaning weekdays & non-school holiday. Poor chap like me should have choosen a non-peak room for a staycation as i have leaves to do so, and would be much cheaper. This is our 1st mistake.

2. Expensive Meals
Eating at a place that charge approx $80(after GST & SC) for 2 consecutive night is a killer to my wallet especially when it wasn't that good afterall. Though in the end, the 2nd meal seems to be paid by my godpa, but then it is something that i will never do. Seriously!

When you have kids, and no kids, your priorities are really different. And when 75% have children, we tend to follow the majority. Hubby asked if we can dine by ourselves. But to me, since come together, should dine together right? But then i can't help feeling abit sad in the end. Seriously!

After this, i learn that, the elder three can always go on holiday together. With kids of similiar age, their priorities in one way or another are the same. But not for me, therefore i will feel the pinch in wallet be it following their style, or after an equally split bill.

Please don't comment that i'm very calculative. If you force me to calculate, i can give work out a formula and tell you what i'm sad.

P.S.: Like i have warn in advance, it is pure rambling. It is best not to read, but if you have read it, i suggest you don't take it too hard. I think each of us should learn from mistake and the above are just my conclusions.

It is just like getting low pay and went to fine-dining w your friends. During fine-dining, you enjoyed yourself, but after that, you felt a pinch at the wallet. Your friends may have no issue, but not you. You can only afford fine-dining when you have groupons or only during lunch.

Just so simple.

Busy 4-5 June

Dumpling Festival is one of the most busy time of my year. 2 types of dumpling (ki & nyonya) to tie and usually is a big project of the year.
This year we finally ton down and tie lesser, but then on the same 2 days that is the dumpling-tying day. I had free tix (thanks to co & lim wu hua) to X-Men and a super-subsided pair of tix to Lion King Musical!!


the entry of co-worker

No pictures allowed, so i only manage to take a pic before i enter the threatre, The company give a subsided rate such that we are only paying 25% of the tix. *happy*

The Musical is awesome! The grand opening is so amazing that i seriously understood why mayu say she touched to tears!

Personally i really love the conductor. I do not have music genes nor talent, but i felt that noobs like me tend to forget abt them. How many of you do look at the conductor during such shows? Well, i did. And i stay to listen to the last piece (when everyone makes their exit), such that i can cheer for them again once they end it.

Brilliant musical. All of you should consider watching. Even though i never knew watch/read about Lion King before, i really enjoyed it.

Dinner @ Hippopotamus

The red color of the hippopotamus seriously suit us.

Hippopotamus is a place we wanted to try after some disucssion. Becoz of bone marrow, i would say. I like bone marrow in the indian style, this is 1st attempt to have it in the French style.



I don't like it. Serious. A smell that i dislike. =( So bad that i try 2 times and i decided to give up on it.

There were complimentary chips & bread for us.



I din manage to get a snap for the chips with special thanks to the chips-lover XD


Strawbery Margarita

Overall taste is so-so. But I like the strong teq taste as compared to other Margarita.


Lot of strawberry bits inside.

Finally is main course.


4 types of beef

My beef in general is not too good. Probably my expectation of the night is too high or probably i din choose the premium beef.


The most tasty part of the 4 pieces

I manage to eat about 2.5 pieces of the beef with the accompany "sauce".


Awesome stewed shallot, but reminds me of nyonya-zhang

I was entitled to 3 sides and i choose fries and the following 2


Very good Potato Gratin


Nice Ratatouille

We had a dessert at the end of the meal which is decently good but never the best cream brulee i ever ate.



After the meal, we sat by starbucks till 2am talking about some stuffs and i ended up in tears. Too huge a difference in thinking. Glad to have a supporter that night =D

A day of lunch with different lunch partners

I have my own fixed lunch partners, especially when the other group love cai-fan and i really hate that. But on this day, i was abandoned, so i joined a third party for a supposingly quick fix, but it ends up not that quick either.

I had beef noodles that you see above. The meat is pretty tough but the soup is good. I practically finish the soup but leave pieces of beef untouched and probably 50% of the noodles in the bowl.

I had a set meal that comes with a super-sweet drink, that i gave up after 2 sip.

the set meal came with some side dish which i look forward to




Decent Brolli


Horrible (imho) toufu


Freaking good prawn cake!

If i even return, i will probably just have the prawn cake. It is really nice!! As for the rest, i give a pass.