I was disappointed that the pho and spring rolls I had in Hanoi did not beat this (blogged about this place many times), but what I had in Ho Chi Minh City sure did. I had a much more enjoyable time in Ho Chi Minh somehow even though I’ve heard people rave about Hanoi instead. What was your experience? Would love to know
Tried out Penny University at East Coast Road (very near the famous hokkien mee and prawn mee soup) and I am eager to return for the coffee. The booth seats are pretty comfy and surprisingly not squeezy (they were generous about space when they built the seats). The crowd here is mostly young university age kids so I guess the name is apt. And I like the free iced water (although I’d prefer if they added the usual lemon instead of orange slices to it) and the down to earth owners as opposed to snooty ones elsewhere. It’s a non-intrusive environment where they let you be – I like that too. The lemon tart was light and all right but I’ve had better. I hope to try other items next time. It would be great if they had cake too, but I didn’t see any cakes that day.
I love Calpis soda (it’s a bit like a yoghurt fizzy drink and wanted to try this but I was too far away from home and the ice cream would have melted by then).
These days I’m interested in shopping – if it’s for baby or kiddie stuff. Recently I found that City Square is one such place.
I do love its creamy tangy taste, even more than just plain mayo. It always makes any fish dish taste so much better. So what’s your favourite brand. I’ve never tasted the Heinz version before, but I do like their tomato and chilli sauce.
Changi City Point is not my favourite place because it’s just full of branded outlet stores which I find boring (a reason why it is a top search hit on my blog), but I do like the wide aisles. I saw people in wheelchairs here too so I’m guessing it’s also more wheelchair friendly (although I didn’t look out for ramps)?
I decided to cut out instant noodles and biscuits from my diet. I haven’t missed the instant noodles at all, but recently I has a digestive biscuit and soon I polished off eight and felt horribly guilty after. They tasted so good dunked in cold milk, but then again any biscuit dunked in cold milk or tea is extra scrumptious. I had no clue that just a single digestive biscuit is a whopping 71 calories, and who can stop at one? Also it’s misleadingly sounds healthy and full of fibre but it’s also full of trans fat and salt. I’m writing this down as a dissuader to myself to stay away from them.
The most tempting biscuit place is M&S. Those I the best and I really have to stop myself.
I like this place, Keisuke, at Parco Millenia but the crab broth was too strong (fish almost) for us. You might like it though, but it just wasn’t for us and I’ll stick to pork broth.
Went to the Singapore Art Musuem quite some time ago but never blogged about it because I was uninspired. The old school building and chapel were beautiful, but the art work on display then didn’t quite catch my fancy. Perhaps I just couldn’t relate to it and I was hoping to see more art by children as I recalled was the experience in the 70′s when the art museum was part of the Singapore History Museum. I guess the visit may also have been marred by rude uppity counter people and after that further disappointment at Food for Thought, across the road, where the hot chocolate tasted like Milo. Guess it just wasn’t our day. It doesn’t mean that I won’t revisit the museum though – perhaps one day there will be an exhibit that will draw me in.
With the proliferation of the internet and smart phone in our lives, well my life at least, I find myself constantly distracted. Also this constant need to be entertained (which is so easy with the smart phone that it’s becoming a crutch). Previously I would entertain myself with a book.
I pledge to read the written word but mostly what I do read is off a lighted screen. I have information literally in my hands but is all that information necessary or even useful. I have to confess that most of it is trivia. I ask myself, am I really leaning anything substantial?
I need to get down to focusing on one thing and doing it slowly and well. Like reading a book, flipping the pages slowly and not rushing through. Perhaps it’s ok if I don’t know the meaning of a particular word or reference. Checking it on the internet just halts the reading process. At times like these I wish to return to the 90′s when all I had for checking was a physical dictionary and often I didn’t bother but tried to figure out the meaning based on the context, and moved on.
