Breakfast with Old Buddies at Old Airport Road Food Centre

Had been looking forward to visit this much talked about food centre. The timing couldn't have been better especially after I've gotten my dream X100. And having coffee talks and trying out good food with old pals - it's icing on top. The khakis were namely: Lonewolf, Red Star and Mr. Sexy (well, sort of).



The 3 guys were late, but that bought me time to recce the place. Many stalls weren't opened though I spotted a few that caught my interest. First on my list was Freshly Made Chee Cheong Fun (#01-155); then the taiwanese bao with meat and mushroom fillings from Momo's Mini Pau (#01-44), followed by Jia Mei Zi Zhi Mian Bao egg tarts (#01-43). I guess the most outstanding stall was Xin Mei Xiang Lor Mee. It had a queue that never ends! Though tempted to try, I was hesitant to join the queue.

After the 3 musketeers arrived, we wasted no time to grab our chow. Lonewolf bought Whitley Road Big Prawn Mee (#01-98), coffee bao and otah; Red Star gotten Char Kway Teow and Kway Chap; Mr. Sexy - Freshly Made Chee Cheong Fun with prawn and char siew fillings; and I myself got the egg tarts and the taiwanese bao.

The egg tarts were a tad too sweet for my liking. I was drawn to them because the egg custard portions looked generous. However, the custard texture was more like agar-agar rather than soft, pudding-like. Its crust was ok, not too thick, but don't expect the melt-in-the-mouth experience.




Char siew chee cheong fun didn't disappoint. A generous portion of the char siew fillings would have been a good complement to the smooth, thin chee cheong fun skin, though. And oh, not forgetting heaps of fried scallions too.




Taiwanese bao wasn't as fanciful as its name suggested to be. Filling tasted mediocre as compared to the Godzilla Bao. I guess it was its chewy bao skin that scored.



Coffee bao is something I couldn't afford to miss. Thanks to Lonewolf, I had an opportunity to try one that's worth gobbling down a dozen. Its chewy skin was paired with aromatic coffee lotus paste. Ah~ Heavenly!




Last but not least, my nemesis - Char Kway Teow. I love and hate it. Why, oh why was it made so fattening? I hadn't had one in years! Just a few spoonfuls wouldn't hurt... And then another few more... Gosh. I swear I would've had the whole plate of it myself if it wasn't for the cockles laid in wait.



I was too full to try the kway chap. As I'm not a seafood lover, I gave the prawn noodles a miss too. Lonewolf's comments here should provide a more balanced insight. :)

Pooh Sandwich breakfast

Ordered the Pooh sandwich mould cutter sometime ago. Have yet to tried it since D wasn't so keen on having bread. And what's worse was, he had a bad cough last week. But I'm really eager to try it, even if it's meant for myself.

After scrambling through the kitchen to pack lunchbox for hubby and greeted goodbye, I decided to give the dust-covered cutter a try.

The cutter's sharp, compared to some other cutters that I've bought from Daiso. However, the bread I have was a tad too small for it.

Nonetheless, D managed to eat half of it. Wasn't a bad try. Perhaps toasting it under a minute would've given Pooh a nice tan.

Vanity = Sanity

When I received the "Fashion Bazaar Sale" brochure, I knew I had to check it out, especially when it's just a stone-throw away.

As much as I love being with D, I needed a teeny-weeny-tiny-little-harmless retail therapy to help keep my sanity. Oh, did I mention that D is turning Terrible-Two?

Thankfully, my mom's babysitting D today while I went for my well-deserved therapy. The session was quick, much to my surprise - there was no office crowd :)

In just under an hour, I've managed to bag 5 pieces of garments (worth $101) for just under $50. That's insane!!!

But hey, it helped keep my sanity ^-^v

At long last!

So so so so sorry for such a late virgin post. Had so much going on: taking care of D, make dinner, prepare for hubby's lunchbox, read up on parenting while D sleeps, cracking my head over what kinda design I want for my blog... Yeah, and the list goes on.

Shall make do with this design for now. Was hoping to wait for a Wacom (to draw some silly illustrations), yet another part of me yearned for the Fujifilm X100. Sadly, tragedy happened to Japan on the same day I paid for the camera. After waiting painstakingly for a month, X100 finally arrived onto our shore & safely into my hands.

I've no pictures to upload for now, but soon, I hope. Last but not least, I'm keeping Japan in my prayers. May the Lord show them mercy.