Dad's Birthday Celebration Day 2

I know I know.. I'm abit boring lately and I really need more discipline on the blogging.
Nudge me please!

I've been too preoccupied with the major changes in my life of late. So please bear with me on the delayed updates. heehee.

For Dad's actual birthday celebrations, it was another lunch affair for the family and his 知心好友们. haha! We went back to...

Ah Yat Even 28 Seafood House

First we had some platter that consists of:
Roasted Duck
Roasted Pork
Fried Cube Tofu
Fish Beancurb Skin

Steamed Prawns, very juicy and succulent.

Roasted Chicken

Minced Garlic Bamboo Clams, woah.. 好吃!!!

Braised Sea Bass with 大葱

Choi Sum with Crab Puree

Man tou for Chilli Crab

Lastly... the King of all...

All Hail for the Chilli Crab!! ~!

The Complementaries:

more 壽桃

and some mini pastry mooncakes that were served warm. nice.

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Life has been such a whirlwind...

Before I end off. Let me present you with a quote that truly speaks of my current status.

Fight for your own life and the freedom to choose life, joy,
and what it brings!


Btw, orange is the new black... be sure to inject some orange into your Fall wardrobe.. or you can make up by drinking more orange juice... wahahaha....

Dad's Birthday Celebration Day 1

Woo. It has been such a hectic week for me... There was something on everyday. So much to attend to... and just too much to eat. haha... no complains when there's food. And so my system finally decided to shut down today... 

Doctor: Okay, you have a cold, cough and sore throat. I can give you two days MC.

Me: Oh ok... Erm, one day would do.

Doctor: Ok! You sure? I'm going to print the MC now.

Me: Oh... Err.... Hmm... *after 10 secs of Er-Hmm-Er-Hmm*

........ ok lar. 

As the chinese always say... 禍從口出.. 

Let's take a look at 我是怎麼禍從口進!!

Ｔhis is a 壽桃.

Traditional Longevity Birthday Bun

十月一日 不只是我國的兒童节和中國的國慶日之外，恰巧地也是我父親的生日。

是啦。。他是很大的兒童！嘿嘿。

On the eve of my Dad's birthday, we held a 9 course lunch for 7 tables at the Boon Lay Raja Restaurant. Those invited were mainly my Dad's business pals, good friends and some close relatives.

Sampan 冷盤(cold dish)? Heehee... it's 缤纷五福拼盤

Five Fortune Hot & Cold Combination

龍蝦超好吃的！

You might not have noticed where the lobster is... 'cuz it's being covered by the mayonnaise! But it was damn good and fresh.

close-up

長壽面

Longevity Noodles

Table size birthday cake!

Ok... I was too busy eating, socializing, and entertaining people. Also, it's abit unglamourous lor to be snapping away in front of my Dad's friends... hehehe.

Wait for celebration 2 food pics... promise I won't disappoint la :P

Boon Lay Raja Restaurant 文礼楼

Address: Block 135, Jurong East Street 13, #02-337, Singapore 238857

Phone: 6563 6643

Opening Hours: Opens daily

Lunch: 11.15am to 2.15pm

Dinner: 5.45pm to 10.30pm

Nearest MRT: Jurong East MRT Station

Getting There: Opposite Jurong East MRT Station, above NTUC Fairprice

Just to share with you guys more background information about this restaurant.

Boon Lay Raja Restaurant was first established in the 1979 (older than me! yay!), and they cater for most occasions such as Wedding Banquets, Buffet Caterings, Annual Dinner Function as well as Family Day Events. 

I have been here many many times since young. They are definitely one of the BETTER pioneer restaurants in Singapore and serves very good quality Chinese dishes at reasonable prices. 

Their signature dishes - Braised Shark's Fins with Dry Scallop & Crab Meat, Roasted Crispy Duck with Mango, Home-made tofu with mushroom, Heavenly Roasted Crispy Chicken, Asparagus and Celery Scallops, and alot more! They also serve Dim Sum.

They have promotional set menus and changes them regularly. Now for the best part - NO SERVICE CHARGE OKAY!

Don't be put off by the location, it's only a stone's throw from the Jurong East Entertainment Centre. 

Definitely worth a visit. :)

California Niabell Table Grapes

Look what I had for dinner!!!

Absolutely diiiivine!!!!!

Niabells are round, thick-skinned, dark purple to black seeded berries with an earthy, rich flavor that is similar to Concord.
They are best grown between August - October in mild winter areas.

Tastes so good that I felt like I was having wine!

Niabell Grapes is my favorite fruit now...

My Dinner Tonight...

Kimchi

Stir-fried French Beans

Steamed Pumpkin Chicken

"ABC" Soup

Fried Egg with Tomatoes

Happy Hours at Brewerkz, Riverside Point

Stephy had a 15% off voucher and invited A & myself to join her for some Happy Hours Beer. I gladly made myself available. At the same time I wanted to try Brewerkz after hearing so many good reviews about the place. Better late than never.

Really so good meh? Better than ICB?

Before I left home, I googled for reviews of the place to 'prep' myself up. Haha, so garang right. Indeed most of the reviews were fare; Brewerkz have an extensive list of beers, portions of food were huge, furnished with multiple tv screens planted at all different spots, coupled with a few pool tables and dart boards --- all with a higher price tag. Of course, you are getting a riverfront view leh? Got al fresco some more can do people watching! Alot of SPGs also.

Stephy thinking of which beeru* to order.
* japanese slang

What we ordered:

2 pints of the Best Seller, low bitterness with a floral hop character.
Cold and tasty.

1 pint of 'can't-remember-what-flavor'. hee.
It was a very new interesting experience for me.

Aiyo! Beer so cheap!
A pint for about only SG $7+ during Happy Hours.

But don't increase the price after I say this ok?

The Food:

Onion Rings - SG$10 something
humongous rings! but I had better (in North Carolina with Howard...)

Large food portions, think Amercan restaurants like Billy Bombers.

Angel Hair Pasta - SG$20 something
pesto sauce & button mushrooms - also not impressive.

Some Chocolate Mud Pie thinggie... t'was heavenly good!
also SG$10 something

If you like your meals all over-sized, this will be the place for you. Having been to the states a few times, I am so not impressed by the food here (since it was opened by an American). Probably the flavorings had been adjusted to suit the localized taste-buds.

Overall, it was a decent experience, albeit the not-so-cheap food. Food at ICB is so much better and at a fraction of the price.

The beer is great though, surely will come back for more! Next time I want to try the Beer Sampler!! All the 12 draught beers in miniature glasses lined up on a tray!

Brewerkz Riverside Point
30 Merchant Road #01-05/06 Riverside Point
Singapore 058282
Tel: (65) 6438 7438

Operating Hours:
Mon – Thurs 12pm – 12am
Fri, Sat & Eve of PH 12pm – 1am
Sun 11am – 12am

Average price:
approx. S$ 25 - 35/person

Gathering for Mid-Autumn Festival

For Mid-Autumn Festival this year, we gathered at Granny's new place.

New apartment, new furnishings,

and new member *JAIME* to all our future family gatherings!

For starters, we snacked on various brands of mooncakes... from Hong Kong to Singapore...

this is the infamous 伍仁月餅 (from 大中國)。

aka cashew nuts with sesame etc fillings.

Sorry。。。 mixed nuts flavor not for me!!

SKIPPED.

I had the egg custard mooncake from Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong .

No pictures of the packaging... was too busy savoring this little pastry!

好吃！

Luckily we took some snacks. The caterer came so late that most of us were famished.

I recommended Four Seasons Catering since I had used them for my BBQ party two years ago; they left a good enough impression on me and I really liked the way they co-ordinated all the dishes and display formations... ahaha, I dig visual presentations!

But this time, everything seemed to fall short of expectations.

Summer Set

minimum order: 25 pax

SG $13 per pax

1) Karapu Fried Mee Siam

very so so...only... I think you can tell from the looks of it.
At least the prawns were of decent size.

The spread and it's 'elevated' formation

Serviettes from Four Seasons

Even the cutlery also got formation, mai siao siao!

Left: 2) Mixed Shrimp Beancurd

Right: 3) Sambal Sotong

Both tasted normal... ok lah, the sotong not bad. Spicy enough.

Left: 4) Golden Scallops

.. golden, you mean fried huh??

Right: 5) Assorted Maki Sushi Platter (100 pcs)

Left: 6) Deluxe Lo Han Chye

Right: 7) Crispy Butter Prawn

Prawns were not 'buttered' enough..

Bottom row:

8) Sze Chuan Fish Fillet with Dried Chilli

Which part of the dish taste Sze Chuan? I think more sweet and sour..

9) Four Seasons Chicken

After one bite and you're hooked!

Obviously their signature dish, very good! The best dish among all.

Me alone had about 7pcs of it. I saw the boys ALL went back for at least 4 rounds of re-fills!

10) Dynasty Crispy Chicken

... unfortunately the chicken all turned soggy by the time they get to our place.

Dessert: Almond Beancurd with Longan & Jackfruit

The dessert rounded it up well. It was home-made! I had two rounds of it.

Cordial Drink: Fruit Punch

Maybe my expectations really too high. Haha!

Me EAT with my whole HEARTly... so I am really HARD to please.

豬仔 Piglets, Mid-Autumn Festival

豬小妹 !!

Jaime & Reena

小屁屁！

Visit to 大中國餅家 Big China Bakery, Chinatown

Die die also must go chinatown and FEEEEL the mid-autumn festival 'mood'. 

Aiyoh, damn hot lor! ... having to roam (alone) in the sheltered Sago street, but it was good fun.

Alot of uncles and aunties chat me up... they must be surprised seeing such a YOUNG lady shopping for mooncakes alone. hahaha... or was business THAT bad!?

Long queue at the old time favorite.

Dua Bao Suay Bao 

literately means Big Bag Small Bag

I know this price list came a tad too late... heehee, but it will be a good reference for next year's planning.

... very ching chong lor !!! haa haa ...

ching chong = exaggerating