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

Stiff Chilli Part iii

Friday Dinner Date

Seafood Soup

SG $9

Mussels, Clams, Prawns & Squids

Pizza Affumicata

SG $16

drizzled with chilli flakes

Fettucine Ciocara

SG $12

Basil, Bacon & Mushrooms

Tomato Linguine with Mud Crab

SG $26

... ran out of linguine? 

Ferraro Rocher Gelato

SG $4

(Note: it is actually $4 for a single scoop instead of two)

Total Bill: SG $73.70

(including 10% Service Charge, no gst)

Green Tea Mooncake, The Baker's Cottage

I shall annouce once and for all that ALL my mooncakes are supplied by Auntie Annie!!!

The family has received toooo many boxes of Mooncakes this year. So I brought some to the office to share with the colleagues. I reckoned this Green Tea Mooncake would be popular among the ladies --- and really is! Why? "Cuz not so sweet lor!"

The Baker's Cottage

The Baker's Cottage (TBC) was established in 1994, specialized in the production of buns, pastries, cakes, cookies, mooncakes and frozen dough. Its products are distributed through its retailing channel, Baker's Cottage Confectionery Sdn Bhd(BCC), which to date has 26 outlets in Malaysia.

Baker's Cottage is known for their distinctive quality and taste. 

Using only the freshest natural ingredients concocted using traditional recipe and are not only wholesomely nutritious but also of consistent quality with value for money. 

Hence, the tagline "Traditional Goodness You Can Taste".

If you like what you see, you can find The Baker's Cottage mooncakes at the 

Raffles Exchange at Raffles Place MRT.

THE BAKER'S COTTAGE SDN BHD

3rd Floor, Wisma Westcourt 

126 Jalan Kelang Lama 

58000 Kuala Lumpur. 

Tel : 03-79808086 

Fax : 03-79803854 

D/L : 03-79803828 

Email : tbcsales@thebakerscottage.com.my 

Web site: Http://www.thebakerscottage.com.my