champouf posted Just ranting. on Thursday, April 14, 2011

" And it's a feast. "
UPDATES :) Yesterday after school, I headed back home before going to Pasir Ris to teach my dearest student JingJing English. Well I was pretty late as I left home quite late and by the time I reach there, it was like around 5pm, when I was supposed to be there at 4pm. Owells, since I dismissed from school rather late, I guess it was alright :P
The tuition process was rather smooth and I was done by 6.15pm and I had to quickly rush to Cityhall to meet up with Baby and Yuzi for dinner! We were supposed to meet up at 7pm but yea, you should have guessed that my bus came pretty late and by the time I reached Paris Ris Mrt, it was close to 6.30pm. I was SUPER late, and Baby told me that Yuzi was already at Cityhall. Baby did the most stupid thing ever and he took the train in the wrong direction! He was supposed to be ahead of me by two stops, but in the end, he got himself in the same train as me. HAHA so EPIC FAIL!!! :D
We reached Cityhall about 7pm and met Yuzi there. We started walking through Citylink and we were deciding what to eat for dinner since it was Baby's treat. And Baby suggested XinWang Cafe, and we all agreed! I was so excited because I wanted to eat their Japanese Curry Chicken Chop! It was superb the last time I went there to eat ;) Heehee, sadly when we got there, the shop was closed down to set up a Sushi restaurant :( Even though I like sushi, I still felt somewhat disappointed! Sighs* But it was alright, we went for The Asian Kitchen which was beside it. And the food was there was surprisingly nice! I've always thought that it might be a little too Chinese for my taste, but it was alright! :D
We took a super long time deciding what to eat because we had so much catching up to do, and I think the waiter was quite ticked off by us because when we called him, we were still deciding what to order LOL. So right, he took down our orders and the waiting time was not that long :) It was quite alright, and the service was average. Now to rate the food, what I ordered was the Chicken Chop La Mian. Baby bought a set of rice with a plate of steamed fish. Then Yuzi bought the Beef Fried Rice.

Here is my 拉面 + the chicken chop on another dish :) Looks super tempting right? And yes the noodles were just superb! First of all, its so soft and tangible then when you bite it you can totally taste the noodles being somewhat springy! And with the whole serving submerged in the warm soup, everything was just perfect! The soup was average, but at least it did not spoil the taste of the noodles, and despite it soaking in the soup for quite some time, the noodles were not soggy at all which is a good thing too!! :D The chicken chop was super crispy and it taste fresh! The skin was crunchy and it was not too hard with the really soft tender meat under the skin. Overall, it was just wonderful.

Here is Baby's white rice with his steamed white fish nearby. I can't say anything about the white rice because it tastes like any other ordinary white rice ... so yea. The steamed fish has really subtle flesh and the taste just somehow melts into your mouth. The sauce managed to compliment the fish and it was a rather good combination. Well, the presentation of this dish is nice and all, but I think I've tasted better fish in other areas in Singapore. But, it was still worth eating! :)

Here we have Yuzi Beef Fried Rice and I loved the overall taste in it. The beef was not too hard, not too soft, but just right. The fried rice was also cooked to perfection, making sure that the taste of the beef did not crash with its originality. The presentation was not all that fancy, but the overall taste of this dish was good enough to offset it :) Overall, it was just superb!

And here we have our side dishes! 小笼包 + fried dumplings. I've to say that the 小笼包 here was quite disappointing as the 'juice' inside was not as strong as the ones I ate in China. It was so strong that it left a lingering taste in my mouth which made me crave for more. But the ones here in Singapore are not that good. It was nice, but I would recommend going to China to try those out. The steamed dumplings was just so-so :) The ones I had in China were better too, especially the ones I ate near Baby's house. Ohboy, those were just SUPERB. Anyways, the ones here in Singapore are alright. It is worth trying, but if you want the real deal, China is the place to head to :D
There was still one more dish for desert which I forgot to take picture of, it was some red bean paste wrapped in those dumpling skins. It was really unique! It reminded me of those tau sah pao, but this one had a more classic taste. The combination of dumplings + 豆沙 was awesome! An awesome idea really, and I walked away from that restaurant craving for more. Hahaha :P
During dinner, we also discussed a lot of vacation plans which we want to do after our exams! For example, during June after Yuzi's exam papers, we were thinking of going to Genting to try out their theme park there! Even though I already went there once, I still think that going there another time is not a bad idea! :D We also wanted to try out going to Hong Kong Disney Land after my Alevels around December! Omgosh, I've always wanted to go there! Well, Baby and I had also made plans of returning to China to visit his family members once more and maybe spend Christmas there since it was going to snow and all! But I'm still deciding on that one, because it would be my first time spending Christmas without my family :( Baby also planned to stay there till Chinese New Year since he gets the kicks from receiving red packets from his relatives, since he is the only cousin left that has not gotten married yet! HAHA :P Silly Baby.
After all the talking and stuff, Yuzi wanted to bring us to see a few really AWESOME/CUTE/ADORABLE iPhone 4 cases! And I so wanted to see, so we started to head out. I had no idea we were going to walk all the way to Plaza Singapura! Hahaha. Omgosh. I was totally unprepared for it, but we made it! Hahaha :) The first shop she wanted to bring me to already closed for the day, but at least the second shop was still open! YES and the HelloKitty cases there were just toooooo ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!! I wanted to buy but Baby did not allow me :( And the plushies there were like OMG so fluffy and cute. I almost died in the shop. Hahaha :P Afterwards we still had time, so we went to Daiso to get a few stuff for ourselves. I got myself a notebook so that I can compile my Maths stuff all into one book instead of single sheets of paper ... D: And Yuzi got a few stuff for herself as well! :)
Once that was done, we all head to the MRT and headed home :) And boy, yesterday was really tiring, Baby and I slept around 3am because we were up all night watching youtube videos on our iPhone. First we watched some Cheerleading videos and I watched last year's Gusto performance with my darling Baby in it! :) Heehee, omgosh his body is just too dreamy :O Then we also watched Niga Higa videos! Hahaha I forgot which one we watched, but then afterwards we watched Russell Peters! He is one of the best and most loved comedians in my list! Gosh, the way he is able to entertain the crowd and draw their attention to him was just legendary. Not to forget that he is able to plan his every movement and actions to emphasize the hilarity of his entire performance. That is just one true comedian :D Then we finally went to get some sleep at 3am+, and when I woke up at 6am in the morning, my head was in a whirl of throbbing pain and my body was still asleep pretty bad T.T I slept throughout my whole trip to school and my first two period of breaks, I wasted them all on sleeping. LOL. Anyways, I shall spare the details of my day in school because it is just plain mundane and horrible D: But something funny happened today after school! Chengling, Teri and I were all heading towards the busstop, then when we reached the side gate, it was drizzling .. so we thought since it was drizzling, we could just run to the busstop. AND WE DID! BUT GUESS WHAT?! Halfway through our journey, it started pissing like mad! And since we were already halfway there, we thought running back to school was just a waste of time. So we just 冲 all the way to the busstop! Hahaha :P We were soaking wet when we got there and I was super cold! I already had flu before that plus the cold seeping into my skin, I just felt terrible, but it was alright since I was already heading home. Ohgosh.
And the day went on just like that .. just now, I went out with Joshua and my mother to take care of some handphone issues. For Joshua, he was getting his new iPhone 4, while I had to change my SIM card to the smaller SIM card specially for iPhones. My mother had to come along because the both of us needed her NIRC as our handphone contracts are all signed under her name. Hahaha ;P So we got there and the queue at Singtel was pretty long because there was this Uncle in front who took like forever during his turn. Joshua said that the uncle was super kiasu and kept asking retarded questions, which made the line hellish long. Thank goodness there was another counter and the people were quite fast and efficient there. Well Joshua was waiting for his turn to get his phone, I went to Starhub to get my SIM card and to my surprise I saw my evil twin!!! HAHA :) Ohyes, Jasmine! :D She had already finished Alevels and was waiting for her Universities Admissions. She was the one who was serving me, so we took the time to just catch up :D Hahaha. Heard she just finished her interview at NUS Nursing, and was waiting for another interview next week with either NTU or SMU. Ohgosh, it sounds really stressful, but I know she will do just fine :D Jiayous Jasmine!
After all those issues done, I went back to Joshua and my mother to wait for him to finish settling his stuff. Genevieve came by as well and met up with my elder brother, and Baby did so too! Since he already finished work and was around in Tampines. My mother went home first after we finished borrowing her NIRC and she was feeling rather tired. I went with Baby and took a ride home with him. Joshua and Genevieve stayed on in Tampines as Joshua was getting his hair cut. When Baby and I reached the void deck, I saw my mother just walking across the road, so we waited for her. Haha :) Such a coincidence eh?
Baby and I quickly had our delicious dinner - fried macaroni with beef, onions, peppers all mixed together. It was one of my mother's specialty! And I'm glad Baby liked it as well! :D Hoorays! Now we are just laying back and just spending time with each other. I guess it should be any time now that I should get back to studying :P Hahaha. Toodles~!
♥♥♥♥Loving Cheer with Baby