B for Beef!

The quest for good food didn't end there over the long weekend. After watching KF Seetoh on Makansutra smacking his lips in immense satisfaction to the beef noodles at the Beef House at Joo Chiat some weeks back, we decided to give it a try.

It wasn't easy finding this place, especially when the weather was so unbearably hot. But it was all worth it when we started chewing on the springy beef balls and tender beef slices. We thought my dry version was nicer, but I would say that the soup version was very "cheng" and flavoursome too.





The chilli sauce was the power one - super spicy and tangy - added more heat to the afternoon! Obviously, I was trying very hard to look cool eating this hot stuff, even though I was melting in the sweltering heat!


Incidentally, this is also the place that we usually order our popiah from, it claims to be "the original popiah since 1938". Joo Chiat is yet another haven for great food!

He's My Sailor Man

Although our place is just 10 minutes away, we finally stepped foot into Terminal 3 this evening. It felt like there were more locals roaming around than travellers flying in and out of Singapore. In fact, it's almost like what some people have commented, the terminal looked more like a heartland mall than an airport.


Dinner was at Popeye's - my first time having it. Not impressed at all, much prefer Carl's Junior any other day, although I'm no big fan of fast food. And it took me a while to realise what my dear husband was trying to pose as......




Now I'm nervous about tomorrow. Got roped in, somehow, to be one of the judges for the Citibank-YMCA Youth for Causes. Nervous because I've never been a judge (?!) before, but definitely excited and looking forward to what's in store!

Where the Sun Sets

After an "out of this world" day of wakeboarding in the rain, The Boy picked me up from Punggol to have dinner at an out of this world location - Sunset Grill & Pub, well hidden inside Seletar Airbase.

It wasn't easy to find, we made many circles round this quaint neighbourhood - yes, I didn't realise that there is actually a community of people living here! - before we finally found the gem.






The eatery is right next to the runway of Seletar Airbase. Here, we saw private jets taking off intermittently, against a soft sunset.


We had our beers......




With pretty good breaded mushrooms, prawns, fries and the buffalo wings. There were 10 levels of spiciness for the buffalo wings and we bravely took #4. I started to feel faint halfway through, not sure whether it was due to my fatigue from the wakeboarding, or the beer or the super spiciness of the wings. We couldn't imagine any one ordering #10 - that's pure madness lor!!




After dinner, we took a walk around to see the place. It was pretty surreal, to see aircrafts with propellers, as if we were in some war movie (and those communities outside were the wives of the pilots who had gone to war).

Nothing "artistic" about this red/white barricade. The Boy had wanted me to take a shot of him jumping over this, and because my camera was not fast enough, all I took was just the barricade. He was pretty disappointed to see that not even his leg was captured in the shot.




When it was time to head back, I was really tired and too lazy to walk. So I "hitched a ride" and hopped onto The Boy's back! Whoever said it was easy to be my husband?

Where There's Always A Reason

We've been eating a lot since the beginning of the festive holidays. And it didn't end there.

On the first day of the New Year, since it's the first day of the New Year, we had a nice quiet dinner at Sun with Moon. Still think the tofu cheesecake looks sad in a bird cage.


Last evening, since it's the first weekend of the New Year, since it's the weekend before The Boy goes into camp officially (last couple of days was the briefing), we checked out Brasserie Wolf, one of the not-so-new-by-now French restaurants that we've been wanting to try.

Menu consisted quite a number of French classics, a few of which I was taught at Palate Sensations during the basic French cooking course.

Food was great - he loved his Duck l'Orange while I had to try the Chicken in Red Wine with Tagliatelle. He exclaimed that their Chicken in Red Wine had a familiar taste, as good as the ones he's always had - which I presume were the ones I've always cooked. :D




Totally enjoyed the starters of French Onion Soup and half dozen of Escargot with Herb Butter - all worries about the extra calories were thrown out of the window then.


Start the new year the gastronomic way, yes, put on those few more kilos. I know I'll regret that later. But for now, there's always a reason to indulge!! ;)

A Movie Date with 4 Hunks

We went to the gala preview of the movie The Warlords last night. First time we were watching 2 movies over 2 consecutive weekends, quite a record for us, since our frequency of watching movies is seldom as often as The Boy would have liked!

I knew Andy Lau was going to be at this premier, but i didn't know that Lido would be THIS crowded, quite a mad crowd in fact! One of the stages of growing up that I've never been through - the craze of idolism, being a star-chasing fan.

Anyway, inside the theatre, Andy Lau and the other lead actress made their appearance again, this time, within more constrained surroundings.


Movie was so-so. Big budget film, star-studded cast. Jet Li and Andy Lau were really good, and Takeshi spoke few lines, rather bimbotic, repetitive lines in fact. Still, I am biased, and thus have chosen to post the poster with him instead - cos he is SO good-looking!!!

Hmmmm.....then again, perhaps I spoke too soon, cos if it had been Takeshi at Lido, I just might have gone mad, screaming along with the teenage girls??!

A Coffee & A Movie

Did quite a lot today. Apart from a busy day with running errands and work, had the pleasure of arranging a surprise birthday party for another dear journalist friend, for which we gathered his close friends together to celebrate.

And coincidentally, Shutterbug was at the hotel for a meeting as well, so The Boy and I spent the rest of the late afternoon having a nice coffee and chat with him. It was interesting to know that he's an avid collector of the annual Evian bottle series!

After more Christmas shopping and dinner later on, the Jemej did something that we had not done for a long time. Since the hand grabbing the donut (read: The Simpsons movie) for which the movie poster that I had posted on this blog was long reduced to a mere blank with an "x", we caught the movie "Enchanted".

Candice was absolutely right with her reviews, it sure left us feeling all sweet and lovey dovey at the end of the 2 hours.


When we were little girls, we all had our own fantasies of how our love story would end in a "happily ever after", how "someday our prince will come". Haha. Enjoyed this movie tremendously. Brought out the little girl in me.

Happy Dating!

My Baby Munch,

I'm so glad that I had the nerve,
To romance a girl I didn't deserve.
And yet, 4 years on, it's hard to believe,
It's with me that she's chosen to live.

Baby Jem
- My Love for you cannot be measured,
Your love for me will always be treasured.

Yes, the Jemej has been dating for 4 years. :)

Being Together

The hubby has been so hard at work the last couple of weeks, that I hardly saw him. He would be back at midnight, sometimes 2-3am, by which time I would have already fallen asleep. I would be off to work earlier the next day, as he would sleep in for a bit more.

So whilst preparing for his major launch, which he worked the weekends through as well, we hardly had quality time together. Last Saturday was the first day since a week that we finally managed to have dinner together. He wanted to really chill out and relax, and so we decided that by the beach, watching the ships go by would be perfect.

Barnacles at Sentosa was perfect. The view of sunset was a very pretty sight. The assortment of warm French bread and FANTASTIC chilli crab sauce dip was HEAVENLY. We asked for a 2nd helping of the chilli sauce dip!!




We had oysters, briny-fresh oysters that was complemented beautifully with red wine vinegar .....




He had mussels - a whole bumper harvest of them!


My grilled salmon in light champagne sauce had the loveliest texture and aroma. I was really enjoying the food, and cherishing every moment spent with The Boy. We really missed each other's company. We missed our time talking, laughing and sharing, everything and anything. I haven't seen him much, so I was feeling very trigger-happy with the camera.





After dinner, it was a short stroll along the beach, to the sounds of a lovely jazz band playing. Goodness, Sentosa sure has a lot going on these days!

On the way back via ECP, it was perfect timing as we saw the spectacular display of firewoks over us, at the floating platform. That got us excited, as we look forward to our turn as spectators at the NDP on Aug 9!


Perfect ending to a perfect evening. His busy schedule at work has certainly made us realise that the phrase "absence makes the heart grow fonder" doesn't only happen when you are physically far apart.