Showing posts with label Cafe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cafe. Show all posts

Tuesday, 22 July 2014

Five & Dime

There're too many things I wanna blog about but do not have time for. Now that my internship is over, watch out for many outdated blog posts coming up!!!

Kw has been very tied down with work so we mostly spend only 1 out of 7 days a week together. With that prolonged absence, it calls for the need to hunt for some good food!!!

With so many people raving about cafe hopping and brunches, we went to Five & Dime for some good noms!

Here comes my first throwback:



Still have personalised reservation card one so nice!!


Hibiscus tea for me as I wanted something light and refreshing!


Take a good look at the sugar cup behind my teacup.



Minutes after this photo was taken, I accidentally knocked the cup off the table and a loud "PIANG" sounded, followed by a super embarrassed me because the glass pieces got to the next table. >< sian why do I have to be so accident-prone?? I had to sit through the next hour of brunch in guilt and shame.............but the staff were all so nice about it!!



Anyways, I really loved the hibiscus tea! It's quite tangy and sour without sugar which was already good but I prefer popping in a cube of brown sugar!

Looking at this photo makes me wanna have a cup of this right now. Slurps!



While we were waiting for food. Someone please tell me why can't he ever look normal in candid photos....








Eggs benny for me as usual 


Can't really recall but I think this is smoked salmon salad!

American breakkie for him

 Dig in!!!

 See what I mean by him never taking a proper photo?



And when asked, he just gave a slight smile. Even the waiter at the back looked more appropriate. 

End of brunch date!




I think that the food was pretty good and for brunch food, it's pretty reasonably priced given the portion and standard!

However, I've came to the conclusion that brunches are super overprices breakfast food which I do not absolutely love. Having said that, I guess there won't be anymore brunch dates in awhile. Cheena me still loves traditional kaya butter toast + soft-boiled eggs for breakfast!


Sunday, 23 February 2014

22 (Part 2)

In the midst of a hectic work week (in view of quiz, interviews and projectssssss), I'm really grateful for the thoughtful ones who make the effort to hold a celebration for me. :')

On my actual birthday (18th Feb), Sissy and BIL bought a pretty birthday cake over to my place! Although Mummy was working and my brother wasn't home, we still went ahead with a mini cake-cutting session!!

Raegan giving me a birthday kiss. (But notice where he is looking at while kissing me ---- the birthday cake....)


 Mini family photo.


Yes Raegan, I can see your drool going all the way to the floor.


And Rae finally got to a bite off that cake!!!

.........before he started getting cranky all over again.










Last Friday, Valerie asked me out for dinner as well as to accompany her to get an anniversary gift. As unsuspecting as I was, I agreed, thinking that it was just going to be the 2 of us...................until she texted me to request for me to 'wear a little nicer'. Hahaha. But anyways, I still acceded to her request and 'wore a little nicer'.

Turns out we were gonna celebrate my birthday at Hog's Breathe @ C.H.I.J.M.E.S with the bunch of people whom I've known for almost a decade! :)



New York Grill 

Grilled Mushroom with Steak 

Valerie's Aglio Olio with no other ingredients at all.... 


Cheese Sticks 


Buffalo Wings 

Carbonara


My $11 Milkshake (that's not even nice)


In my opinion, this place is really over-priced (the milkshake is the champion in this aspect) given the standard of the food. Everything was so-so (I'm not sure about the steak) and my Carbonara was so overwhelming I couldn't even finish half of it. I think it will be the last time I ever visit this place. Maybe I haven't gotten over my western-food-phobia from the prolonged period of being exposed to American food after all.


However, the company was more than enough to make up for it. :)






Weng was wishing me happy birthday and it looked so much like an award-presentation ceremony that we decided to take a picture like that. Hahahaha. 




This Chew Huimin really last warning...... LOL. This was what happened when we tried to find the most photogenic angle. 



Andddd of course.............my dearest!
I didn't know if Val invited him until he showed up while we were waiting for out food to be served! :)


Happy birthday to me!!!!







 

We caught a movie together after dinner (except Valerie). I can't remember the last time we watched a movie together! Despite how difficult it is to get everyone together, rhere were a total of 15 of us and we dominated a whole row in the theater. Haha. 

By the way, 3am (Part 2) is probably the worst movie of the year so please do not bother wasting your time/money watching it in the theaters. All I heard throughout the movie (with Kw and Hm beside me) was, "Wtf is this?!", "Wtf am I watching?!", "Wtf did I just spend $11.50 on?!". I cannot describe the level of angst throughout the movie. Hahahaha.






Once again, thank you so much guys. :)