Manulife charity dinner at Grand Park Hotel

Watami at Ion Orchard

Great companion and yummylicious food at Watami Japanese Resturant at Ion Orchard

With Lynn before our dinner

http://www.watami.com.sg/

Crab meat and scallop cream croquette.

The cream mixture oozing out with every bite.

I ordered the Sashimi Ramen.

The ramen was served over ice cube with clear soup base. It was covered with cucumbers, fresh sashimi, prawns, seaweeds and kimchi.

Lynn ordered the Hiroshimafu pancake. It comes with sliced pork, prawns, vegetables and noodles and it was topped up with okonomiyaki and mayonnaise sauce.

Grilled skewers.

The beef is wrapped with mushrooms. It was tender and juicy with every bite.

Mango and strawberry rice cake.

A combination of mango, strawberries, fresh cream and chocolate sponge cake.

Excellent Japanese food at affordable price. Service was prompt but one thing we find it awkward is their staffs will actually kneel down beside you to take your order. I guess they are trying to make the customers feel like they are at the authentic Japanese resturant with this kind of service attitude. Overall, it was a great dining experience.

Little Part 1 Cafe

Little Part 1 Cafe

the third place - neither home or workplace but somewhere in-between.

The light was dim and soothing music accompanied us. It was a perfect place for a romantic/quiet dinner.

They have couches for relaxing and a bookshelf filled with different novels and magazines for leisure purposes. Their wall is full of posters and pictures of road trips. They also provide different varieties of board games. It gave us a homely and welcoming atmosphere.

Cold water was served free of charge.

For main dish, I ordered the little chicken schnitzel because it was their house speciality.

It was the parmesan breaded chicken in clear wine sauce, served with homemade mashed potato with corn and fresh organic salad.

Dear ordered the salmon crepe. It was wrapped with marinated salmon, sauteed onions and mushroom with mozarella cheese. It comes with fresh organic salad too.

For desserts, we ordered the warm apple crumble with vanilla ice cream, which was also highly recommended by the cafe. The apple crumble was hot and crispy. No doubt, it was yummy!

Overall, their serving was well sized and their food was great. Without GST and service charge, it was really a good value. The only challenge dining at this cafe is the narrow driveway and the limited parking space. But if you dont drive, it was located just next to Thomson Plaza.

I love the cosy setting of the cafe and we will be back again to try out the different items in the menu.

Punngol Regalia - December 2008 BTO

♥ The journey to our home sweet home ♥

Refer to this website for Punggol Regalia Review

http://www.h88.com.sg/article/HDB+BTO+-+Punggol+Regalia+Review/

30 December 2008 - HDB launches Punggol Regalia under the Build-To-Order system.

30 December 2008 - 12 January 2009 - Applications for the new flats can be submitted online. We submitted our application on 30 Decemeber 2008. A non-refundable adminstration fee of $10 is payable by cash card or credit cards (Visa/Mastercard).

27 February 2009 - Release of the Build-To-Order balloting results. Our queue number is 467 out of 546 units.

26 March 2009 - Commencement of Selection Exercise

17 April 2009 - Our date of selection at 3.45pm. We paid an option fee of $2000 at this stage. The booking fee will be refunded subsequently if we have sufficient money in our CPF Ordinary Account to pay for the downpayment.

11 August 2009 - Our date for signing the Agreement for Lease at 4.10pm. We paid the first 5% downpayment and 1-3% legal and stamp fees at this stage.

First-timer applicants, i.e. married couples as well as those those applying under Fiance/Fiancee scheme, can pay the 10% downpayment in two installment under the Staggered Downpayment scheme (SDS) if at least one of the partners is aged 30 years or younger. The first 5% will be collected when the applicants signs the Agreement for Lease and the balance 5% when the buyer takes possession of the new flat.

2nd Quarter 2012 - Punggol Regalia expected completion date. The flat may be completed earlier depending on the progress of the construction. We must produce the Marriage Certificate to verify our marital status and pay the balance 5% downpayment before collection of keys at this stage.

30 June 2013 - Punggol Regalia estimated delivery possession date. It is the latest date that HDB is required under the Agreement for Lease to deliver possession of the flat.

Sunset Grill and Pub

Firstly, Happy National Day to Singapore!

Deep inside the old Seletar Airbase is Sunset Grill and Pub. If you have never been there, it is not easy to find. The street directories online, including google earth doesn't reflect the new roads. Road signs weren't that informative too. Nonetheless, we still managed to find our way there. Driving or biking in there is a MUST.

Being in the middle of the former army base, Sunset Grill and Pub is really peaceful and makes one feel that they are far away from hustle and bustle of city life.

They are closed on every Tueday and their operating hours are from 4pm - 9.30pm.

The highlight of this pub is the famous buffalo wings whose level of spices ranges from level 1 to level 30. The challenge is ongoing, attempt level 30 and polish them off and you will get your name inked on their wall!

We only attempted half a dozen of level 1 as Dear dont take spicy food. The spicyness is still bearable for him.

The button mushroom were fresh and juicy!

Both of us shared a medium rare sirloin steak. It was totally succulent!





Kelvin and Joanna ordered their lamp chop.

Dear love their baked potato to bits. It comes with butter, sour cream, bacon bits and chives.

The ambience is superb. Best is to get there at 6.30pm to watch the sunset, hence the restaurant name.

They are prompt with services and water top up. Their food is a bit pricey but if you are looking for good quality food, it definitely worth the pricing. We will love to visit there again soon to try out their higher level of buffalo wings.

The night was still early, so we went over to Jalan Kayu for Selegie beancurd and grass jelly. Next to Tampines 1 for some shopping and Serangoon Garden Happy Daze Cafe for Chelsea and Manchester United soccer match at 10pm. Dear was so delighted that Chelsea managed to win the match!





We ordered their banana nut ice latte, mango milk shake and cheese fries. Their cafe has nothing special but it was a pretty decent place to rest and relax on weekends evening.