Mao Mao, Keropi and I went for dinner at Korean Garden Restaurant. The place was quite big and the furnishings were simple. It felt like a family restuarant.
These were the side dishes that were served to us. I like the beancurd, egg and ikan bilis. The beancurd didn’t have much taste on its own so it was more likely that I liked the sauce that came it.
None of us had eaten here before so we spent some time looking through the menu. Finally we ordered 3 meat dishes and a plate of kimchi fried rice. Halfway through the meal, we added on a bowl of plain rice. I wasn’t very fond of the kimchi fried rice cos I don’t like kimchi.
For the meat dishes, we were asked whether we would like to cook them ourselves or to let the restaurant cook them. We decided to let the restaurant cook them so we could just concentrate on eating. All the meat dishes were served on hot plates.
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Keropi suddenly sms me asking me if I knew a brand of slippers that was sold in Raffles City. She said the name was something-man or something similar. She just could not remember the name and it was driving her nuts. I had no idea what she was talking about so I asked Mao Mao who was with me at the time. We cracked our heads and came up with some suggestions which Keropi said were all wrong.
(Now dear reader, you should take this moment to try and guess the brand of slippers.)
Finally Keropi remembered. She was thinking of Birkenstock!
After dinner, Mao Mao brought Sayang and I to a milkshake place her husband claimed served the best milkshake in Singapore. We went to Once Upon A Milkshake which was within walking distance from one of the entrances to Tanjong Pagar MRT.
It was a small little place and there were very few seats. Even though it was a small place, it felt cheery because it was brightly lit and the whole color scheme was predominately white with some purple. It sold milkshakes, ice-cream and some snacks. But the main draw is the milkshakes. When I was there, over 90% of the customers were drinking milkshakes. Many people also walked in, brought their milkshakes and left.
At Mao Mao’s recommendation, Sayang and I tried the grumbling raisins (rum and raisins) and chocolate truffle castle (chocolate) milkshake. We bought the mini cup ($3.60) which was very small, no taller than my hand. At first it didn’t seem like much, but each milkshake was packed full of goodness. My chocolate milkshake was very rich and thick, almost as if I was eating chocolate ice-cream instead. It was even richer and thicker and Billy Bomber’s milkshake, which for a long time had been my No. 1 milkshake in Singapore. After drinking this, I had to agree with Mao Mao’s husband that this is the best milkshake in Singapore.
Sayang had the rum and raisins which was just as good, full of creamy goodness and a taste of rum. If you like rum and raisins ice-cream, you will love this.
After we finished our first cups, Sayang and I decided to try other flavors, much to the horror of Mao Mao. We tried vainilla pot (vanilla) and spooky mocha (mocha) milkshakes. We felt the vanilla was too creamy to be enjoyable. The mocha was quite nice but our favorites were still rum and raisins and chocolate.
Once Upon A Milkshake
32 Maxwell Road #01-08 Maxwell Chambers
Tel: 98233779
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Sayang, Mao Mao and I went for dinner. At Mao Mao’s suggestion, we went to Tanjong Pagar where Mao Mao said there were a lot of small eateries that we could try. We walked around the area and looked at all the places before Mao Mao decided on a restaurant called Bukang Tuna. It called itself a Korean style Japanese restaurant. I’m not sure if there’s any difference if it’s the other way round, like a Japanese style Korean restaurant.
When we opened the menu, we were astonished that the prices of sashimi dishes were not cheap, especially flounder sashimi. There’s a tank near the entrance containing live flounder so you are guaranteed the freshness but still, we found the price too expensive. So we decided to do without any sashimi and go for the cooked food, which was cheaper.
It appeared at all the dishes on the menu came will a bowl of rice. We didn’t know that at first so it was a good thing we decided to stick with 3 dishes.
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Team retreat this afternoon. So we went to the Singapore Garden Festival. It was the last day but there were still quite a bit of people walking around. There were a lot of plants and flowers outside as well as inside the exhibition hall. We could smell the strong flowery scent as we came up the escalator. It was pretty but at the same time it felt a bit strange to me to see all the plants indoors, in air-conditioned rooms and carpeting. Everything feels somewhat artificial somehow.
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I did a presentation for office. I put in all my effort into making it. Now that it’s done, I’m afraid that I had done such a good job that I will get arrowed to do this year after year. Something is very wrong when doing the best you can, feels more like a punishment than a reward.
While watching a cartoon on okto, I was reminded of a fan fiction I wrote in 2003. I had forgotten all about and left it still incomplete. Out of curiosity, I went to the website where I had posted it and to my surprise, it was still there! And the website still seemed to be going strong. Amazing!
It took a while longer for me to get back my account password. Ironically, the first thing I did when I could access my account again, was to delete my story. It wasn’t well-written and when I read it again, I had to close my eyes at the parts of it. It was that bad. So I decided to do the world a favor and removed it from public viewing.
But it reminded me of the fun I had and I decided to give it a try again. I will write a story based on CSI:NY.
Mao Mao and I met for an early lunch at Wendy’s at Jurong Point. It was a small place and there were ledges and stools along the walls. It wasn’t the kind of place to stay for long; just eat and go.
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