Update - last week of April

Quick update on the stuff going on in my life: 

1) Made some mango cheese cake with Chantel last week, decided while strolling in the supermarket. 

Baby monnie

Babyboy Rocky who does not behave like a Doberman

2) Brunch @ Nassim Hill Bakery with Godma, Chantel & her foodie cousin (who had Korean BBQ at 1am the previous night)

Smoked salmon omelette that I had

Godma had a chili crab pasta (comes in half/full size) which I think was not bad!

Chantel had a turkey ham sandwich which was okay........ I think. 

Her cousin had waffles which was a humongous portion, but was pretty good! Can choose to have bacons, sausages or fruits with them. 

3) Hazel's favourite chicken chop in the world. Tasty Barbeque at Maxwell food court

Lucky us didn't have to queue for long.....

I like how there's a charred, but not bitter, taste to the chicken chop. Not exactly the type that I will die for though, but I would definitely like to come back to try their pork chop and chicken cutlet. 

They are opened Mondays-Fridays, 6pm to 10pm only! And there's always a queue. 

4) Ippudo for the first time in my life LOL with great company - my best friend Isabel and sissy Chantel xx 

I had this spicy one with tamago, and I have no idea where the pic I took went to....

 

Bel and Chantel had the original which was better than mine

I never ever ever learn my lesson to order original ramen. Spicy ones are always my first choice :)

Not so appetizing lookjng gyoza which tasted quite good 

Another not appetizing looking kou rou bao which was not bad

Overall, Ippudo isn't a restaurant that I would queue up for. I don't really get the big hoohah about it. 

The staff aren't exactly friendly, the tables are way too big and it's pretty expensive for a poor student like me. 

Gonna end my post now with my shameless fat baby

Consecutively working 8 days, stand whole day retail jobs. I feel like I'm gonna explode and die soon. 

Goodnight x

Week's update - BWB + NamNam + home style BBQ

Just a quick update about my (last) :)

SATURDAY:

Went to support Eugenia at her cine competition after work 

Had BWB (Burgers vs Wings + Bar) at Orchard Central for dinner! 

Buffalo wings - level Medium (max for me)

Can't remember what's the name of this wing, but it's thumbs-up recommended on their menu too! 

A bit citrus-y, me like!

Burger that we shared

And a sampler! 

Also had cheese fries which was not bad. Bill came up to like $16 per person or something which I felt was really reasonable.

SUNDAY: 

Flea @ Lucky plaza with Eugenia & Weishan. Great that we sold all our stuff, but we were drained 

Had NamNam Noodle Bar @ Wheelock for dinner. Yummmmmm 

My pick is rice noodles in soup with beef balls :)

Eugenia's one with beef slices 

Weishan's dry noodles

MONDAY:

Had a trial work day at a pet shop 10min walk from my place. 

Exhausting is an understatement. I have never been so tired in any job, and I was there only like 11-5, 6 hours??

First I had to clean the cats' (5x huge) cages and their litter boxes, wash their trays and all. 

Then clean 6 other smaller cages - poop and pee and squashed poop and food and water and FUR. 

Then brushed a few dogs' and bathed a few. 

Doesn't really sound much but I started sneezing like mad, and had sinus. Mucus was flowing and my shirt had lots of fur all over. Sinus became worse when I rubbed my nose on my shirt LOL. Eye became swollen and teary. Felt like my windpipe was constricted too. Sigh, anyway here's a cute pom being trained to stand, the standard way?

And a Maltese I groomed LOL

THURSDAY:

Finally getting to meet my babies from NP, prepared a simple home BBQ! 

All these ingredients added up to about $35. 

Pork collar for shabu-shabu,

Chicken bulgogi,

Mushrooms (brown and enoki) and tau pok! Added in sausage and scallops that I found in my freezer haha

Additional kimchi from Korea and the most awesome chili ever that Louis' grandma gave me just cause I said it was nice :) 

Ma lubbbbs 

FRIDAY:

Finally played tennis!!!! And squash and table tennis with Chantel + stayover hehe

Baked some Oreo banana cupcakes and chocolate cookies yummmmmm

Pre-mixes are insurance for a successful bake haha

Cutie pie monmon :)

11 Apr - Club21 bag showcase + Antoinette @ Mandarin

Chantel, Godma & I attended Club 21's Spring/Summer collection! It was my first experience in such zai event LOL

Chantel and I spent (and enjoyed) a good 2-3 hours preparing ourselves LOL 

Top: Love, Bonito

Skirt: Zara

Shoe: Kate Spade Saturday 

Bag: Chanel

I don't have Chantel's solo ootd, but she looked fab and really sweet too hehe

The bag showcase is at the link bridge between Four Seasons and Hilton Hotel, where many of the club21 boutiques are at!

Our super cute door gifts 

Only pic I took from the showcase area cause we were busy looking and analyzing and wowing each bags. I like the concept and the entire decor, very spring/summer indeed!

Croc and snake skin seems to be the 'in' thing now. But def not my cup of tea, or should I say type of leather. I feel so umcomfy and itchy all the way from my ear to my neck to my back everytime I brush my hand along the flaps of the croc skin. 

Greedy us. Ate our bag cookie even before we left the place LOL 

And many other (atas) finger food, e.g. beef tartare, foie gras sandwich, crab meat with prawn roe blablabla

My first time there and I enjoyed it very much. A lot of rich people with the 'seh' walking around LOL. 

I was trying to hook up with some rich dude, just kidding. 

Our hauls! LOL 

An Alexander McQueen clutch is officially added into my must-have bags list! *drools*

We went to Antoinette @ Mandarin Gallery for dinner

Their portions are good, not too big but not too small either. 

We shared a 

- Concorde Crepe (crepe with roast chicken and bacon with creamy morel mushroom sauce)

- Bouchees aux Fruit de Mer (seafood in puff pastry) LOL I have no idea how to pronounce

- Scrambled egg gratin with tomato fondue, Paris ham, sautéed mushrooms & Parmesan cheese 

All the dishes' names and descriptions sound so attractive. As usual, Chantel and I had a headache deciding. Us and food, always. 

A matcha cake and a yuzu (Chloe) for dessert! Pity their Strawberry shortcake was sold out. My favourite cake on earth and highly raved by my fatty food guru friend Eugenia. 

Ending this post with this sweet baby :)

1 Apr @ JB

Went JB with Eugenia today, on my SECOND day of my 2-week diet plan. And when you're in JB, HOW CAN YOU NOT EAT RIGHT. 

Had Soon Huat BKT for lunch. 

Pic c/o Eugenia ;)

Quite different from the BKT I have in Singapore (btw, I'm a BKT-lover). Less pepper-y, more herbal. I LOVE how there are button mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, tau kee and the regular pork ribs which were a tad tough. 

We also had ginger & wine chicken which was super yummy, better than expected!

And Assam fish which was good too! 

And the recommended lemon honey jelly/drink. 

The bill came up to be 93MYR for 4, a bit more pricey than other places. 

Next, went for our monthly mani & pedi! 

Us bored while waiting for our turn 

Helped Eugenia a bit while she edited her pics for some Cineleisure competition thing. 

Had simple tweed French this time! 

And Eugenia's, the cutest set of nails ever OMGGGGGGG

Then we went for dinner at some noodle street thingy nearby. 

My faveeeeeee of the meal, wanton mee (I don't usually eat wanton mee in SG)

Abalone mee from another stall. The seafood soup was DAMN GOOD. Love all the ingredients inside - mock abalone which were very tasty, fave fish maw, super fat and fresh prawns, nice fishball, meatball and meat slices. 

Definitely a soup that I will order again~~

Damn yummy fried kway tiao

And so-so satay. 

That's all for my diet day 2 -_- 

But definitely enjoyed myself with the phone-less Eugenia as usual :) 

#wsmcinseoul DAY 6 - home bound

We only had half a day today since we gotta leave for the airport at around 3pm. 

Woke up earlier than usual for the original, authentic Paris Baguette. 

We went to the branch at Seoul Station (line 1). 

The one at the bottom right is my faveeeeee. Sausage with cheese, mixed veg and tomato sauce inside a baguette, yumyum. 

Then we went to Lotte Departmental store. We found a gem!!!! Behind the Lotte Departmental store is this Lotte Young Plaza. Lots of cool stuff inside such as HUF, Stussy, Style Nanda, make up stuff and some local designers I think. 

Pity we didn't have enough time. 

Then we went to Myeongdong, which was right beside, for lunch! 

Our last lunch in Korea :'(

Was kinda like a casual Korean restaurant. Not bad~~~

All in all, this trip was nothing but fabbbbbb. 

List of my fave places:

1. Myeongdong shopping area (Myeongdong station)

2. Lotte Young Plaza (City Hall station)

3. Hongdae shopping area (Hongik uni station) 

4. Ewha shopping area (Ehwa women's uni station) 

Must try food:

1. Chicken and beer

2. Korean BBQ 

3. Cold noodles (buckwheat/sweet potato)

Must try stuff:

1. JIMJILBANG!!!!!!! (Public shower and the fermentation thing. Just don't have any thoughts, just do it. It's not as bad as you think it is. I would definitely go to a jimjilbang again, I love it hahaah)

2. Noryangjin fish market: to see see and to eat 

Korea, we will be back =D