Greenhouse at the Ritz

Hello (:

I'm finally well enough to eat as usual! (: However, I'll ease my body into the regular routine and not be overly ambitious because I don't wish to have a "relapse", especially since I'm not 100% well yet! What happened was that I fell very ill on Monday and remained in a state of limbo for the next few days. Actually, I was pretty much okay from Thursday onwards but I waited till yesterday to be sure that I was alright! Then we went to our favourite place to have my first proper dessert since Monday! Heh.

Feeling better means I can finally look at food photos without feeling queasy, hence I'm going to clear my backlog from the long weekend of feasting, before I fell ill! Haha I'm so thankful I only fall ill once or at most twice a year, so I am generally dandy all year round (:

Here are some photos taken at the Greenhouse, where we went for a friend's birthday celebration! I took the photos hurriedly because all of us were eager to eat so I missed quite a few spots (e.g. the noodle station and the roasted meat section) and some photos were badly taken but it doesn't matter (:

 

Alright! Shall look forward to the great day ahead! (: Have a good weekend everyone! (:

Fosters Restaurant

Hello (:

I realised that there are a few 'safe' places that we tend to return to whenever it comes to certain types of food and Fosters is our choice for steak. He really loves the steak at Fosters because regardless of whichever that he chooses, it always turns out to be satisfying (:

On our last trip there, we forgot that there was set lunch available so we went ahead to order our ala carte dishes, but the extra money spent proved to be worth it because our food were so yummy and we were stuffed by the end of the meal!

Here're the photos of the dishes we had:

Cheesy Fries ($6.50) 

Carpetbag Steak ($39), which is quite cool because it's a piece of tenderloin stuffed with fresh oysters! I don't really know how they managed to squeeze the oysters in there but the dissection of this piece of meat showed that you need some skill to do that beautifully!

My Mushroom & Asparagus Linguini ($22),  which is basically linguini sautéed in aglio olio style served with so many juicy mushrooms! Gosh I was stunned when I saw my food because I knew I wouldn't be able to finish all these cute mushrooms. Thankfully I had some help so it was alright =P

Affogato ($7.50) for dessert because we too full to have a proper dessert! (: This was surprisingly yummy and the alcohol taste wasn't too strong so I could have more of the ice-cream! Yum!

Alright enjoy the great weather and have a good Sunday! (:

Mid-week Reprieve at Westgate: more Skinny Pizza and Gelato

Hello (:

I have been frequenting Westgate a lot more in the second half of this year as I somewhat prefer it to Clementi Mall. I think the reasons are that it is one of the nearest malls to my place and that the mall has more to offer than Clementi mall. I tend to have late dinners and it makes finding real food difficult because the places around my area close around/by 8pm, so this means that I've no choice but to go to go to one of the malls to get food as well as to buy breakfast for the next day (:

These are just some pictures taken during my recent trip to Westgate (: I think I will remember this dinner date with my sister because we spoke about plans that will probably affect our lives in the short (and perhaps, long) run and I think we are somewhat aligned in terms of what to expect and what we can/ should do from here on. Indeed, food brings comfort and, when taken with good company, is nothing short of awesome. (:

Have a great rest of the week (:

Paulaner Brauhaus

Hello (:

Marking season has commenced and I'll not be as active as I would like to be on this blog and I suspect that my entries might be shorter than usual, but I'll do my best to post some photos when I take a break from work so that cobwebs won't gather here =D

Last weekend, I went to Paulaner Brauhaus to celebrate my belly good friend's birthday and boy was it a FEAST! There was just SO MUCH MEAT and there was free flow beer so I would highly recommend their Sunday brunch to all carnivorous and beer-guzzling friends/ people (: What I liked most about Paulaner is its chillax atmosphere and the fact that there aren't many diners so it wasn't as noisy/ crowded as the other lunch/brunch places. It's definitely worth a visit when you are ravenous but otherwise, you might want to give it a miss. There was plenty of other non-meaty stuff for me to eat too so I left feeling full and satiated as well (:

Here are some photos taken last week during brunch:

Alright it's late and I should head to bed. Have a great weekend everyone! (:

Cedele

Hello! (:

Today was a glorious day cos we managed to get a little exercise in the morning, go for a good lunch, have a nap and then go to town to get things that we need and also to look at the new iPhones (:

Everywhere was crowded as usual so we chose to eat at Cedele, which never fails to disappoint in my opinion. The food's not fantastic but it's average/ good (:

Today, we tried new dishes such as the two that are featured below:

Yellow Crab Pasta, which had a light lontong-y taste because of the sauce and tumeric! But it's surprisingly light and nice (:

Their famous blueberry pancakes with 2 generous scoops of ice-cream! (: I chose to have the early grey and fig as well as the salted caramel and they were both GREAT! (: Would go back there just to have these two flavours any time! (:

Shall end off here and clear some other things before going to bed! Tomorrow'll be an exciting day! (: Wheee.

Casa Verde

Am so thankful that it's the end of week 1.. and am also thankful for the great dinner and post-dinner walk at my favourite place! (:

Goodnight world! (:

Boomerang

Hello (: 

The September break is ending and I think it has been a good break because I had few disturbances and I managed to meet my friends and had some time to do things I like (: But I must admit that my strange insomnia attack was a bit of a mood dampener =| I frankly have no idea how or why it happened - it just did. I am hoping that it will go away so that I can sleep at regular hours again and recalibrate my very off bio-clock. If I can't do that before school starts, I know I can trust school to set my clock right again =P 

We went to Boomerang a while ago for brunch and boy was it crowded on a weekend! I think we were very lucky to get a table because all around us were families and friends and babies in babyseats and babystrollers eating, chatting, sleeping (okay, only the babies were sleeping) and basically having a nice weekend afternoon together! I reckon we wouldn't have gotten a table if we were just that bit later cos we didn't make a reservation. 

We ordered a banana smoothie ($10) and I regretted it because it was possibly the worst banana smoothie I have had in my life =| It tasted very milky and it was very thin, with little to no hint of banana at all! Oh well. I know better than to order a smoothie the next time I visit Boomerang.

He had the Coolangatta ($17), which basically (to me) is a cool name for 'big breakfast'. I think it tasted average, he didn't rave about it or anything so I guess it was alright (: Simple and does the job of filling the tummy! 

Oh and I was on my french toast ($12) craze then so obviously I had that. Their french toast is unlike others because it is stuffed with dried fruits like raisins and apricot if I'm not wrong so the french toast isn't soft and fluffy but chock-full with fruits! I didn't mind it at all and thought it was something different from the rest, though I wished the toasts were served warm!

Alright I shall log off now and try to sleep at the correct time tonight (: Have a great Sunday ahead!