Paradise Pavilion - #Throwback

=X another of my super duper #throwback post, and this time I'm going clllllll there wayyyyyy back to our Mother's Day dinner + Wifey's birthday celebration. If you love Peking Roast Duck, you must try it at Paradise Pavilion! They serve really really delicious Peking Roast Duck and also Kurobuta "Black Pork"!

We were really impressed by the interior of the restaurant when we arrive! It's kinda grand and posh, and the moment you enter the restaurant, you will kinda know one of their secrets to a great tasting Peking Roast Duck, and that is.....

The use of Apple Wood to roast their ducks!

I don't have to tell you how bloody delicious this is... omg... I'm hungry again.. now... at 1:38am.....

I was kinda surprised that there's actually a 'special' part of the duck that should be eaten separately and in a different way, and that is the back of the duck!

It's these very thin, super duper crispy 8 slices of goodness that goes super well with

Sugar! LoLXXxx sounds weird right? Wait till you actually try it! Its dammmm nice =)

The soup served at Paradise Pavilion is very rich and tasty! We ordered Shark's Fin, Sour and Spicy Soup, as well as the last one which sadly... i couldn't remember the name of it... But all of them were so good! I've tried similar soup at places such as Ding Tai Fung, but nothing at all comes close to this!

This is the next highlight, their Kurobuta Black Pork! Omgggggg the meat is so tender, tasty and best of all, it doesn't make you feel too queasy after eating it. It's really a MUST ORDER over at Paradise Pavilion!

Wifey and I love deer meat =) And when we ordered this, it was totally no disappointment at all! Every single dish that they serve are cooked to perfection. You will never experience a piece of meat that comes across as rubbery or hard to chew. It is all so so so tender!

Just look at these magnificent prawns! I don't need to elaborate anymore...

Broccoli with Crab Roe! Okay, i hafta be rational about this. This dish was slightly 'normal' as compared to the rest. I kinda feel that it was a little blend? Although the presentation of this dish was like super overwhelming! Crab Roe on Broccoli leh, where to find?!!? LoLx

Check out their fried rice... got fish roe lor! OMG.... my stomach is crying now, it's shouting feed me feed me like 10,000 times!

This particular dessert adds a nice ending to a sumptuous dinner^^ It has lemongrass, sour plum and jelly, that helps to "rejuvenate" your palates and relieve you of all the meaty feeling (although like i mentioned earlier, all their meat dishes will not make you feel queasy and have that overly oily kinda feeling).

Their fried durian was pretty normal though. It looks very impressive but the durian taste wasn't strong and fragrant enough for me (durian lovers, you get what i mean^^).

And to end of the night, Wifey's sisters very thoughtfully brought out a surprise birthday cake (or cupcakes) for her! It is sooooooo sooooooooo cuteeeeeee!

LoL, we (or rather just me -.-) thought that we could do a small little hint on Facebook of our little bundle of joy, we couldn't disclose it yet at that time because it was still within our first trimester, but apparently a lot of our friends caught it! (oops~~) We had to lie low and act blur about it until we finally could let out our secret^^

This photo wasn't posted on Facebook because it was too obvious. But i decided to post it here so that  i can archive all these sweet memories!

OKAY! Buay tahan (*cannot take it) already! Time to make myself some supper =X Stomach is growling non-stop T_T....

*Once a ChubbyMochi, Always a ChubbyMoochi^^

Battle of the Wanton Noodles!

I've tried both of these Wanton Noodles (okay.. maybe NOT EXACTLY wanton noodles, but really similar) at different times, but in my own opinion, while both were/are pretty hyped up by bloggers, only 1 of them is worth to try.

Yes it is the battle between Bee Kee Wanton Noodles VS Soi 19 Wanton Noodles! *address below*

When you first look at the Bee Kee Wanton Noodle stall, it seems really normal and they do not advertise truffle noodles at their stall front.

So how do you order this place of noodles?! Just approach the staff and ask for Truffle Noodles~ Voila~! Actually if you see closer, there is a small tag near the cashier that says "we serve truffle noodles" but they deliberately did not make the advertisement of Truffle Noodles too big because it takes quite a bit of time to prepare which may chock the queue. Hence it's like a if you know it you can order it, kinda thing.

The Truffle Noodles was really really fragrant! You could immediately smell truffles the moment you place this place in front of you! BUT...... sadly..... in my own opinion (don't wanna get flamed for this lol), the taste is somewhat lacking. Its like eating normal Wanton Noodles that somehow has a truffle smell in it.

It was really quite disappointing for me, because the truffle smell like i said was super duper fragrant! but the taste just didn't really come out..

Oh well.... i guess life must move on.... =X therefore next we have~~~~

The queue for the Soi 19 Wanton Noodle is crazy and the seats at the kopitiam is very very limited. So go there early if you want to try it!

This time round, the Soi 19 Wanton Noodle did not disappoint us at all! It looks dry, sauceless, white, plain, whatever.... but when you chew onto the noodles, it is super springy and tasty! The noodle is pretty similar to the one we had in Thailand, but the char siew can still do a little more better.

But that being said, this plate of noodles did not disappoint us at all! Totally worth coming back for it again =) Wifey and I love fish sauce, so we drizzled a bit of that into this plate of noodles and it totally enhanced the flavours! *super hungry now..... T_T*

They have a "up-size" bowl that allows you to add their Thai Sausage, which I highly recommend you to do so! The sausage is very little, but its very nice! Its not the ones that we would've ate ever so often here in Singapore. It has a nice chewy texture to it and yes... super delicious and flavourful! 5 Stars for this place LoLxxxx i really love it =)

If you wanna give these two noodles a go, their address are as follows:

Bee Kee Wanton Noodles
Cheun Kee Kopitiam
2 Lorong Lew Lian
(s)531002

Soi 19 Wanton Mee
Blk 151 Ang Mo Kio Ave 5 Coffee shop



Have a nice meal! =)

Pinkish treats at Ritz-Carlton (High Tea)!

Exams are tough... but luckily for me, Wifey and her friends always got good food places to bring me to! (although she will attack me for not being able to lose weight afterwards T_T). But that's alright! Because who turns away from great food ya?

This time though, it isn't really main courses and savoury food items. We are going for high tea at Ritz-Carlton! *warning, this theme pink theme changes seasonally, so you hafta check what's the current theme first*

Super pinkish lolx, this was what actually caught wifey's eye and the main reason why we went to Ritz-Carlton for high tea.. but............

This was the one and only pinkish thing/table/treats there.. the rest of the high tea items are placed in normal buffet-like setting, which i honestly didn't bother taking photos of...

I hafta give it to them for the decor though. It is done very nicely, clean, sweet and comfortable. Definitely a great place to catch up with your friends over tea/coffee and desserts. BUT the service there was pretty disappointing though..

1. We were strolling amidst the center of the high tea area looking for someone to serve us, and this only happened after like.. 10mins? Aren't we at Ritz-Carlton? This is so disappointing...

2. The waiters/waitresses were not knowledgeable on their product knowledge. Every simple question that we ask, they have to seek verification from their manager. Simple questions such as "Are my drinks free flow?", "can i pick any drink from this list or do i have to stick with 1 particular drink throughout the session? " ..... zzzZzz

3. We had to flag for the waiter/waitress to clear our tables (the table is very very small, catered for small plates of desserts only). And if you were there, you would probably be seeing an 'idiot' like me waving and waving in the air just to catch their attention..

4. Food items replenishment are so slow.. The pretty looking pink table full of pastries and desserts are literally 'botak' after 30mins to 45mins, and the replenishment for them came in multiple waves of like 9-10 pieces? You literally never see it being fully replenished from 3.30pm onwards (high tea starts at 2.30pm).

These are my 4 main pet peeves i had during our high tea session... luckily the pastries were decent LoLx or else... 

The macarons are great! a little bit too sweet but nonetheless it's pretty good =) 

Don't bother.. unless you want a jaw breaker / tooth smasher / another dental surgery....

These 2 are my personal favourite. Shortcake and Velvet cake! Very soft and delicious =) Definitely not tough and dry like some of the Velvet cakes/cupcakes that i've tasted before.

Apart from their pastries/desserts, they do have savoury food items as well, which i must say are pretty nice! I wasn't expecting that much 'effort' for their savoury items, but it turned out a lot better than i expected =)

The one in front is the smoked chicken with bread/mini croissant and that is really good. But the goose liver... those greyish things behind... omg... please don't bother... it's horrible..

i personally quite favour this item^^ Smoked salmon =D~

Their sandwiches are all very very nice! Love it! I don't mind having them for breakfast everyday lolx =)

Half-boiled egg in truffle sauce! THIS IS SIMPLY GORGEOUS! must try!!! =)

Scones are a must for me when i'm having high tea, and the scones here do not disappoint! The strawberry scone behind is my favourite!^^

Cam-whoring time~

Overall it was a great experience! If only the service was better... 

It's pretty pricey though, the total bill for 4 pax was $245. But was it worth it? I guess it was (try at least once kinda thing), but i would not be coming back again to Ritz-Carlton for high tea unless they are gonna come up with a whole new menu or something.. then perhaps?

=)

Back to mugging for my exams.... sian.........

We are expecting a baby!

2015, SG50 definitely is gonna be the most remarkable, memorable and lovely year for Wifey and I^^

Because....

There are some who may have already known that we are expecting. My name did not turn up on the list of those who will be going overseas during the end of the year for work, therefore many there were many speculations that Wife and I have gotten ourselves a SG50 baby. While that is true.. it was really really hard for me NOT to tell anyone at my workplace, because everyone just kept asking and probing lolx. The person i could and had to tell was my immediate supervisor, because i needed him to get me out of the overseas list.

I could still remember the both of us being very very shocked and surprised that the pregnancy test kit showed positive! In the end.. we ended up taking the test with 5-7 other pregnancy test kits of various brands lolx, with all of them showing the same positive signs =)

After double confirming, triple confirming and even quadruple confirming that we are really pregnant, we were like kinda lost momentarily for .... 10secs? we were like... "now do what ar?" LoLxx~ Lostttttt... and best part is, you can't tell anyone about it until the first trimester is over!

I immediately looked for my best friend = Google.com, and frantically searched for a good/recommended gynae. But there were loads of them... all packed with good reviews... *sweat* in the end we decided on Dr. Chen Lin Han, who delivers at Mt. Alvernia (which was where i was born too^^). So far, no regrets on our choice, as Dr. Chen Lin Han was really professional and attentive to our worries and questions (although he speaks a little bit too fast at times ahahha).

In just a blink of an eye we have past our first trimester! Everything has been great! Baby is developing well and healthily. We recently received the Harmony Test results and it shows that everything is normal too =) We even got to know the gender of our baby from the test and it is............................... *SECRET =X

Hee~~ I plan to unveil a little at a time of our baby ^^

Lastly, thank you all for your well wishes and blessings, Mich and I felt it, and i am sure our baby must have felt it too!

Soi 19 Thai Wanton Mee, Ang Mo Kio Ave 5 Kopitiam is great!

I'm quite sure most if not all Singaporeans who has been to Thailand, Bangkok would have definitely ate the Soi 19 Wanton Mee. Guess what? It is now in Singapore!

Well.... this is definitely old news but only recently, wifey and i got to try it out!

Their stall is at Ang Mo Kio Ave 5, Block 151. You will not miss it because there is definitely going to be a long queue regardless of the time you are there! I had to queue for about 40mins++ but it was so worth it!

It looks very plain, dry and 'tasteless'... but once you begin to chew onto the noodles, you will realise that the noodles are in contrary, very very springy and tasty! Even the char siew, which looks kinda dry, is very tender and tasty! Usually we would prefer char siew that is slightly charred and has malt kinda taste (i dunno what it is called), but this one is really different. It looks normal but the taste behind it clearly shows that a lot of 'kung fu' and effort has been put into it =)

When we were there, we noticed a lot of people ordering dim sum from the Kowloon Hong Kong Disum stall as well, and decided to give it a try.

Itttt wasssss GOOoooooddddDdddddd =)

Perhaps the best 'liu sha bao' custard bun that i've ever had~ super tasty but will NOT make you feel 'ger lat'. I was so greedily chomping down on all my food that when i realised that i should have taken a close up photo of these dishes, there was no more! LoLXxx ^^

But oh well... i am so sure that we will be here again because... the food here is simply so good!

Last but not least, wifey and i are a big big fan of Ice Lemon Tea. Lolx, although this looks, seems and is pretty normal... the Ice Lemon Tea here is SO NICE! First time in my life, wifey actually agreed to order 3 cups of Ice Lemon Tea to share hahahahAHA. Usually at most 2 max, 1 for us each to drink. But because the Ice Lemon Tea here is SOOOOO NICEEEEEE, we had to order a 3rd cup to share =X

Really hoping to revisit this Kopitiam again soon, the sze char here also looks very good! The only downside to this kopitiam is that there are too limited tables and seats, so you need to be there very early or be prepared to share tables with others.

=D~ .... hungry liao........