Daddies vs Mommies

I think it's time we dispel the truth! Mommies are, in fact, the more domineering person at home! (The photo above has no link to what i'm posting about lolx)

Yep.. this post is kinda random, but the reason I decided to post this random post is because today while waiting for my turn to have my haircut (it was a painfully long wait... zzzz), there were like 3 groups of parents who brought their kids for a haircut too. 

And it was kinda interesting for me when I saw the Daddies playing with their children while the Mommies are sitting "elegantly" in their chairs reading a magazine, and all these time while the Daddies are playing with them, the Mommies are going like "don't so noisy ar~", "stop it stop it!", "sit properly!", "Later auntie scold you ar"..... I mean common~! They are kids what~ It is by nature that they would not be able to stay still ya?

The next interesting part was when the Mommy actually told the Daddy to ask the daughter to keep quiet, and the dad went like "what?", LoLxx she had to repeat herself 2-3 times before the dad gets it and all he did was "girl, don't so noisy ar" and his tone was like ~whatever~ hahHA 

So yea! That's my theory now, Mommies are the domineering ones when it comes to disciplining kids, Daddies on the other hand, are the kid's playmate =)

Oh my gosh... my turn to cut hair, and of all person... i kana the stylist whom i frowned upon! (This is a neighbourhood salon.. so..... ya....) I witness her dropped the comb on the floor and she just picked it up and use it to comb her customer's hair! wtf... 

Guess what? She dropped the "apron" that she was about to put on me onto the floor... picked it up... and put it on me...

ZZZzzzZzzzz, always be careful of what/whom you speak ill of.. because it will come and haunt you!

Top vloggers/youtubers/bloggers that we follow!

I hafta admit that initially i wasn't really into the whole following Vloggers, YouTubers and Bloggers kinda thing (btw, Vlogs = Video Logs, just in case you are as ignorant as me lolx), but my wife, who kinda follows these online celebrities almost everyday kinda got me interested as well.

So it kinda got me thinking... are we all following the same people?

The top no.1 on our list would have to be......... Bubz! You can view her Vlog, YouTube channel over here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtEt-shvshHduBTAZju3kOQ

Bubz is a really interesting person/mummy, and her son Issac is just so cute and "huge"! Lolx, you will get what i mean once you follow her videos. A part from taking care of her son, she's also an entrepreneur too! She has her own line of make-up accessories and tutorials with tons of subscribers! *salute!*

The following channels are those that i frequent on YouTube:

Wahbanana - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAaiKcIfHEzUZl34U980sNA
Ryan Sylvia (NOC) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8az0OO4wXXu2k0ifJjxxBg
Dan Khoo - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD34kxNTU4l7I0HoTnAsO6w

Okay la... i am a nerd.. i stay home and watch these YouTubers to intrigue myself and have a good laugh... LoLxx but they are really funny and don't we all wanna have a good laugh everyday? =) Oh.. and i do the all so frequent YouTubing on Dota 2 replays also because.... yea.... i am a nerd.. T_T

Btw i am not uploading any of their logos because... later kana flame =X hee kinda things are getting more and more common nowadays.

My wife is pretty different from me though (okay... very much different than me....), she prefers the less "lame" stuff like:

Bubz - as i mentioned before, she's a real fan =)
Xiaxue & Qiu Qiu - They are bloggers but my wife prefers to watch their videos on http://www.clicknetwork.tv/ , Their programs are namely Xiaxue's Guide to Life and Qiu Qiu's Budget barbie. If you haven't seen it yet, you really should! because even I....as a guy.... felt that it was interesting LoLxx

Thinking back... we literally watched Bubz's baby boy Issac and Xiaxue's baby boy Dash grew up lolx ever since they were born haha. And now Qiu Qiu who has just gave birth to an adorable baby girl Meredith. It's kinda cool to watch your favourite YouTubers/Bloggers grow up, become parents and after that start following their kids as well haha.

Okay that's all for tonight, time to be a nerd! =X

Attention to all Men, cherish your wife!

It hasn't exactly been a great week for me.. Assignment deadlines from UNISIM has started to pile up and will affect my Valentines Day and Chinese New Year! Can you imagine that? Doing assignments during these festive events... ZzzZzzzz

Totally stressed out right now as the current assignment that i am doing is purely in Chinese! I kinda selected the "wrong" module... never did i expect in my wildest dreams that it is in Chinese.. and now... i am stuck at answering 2 questions in my assignment, both requires 1000 - 1200 words! OMG....

But luckily for me... After a hard day's work in office.. the moment I came home, i am greeted by Wifey's home cooked food!

Absolutely love Wifey's home cooked food! Super delicious!

Thank you Wifey you give me energy!

#feelingloved

now its back to OWN my assignment! =X

Must try at JB, M'sia: San Lou Seafood!

Now I know why I haven't been able to lose weight... Just check out my blog and you would notice that 99% of the stuff that I've blogged are all about good food (I even have some "back-log" posts on food)!

Last Sat we crossed the borders over to Johor Bahru to buy some Chinese New Year stuff and tried out this awesome seafood restaurant called San Lou Seafood. Can you imagine it? About 9 dishes for 166RM?! SUPER CRAZY CHEAP!

Candid shot of the couple who brought us to so many places for good food!

This restaurant isn't very easy to find in my opinion.. 

80400 Johor, Taman Pelagi (open from 4pm to 1am)

But once you find it, it is definitely worth it! *not very far away, about 10-15mins away from Taman Sentosa.

Perhaps their most signature dish over there, San Lou Bee Hoon! Super nice! Not too dry and oily, and the "Wok Hei" is really omg~ =)

Luckily Jessie was craving for cockles if not we would probably not have ordered this plate of tasty delicious cockles! The cockles are cleaned very well (no sand etc.) and the sauce that is slightly spicy just makes it taste so good! 

Cockles and La La = Super combo~ =) My photo did not do this dish justice though, the picture may make this dish seem to have very little "meat" but in actual fact, there was a lot of "meat" and you won't feel cheated like how some seafood restaurants tend to add in a lot of empty La La to make the portion look huge but with very little meat.

Perhaps this was the highlight of the dinner, Indonesia Prawns! MUST TRY X 99999! 

The curry is so dam awesome that the the aroma stays in your mouth the whole time! And the prawns are so so fresh! the meat will NOT stick to the shell =)

Fried baby squid! Love this tasty little snack =) The meat isn't tough if you are worried that you may not be able to chew into it easily.

If you are looking for some tender juicy slices of pork, then you should try this 宫保山猪 "Wild Boar in Gong Bao sauce" *hopefully i didn't misinterpret the name of the dish LoLx! It is super tender and i think you can't find this in Singapore anywhere!

This veg has became me and wifey's favourite^^ Stir Fry Kai Lan! It is so crunchy and tasty ooooo~ what more can you ask for? LoLx

The following two dishes are perhaps the only ones that i would not recommend... 

排骨王 ... This was disappointing. Despite it looking so delicious, the meat was a little bit "powdery" if you get what i mean.. It's definitely not the best or even most average 排骨王 that i've had before..

Usually this is my favourite, 油条 with 鱼肉... But this one here... really isn't very much to my liking.. it just taste... very very very normal... not worth it..

While the last 2 dishes were a little bit disappointing, San Lou Seafood is a place that i will definitely revisit if i ever cross the borders again! And because it closes around 1am, this is also a very nice place for having supper and chilling out! It's near the Woodlands Checkpoint as well, so you don't really have to be worried about travelling too far.

Check out our great bargains/buys over at JB =) 

Be careful though, as CNY is around the corner, JB may not be a very safe place to travel.. and if you do want to go over there... please be very mindful of your valuables as you definitely do not want to fall prey to the thieves over there!

Sigh....

Now.. hafta restart my diet program all over again... 75kg by Apr 15, gogogo! 

Top seafood restaurants in Singapore! Hua Yu Wee!

A few days ago we celebrated my Mother-in-law's birthday! It really isn't hard for our family to decide on where to go for dinner because we always have great suggestions from Ben (wife's sister's boyfriend) to give us his always well received recommendations =)

This time we went to ~~~~~ *drum roll*~~~~~~~

Hua Yu Wee!!!

Most of you would probably have heard of Long Beach, Red House, Crab Party, Eng Seng restaurant at Joo Chiat etc. But i guess not many people may have heard of Hua Yu Wee^^

As you can see from the outer infrastructure of the restaurant, they have a super duper large kitchen just by the side of the entrance where you can literally view how they handle the food.

Cindy took a Taxi together with Ben to the restaurant. Once she tells the Taxi Driver that she wants to go to Hua Yu Wee, the Taxi Driver immediately knew what she meant! According to him, Hua Yu Wee is a 老字号 a.k.a. well known reputable establishment that has been around for many years. So most 'older folks' would definitely know of this place!

The three sisters with mother before the food arrives.

The interior of the restaurant is super old school! but it's maintained very very well. One interesting thing to note is that their waitresses all wear Kebayas. After probing a little bit, we realised that their boss is a Nonya, and hence wanted to retain this cultural heritage.

Very long never eat this liao, fried baby squid! Super duper crunchy and tasty!

Shark's fin that is super authentic and uses real ingredients to cook this dish! It is quite fairly priced, if i don't remember wrongly, this huge bowl cost around $48 and it could serve around 7-8 people.

Fried You Tiao with Fish Stuffings anyone? =)

Feng Sha Chicken, super crispy! Its kinda made to be as thin as peking duck, if you get what i mean. Definitely worth a try and if you noticed, theres a flower on the left side of the plate, that is hand-made! As in... it is not a design that comes with the plate, it is done manually by hand each and every time^^ I had to elaborate on this small detail to show how meticulous they are!

Stir fry baby Kai Lan is a very basic dish that we will always order and the Baby Kai Lan at Hua Yu Wee totally did not disappoint! Taste great, smells great and still retains its crispiness too!

Wifey's favourite meat dish, Deer Meat! the portion is super huge and each slice of meat is super thick! Not like those "Sze Char" at kopitiams where they serve you very stingy slices... This is perfect!

The butter prawns were a little bit not to my expectations actually, especially after tasting so many dishes that overwhelmed me. Nonetheless, it is still fairly nice =)

How can we pass up on crabs at a seafood restaurant?! Love the pepper crab here! It is not as "buttery" as the pepper crab served at Eng Seng Joo Chiat Restaurant. It is slightly more pepperish and definitely as tasty as the ones served in Joo Chiat! Dam nice la!

Have you noticed that they even bother to do plating for their crabs? Most restaurant would just cover everything else under the top shell of the crab lolx. The chilli crab is .... GOOD! Must must must try!

And how can we forgot the little golden buns that complements the Chilli Crab 100%? =X

This is a place that i will definitely revisit! Every single dish was great! While the price is a little bit on the high side, 6 of us paid $360, but the portions are definitely not stingy at all! Very value for money^^ You can check them out here for more reviews!

Do try out Hua Yu Wee whenever you are craving for seafood! And remember to make advance bookings because they are always packed! =)

Hokkaido, Japan here we come part 2!

Time to sit down and continue blogging about our fantastic experience at Hokkaido, Japan! In case you are wondering, we toured both Asahikawa and Sapporo during our stay at Hokkaido. I am not sure about you, but in my opinion, unless you plan to rent a car and travel in Hokkaido free and easy, it is best to actually join a tour. This is because Hokkaido do not exactly have a very robust public transport system, which would make travelling pretty difficult.

Check out the lovely snow! It feels so great to start the day with such a nice scenery =) In fact we were very blessed to avoid heavy showers/snow throughout our tour!

We just had to alight at this place to take an awesome family photo!

This is my first time seeing actual snow! And it is soooooo pretty, this is the famous Otaru Canal! *Although the coldness nearly killed me T_T~*

Wifey and her youngest sister taking a photo with the snow as the background. Can you see how high the snow has piled up to? it's quite crazy just thinking about it, and how those workers pave the roads everyday for vehicles to drive safely.

Everything in Japan is just so pretty!

It is only 2.8 degrees celsius and we are freezing like crazy! The winds are really really strong! Wearing a beanie makes me look like a retard but at this point in time, keeping my head, ears and neck warm was my priority..

Ben became a ninja LoLx~!

Hohoho~ it's time to eat! And this time we are having SEAFOOD! =X

Gigantic Clams! I think wifey eat one = full already lolx.

Yep, and he is the one that we've decided on, for our dinner today! This is a product of Hokkaido, Japan. It is a snow winter crab that is seasonal, only available during winter!

Obviously you will be able to tell that my smile is fake one LoLX, I was quite worried that the crab may attack me because so many people have been picking him up and taking photos haha.

Dinner is served! Everyone has their own pot of soup a slice of fish that is super easy to eat once you know the technique to removing the bones. All you need to do is to peel off the bone from the tail of the fish and just slowly pull the whole bone out from the fish! It would take some practice though haha, easier said than done.

Check this out! They actually used some parts of the crab to be served as sashimi! This is super duper delicious! Nothing in Singapore can be considered fresh once you compare them with those in Japan! I am not exaggerating, Food in Japan IS that good and fresh!

Here comes, our pot of 1000% happiness! Snow Crab hotpot.... =D`~~ Shit man.. i am starting to feel hungry all over again!

I realised that in Japan, the use of this "Rice Mix" is super popular! It literally changes the way your rice taste! For those who do not really like eating rice, your opinion on rice may change after trying this! It totally makes the rice taste much more savoury!

After our sumptuous meal, we were greet by super duper strong winds!

Even my Mother-in-law who isn't too afraid of the cold has geared up LoLx.

1 word..................................... Cold~

Doesn't this remind you of.......................... Naruto?! =X

We are now on our way to the Musical Box Museum and happily camwhoring along the whole journey as well! =)

Even in the middle of the road.... LoLX!

Stopping by for some cakes! YummmMMMmyyY!

Amongst all the cakes that we had, this Cheese cake from Le Tao is AMAZING! Perhaps the dairy products at Hokkaido is really that good, hence all food made from these dairy products taste so good! The Cheese Cakes at Le Tao, is simply mind blowing! Must try!

We are now at the Chocolate Factory! (I did not take any photos of the Musical Box Museum is because.. there isn't much about it actually lol) ^^

This is actually snow and not rain! We always thought that snow looks so romantic until we tried photographing it LoLx, it really just looks like rain..

Rudolf has came to pick up wifey and her 2 sisters!

Really loved this shot that i took for Cindy and Ben, got that travelling in time feel hahaha *pukes* =X

After camwhoring for so long .... i guess it is high time that we fill our stomachs!

If you google Sapporo Ramen, you will definitely be brought to a site that tells you about a very famous alley in Sapporo, and that is the Sapporo Ramen Alley - Sapporo Ramen Yokocho! Which apparently is also known as the birthplace of miso ramen!

Our tour guide brought us to this cozy little stall within Sapporo Ramen Yokocho, but I was too overwhelmed with the ramen that i forgot the name of the stall... so sorry... but essentially, this was the last stall in the Alley. The photos that you see later will make you understand why i was overwhelmed!

It has always been my dream to dine at one of this authentic Japanese ramen stalls!

This is a rather popular stall alright, as you can see all the signatures of well known people all over the shop!

LoL Ben looked away but i still decided to use this photo because i looked 'normal' in it, the others were like... omg... hahahha

What a nice way to recycle and repackage the very normal looking pepper shaker hahaHaha, feels so so so Japan! (Guys you know what i mean =X)

The main lead for the day, the oh-my-god-this-taste-like-heaven Ramen! The soup is SO SO SO DELICIOUS, the crab is SO SO SO FRESH!, the Char Siew is SO SO SO NICEEEEEE OMG! I've never tasted such a good ramen in my life! Absolute satisfaction!

Perhaps the secret to the sweetness in the soup broth, Japan's very own, very super fresh scallops! And this scallop is huge mind you! 

If you have watched Japan Hour on TV before, i am sure you would definitely come across Japan's Gyoza! And i am sure if you went scouting for Gyoza in Singapore, you will definitely be disappointed because in Singapore, all the Gyoza are fried anyhow! The real authentic Japanese Gyoza is pan fried only on one side, so you get the slightly burnt and fried kinda taste as well as the delicious Gyoza skin that is soooooo thin and once you reach into the core of the Gyoza, OMG~ Heaven~ the filling is so dam F@#kin@ nice! sigh... i miss Japan so so much...

Time to rest up for our next Hokkaido adventure!

Dammit... I am so hungry right now after blogging... and it is like almost 3am liao~! siao liao....... don't think too much... just sleep T_T~

nitez!