I suddenly had cravings for dim sum!

Hmph……..

Red Star, around since the 70s, is a perennial favourite with both the young and old. I first visited the restaurant a few years back and I always wish that I can re-visit it if I can wake up earlier during the weekends. Haiz…

Dim sum is still served off push-cart trolleys and goes for S$3-3.50 for a plate of 3 servings (there are larger servings available). The restaurant doesn’t take reservations, and is always packed during weekends and public holidays. Although the queue can get rather long, table turnover is generally quick. That said, I do recommend going early on the weekend if you do not like to wait.

The freshness and quality of the ingredients is Red Star’s biggest draw. The quality is best seen in the seafood-based dim sum dishes like har kau (shrimp dumpling) and the deep fried seafood roll. These folks don’t skim on their ingredients and you can tell the moment you take your first bite.

Other than the seafood dim sum, I recommend the steamed spare ribs. The ribs are cooked until tender and sit in a very umami sauce (my mum's favourite).

I love the egg tarts. The egg tarts have an amazingly light and crumbly crust and the egg custard is not too sweet. A great way to round up the meal.

On weekends and public holidays, the kitchen serves up “specials” which are usually interesting spins on the traditional dim sum dishes. As a personal preference, I find the atmosphere on the weekend better. Food seems tastier when the restaurant is packed on a Sunday morning and you’re surrounded with families, young and old, all enjoying their food together — scenes that warm the cockles of your heart.

Red Star Restaurant
Blk 54 Chin Swee Road
# 07-23
Singapore 160054
Tel: 6532-5266

Red Star is located in the same building as the HDB Chin Swee office.

Anyone interested to go this weekend???????? Yum Yum…. 

That's my lunch.  Clam Chowder, regular size of cos. A little detail on the clam chowder. Each scoop contains chunky clams mixed with the celery greens and potatoes that are so soft they simply melt in the mouth. In contrast, the chewiness of the clams and the crunchiness of the celery bring about a wholesome meal.

I paid $3.80 to upgrade the meal. It comes with a caesar salad (Romaine Lettuce, Parmesan Cheese, Egg Slice, Sundried Tomato, Multigrain Slice, Caesar Dressing) & a iced lemon tea.

In fact, I wanted to order Garlicky Herbed Foccacia  but guess I wasn't that hungry so I gave it a miss.

 This is the soupervalue meal I am referring to. It includes a soup (regular, medium or grande size), choice of either a salad or sandwich AND choice of either a pack of chips or apple AND a yummy chocolate.
Price range: S$8.70 – S$10.90.
Mine cost $9.70.  

Oh fark, I did not get my chocolate! Damn it!  Never mind, I am just plain lazy to walk back to ask for that stupid little bar of chocolate. Duh……..

Anyway, I am freaking full already!

1 Tanglin Road #02-18 Orchard Parade Hotel
Singapore 247905
Telephone: 68340660
Website: http://www.tunglok.com

I was at Club Chinois for lunch with boss, colleagues and my new client earlier this month.  

Since it's opening in 1997, that was the 1st time I had been to Club Chinois. As it is under Tung Lok group, my expectation of it will be pretty similar to the other Tuk Lok restaurants, ie Noble House, which I had been to.

The cuisine served are so called modern chinese. How do we actually define that? To make it simple, we call it fusion, which means mixture of western and eastern. 

List of our food (This is to my best memory): -

1. Crispy Beijing Duck Skin, Five-spiced Foie Gras, Salad of Roasted Duck Julienne, Fresh Mango and Apple

2. Braised Mee Sua with Freshly Peeled Crab Meatin Noble Tanfu Sauce

3. Double Boiled Chicken Consommé with Wolfberries, Yellow Fungus and Chinese Herbs

There were like 6 to 7 dishes to go, including dessert.

To be frank, I do not think that I will visit Club Chinois again. Not that the food is not nice but I still cannot accept modern chinese food though east meet with the west. Still, my taste buds tell me that the food taste kind of weird. =/

Anyway, guess how much is the bill?

$700 for 9 person! What a lunch!

I was thinking we should have been to Lei Garden but…………………. it was the client's choice.

1. 119 East Coast Road (Opposite Katong Mall) Tel: 91474627/62477857

2. 56 Serangoon Garden Road, Huat Hin Coffee Shop

I went to the one @ East Coast Road with boss and two other colleagues for lunch before meeting our clients.

  This is ieatsuper burger. Looks great cos a diner sitting behind me ordered this. 200gm chopped Sirloin Steak, 2 slices of cheese, 2 rashers of bacon, Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, Astons Special Hickory Smoked BBQ Sauce, Astons Special Sauce and crispy onion frost all piled up in a sesame seed bun. It cost $12.90.

Boss loves the Wagyu Ribeye. But I was told there is only limited stocks. Therefore, we will have to ring them before making our trip there. Oh yes, the price is $38.90. The cheaper version, NZ Ribeye extracut at $14.90. Looks cool as well.

I had chicken chop with coleslaw & whip potato & sausages. The sausages are fabulous! I love them!   Yum Yum……

Oh yes, they had just open a Astons Prime, the more expensive version.

Astons Prime
467 Joo Chiat Road
Open 11.30 to 11pm
Closed Tuesdays
Ring 63442447 for Reservations

Take a look at the new paper articles.

Trust my taste. It is really worth the trip down to try the food! Cheap & good!

P/S: By the way, I was told that this shop belongs to boss' ex broking assistant, NLL's brother in law. Therefore, any feedback thru boss is valid. ^_^" (FYI, boss is a complaint queen! Oops… She is gonna kill me! -_-") 

Visit their blog at http://astonsspecialties.blogspot.com/ to find out more! 

Oh yes, last but not least, do expect to queue.  

Hmmmmm…..

I don't think that this is considered spree. Do you?

I had placed order for this. Way damn cheap to buy a dress! At the price of a MNG dress, I can get about 3 or 4 dresses online. The only difference is THE LABEL! But again, who the hell will know what brand is the dress so as long you can carry it off. Don't you guys agree? 

Look at these 2 dresses. Nice right? Nice & cool right? If I am not wrong, it is a pre-ordered dress. But it simply looks so classy. The checker dress is rather funky. I am still hesitating cos I am not sure if it come with the black "top". If yes, I will not buy cos it is way to warm to wear in Singapore. If it is only the checker tube dress, I can at least pair it with a short sleeve tee or shirt. 

I went to The Face Shop to get some products: -

1. A pink blusher

2. A glittering mascara

3. A white shimmer eye liner

I am still hesitating on the pimple cream. Not sure how efficient it is. I was told the pimple will become smaller overnight. But, all pimple cream are like that right? So what is actually the real difference?  

By the way, off track that little bit. Dragonfly is celebrating its 1 year anniversary on 9th October 2007. I am invited to the party. Anyone interested? I am quite sure it will be damn crowded.

Last but not least, finally, my blog is up. I was told that "DOS" was "attacked". My blog will be up once the "attack" is over. Kind of complicated. But never mind, the issue is over and I do not understand anything. So WHATEVER! 

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I HATE CRAMPS! Seriously hate CRAMPS!

First, it's the stomach cramps cos my tummy is SICK, like a washing machine! I HATE the pulling on & off pain! Grrrrrrrrrrrr…………

Now, here comes the monthly cramps!

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I AM HAVING DOUBLE CRAMPS!

Anyway, side track a bit.

This is me & myself. The chubby version. Duhz…………

In fact, I just wanna show my fringe. The weird looking fringe which I had gotten. It is supposed to be like that okay? Though "out of shape".

By the way, I had gotten my tights. 3 pairs in fact. 1 at 40 Denier and the other 2 at 70 Denier. Got them at Robinson. Guess Taka sells higher Denier, up to 85 or 110, according to a forum which I had read & think I am getting 1 more pair from Taka since they are selling Denier 85 & above. =) Yeah, I am wearing it as if it is tights. So as to match my short dresses. My office does not allow me to wear tights/ 3/4 leggings to work. Boss say, "We are professionals!" Duhz…………….

Shoooooooooooo, the cramps! 

This is my last year IT bag, Miu Miu leather coffer bag, which cost me $2,220. No regret buying it! After all, it is so called the signature bag of Miu Miu. FYI, you still need to wait for 3 weeks for the stocks to arrive.

My gf, Kitty bought the patent coffer bag.   She bought hers in London & after conversion, it is like SGD1,500. 

While I was at Paragon last Friday, I went into Miu Miu & found these!   The Miu Miu gathered leather bag. Cool right? The damage will be $1,540, much cheaper than the coffer. But bear in mind, this is much bigger than the coffer.

& I like this too, Sathel. Price unknown though. 

Seriously speaking, I do not mind taking Miu Miu instead of LV as present. LOLx……….. Anyway, I love Miu Miu cos it is not as"loud" as other brands, ie: Gucci, LV etc… Seldom do I see people carrying Miu Miu. =/

This Trevi PM caught my attention when I was at the boutique with my boss in the middle of this month. For god sake, we are not "eating snake" okay? We were meeting a client for lunch.

Back track……..

I then came to realise that Trevi is the IN bag now. Guess the price? It is much more expensive than my Mui Mui & LV Duomo. It costs $2,330.

Nice though. Any kinda soul want to sponsor? As my Xmas cum birthday cum Valentine's Day present?

Ikoi Japanese Restaurant,

401 Havelock Road,

#01-01 Hotel Miramar, Singapore

Tel : 68873788 Fax : 68870079

I am a big fan of sashimi! Therefore, when boss suggested a "farewell" dinner for TYP, I thought of Ikoi (heard so much of it since long long time ago). There were several "real life" compliments. So I assume that it is a MUST TRY!

Oh yes, the reservation had to be made 1 month in advance for dinner cos it is always fully booked. Also, when making your order, please try to order a bigger portion cos they take orders individually, say, I ordered a pork cutlet & GUESS WHAT? I had 1 slice!?!?

They do serve complimentary dishes. First, it's salmon sashimi served in don't know sauce. Obviously, it tastes GREAT!

Next, it's the mixed veg salad.   Carrot, Japanese cucumber & celery (all raw) sticked into ice. Nothing special but the veg are fresh.

Dobin mush aka seafood soup, served in a tea pot & we were given tea cups. Kinda weird to have something savoury from a tea cup but nevertheless, it tastes good! There are like chicken, prawn etc inside the soup.

There is yet another complimentary dish, steamboat (if I am not wrong, it is called "Kaninabe – sounds like some vulgar languages in Hokkien)   It contains cooked salmon, veg & some tofu. I didn't have the cooked salmon cos it smells when cooked. I merely took the soup and tofu. 

As it is a buffet dinner, we are free to choose from their extensive menu of dishes ranging from sashimi to grilled meats, to tempuras. If you are the sort that can down plates after plates of fresh sashimi, den Ikoi is the place for you. At SGD$30+++ per pax, i reckon if you could finish up 2 plates of mixed fresh sashimi, it would have already been very worth it.

The best is the sashimi, espcially the sword fish & salmon.   This is yellow tail. & guess what? TYP and I shared a plate of mixed sashimi (for 4) & on our 2nd round, we ordered a sword fish sashimi (for 2). Which means we had eaten 30 bucks full of sashimi. LOLx…………

Mixed tempura is the next dish. There were sweet potatoes, mushroom, lotus etc…..  & the ebi tempura is not too bad. Crispy I should say. 

  The cold soba was good but the portion was way too small. 1 sip and the soba were gone! Great texture! 

The handroll were good. The sea weed wraps were very fresh! Worth trying! But obviously not too much of it cos you will be full from rice.

We had the chawamushi too.   But it is not as smooth as what I had expected.

Boss ordered the grilled saba. I only had half a piece cos I was told there were BONES in them. I HATE bones! I prefer boneless fish though. Guess this was the only dish that we did not manage to finish!

Overall, the food is not too bad just that do not expect too much from the staff. Apparently there are 2 groups of staffs there. One group are in charge of taking orders from the guests, the other group are in charge of clearing the table, getting you more tea etc etc so don't be unhappy when some of the staff says they cannot take your order. Which in any case, they will inform those who can and direct them to you. In additional, do place your order all in the 1st time round cos it is kind of hard get a 2nd order – the staff tends to go missing in action. Even asking for 2nd serving of tea was kinda difficult. 

Nevertheless, we had a hearty meal. Best of all, we had 50% "co-insurance" from TYP! LOLx……………..

Now, I am feeling hungry. -_-" 

I came to realise that online shopping is much cheaper than physical shopping. Not only that, I also realise that we need no expensive, branded clothings to make ourselves beautiful. It's all about skill of dressing up instead!

  I am into Pinafore these days. This blue is kinda funky.

Another Pinafore I bought, This is more for office usage.

This in grey is cool too. Kinda formal. & simple of cos. Can pair with my Gripz grey shoes I bought few months back. 

  Black stockings (leggings lookalike).

Anyway, happy online spree-ing. LOLx…

BTW, I cut my fringe. =/  The weird shape fringe I have gotten now. LOLx. Anyway, I never love long fringe – hard to have it long enough & I look way too old my age with that long fringe! -_-"