Great Singapore Sale

Annual GSS is here again. I love GSS, because it simply means I can indulge in impulse shopping, though I always do...lol. Please read on to find out my shopping haul of the day spent in Orchard, errr I had only managed to walk around ION. Nowadays my kids nag at me when I do my shopping. They can read my mind and know me inside out! They even know my favourite high street fashion brands. MANGO was having their crazy sale on that weekend, but all their outlets were crazily crowded. So I gave Mango a miss.

Kids with their superhero, BATMAN.

I was forced to take a break after shopping for only 2 hours....sigh...they insisted to have some ice-cream. So we stopped at MARVELOUS CREAM.

My daughter had her pick...caramel with banana, mixed berries ice-cream in crispy waffle.

Absolutely addicting...

I needed something savoury for tea break, so I went around hunting for some finger foods. I got some kushikatsu (some fried thingy on skewers) from DONG DAE MUN.

My son with huge stick of chicken sausage.

Fried chicken balls on skewers.

Me and my black pepper sausage.

Green Lantern

The superheroes

Hubby came to meet with us at ION in the evening for dinner. We crossed over to Ngee Ann City, to have Sushi Tei.

I had Hotate Toji Soba. As usual I love to add in lots of chilli powder into my soba noodle soup.

Ebi tempura

Mini golden roll....maki with prawns, mango and fish roe

Crispy EbiMentai...interesting creation and tastes super yummy. Its actually fried shitake mushroom topped with prawn roe. Love max..

Hamachi Kamashio...salt grilled yellow tail head

Before end of the post, let me show you some of my catch from the shopping frenzy. Some tops, a bikini set, a straw hat, sunnies, and bla bla bla..

Here were 2 GREAT deals I managed to haul from GSS. A River Island top and Ted Baker little black dress, both with 40% discount! So what you guys think..its a deal or steal?...Lets do your shopping NOW!

Father's Day Celebration at MBS

This year Father's Day celebration was at DB Bistro at Marina Bay Sands. MBS boasts to have some of the World's best chefs.  The list of world renowned chefs includes Daniel Boulud, Justin Quek, Santi Santamaria, Guy Savoy, Tetsuya Wakuda, Mario Batali and Wolfgang Puck. 

That afternoon, we had patroned Chef Daniel Boulud's restaurant. Daniel Boulud is considered America’s leading culinary authorities. Over the last 2 decades, Boulud has brought his contemporary French cuisine to his 5 New York restaurants. In Singapore, he has opened his signature New York restaurant db Bistro Moderne, a modern French-American restaurant with a seasonal menu serving the finest of ingredients in MBS.

The interior design brings you the very classic French influence. As French love to dine with wine and champagne, DB Bistro has a selection of wine from their menu. Wine is French's deepest passion.

Celebrity Chef Daniel Boulud has launched a series of cookery books, which are displayed at the front counter.

The menu in red. They have a simple selection of food menu. Don't be surprised if their wine list is longer than the food. LOL...

Cuppa cappucino for me and a Cafe Au Lait (Latte) for hubby, served with cubes of raw sugar.

The aroma of the coffee beans, reminds me of France. Missing my holiday in Europe!

Appetizer: Nicoise salad, comprising of tuna duo-seared and confit, with potatoes, green beans, quail egg and white anchovies.

Happy Father's Day....

Main Course: Slow Baked Ocean Trout, with speck croquettes, green peas, baby carrot, blue foot mushrooms and lemon hollandaise. The trout was baked to perfection with soft and tender meat. Love the croquettes.

Main course of the day: The pork sausages with sunny side up and fried cubed potato, in maple syrup sauce.

Main course: Yellow Fin Tuna a la Plancha, with corn fricassee, king oyster mushrooms and diable sauce. I guess some of its menu are heavily influenced by French. Pardon me if you might have never come across with the words.

This cubed fried potatoes really reminds me of my stay in Dijon, where we had dined on this dish which was too salty for our liking. But DB Bistro, in MBS served their diced potato which is much much better than in France, guess they modified the taste to local's standard.

Dessert: Hot crepes with chunky berry sauce and cream

Dine in DB Bistro might be pricey, hey but its a fine dining experience in a world's most renowned celebrity chef, with his interesting creation.

Daniel Boulud Bistro, DB Bistro is located at:

Marina Bay Sands,

10 Bayfront Avenue,

Singapore 018956

Place where I love to be....for crab!

It was Thursday night, hubby and I had developed a sudden crave for crab. We headed down to Geylang for our favourite white pepper crab in NO SIGNBOARD. I might have been raving about crab dishes in NO SIGNBOARD all this while. There are some other restaurants which can whip up equally good crab dish, but only NO SIGNBOARD never fails to satisfy my crave for crab roe, read my lips..."stuffed compact of roe"....is my super LOVE! Who cares about high cholesterol....most importantly, I enjoy the roe as much as I enjoy the whole crabbie dish.



The menu, describe how the chain of NO SIGNBOARD started and how the name of the restaurant derived from. They started 80 years ago in a small eatery without a name for their small humble eatery. Through word of mouth, their white pepper crab had gained popularity, and people started to patron and flocked into their eatery which they named as NO SIGNBOARD.

Much popular signature dish, white pepper crab and chilli crab.

Raw oyster served with chopped scallion and chilli, with lemon wedge and tabasco sauce. Psst psst..the oyster was as big as my palm, even bigger.

Salted egg yolk mantis prawn...love everything with salted egg yolk, with chunks of salted egg being seen...they have salted egg crab too. Equally tasty....GOSH....sinful crab roe, in addition of sinful salted egg yolk dish....double the cholesterol boost!

Signature house made toufu with crab meat.

Stir fried kang kung with belacan and cuttlefish, with plenty of chopped peanut on top.

I love to dine in Geylang, albeit many staring and gawking from middle aged uncles. If you do not know, Geylang used to be a red light district, eerrrr, so girls must avoid this place if you are going alone. However Geylang is very popular with many good hunts for nice delicious cuisine. Their frog porridge, stir fry beef hor fun, soya bean milk with fried dough, and herbal turtle soup, just to name a few.

Finally my long awaited white pepper crab.

Do you see the stuffed roe in the shell. Thats why I am head over heel for their crabbie dish.

I will have all the roe all for myself...heheee

 

Lastly dessert: Ice shaved chendol

Waited for our car....and had I felt so blissed to have my crab with roe once in a while. Thats what I call an enjoyment of life....EAT is always my greatest pleasure!

NO SIGNBOARD address is as below:

 414B Geylang Road Singapore 389392