Thursday, November 11, 2004
A Food Lover's Tour @ 9:32 PM
Today is... Deepavali or Hari Raya??? Er.... yes. Deepavali. Anywayz... got woken up at 9 by my mum tellin me to eat my tau hui and doughsticks b4 setting off for McRitchie to walk the suspension bridge. Bleah... I want my sleep. But the doughstick was YUMMY!!! Even after being submerged in the tau hui syrup for 30secs, I was still able to enjoy the crispy outer layer of the doughstick b4 letting the delicious fusion of the fragrance of the doughstick and the sweetness of the tau hui drip into my mouth as i suck the doughstick dry... HAVENLY! b4 i knew it, i'd finished 3 doughsticks with 1 bowl of tau hui... wah seh!
Den went to McRitchie lor. Mah de... so many ppl there... wah lau... but gd la, see the vibrance of Singapore... haha. We didnt manage to find the bridge. Didnt know where. But we went on a "very long walk" (my mum) of a total of 1km (from carpark to Lornie Trail and back). the monkeys were a nightmare... 1 nearly ripped my bag off if not for my fast reflexes. My grandma was not so lucky. The SAME monkey in a fast fashion snatched a mineral water bottle from my grandma and ran away. Scared the wits outta her... wah lau. But i saw a mother monkey breastfeeding her baby... so CUTE!!! ^^
Den we decided to go to Adam Food Centre for lunch. My fav king prawn noodle! ENJOY!!! Haha. I ate the king prawn noodle thick bee hoon in soup. Succulent and juicy king prawns on top of a bed of mouthwatering bee hoon and tender pork ribs, swirling around a bowl of fragrant and soup that has been boiled with prawns and pork ribs. Did i mention the home made chilli powder added to the soup to beef up the aroma of the soup? wahaha. By the time i finished the bee hoon, i was sweating away and grinning in satisfaction! Then i ordered a bowl of reknowned ice kachang. U noe how ah-bengs praise their food? They curse it. So here goes... $^#&%$&#%$^&^&%*$*&$%^$#^%$*#&%^$&%*^$^%*$^*&%^$#&%*^$^%*&$^%ly GOOD! I saw steam coming outta my mouth when i was eating it... haha!
Den went home to sleep a while la... At nite, went to Swensens for dinner. I looked around the menu dotted wif mouthwatering dishes... and decided on Chicken Mixed Peppers. When the dish came, i nearly fainted from the aroma of the peppers! I picked up my cutlery, licked my chops and... SNEEZED! haha. The aroma was veri strong la. Tabuleh tahan. Haha. But when i took my first bite... i was absolutely endulging in it! The strong aroma of the peppers had been absorbed by the chicken, and a just the perfect serving of it... enough to bring up a strong scent, not enuff to overwhelm the chicken's original flavour. Thus, the chicken maintained its crispy grilled skin and juicy meat. There was no fat present too, which made it all the better. Having it with chilli sauce would have killed the taste. Haha. I had the oppurtunity to sample the catfish sambal my grandma ate. The fish maintained its freshness and soft interior despite having been grilled and topped with sambal. Maginificent! The omelette that my family shared, however, was not really very good. I dunno if bird flu is still affecting imports of eggs or wat, but the serving was very small!!! And, very little egg was used. Cheese made up the inside of the omelette with just a little bit of mushroom and ham, making the omelette salty and overwhelming the taste of the omelette. I'm here to eat omelette hello! Not sample moserella cheese! Gosh...
Den made our way to Haagen Dazs for the ice cream fondue. haagen Dazs ice cream is already rich and creamy, and after being dipped in melted Belgian chocolate and chopped nuts, the taste is very fragrant, but very sweet. The whole experience was nice, but the after-taste left me nauseous. I think I'm the type who can't tahan very strong stuff for more den a while. I think i'll skip the Fullerton chocolate buffet even if i get the chance to... i'll be wasting money... eat a bit of choc den go toilet puke... yux. We got our ice cream cake oso. Cookies and cream. My bro b-dae mah... 2yrs le... haha. Ate one slice... wah. Now bloated. Too rich le, the taste... ARGH!!!!
Nowadays, food is based on the theme FUSION, i realise. We've got terriyaki chicken pasta, green tea ice-cream, pork chop bento etc!!! Ayah... now so fat le... >.< bleh. Tml muz start training again. WAHAHA!!!
BTW, got Mr Fong's email today. Really touched. That's wat i meant by learning for life, not for exams. Pupil-teacher relationships are very important. That's wat i learnt. Mr. Fong realli is a gd teacher, and with all that he has done for us, going out of the way to make us excel, i really thank him and respect him.
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