Got a really nice durian cake for my dad’s birthday from Jane’s Cake Shop @ Jalan Kayu.
Despite the plain look of the durian cake, it tasted heavenly with every bite. Layers of durian mousse with lotsa durian flesh were sandwiched between layers of sponge cake. Paid about $36 for the cake shown below
265 Jalan Kayu S799493
Call 6481 1322
Mon-Sat 12pm-6.00pm,
Sun & Public Holidays 12pm-4pm
Closed on Wednesday
It’s been a couple of months since I checked out the fixed dep rates for Sing Dollar. And I am disappointed that the rates had fallen quite drastically as compared to 5-6 months ago. See my prev review (in Sep 07) on the fixed dep rates for comparison
Here’s an illustration of the fixed dep rates for 12 month tenure.
I am surprised that DBS offers one of the best rates for deposits >$50,000 (and comparable to finance firms like HL Finance). Normally, the rates by the 3 big local banks would be lower than those offered by Citibank and finance houses like HL Finance and SingInvestments.
Note: The analysis is done purely for my own reference. For details, you might wish to check with the bank directly.
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Had a great dinner with my family at Bosses Restaurant 黑社會 @ Vivo City. Reservations had to be made earlier as the place is always packed with people. We ordered the dinner set instead of ala carte.
Instead of the usual peanuts where most restaurants serve as tidbits, Bosses serve a type of nuts coated with honey and sesame. They tasted really sweet and crunchy
The waitress asked what sort of tea do we want to order. She said each pot serves only 2 persons and recommend that for a table of 10 persons, we could order 4 pots to share. We order a pot of white chrysanthemum, a pot of Dragon Pearl Tea, a pot of Bi Luo Chun and a pot of Tie Guan Yin. Amongst them, I love Bi Luo Chun the best. It has a very nice fragrant smell and refreshing taste.
A pot of white chrysanthemum in a nice glass pot
Here’s what we ordered
First dish: Lovers Platter. A nice refreshing mix of fresh mango, honeydew shreds mixed with roasted chicken, roasted duck shreds and crispy you tiao (fried dough fritters) bits drenched with tangy sweet sauce that has a tinge of sourness in it. Simply refreshing. Loved it so much
The sharks fin soup came with lots and lots of sharks fin. Wow.
Add some pepper and red vinegar to your sharks fin soup before eating. It really enhances the taste of the soup.
The baby abalone was succulent. Every bite is so soft and nice.
Loved the deep fried goby fish. A pity that I found the fish a little too small. 
It’s so nice I I wanted 3rd helpings :p
I did not really like the chicken as I felt the garlic taste is a bit too strong
This beancurd skin with xiao bai cai with papaya dish is too salty for my liking. If only they reduce the saltiness of the dish, I think it would taste really great. The fish soup is nice but too bad it’s too salty.
The fried la mian is very nice too. Noodles has a certain bite and not too chewy nor soggy. But again, too much salt to this dish and it spoilt the taste. We suspect the chef might be too busy cos the last few dishes are too salty.
The noodles were individually served to us. Same goes for the sharks fin soup where they also scoop out the soup into individual bowls before serving to us. Also the waitress changed our plates before every dish served. Service is quite prompt and good.
The last dish is the famous Custard Bun dessert.
The small fluffy buns has very thin skins and the custard with salted egg filling would ooze out once you break open the skin. Be careful .. the filling is piping hot
So what’s the total damage for all the nice food. It’s approx $1200 for 20 pax.
Verdict: The price is ok (comparable to other chinese restaurants). Food is quite good too except the last few dishes. My aunt suggested ordering ala carte instead as the dinner set do not allow us to choose our own dishes.
Bosses Restaurant 黑社會
#02-156 Vivo City,
Tel: 63769740
Chingay had gone to the heartlands in the North. It started in Woodlands from Causeway point then goes through the Woodlands Housing estate before going to Sembawang New Town then Yishun New Town. However, there was a last minute change in the original route when it came to Sembawang. Due to the last minute change, many people who had been patiently waiting along the original route were seen scrambling to the other side of the road in order to catch a glimpse of the beautiful proccession.
Red Arrow on the map shows the new direction of the route that deviates from the original planned one
Map showing original route of the Chingay procession
The Lion Dance Troupe standing at the roadside at the original route waiting for the Chingay proccession to pass by.
Lots of people standing along the roadside of the original Chingay route
The black arrow in the picture shows the original route.
1st vehicle of the procession. Instead of driving straight (as planned in the original route), it suddenly turned left. This caused quite some confusion with the crowd waiting along the road as they scrambled towards the other part of the estate in order to catch the moving floats. I was one of those running after the floats after stationing myself at the original route from 7.30 pm onwards
A big blue whale is the 2nd vehicle in the procession
More pictures of the procession
More pics taken while I was running along with the floats.
Had this really nice western food from Tanglin Halt Hawker Centre.
I love their tender pork chops that cost onloy $4.50. It includes 2 pieces of pork chop, 1 baked potato, some fries and salad. Really value for money.
Other than pork chops, they also sell fish & chips, chicken cutlet etc. Can’t rem the exact stall number to this stall but this stall is easy to find in the hawker centre. The hawker centre is within walking distance from Commonwealth MRT station.
Edited on 2 Nov 2008
Read from someone’s posting in a forum that this restaurant had ceased operations with effect from 1 Nov 2008
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ED brought me to this korean bbq & steamboat restaurant at Excelsior hotel for our Vday dinner last Wed. Initially I tot we are eating those sort of stuff offered by Seoul Garden but ED assured me that this is different. I told him I dun wanna smell like I had been cooking in the kitchen after the end of the meal. He smiled and told me I would not. And true enough I din smell of food fumes after the meal and I totally enjoyed the dinner.
After looking through the menu, we decided to have the BBQ and Steamboat buffet.
The owner of the restaurant is a korean lady that is conversant in English. She came with a tray laid with appetister dishes. The buffet includes 6 appetitiser dishes. As I don’t eat kimchi and the preserved radish slices, I asked for them to be remove and kept the other 4 appetitiser dishes on our table. The meal comes with free flow of water.
The waiter came with the steamboat laid full of meat slices and assorted vegetables
Took a look at the buffet table.
Here’s the appetitisers
Lots of veg and mushrooms. My fav
Noodles and fishball.. anyone?? I found the fishcake and fishballs too bland for my liking. Did not go for second round after that.
Prawns and Pork Slices
Chicken and Beef Slices
All the meat slices are thinly cut and very well marinated. I only tried the pork and chicken slices as I don’t take beef. The pork and chicken were so tender and succulent. And they goes well with soju. Yah I tried soju for the 1st time in my life. The owner recommended the lemon soju to us. It’s really nice.
We were surprised when the soju came in a teapot. I lifted the lid of the pot and peered inside. There were freshly cut lemon slices floating in the soju inside the teapot. ED said the soju tasted like volka lemon
We couldn’t finish all the soju and asked if we could pack the remainder back home. The friendly waitress gladly obliged and poured the remainder soju into a bottle.
So how much did the whole meal cost. With 30% discount for UOB card holders for the buffet dinner only, the dinner cost approx $67. If we hadn’t order the soju the cost would had been lower.
Here’s the address of this restaurant
Did not know what birthday present to give to my 2 dear friends whose birthdays are in May. I thought treating them to a ride in the Singapore Flyer would be a really nice gift. So I booked the tickets online in Jan 08 and received them in my mailbox yesterday
I called Singapore Flyer’s office to check if I could bring a cake into the capsule to celebrate their birthday but the customer service officer replied that they do not any food or drinks on board. Anyway my friends are happy that they can board the flyer to view sunset. And we could still have the cake later after the ride
Can’t wait for May 08 to come
Singapore Flyer
30 Raffles Avenue
Singapore 039804
ED and I had sort of agreed on not getting each other any presents but just to have a simple meal together on Valentine’s Day. But I still got him a box of Korean Strawberries gift packed in a heart shaped box. The strawberries don’t come cheap. 24 pcs for $12.
But he surprised me with an even more expensive present than my strawberries. I really did not expect a new handphone for Valentine’s Day. But it’s really sweet of him as my current one is giving me some problems.
Sony Ericsson w910i
He also got me a bouquet of flowers (half dozen of large red roses)
We hadn’t really celebrated Valentine’s Day for years and was kinda touched by his gesture.
Had an early reunion dinner with my parents last weekend. After dinner, we went to the nursery to get some nice plants/ flowers to decor the house for Chinese New Year.
This nursery is located at Jalan Kayu and is popular with the residents staying nearby.
Saw lots of flowering plants in the nursery.
Asked my mom what are these tiny red, orange yellow fruit growing on this plant. She told me it’s a type of chilli. So cute
More chilli plants
This is the golden coin plant. It’s very popular among businessmen
Wow… what huge cactuses.
Rows and rows of beautiful orchids
$1388 per pot of mandarin oranges. Any takers?
Saw this promotion going on for Four Season Lime
Selected a huge pot and bought it home to decor my balcony. Also got a pot of cherry chilli too.
Here’s the map to the Nursery. It’s located near to Chatsworth Kindergarden. It’s the same stretch
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