D.O.C // Tiong Bahru ? // Itacho Sushi // Hoshino's Coffee

First up, Department of Caffeine!!! (please ignore my fat and short legs) Exams are finally over and tomorrow is Youth Day Holiday for us :) One of the few perks of being in a JC... Anyway we headed over the the Duxton area to "explore" but this time it was sort of a disappointment/failure as the stores were either closed or sold similar stuff.. Seriously, must all cafes have all day breakfast? It used to be unsual but now its just unsually common. 

Anyway we read great reviews on D.O.C and went to try it out! As usual it was packed and we had to wait for a short while. The place is kinda cramped, and the air-con was horrible, just plain horrible. And since only when we got there did we realise their churros was a mothers day special, so we ordered this apple and olive oil(???) cake ($5.50) and the honey and tea cake ($5) as shown above, plus a yoghurt+honey+vanilla bean smoothie WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE DISGUSTINGLY-SOUR-YOGHURTY-AND-PLAIN-HORRIBLE. And that was 6 bucks. eew. 

So overall, our experience at D.O.C was bad as Pang felt that the cakes were sour (i thought that it was alright) and the disgusting smoothie just killed everything. Plus the lack of churros that I was extremely excited for :'( 

We decided to head over to the tiong bahru area to continue our exploration since duxton was a disappointment. haha. Our standards are too high :P Anyway to name a few things we did on the way there... 1. Sneeze loudly and laughed like mental kids ignoring weird stares from people at the bus stop 2. Imagining we owned a loft at some fancy apartment and making fake accents 3. YOLO-crossing of main roads.. #badinconsideratekids

We walked aroung tiong bahru and walked more and walked even more. Passed by cafes like Drips bakery/Tiong Bahru Cafe/Orange Thimble/40 Hands/Open Door Policy etc. But we didnt enter any. Instead we bought this giant Big Gulp which we shared and gained back whatever calories lost from walking the distance. #cheapomoments hahaha. So we wanted to eat Big Mama but we totally forgot that reservations were needed and we felt like crying at their door cause our legs were breaking and none of the cafes seemed to whet our appetites. #atassnobbishmoments

Above is just a photo I took at Flock cafe... we didn't eat there though.

Tired of walking, we just took the MRT to Dhoby Gaut to eat Itacho Sushi which was OISHIIIIIIIIII!!!! We ordered cold soba (portion alittle small), cod liver sushi (superb lvl1), salmon sushi thing (superb lvl2), and octopus sushi (alright), and the bill was quite affordable ^_^ 26 bucks in total! P.S. there was also kpop booming (not really) in the background hehe.

Lastly we visited Hoshino's Coffee and Pang's pretty sis came and joined us (plus paid for the meal <3) This photo was taken in a hurry thus its ugliness. Anyway yes this souffle was really nice and fluffy. We tried the matcha version which was alright other than the sad fact that the 2 brown balls were chestnut instead of dango :(  $12 or $13.50 (i can't recall) for this dessert is alittle pricey but this portion is great for sharing :) 

Sorry yet again for the super long post! xx 

Creamier Ice Cream

Last week, I brought DodoSis to Creamier!!! (which was just a few blocks away from my house) Plus, it was a really spontaneous decision as I was going mental from the heap of last minute revision i had to do for CTs... Anyway we ordered our usual double scoop waffles. This time we tried some Horlicks chocolate flavour and the typical cookies and cream. Haha it was super crowded that day. Perhaps because it was a Sunday. And to my Dad's surprise, Creamier's location was his old kindergarten or sth haha NOSTALGIA OVERLOAD. Anyway the waffles were good :) and so was the ice cream! But this must be shared, because two waffles per person is just too much. $10 bucks for double scoop waffles seems rather reasonable to me :) 

Only bad thing = too little chocolate sauce hahahaha 

Sentosa x Haze (PSI 140 max.)

Yesterday was a day being a tourist AGAIN even though the air quality was so bad! Ventured off to Sentosa with GB kids because Bo had been planning this since ages ago and we got cheaper tix on Groupon! ($$$$$) Started off the day with Toast Box haha and we even walked there instead of taking the monorail just to see the scenery (which was mostly covered by the haze) :(. Check out SwagBo's model strut. 

We (re)visited Underwater World and relived the moments camping there during GB and running around the entire place at  night when it was closed. We even slept with the fishies above us! Good times. :) Thereafter, we visited the Dolphin Lagoon where we saw pink dolphins and sea lions perform tricks and it was super duper cute! 

We moved on the Siloso beach and I honestly have no idea where all those caucasian hunks left to because we saw an entire group of them earlier before we went to eat mac. :( haha but there was this sexy lady modeling at the beach and this group of pervy indian men were like eyeing her ass. tsk . haha. We played truth or dare at the beach, had a sand scrub spa and sea water leg bath and also lots of unglam shots (which shall not be posted) were taken. Plus it wasn't too hot making it just perfect! :) 

Lastly, we ended the day eating a horrible dinner (we were originally supposed to go to Din Tai Fung but it was too far at RSW :( ) and we headed to songs of the sea which was cool yet had an absolutely disappointing story line and I'm sure the hoard of tourists from China were bored to tears because they kept rambling on in their heavy accents behind us. 

Holidays are gonna be over soon! Enjoy it while you can! <3

Loysel's Toy // Windowsill in the Woods // Haji Lane

Yet again it's Pang and I on an impromptu cafe exploration. Yun's schedule is so packed I don't even know how we can ever go out. :-( Anyway, we decided to go around the Bugis area but ended up at the Lavender area instead. Loysel's toy is really out of the way and to be honest, if you ask me to go alone, I'd turn back to the MRT halfway there as we had to walk through this "ulu" forested area (there was a proper road) and luckily Pang had me as her trusty GPS haha. 

We ordered the Big Breakfast which was 16 bucks ( i think) and they had some coffee promotion so we had a free latte (maybe it's because the barista thought pang was too pretty ;-)) But sadly, the latte was disgusting. QUESTION #1, DO YOU PUT SUGAR IN LATTE? QUESTION #2, DO YOU STIR YOUR LATTE OR DRINK THE FOAM FIRST? QUESTION #3, IS THERE SUCH A THING AS COLD LATTE? We were like two idiots sitting there googling how to drink our latte... 

Anyway, uh on the overall it was okay haha it's quite alot for one person though. Yet again, nothing very special. The shop deco is nice and cozy though.  :-)

Loysel's toy was beside Kallang River and there was this park so we decided to take a walk/do more exploration. There was this pretty bougainvillea plant covered sitting area so we decided to take a picture and it really reminded me of one picture on fashiononymous.net haha. Anyway amid the hot sun and squinty eyed me( my spectacles nose piece dropped off = not used to no glasses), we had fun. Doing aerobics at the fitness station and taking pictures of wild chicken/roosters and passing by unfriendly construction workers..Yeah we are weird. 

So we left Kallang and went in search of Windowsill in the Woods. THIS IS A MUST GO PLACE THEIR PIES ARE HEAVENLY, and the place is oh so cute. :> We tried the (last) grasshopper pie (mint + chocolate) and the smores pie. Both were nice and the service was great. Plus they gave us an entire jug of cold water which was exactly what we needed for walking idk how long in the hot sun. For those interested, it's just opposite the Jalan Besar football stadium amidst some hardware stores and stuff. Thereafter we went to Chye Seng Huat Hardware just around the corner which wasn't a hardware store (if you don't know) but it was so crowded (sobs) so no Papa Palheta's coffee for us.  But we did take a picture hahaha we were channeling our inner tourist for the day. 

Lastly, we ventured off to Haji Lane where we saw some filming going on with Alaric Tay and Kym Ng and I can't remember the last person (OOPS). I've heard the hype about Haji Lane since I was like 13 and only now have I visited this place. But in my opinion it wasn't much, yeah cute stores and shops and the like of it but I expected something better haha. 

NaNa's Green Tea Cafe

After the ramen escapade we had it all planned out to go to NaNa's Green Tea for dessert, considering Pang's absolute desire for chewy stuff. Chewy mochi, yam balls, bubble tea pearls, I don't know what else she would want next. Haha. One stop from Clarke Quay to Dhoby Gaut Station, we went to explore the extension they did to Plaza Sing, and it was nothing much other than the SUPER DUPER LONG QUEUE at Tim Ho Wan. Seriously, what's so nice about it? I should go try their pork buns or whatever specialty they have there (when the queue is shorter). Seriously its like 3-4 SBS buses long. Singaporeans are seriously crazy over food.

Anyway, we ordered the Matcha Shiratama Parfait cause it was the prettiest and had some reccomendation on the menu. I've never tried parfait in my life okay (cause I live in a cave). The parfait was huge and my stomach was going to explode that night. The parfait consisted of some firm green tea jelly, milk, vanilla ice cream, honey cornflakes, 3 mochi balls(dango?), green tea ice cream (yum), red bean pastey ball, and cream with matcha syrup.

Honestly, I don't think my photos do much justice to it.  But for a teeny weeny pricey $11 bucks its worth a second thought. Strictly only for green tea fans.

Ramen Santouka

We declared it Japanese Day yesterday when we went on a evening food hunt and pigged out. Though I wasn't really in the mood, we went to eat ramen at Santouka. Apparently my brother's friend tried it at Tokyo and said it was awesome, but perhaps it was indeed awesome only in Japan. I tried the shio (salt) ramen cause there were three options (shio, miso and some jap word that means soya sauce) and the when I asked the waitress what they meant, she looked at me incredulously like I had said something forbidden in a ramen shop. Pang ordered the spicy miso ramen which was like the salty ramen broth + added salty chilli = extra salty ramen. Oh how dumb we must have looked. To me the shio broth was quite nice(albeit a little or quite salty) and the cha shu servings were DAMN IT, generous(and not fatty ^^) unlike other places, but I guess that's what you get for paying 19++ bucks for a bowl of ramen in Singapore.  The ambience was also quite nice with the view overlooking clarke quay and the Singapore River. But, the cozy shop space filled with ADULTS, made us stick out like sore thumbs, with our weird questions to the waitress, dropping of chopsticks and overall awkardness. HAHA, still it was an experience living the "atas" life.

Being an avid reader of Ladyironchef, he declared this as the best and most superior ramen in Singapore..  But I still like Marutama more than this. :P Perhaps my tongue ain't that cultivated yet to authentic Japanese food.