Watami@ION

After the first day course on 26 April at Royal Plaza on Scotts, I headed down to Ion to meet Su Ann for dinner. Watami was located at #B3-23. This was my 2nd Japanese dinning for 2 days in the row. It was lovely to catch up with Su Ann, my excolleague, also the proud mummy of 1 year old Lucas.  Come to think of it, our meet ups have always been at Japanese dinning places. No surprises that both of us love Japanese food.

 Salmon Carpaccio ($9.80)

Our appetizer dish with raw marinated salmon - thinly sliced

 Gyu Eringi Kushi ($5.80)

Mushroom that is grilled - tasty and can be quite addictive for more servings

 Wafu Steak ($12.80)

Su Ann's dish for dinner with rice. The meat was tender and juicy. 

 Sukiyaki Nabe ( $15.80)

Pat had the beef hotpot with vegetables and soup. A light dish without rice. With the egg added to the soup, the dish was perfect for dinner. 

Pat and her dinner at Watami

Bukit Chermin Boardwalk

Singapore does have pretty scenic places, if only we took the time to explore. On 17 March, we visited the Bukit Chermin Boardwalk. From the exit of Labrador mrt, take a walk to the left and you will embark on the trail, where one will see muddy swarms if it is low tide.

Upon walking, one will spot the coastal area -blue skies and sea (Pat's favourite view). It's truly relaxing and scenic.

 The start of the scenic boardwalk on a beautiful evening, feel the breeze brush against your face, soak yourself in the scene of natural beauty and hear the clicking sound of the camera.

 Who owns these yachts - may we step on board to explore ?

 The first peak of Reflections 

 So cool

 Pat enjoying the scene and wishing she was on the yacht

 The apartments surrounding the area

 Picture Postcard

Lovely evening and this is also the start of more nature walks to come :)

Japanese High Tea Set at Lobby Bar (Sheraton)

 Michele

It was the 1-1 promotion by UOB card for afternoon tea at Sheraton that caught my attention. Hence on 16 April 2012, I arranged to meet Michele for tea at Sheraton Towers. For the record, this is my first high tea set on a weekday afternoon.

There were 2 sets of High Tea - The English Afternoon ( $33++ per pax) and the Japanese High Tea ( $39++ per pax)

 Pat all set to enjoy the hi-tea

Indeed it was an afternoon with both of us tugged  in a cosy corner. We pampered ourselves to a truly decadent afternoon tea time. It was great chatting and catching up with each other.

With all the sets, one gets 1 serving of either coffee or tea of our choice. Both of us chose tea which come in pots. Perfect setting - indulging in tea with the food. Service was slow, we had to call for the attention of the staff to clear our plates or to top up our tea/ water.

Indeed, it was a delight to the eyes, the Japanese afternoon tea boasts an array of Japanese snacks such as Cold Soba Noodles with Quail Egg and Fish Roe, Mochi, Green Tea Daifuku as well as a delectable plattter of assorted Sushi and Salmon Sashimi. This also included Spicy Rice Cracker with Nori, Chestnut Steam Cake, Grass Mochi, Grape Jelly.

 Pat & Michele

 Simply Delicious and fresh :) Thumbs up.

Green tea Ice-cream to end the Tea Set

It was an enjoyable experience. If this promotion is still on, I wouldn't mind to try to English Tea Set.

Malaysian Food Street

I heard so much on the Malaysian Hawker fare at Resort World that on 20 April 2012, we finally had the opportunity to explore the food. Indeed I was surprised to find an air-conditioned location. We were transported to the nostalgic town while indulging in the authentic hawker rare. The delicious selection included KL Claypot Rice, Penang Hokkein Mee, Nasi Lemak and many others.

 Chee Cheong Fun with Beancurd skin

This dish was average. Perhaps one can give the tim sum stall  a miss. We should have caught the sign. There was no queue at the stall. The longer the queue, the more popular is the food.

 Water chestnut and Lime drinks - refreshing

 Rice Balls with Chicken

Kendrick was eyeing the riceballs ( $1.50 for 5 pieces). With the chicken the set cost $4.

This is one of Malacca's signature dishes, the fragrant bite-sized chicken rice balls, a must have with the juicy tender steam chicken.

Penang Ah Long Lor Bak ( $8)

This has to be my favourite dish of the day. I chanced the dinners from the next table having this dish. Hence requested Kendrick to buy the set. When we bought the set, a lady approached us, asking us where we bought this dish. First impression counts. We tasted the crisp goodness of deep fried Lor Bak - with century egg, cuttle fish, ngoh hiang, sausages, and fried tofu.

 Penang Char Koay Teow

This was delicious - done the Penang style.

 Our spread of food

Fort Siloso

On 20 April  2012, our next stop after Maritime Experiential Museum was to head to Fort Siloso. I have to admit that is my first time there, though we have read so much of the history during my school days. We had to take the Sentosa bus at coach bay area to get the place. Fort Siloso was next to the Underwater world. Entrance fee to the Fort was $8 per person. At the ticketing booth, the person asked us whether we were tourists. I was tempted to say I was from Japan and Kendrick from Indonesia.Usually whenever I travel to European countries, I am always mistaken to be a Japanese. Hmm, I wonder why :)

We boarded the tram which alighted us at Fort Siloso Square. There were 3 zones - the yellow, red and blue zone. We started off at the Yellow Zone where we experienced a solder's life at the fort. There were life-size vignettes that capture the sights and sounds of soldering - from the cramped quarters of a troop ship to the amenities at the Fort. We also explored the underground complex at Tunnel C.

 Gun Display

 The authentic big guns at Fort Siloso

 Preparing the meals for the soldiers

 A Soldier's Life

Indeed we stepped back in time to experience the remnants of the 1880's army life as we explored the barrack room, cook house, laundry room and the tailor's room at Quarter Master.

 The blue zone was under renovation, hence we did not explore that area. Instead we headed to the red zone. There we saw the what happened during WWII including the Surrender Chambers, exhibits on Fall of Singapore, Voices of Singapore and many more

 This has to be the highlight for Pat :)

 The British Surrender on 15 Feb 1942

 The Japanese Surrender in 1945

 Soaking in the view

We spent around 1.5 hour at Fort Siloso and time to depart. Amazingly the timing was perfect, the bus, trams arrived at our doorstep. Yes, we had to reach Vivo city at 5.30pm and indeed we did. As we had to travel to Houggang to attend Friday Growth at CSC. It was a blessed and fun filled day.