CNY Decorations... that I saw

Everyone wanted to see the Singapore Chinese New Year decorations. I didn’t go to Chinatown to take them shots, it was too hot a weather, and I mostly stuck myself in air-conditioned places haha.

So what did I manage to snap? Decorations of the shopping malls... well, least some of it :P.

Here I went to get my haircut in Tampines mall.

I love these decorations... when it is windy the wind will sway the decorations... so nice.

During the Chinese New Year week, I went for the movie “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief”. I am not going to mentioned too much about the movie, because I didn’t find it that all much to shout about. So at the place I was which was Cathay – ah yes, Singapore has this mall that is named as the cinema and populated by the cinema itself with shops inside.

This was hanging from tall ceiling right at the entrance and the centre areas. Lovely isn’t it?

Hubs and I went to the Dhoby Ghaut MRT station... and outside the pillars of the area I saw this.

Hmmm... more flowers.

The next day we went to Little India to walk about... and this journey will be posted some other time. As we leave Little India, we saw this new mall... City Square Mall. So went in to enjoy the air-conditioning. At the other entrance of this mall stands a tall arch decorated.

Flowers;

Chinese Characters;

What does it read?

At City Square Mall, we saw a fountain like this;

In the lower ground area with just the fountain and a wall of greenery.

Of course then I saw this kid trying to brave the waters in order to stand in the middle of fountain for a picture to be taken so I couldn’t resist but to take a few shots at him. Hehe.

Hubs and I decided to go down and have a look. The whole fountain area is cooling! They have this huge blower cooling the area down. What more! It is all solar powered! Look!

Solar Panels;

A screen showing the information.

And here i took this shot instead of from above, I was in the area.

Here’s the night view of it of the place;

And a video of the colour changing fountain :P.

Ok coming back to the Chinese New Year decorations.

These are the decoration in the mall.

Lovely I must say... I like the umbrellas :).

Hubs and I went to Bugis as well during the week. We found Fortune God! A very big one too!

There a lot of people surrounding him, because at the pillars, are the fortune of all 12 horoscopes. So everyone is reading it under the hot sun.

And of course the temples were crowded with people.

We journeyed to orchard... and in front of Mandarin Gallery;
In front stands two tall Tiger! ROAR!

To usher in the Tiger year but no fear, I bet this tigers are not fierce at all because they are as gentle as flowers that it actually shows in them! Haha!

Well, a long post for this... I hope everyone enjoy my journey through :P.

Willie

Dinner with "Yakisoba" people

During the 3-days weekend of Hari Raya Haji, I was in Singapore… and my last two post was me cooking for hubs :P. (oh yes I cook! Once in a blue moon!) But of course, we didn’t stay home all 3-days when I was there; we went out to meet up with some of the gamers of the current game I am playing now which is Atlantica Online. Another blogger Pikey is playing :D.

So when gamers gather, what do we talk about and do? We talk about game hahaa! :P. Of course we ate our dinner as well.

We went to Ikoi Japanese Restaurant, Miramar Hotel for Japanese buffet. The price is S$33++ per pax.

Chawanmushi

This is firm and not like a lot of places I have eaten that is watery and it has a whole prawn inside (peeled, head and tail gone).

Assorted Sashimi

Oh this is heavenly! They got Mejajiki too! That is my favorite sashimi!

Mejajiki Sashimi

So of course since I am allowed to order Mejajiki on its own, I did not hesitate to order more! I think I ordered like 4-5 plates of this. Oh it was so sweet… yummy!

I know some of you my readers don’t take raw food, so I apologized for it but no fret! I got cooked food to show too!

Assorted Tempura

The Ebi Tempura prawn is fresh prawn! Not oily, crispy on the outside, succulent on the inside! Oh delicious! Of course without fail, everyone at the table ordered like probably about 40-50 more pieces of those!

Complimentary Hotpot

I am not sure if it is a hotpot… but oh this is sweet! The put the salmon bones in it to boil… the soup was so nice! I took all the Straw Mushrooms :P. I love those!

Yakisoba

This came very late after we ate so many other things! They keep getting our order wrong and bringing the cold soba! Weird! Haha! But we had to try this even if were full! Why? Because in the game this is our guild name :P. Now you know why the title of this post ^_^.

There are a lot more of the other foods that I forgot to take a picture of such as Chicken Yakitori, the pregnant fish thing that I don’t know its name and don’t eat, fried rice that came in a really small bowl but was oh so delicious, and etc etc :P. We didn’t order everything in the menu of course… I was attacking the Mejajiki I forgot about the rest! This place has no beef in their menu. They got sake too, but that is part of the ala-carte menu and not the buffet.

Well, I can’t post up the group picture, not right to do so when I do not have their permission :/. So I shall keep that to myself. I hope you are not drooling by now over the food above. I know I am! Dangit! Now I want Mejajiki and Ebi Tempura.

Next up – Macaroni and Cheese (ah yes more food post XD).

lina

Home Cooked : Macaroni Fruit Salad

Well, other than my fried rice from my previous post; I also made hubby Macaroni Fruit Salad.

The ingredients:

A can of Fruit Cocktails
A pack of Nata De Coco
A bowl of Macaroni
Mayonnaise
(all ingredient amount is up to your liking)

A pot of water to boil the macaroni to cook.

Add a teaspoon or two of salt into the water for taste, (also to let the water boil up faster saving us time to wait for it :D) then pour the macaroni into the boiling water. Boil macaroni for 10-15mins or when you think it is right for your liking. Some people prefer it still slightly hard, some prefer it softer, some prefer it slightly harder like myself :).

While the macaroni are cooking in the pot, drain the syrup out of the fruit cocktail and the nata de coco, this is to make sure the salad won’t end up too sweet (leaving some of the syrup is your choice for taste). Pour the fruits and nata de coco out of the packaging into a plastic container / ice cream tub.

After the macaroni are cooked, put it together with the fruits and nata de coco. Add in the amount of mayonnaise to your liking. I put in about 4-5 tablespoons of mayo for that portion I made. I am a mayonnaise lover :P.

Mix them well.

Keep it in the refrigerator to chill and serve cold. Did this make you drool? :P If it didn't I am sure the next post will! Yes it is about food! But it is Japanese food :). Yet another 3-days weekend for me and you (those who are having a holiday). Hope you have a great weekend!

lina

Home Cooked : Fried Rice

During the Hari Raya Haji 3-day weekend, I went to Singapore to spend some time with hubs. He wanted to eat my fried rice again, so I cooked for him.

This are the ingredients for our fried rice.
Rice – 2 and ½ cup for three persons.

Shoulder Ham, Onion, Garlic and Eggs.

Sliced ham, Beaten Egg, Diced Onion and Garlic.

The diced onions and garlic are the first to go in :P.

I always like this part hence the only cooking process I took a picture of (well, hubs was the camera man haha).

Hubs decided to help on the cooking too so he helped flip the rice so it wouldn’t burn.

My fried rice.

Well, not much of the process explanation here nor picture of the process! We were so busy cooking! Hahaha! So what do you think? Does it look good? Does it make you want to eat it :P?

Stay tune! I made Macaroni Fruit Salad too!

levian