Feast At CJ Palace, Ngee Ann City

This was from earlier last month. It's new year, and we were having lots of companies. We introduced them to the popular Chinese New Year Salad. Lots of people, lots of food, lots of calories and lots of cholesterol.  We even had Beijing duck (no picture) The food and the company, however, were enjoyable. We had a nice evening, but we definitely need to choose healthier dishes.  

Beast & Butterflies Lunch

This restaurant was opened recently in Robertson Quay area. We had lunch there not too long ago and had this Crispy noodles with lobster and sambal gravy. Despite its name, it was very mild in terms of spiciness. In my definition, sambal should be at least a little spicy.

We also tried their Duck crispies or basically wonton with duck fillings.

For dessert, we had their Extravaganza, which consisted of their four desserts, all were in their normal size. So, I say, they were too big and too much for the two of us. The yam brulee was our favorite followed by the mango and sticky rice.

Chia Pudding

This is still one of my favorite breakfasts. It is easy to prepare and it doesn't require that many ingredients.

Yank Sing Stevenson, Dim Sum - San Francisco

Sunday morning in San Francisco. It rained and rained so much. I was under the weather, my nose was stuffy and I was not feeling well in general. It was our last full day in the city before flying back the next day. It's time for dim sum and DH chose Yank Sing Stevenson. 

We had reservation so we got a table immediately upon arriving. Somehow, I did not find the table pleasant, the table is small, the space was tiny. We had bags, wet umbrellas and thick jackets and there's no place to put them. I kept on reminding DH not to get too much food because we did not have space on the table. We needed to finish before we getting more. 

Sadly, what I imagine to have, i.e. rice porridge, was not on their menu. I had to settle with other dim sum items. So here we went with lots of them, including the glorious xiao long bao.

Black Rice Breakfast

This was my breakfast the other day. The black rice was cooked until they are almost porridge like, I personally like them al dente. I had them with a lot of cubed mangoes and berries and topped them with coconut milk and agave syrup. You can use honey, if you like.  That it. Now, start your day with the goodies. 

Dinner At Ruen Thai, Phuket

It was our first dinner in Phuket and it ought to be Thai food, naturally. Our food selection is super predictable too. The restaurant gave us amuse bouche to begin the night. It look like dumpling, it tasted like dumpling, it must have been dumpling, with sweet chili sauce.

We started with green mango salad, which was mixed on the spot. The salad had a very nice balance and flavor. 

Our usual suspects were Thai green curry chicken with jasmine rice (above) and delicious prawn Pad Thai below.

Our dessert was sticky rice with mango. Nice dinner.

Chia Pudding Breakfast

Another chia pudding breakfast, topped with pomegranate, mango and blackberries. Just fresh and good. 

German Pancake

German pancake is quite easy to make but I don't make them often enough. Just like my other breakfast, I like to have them with many different fruits that I have. Mango is in season, so I had some of them on my pancake, along with some mixed berries.

Mango Desserts, Before Leaving HK

This has become a habit that can't be kicked. We just have to make a stop at Hui Lau Shan at the airport, after we check in and before we enter the security and immigration area. No matter how full our stomach are, we just make the space, there's always space for their dessert.

So we did it again on our last trip in March last month. We stopped by, we ordered, we ate and we left as happy people. Till next time!

Beijing Kitchen, Grand Hyatt Macau

This is from way back in March. I flew to Hong Kong to join DH and together we went to Macau for a nice weekend full of eating and walking. Yup, still no gambling. One evening, we went to Beijing Kitchen for our favorite Beijing Duck and one more dish, Egg plant, just for the two of us. We also had desserts and by the end of the night, we were so stuffed with good food.