Morganfield's - Sticky Bones and more

After the girls' tuition, we went for a late lunch at The Star. After walking around, Marieann decided on our behalf to have lunch at Morganfield's. She wasn't hankering after their food but more for their desserts lol. 
Juliane and her father shared the signature dish, Sticky Bones - Hickory BBQ Spare Ribs (full slab $36.90) with coleslaw and fries. The ribs were really succulent and juicy and HUGE. The father and daughter only managed to finish half a slab and had to pack home the rest as did Marieann and I. The servings at Morganfield's were just huge. :P

Marieann tried their Cheese and Mushroom Burger with pork patty ($20.90) while I sampled their Chicken Roulade ($21.90). The pork patty was really tasty but a tad spicy due to the pepper in it. My chicken roulade was stuffed chicken thigh with minced pork sausage and wrapped with bacon and came with mashed potato and sauteed vegetables. The chicken was very tender and the bacon and minced pork sausage added flavour. Really delicious. :)

In the end, we skipped dessert as we were extremely full. But we did pack home the Blackball Taiwanese dessert, grass jelly with taro balls and sweet potato balls for later. :)

Lunch and Delightful Dessert

Waited for Marieann to finish up her homework before going to Mohd Sultan Road area for lunch. Yes again, because nobody wanted to go to Great World City and we needed Cold Storage.
Settled for Bakerzin, UE square. The girls ordered kiddy meal: Ham creme pasta and Mushroom creme pasta ($8.90 each). Really creamy and delicious. I decided to go for something meaty: Pork chop with potatoes ($19.80). Meaty alright but a tad dry. Not sure if I would order it again. Marieann ordered a Warm chocolate cake ($9.80) while Juliane and I shared an Ice cream coupe ($8.80): caramel, cream cheese and vanilla ice cream on a tart. Sweet heaven lol. :)

Happy Hari Raya

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri!

It is public holiday today because of Hari Raya. Marieann had tuition in the morning and we decided to have lunch outside after picking her up from tuition. Initially we wanted to try Wild Honey at Mandarin Gallery but there was a long queue at 11.30am. Instead we headed for Lawry's which is upstairs. We were the first patrons lol.

It was a good thing we ate at Lawry's as we could enjoy the ambiance as well as the peace and quiet. The service is excellent and really attentive. The food was delicious too.
The girls both ordered the Kids Set meal - Kiddy Pasta ($23.90): Pasta with Chicken (one had cream sauce and the other in tomato sauce) including a drink, Soup of the day (mushroom) and Haagen Dazs ice cream. I had the Chicken Cordon Bleu set meal ($32.90 + $12.90) which included the Lawry's Spinning salad, Apple filo pastry dessert and tea. The chicken was tender and tasty. The apple filo was not too sweet which was nice for me. The girls' father had the Kurobuta Baby Back Ribs ($46.90) which was tender and delicious.





The girls were most happy when they left the restaurant, each clutching a Lawry's soft toy cow.

Delightful Tomorrow - Domani Cafe

I just can't resist rich creamy food. When I saw the food photos at Domani Cafe, Ngee Ann City, I knew I had to try it one of these days. Today we did, we went to Domani for lunch.

Juliane had a Carbonara ($14.50): spaghetti with honey baked ham and bacon in cream sauce finished with egg yolk and parmigiano. Real comfort food! :) Simple ingredients but rich in taste. Marieann ordered a Pescatore ($18:50): spaghetti with sauteed seafood in tomato sauce. Tangy tomato never fails to whet the appetite. :) I wanted something healthy so I had the Grilled Norwegian Salmon ($16): served with couscous, mixed green and mustard cream sauce. The salmon was grilled to perfection with its skin crispy and its meat moist and the mustard cream sauce complimented the salmon very well. :) The girls' father ordered from the Brunch Special, a Croque Monsieur ($14): a ham and cheese grilled sandwich. For dessert, we girls shared a Strawberry Sundae ($7.50). Anything sweet is good lol. :)








After lunch, the girls followed their father while I browsed around, mainly at the bookstore, Kinokuniya lol.

Gathering at Grill-Out!

After dropping Marieann off for her 1pm lesson, we met up with Juliane's god family for a late lunch at Grill-Out!, Orchard Central. We haven't seen each other for quite a while. Juliane was most delighted to see her Kai-ye, Kai-ma and Malcolm Kor-kor. She couldn't stop smiling. :) She was initially shy but soon, she was chatting and playing with Malcolm.

The girls' father and I both ordered the lunch promotion (2 to Dine @$23++): USA Korubuta Pork T-bone and with an additional $6, I had the soup of the day: mushroom soup, drink: iced tea and dessert: cake with Basil ice cream. Juliane had my soup and shared some of my pork t-bone. The pork t-bone was char-grilled and served with orange keyanti sauce. The fat trimming on the pork was just fantastically delicious! :P I really liked the basil ice cream too. You could taste the basil as well as eat bits of basil in the ice cream. Despite basil not being the usual ingredient to make ice cream, it was pretty good. It wasn't very sweet and was creamy. :)




After lunch, the girls' father went to pick up Marieann while Juliane and I went to the sale at Robinsons. The girls managed to pick out their Chinese New Year clothes. :) The next time we shop, it would be for my CNY clothes lol.

My Birthday

Thank you for all the birthday wishes, my friends and ex-students. I really appreciate it! :) It was extremely pleasant and heart-warming receiving birthday greetings via msn, sms, email and Facebook. It is so nice to be remembered! :)

A good friend and I went for lunch. She drove us to Vanilla Pod, Mandai Orchid Gardens. It is a beautiful and serene place for a meal, greenery, the orchids. :) For starters, we shared Trio Mushroom Soup ($6.50) which has lots of chunky mushroom bits (no photo) and Pan-fried Duck Liver ($23.50): pan-fried duck liver which went really well with apple ragout, really sumptuous and real decadent! We will worry about our cholesterol level later haha. :P


For mains, I had Pan Roasted Chicken Breast ($19.50) while my friend had Oven Roasted Leg of Lamb ($20.50). My chicken was tender and moist and the mushroom and ricotta cheese stuffing was great with the chicken. :) Although I didn't try it, my friend's lamb looked good.



For dessert, as we were too full lol, we shared a Strawberry Mille Feuille ($10.50). It was darn delicious! :)



After lunch, we walked a bit round the garden. Definitely have to bring my girls here for the orchids and the food. :)



My birthday was a quiet affair at home. The girls' father bought a cake home after Juliane called him to get a cake. The girls helped me to blow the candles before I cut the cake. Told you it was quiet lol.

the tanglin tree

Decided to try something closer to home for food. We went to "the tanglin tree" which is in the same building as Tanglin Post Office.

We sat indoors (with ac) as it was a pretty warm day. The restaurant is bright, clean-cut and simple in design. It is also very child-friendly. Besides providing children's books for their reading pleasure, there is a playground for the children too.

From the Children's Meal (with juice) ($12.50): Marieann had Fish and Chips, salad and fries while Juliane had Chicken nuggets, salad and fries. The portions were just right for them.



I had Tagliatelle pasta with braised duck, olives, parmesan and parsley ($18). It was like a "west-meets-east" kind of fusion food. The braised duck and its sauce went well with the pasta, its saltiness was just right with the pasta. But I avoided the olives as they were just too salty for me.


The girls' father had French toast which really looked appealing to the senses with the berries. :) Unfortunately no pic as it was not very sharp. :(

Good Friday, Good Lunch

It's Good Friday holiday today. After I was done with some work in the morning, we went to Vivocity as it has been a while since the girls were there. We settled on Earle Swensen's for lunch.

The girls and their father shared a Good-4-2: Crayfish and Seafood Pasta ($29.90) in tomato sauce. The portion was more than enough for the 3 of them.


I ordered a Baked Lobster in Mustard Mayo & Cheese ($38.90) which came served with wild rice and it also included the buffet salad bar. I really enjoyed the salad and I had two helpings lol. The mustard mayo & cheese sauce was pretty rich but went well with the lobster and the rice. It was delicious. :) The lobster was of a good size too lol. :P



For dessert, we shared a Topless 5: our choice of banana split, butterscotch, cookies & cream, mango and yam ice cream.


We browsed around a little before setting for home amidst a heavy downpour.

Weekend Homework

Marieann has to make a glove puppet over the weekend to be handed in next Tuesday. We went to Spotlight, Plaza Singapura to get the craft materials. We bought some black wool, red sequins, eyes and craft glue.

Before we bought the materials, we had lunch at Cafe Cartel.
The girls had Soup of the Day: Mushroom and shared a Carbonara pasta ($13.50). I thought the cream sauce was really nice. :) I had the Grilled Chicken ($12.80) but with the side dish of pasta changed to mashed potato. It was not too bad. We shared a Waldorf Salad ($8.20). The girls' father was on diet by having only a Banana and Peach Waffle ($8.80) (he is disillusioned if he thinks that is going to help him lose weight).






When we got home, Marieann and I started making her glove puppet. It was quite fun. :)

Ponyo, BBQ and CNY Shopping

The girls and I went to watch Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea at Golden Village Vivocity, 12 :3opm. As I had an appointment in the morning, we could only leave for Vivocity around 11am. By the time we collected the tickets, we only had 40 minutes for lunch. It was a very hurried affair at Fig & Olive. The kids had Chicken Spaghetti ($8.90) which came with orange juice and a scoop of ice cream. I had the Creme Chicken Mushroom pasta ($10.50) but without the chicken lol. The sauce was really creamy and rich. The girls' father had the Egg Sandwich ($6.30).





We got into the cinema at 12:35pm. Thank goodness, the movie only started at 12:40pm. We totally enjoyed Ponyo. It was a pure delight to watch Ponyo. I love the simplicity of Ponyo, its hand drawn animation after the influx of Pixar kind of animation. It also brought me back to my childhood days where I watched a lot of these sort of Japanese animation. :) I also managed to remember some Japanese which I learnt during my uni days. :) What surprised me most when Juliane turned to me and said she also know Japanese and said, "Baka". Hahaha. Oops, I mean! :P Apparently she learnt it from her Japanese classmate in pre-school. I told her not to say that because it is an insult.



We bought some donuts to bring over to Juliane's godparents' place around 4pm because they invited us and some friends for BBQ at their place. It has been a long time since I have had BBQ lol. The girls had a good time playing with the dog and Wii.





We left their place about 7pm and decided to go get the girls' CNY clothes at Isetan Scotts. We managed to buy their CNY dresses under 30 minutes lol.

It was a very packed and tiring day for us but we definitely enjoyed ourselves very much. :)