Secretaries' Week

Ok, so I am a little un-PC. But I don't understand all the nonsense about calling them admin executives and what-nots. Anyhow, a couple of us from work took the chance to go out together for a nice lunch at Lenas in Bugis. Yes, since Evelyn and Joanne joined us, it seems that eating is what we do all the time! It will be a challenge not to put on weight when I am constantly assailed with offers of home-made fresh garlic toast, biscuits, pots of tea and nachos with cheese dip!

Alright enough words. On to pictures of my lunch. Everyone thought the way I tried to capture memories of what I ingested was très amusant. How else would I remember if a place was good?

The salad came with a really tasty creamy cheese dressing and more than one of us were dipping our toasted bread in the leftover sauce. I had spicy aglio olio smoked duck linguine for my main course.

Coffee which came in between starters and my main. Without the oreo. That's when all of us approached the waitress to ask why the rest had one but I didn't. She was very apologetic and promptly served me my cookie in the middle of my meal.

I did NOT eat this alone. As you can see from the number of spoons, this was a shared dessert. Brownie with marshmallows with chocolate sauce a la mode in a hot pan.

 

Marutama Ramen

This is one of the first places where I remember having ramen. Yup, my noodle obsession grows by the day. I have been here a handful of times and quite liked the place at first. Now that I've had ramen in a couple of other places, this would not be my first choice in ramen shops. In general it was still good and the noodles were springy, just the right texture. I must say though that the soup is a bit more oily and salty than I'm used to.

Girls' Night Out

A couple of us girls had a chance to hang out with Cheryl for dinner. Woot! I'm constantly amazed how our leaders make the effort to take time out and catch up with us despite all they have on their plates. Speaking of plates...

First up, the obligatory shot of the tableware. I think I do this to distract myself when I can't decide what to order from the menu. My friend used to call it a displacement activity.

Cheryl's dinner

Janice's dinner

Jill's dinner

My dinner

For some reason I missed out Jie's meal. Think I didn't want to cause a ruckus by reaching halfway across the table just to take a picture. If i do find a snapshot of it, I'll put it up later.

Now for an honourable mention. Shan and her dinner.

Now you see it.

(Sorry the computer's not co-operating and  won't let me upload the picture!) Now you don't!

Oh... she's so gonna kill me!

Brioche Part 1

Picked up the custard brioche from Bread Society before my Lasik surgery. I'm doing a taste-test so I can make brioche for Jack & Cheryl.

It was not bad. Just not what I expected. It tastes like standard white bread with custard topping. The cranberry almond brioche at Cedele tasted better, at least that was light, fragrant and buttery.

Si Chuan Dou Hua

Family dinner for... Actually I can't remember what the occasion was. Anyway, this is one of our favourite places to eat out.

Appetisers: Cucumber, jellyfish, pork and 2 UFOs (unidentified food orders). That's the problem with posting long after the fact. I can't remember what I ate. But it was good I assure you.

Another UFO, this one totally eludes me. Don't think I enjoyed it that much either.

Peking duck in crepes. One plain and the other is green tea flavoured. I couldn't taste the difference between the plain crepe and the green tea at all. Much as I like green tea, all this green tea flavoured this and that seems like a fad to me. I'll stick with the original for now.

I'm sure we ate more than that, but I think I got distracted eating or the food wasn't very photogenic. I wish we had gone for lunch though, I like the dim sum here. At least the view from the 62nd floor is always good.