Great deals @ Etna!

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duxton rd, italian, lunch, promotions

One for one either pizza or pasta @ Etna Italian restaurant during lunch time; 12-230pm (weekdays only) during the month of MAY. Only with a DBS or POSB card.

Tried the pizzas: seafood and etna’s special; parma ham, white cheese, mushroom and pistachio. The pizzas were really tasty with fresh ingredients. I really enjoyed it but for a lunch, I guess trying to finish them both was suicidal and in denial of calories.
Super good deal, total add up to about 15 bucks with tax and all for both pizzas. Will try the pastas next time. Deal till end of May.
Etna Italian Restaurant is at 49/50 Duxton Rd.

The White Rabbit

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dempsey, food, lunch, Western

Lai Wah and I wanted to try out this discount voucher she had at the White Rabbit and thankfully it was valid. Yeah. Cheaper lunch at atas restaurant.

I love The White Rabbit decor; their belief to keep to the original state – a chapel with the mosaic floors, high ceiling and Anglo Saxon architecture.

Oooh I love this place! Bread is free flow! Ciabatta or Onion today. The onion bread was soft, fluffy and so aromatic with brown onion bits.

We ordered a tuna carpaccio to share. It was light and refreshing, such a great starter to our meal. I wish the tuna was sliced a bit thicker though. I could not really taste the tuna with the salad and quail’s eggs that came with it.

My main course was lobster capellini. When it came, I was like huh? How come it was lobster bee hoon??

Lol I did not know capellini was like angel hair pasta; so thin and thread-like. I guess it was chosen so that the sauce can surround every strand of the pasta. I like it for its clean taste, I do not like pasta with overpowering garlic taste. Sauce was rather Asian with sesame seaweed and coriander but it was lovely, even lovelier because the dish came with half a lobster. Yums.
Great lunch, great conversation, great place. Love my lunch indeed.

Ahhhh Scotts Beef Noodles

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chicken, food, friends, lunch, Scotts

I was so excited to see Scotts Beef Noodles at ION food hall that I immediately told my friend, Leng. We loved it since our teenage years. We would take lots of lime (or rather she) and drenched the gravy with the lime juice. It tasted so good. Was sad it closed down for Scott’s redevelopment.

I tried it again for old times sake. I think it tasted rather the same. But I could not remember were there preserved vegetable on it previously. The new version was missing that which was sad. The salty vegetables goes so well with the heavy beef gravy. The chilli and soup were still nice. Yeah another meal choice at ION food hall.
On a separate note, I realise the famous Zion Indonesia Ayam Pangang has shrunk in size!

Is inflation that bad you have to downsize your chicken? Why liddat?

My new hobby

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art, colours, design, Hobby

I have rekindled my interest for colouring again. When young, I rather color than draw and even when I took art as a secondary school student, my love for colouring was still very much alive.
Sometimes I do wonder whether I am autistic or OCD, I have this very determined almost fierce desire to work within lines or boundaries. It has this therapeutic effect on me and calms me down, relaxing my body and mind. And colouring is able to help me achieve that so wonderfully.
I remembered the experience recently and decided to take it up again; together with reading and watching tv as one of my winding down activities.
My 1st completed piece over 2 sessions.

The art piece was from a colouring book, “Abstract Art Pieces” by Stuart Davis – Hot Still-Scape for Six Colors.
Below is his orginal art piece:

I am quite pleased with my virgin attempt. I did not follow the artist’s colours. And I realise that colouring is a spiritual activity: the more I dwell and interact with it, the more I can appreciate the work and see things I did not see the 1st time.
Can you see a pair of shoes, leopard prints or plumbing pipes?

Stoked on Steaks

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food for thought, lunch, Paul bakery, steaks, Tott, Western

I have been having urges to eat steaks lately. And the steaks that really wowed me were from Food for Thought, Paul Bakery and Tott. What they have in common is that the steaks are value for money, and so juicy and tender!
From Paul Bakery. I love the charred bits that adds crisp and saltiness to the whole dish.

This is the cheapest of the lot from Tott’s but the flavour is not compromised. The gravy went so well with the grilled piece of juicy meat. I wish there was more for me to chomp on.

Tott by the way has a sous vide chicken chop. It was like $7.90? Tender, flavourful with crispy skin.

I think I am visiting Tott more in future. Good food and they have interesting merchandise. You can even pay $12.80 to buy cookie dough and bake at Tott’s to bring home. They will provide everything you need. What an enjoyable thing to do with kids. I can imagine me doing with my godchildren.

Cotton Bleu

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dinner, French, restaurant, Thomson

And so there was a day I was given a treat at this French restaurant along Thomson. It was opened by a couple, a Singaporean Chinese lady and a French husband who is the chef.
I decided to take e set menu which came with appetiser, main course and dessert.
I am not a risk taker but when it comes to food, I am more willing to take risks to try new things. But I placed my bet wrong that day by choosing this appetiser which the boss lady said it was very good. Egg and asparagus with aspic jelly that was made of vegetable broth.

I must say it was an acquired taste which I did not acquire even after the eating the dish. The jelly was bland with a tinge of tartness and with the vinegarish dressing, the whole dish just tasted sour. I would have been happier if it was just eggs and asparagus.
I ordered a beef mignion with frites. I wanted a medium well but it came like medium rare. When I asked to cook it a little more, it became a bit too well done I think. But it was a nice cut of meat but I think the one I had in Paul Bakery was far more superior.

The dessert was my favourite of the evening besides the good conversation
; brownie with vanilla ice cream. It looked ordinary but under the normal exterior were walnuts, caramelised pecan and real good quality fudgy chocolate. I have not eaten desserts for a while as I am a very conscious and concerned consumer knowing the amount of sugar that goes into making desserts.

Well….that day was a day to throw away my inhibitions

Gindaro tako balls

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ION, japanese, snacks

Not sure was I hungry or what but I sure walloped up the delicious tako balls in a jiffy. Crispy and hot with creamy mayo, chilli, tako sauce and bonito flakes. Yums indeed

Mother of

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bread, dessert, food, Paul bakery, savour 2012, waffles

baked doughnut from Paul Bakery. Soft and fluffy with good and rich quality chocolate surrounding every bite you take. Can die.

Egg waffles bought from Savour 2012. Crispy exterior and soft interior and it’s sprayed with TRUFFLE OIL! *gasp* *faint* The combination of vanilla ice cream, truffle oil and eggy waffles will bring one to dessert heaven.

He is risen today!

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Easter, Jesus, life, resurrection, son of God, sunday

What a beautiful morning to declare the risen day of the Lord!

The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands. (Psalm 19:1 NIV84)
He is the resurrection and the LIFE!

The slain for the sinner

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cross, crucifixion, faith, God, Good Friday

For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:21 NLT)
‘I lay down my life for my sheep’ (John 10:15)
Jesus dies to take my sins away! I might want to stop Him but I am powerless to prevent Him going to His death. In fact, I need Him to nail my sins, all sin, to the wood of the Cross.
Thank you Jesus. I feel sorrowful yet filled with gratitude.