Roti Prata. After all the suspense in waiting to have you, you’re not as good as I thought you would be. Blame it on this curry sauce, bland and watery, not good.
I’ve been getting tired of Chinese food because aside from the occasional Beef Rendang (Malay food) that I’m eating, it’s mostly Char Kway Teow that I’m having when I don’t know what to have as it is my dependable yummy dish. So after countless whining to Bee about not knowing what to eat, he said he’ll bring me some place with nice Indian food he tried before with some other friends. He brought me to Mustafa, the Indian area in Singapore.
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Despite my recent weight gain and my desire to cut down on food intake, a real bad case of serious craving hit me last night. I wanted pineapple fried rice and chicken satay in Chinatown. Exactly the food I used to eat often two years ago with a close friend.
So instead of heading home after some shopping (which is really tiring), I dragged Bee to go to Chinatown instead.
Then these pretty lanterns greeted us outside the MRT station.
I have always had a quest to try and taste the best. Hainanese Chicken Rice (HCR) edition this time. I have read about one particular stall that most food bloggers and even a chef cum Tv Host have agreed to this. So we headed to a particular hawker center but too bad, we came in too late. They ran out of chickens. So I will save about that for later. Bee and I just had to settle to another chicken rice stall very close to the one I am referring to. Normally I wouldn’t try a stall just because of it’s proximity but this one has a long queue too. I don’t know if that’s because people find their chicken rice as good too, or they just settle to this one because the best one is closed already.
Maxwell Hainanese Chicken Rice stall has a pretty exterior and long queues of people that’s why we got curious and decided to try it as well. They are the only stall with long queue that night.
The photos in their stall sure look appetizing.
I am a roasted HCR girl. One of the criteria for good HCR for locals is tender meat/flesh, like smooth and silky. And you can see in these photo that the meat is silky soft.
Yesterday, I had to go to Marina Bay Sands and from experience I learned that I should use the new MRT line which is the Circle Line or Yellow Line. Better to hop off in Promenade station and there is a bus stop across the road with buses that go to the hotel. There’s bus number 106 going there and there are other bus numbers but I forgot already. I don’t like walking when it’s humid, even if it’s just 10 minutes.
Yup, that’s a tip for tourists going there. Some get confused, they think Esplanade station is nearer but it is actually Promenade station with the bus to Marina Bay Sands. So alight in Promenade station the look for exit A with the 7-11 and exit there then just follow the directions.
I tried using the Red line and alight in Marina Bay station but I had a hard time finding the bus stop to Marina Bay Sands. Or maybe it’s just me. But I ended up walking for a good 12-15 minutes with some tourists who were having a hard time too. Every time it’s like that whenever I go there, some tourists and even locals will ask you directions to go there. It’s actually better now than 2-3 months ago, there are more directions now and the bus stop has the list of buses that passes through there. Before that bus stop was just a make shift one.
On my way there I saw this gorgeous tear drop looking things. I have wanted to take a photo ever since but it’s either I don’t have the camera because it’s so heavy or I am in a hurry.
Real pretty.
Whenever I’m out of Singapore I will always have severe cravings for Singaporean food like fried carrot cake, char kway teow and of course chicken rice or properly known as Hainanese Chicken Rice. I prefer the “roasted” one which isn’t really roasted heheh but the pale version will cure the craving.
I researched online and found some helpful tips and I used them in this attempt.
Has to have cucumber. Well at least that’s what I am used to.
Is the time I like to have for myself. When it’s quite it is interesting to observe around you and think. Watch people walk. Cars drive by. Take pictures. I guess I really like solitude.
I just love how bright the streets are, the tall trees and clean surroundings. Really, the better version of the Philippines.
See I’m a firm believer in the power of honesty and I tried and try to continue being real and honest until now even when it has screwed me countless times. I can say I’m still real and honest but now somehow I have finally learned WHEN to keep my mouth shut, when it’s better to just keep my thoughts and views to myself. It depends on who you’re talking to anyway. You’ll know if they’re mature enough or open enough to handle it.
I have found new friends in Singapore. Haha. Tito Mel, the cutie Reichen who’s a smart boy too, Greta, Tito Allan, Jane, Esther and all. Oh and Jeliel? (Hope I got the spelling correct.) It was fun when the two boys we’re there and we were all playing Plants Vs. Zombies. I had two coaches, enthusiastic coaches! Miss those boys.
Oh and Tito Mel I miss all the kwentuhan with Tito Allan! So many topics we talked about even the best diet pills for women but I was and still am hesitant to try that heheh…. We have the same wavelength which is kinda cool because I don’t always meet friends with the same thinking as ours. You dancing like Bitoy made my day! I still can’t believe you went through all those trouble to cook sisig! You guys were frying, chopping almost the whole day! Bilib ako sayo idol! I know when you guys meet my Bee too, you guys will get along as well. I hope we could continue to be friends for a long time.
I truly miss Kuya Reichen too! I miss his cuteness! Cutie smiles with his “last remaining brown tooth”, cutie voice, the adorable tummy I so like to rub! I always thought having a boy for a kid will be hard but if my future son will be like Kuya Reichen then I will be ok with it. Haha he always have to have his fix of Honeydew Milk Tea from SweetTalk in MRT while I have to have my fix of Soy Ice Cream of Mr.Bean haha… Fun times!
I don’t know why i forgot to take all our photos. Hayyy… Tito Mel if you’re reading this, can you send me photos of you guys so I could put it in here? Take care and kita kits!
I’m a sucker for anything soft and smooth. Like jello, tofu and yup blankets. Could be because of association to my childhood memories that make me feel safe and warm.
So two days ago I went to Plaza Singapura to settle our internet bills. After that since I had a lot of free time, I decided to head to one of my happy places, any appliance store with kitchen stuff and I can stay there happily browsing for hours.
7 blankets total, 4 plus the ones in the bed already
See I only wanted to “window” shop, just look around and have no intention of buying anything. There are so many things to see, LED TV’s, netbooks, printers, cameras… Then I saw a cute rice cooker. Just the perfect size for two people. We need one, being Pinoys who can’t live without rice. I checked the price if it’s expensive then no matter how much I want it I will not buy it. Then turned out it was on sale. It is so cheap! Say 30% off and it’s not that expensive to begin with. I had to buy it.
Apparently, the Batman car that I saw in Raffles Place is a Ferrari, a black one.
We’re on our way to do errands when we saw this.
Alright I’m not really one of those who’s always been dreaming of having one. I just wanted my own car. Doesn’t have to be a Ferrari. It’s too way out of my league duh! But if it happens that some heaven sent person blesses us with one then I won’t resist it either hehe. Ayoko lumabo mata ko.
There’s a lot of luxury cars in Singapore and we always spot one. I just can’t take pictures of them. But this one since we’re in a bus…… Hehe.
This was when Bee and I wanted not to think about anything, forget about life’s worries and just relax…. So we didn’t even think to cook, just eat out. Maybe watch a movie or something. No plans/ itinerary either– just go wherever our feet will take us.
Because it’s me, food is the one thing that’s always in my mind. When I’m stressed — I eat. When I’m bored– I eat. When I’m sad— I eat. Food is in my mind every 5 seconds. A friend told me that he’s actually surprised that I’m not as big as I should be, based on how much and how often I eat. Hmmmnn… I eat healthy most of the time that’s why I don’t gain as much hehe…. And Bee always tell me that whenever we’re out to eat, I’ll point and want to buy a lot of food like I want everything. Haha. Can’t blame me, food makes me happy.
Yup so no plans. Just go. We didn’t want to walk to the MRT since it’s far so we chose to use the bus since the stop is just across the street.
This is what I do when I’m bored from waiting for the freaking bus. 30 freaking minutes. Good thing there’s no food at hand or I could have eaten a lot by the time it arrived.
