life in singapore … with baby (and new baby)
Posted in food on Jun 28th, 2008
The Good
Beautiful setting, fantastic food and its just down the road from our house!
The Bad
No cheap wine options. The service could be better. Unoriginal muzak.
Full Review
Mum and Holly very kindly offered to look after Olive one evening so Sandy and I could go out for dinner. We didn’t fancy travelling far so made a last-minute [...]
Posted in food on Jun 14th, 2008
The Good
The ambience and the ginger-infused dishes! The restaurant is located next to the Ginger Garden in Singapore’s Botanic Gardens.
The Bad
Some of the dishes could have been better executed. Tasty but not exceptional.
Full Review
As Mum arrived from the UK in summer gardening mode, we choose to celebrate her birthday at Halia restaurant in Singapore’s Botanic [...]
Posted in baby stuff, food on Jun 13th, 2008
Mum celebrated her birthday here in Singapore. Sandy, Olive, Mum and I had a great dinner at Halia restaurant in the Botanic Gardens. Olive was a star, she was well behaved the whole evening.
Seared blue fin tuna for Sandy …
Javanese spice-encrusted rack of lamb for Phil …
Lait frais de la bossom for Olive …
No dinner [...]
Posted in food on Apr 6th, 2008
Beryl and Terry stopped by in Singapore on their way to Sabah recently. Old Asia hands, they seem to spend as much time here in Southeast Asia as they do in Willoughby on the Wolds. Not that Willoughby isn’t exotic itself, if course. We went for chilli crab in the East Coast; a great restaurant [...]
P: Blogging from Thailand, where I’m attending the Bangkok International Book Fair by day and drinking lobster blood by night. Last night I was invited to eat at Somboon Seafood restaurant in Bangkok’s Chinatown by the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand. The restaurant is apparently a favourite of former Japanese PM Koizumi, when he’s [...]
Posted in food on Mar 23rd, 2008
P: This morning I had pregnancy cravings for roti prata, chicken curry and ice cream! We ate at Mr Prata on Evans/Cluny Road then walked over to Island Creamery at Cluny Court for freshly made ice cream. Cluny Court is looking really good these days. Downstairs is Da Paolo’s Gastronamia, selling excellent Italian ingredients and [...]
Posted in food on Mar 22nd, 2008
lo hei! lo hei!
don’t pick the orchids – fine $500
roast chicken, roast belly pork, roast potatoes and French beans
Singapore’s botanic gardens
the Cheah family
hueh hueh and mother
Posted in food on Mar 21st, 2008
P: My dear wife baked hot cross buns for Easter! No sign of any Easter eggs though. It’s been a fun long weekend. Andrew Steel was in Singapore for a week so Sandy and I took him to Lau Pa Sat for satay, pepper crab, sambal squid, fried noodles, stirfried kangkong, naan and chicken tikka [...]
