Bento #29

Halloween is fast approaching and so decided to gather my inspiration from my favourite bento blog to create a spooky theme bento for Meg. Of course, it's nothing quite like what is featured on that blog but I'm still pretty proud of my creation :p

Severed dog fingers: Chicken Franks (refer to Adventures in Bento Making for a step-by-step guide). I wish that my severed fingers were more delicate but can't be helped in the mad morning rush for school at 5am :p

In the box: Skull Onigiri with Nori cut-outs for eyes and mouth, Severed Hot Dog Fingers, Teriyaki Chicken

Bento #28

It's been ages since I last made a bento. Meg is suddenly into packing food for recess so that she can save some money and my hands were kinda itching to make one. So why not? Not the best of bentoes but made in the spur of the moment & with sooo much love! :p

In the box: Hard-boil egg, black pepper ham & white bread

Blogged from my iPhone

A belated celebration continued - Lavaedge

As promised, you didn't have to wait too long for this post :p

Brought mum & Erykca to one of my current hangout - Lavaedge located in Changi City Point

I looove their unique spicy escargots but I'd recommend that you eat them without the pastries though. It's a tad too thick & thus conceals the taste of the escargots.

Erykca agrees with me that it's one of the best Caesar salad we'd ever had. Granted, you should take my opinion with a pinch of salt but never doubt Erykca. She's got one of the best palate around!

The choice for both mum & Erykca

They serve surprisingly good food for a watering hole!

The Ravioli can do with another minute or so of cooking but the plating is so pleasing that I'm willing to overlook that :)

My favourite time of the day - Dessert time!

I know beer is not synonymous with dessert but I NEVER fail to order them when I'm here for drinks in the evening ♥

Their Vanilla Panna Cotta is a must-have! 

I noticed there's a promotion featuring set lunches. So if you're working around Changi Business Park, I'd strongly urge you to go there & give it a try.

However strangely, for a Sunday afternoon, the bistro bar was surprisingly empty. A huge contrast to the bustling atmosphere within the mall. The pricing is definitely not a problem because with all the food & drinks we had ordered, the bill came up to slightly lesser than $150 including taxes for 4 of us.

Definitely no problem with the food, price, ambience & service. So I gathered that this could be due to the location. I think many are not aware of its existence as it's located outside the mall with no directional signages. And for those who do, are probably hesitant to enter, seeing it being empty. Weird human psychology, isn't it? How we always associate good food with crowd or long queues. 

Go on. Take your first step & you might find that you like Lavaedge as much as I do. And maybe I might even see you there during happy hours!

Cya soon peeps! xoxo

Lavaedge Restaurant & Bar

5 Changi Business Park Central 1

Changi City Point (The Oasis)

#01-72/73

Singapore 486038

Tel: 6636 3226 

Pillow's birthday pawty! (dog-friendly)

We had an early birthday celebration for my other precious daughter in Katong Park Dog Run on Easter Sunday. Meg saved up a long time to pay for this party.  But I'm going to have to say this is probably my first & my last. It's a mad house trying to handle both kids & furkids!

Doggy food galore from The Bakehouse! Pillow does tend to get a tad bit allergic & hence I try my best to feed her fresh food all the time. Now instead of purchasing pre-packed treats from the pet stores, I've been getting fresh ones from The Bakehouse instead.

Birthday cake is a must! (And yes, we even sang birthday song :p)

Mini burgers - no yeast dough were used in the buns. They are tofu so I don't have to be worried about allergy!

Even sushi too! All food are human grade so you can help yourself to them if your dogs can't finish them :)

Cake pups - these were gone in seconds!

Special gift from owner of The Bakehouse - you can just see the amount of love put into preparing these dog food.

Some of Pillow's pressies

Dear Pillow having fun running free in the dog run

The princess is 2! ♥♥♥

Ewww ….. manners, Pillow!

Wahahaha! I think Latte refused to walk ~~ (Don't worry, she's not being dragged around)

Our pawty wouldn't have been a success without our dear guests

Awwww ….. this would have been a nice shot of Brownie :(

Peggy's pics to the rescue! It's really hard to take photos when your hands were always tied around one leash or another :p

 Baby BoBo - 8 months old Lab & Husky mix

Sweet Pepper who helped us finish up the food :)

Don't be deceived by this small cute thing …….  Joe Joe can be a real rascal!

Soba, a Silky Terrier with a big attitude!

Darling Latte sure can pose ~~

Restaurant week - The Exchange

Did any of you guys take the opportunity to try out a new restaurant during restaurant week? I'm honestly not left with much choices as it was already the end of the week. Therefore, I randomly picked out a restaurant that I haven't been to before & a menu that actually appealed to me. So none of those 'surprise menu', thank you very much.

At $35++ per pax, it was pretty much value for money. I'm not a food connoisseur, so I can't tell you much except that everything tasted decent enough. However, we did wish that the portions were bigger though. In fact, we popped right over to Lau Pa Sat for stingray & satays right after that! Tsk ….. Tsk …. 

Though I might not be a food expert but I'm huge on ambience (shallow!). The Exchange is a high-end casual dining gastrobar. Not too stifling & not too noisy. I'd feel comfortable there in a pair of berms & polo tee (not that I wear them though :p) but I'd stop short at slippers. I like the overall feel of it. I'd definitely go back to try their ala carte menu.

Each of us tried different items on the menu with the exception of dessert. Whoever in the right mind rejects Créme Brûlée!

Nice ambience & mix of crowd - met Kennon & Christa there!

I apologise for the motion blur pics. Kinda hard to be taking multiple shots when your party is glaring at you to hurry up so they can sink their teeth into their food :p I confess. No one likes eating with me very much …….

Enough of food pics. Now ending with something just as delectable. Muahahaha!!!

Wearing  a H&M romper that day

I don't leave the house without my Kikis adorning my hand

Have you checked out Le Culte Kiki yet?

Try not to leave me to my own devices cos I can't resist cam-whoring!

XOXO

THE EXCHANGE

8 Marina View 

Asia Square Tower 1

#01-05

Tel: +65 6636 1200

Opening Hours

Mon–Fri: 8am – 12am

Sat: 11.30am – 12am

(Closed on Sun)

Singapore Flyer

I had the opportunity to spend some time with Meg recently & so I decided to add one more category to my blog - 'Family Activities'. It might come in useful to those who're scratching their heads on where to bring the family to for some fun.

So where did we go for our family fun?

But it was a real shame that it was raining cats & dogs the entire day. We could barely see anything afar :(

It was however Meg's 2nd visit & the 1st thing she did was to plant herself at a corner of the cabin to read her book. That's all she did throughout the entire ride. =.= 

Now you see from whom I'd inherited my cam-whoring genes from :p

Lomo-fied

A word of caution. The ride lasts for approximately 30mins but 10mins into the ride, and you'll be wondering how to keep yourself occupied other than cam-whoring.

Check this out! This was taken in 2008. I'd purposely chosen to wear the same top so that I can make a comparison. On hindsight, I probably shouldn't cos it only serves  to emphasize how much I'd aged & ballooned! Mixed emotions surfaced while reading the old post. Sadly, what's gone will never come back. 

Treated all to a nice dinner at Seafood Paradise @ Flyer

Overall, on the yummilicious meter, I'd rate it 7/10

Seafood Paradise @ Flyer

30 Raffles Avenue

#01-01 Singapore Flyer

Singapore 039803 

Tel: 6336 5101  

Opening Hours:

Mon – Fri
11.30am – 3.00pm 

(last order 2.30pm)

6.00pm – 11.00pm

(last order 10.30pm)

Sat, Sun & PH   

11.30am – 11.00pm 

(last order 10.30pm)