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Miss Molly date// llao llao date

Can't remember what we have done on last Saturday but we simply had a no plan date on this day because of his sudden book out. I was about to attend the Purple Parade event but chose to find Bf at  Yishun and we simply took a long ride train down to Tanjong Pagar for our food hunt.





We had a big stroll around from Chinatown to Tanjong Pagar, thinking of what to fill our tummy and then, we came across this cafe which was in my cafe list, Miss Molly. Set aside Miss molly cafe, one should patron this area if you are carving for BBQ buffet or Korean food. The whole street that we went were lined up by Korean food!

We set our foot in at 2pm and it was all past lunch time so the cafe was so quiet and cosy to dine in at. Miss Molly cafe sells a variety of food, from Western to Sandwiches to Pastas. They even have their all day breakfast in the menu.

If you are here for a high tea session with friends, you can consider ordering their rainbow cake that caught most of my attention.


Peanut butter chocolate frappe ($5)

One of the unique beverage that I found on the drink menu. I have never tried this beverage before and its Peanut Butter chocolate! I don't think one will like it but to us, its so refreshing! The peanut has a strong buttery flavouring so those who are allergy to peanut, this drink will not be suitable for you. 



Laksa Pasta with Prawns ( $13.80)

The food that I captured doesn't seem convincing enough if I commented a positive feedback. But all I could say this is a must try dish if you walk in to this cafe, I would gladly to say that this is their signature dish, even the signboard displayed it. A more creamier version of laksa tossed with linguine and juicy tiger prawns but you will get sick of the taste aftermath.


Hawaiian Pizza ($13.80)

Nothing special about this pizza but unlike the normal crust in Pizza Hut, they have it as thin crust. The portion given is big and it can be shared among 3 person. So affordable enough if you are sharing around.



Location: Miss Molly's
Address:
2 Craig Road
Singapore 089662

Opening Hours: 
Mon - Fri: 11.30am - 11.00pm
Sat: 12.00pm - 11:00pm




It was pouring heavily after our dinner so we dashed through to the nearest MRT station for shelter. We took a stop down to City hall and walked in to queue for llao llao at Marina Square outlet. 

Surprisingly, the queue was short and we got our yoghurt in 15 minutes time. Apparently I wanted their white chocolate syrup so badly but they ran out of it ( including the dark chocolate). As im not a berry person, I skipped all the berries syrup and opted for coffee syrup. 

Coffee syrup? You might think that it taste bitter but you are wrong! Coffee can be sweet as well! 



Simple no plan date with the man and im glad that I am able to spend my weekend with him (:

Till then 

Victor Kitchen + 2D1N Soju Bang


Im smiling so happily because im dating with my boyfriend on a sunny Sunday. First stop was to drop by havelock temple (四马路to pray for good health, good wealth, happiness, relationship etc. Most importantly is to bless grandmother on a speedy recovery. May all the good things come by positively! Anyway, hair was doing good on that day. Heh.


 It was 9.30am when we reached the temple. Thinking that the temple will be crowded with alot of human beings but surprisely, it wasn't that crowded. Must be the hyped of final world cup that enable most of the people to stay-home and rest. But good for us as we dont have to squeeze in through the crowd to get our prayers done,

 Boyfriend bought me 3 stalks of lotus flower and some joss sticks before entering into the temple. It was told that lotus flower has its own meaning behind it. When someone buys a lotus flower, it shows the inner beauty of themselves and also mean PRETTY forever! So I guess Bf is hinting me of being ugly! HAH.




Brunch was at Victor Kitchen at sunshine kitchen, one of the must try dimsum under blurpple. They open at 10.30am but we reached before the opening hours and caught the best seats. After 11am, you will see long queue forming outside the shop. It was so over-whelmed with people who loves to Yum Cha.

 

Yum Cha always go well with hot beverages but $1 for one chinese tea is a bit expensive hor? $2 for chrysanthemum tea is worst!



Phoneix Porridge ($4.50)
consist of century eggs and chicken. It was quite plain tasting. For those who want a strongly flavour, can add pepper and light soy sauce. I quite like the fact that it was plain tasting as it complement the other dishes. Moreover, thought that it was cooked well as it was not watery. Remind me of Teochew style porridge.


Queen Sized Siew Mai ($4.50)
 Not quite sure why they called it Queen sized as it pretty much looks the same size as a regular Siew Mai you can get at a restaurant. Maybe bigger than a typical coffee shop one, but not by much. It was a tad salty for me, but very meaty and you can taste a chunk of prawn. There's actually a big shrimp found inside. 




This is the reason I came here for their famous Golden Egg Yolk Lava Bun ($4.50). 
Since I have read some mix reviews on these buns regarding about their fillings being too dry out and etc. I immediately cross my fingers when these pipping hot bun arrived and hope that it will have that oozing flow type of custard when we break it open. And thanks God what we had that day was really good from the photo show above, the flowing custard was so tasty with mixture of sweet and savory flavour that makes you crave for more.




The Polo Char Siew Bun came in 2 pieces for ($5.00). 
As they ran out of my beloved Char Siew Bun, I was told this is the newest item on their menu and strongly recommended by the Auntie serving the table. I ate it when it was still hot so it actually tasted not too bad. The filling consists of sweet and moist char siew that tasted quite flavorful but it did not make it any special. I wanted to order another plate but $2.50 per piece is quite costly ):




Overall, their food doesn't disappoint us but the fact that they increased the price that sum up being so over-priced. But without GST and service charge, I guess its worth paying for $21. The service was not a good end. The aunty kept shouting and rushing us to finish our food because of the long awaiting queue. We couldnt have a peaceful brunch at such peak hour. Perhaps, they would need to do something for their service. Other than that, the food is worth to try if you are a first timer.

Victor's Kitchen (closed on Mondays)
91 Bencoolen Street
Sunshine Plaza #01-49
Singapore 189652

2d1n soju bang ssikkek

In the evening, I met up with Nicholas, Benson and Jue Yu for a sumptuous korean BBQ buffet. Our initial plan was to have Zi Char at 2 chefs place but 2 of our friends couldnt make it so we changed our venue to Tanjong Pagar, a hyped up place for Korean BBQ food. But any of the place is fine as long we get to see our first who enters into NS man, Nicholas. He came specially to YCK to drive us to the venue when he stays at Tampines. 

So technically, 2D1N Soju Bang and Ssikekk are 2 different restaurants under the same owner. 2D1N serves Korean a la carte restaurant style, while Ssikekk which is located upstairs in the same building, serves a Korean grill BBQ.



 There was an equally small section on salads, vegetables, kimchi, rice, noodles, watermelon and a sweet fermented rice drink.


The restaurant offers a wide selection of meat like pork, beef, chicken with different marination style. There’s also salad, veggies and free flow of drinks and kimchi! The kimchi was well-marinated, very crunchy and spicy. Totally spoilt for choices!






The best way to eat the BBQ meat is to wrap it with lettuce, mix it with the sauces and stuff the whole damn thing in your mouth! Very very satisfying! 

The staff are pretty efficient in changing the aluminium foil regularly, thumbs up for that. The only thing I don’t like about this restaurant is that it’s badly ventilated and made the entire place greasy, hot and sticky. I smell like a huge BBQ meat when I stepped out of the place.

All in all, I think 2D1N is a value-for-money place to try out Korean BBQ if you can eat a lot! It's $26 (after GST and service charge) for adult buffets, so you should really empty your stomach before you go.  Hint, if you're going on a date it'll be unsuitable to go 2D1N. For friends gathering or family outing I guess it's fine! 



2D1N SOJU BANG

44/46 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore 088467
(Nearest MRT: Tanjong Pagar, Outram Park)
(+65) 6227 6033
Sun – Thur: 11.30am – 2.30pm, 5.30pm – 12am
Fri – Sat: 11.30am – 2.30pm, 5.30pm – 2am

I guess this simply to say that this sum up my lovely Sunday (:

Till then.

Stay-cation ( M hotel)

Hi guys, how's your weekend spent? Mine was all well-packed with my man. As good things come after next, bf surprised me on a stay-cation this weekend to celebrate my graduation. It wasn't a really surprise as this was all planned when he was at Thailand training. A never expected conversation when he suddenly whatapps me a few hotels to let me to choose from and also assured me that this plan will be made when he is back from his camp. Of course, I let him decide what hotel he wants (although he asked me to choose). In the end, based on all the reviews that he scrolled through, he chose M hotel.

M Hotel is under the umbrella of Millennium Hotels. Millennium Hotels are usually situated in prominent business location around the world. In Singapore, M hotel is located in the heart of Financial District and it is within walking distance from Tanjong Pagar MRT station. It is more of a business hotel than a leisure travelers hotel.



I was really elated and jumping for joy to be able to stay in Singapore hotel once again. The previous stay-cation was at Studio M ( and yes both hotels are under the umbrella of Millennium Hotels). I really think bf did a good job in researching. 

 The check in for the hotel is at 2pm but we went in earlier for our check in because both of us were so famished especially the boy who just booked out on a sat morning. I really have to thanks him for rushing down after his book out. When all procedures had done, we quickly went up to 26 storey to explore our room.

I really like the interior design of the room, so spacious enough. I can't remembered if bf booked the superior or the deluxe room but the room could really fit in 10 person. So much love for the toilet because the toilet has 2 separate washing areas. You get to choose either a long soak in the huge Jacuzzi or let the rainforest-style shower massage your back. The first thing when I went into the room was to check on the bathroom and simply exclaimed when I see a bath-tub. HAHA.




The bed was a queen sized bed. Pillows were firm and the bed was very comfortable. Not too soft, not too hard. The bed supported my back very well. Too cosy once you lay down on it, you can fall into a deep sleep.

The room has a very lovely work area. I believe M hotel hosts a lot of business travellers, so the hotel is very businessman(and woman)-friendly. Having said that, I think it makes a great leisure traveller hotel too. There's a free wifi in the room so the business travellers could actually do their work in the hotel room.
The drawer by the desk houses the safe, by the way. There's a arm chair and at the same time a good scenery to relax and chill.
 
Open it up and laid flat inside is an iron and ironing board. For those wrinkled shirts and pants taken out of the suitcase.

 Some selflessly photos of us. I was in the mid of preparing to put on the timer and clicked it by accident so as you can see his expression, he wasn't prepared yet.





 First round of self-timer: FAILED. Half of my face was chopped off and left with my big thigh. But oh well, it was well taken so I decided to put it up just for laugh.







Second self-timer: EXCELLENT. Perfectly fit my whole body in. But bf really deserve a big kick, where is he looking at when the timer was on? ): But JI YOU FEEL LEH even when he is not looking at the camera. HAHA.



Hungry us, almost dying of hunger, we went to explore Tanjong Pagar area and at the same time to find somewhere to have a light lunch. Walked all the way to AMARA hotel where there is shopping malls located within the vicinity. Sat down at Imperial treasure for some egg tart and polo bread and chillax on their cafe seats. I died a little when I drink their iced milk tea because it was so bitter then I realised I forgot to add in the sugar syrup.











After a good lunch, we headed back to the hotel to explore the whole area. The excitement gotten me when I saw swimming pool and GYM. HAHA, one good reason to get myself fit on a weekend. I mean you shouldn't slacken away because you are away from your hometown. 


The thing about hotel facilities is that nobody actually use it. When I went to the pool area, there was nobody except the both of us. Yeah! If you find the Jacuzzi in the room too small, you can actually soak yourself in this 2 person Jacuzz.

 




 The first few level has its own purposes. There's like a bar in the hotel which opens after 6pm. Ladies night will be entitled to a free drink on Wednesday night. And special discounts on the weekday basis.
A grand ballroom to hold a banquet or wedding dinner. There's two restaurant that cater buffet but bf and I did not try their food because it was too expensive, could just burnt our holes.
  


Back to the room to relax before we head out for our dinner at clarke quay where I will be posting it soon (: 







Service at The M hotel is generally very good. Everything is so well-organised and clean. We really enjoyed our stay here, and wished we could have had more time here. It's definitely one of my favourites now for staycations.
Stay tune for the next two posts about where we had our dinner and Sunday Brunch.

Till then.
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