bdae celebration

what a lazy sunday afternoon... i can't type properly now cause yesterday i cut my thumb over dinner. boohoo. anyway it was my brother's bdae dinner and we went this place near siglap centre, at this quaint little sea food restaurant.

the food was horrible. there was this dish of chicken with sotong paste which was really 95% sotong paste. not very tasty too, and very oily. the cereal prawns were the worst i tasted too. in addition all the portions were super small (eg the sotong-chicken dish was the size of 1 chicken breast but cost $12)

oh, but the saving grace was the last dish, which was chilli crab. wah we all got a shock when it came cause its shell was SO BIG. hmmm, i think the crab was 1.5kg at least. i slurped up the rest of the gravy. and i tell u the meat was so white, tender and succulent... alot of meat too, not like those flower crab type with no meat no matter how u dig. this one even the legs were a treat, as my brother remarked. cracking the legs were a treat in itself too haha.

yup, i think tt was the best crab i even ate. the downside being i cut my thumb in eager anticipation of the succulent meat calling out to me... well the conclusion was tt it's a lousy place for dinner. they won't be finding me back eating there in the near future.

after dinner we went for ice cream at the haagen daz palour next door! hehe, quite a treat, cause got vouchers to spend anyway, so must enjoy right?? tried a few more flavours like baileys. haha. 5 scoops in total for us all to share, very nice. :) and i discovered something very interesting, cause...

HAAGEN DAZS HAS A ICE CREAM BUFFET

and it's free flow of ice cream and soft drinks lor. valid from mon to fri from 11am to 6pm. i mean... free flow of ice cream leh. which normally comes at $4.50 a scoop. i think eat liao must diet for 1 week. haha. first it was chocolate buffet, and now it's this. ice cream buffet. oh man... i can't wait to go. oh yes, did i mention? it's $18++ so must save a bit before can go. and oh course must look for a motly of fellow indulgers too. :) the promotion is valid at all haagen dazs shops except hilton sidewalk, raffles city, takashimaya and tang plaza. hmmm. which means the one at esplanade is available!!!! wah... i want to go...

oh and we cut cake for my brother this morning. hehe, another one of bengawan solo cakes which the med pple are all too familiar with thanks to the bengawan solo cake shop at nuh where we buy all our bdae cakes for sch celebrations from. it's amazing how they manage to incorporate a gooseberry in the deco of almost every cake they sell. and pple will always ask "ei, what is this?". then the next line will be always "can eat or not?"

haha so funny. happy 17th bdae brother. :)