We had early dinner last evening at Hot Tomato. The steaks were fabulous considering the prices we paid. The top picture was that of sirloin steak and the other one was filet mignon. Because we were at Hot Tomato around 5 pm, the meals were sold at 20% discount (since I am a senior citizen aged above 60, I was given an additional 5% discount). Total bill was $35.
Strangely, eating red meat seems to cure my wife of her coughing in the night. As for me, consuming steak helps keep my skin healthier.
We have decided that since eating steak is beneficial to our health, we will try to eat them at least twice a week.

Once in a while I would crave for a Malay dish called lontong. The stall that sells spicy and yummy lontong is at the Kovan hawker center. There are 2 Malay stalls are next to each other but the best lontong is the stall on your left. $3.50 is all you have to pay like the one above which I had this morning.
In the afternoon, I went to Nex Mall at Serangoon bus Interchange and had my lunch over there. It was 3 pm and so there was a 20% discount on all main courses (from 3 pm till 5 pm on weekdays only). I had the steak with 2 huge prawns and spaghetti plus a plate of Caesar's salad. The damage was $24!

Was at Nex Mall in the evening and decided to have my dinner at Hot Tomato. Ordered the pork chop with sausages and pasta ($12.90 ++). It was a good meal but still not satisfied and so proceeded to KFC a few doors away and had the cheesy chicken meal set ($8.20). This KFC meal was really yummy and worth every cent I've paid for.

Had our udon dinner at Nex Mall. After dinner, we were tempted to try the above Japanese desserts but since we were so full, we gave the dessert a miss.

18 Chefs@ NEX Mall (lunch)

As promised, we went to 18 Chef @ Nex Mall at Serangoon for our lunch. This time I took a couple of photos of our meals. We chose the $13+ beef with pasta and the Japanese beef curry rice ($14.80) lunch set. Both set came with a big bottle of ice-lemon tea and chicken cream soup. We also ordered an extra bowl of double chilli cheese fries ($7).
18 Chefs does not impose the 10% charge but only the 7% GST.
Overall, we spent about $37 which is definitely inexpensive, The food is good and would give the other western food restaurants like Buddy and Hot Tomato a run for their money.

17 October 2015 Saturday

This morning I want to talk a little about the COE or Certificate of Entitlement one must have in order to buy a motor vehicle.

A COE for small car of less than 1600 cc would cost you about $60,000 or US$43,000 (exchange rate is US$1 = S$1.4) and a bigger one $56,000. If you do not own a COE, you are not allowed to buy a motor vehicle in Singapore.
The cost of owning a vehicle is exorbitant. Take a Japanese made car of 1500 cc as an example. It would cost you around $120,000 (total cost).
In Singapore, to own a nice car would mean that you are rich.
Fortunately for me (I can't afford a car), I make use of my company's van for business and family transportation.

Breakfast
I had Yong Tau Foo for breaky. Wanted to have it at Toast Box but the place was so crowded the people were waiting for others to vacate the place. So I went to YTF stall which was quieter.
I didn't use the sauces for my YTF because I realised I am now allergic to them. I used soya sauce instead which is safer.

Dinner at Nex Mall, Serangoon

2 piece KFC set (original please). This is my favourite fast food. Below are Monster Curry, Fish & Co and Koi. Spent the late afternoon at Nex Mall (Serangoon)