Steaks, Cakes set & Nene Chicken

Last night, I was supposed to have steak for my dinner with my friends but it turned out that we had Japanese food instead. Therefore today my wife and I decided to go Waterway Point and have steak for lunch. After the mouth-watering sirloin steaks, we proceeded to Cedele for our desserts and coffee. The cheese cake was as good as the strawberry fields cake. They were both irresistible!
As for dinner, we tried the Korean Nene Chicken. The 3 piece chicken set is $10.90c. I like the fries as they were quite large and hot. Overall, the spicy sauce was sweet and delightful. We will be back soon.

Tuesday's healthy breakfast & lunch

A visit to Tiong Bahru Hawker Center on a Sunday

Not satisfied with yesterday's char kway teow from Tiong Bahru, we decided to pay it a visit again. Surprisingly, being a Sunday the place wasn't even 50% full. By the time we arrived, some of the stalls were shut.
The first item we ordered was the Fried Hokkien Mee ($3) followed by the Chwee Kuah ($2) and Char Siew Duck Rice ($5). Like yesterday's CKT, the taste was nothing spectacular. Only the kopi O (90c)was good.
The place was cleaner and well kept, better than most like Chong Pang, Tampines and other hawker centers in Singapore.
Please note that there is no free car parking on Sunday and public holidays.

After the usual breakfast of fruits, kopi O and a slice of thick cheese toast, we went to Tiong Bahru hawker centre in the afternoon and tried the famous Tiong Bahru Char Kway Teow.
To be honest, we think the CKT does not deserves the credit from so many. To me and my wife, the CKT was ordinary. In fact, the best one is still the Outram Park CKT in China Town.

Dinner @ Crystal Jade Kitchen

Last night dinner with my 3 other friends was at Zhongshan Mall situated at 20 Ah Hood Road off Balestier Road. The name of the restaurant was Crystal Jade Kitchen. As usual the food was excellent and prices reasonable. Besides 6 other dishes, we ordered the Peking Duck which was $48. If one uses a debit/credit card from DBS/POSB for payment then there is  $10 discount on for the Peking Duck. Unfortunately, we do not have those cards with us. The total bill came to $148.
For information, there is a daily 2 hour free parking at Zhongshan Mall. There is also a free daily shuttle service. 

Chinese Opera, not so popular in SG nowadays.

The festivities of the Ubin Thai Buddhist Temple is still ongoing, albeit on a smaller scale. Last night, it staged the Hokkien opera show which is not so popular these days. The younger folks do not know how to appreciate it.

Ah Seng Braised Duck Rice

Had Ah Seng's braised duck for lunch. When we arrived at 12 noon there was a long queue. Patiently, I joined the queue as this is one meal that I do not want to miss. Overall, the meal was satisfying and the price was reasonable ($11 for all the above).

Marine Parade Char Kway Teow

We were at the Marine Parade vicinity this afternoon and decided to try the so called famous char kway teow there. The stall is at the Marine Parade hawker center. It is called the "Apollo Fresh Cockle Fried Kway Teow". Many has said that the food was good. I agree with them but that was perhaps 10 years ago. Now the kway teow is just ordinary with plenty of garlic. We will definitely avoid this char kway teow again. I read one review where the hawker assistant wanted to pick a fight with his customer.. more here

Accident in Zurich

The belly of an aircraft has been accidentally hit by a water servicing truck at Zurich yesterday resulting in a long delay. News are still sketchy at this point.

Few hours later:

The water servicing truck driver inadvertently stepped on the accelerator instead of the brakes and crashed into the belly of the aircraft damaging the hydraulic flap covering. The truck top was embedded within the underside of the fuselage. However, there was no fuel leakage.
Cabin crew was recalled back to their hotel as there may be a long delay.

Farewell suckling pig dinner for temple's members

Rarely do they serve suckling pigs at dinner in such places. If they do, it means they are spending quite a bit because dinner with suckling pig is not only expensive but prestigious. A table for 10 people (dinner) in the heartland may cost about $1,000 with suckling pigs and $800 without. It usually comes with free flow of beer, cold drinks and Chinese tea.