Oh my dumplings

Hua Yi Kitchen
360 Orchard Road
International Building
#02-11/12
Tel: 62353156
Opening Hour: 11.30 am - 3 pm, 5.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Whenever I have craving for xiao long pao, guo thie or zhar jiang mian, I will head down to this place. Forget about Din Tai Fong and Crystal Jade Kitchen, this place beats them hands down.

Must try:
Zhar Jiang Mian
Guo Thie
Xiao Long Pao
Red Bean Pancake
Cold Tofu with Century Egg

Emberlicious

Ember (Hotel 1929)

50 Keong Saik Road

Singapore 089154 Singapore

+65 6347 1929

This restaurant is located in the notorious Hotel 1929. The elegance and aesthetics of the hotel extends on to the restaurant as well. Vintage Louis Poulsen lamps, fashionable chairs, and dark wood Z chairs at the bar give the place a contemporary look. Executive Chef Sebastian Ng serves a fine blend of European Cuisine with an Asian influence. Friday evenings are exceptionally busy nights, and reservations are highly recommended.

Brought a client out to lunch last Thursday and all I can say is the food was amazing! I've been here a couple of times for dinner but the executive lunch is really value for money :)

For starter, I had the Pan Seared Foie Gras with Caramelised Apple and Clove Port and Raspberry Glaze ... oh, it is to die for lol. They have it cooked 5 ways for starters, so you will be spoilt for choice if you love foie gras.

For main, I had the tenderloin cooked to perfection (tender, juicy, lightly seasoned - nothing complicated to take away the taste), accompanied with a truffle mash which totally blew my mind. I had to remind myself that it was a fine dining restaurant and I am in the company of a client, to stop myself from licking the little cup that it was served in.

For dessert, I had the Warm valrhona chocolate cake with vanilla bean ice cream. I am a real sucker for chocolate cake with oozing molten hot dark chocolate, so it totally hit the spot for me. Seeing the tiny little vanilla beans in the ice cream was a real bonus, nothing beats having fresh ingredients in your food.

It was a delectable lunch with my client constantly raving about the food. For the 3 course set lunch, SGD 38 +++ I'm definitely coming back, just got to figure out who else I can bring for my next visit :)

My lil long weekend in Pulau Aur

After an intensive quarter of number chasing, I was dying for a break .. any break & the 1st opportunity I got was the long easter weekend. A bunch of us gals, decided to head out to Aur for a lil getaway.

Many islands in Malaysia have the perfect ingredients to be tropical paradises: crystal clear waters, clean powdery sands, swaying palms, and sunny skies. Pulau Aur is definitely among them; far from the maddening crowd, the island offers opportunities to explore underwater havens or just to laze around. Pulau Aur has unusual scenic beauty, with secluded lagoons and offshore pools that make it an idyllic destination to get away from it all.

I think we were pretty lucky with our dives (did 6 in total):

The bo chap turtle








The ugly moray eel







The blue spotted ray

Dive bud Jac & Lynnie

There were sightings of black tip shark, yellow fin tuna, barracudas, gigantic hump head parrot fish, manta rays (which we didn't get to see) and buah yas (I kid you not!)

We had 3 days of eat, dive, eat, dive, eat, dive, eat, drink, sleep, eat, dive ... the food was good, the accomodation was decent (except for the fact that we had to climb like kazillion steps to get to our lil shed) and the weather was awesome. I got my lil getaway with 3 great friends and a pocket full of memories :)