Marathon & Foodie!

I apologized for the lack of blogging.!

Have been rather busy because of yoga and also school + work!

Totally no time for pictures and also blogging ):

Back track a little!

Boyfie and myself took part in the sundown marathon this year!

Okay, this post is really lagging back because sundown happens on the 1st of June! 

And we are already 3/4 way thru june hahah!

That day was the day which I was so super shag, because I had to work, attend class and head off for the run after school! Le boyfriend when back home to drive the car out to come and meet me at Marina Square while I cab down after that to look for him. Because i was so afraid of the road closure, I was like wondering where is the nearest place the taxi uncle could stop me in order not to be affected by it. But phew! No blockage ard the areas that i'll be alighting (:

Pictures before the run!

Accompanied the boyfriend for dinner at 10pm at Macdonalds. Supposed that was the only thing we could find at that timing. ahhah!

I was quite shock myself to be completing the run in 1hour 45 mins! 

Previously when I took part in the Nike run, it took me 2h30mins to reach my destination! 

Pretty happy abt it! hahah! And giving myself a pat on my shoulders (:

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Foodie time! 

Because I had cravings for Steamboat! 

So we head down to causeway point and giving this restaurant a try!

Eat till u drop Buffet!

They had 6 kinds of soup base for you to choose frm - Seaweed, Sukiyaki, Spicy, Curry Dashi, Tomato, Cream base soup! And we go for the spicy soup and the sukiyaki soup! 

It was a terrible choice to begin with! Because spicy was spicy enough, and Sukiyaki was super salty!

So we had to add in water on our own to make it better )):

Their ambiance was rather alright, except that we are sitting a little too close to our neighbours that we could almost hear what they say!

Comes our soup! Can you guess which one was which? haha! The darker colored was the Sukiyaki while the lighter soup was the spicy soup!

Veges and mushrooms to add into it! 

Oh yes, and for the price you are paying, you are able to get free flow of the meats (Beef, Pork, Chicken)

And lastly the sauce that I made myself! hahah! Which includes seasame, Jap sauce and spring onions. 

Overall the experience was rather alright. But with the little amount of veges to pick frm, and the free flow of meat, we may head back to try other soup base, but not the ones we had before. 

Rating: 7 / 10

Total Spending : SGD$64 for 2 pax

Where to find it:

ShabuSAI

Causeway Point

Level 5

#05-14/15

Lunch at Selfish Gene

Took leave on one of the days just to have brunch with le boyfriend!

And after reading so many blogs, and decided to head down to Selfish Gene to try out their all day breakfast set! =D

They do not have a wide variety of set meals that we can choose from. But somehow I like how clear-cut their menus look! 

The little flower on the tables! They have this mini flower placed on each and ever table! And different colors too!

Because it was a Monday, so I suppose not many would turn up at this little space? 

Unlike other restaurants, they usually took orders from where we sat, but this time round, we had to walk over to the counter to place an order for what we would like to have.

And they would in return give us a cup tgt with the receipt for our purchase. 

Boyfriend ordered San Pell Mandarino which taste quite good! 

A little sweet and sour feeling and slightly gasy! I like! 

Took a piece of name card from the counter! Pretty piece they had too! =D

Here comes my Ice Mocha, but erm, its a little too bitter for my liking.

A little sugar syrup would help i guess? 

Oh this little corner we saw, was just right at the entrance! 

Super cute area where it displays the set of menus which people take to look and plain water to quench our thirst while waiting for our dishes to be served!

*Drum rollssss*

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Here comes our main dish!

The boyfriend ordered Bagel & Smoked Salmon (SGD$12.80) a little on the pricey side because the portion is actually quite small! The salmon are thinly sliced but according to le boyfriend, the salmon wasnt really fresh.

Bagel is always something that I love! Esp with cream cheese!

Never had a chance to give this a try, but I suppose it shldnt taste that bad? Since the bf didnt comment much abt it. D:

This is mine! The Breakfast Plate (SGD$15.80). I love how the bread was toasted, crispy and soft!

Apply a little of butter and yummss, makes me feel like having them now!

Oh it comes with scramble eggs, sausage, ham, tomatoes as well as sauteed mushrooms. 

A little on the bad side was, the sauteed mushrooms were not even warm! And me being a mushroom lover, this wasnt really my cup of tea. 

But the rest was good! 

For breakfast lovers, this may be a good chance to give it a try!

This place is not really easy to find, because it was located somewhere near Duxton @ Pinnacle. 

But its at a rather ulu place near Tanjong Pagar. Because we drove there, so we parked at the mall or was it an office building just opp and it was quite near! 

Food wise, the portion was slightly little as compare to elsewhere, but i supposed its worth the try! =D

And price was on a more pricey side, so this is the bad point. 

Total Spending for 2: SGD$39.20

Overall Rating: 7/10

Where to find it?

Selfish Gene Cafe

40 Craig Road

Singapore 089678

Tel: 6423 1324

Dinner at Lerk Thai!

As usual, it always has to be me thinking what to have for dinner. 

So this time round, I've chose Lerk Thai at Civics Centre for a fast dinner.

And every time we patronize a Thai restaurant, there would always be snacks like this to make us happy and go gaga before the main course is being served.

 

And they come with their famous sweet spicy sauce as usual. 

 

Lemon Grass drink. The first mouth tasted a little weird, but after a while, this tasted a little refreshing. Lemon grass drink is also sweet and this jar is able to pour exactly 2 cups! (:

 

Whats Thai cuisine without Tom Yam soup? I'm definitely not a fan of spicy dishes, but this is really good! (: A tinge of spicyness and sweetness, yumms! If my memory didnt fail me, I think you are able to get them to change to chicken or fish, but with that change they might ask you to top up a little. (:

Yummy prawns and sotong, fresh too! (:

And because both of us are not that hungry, so we only ordered one pineapple rice, which cost only SGD$5.90 for this! (: I think this is really worth the price. 

With the cashew nuts as toppings, it adds on another different taste! (:

We also ordered toufu as side dish! Okay, I'm a person who loves toufu! But in my opinion, this dish is a little too oily for my liking, but other thn that the toufu was really soft and taste really good! Again, this dish comes with another spicy sweet sauce for us to dip into! (:  

Lastly we ordered fried spring chicken. Not a fan of fried chicken, esp when these chickens comes with bones. LOL! as usual this dish is a little too oily for my liking. The only parts that I usually eat was only the breast meat. Apart from that, the rest are rather oily. So this is not recommended if you are not a chicky fan =D  

Overall, Ive yet to try their desserts, but I will someday! 

But anyway, apart from that, the rest of the dishes are pretty acceptable. Nothing special abt it.

If you are asking me if i would head back for another try, I might only go back for their pineapple rice and tomyam soup! (: The rest are just mehh. 

Where to find it:

Lerk Thai Bistro

900 South Woodlands Drive

#01-07 Woodlands Civics Centre

Tel: 67602282

Total Rating: 5.5/10

Total Spending: I cant remember how much both of us spend, but if I didnt remember wrongly. Its less than 40SGD for 2 people. 

Hoshigaoka Japanese Restaurant

I suppose this isnt the first time I'm blogging about this Japanese Restaurant. 

Here's a little history about Restaurant Hoshigaoka. 

This restaurant was first opened in Singapore at Apollo Hotel back in 1972 and was initially named as Hoshigaoka Saryo which was brought from Japan with their traditional Japanese cooking together with their culinary tastes, sumptuous dishes as well as trademark of Japanese Hospitality. In order to appeal to the broader market, Hoshigaoka Saryo was being renamed as Restaurant Hoshigaoka in 1986.

 

Restaurant Hoshigaoka was a family Japanese restaurant which was since brought over by JP Pepperdine, the owner of Jack's Place, Eatzi Gourmet and Brewbaker’s kitchen & bar. 

Now, Restaurant Hoshigaoka has 3 outlets in Singapore, located at Isetan Scotts (#4-00), Eastpoint Mall (#03-14) as well as Woodlands Civic Centre (#02-05)

Whenever, the boyfriend and I ran out of ideas what to have for dinner / lunch, we will always head down for their lunch as it was just 10mins away from the boyfriend's place. With their affordable price, they are still able to come up with such good food, I really think its worth going back over and over again. 

Even thou the sushi in this restaurant might cost a bomb, but this sushi are not the reason why i choose to head down for lunch / dinner. Also, with the stiff competition with Sakae Sushi just at level 1, I was telling boyfriend that this might close down. But not quite true after i've tried Sakae Sushi over at the outlet at Civics. 

Okay, this time round, they boyfriend ordered his usual dish - Beef Shabu Shabu. 

They comes with chicken too! (In case you are not a beef lover). But no joke, their beef was really fresh and tender. But of cuz, this would also depends on how you cook them in this mini hot pot! (:

They always comes with huge mushrooms which I totally love.

The broth of this Shabu Shabu is slightly salty and less sweet as compare to Sukiyaki! So for those who love eating Sukiyaki, you shld really give this a try! (:

 

Check out the beef! Okay, Sorry for the filter that I've done! 

But the redness of the meat would somehow show that the beef is fresh, not quite sure if this is true thou, but someone told me this before.

This is the sauce that comes together with the boyfriend's dish! (:

Called the salty sauce! LOL!

 

Next up would be mine! (:

This time round, I intended to try something different.
Because whenever I head there for meals, I couldnt decide what I want to order for myself LOL!

So this time I've tried their Katsu Don. 

I was never a fan of porky!

But this is really good! 

It doesnt comes with that porky smell, and when they fry the eggs tgt with the onions! 

Slurp! Makes me hungry for food again! =D 

The meat was tender, and the onions could do the job to give u more flavouring. (:

Would definitely head down to try more of their dishes and do a more detailed post up! LOL!

But overall, the atmosphere and also the food is really worth the visit! (:

Do give it a try, and you might soon fall in love with them (:

Overall Rating: 8/10

Total Spendings: SGD$37.55 for 2 pax.

Where to find it?

900 South Woodlands Drive 

#02-06 Woodlands Civic Centre

Singapore 730900

 Ending this post with a picture of Ina and I before and after the make up class. 

 Head down for ZA make up class few weeks back with Ina.

Hahah! Pictures of myself with and without make up LOL!

Not much diff thou! Because they taught us basic make ups and flawless looks! LOL!