31 Sungei Road Laksa

Laksa ($2)

Sungei Road is probably famous for its Laksa; so many Laksa stalls are named after it.

We were at Ric's favourite stall in Seng Chuan Eating House, along 31 Kelantan Lane. Though we were put off by its location and untidiness of the environment, we were often lured here by the Laksa.

The Laksa here comes with fresh Cockles and Fish Cake only, unlike the fancier Katong Laksa version which comes with small Shrimp as well.

And we would have preferred the unpretentious presentation here.

To My Valentine...

(Life-sized Doraemon from Ric, during his absent on his last out-station trip.)

Love you...

For your putting up with my Whims & Temper,
and ALL of my Temperamental Sentiments...

For being my Fashion Guru;
going through my wardrobe, spending tireless shopping hours with me.

For your Thriftiness,
yet ultra Generosity to me & my Family.

For your walk with me through my Darkest hours;
a shoulder to cry on and courage to face my ultra disgrace.

A Mentor with my work and my many Worries and Fears;
unflagging hours spent counseling my weakness in Character & Attitudes.

Always Patient, Loving, Understanding and Kind.

For your being with me as we go through Thick & Thin;

Fights over our difference in opinion drew us closer,
as we never bear resentment after each argument.

Love you for striving to make my everyday a Valentine's Day.

I look forward to spending another, and another, and another year with you... Ric.

You are my Forever 小叮当, my BEST Helper and Parnter in Life, my pet Doreamon ^_^

Picnic on Henderson Waves

Sausage Mania Baked Pasta ($9.80)

Wilful me had the weird idea of packing some food from Pizza Hut and eating them on the Henderson Waves today, on Singapore's highest pedestrian bridge.

As we were both on the verge of falling sick, i've omitted wineing.

Hawaiian Personal Pan Pizza ($7.80)

As i've mentioned before, i love traditional floury Pizzas. The one here from their Bukit Merah branch was perfectly oven-baked with crisply crunchy outside edges yet soft spongy and fluffy inside. We should have ordered 2 :) its Baked Pasta wasn't as good as its Lasagne.

Basking in the Sunset as we sat admiring Ric's Valentine's gift to me - a Limited Special Valentine's Day 2009 edition of Chopard Happy Sport in White Ceramic :))

Another Sprouting Gloxinia :)

I just noticed this morning that the adjacent baby transplant had sprouted as well! Double bonus.

You can see that the first Gloxinia baby on the background is doing very well too.

I had to remind myself not to over-water them; noticed they grew better when i watered them at an interval of about 3 days, this is despite the sunny windy weather conditions - as a rule of thumb, try checking the moisture of the earth with your fingers :)

NTU - The Beef House

Braised Beef Rice set ($3.50)

Doesn't the above pic looks like Nasi Padang? It isn't.

It's the Braised Beef Rice Set from 大埔牛肉丸 in NTU Canteen 2 , the famous Beef Ball King recommended by Channel U.

Well textured Beef Steak pieces keep us coming back for more; the set includes an option of Egg Omelet or Braised Bean Curd, we were having the latter.

Oh! Not forgetting to mention the yummy Chilli paste that had the tang of local Chilli Crab dishes.

Beef Ball Kway Teow Soup ($2.50)

Beef Balls are a definitely MUST have at this stall! It's moist, sweet, fluffy and springy, all at the same time.

I have no doubt it may well bounce off the floor shall i try to do that, haha.... But i wouldn't want to waste any of them; the 6 already had us fighting for it.

Braised Beef ($3 - takeaway)

This takeaway set was for Father.

The friendly China Auntie at the stall packed it neatly in a plastic container, not forgetting to include a separate packing of clear Beef Soup with Beansprouts.

夜上海潮州粥 - Teochew Porridge

Teochew porridge often gave one an impression of an expensive meal.

The one here in 旺玮利美食中心 chooses to be otherwise; recommended by a work colleague was an ever popular Teochew Porridge place among Taxi drivers, at Blk 116, Bukit Merah View.

Total bill of $8.20; $7 for the dishes, we had 2 porridge and 1 rice.

Their Pig's Trotter were a little on the tough side; the must-order is their Pig's Liver that's perfectly cooked, Teochew Fish Cake and Chap Chye.

Closed on every Tuesday, it's practically packed on all meal hours and every other night. See to believe.