Man on bottom left is my Older uncle, mummy's younger brother... and others are just the factory employees..
After a whole week of lousy lectures by lousy NTU lecturers, well, not all were bad, i do recall accounting lecturer and Malay teacher were good.. but, Aero lecturers? Well, let's just say their teaching skills are inversely proportional to their knowledge.. Except Prof Ng Teng Yong.. His lessons were not worth missing at all..
It was gonna be our ENS presentation since it was a Friday.. Our presentation on Foreign became a talk show.. and I insisted that the title was called "You Complain!" We pretty much amazed our ENS prof... But it was all good.. :)
Friday was pancakes day for Tim... But for all of us, its Cafe Palette Day! Where everyone order a cheap breakfast set.. :P
Lighting in Palette was pretty good, given that the photos was taken by my phone.. haha..
Eileen and I wanted to try Cheeky Monkey, but we were worried Jiemei wun noe how to get there... Suat may know since her bf stays along that street.. So in the end, we landed up at AMK hub again! not knowing wad wo eat... So it was New York NewYork again... But I was getting a little bored of that...
But to be honest, calling themselves Curry Favor, they have to be good with their curry.. But.. There wasn't anything special about the curry... But I wasn't really sure how good should a Japanese curry... Maybe spicy, but yet not till the point ur tongue can't taste anything? And you gotta sweat while eating the curry cuz of the spiciness.. But the mild sweetness of the curry should still be there despite the spiciness... So where's the best Japanese curry?
Well, I wun recommend this place unless you want to eat loads of Jap food as buffet... But I think might as well go for Nihon Mura in Jurong stadium.. But I think its too far for most pple.. :P
As usual, there were Japanese food for sale, sold by different food stalls.. And the stuff sold did have a touch of Singapore style to it... Price was kinda high too. There were the Japanese soccer players in these orange jerseys.. I think they are from the Singapore Lions or something.. Not so sure... But I do think the guy on the left is extremely cute!! Damien's date thought so too... That's why we took photo with the cute soccer players together.. :S
Thanks to Damien and Dave, I had a chance to bake another order after my return from Japan... And mind you, this was in August last year... Damien even drove down to my place to collect the cake! Ain't that nice?
Dave ordered $50 worth of cookies to give them away.. That's so generous of him.. Maybe it was a way of make up? But whether it was or not, I really felt that it was sweet of him to do so.. So I made two new kinds of cookies... The one above is triple C.. Why did I name it that? Firstly, there is white Chocolate chip, secondly, there is chocolate Cake chunks, and lastly, its a Cookie!
ANd right above is Ginger Brulee!! Its actually a soft ginger spice cookie, topped with burnt suger, like the burnt cream on Creme Brulee! But this isn't the top fave for most people because spiced cookies and desserts still hasn't taken to the Local's liking... All locals think of when it comes to cookies are chocolates and nuts... Oh, and maybe sometimes raisins..
Above, is my old time favourite.. White lovers... Thin crispy cookies with a sandwiched layer of White Chocolate Ganache... Like the Shiroi Koibito from Hokkaido.. Except,I can't create that flaky, melt in your mouth feel of the Shiroi Koibito... And, the cookie is not as dark as the one and made.. And it doesn't turn soft soon.. Maybe its the vacuum packing?
Bistro Au Petit.. My first french dining experience... Surprisingly eh? Since I helped out at a French Pastry shop for 2 months, it is kind of a wonder why I never had any French Dining.... 
But thanks to Mr Samuel Chee, who returned from France a few weeks back, and missed French food, we decided to try out French dining in Singapore.. After a little research, I decided on Bistro Au Petit in Chip Bee Gardens, Holland Village..
The biggest problem with night dining is the really bad lighting... No natural light, and restaurants are usually litted in orange glow lights to help stimulate your appetite.. Notice that ambience is really important.. Seldom do you enter dark restaurants.. Ever recalled a time you entered a restaurant with really dark lighting that it puts you off the idea of dinner? Maybe eating in the dark can help in my diet!! HAha... But again, think of the fast food restaurants.... They are mostly brightly lited... BArs on the other hand are dark cuz pple dun eat there... They drink...
So the photos are pretty bad...
I really tried my best to touch up these photos... So Be glad if you can figure out what's in the photo... Well, my cam's not that pro, so who am I to complain the lighting? Their photo turned out really great though... But that's professsional...
Lights are illuminated enough to see the food clearly.. But I think the shade of the light was to suit this feeling of Bistro FRance..
Samuel and I each ordered a set dinner... And we could make our selection based on the following:
We were both served freshly baked fRench bread and its free flow! So you can keep asking for more!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So what did we eat? For me, I had
Traditional “Bouillabaisse” for appetiser
Provencal-style braised pork spareribs with tomato and roots vegetables
for main course
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My date partner had
Lobster raviolis with sautéed spinach, tomato fondue and light bisque emulsion
for appetiser
Veal loin wrapped with grilled vegetables and bacon served with mashed potato
for main course
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And yes... How can I do without deserts? Thank god SAm is a sweet tooth too.. So we didn't have to miss out the desserts on the menu...
Chocolate tart fondant with pistachio ice cream
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Choux buns with vanilla ice cream, warm chocolate sauce and sliced almonds
____________________________________________________________________________________ I think Samuel's tart wasn't very wow.. The crust lacked something I think... BUt the overall was just a fair.. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't fantastic either... Samuel oso felt that the standards were pretty far from the French food he had... Nice place to chill though... The service is kinda long, so make sure you have chatting company and probably something to read while waiting... But food presentation was definitely French enough...
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After the dinner, Sam and I met up with his gf.. It was the first time I was seeing her.. And the first respond I got from her shocked me.. Haha.. She asked "Aye? The Xiao Hua Xiao Cao Girl?"
Nope... I didn't take thhose picts above.. But the website in the link above had these pictures... The ambience deserves 8! I minus-ed 2 for the ambience because the toilet was always a long wait..
But the seats which we had that day was the main reason the ambience was so great... You could literally sleep there... Lighting was just nice and warm enough.. Not perfect for photos, but perfect for a Chillax session..
The other dessert we had was the Masala Chai Chocolate..
