Arirang Korean Restaurant

Another super outdated post. This post has marked as draft since I don't know when. Think it was sometime in Nov or Dec 2010 when I still had bangs. From the time when these photos were taken, we went once more with C and WF in Feb or March. I love their Rice Cake and also the Kimchi. For someone who doesn't take spicy food, the Kimchi was just right. Feel like going for Korean BBQ again.. Maybe I should run this idea by J later and have this for dinner tonight ..

Arirang Korean Restaurant can be found at:

1 Liang Seah Street

#01-07/08 Liang Seah Place

Dim Sum Galore

Sorry for the lack of posts. Finally did what I should have done 3 years ago. Will be embarking on a new journey come September and I hope that I have not made the wrong choice. But before September, there is our trip next month to Bangkok to look forward to. This will be our mini-honeymoon and also my 1st trip to Thailand. Yes! I am super suaku! Have not been to Bangkok before!! I've researched on the places to go to and I also have FL on my Whatsapp so I can consult her as and when I need to. We decided to postpone our honeymoon till after we finish our flat's reno which will happen sometime end of next year.

It's time I started clearing the backlogs in my draft folder. These photos have been sitting in my drafts since April when I treated my parents to Dim Sum at Imperial Treasure at Crowne Plaza Changi Airport one fine Saturday morning. Just looking at the photos now makes me miss the 流沙包 which is a must try everytime I go. The Dim Sum there is very fresh and I like that as it is situated in the far east, the restaurant doesn't have many customers and we could enjoy our brunch at a leisurely pace and the waitresses were able to attend to our requests promptly.

Peach Garden @ Orchid Country Club

Its high time I stopped procrastinating and started on my wedding day entries. We had our food tasting on 19th March and changed a couple of items in the cold dish and the prawn dish. We had to top up for the change but it was a good thing that we went for the food tasting if not my guests would have had fried food overload. Some places have the option of forgoing the food tasting and using that table on the AD itself. We had one extra table that was not used on the AD so we went down 2 weeks for an advanced fathers day celebration.


I had pretty good reviews from my guests and seems that many loved the Braised Ee-Fu noodles. My uncle even asked for 2nd helpings. At wedding dinners, guests will remember the food more than anything so I am glad that they enjoyed the food. The only grouse I have is the layout of the restaurant. I initially planned for 2 projectors to be used but the VGA cable was not long enough so had to make do with 1 projector and guests who were at both ends of the restaurant had very restricted views. 

For the cold dish, we changed the chives roll, and Chilled Century Egg Terrine to Fresh Prawn Salad and Seafood Mango Roll 

Peach Garden Combination

(Fresh Prawn Salad, Roast Pork, Crab Ball, Fried Beanskin Roll, Marinated Jellyfish and Seafood Mango Roll)

Braised Shark’s Fin with Seafood and Mushroom

The prawn dish was changed from Fried Crispy Prawn with Oats Cereal to 
Drunken Prawns with Chinese Wine

Steamed Soon Hock with Superior Soya Sayce

Braised Sea Cucumber with Fish Maw and Spinach

Roasted Crispy Chicken with Preserved Bean Paste

 Braised Ee-Fu Noodles with Chives and Mushroom

Chilled Jelly Royale with Julienne of Coconut

Dim Sum @ Hai Tien Lo

Sunday was Clarice's and WF's 1 year ROM anni. She invited us to join them for dim sum lunch at Pan Pac's 海天楼. We took the elevator all the way to the 37th floor and the view on the way up was magnificent.

The view of from our table.

Trying to take a picture with the view. But failed.

See J's super sian look? Asked him why must rest his head on his hand and he tells me that must have different pose. Cannot always the same.. lll

We ordered quite a number of dishes but I only remembered to take the porridge. Was busy eating after that.

Artistic shot: Attempt 1

They had this 流沙包 which I <3 to the max.

Artistic shot: Attempt 2

View on the way down.

Had a wonderful brunch with my BFF and her husband. Happy anni Clarice and WF! No pictures of the couple though..

Forlino @ One Fullerton

Another SUPER late post. In Nov/Dec, I found a deal online for set lunch at Forlino at 1/2 price. Quickly purchased the deal and made a reservation for January for our 31st monthniversary. Reached there early and took photos of MBS and had some drinks at Coffee Bean before heading to the restaurant for our lunch.

Ambience at the restaurant was wonderful, and we were ushered to a window seat. Can't remember much of what we ordered. But the food was pretty good for the price we were paying. Portions were small but at the end of the meal, both of us were very full.

Our appetizer of freshly baked foccacia bread I think and some spread.

My started of smoked salmon

J's tomato soup. Surprisingly good.

My fish main course

J's pasta. Really can't remember what was in this dish but it was good too. Pasta was Al Dente and the sauce was creamy but not cloying.

Tea and cookies to round up our wonderful meal.

Let me end this post with a picture of us after a satisfying meal.

1st Date Revisited

This post is very late. Early last month, I received a msg from J saying that he will be bringing me out for dinner that evening. Turned out that he wanted to visit the place of our 1^st date which was TCC. Haven been there with him since New Years Eve 2009.

They changed the name to TCC at the Bay and also the menu which is pictureless now. Very like those you find in restaurants with just the name of the dish and a short description. The last time we went (which was pretty long ago), the menu was the same as those at the other outlets. There wasn't much difference to the deco though.

Headed down to Prive Bar for desserts after dinner where that silly boy who usually can't stomach much dessert ordered a cake for himself.

Simply love these times with just J and me enjoying some private and quiet together time.

My Blood Orange Fizz

My Seafood Aglio Olio ~ Same dish that I ordered on our 1st date

His Clams and Prawn Spaghetti

Chilling @ Prive Bar

Sticky Date Pudding with Butterscotch sauce and Vanilla Ice Cream

And Peanut Butter Crunch Chocolate Cake

Wine Selection for Banquet

What is a dinner banquet (酒席) without alcohol? As my banquet package does not include red wine, and the wine that the restaurant is offering us is on the high side, we have decided to source for our own wine.

I have checked out Carrefour and they have it on 30% consignment basis. Another one is Bottles & Bottles at Parkway Parade. Theirs is also on 30% consignment with minimum $400 spent. Being a complete novice on red wine, we bought a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon to try on the recommendation of the sales girl.

We have not opened the bottle yet but I been reading up on red wines this morning and a lot of recommendation is for a German Riesling which is sweet and fruity to be paired with Cantonese cuisine. From what I learnt from the salesgirl, the Carbernet Sauvignon is more full bodied compared to the Merlot which is lighter and fruitier. The Merlot also compliments Peking dishes which features heavier meats like duck and beef. According to this article,

“There are a few wines that will work well paired with Chinese food. They are a medium-dry to lightly sweet Riesling, a Chardonnay, not too oaky, not too dry, and a mild, full-bodied Merlot with just the right amount of acidity. Riesling, Chardonnay and Merlot wines always go well with a variety of foods and are very safe to be among your choices when pairing a wine with Chinese food to enhance the experience.”

Source: http://EzineArticles.com/955731

Since we cannot serve white wine because the Chinese are superstitious as White is associated to death, and Red is associated with Weddings and happy occasions. I believe we will be taking the Merlot after all.

Of Love & Chocolates

 A very overdued post. On New Years Eve, after celebrating my sis and Wendy's birthday, J brought me down to Mohd Sultan in search of some place where we could just sit and chill out. We were pleasantly surprised when we chanced upon a bar that was vastly different from those that dot the clubbing belt. This bar was family friendly and not overly noisy. I was nursing a mild headache which was fast threatening to turn our date into a disaster so I suggested that we try out the Laurent Cafe & Chocolate Bar.

Pardon me for the poor quality iPhone pics.

I ordered their signature Gran Cova hot chocolate while J ordered his usual Earl Grey Tea. The hot cocolate was wonderful. Not overly sweet but the portion was quite little for the price I paid. We wanted to try their souffle which seemed like a hot favourite amoung the patrons. Almost every table ordered one. But we were too full from the dinner so we gave it a miss. We did go back on the second day of CNY to try it though. The sourness of the raspberry sorbet was perfectly married with the bitterness of the chocolate. It would be too Jelat for 1 person though. You could tell how that it was good when a non-dessert person like J polished off 1/2 of the souffle.

Laurent Cafe & Chocolate Bar can be found at

#01-11, 80 Mohamad Sultan Road S(239013),

The Pier @ Robertson, Robertson Quay

Tel: 6235 9007