Fun Hideout

Yeah! My long awaited bdae meal was finally here!! Shant elaborate much since I oreadi blogged about it in Dec 2007 , so basically this was just an update for the Marine Harvest, aka Thursday Night buffet at The Line.

I was first introduced to The Line when I just joined my current company coz we had our Dept Xmas lunch there. Thereafter, we decided that we couldnt find another better buffet place and so we went there again for my 2nd year Dept Xmas lunch. If I really wanna count, even though this was my third time visit ( Yeah Man!) , this was the only time I actually "paid" for the buffet. Strictly speaking, I dint pay for it coz it was meant to be my bdae treat.But then again bf's money IS my money so this was the only time I really consider whether The Line was worth the price. Before I do my sums, let's just take a look at what Marine Harvest offered bah!

Obviously, there were a lot of seafood, even though, I was expecting more. Com'on, it was the Marine Harvest night, shouldn't they offer more "exotic" stuff beside the usual crabs, prawns, scallops, clams, mussels, oysters??? To be fair, there were a couple more. And it was really COUPLE, meaning 2 items which were lobster & snow crab. -____-|||

What will attract you most in a cafe?

The beverages?

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The food?

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The service aka the people?

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You can get food, beverages and service in any places that sell food from high class restaurants to low cost kopitiam. So why do people likes to hang out in cafes?

You can see Parisians sipping coffee/tea in any hour of the day. They could be just chatting with friends, or reading a book or even just people watching. It's a lifestyle to them.

In my opinion, I seek most the "comfy feeling" from a cafe. It must be a place where I can just laze around, seeking "escape" from my normal life. This is different from Starbucks or akin, where the main selling point is just their coffee/tea, rather than creating a lifestyle or a comfy ambience for people to meet.

Enuff saying. Let's check out this new cafe aka " The Coffee Nations" along Bali Lane ( opposite Raffles Hospital). It's centrally located in Bugis, but in a "secluded" area, which is just nice if you are finding somewhere quiet and cozy yet accessible ( 5-10mins walk from Bugis station).

Havent been really searching for good places to eat lately. Please accept my most sincere apology!!!

*Shed some tears*

But please, spare a thought for my increasing waistline and decreasing bust line ( in comparsion mah =p ) Then again, I guess noble few need to "sacrifice", and I'm no exception.

* crabs crawling by.... *

Well, the truth is my partner aka bf is too busy flying around, so I have no where to "dump" the unfinished food. Hahahaha

Okay, just some random photos to entice those who bother to visit my blog... hee

September is the best month because it's my birthday month!!! See, my bf very sweet ar, turned up at my door at 1145pm the day before so that I could sleep at 12am and he would be the first to greet "Happy Birthday" to me. And yeah, my favourite mango mouse cake, from BakerInn. Yum Yum, Delicious!

Forgive me for the super ugly background aka newspaper, but it was late at night and cant expect me to "blink" a pretty pink table cloth out mah... So, just photoshot with your own eyes, meaning ignore lah! =p

Coz my bdae falls on a Tuesday this year, and I cant convince The Line to change their "Seafood Harvest" from a Thursday to a Tuesday, so I guess I just have to make do with a pre-bdae meal first. We went to this Japanese Resturant at the Taka Basement 1, which I cant remember the name... The one lah, that one lor... u know one hor?

The food is still passable but one thing I like about them is they serve small dishes. I love varieties!! So this allow me to order many small dishes to eat without stuffing ourselves. Nice! ^_^

Bf's favourite. He orders this whenever we go to this resturant and eat everything with the sauce.

Yeah! One of my favourite Japanese Restaurant! See Review if you like to find out more!

They dun have offer for amaebi liao, and amaebi sashimi is too expensive ($25), so I make do with just a sushi ($5, okay??!!??). Sad wor, cannot eat the prawn head cracker liao. But then, it still taste good! I went to other places to eat amaebi before, but I think Kuriya's still the best!

Another side dish to share.It's not spicy at all! In case, there are people like me who will sweat eating laska, dun worry! Sure can eat one... Then again, it's very omelette, nothing special lei..

My Order. At first I thought mine is a cold noodles, and thought they had served wrongly. Turned out that I was supposed to dip the cold noodle in the soup base for them to become warm.. " Tedious" to eat a bowl of hot noodles!

Was feeling slightly mundane, I decided to catch a coach to KL to shop. As usual, I only take the best, so I hopped onto Aeroline coach which offers ergonomic reclining seat, light meal,bottomless hot beverages ( Yes, milo too!) and a full time steward( ress, if you are lucky, mine is a steward). It's as good as traveling on a plane but less the hassle of check-in and airport transfer. In approximately 5 hours, the coach took me straight to KLCC, which was nearby the service apartment I was going to stay. And yes again, the best and so I arrived at The Ascott.

On the left, I had the double bedroom ~> NO ENTRY, PRIVATE INVITATION only. Well, I shall disclose pictures of the bathroom instead. A standing shower, a bathtub and big basins... Hmm, I just love big bathroom. Thoughtful of the hotel, to provide me with my favourite Locitanne toiletries ...

Kitchen was such redundant! Why would a Tai Tai needs one? Hmm,perhaps to keep my expensive ampoules. And ya, indeed I brought along with me... Let me put them in the fridge..

Day One ended off with a long shower and a face mask. I was not here to exhaust myself... Off to bed!

Wanted to go for a run. Had been trying to shed off some fats, but was not quite successful. Anyway, slept late and so the run had to be procrastinated ( as usual...). Well, that kinda explained why the slimming was not successful... Ha.. I guess a visit to Slimming Santuary should be easier... Money can make the world go round, isnt it?

Washed up and went to KLCC, Sungei Wang, Lot10 in the afternoon. Dint manage to spot anything that I like, shopping in Europe is much better. I just had to settle with a fulfilling dinner..

Virgin Strawberry Margarita

Grilled Lobster

Tacos

It was still early when backed in hotel. Ah Ha, I shall go for a spa treatment. Indeed, spa treatment is definitely associated with Tai Tai lifestyle. How could I miss it out?




Day Three:

Finally woke up early enough to go to the gym. Half an hour workout was not too bad, especially in a gym that was exclusive... Washed up and time to go back Singapore...







Back to reality.... -_______-|||