La Petite Cuisine (Upper Thompson)

When there's a will, there's a way. I mentioned that I wanted to try out more of La Petit Cuisine's food in my earlier post, and yesterday I 'coerced' my sister into going there for lunch with me again.

Mochi Sweets (Bugis+)

Bugis+, formerly Iluma, has gone through an entire overhaul, and I've noticed much more customers there as compared to the ghost-town it was previously. Many new and established eateries have set up store there, which has no doubt contributed to the increase in traffic.

Having heard good things of the mochi located there, I got my sister to buy back a box of 6 from Mochi Sweets when she made a trip to Bugis+ this afternoon.

Being a shop selling Japanese sweets, the mochi came beautifully wrapped and put inside a pretty carrier, true to the customs of its home country. There was a piece of paper atop the mochi, with the exact flavor of each one written on top of where it was placed. This was a very thoughtful gesture of the shop because one hardly can tell from looking at the mochi alone what flavor each individual one is.

From the top left, clockwise: Purple Potato, Red Bean, Strawberry, Black Chocolate, Sakura, Peach.

So far I've only tried the Sakura and Black Chocolate flavors, and I particularly enjoyed the latter, with it's semi-sweet dark chocolate interior going very well with the chewy, soft exterior. When put inside the fridge for a while, it would taste rather like mochi icecream.

At $2.50 for the normal flavors (Purple Potato, Red Bean, Strawberry & Peach) and $2.80 for the special flavors (Black Chocolate & Sakura), this isn't cheap, but it made a delicious sweet end to our dinner anyway.

Tomoe Japanese Cuisine (Upper Thomson)

I met my sister for lunch today after school ended. As always we couldn't agree on a place to eat at - she wanted something light, I was in the mood for more flavour. Eventually we decided to meet at Upper Thomson, a place close to our home. There was a mix up and slight confusion over where we were eating at - I thought we were going to La Petit Cuisine, she assumed we were eating at this Japanese restaurant we've been to before. Since she reached first, she went ahead and got us a seat, and thats how we ended up eating at Tomoe Japanese Cuisine.

There surprisingly isn't much Japanese options in Upper Thomson, while there are tons of Ice-cream shops around there. Off the top of my head, Tomoe is the only place which serves Japanese cuisine in that area. While the food isn't anything spectacular, it serves relatively cheap and 'bang-for-your-buck' set lunches.

Everything with Fries (Holland Village)

My sister is amazed that I eat alone sometimes. Why not? If it was a must for me to find company everytime I eat something outside, I would have missed out on many a good meal. Last Thursday was a good example, as my school would start at 3.30pm and I needed lunch beforehand. Holland Village is near my school, so I headed there for lunch by myself.

Many times I have been to Everything with Fries only to be informed that they have run out of their Chargrilled Char Siew ($15.90). Eventually I got curious about how it tasted like, and it happened that on my recent visit there, it was available. All main dishes came with a choice of Fries (I chose Shoestring) and a flavor (Curry is my choice everytime, amongst others like Original and Sour Cream & Onion), as well as Caesar Salad. They were still having their National Day promotion, which was the option of adding an Iced Lemon Tea and Chilli Crab Soup to a main dish for $4.70. I opted for the add on mainly because I was curious as to how the latter tasted like.

The soup and drink arrived quickly. I was impressed by the Chilli Crab Soup, for it had a robust flavor and tasted very similar to the gravy in Chilli Crab dishes. 'Fake' crab sticks were chopped up and sprinkled on top the soup, and provided a nice bite in the warm and hearty soup. I finished every drop. It was a pity that the cubes of bread provided at the side were a little burnt, for I don't take to the charred flavor of bread.

La Petit Cuisine (Upper Thomson)

Before my trip, I had dinner with my secondary school friends at La Petit Cuisine located at Upper Thomson. This restaurant is hard to miss, being located very near the bus stop. I've previously been here before with my mother and sister, and I really liked the food - delicious and relatively cheap to boot, for French cuisine.

This time, I ordered the Fillet of Chicken in a cream sauce with Cepes & Butter Rice ($13). I only discovered after ordering that one could replace the rice with fries (but at a small cost). I tried some of my friend's fries and it went absolutely well with the creamy and cheesy sauce. That is not to say that I found fault with the rice - it boasted of flavor and reminded me a little of chicken rice. The chicken was tender and juicy, and while I'm personally not a big fan of mushrooms, the cepes elevated the flavor of what would be just plain creaminess.

I'm looking forward to going back to La Petit Cuisine to try more of what they have to offer.

Onboard Scoot Airlines from Singapore to Gold Coast (and back)

I've recently came back from Australia about a week or so ago. This trip came about solely because of SIA's new budget carrier Scoot which offered real cheap prices to Aussieland. My friends and I paid about SGD$480 for a return trip (FlyBag there and FlyBagEat back).

The journey there was a night flight, so I did nothing but go to the toilet and sleep throughout the flight. I sat on a normal seat for both flights, and managed to get a few winks of sleep on my way there thanks to me bringing my Etihad (heh) flight blanket and pillow onboard, and the sleep eye mask my mom passed to me. So all in all it was a pretty tolerable flight, but I was the one who probably got the most sleep out of my travel companions. Guys might be more comfortable booking a larger seat/one with more leg space though. I flew back sitting next to my male friend and he was noticeably restless throughout the journey.

I didn't bother ordering any food on my way there, since all I wanted to do was sleep, but I did get tempted by the smells wafting from the Nasi Briyani being served. On my way back, since I had booked a meal pre-flight, I chose the Soya Sauce Chicken with Rice, which was served as a set meal together with a drink of my choice (I chose Evian) and a fruit cup. The food was pretty decent and I enjoyed it, albeit the fruit cup's syrup reminded me a little of cough syrup. There were 4 hot meals available during the time of my flight (Nasi Briyani, Soya Sauce Chicken, Chicken Stew & Beef Lasagna), each one cost $10 if purchased on the flight, and the set meal cost $16 onboard.

The 'normal' seats. You can see a glimpse of yellow seats at the side of the pic, those were the bigger seats available. 

Thoughts about this new blog

After getting my new iPhone 4S at the start of the year, I've been constantly taking photos of food that I've had the pleasure (or not) of eating. At the risk of uploading all of them on Facebook and having people think I'm a glutton, or naming me a 'food guru' (I seriously hate that), I've decided to create a blog so that I can see my breakfasts, lunches and dinners staring at me from my computer screen, and where I can give my thoughts about them.

We'll see how long this lasts. My blogs never last long.