Good Food

I've been dreaming of Chinese food the past few days.  Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful that we have food during this really difficult time, I'm grateful that we have free food at work.  It's just that this kind of weather makes me think of warm soup and warm dishes. 

Apart from Tim Ho Wan, we ate at two other popular Chinese restaurants.  Din Tai Fung is one of my favorites so a quick stop there is always in order and we've always been lucky cause we've never had to wait long to be seated.

Xiao Long Bao, Crispy Prawn Pancakes, Beef Soup, Steamed Pork Buns and a perfectly cooked cup of white rice and we're good. 

Em-J's absolute favorite restaurant would have to be  Soup Restaurant.  I, on the other hand, prefer other restaurants.  I hate that there's always a long queue at any branch at any time of the day and I'm particularly not a fan of their overpriced meals.  It's not to say that it's not good, I actually love their soups, I'm just not a fan.

Anyway, we had their special National Day Celebration Set (S$69++ which roughly amounted to S$100 because of the moist towelettes that we didn't get to use, boiled peanuts and tea)

Ginger Chicken

Double boiled Cordyceps Flower with Chicken Soup

Poached Baby Spinach with Conpoy in Century and Salted Eggs Stock

Salted Fish Fried Rice

All photos from my phone so forgive the portrait style photos, I, obviously, didn't know better. :)

Din Tai Fung

435 Orchard Road
Level 4 Wisma Atria
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Soup Restaurant

1 Sengkang Square 

03-16/17 Compass Point Shopping Centre

other branches, click here

Gerry's and Sweet Spot

*Photos taken with BB Torch

Last Friday, I went to Starhub at Plaza Singapura to have my iPhone replaced. The home button has been acting up and it has become totally unresponsive by Thursday. I guess it's quite common with iPhones because processing the replacement was fairly hassle free (no questions asked) but wait time is approximately an hour.



I then met up with Em-J and we proceeded to Gerry's. We got there at a little past 8 and too bad that they're out of sisig again. The good thing is they still have a few more dishes available, I settled with the Kare-Kare which was very good especially the bagoong! Yay to Gerry's!

After dinner, Em-J had this bright idea to walk all the way to the newly opened Marina Bay link since it has an MRT station connected to it. Good thing the link is airconditioned because it felt like we were walking forever with no MRT station in sight.



I did chance upon this very spacious Din Tai Fung there, but sadly, I doubt that we'll go all the way to the Link just to eat there when there are several much nearer ones though crowded.



Good thing I have this sweet treats with me so there was something to look forward to after that long trek.

Still on my quest for good macarons, I tried Sweet Spot located at Tower 3 of the Marina Bay Sands hotel. Priced at $2 each, it was pretty affordable. Forget what I said about Bakerzin's macarons, these are way better. There's a burst of flavor after the very first bite. 

Now, there are two more reasons to troop all the way to Marina Bay Sands.