Kiseki Buffet - Orchard Central

Ever since I started working, I miss my "carefree" days in uni where I can go for set lunches or shopping during non-peak hours! 

Grr have to face reality if I need income to feed myself.

Anyway, I took a day of leave and we headed to Kiseki for the cheap?affordable? buffet! The ? are there because it is subjective haha.

It cost less than $50 for 2 pax, and my bf went out with a full stomach. For me, I wasn't really full but I just don't feel like eating anymore.

Please reserve before you go!
Can you imagine how long the queue is? And this is the queue for those who reserved seats, and hello? It's a Monday morning!
We queued up at around 1130, the opening hour of Kiseki.

Some of the food I took hehe

Obviously I didn't take EVERYTHING.
It was embarrassing carrying around the bulky DSLR and shooting food while people were rushing to get the food. Oops

Seriously, if you're not a big eater like me, buffet is just not worth it for us.
But, with the price of this at less than $25 per pax, I think it's worth a try?
I don't think the food was delicious tbh. None of the food wows me, but well, it's ok for the price lor.

I read reviews that they had crabs sticks but I saw none....
I love crabs, and if they had it, it'll prob make the $25 meal more worth hehe

The Basil Inn - Downtown East

I'm not sure why I'm loving thai food so much now.
I can't eat much spicy food, but eating thai food makes me exclaim, "Shiok ah!"

We came to Downtown East and were wondering what we could dine for dinner.
It was between Just Acia or The Basil Inn.
Well, the latter won because we've walked all the way in and I was quite hungry.

We were deciding on whether to get a few dishes with rice, or to get 2 mains.
In the end, I was tempted by the minced pork with basil rice.
This was similar to what bf dapao-ed for his sister at Nakhon Kitchen

However, I can't say much for the taste.
While the minced pork was spicy, I felt that the rice was not as good as what I had in Nakhon.
The whole dish pales in comparison. It was decent, though not as good.

The phad thai was disappointing.

The noodles were dry and rather tasteless. 

It was very unimpressive.

Another downside was its ultra slow service.
I was waiting for our Lemongrass drink because the minced pork rice left my lips and tongue kinda numb, but nobody gave us our drink.
We enquired with a staff and she said it's coming soon.
After quite some wait, my bf just decided to walk to the counter and ask for our drinks.

Judging from the speed of service for the other tables, I was kinda relieved that we ordered 2 mains which came faster.
The other customers seemed pissed at their slow service.

All in all, I still prefer my thai food in Nakhon :)

1 Pasir Ris CloseSingapore519599

Group Therapy Cafe @ Duxton

This is my first visit to Group Therapy after seeing so many instagram photos on it.

You know, I always know of new cafes through instagram. So to cafe owners out there, please make use of instagram to publicise! Haha

Anyway, we got a seat really quickly since there was only 2 of us. Again, it was a rainy morning and it kinda made me sleepy.

The cafe was dimly lit as well.

My first order was the Pecan Pie, which I'm not a fan of.

That said, the pecans are generous and if you're a fan, you should try it.

The main was the poached egg with smoked salmon.
DAMN this has gotta be one of the best I've eaten!
I absolutely love the sauce and the poached egg was done really well.
The whole dish was just heavenly. I think it costs $15?

Total bill for the 2 dishes costs around $22.
Average cafe prices la huh. But if you havent been here, I would recommend you to make your way over.
Rmb to order the poached egg :) I hope you'll enjoy like I did!

#02-01, 49 Duxton Hill

Nakhon Kitchen - Affordable Thai Food

I'm here to share my find again.

This time, it is an affordable Thai restaurant that serves delicious food.

There are no GST and service charge! How awesome!

We came here on a rainy day for dinner and there was already a queue.

Thank god we were able to find seats easily for 2 people. I think we only waited around 10 15 mins which was bearable.

First up was the Tom Yum Clear  Seafood soup. I had people recommending the clear instead of milky one.

No idea why, but when people recommend it, just try!

The clear soup was damn hot and spicy. I couldn't stomach drinking it!

Even eating the fish in the soup was spicy for me (omg, I'm salivating as I type)

Next up is the minced pork with basil leaves. Not that spicy but it was really good to eat with rice!

Third up was the asparagus with wild mushroom. Love that the asparagus was cook just nice, not too stiff, not too soft. It was great eating it with rice as well.

Last up was the Thai Red Ruby, which helped to quench my thirst. The red ruby came in generous amount. The ice is not those Taiwanese shaved ice though, it is thick and crunchy, not those that melts into your mouth. I think I prefer the kind that melts in my mouth, oh well.

The above dishes costs us around $30 for 2 pax.

Not expensive, and I really enjoyed my meal.

As for the location, well, thankfully I had chauffeur hehe

Blk 136 Bedok North Ave 3, #01-166 Singapore 460136

Growing old (up). Being lost at twenty-x

Chanced upon a poly girl's blog who is prob 18years old.
Read through some of her posts and I realised that I used to write those things when I was young(er).

When I was 18, things I wrote about were in relation to love, studies and friendships.
Like, emo quotes about crush, bgr; feeling tired from the expectations of good grades, feeling exhausted about school, A levels, uni, projects, work; unhappy about friendships, angst about what "friends" say and whats not.

I'm all of 24. Thinking back, I'm amused at my(young)self.
5 years ago, I was a girl. 5 years later, I still have the heart, mind and soul of a girl, but people see me as a lady.
(Side topic, in the past, people mistook me as a sec school or JC kid when I had past that stage. Recently, when I went for courses, a few people were shocked that I was a fresh graduate. And a few even thought I was married with kids. FML.)

Conversations with friends have changed as well.
We used to giggle and talk about boys, about our future dreams, about our dreams to become a taitai?
Now, the conversations revolve around, "when are you getting married?", "how are you with your bf? BTO already?.
I don't know if I'm ready to grow old. Writing this makes me feel like I'm really childish, I'm sorry, but I feel like I'm not as responsible as I should be?
I feel like I'm sometimes not as mature as I should be?
There are so many things waiting for me to handle once I enter the next stage of life - that is getting married.
There're so many question marks and I don't think I'm prepared to handle them.
Perhaps I've grown up to be rather sheltered. My reliance on my parents made me rather dependent on others.

Just some random reflections.
I'll leave these quotes to do the talking.

The friends you left behind in high school that you vowed to keep touch with are starting to fade away as trips home get shorter and fewer and further between.  

I'm so scared of getting older. I'm only good at being young.