His bday - Ochre Restaurant

Brought him for Eat-All-You-Can pizza / pasta Lunch @ Ochre Restaurant which is located at Orchard Central Level 11.. the place has nice ambience.. and we were brought to one corner where we were alone.. hmm.. was thinkg izzit cos they noe is bday celebration when i mk reservation? haha..but nth special happened la..

the menu for this lunch was quite limited.. but the portion is like one person share..and no small portion available..tooo bad, else can try all on the menu.. =X

together, we ordered 4 pasta and 1 pizza.. haa.. and last us til supper time.. power~

Ordered ...


1) Penne Mushroom, Gorgonzola.. nice.. can try nxt time again


2) Spaghetti Aglio Olio.. nice.. but nt spicy enuff for him.. BUT gd enuff for me!


3) Prosciutto (Tomato, Parma Ham, Wild Rocket & Mozzarella).. thin crust..nice.. thou nt tasty enuff if ur bites exclude ham.. missed wild rocket.. finally ate tat..~ think the pizza has ard 9 inches ba? hmmm


4) Linguine Seafood, White Wine Sauce.. 1st time see linguine with a bit thickness.. fresh seafood and juicy small mussels..


5) Spaghetti with Mussel & Zucchini, Tomato Cream Sauce.. hmm.. 1st time eating with Tomato Cream sauce..doesnt really taste nice..maybe is the cream..stil prefer original tomato sauce type..


Do go try while offer lasts!

His bday - Live@Teppan

Fri was his chinese bday.. went Live@Teppan at West Coast Plaza for dinner.. i purchased 2 vouchers from bigdeal.sg.. and also our first try in this restaurant..

last wk we went to peep the place.. was empty.. nvr expect is almost full for this wk~ heng i mk reservation.. bigdeal.sg offers the meal choice..

Meal Includes
Choice of Meat:
Sliced Beef or Pork with Egg
Hamburger Beef or Pork with Egg
Chicken
+
Salmon
Prawn
Squid
Beansprout
Miso Soup
Japanese Rice

Top Up Option :
Upgrade meat to Tenderloin worth $19.90 (price for meat, not set)  at only $4
add Teppanyaki Dessert (Berry Crepes or Pancake with ice-cream) worth $5.9 at only $2.5

so we ordered one set to be upgraded to tenderloin and one set of hamburger beef + pancake with ice-cream..



requested to sit at the teppan table..so tat can watch them cooking..waa.. my 1st time really look at them cooking..really cool experience.. esp when they cook lobster! waa.. they closed the light and tot wat happened.. and they added oil and wine? and burnt into flames~.. woo.. was so hot til hv to move backwards.. and they will perform some actions when cooking too..

Food was yummy and the portion juz nice.. nt tat full.. thou the squid + prawn portion was abit too little for us.. hmm.. the tenderloin cubes are nice! gt the burnt smell.. shiok..

and the lobster.. maybe can try nxt tm.. if cheap.. =P

China 2010 - Day 10

10th day 7 Nov Sun
Zhang Jia Jie to Shanghai Pudong to Singapore

tking 8am flight to Shanghai.. which means.. ard 6am muz set off!~ wah.. earliest time of the trip is the last day.. all of us are early today..and b4 6am, we on our way le..so many pple in Domestic airport..and our departure gate has changed 3 times.. pengz.. heng is at the same area.. and was bit delayed.. still hv to tk one bus to reach the plane..settled down in plane..and guessed wat~ plane was unable to fly cos of foggy weather..so hv to wait for instruction~ siann..but is okie..lots of time to spend as our next flight from Shanghai to Singapore is 345pm~!! so all waitg in plane, had our brkfast in non-moving plane..


1st experience also.. haa.. and finally 2hrs gone and is ready to fly~~.. wah.. default 6hrs landover has reduced to 4hrs.. also nt bad.. haha.. helped us spend the time.. as our 1st day has already explored the whole Domestic Airport..we decided to check in and have our lunch inside International Airport.. More restuarants inside.. and settled outside for lunch at one Sunrise Bar & Snack.. ordered Braised Duck Leg Rice and Curry Beef Rice at 30rmb each.. yums.. it was nice!~


and heard pple keep saying they saw 林志炫.. and think he was at the same resturant.. haha..go peep him and only manage to see his back and bit of side face.. no chance to see his face.. went walk walk and went to gate and rest til fly~ the flight back is bad.. thou have a nice view of sunset..BUT...



suffocating and hot.. haiz..v bad.. at least..home sweet home..

China 2010 - Day 9

9th day 6 Nov Sat
磁器口 / 大礼堂 / 博物院 / 解放碑步行街

today is a boring relaxing day.will b touring ard Chong Qing..morn wakie early go dwn walk walk, see their morning life..sat morn still so many pple and lots of stalls open for brkfast. and happily dad saw 2 of 'his' stalls over there.. haa..



1st stop for today is Ci Qi Kou 磁器口.. is like Taipei Jiu Fen..but here has more shops..10plus already so crowded.terrible.


they sell their local speciality Ma Hua 麻花 and their fav mutton satay.. eee, the smell is strong..


shop til 12noon..went for lunch n go visit 重庆人民大礼堂 and Three Gorge Museum le..think a bit boring.haa.walk for 2 hrs.. thats it..



den to Jie Fan Bei 解放碑步行街.. is a shopping district..damn crowded place..


shopping all ard but nth suitable as they have start selling winter wear..too bad cnt wear in sg.. another sian thing is i cnt go ladies storey walk walk as i am walkg together with 3 uncles.haiz.haa.


went their food street to grab some food.. ordered one Red Bean Ice Kacang 4rmb and one uncle ordered n a bowl of snow fungus soup 3rmb and shared among us..



finally had our last dinner


n bk hotel..went Parkson Shopping Mall which is located juz next to hotel..once again nth to shop.. went their supermarket instead. like to go other countries' supermarket.. haa.. bought cheap Minute Maid orange juice n my afternoon tea n instant noodles again.haa.last nite in here liao.HSH tml~

China 2010 - Day 8

8th day 5 Nov Fri
万盛石林

will b leaving the cruise tis morn..8am set off.wah 重庆 damn foggy..n COLD..heard from our 重庆 tour guide, he said today considered gd weather as last few days have been raining and is a normal scene to see foggy weather..


重庆 ChongQing is foggy in morn, bright in afternoon, cold at nite.. and realised their traffic like no rule one.. damn anyhw..scary.they hv 3 colours representation: grey cos of cloud,yellow cos of cab colour as yellow has higher vision in haze.n no yellow priavte car is sold in there.so as long as see yellow car,tts cab.last colour forgotten..hee.. n the reason they eat ma la steamboat is to prevent them from hving Rheumatism cos the city too foggy n v humid..

1st attraction is 万盛石林 and climbing steps again!! tired n pray nth happn to my juz-recovered leg muscle..


spent 4hrs plus in there, including lunch..


really lots of climbing and tink tis walk is ard 12km..haa.. we always the last grp to walk as we keep tking photos and the rest hv to wait for us..haiz.. mking us to rush..






found out actually theres one thing called automatic mahjong table.. really cool.. juz shift all the tiles to the centre..and it will auto mixed and arranged in 4 sets of tiles.. cool~ but ex la..


after tt went bk bus n heading towards city area..


reach there ard 5plus le.n some of pple went for body massage and lasted for 90mins in a cost of sgd$20..but i din go.. and so those pple who nt interested juz wait outside for 90mins to pass..damn waste time and tour guide din ask us to go walk walk also..anyway lazy go walk walk cos forgot to bring my thick jacket again..cold~ its 7pm liao.. worse is the driver went wrong direction n dinner time delayed again..damn hungry n some dishes were cold..sux.. nt appetite.. duno y weather so cold.. bk hotel at near 9pm and no mood go walk walk le...feel like gng hm..haa..zzzz..tired..anyway, nice hotel room~

China 2010 - Day 7

7th day 4 Nov Thurs
丰都鬼城 / 重庆

as usual brkfast at 7 n 815am set off to 丰都鬼城 is like SG's Har Par Villa..spent 20 bucks to tk cable up..else hv to walk 600stairs~ nw see staircases feel scary.haa.but nw leg gt strength le..nt pain anymore.. yeah..~



hmm.. this attraction has nth much to see.. only exciting part is the cable car, cos will not be sitting in an enclosed cable car, but is juz a opened cable car with your legs hanging outside~ .. cool~ but at least the distance from leg to bottom nt v high..


saw many roadstalls selling braised pig.all parts of pig really v gd for biZ. whole head,ear,tongue,tail,stomach,meat.. yums..


hee.after tt bk to ship n rot all the way til lunch at 12..


den hv documentary show on 大坝.wah once again, i cnt mk it.fell aslp after 10mins of watching.. haa.. is interesting la but eyes nt steady enuff.. went bk room alone to zz instead.. glad to see sunset for this trip. .but only last awhile.cos mountain too high thus block the sun n causes no reflection on water..



6pm has farewell dinner by Captain..


tonite will be reaching at Chong Qing 重庆.. wah really is a city of lights..like no need money to decorate their building.everywhere lights.but nice to view from ship..



830pm has farewell sing dance show for visitors.. n so sway i kana asked to go play game.those muscial chair but muz collect item b4 rush to get chair.still ok cos v few ppl n nt dancing or wat.n i lost in the last stage.wat i gt?a map of Yangtze River.haa.den tats all for tonite liao..last nite spending in ship and tml travel in Chong Qing le.

China 2010 - Day 6

6th day 3 Nov Wed
巫峡 / 小三峡 / 小小三峡 / 瞿塘峡

wakie at same time.. today weather is gd! finally see sun~ get rid of the foggy weather~ cool~ but stil cold~ ard 715am, the ship reached the 2nd gorge 巫峡.


bk to hotel for brkfast den ready for offshore trip again at 830am..



this visit will b gng for 小三峡.. heng sun came out else the trip will be wasted..took one small boat to tour 小三峡 for ard 1.5 hr plus.



den nxt chg to smaller boat to tour 小小三峡 for ard 45mins.. haa.. actually duno wat to see.. juz enjoy the mountain, see which mountain resemble who, and enjoy the cold breeze~ on the smaller boat, din really take lots of pics.. too crowded and cnt really move much.. only get to see coffin on the cliff..


after tat back to the small boat and 1.5hrs journey back to our ship.. reached ard 115pm.damn hungry liao.. din expect this cruise trip has the best meals throughout.. haa.. still tot it wun suit our taste..

afternoon journey will be spent n rot in boat liao..cruise passed the 3rd gorge Qu Tang Gorge 瞿塘峡.. this gorge distance is a short one..and also the backgrd scenery of RMB$10.. hee..



tired til zz while waitg for dinner time 630pm.. tonite, the boat will be travelling throughout..entertainment given for tonite is KTV session, but u stil hv to pay 10rmb to sing a song! so ex~ no wonder no one sings except us.. haa..so tonite will hv my 1st time zz with bit rocky feel..hee..one more nite left in cruise. . and heng today leg feel much better.