Last 2 days in SG

We went to a local food court for breakfast on my 2nd last day in SG. I was impressed with this machine here that is used to collect your used plates and utensils. It's really good that they have a separate place of halal and non-halal dishes.

Later in the afternoon, we went for lunch with Mum's and Aunt's friends at Imperial Treasure.

Apparently, some of it's franchises are Michelin-starred!

We went to the one in Paragon called Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck. As the name suggests, they serve very good peking duck. Haven't such good Chinese dishes in a long time, other than the other night at Lei Garden.

At night we went over to their house for steamboat dinner.

Dad is very impressed with all the Chinese potteries there.

The 'adults' also enjoyed some good whisky.

Ta-da, the steamboat dinner~!!!

After that, we also enjoyed a durian feast. Never thought that I'd miss the taste of durian~

And  group pic to end the night.

The next day, I had to take a grab early in the morning to Changi Airport.

I checked into a lounge and quickly found myself a nice corner seat, before moving on the grabbing a bowl of laksa noodles. The soup wasn't too strong in terms of flavour, but it does gives a nice kick and is pretty fragrant. This is way better than the ones in Japan, which tastes super mild due to all the extra coconut milk.

Other food in the lounge were not that impressive, my sole target was the laksa! But they do serve some pretty good sandwiches. I took one with pumpkin cream and it was delicious

I had such a fun and enjoyable trip in SG with all the people that I love this time. I can't wait to return to make more wonderful memories.

Meeting my family in SG

Last breakfast at the hotel before I check out.

I have a fragrant pear every morning. I'm not sure it that's the right name for this kind of pear but I really miss this. It's the only fruit that I straight after washing, without cutting it into wedges. Also, you cannot find these kind of pears in Japan.

There's a nice ceiling right in front of the restaurant that I had breakfast and lunch for the past 2 days.

After checking out, I took a grab to an Aunt's place and from there we went out to explore SG. First stop was a Japanese supermarket which sells EVERYTHING from Japan.

After that, we had lunch at a Chinese restaurant with my cousins, nieces and nephews. Huge thanks to cousin RL who treated us to lunch.

After that, we took a grab to Orchard road and shopped around for a bit.

Spotted a Nespresso booth on the street that was offering free coffee. I'm not a coffee drinker but I impressed with the activities they offer there.

While mum was shopping, I went and got myself some macaron. I believe these are blueberry and framboise.

At night, we had dinner at Fukuya Japanese Restaurant in Keppel Club. with mum and aunt's long time friend.

They served very good Japanese food and they have the rolls that I miss!

Besides that, they also served one of the best uni sushi I have had~!!!

I worry about my weight as I've been having so much good food this trip.

Dinner with colleagues at Chijmes

On our last night together in SG, we went for dinner at Lei Garden at Chijmes.

Website: https://www.leigarden.hk/en/menu/

The whole area at Chijmes is really nice and fancy. There is a wedding venue there, a small park and many restaurants surrounding it.

Lol, my colleague capturing an artistic shot for another colleague.

A group picture~

Lei Garden Restaurant is a fancy chinese restaurant with good service and food.

The siu yok was delicious but it's so tiny!

Peking duck was delicious. The crunchy skin was cut out and plated with some leek, rice paper, sauce for us to wrap by ourselves. The remaining meat was made into fried rice.

The steamed razor clam was huge and was served with a very yummy sauce.

We also had the braised pork belly which just melts in your mouth. I like that it came with a small fried mantou for you to dip into the sauce. I wished that it came with two fried mantou.

After dinner, we took a grab to near One Fullerton Hotel.

Went there to get a nice night view of the Marina Bay Sands and the Merlions.

The smaller one vs the bigger one.

Weather was really nice that day and I got some really nice shots.

Spot the full moon~!!!

One last shot to end our last night together in SG.

Food hunting in SG

After checking into my hotel, the first thing I did was to head back out to buy myself lunch before my web meeting later in the afternoon.

I googled and found that there is a chicken rice restaurant in Lucky Plaza called Lucky chicken rice. I bought a pack of grilled chicken rice from there for lunch. 

Having been in Japan for so long, I was craving for good Hainanese chicken rice and this definitely met my requirements. I was happy with the rice, chicken and chilli sauce.

Other than the chicken rice, I also stopped by Tai Cheong Bakery in Takashimaya for their durian tart which I must say does taste like durian. It could also be because I haven't had durian in years, I thought that the fragrant was pretty strong.

Of course, I had to pick up some items from Crystal Jade My Bread too as it was also located in Takashimaya. I feel like I drop by every single time I visit Singapore.

I bought a Char Siew Sou and Char Siew Polobun. I haven't had one in so long~! Even though I was already pretty full with the chicken rice and tart, I finished everything that I bought!

Later in the night, when my colleagues have arrived, we grabbed dinner at a food court in Takashimaya. At first, I thought that we could grab dinner together with Chong but that didn't work out. But that was ok, as Chong came to visit later that night.

Here's Chong enjoying a cup of coffee.

And here's Chong posing with the menu for room service which showed the hotel's famous chicken rice, which by the way is pretty expensive!

Chong was super nice and bought a whole bunch of desserts from Paris Baguette. Loved this place, ever since she brought me there last time.

Chong stayed the night and I had a little accident whereby I forgot my room key card. Tried to call her buy there was no response, so I got another card from the hotel reception. I have to say, the hotel buffet breakfast was disappointing. Nothing tastes good. I'm not sure why, but even my Japanese colleagues found the food bad. So bad that they some of them decided to skip it.

We were lucky that food was served at around 10.30am during the breaks were delicious. So it's ok even if we missed breakfast. But I still have fruits every morning.

We also have buffet lunch at the same restaurant, and lunch was definitely a lot better.

That night, we met up again after work for dinner with Kuan and his wife. We went to the food court called Food Opera at Ion orchard. There I got to try various delicious South East Asia delicacies thanks to Chong who shared the food with me.

First time trying the white vs black raddish cake and it was surprising good. So was the premium laksa.

After 2 main dishes, Chong and I shared another char siu noodle.

And that's not all!!! We got cakes for desserts too!

We got delicious cakes from Awfully chocolate.

Loved how chocolaty they were. I will definitely be back for more!