Yummy Adventures

When my friends asked me what I’d like to do for my birthday, my answer was simple.

I wanted a luxurious dimsum buffet lunch, and gobble xiao long bao ( steamed dumplings with soup stock inside ). Yes, I am the xiao long bao monster. I love dimsum, and it would be heaven on earth if I could just indulge in such for a day!

I was looking at Cherry Garden because I was told that dimsum buffet there was heaven, and my friends wanted to surprise me with lunch on my birthday. I didn’t even hear my friend mention the place we were going to, to the cab driver. I was guessing Marina Mandarin’s Peach Blossoms as a close second choice of mine, and when I saw that the cab was approaching Marina Mandarin, I rejoiced, ” I knew it! Peach Blossoms at Marina Mandarin!” I think my friends really wanted to surprise me, so they purposely steered away from Cherry Garden. Haha! I’m so not complaining!

Marina Mandarin’s stunning interiors. Simply a must-go if you seek to wine and dine someone there, or just stay in style!

Marina Mandarin is one of the most beautiful hotels in Singapore. The first time I went there, was with my best bud, who stayed in Meritus Mandarin, and because Meritus was under rennovation, including the pool, they provided free shuttle or reimbursable cab fares to Marina Mandarin to be able to swim in their pool. Marina Mandarin’s pool is Singapore’s first chlorine-less swimming pool, and it’s just amazing. I got up from the pool not smelling like chlorine, and the feeling was very nice. No chlorine. Wow.

enter the dragon!!!! oh, I mean Peach Blossoms!

Anyway, Peach Blossoms in Marina Mandarin is reputed to be one of the best dimsum places in Singapore. They have a dimsum lunch buffet that is around 30 sgd ++/pax. Well, I can’t say more ( of course, my usual commentaries, ) but let the pictures do the talking, for now!

Dimsum everywhere. I can get used to this! ooh heaven is a place on Earth! hahaha!

the most delicious ha kaw ( har gao, as Singaporeans call it ) I’ve ever tried in my lifetime ( no kidding ). Very sticky wrapper, with really fresh prawn that it tastes very very succulent!

Siomai ( siew mai ). Simple, tasty, very juicy, but I’m afraid this was overshadowed by the hakaw ( har gao ). Haha!

Xiao Long Bao. My favorite, and most anticipated eat for my birthday. What’s very distinct about Peach Blossoms’ Xiao Long Bao is the soup stock. It’s tastier as compared to xlb’s served in other resto’s. I love it! Delicious!

Dessert. My vote still goes to my home country, Philippines with having the best tasting mangoes on Earth, but the mango pudding and mango sago served in Peach Blossoms were outstanding, in Singaporean standards.

Overall, my friends and I were majorly stuffed after this binge eating spree of ours. What can I say? I was a very, very, very happy birthday girl that day. I got to eat dimsum, with the company of friends who are equally in love with food, as well!

Bliss to my soul, that’s what this is!

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