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Yummy Singaporean Adventures : Chinese New Year Dinner at Crystal Jade!

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

In the midst of the Lunar New Year, everyone in Singapore is preparing, cooking food in their homes, preparing steamboat meals, giving away ang-pao ( red gift envelopes with money in them ), and giving mandarin oranges for luck. As for me, I am away from my family, and I thank the Lord so much as I am blessed with wonderful friends from highschool here in Singapore, as I celebrated the Lunar New Year with them, whom I consider my second family.

Of course, these good friends of mine have really keen tastebuds, and decide to dine in only the best Chinese restaurant in Singapore ( in our opinion ) - Crystal Jade. There are so many branches of Crystal Jade here, and the nicest one is located at Holland Road, and there is where we camped in to eat our Chinese New Year’s Eve dinner together. Read the rest of this entry »

Lunch For One

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

There are moments when I just love to self indulge. It’s nice to share a wonderful dinner with someone, but when it’s fated for a solo flight, sometimes, one must give oneself some TLC and have an extra special meal. No need to rush. Please yourself. Celebrating? Sometimes, being alone isn’t so sad after all.

Well, this is my lunch for today. I prepared hot salad. Oh, I miss my sister’s version of this that I just got shrimps, cream, a can of fruit cocktail, and lettuce from the grocery yesterday just to make this.