Archive for the ‘Singaporean’ Category

Singaporean Yummy Adventures : Last Minute Bonding at the East Coast Hawker

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

very yummy duck porridge

Hey guys and girls!

It’s been a month since I’ve returned to Manila for good, and really, the taste of Singaporean food is still haunting me. Amongst my numerous backlogs is an entry about the food at the East Coast Hawker.

As Singapore only has two beaches namely Sentosa and East Coast, East Coast is more of a leisure park that Sinagporeans love to go to to roller skate, ride their bikes, just lounge around and have a picnic, and most of all, enjoy good food.

One of my precious finds in Singapore is Joie, my bestfriend in makeup school. We’re just bout crazy people who love to laugh, joke around, and take life easy, and love good food as well. So when my days in Singapore were nearing an end, she promised to let me experience a gastronomic feast, Singaporean style.
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Singaporean Yummy Adventures : Peach Blossoms at the Marina Mandarin

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

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!
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