Category: Lifestyle & Family

Food, fashion, travel, holidays

Valentine’s At Cappadocia Cafe Restaurant

February 15, 2009February 17, 2009  |  Lifestyle & Family  |  There aren’t many Turkish restaurants in Singapore. Cappadocia is one of those few. My wife and I have been patronizing the restaurant for some years and we love the food. So we thought we’d have our ...

Hotel Ibis Singapore Review – The $1 Room

February 13, 2009March 8, 2009  |  Lifestyle & Family  |  Yup, I’ve checked in. The deal at paywhatyouwant.com.sg is for real of course. It’s a spanking new hotel, so new that not everything is quite ready yet. It’s clean, neat, and modern. There’s nothing grand ...

Dressed Up All Ready For School

February 12, 2009May 12, 2014  |  Lifestyle & Family  |  Yes, on a Sunday morning, Vanessa woke up early, had her bath, dressed up nicely, and even already had her socks put on. She’s all ready to go. Just waiting for her Daddy to wake up from his slumber (I like to sleep late on ...

Papa’s Favourite Snack

February 12, 2009December 24, 2011  |  Lifestyle & Family  |  Here’s Vanessa taking good care of Papa’s favourite Arnott’s Barbeque Shapes. They’re nice savoury biscuits peppered with colourful salty bitsy things. Perfect to snack on. The “bad” thing ...

Galbiati Gourmet Deli

February 9, 2009September 28, 2014  |  Lifestyle & Family  |  When the food is good, you’d find yourself back at the same restaurant again. When it is so good, you might even find yourself ordering exactly the same thing again. That’s just about what we did. We were back at ...

$1 For A Night

February 7, 2009May 19, 2016  |  Lifestyle & Family  |  I originally put in a bid for $10 a night. I got it. In fact, it turned out that the bid was way higher than necessary. I was annoyed that my colleagues secured their one night with $8 and $1 bids. So, I went for another round ...

Cafe 211 Charm

February 7, 2009May 26, 2016  |  Lifestyle & Family  |  This is the Linguine Vongole from Cafe 211, located at the rooftop of Holland Village Shopping Centre. It’s a rustic old place that seems to have stood still in time. It was really stood still in time. Very nice rooftop ...

Emperor Q by Ministry of Food

February 4, 2009February 17, 2009  |  Lifestyle & Family  |  Ministry of Food is quite an interesting name for a restaurant, kind of like the Ministry of Sound. They’ve just opened a new branch at West Coast Plaza under the name of Emperor Q, and it serves mainly an assortment of ...

CNY Lunch at NUSS Guild House

February 3, 2009February 17, 2009  |  Lifestyle & Family  |  Every year, my office organizes a Chinese New Year lunch. This year, we went to the NUSS Guild House which has a brand new building on campus. The food is from The Scholar’s Chinese restaurant, one of the F&B outlets in ...

Jacket For $20

February 1, 2009February 25, 2009  |  Lifestyle & Family  |  Fancy a jacket for $20? It’s a casual jacket I got from a Samuel & Kevin sale during my Lunar New Year shopping spree. Nothing terribly spectacular about it, but for $20, it’s still a bargain. In fact, I found ...