*dimsumdolly* - the different morsels of the life of a foodie

Busy

I've been too busy at work. So much so that I can hardly find any time to write! And that's not good.

Over the weekend, I indulged in shopping and chocolate. Both wonderful things to indulge in. Out on a Friday night at Paragon, I was browsing the shops and ended up buying another top--a purplish-pink sleeveless one with a white phoenix print in front. I like it a lot. :)

Then my friend finally arrived at 8pm, and both of us settled into a small table at Akashi at Paragon's basement. Before serving the food, the waitress brought us steaming hot towels for us to wipe our hands. I just love restaurants that have this service. It feels so nice and fresh!

We had the deep-fried soft shell crab which was nice. Crispy, not tttooo oily, and it came with a nice dip that tasted a bit like fish sauce. I had the oyako-don set. Lots of chicken and eggs covering the rice soaked in a tasty broth. It was like having Japanese risotto. I liked it, even though some others might find it too watery. Service there was also prompt and friendly.

Then, because we were so stuffed, we walked over to Taka to do some "exercise". What else but thronging the shops lah??? But the only thing I ended up buying was a box of bitter chocolate from Royce at the Taka basement. Yummy. After that, feeling the need for some dessert, we walked over to Lido to have some gelato at gelatissimo. Oh, this brought back fond memories of Sydney! I used to patronise gelatissimo quite a lot!

Saturday night, I bought a chocolate cake from awfully chocolate to try. I had heard a lot about this cake shop and so decided to give it a try. There are three flavours--plain chocolate, banana & chocolate, rum & cherry & chocoate. A 500g cake goes for $21, $23 and $28 respectively.

I wasn't tttooooo impressed with it though. The chocolate sponge cake with fudge topping tasted exactly like the one from Lana Cake. Honestly, I wouldn't be able to tell the difference had it been a blind tasting. I guess it's just another option if you can't get your hands on Lana Cake (say if you're a die-hard fan) as you usually have to make advance orders and moreover, the Lana Cake shop only opens on certain days.

On Sunday, there was a small celebration at Tanjong Beach for a couple in the club I paddle with who just got married. They had catered some food which was placed under a pavilion and it was a nice and relaxing time for everyone to hang out at the beach to bask in the couple's joy. There's always a good reason to go to the beach!!!

Anyways, apart from that, life is a bit of a bore. No interesting or hot men. Somebody set me up or ask me out already! This is getting boring. I need some fodder for writing you know! As far as I can see, the only hot men (literally and metaphorically) around at the moment are the ones running around the pitch in the stadiums of the 12 German cities hosting the World Cup.

And it doesn't help that I'm having a breakout on my face at the moment! I don't know where all these pimples come from!!! Argh.

But ok, at least something to look forward to this weekend--dragonboat race at Bedok Reservoir!

Ah well. Back to work.

Posted by DSD at June 28, 2006 10:39 AM