O'Coffee Club @ Raffles Place

I always look forward to Friday because normally I can leave my workplace early at around 1pm.  Last Friday, I got to make a trip down to Raffles Place to do a bulk purchase of coloured ties for my students preparing for a performance.  The shop "Isrida" is situated at "The Arcade" and they are selling the tie at $5 each, considered one of the cheapest in town already.  :) 

I decided to have my lunch at Coffee Club as most other places were all packed with people. 

Interior of Coffee Club

I chose a cosy corner by myself but later regretted.  As I was not sitting directly under the fan, I felt that the place was a bit warm and stuffy. :(

I skipped breakfast on that day and I ordered lobster bisque baked rice for my carbo cravings.  There wasn't any lobster meat inside but I liked the cheesy baked rice.  It was rather satisfying.

Kungfu Paradise @ Bedok Point

Met up with my usual gang at the newly opened Bedok Point.  Feeling rather nostalgic when I came back to this area as I used to frequent this area when I was young.  I stayed in Bedok for about six years before moving over to Tampines when I was in Primary two.  My secondary school close friends all used to stay in Bedok too.

All these years, this group of friends will use birthdays as an excuse to meet up.  However, as we grow older, we no longer give one another prezzies or buy the birthday gal a birthday cake.  Most importantly, we make an attempt to meet up with one another to catch up and are able to maintain our friendship from secondary school till now.  Our first meet-up of the year was arranged at Bedok Point to make it convenient for everybody, especially for SL, who had just promoted to become a mommy and now staying with her parents' place in Bedok Central.

We decided to try out a new restaurant "Kungfu Paradises" which is also under the umbrella of the Paradise Group.  They offer an extensive array of menu from Chinese Zi Char to Western Steak.  It is something similar to Hong Kong Style Cafe concept as well, with items like Dim Sum/ Nissin instant noodles, peanut toast.  

LJ ordered their seafood hor fun.  The picture in the menu looked better than the actual dish, with lots of eggs.  LJ commented that it was not bad.

I ordered chicken cutlet (fried with breadcrumbs) baked rice in tomato sauce.  The fried chicken cutlet was good but too bad, it was very very salty.

The rest of them all ordered the same dish - Braised Beef Noodles which was served in a huge bowl.  Other than the big bowl, I think it doesn't really look impressive. 

Joyce's son, Enrui had a plate of pasta all by himself.  However, we realized that he only ate the spaghetti and not the chicken meat.  Going vegetarian?

Basically, Bedok Point is like a food mall, with many familiar restaurants like Sushi Tei, Mahatten Fish Market, Popeyes, Pasta Mania etc.  Gong Cha can be found here too but there was no queue when we were there. 

The Bedok Food Centre is within walking distance.  We also ta-bao the famous chwee kueh at the food centre before going back home.  I do miss the hawker food here!

Eighteen Chefs @ Eastpoint Mall

To read more about the concept of this restaurant, you can go to Dr Leslie Tay's blog here for the details.  My first visit to this restaurant about 2 years back was quite a forgettable one.  I also ordered baked rice then but somehow I remember that the baked rice was those soggy type which I didn't like.

Last Wednesday, after facial, I decided to revisit this restaurant.  There is this "mix and match" option for you to choose the sauce and ingredients of the baked rice/ pasta that you want.  I ordered the cheese baked rice with minced meat in red and white sauce.  You will like this if you prefer the cheese to be those very thick and chewy type.  Just by eating the cheese alone, I guessed my stomach would be full.  The baked rice is really nicely baked with a golden brown cheese "crust" on top.

They have promotions for students and nurses.  For me, there is no discount and this cost $8.05 after GST (No service charge)

After meal, I went back into the mall to buy a bubble cup tea from Each-a-Cup :)  Ordered the mango ice blended with pearls.

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Pasta de Waraku (The Heeren)

After Hubby's band performance at Paragon, we went to Pasta de Waraku at The Heeren for dinner. Think it had been quite some time we had been here... Anyway, these were what we ordered.

                                                             Scallops and Chicken Baked Rice


Oysters and Bacon Carabona Spaghetti


Beer, Matcha Ice-cream Soda