Food & Dessert

A friend whom we met through a former neighbour, heads back to France next week. We had him and his girlfriend over for dinner and N pulled out all the stops, cooking up a storm! I made an apple Sharlotka for dessert.

Waffles and Fries!

We are pigs - after dinner at Laksania two weeks ago, Simian, Imp, PlanetofSound and I went to have fries AND waffle with ice cream at the Factory. It was ALL good. The furniture there is assembled by the owners - this table was one that had mortis and tenon joints so Simian was impressed.

I also went with a neighbour to Victoria Wholesale Centre last week - the old place closed down and the new building just doesn't have the same charm. Also, half the tenants decided not to move so the place is much smaller. One of the tenants we spoke to said they had to sign thirty year leases so the older tenants decided to call it a day. My favourite shop was still there - the lady in the shop remembered me. Business is apparently worse as they don't have any walk in traffic.

Beer, Rowing and Coffee

A good friend, J, whom I used to work with, came into town two weeks ago. We saw them for dinner and caught up over local food.

We also saw PlanetofSound and Imp last weekend when we trooped off to the Longboard Shop and a Book Sale at the Singapore Expo. We were all quite restrained and only bought a few things.

Simian and I went to Lam Teo Coffee Powder last week and Simian loved the beans we got there.  I've driven and walked by it and told Simian we needed to go see if the beans were good. We will definitely be heading back.

We also went to 99 Bottles today - I was googling something Imp told me about and found this shop. We did get a few beers but the selection was a little smaller than I was expecting.

The haze is back with a vengence. I decided I needed to try some exercise indoors for the days when running outside may prove to be unfeasible so Simian took me rowing at a gym. I normally hate gyms with a vengence because I am lazy. I just want to open the door and exercise - having to actually get there seems unnecessarily complicated. Also, I don't like threadmills but the rowing machine was pretty good. Simian said I did well for someone who had never used one before. I was doing well till the last 8 minutes then I just held in there for dear life!