Affection

The sisters love each other. Even though they fight over toys, even though they love to annoy the other, even though Kerri will hit Kae for no reason, even though Kae will snatch things away from Kerri when she knows that will make Kerri cry, they still love each other.

Recently, when they are both in a good mood, they love to hug each other. It's their new thing.

Day of Ds

Dar took a day off from work today.

We took the chance to head to Dean and Deluca for lunch. This was our first time there since it opened at Orchard Central in June 2012.

We were there just before 12pm. And there wasn't a crowd. Even at 1pm, the place was not crowded, maybe just 50% full. Has the hype died down? Or is the place only crowded during dinner time?

Their coffee is not too bad, just the everyday average tasting latte, which cannot go wrong.

What I really liked was their brunch items.

Their pancakes were great according to dar. And they really looked damn yummy! High calorie alert!

And I had their American breakfast I think. The portion was huge for the price. And it was one of the tastier ones I've had so far. Thumbs up!

After lunch, we walked around, and finally headed to our next destination The Cathay, for the highly anticipated movie, The Dark Knight Rises.

We decided to watch at Cathay's Platinum Movie Suites (which is the equivalent to Golden Village's Gold Class) since we do not get to watch movies that often nowadays.

The movie kicked ass! Love that show! And I actually prefer the Platinum Suites to Gold Class. Go try it out!

Dean and Deluca

Add: 181 Orchard Road, #04-23/24 Orchard Central, Singapore 238896

Tel: 6509 7708

https://www.facebook.com/DeanDelucaSG

Private Affairs

Aud, Ked and I headed down to Private Affairs for lunch today.

It was quite difficult to find the place as they do not have a door at the shopfront. Just note that it is next to No Menu.

Maybe I went with an empty stomach and with high expectations. The food was just average to me. My Striploin was seriously below average. Another slice of meat not defrost properly.

I am not sure if their pasta and codfish were of standard, since the girls didn't go gaga over their mains.

Their saving grace was their foie gras and their chocolate cake with ice cream.

I don't think I will head there for lunch again. But maybe just for their foie gras!

Private Affairs

Add: 25 Boon Tat Street Singapore 069622

Tel: 6220 2005

http://www.privateaffairs.com.sg/

Paradise Dynasty

This was my second time at Paradise Dynasty. Only because it's almost impossible to get a table for dinner because the dinner waiting queue is always too long. So I decided to pop by one day for a late lunch.

I had their 炸酱面, which I recently had a thing for. Their version is the same as Imperial Treasure which is noodles in a spicy gravy. I prefer the version from Din Tai Fung actually, which is not spicy, and the gravy is not very thick.

And of course I had to order their Signature Dynasty Xiaolongbao to try!

The 8 flavors are original, garlic, ginseng, foie gras, black truffle, cheese, crab roe and szechuan. My favorite flavors are the foie gras, black truffle and crab roe ones. I think their Xiaolongbaos are good only in terms of the different flavors. Otherwise, I think the best Xiaolongbaos in Singapore are the ones from Imperial Treasure.

Paradise Dynasty

Add: 2 Orchard Turn, #04-12A Ion Orchard, Singapore 238801

Tel: 6509 9118

http://paradisegroup.com.sg/dynasty/

许俊盛-隆记

We went to 许俊盛-隆记 for dinner with my in-laws.

They serve Teochew food meant to be taken with porridge. And since we ate rice instead of porridge, the dishes somewhat tasted a tad salty. But still, I find their food delicious. And quite reasonably priced too. We ordered a total of 7 dishes plus 1 dessert for 4 adults, the bill came up to slight less than $100.

My favorite food has to be the clams and yam paste!

许俊盛-隆记

Add: 121 Joo Chiat Road, Singapore 427410

Tel: 6348 0973

Facebook link here