EquinoxThe day didn't start off well. I almost wanted to cancel the reservation, but in the end, my family made it for the high tea at Equinox to celebrate my mother's belated birthday.
Our table was at private dining area on the 69th storey. Not that I specially paid extra for it or something, just that they were out of tables at the main area. Might as well, since the lift stopped right outside. If we got the main area, I would have to walk down a flight of steps. Although the buffet was a distance away, I'm not the one doing the walking :P It's just a pity that the table was not right next to the window :\ In a corner of the room was a table with well-behaved children eating quietly. Why, I was pleasantly surprised. Such well-brought up children!
Aha, no pictures of the food. There was main course food like porridge, sushi, which I didn't have much, because I was there to pig out on
desserts :D~~ There was fresh, crispy waffle with MMM~~ ice-cream, wa dunno what brand one! The carbonara pasta was thick and creamy. Nice, but good thing it came in a small serving. The thin-crust pizza was delicious, but hey, I think it's hard to go wrong with pizza :X There's a chocolate fountain, but I only had a strawberry. No point filling myself up with fruits! Not into chocolate fountains at all. It's just chocolate-coated food, which means you eat more of others than the chocolate.
Lots of desserts but unfortunately I neither have their names nor their pictures. Most are tasty. A memorable one was an airy puff soaked in dunno-what (and you can't tell visually that it's soaked) which melted in my mouth. For drinks, there were the usual coffee and tea, Dilmah infusion teas and punch. There's only so much that a 25-yr-old stomach
and entering decline can take. O I found that chamomile tea is excellent for washing away flavours so that I could eat somemore.
O ya, those "well-behaved" children went wild after they filled their stomachs and had nothing to do with their recharged bodies. So the usual running around, screaming and laughing ensued, their parents throwing half-hearted "hey, stop it, sit down" because they were too busy talking. The parents finally did something when one kid started bawling. Ya the usual ending.
The bill which gave me a shock.
What is that Mineral charge that costs a whopping $15?! Water? Their water so expensive ah?
Went to admire the view and took some photos before leaving.
Actually, if my mental sums skills are decent, I would have realized that everything still added up to $35 each. Luckily I didn't make any noise about it. It's not my nature anyway.
Something interesting: There are fruit flies in the restaurant. Neh, the drosophila lor. Very irritating.
After that, I went for a spin at Raffles City Convention Hall to
look for a toilet while away time before meeting my friends. Wow they have nice, big and clean toilets. There are even comfortable sofas. Next time can get a drink from downstairs and laze here! Cheaper than Starbucks, less people and noise.
Met my JC classmates at 店小二 for early birthday celebration for E. Learning from our lesson, we ordered a set meal meant for 8, although we had 10 people. Or make it 9. Sigh, actually I suggested that place partly because I haven't ate there before, but I was too sugar-overloaded to eat anything already. I just had the white fungus pork soup (can taste the MSG), a piece of mushroom because it looked toooo inviting, and the dessert. The dessert was honey sea coconut, with SPRITE. Yeah, fizzy sprite. Peculiar. We were allowed to eat in peace. No over-zealous table clearers. Very good.
Then it's Gloria Jean's coffee. Shared a ice-blended chocolate with E. Not nice one. Spinelli~~
Partially described in my
JC class blog.
