Annual Cake-Tasting

Last year's cakes were unforgettable. This year, I was so tied up with the bloody Wet Spear upgrade project that I neither had the mood nor time to think about my birthday cake and dinner this year. Hell, I thought I would just give it all a miss this time. Afterall, I was booked by my boss to do data upload on my birthday night! What a special present!

My sister wasn't going to give up the chance for some exotic cakes without a fight. She passed me a brochure for Pasticceria Da Valentino. Never heard of it, somemore at a super ulu location only my father could reach. Well, since my sister so badly wanted to try it, I decided to get my cake from there. She said they are famous for their tarts and talked me into getting one too.

Whose birthday was it again?

Gave her some work to do - order the cakes for me!

Gave my father the address. Hope he could find it lor.
7 Jalan Bingka. O, the wonder of Google Street View. If only it has existed the time I need to get my cake. So, this is how the place looks like...

Because of some screwup at work, I got to celebrate peacefully in the end. How ironic.

Torta Valentino
9" - $45
My main cake! Never heard of them, not much confidence, so I got something chocolate, which can't go VERY wrong. In fact, it was all correct! Bitter, rich chocolate, with raisins so drunk that didn't know they were being eaten. Yum!

Purposely over-exposed so you guys can see clearly. The chocolate was so dark that cannot see lor!

Crostata Ai Frutti Di Bosco
7" - $26.00
Instead of just "fruit tart", it actually has a name. Long and unpronounceable, no less. Covered with juicy berries which burst in your mouth. Perfect blend of sweetness and sour. Very appetizing!

So thin only... but I should remember it's a TART.

Not to forget the drink of the night.

Total damage for cakes - $71.

Taiwan Cup Noodles

It has been more than 2 months since our return from Taiwan, but we have still not finished our goodies yet. This is unacceptable! The so-delicious-looking cup bowl noodles were beckoning... We insisted on waiting for a day that all 3 of us were around AND were hungry, not knowing that such a day could be so hard to come by.

Tonight, my sister and I were watching 新宿事件 and my brother was glued to WoW. Perfect!

Cooking... cooking... the aroma of MSG...

The second bowl, which comes with ingredients in a separate pack, so exotic!

Sis: How to cook this?
Me: Must be pour everything into the bowl then pour water lor! What else?
Sis: Ok...

After she had done what I had suggested, I picked up the empty packet to read.
...Immerse the Retort Pounch in boiling water for 3 minutes, then open it and place its contents in the noodle soup, stir well and serve.

Eeks! Really got special preparation method lor! Too late!

But what for, when everything had to be stirred up in the end?

Tasting session!
The first bowl. Tasty!

The elaborate preparation noodle. Not as good as the first one.

I need MOREEEEE!

Hoshi@IMM

Today is our annual trip to the Singapore Science Centre. Not much has changed since, but as long as we get our Omni-max movie!

We always have a problem deciding where to go after that. Nothing major in the west, it's either IMM or Jurong Point. Jurong Point was out, as we just went shopping there not long ago and it was quite boring... sad. By elimination, we were left with IMM. As usual, it was raining when we wanted to leave, which meant we wouldn't be able to get a cab. We tried our luck on the main road, constantly trying to get a more strategic position, until we realized we should just walk over.

And so we did. We walked through Jurong Centre. Hadn't been there since our father stopped coming with us to the Science Centre.

Spotted at the crossing at the bus interchange. We all have enzymes! Quick, seek treatment for it now!

What's for dinner? Nothing really interested us. There's only Hoshi, which looked really expensive years ago and we could only drool from a distance. Now, it didn't look so prohibitive anymore. All the years I have been working in Jurong, I've never been here because it's not halal.






Looking at the spread, perhaps the money would be better spent at Kuishinbo.

Anyway, we were all old and cannot eat much anymore. Sad...