Tsentsen was in town recently and we hit the karaoke joint. The last time we sang together he’d got a bad sore throat so I had no one to duet with. Glad he could indulge me this time!
The duet.
We had so much fun! I wish I could karaoke every night. Tsen is an amazing singer, he’s performed in Carnegie Hall, ok!
After that, we adjourned to William’s for some supper. I had my favourite mushroom soup while Tsen got his dose of delicious cheese naan.
Camhoring at Williams.
The next day….
Went to Kulai to attend a friend’s wedding. It was lovely! One of those weddings that is done the way the couple wants it and not because it’s “supposed” to be like that.
Boo and me at the wedding.
We stayed overnight in Kulai. Had dimsum for supper at 3am. It was one of the best dimsum I’ve had. Big fresh juicy prawn dumplings and wholesome porridge. Errr…obviously forgotten to take pictures again because I was too into the food =P
I did however, captured the mesmerising dollop of chilli sauce.
Next morning, we decided to stop in Johor Bahru. It was a disappointing trip. The traffic jam was worse than KL’s and the food wasn’t even good. We ate at this place because we saw some pictures of Singapore’s quasi-celebrities dining at the restaurant. I should have known not to trust the taste buds of Singaporeans’. No offence really, but I’ve had my fair share of Singaporean food and they are quite frankly, really bad. So, I really wouldn’t blame our neighbours for actually enjoying the less than fantastic fare we’ve got to offer.
We wanted to go to Danga Bay after lunch but a massive downpour hit us and the traffic jam got even worse. Didn’t help matter that Danga Bay signboards also went missing after several turns. We decided to abandon JB and head up to Muar.
When boredom struck…
On our way to Muar, we called the Suan to ask for directions to the infamous otak-otak. But girl told me she’s in the Land of Smiles so I quickly cut short the conversation (I’m such a considerate friend, ok) and decided to hunt the place down ourselves. After asking a few people from different petrol stations, we got to Bentayan Food Court.
Had 40 sticks of otak-otak. They were AWESOME. I forgot to take any picture because I was too busy eating, obviously. After otak-otak, we drove around somemore to look for soto. We failed in our quest though, so no soto =(
And here are completely random pictures of my digits because I really love my nail colours. I bought the nail polish eons ago but never used it because the colour didn’t look good from the bottle. Glad I tried it on and I’m loving it now.
My nails
My toes
Maybe your so called “fair share” of singaporean food wasn’t that sufficient after all. For someone who should have known better to trust Singaporeans’ tastebuds, you sure do keep up with our taste in celebrities eh? To the extent that you even know who the “quasi” celebrities are.
Even though you place yourself (a M’sian) above us Singaporeans (sheesh, in terms of the food fares that you guys have), why do I seem to sense this particularly sourish tone directed at your neighbors?
qinghui: i’m suprised you’ve only sensed subtle hints…i tot my disdain’s pretty obvious. btw, i don’t know who those quasi celebs are, and that’s why they’re “quasi”, darling. if it werent for those mediacorp logos i wouldn’t have guessed their origins.
I see. But just how have Singaporeans or the country herself offended you to stir such a deep level of disdain in you?
qinghui: i think many singaporeans especially the young are lacking something called empathy. not all but many enough to evoke this feeling of disdain from me. i have some pretty cool singaporean friends though, down to earth, humble and totally fun.
To each his/her own.
I’m a new reader of yours, Kimberlycun, and while I disagree on yr point that SG food is bad (well, I’m fairly biased, being that I’m Singaporean afterall, haha), I find your entries very interesting and engrossing, hence the digging up of your archives pages.
Your Charlie’s cutecutecute!
I’m glad your experience at Newtown has changed your view somewhat on local SG fare. Perhaps if you’d like to sample some specialty food such as sup tulang, you shd head down to Beach Road the next time you come over. Oh and do try the yummy nasi lemak special (with rendang, otah and sambal sotong!) at Adam Road.