Restaurant-hop: Blisshouse // Valentine's Day

As we all know, Valentine's Day is just around the corner~ To me, this day has always been considered as a Friendship Day haha. Seriously I can't even remember when was the last time I celebrated V'Day with a guy #justsaying hahaha *coughs* So if you're single and feeling "lonely" because you've no date, you're not alone BUT you really shouldn't feel that way too! Maybe few years back I might have joke about "how sad" it is? Come on, watching all the couples holding hands and roaming around literally everywhere, it's a lie if I say that I don't feel anything lol. But as years go by, it really isn't a big deal anymore.

Let's be real here -- I wouldn't consider myself being loved any lesser than the couples out there. The only difference is that the love I'm receiving is not from any guy but my closest friends! I can still recall the different kinds of roses (including my first Champagne Rose which was soo pretty!) and chocolates given by my colleagues last year, which already made me feel very loved and thankful :) It's definitely something nice to receive flowers or chocolates on this day (oh-so-cliche hahaha) but even if you don't, IT'S OKAY!!! :D

Oh by the way, I'm pretty excited as I'd be going cycling with my close friends this coming V'Day! So to all the single peeps out there, just go out and have some fun! Afterall, it's a Saturday! If not, a stay home Saturday night movie sounds perfect too ;) Back to the main focus of this post, I would like to share my first dining experience at Blisshouse @ Clarke Quay The Central (#03-21). The ambience of Blisshouse fits the valentine theme perfectly -- pretty and romantic. Unfortunately, it's a pity that their food cannot make it :( The portion is just not worth the price, and fried calamari served cold..? :/ Luckily, there's still hope!! With the super pretty garden theme and ambience, it is a really nice place to unwind and have some wine or drinks!! You can't go wrong with the standard drinks like cider, beer, wine etc... But food... I'll give it a miss the next round~ 

Up till this point, you can pretty much see where I'm coming from right?? The garden theme is really very pretty!! And it's indeed one of the most spacious restaurants that I've ever been to!

Apart from my dear Aud, this would be the second best thing I love that night haha~ My favourite apple cider! Hehe cheeers! 

I don't usually like to complain but the portion of this risotto is simply way too little for that price (I can't remember, maybe around $17?) :/

I would like to (buay paiseh aka shamelessly lol) say that my photo-taking skill gave a lot more credits to this plate of calamaris than it should deserve haha. Fyi: I wouldn't order this again.

Thank you for the birthday treat love! And I'm so happy for your present work achievements! :D May you find your 如意郎君 soon and... I love you!! <3 

With love,

Shirley

YouTube: SNSD Tiffany's "By Myself" (with English Lyrics)

Hello! Just realized that it's been a while since I did my last song cover~ Once my throat feels better, I'd be posting more song covers of awesome sound quality because... 4 of my dearest friends actually chipped in to get the Audio Technica AT2020+ USB Microphone for me as my birthday gift!! *AWW* It has been a wish of mine for many years to own a proper microphone which, thanks to my loves, my dream finally came true and I'm really thankful! :)) Saying goodbye to earpiece mic quality covers..! Can't wait :D

Meanwhile, here's my latest song cover, which is also my very first attempt to cover a korean song -- SNSD Tiffany's "By Myself" :) Hope you'll like it!

Producer & Engineering: Henry Chang

Music by SM Entertainment

My YouTube username: Shiiirleygoh

Subscribe for new videos every week: http://goo.gl/SkB2pk

With love,

Shirley

A Quarter of a Century Old - Part 3 ♡

I'm back with the second last post of my birthday celebration! If you've read my previous two birthday posts "A Quarter of a Century Old - Part 1" and "A Quarter of a Century Old - Part 2", you'd know it all surrounds food, food and more food lol! Well, today's post is no exception as we are bringing in the legendary lobsters from Pince and Pints!!! Everyone has been raving about the lobsters but I just didn't had the chance to try it yet. So big big thanks to my dear friends who fulfilled my wish and satisfied my cravings! 

With only 3 lobster dishes on the menu to choose from (each priced at $48++), we decided to order one each just so that our tummy have enough space for Round 2 at Pasta Brava! If you're thinking of how many lobsters to order upon your visit, ideally 1 lobster dish is good enough for 1 pax! But of course, feel free to order as many as you wish! ;) 

Friends since 2004 <3

The 2 S - Sharon, Shirley (me)

The 3 Ks - Keng Kang, Kelvin, Kianwee :D

Whole Lobster

(Choice of Grilled or Steamed - 

Mesclun Salad, Sour Cherry & Balsamic Dressing, Shoestring Fries, Herbed Butter Sauce)

The Lobster Roll

(Mesclun Salad, Sour Cherry & Balsamic Dressing, Shoestring Fries)

Chilli Lobster

(Fried Mantou, Homemade Fresh Tomato & Chilli Sauce)

Honestly, I can't remember when was the last time I had lobsters but all I can say is that Pince and Pints definitely set a pretty high standard for all lobster lovers out there! If I had to choose, my top favourites would be the Whole Lobster and Lobster Roll!! Omg seriouslyyy, it's kinda hard to get over those sweet, succulent chunks of lobster goodness~ *droooools*

Afterwards, we headed to Pasta Brava for second round but first, I have a confession to make :x I didn't note down those fancy names of the food we ordered because it's just too... fancy LOL. Okayy no la I really forget hehe~ But you can show the staff the pictures I took if you want to order any of it! Hmm I would say that the ambience is good (esp for dating) hahaha, the food was okay but not that fantastic till the extent that I would rave about it. 

Once we were all done with second round, our last stop was a pub at BQ to chill, sing karaoke and play some games~ 

It was a (pre-planned) jumpsuit affair that night :p

Bought this super comfy jumpsuit during my previous Taiwan trip! 

She's just too cool for school ;)

This clique is really special and unique on its own. We may not catch up very often but whenever we do, the familiarity and love we have for each other is just, too precious. Thank you loves for everything that night! <3

With love,

Shirley

A Quarter of a Century Old - Part 2 ♡

Hello! I'm back with Part 2 of my birthday celebration! Actually Shux and I met on the 2nd day of 2015, so this date was more like a new year hangout cum birthday treat hahaha. Thank you!! :) 

It was my first time visiting Department of Caffeine @ Duxton Hill, and I really love the food that we ordered that day! Overall, it is a nice spot to catch up with your friends over the weekend! Glad to check this off my cafe list! :D

Poached Salmon with dill & mint sauce + 

Roasted baby potato salad (with ranch dressing, gherkins, herbs) 

$15

Hearty meatball linguine (house meatballs, rich bolognese tomato sauce, onsen egg, arugula, parmesan)

$16.50

Dory dippers (tempura dory fish fillets with preserved lemon tatare sauce)

$8

Are you ready for the HIGHLIGHT of the meal? 

Which was also our main purpose of visiting D.O.C ;)

Butter rum banana waffles!! $15

Heard a lot of rave reviews about this waffles and what else can I say? 

It really does live up to its name! ^^ Don't miss this out when you're there!

I'm not very good with words but you know~ I'm really glad and thankful to have you in my life. We've been through so so much over these 8 years (omg) and it's just really amazing to see you taking on a new role in life now! You'll do great; you'll be great. Trust me, I always know that :) And we'll walk through the next 20, 30, 40 years together yes!! Love you <3

With love,

Shirley

A Quarter of a Century Old - Part 1 ♡

As you can see from the title, I officially turned 25 last Friday! I don't know what to exactly feel knowing that I am slightly older *lol* but I do know that I'm showered with lots of love, which is more than enough for me :))

This year's birthday is slightly special because I get to have dinner with my whole family, that means including my dad :) Well, I shan't put up the details here but all I can say is it's been a really long time since my family ate together. Even though so much had happened over the past few years, it kind of reaches a point where we gradually learnt to forgive, forget and move on with life. 

We had dinner at Dian Xiao Er @ VivoCity and ordered the Family Set for 4 pax ($88++) which was sufficient for the 5 of us! Food was great, so be prepared to droool hehe :p

Soup of the day (oops I can't remember hehe)

Duck Roasted with Angelica Herbs (my FAV)

Baby Kai-Lan with Salted Fish & Lime

Hong Kong Style Steamed Fish Slices

We replaced the Dong Po Pork with some prawns instead! (I forgot the exact name though~)

Braised Assorted Mushrooms with Broccoli

My brother who recently did very well for his O lvls!! Yayyy good job!! ^^

Look who came to join! The one & only Joy :D

Always sensitive to her touch hahaha!

Thank you for the lovely surprisesss!! 

My first ever rainbow rose; SO PRETTY I CAN'T EVEN.

Thank you for making me feel so beautiful <3

Sing song time! Hahaha I love this shot so much!!

I wish.....

May my wish come true hehe.

The Joy of my life :)

Picture perfect <3

Another thing I learnt to do different this year was instead of receiving birthday angbao from my mum, I'm now the one giving her a red packet to 表示孝道 :) Thank you Master Fu Yun for sharing this with me! It really makes a whole lot of difference, because not only will this gesture brings good karma, but also serves as a reminder for us to not forget the hardship our parents faced when raising us up. No more angbao from mummy anymore... 我真的长大了 hahaha.

After we got home, I had a photoshoot for my rainbow rose lol! By the way, 5 days have passed and I'm proud to announce that my rose is still going strong!! Good job babyyy!

I'm...

So...

In...

...LOVE! 

But I have to admit, the winner shot goes to..

...this!! OMG so pretty right?! 

Credits to Joy for this super chiooo shot!!

So that's about it for Part 1 of my birthday, mainly with my family & Joy on the actual day! :D My closest friends did celebrate with me on separate occasions and honestly, all of them deserve a dedicated post which will be up throughout the week!! I pretty much visited like 4 cafes over a span of 1 week plus? Lol that's the number of new posts you can look forward to! Till later~ :)

With love,

Shirley