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Celebrated another of my bestie's (I've got 2) birthday on Sunday at Royal China, Raffles Hotel for dim sum.  Now, before you think that it's super expensive, it's NOT.  The prices are comparable to Crystal Jade or Imperial Treasure and the quality of Royal China's dim sum is top notch.

Must try:

• 流沙包 
• Fried Taro with scallop
• Char Siew Sou

We ordered other dishes too but those 3 are my top favourite from Royal China!  We ate so much that I ended up eating only THAT meal for the whole day.  Not kidding.  Even pregnant Sing ate till she was so full and ended up having constipation.  :P

We didn't break the bank either because after eating all our fill and more, the bill came up to around $25/pax!  Of course, I paid more in the end cos Moon's share was split amongst us.

FYI, Moon's cake was the uber delicious Opera cake from Canele.  Mmm...it tasted like a light version of a tiramisu with a lot more coffee.  Yumm...

Once more, Happy Birthday my dear!!! :)  Next month will be my turn....hehehehe...

 As you can see...we went to Ku De Ta for my parents' anniversary.  I love the fact that you can make a reservation for a table via their website!  It's convenient and because I mentioned that it was my parents' anniversary, they gave my parents complimentary champagne!  Very classy.  :)

 The style of Ku De Ta's dining is best described as "Family style fine dining".  There's no pretentious hush hush eating where every dish seems like a performance.  It's really good food that's well presented and meant for sharing.  Here's what we ordered:

Beef tataki topped with shredded nori.  The dressing was simple but it made it really yummy.  Even my mum, who isn't a beef lover, complimented it.

 To the left is their signature sticky black pepper squid and it is a MUST try.  They wash their squid thoroughly before dusting it with Japanese sweet potato starch and frying it.  The dressing is made of equal parts of fish sauce and soy sauce with five spice powder.  It is then sprinkled with kaffir lime.  The result is a plate of happiness.  As I mentioned earlier.  A MUST try.  Towards the top is their smoked eggplant with salmon caviar.  It was yummy but it paled in comparison to the beef tataki and squid.

 Now...moving away from the appetizers, we have cod with red miso (top left), forty flavoured fried rice (top right), asparagus with prawn floss (bottom right) and angus beef tenderloin (bottom left).  Everything was yummy.  Enough said.  The only thing that was a bit of a turn off was the fried rice which cost $18 but reminded me of the lotus leaf rice that you can get from Crystal Jade for $10 and at twice the size.

Ah...my favourite.  Pan fried foie gras on top of rice crackers and topped with mango.  Lovely.

 Barbecued eggplant with miso.  Well...not too bad but I wouldn't miss it.

 Handmade udon in tonkotsu soup.  This was fantastic!  The udon was cooked to perfection.  In other words, its not the usual soggy noodles that you'd get elsewhere.  The broth was light but yet flavourful, although I still can't quite understand why it's called tonkotsu when it's not the white tonkotsu broth...hmm...

 For dessert, we ordered the KDT 'Bounty' cake with yuzu marshmallows (above) and I can't remember the name of the dessert below.  As the name suggests, the 'bounty' cake is much like the candy bar - chocolate with coconut.  So...that's a piece of chocolate cake with coconut foam.  I liked the marshmallows.  I can eat a whole bag of those.  Coconut foam? Nah...am sick of foamy things but I guess this cake can give Tom Aiken a run for his money.

The dessert below is peach sorbet with salted white chocolate and the bread pudding is soaked with whisky.  Now...that's what I'm talking about! Haha...just your regular alcoholic talking.  Just kidding. 

 No trip to Ku De Ta is finished without taking in the sight from the terrace...

 See the pool?  That's the famous infinity pool and the Sky Deck which we didn't have access to.

 All you LV fans...that's the largest LV standalone store in Singapore for ya...

Will I go back to Ku De Ta again?  Of course!  In fact, I plan to go there for lunch on my birthday! :)

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On Monday, I was walking to the MRT station and when I was crossing the road, my heel tripped onto something and I fell. I twisted and sprained my left ankle while scraping my right knee. So sad that my favourite pair of trousers got ripped in the process. :(

The fall really caused my body to be in shock and I think a lot of blood suddenly rushed downwards cos I felt really faint and had to sit on the pavement to regain some composure.

Thankfully, a stranger who was walking just ahead of me had seen me fall. She was so nice as to stay by my side while I called my mum and texted my boss. When my mum came, I stood up but immediately felt really dizzy. Dizzy to the point where I didn't refuse the lady's daughter's slippers and her offer to drive me home. I'm so grateful to her and I thank god for ensuring that although I got hurt, there's a kind person to help me get home safely.

Those who know me will know that ice sprained both ankles several times but this is really the worst sprain EVER! My ankle ballooned to twice it's size and even I'm afraid to touch it.

Anyhow, I'm feeling much better now. I went to see a Chinese physician after seeing a western trained one so that my ankle will heal faster. There's less pain today (maybe it's the painkiller talking) and my ankle feels less stiff.

Alas, no high heels for the rest of the month till my ankle is fully healed. :(

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Heya...here are my nails for this week!  I'm going with the Mid-Autumn theme with jade bunnies!  :)

1.  Base coat of pastel yellow from The Face Shop.  Make sure this coat is dry before doing step 2.
2.  Stripe of white (some cheapo brand...). You MUST do 2 coats of this.
3.  I lined the white stripes with silver using The Face Shop's silver dot pen
4.  Pasted on these cute little bunnies and placed 2 white crystals.
5.  Seal it all with top coat

Note: I didn't use any nail glue because I find it a pain to remove.  I only use top coat to stick on both the bunnies and the crystals while it is still wet.  I then top it all off with another layer of top coat to ensure that everything sticks.

I wanted to try out the water marbling art but I found out that you can only try it if your nail polishes are new.  Otherwise, it becomes clumpy and you can't get it to marble well.  Ah well...will continue experimenting!