A visit to Dragon I, QB

Since it opened for so long, I've only been looking at it from afar. Never has it cross my mind to try it as I've heard numerous feedback stating it was very expensive and the portion is very small. That a basket of Siew Long Pao costed more than RM5 (>RM1 for a small pao). Everytime I passed there during meal time, there will always be a long queue waiting outside. I used to wonder how good is the food in there that is attracting such a long queue. I was lucky to be given a chance to dine there when SIL treat us for a dinner on one fine Saturday night. We reached there before 7pm, so immediately we were ushered into the semi full reastaurant. As we entered the dining area, I observed the structure and found it's interesting lighting. The lights that looks like it's made of paper and hanged on the ceiling.

The seatings are also quite unique as there are several different theme. This section is overlooking the sea outside QB.
Ours was placed just beside the above area, facing the butt of a stones warrior ;p


The plates and spoons are like those in normal restaurant.
Ok, here comes my favourite siew long pao a.k.a Shanghainese Steamed Meat Dumpling (RM8)

Get a closer look...ain't they look so juicy and tender? *droooling*

Next to come is the Sauteed Spare Ribs with Signature Sauce (RM20). Quite a small plate for this price.

Stir fried string bean with minced meat (RM14) definitely a cut throat vege. Although it's expensive, I still will order it the next time as the taste is very delicious.

Sauteed diced chicken with dried chilies looks like their signature dish. It taste a tad too spicy for me although I'm a chili padi myself.

Definitely loves this dish...my favourite egg. The bottom was eggs cooked in steam style with vege and mushroom, an egg was cracked and pour on top part while everything is still hot and ready to serve. Sauteed egg white with fish and dried scallop (RM16)

Something tofu...Casserole Beancurd Seafood (RM18). Another delicious dish

As all the dishes are satisfactory, we decided to give it another try on the Sichuan style La Mien (RM12). This is not to my liking as the taste is a bit weird. Grinded peanuts were put on top giving it a peanut taste while eating the mee...not matching at all. I'm not a peanut lover for sure.

As we finished our dinner and make way to the exit, we came upon the usual long queue. Thank god we were early. Overall, we are so satisfied with food and ambience. Will definitely go for it again next time, but not so soon as the price is a constraint ;)

Price: above average

Ambience : Terra Cotta style

Food: Delicious

Service: Good

Happy Birthday to me

Happy Birthday to me
Happy Burfday to me
Happy buffday to meeee...
Happy Bday to me

There, this I sing to myself for my 25th birthday. Not that no one sing for me, in fact I got a whole bunch of colleagues celebrated for me during lunch time at Pizza Hut QB. It's been so long so many people sang a birthday together for me. I was so touched. I even got a piece of Secret Recipe's carrot cheese cake on my table when I came back from lunch. It was so sweet. A small token from a friend cum colleague. Then Hubs brought me to a new place serving German food for dinner. The ambience and the food are just nice for today. Today is also a day I received so many sms. Normally I can go by without a call or a sms for a few days. What is more special for today is I received ang pow from my mum. Aww....I'm so blessed. So this is how I passed my 25th birthday on 28th March 2008 (Friday).

Funny game

This few days

Just to update, this few days I've been busy doing something I've procrastinated for so long - editing my wedding video. Wedding has passed more than 100 days but my video has yet to be given out to my chi muis and heng tais and all those who are interested. The videographer which I engaged for my wedding does not include editing them into MTV like. Whatever he captured, he will put them straight into a cassette and eventually burn a copy of DVD for us. I saw so many others has their highlight moment edited into MTV and I wanted one. Well, since I paid >1k for my video, I'll have to do it on my own. Indeed I have to rip the .VOB file into .WMV file in order to play around with sounds and effect. The quality was not that good anymore but at least I can do it the way I want. And I'm proud to say it turned out good. So far, I've finished with 4 main highlights, 3 more to go. But I'm having problem posting them up to youtube.com. I kept editing the video and save them in different file name, now I have to search which one is the final copy and which one to discard. I've posted the wrong one on youtube once and now in order to post something similar, I have to remove it first. Sigh.... I should have been more organized.

Fate

I was reading a forum and come upon this article posted by one of the member to enlighten the others who could not let of the past. I though it would be good to share it with you. Enjoy.........

FATE

There was a scholar who was to marry his fiancee, but on the day of marriage, his fiancee changed her mind and married someone else. The scholar was devastated and fell ill. His family seek all kinds of medical treatment for him, but still he showed no sign of recovery. They were about to give up hope on him when a wandering monk passed by.

After learning about the scholar's condition, the monk walked to the scholar's bed and took out a mirror for the dying man to see. In the mirror, the scholar saw a vast ocean, and the naked body of a murdered woman lay on the beach. A man passed by, looked at the body, shook his head and left. Another man who passed by saw the body, took off his robes to cover the body and left. Finally came a man passing by who saw the body, dug a hole and laid the body carefully to rest before burying it. The scene in the mirror suddenly changed. The scholar saw his fiancee in a nuptial chamber and another man was lifting her wedding veil...

The scholar blinked at the monk, confused. Slowly the monk explained, "The woman whose body you saw on the beach was your fiancee in her previous life. In your previous life, you were the second man who gave her his robes to cover her body. To repay your kindness in this lifetime, she loved you for a period of time and became your fiancee. However, ultimately the man whose favor she has to return for the rest of her life is the third man who buried her. And that man is now her husband." Enlightened, the scholar sat up and recovered from his depression.

It is truly amazing -- this thing called "Fate". There was a movie in which the theme song went like this: "You can say it is a big world, you can say it is a small world. But for the promise of this lifetime, we shall spend our entire lives to fulfill."

All of us are in this big grand masquerade, among the throng of people, we seek expectantly... in that electrifying moment when our fingers touch, the masks are removed to reveal our true selves. Before this moment, we were drifting aimlessly, not knowing what we really wanted. Till you meet this particular person, you finally realize what you really want is not what you have wished for in the first place. It amazes you that standing in front of this person is a different you! You without any mask!

Fate is not something meant to be forced upon. What is yours will eventually come to your arms; what is not yours will never come to be. In any case, we should not lose heart and give up on our hopes for love that is true, good and beautiful. The value of life, in a certain sense, is determined by the maturity of how we love. Of how we give and accept love.

Finally

At last, my blog on Spore trip has been posted up as promised. I do have procrastination habit. And I know if I don't do it ASAP, probably my upcoming trip to Bali in July can only be posted next year.

Day 3 @ Singapore

Last Day

Part 1- Day1 http://chocmud.blogspot.com/2007/12/day-1-singapore.html
Part 2- Day1 http://chocmud.blogspot.com/2008/02/day-1-singapore.html
Part 1- Day2 http://chocmud.blogspot.com/2008/03/day-2-singapore.html
Part 2- Day2 http://chocmud.blogspot.com/2008/03/day-2-spore.html

This is the last day of our visit. We check out without having breakfast as the room charge actually did not include breakfast. Yesterday, the breakfast was on our own expenses. As we passed by the lobby, I knew I had to take a picture of the lounge. It was again, beautifully design with different sets of sofas. We did not have a chance to go there for a drink as we came back very late last night.
When I saw this, it reminds me of a dying fairy I once saw in a movie. This is another must-take photo. In M'sia, there will never be crocked lines like this. The first time I saw this, I had a laugh myself. You must think I'm crazy huh? Well, pardon me as this is the first time I went to Singapore.
We went to Vivo City to kill our time before our flight at 6pm. I saw this cute hanging reindeer be the escalator.
Coincidently, we bumped into a troupe of bridesmaid and bride+groom. They were there taking pre-wedding shoots I pressume. I wanted to go over to congratulate them if not for my baggage.
I feel silly taking all this while shopping. But that's what makes me different from others ;p I'm on my honeymoon...
We did not take breakfast this morning, so we were dead hungry by the time we reached Vivo. Sis recommended us to try the crab in No Signboard Seafood. As I thought she had tried it before and found it yummy, then it must be reasonably priced (quite cheap). Hubs leaded the way into the restaurant and I followed behind. As the sliding door open, it reveal this...
I went like Oh-shit! This must be a throat cutting restaurant. The ambiance and the deco will burn a hole in pocket. Surprisingly, the food is well, reasonably priced. A kilo of their famous crab is priced at SG38. Do not do the conversion, otherwise you will not want to even go in. They have quite a number of branches, namely Geylang, Suntec Center and Esplanade Mall.
We ordered stir fried water-chicken with dried chilli and a crab cooked in sweet and sour sauce.

This is the stir fried water-chicken. It does not taste so good as they are from water tank rather than catch it from river. The meat is not bouncy and it feels like there was only bones wrapped in skin (skinny froggies).
The crab that is worth the waiting and $$. When the captain brought this to our table, we had a shocked. It was so huge we can barely finish it. The crab weighted 1.2kg
See how big it is? The hand alone had already taken up the whole plate. After the meal, we were so full we can't move for a while.
When we came back and told Sis that it was pricey, then only she told us, "I told you it's expensive right?" and I went o_O.

We took a stroll around Vivo after lunch (with our luggage trolling behind). In the Sony center, I urged Hubs to try out the PS2 over there. He finally gave up after 10mins struggling to operate the controller. And he made up his mind to get a PSP so that he can still keep up with the fast evolving tech. He said, at least when next time his son asked him how to play, he can show them and not be like others. And so here's our new bought play station.