Other than visiting Grand Copthorne, I also took the opportunity to visit Ikoi, a Japanese restaurant at Miramar Hotel. I heard many rave reviews about this place from many friends and have been wanting to go there for ages but somehow, they are always fully booked. Managed to get a seat at the bar counter for dinner and was gladly surprised by their selection.
First stop, sashimi. They served many different varieties of sashimi, salmon, tuna, yellowtail, cuttlefish, octopus, snapper and swordfish. We had a grand total of 3 plates of raw fish and it was heavenly. Next stop was tempura, katsu, tori karaage, chawanmushi, seafood soup, miso soup, etc, etc.
The quality of the food was excellent and totally no complains. Oh, I forgot it's a buffet and the price is pretty reasonable at $30+++/pax.
Monday, August 27
Fireworks Galore
Every year, other than the National Day Parade and New Year's Eve, the yearly Fireworks Festival is something to look forward to for fireworks lovers. Enjoyed last year's event but the thought of squeezing with millions of people is simply not enticing.
This year, I watched the fireworks on the 17th of August from Tampines. Even though we were so far, we could still see most of the fireworks. Quite spectacular I must say. On Saturday, we decided to go to Grand Copthorne at Havelock. Was actually quite surprised by the view that we got and except for a few construction sites, our view were perfect.
A perfect place for a romantic evening. If anyone is interested, Room 1816 at Grand Copthorne Waterfront is definitely worth a visit when there are fireworks!
This year, I watched the fireworks on the 17th of August from Tampines. Even though we were so far, we could still see most of the fireworks. Quite spectacular I must say. On Saturday, we decided to go to Grand Copthorne at Havelock. Was actually quite surprised by the view that we got and except for a few construction sites, our view were perfect.
A perfect place for a romantic evening. If anyone is interested, Room 1816 at Grand Copthorne Waterfront is definitely worth a visit when there are fireworks!
Monday, August 20
Garibaldi
Went to spend a "romantic" evening at Garibaldi, an Italian restaurant at Purvis Street. I had heard about this restaurant for some time and heard that they were very snobbish and the food was only so-so.
So I braved myself and we reserved a table last Tuesday. We probably arrived early compared to others as the restaurant was pretty empty. We started with the bread and it was heavenly (later we found out that the bread costs $7 for half a loaf). It was our first time there so we requested for the antipesti palate. It was very good with all the variety. The soup that we ordered, pumpkin soup with crab was heavenly. The soup was sweet with the crab meat and with the bread....
The main course was not that fantastic. I had the linguine with crab. I thought it tasted pretty ordinary for the price. The finale was the dessert, simple tiramisu but made to perfection. Well worth the price.
Overall, the experience was good. The service was very good as well. However, not a place for the price sensitive (yup, that includes me :-(). Maybe for the next special occasion!
So I braved myself and we reserved a table last Tuesday. We probably arrived early compared to others as the restaurant was pretty empty. We started with the bread and it was heavenly (later we found out that the bread costs $7 for half a loaf). It was our first time there so we requested for the antipesti palate. It was very good with all the variety. The soup that we ordered, pumpkin soup with crab was heavenly. The soup was sweet with the crab meat and with the bread....
The main course was not that fantastic. I had the linguine with crab. I thought it tasted pretty ordinary for the price. The finale was the dessert, simple tiramisu but made to perfection. Well worth the price.
Overall, the experience was good. The service was very good as well. However, not a place for the price sensitive (yup, that includes me :-(). Maybe for the next special occasion!
Vittorio
Listened to a fantastic album by Vittorio Grigolo, an italian singer. His voice is fantastic and very soothing. Reading about him at Wikipedia and found that he is the only person in Italy to be given the chance to skip military service so that he could concentrate on his career. Wow!One of my favourite songs of the album is Bedshaped, a song previously sung by Keane. I liked both versions a lot and the tune of the song is always ringing in my head. Another song is "You Are my Miracle", a duet with one of the members of the Pussycat Dolls. The lyrics are really meaningful.
Let me know if anyone is interested in the album!
Wednesday, August 8
Joke of the Day
My colleague sent this to me and I found it hilarious. Enjoy!
11 AM
There was this case in the hospital's Intensive care ward where patients always died in the same bed and on Sunday morning at 11a.m., regardless of their medical condition.
This puzzled the doctors and some even thought that it had something to do with the supernatural. No one could solve the mystery as to why the deaths took place at 11 AM.
So a world-wide expert team was constituted and they decided to go down to the ward to investigate the cause of the incidents.
So on the next Sunday morning few minutes before 11 a.m., all doctors and nurses nervously waited outside the ward to see for themselves what the terrible phenomenon was all about. Some were holding wooden crosses, prayer books and other holy objects to ward off evil........
Just when the clock struck 11...
Santa Singh, the part-time Sunday sweeper, entered the ward and unplugged the life support system & plugged in the vacuum cleaner.
11 AM
There was this case in the hospital's Intensive care ward where patients always died in the same bed and on Sunday morning at 11a.m., regardless of their medical condition.
This puzzled the doctors and some even thought that it had something to do with the supernatural. No one could solve the mystery as to why the deaths took place at 11 AM.
So a world-wide expert team was constituted and they decided to go down to the ward to investigate the cause of the incidents.
So on the next Sunday morning few minutes before 11 a.m., all doctors and nurses nervously waited outside the ward to see for themselves what the terrible phenomenon was all about. Some were holding wooden crosses, prayer books and other holy objects to ward off evil........
Just when the clock struck 11...
Santa Singh, the part-time Sunday sweeper, entered the ward and unplugged the life support system & plugged in the vacuum cleaner.
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