JUBILEE is a new coffee house & bar located around changi village area. If you love exploring around Changi Village, you might have already spotted this place. It's not far from The Coastal Settlement. My family and I were driving around Changi Village, randomly picking what to have for dinner and we found this lovely place. Though it wasn't officially launched when we visited, they still welcomed us in for dinner. 

What I love about this place is their atmosphere and how they set up the place with all these retro furniture and accessories. It's like going back to when I was a little girl. Great memories. However, the food here are just alright. I don't know if it's because the place was not officially launched yet or something but... Anyway, you guys SHOULD really visit this place. Order a drink or two with some finger food and enjoy the atmosphere! 

JUBILEE Coffee House & Bar

580 Netheravon Road, Singapore 508516

My very first time to Chock Full of Beans at Changi Village Road and I'm really loving this little cafe. It was recommended by my elder brother and my sister in law, and their coffee and cakes are really good. What I really love about this cafe is how they put their hearts out drawing these amazing arts on not only their coffee but on their servings as well. If you like drinking ice coffee, this might be the place for you. My family are not really into ice coffee so we didn't manage to order any. My sister in law tried their ice coffee and it comes with a 3D art on it so if you like taking food pictures, this will be the best place. With 3D and 2D art coffee and amazing food and cakes, this place will never go wrong.

Chock Full of Beans

4 Changi Village Road, 

#01-2090, Singapore 500004

Tel: 62148839

Opening: Tuesday to Friday (11am - 10pm)

Saturdays & Sundays (9am - 10pm)

Website: http://www.chockfullofbeans.com.sg/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cfob.changi

Every year during mooncake festivals, my house will be stocked with boxes and boxes of mooncakes sent by our friends and suppliers. We couldn't be more grateful as it always filled our kitchen with happiness and excitement. Every this time of the year, our chinese tea pot and mini cups would also come out of retirement and my mum would prepare lovely chinese tea to go along with all these beautiful mooncakes. What's even better is to light some lanterns by the beach at night and enjoy the mooncakes and chinese tea with your love ones.

I went North Border Bar & Grill twice for dinner with my family and I always ended up with a super bloated stomach because the food there are always so delicious especially their desserts. This particular dessert will definitely make your body all curled up because it may be the best lava cake you ever had in Singapore!

I have been trying to find a lava cake that can top this but until today; this is still on the top of my list. First of all, the outer layer of the lava cake might looks rough but that makes the cake crispy on the outside and soft on the inside (let's not even mention how the chocolate will flow out the moment you cut it. Yum!). You know how some lava cake is super sweet and if you eat too much it might make you sick, this one here, not the case. Not too sweet and not too bitter. It's really spot-on. The ice cream, soft and not too crazy with the sugar level as well. The cherry sauce, bring the whole dish to a whole new level. It might look super intense but seriously, the whole dish is well balanced and it will not make you feel awful if you eat too much so it's a total thumbs up for me! 

When ordering, remember to order them together with your meals. Do not wait until you are done with your main dishes because sometimes it might just go out of stock within a snap of a finger so let me warn you, order less side and main dishes because you don't want to miss this fabulous lava cake. It's called the Warm Bittersweet Chocolate Torte. Trust me on this one.

North Border Bar & Grill

2 Rochester Dr, Singapore 139213

Tel: 6777 6618

Website: http://www.northborder.com.sg/

Look at how big my sister-in-law's mug as compared to mine. Mine was beginner's mug.

It's my first experience going to Comex I.T Show and apparently it's not really what I thought it would be. Firstly, the crowds were insane! I expected it to be packed with people so I'm mentally prepared for it but still, it's like insane! Secondly, Sony only showcased their games section and accessories throughout this show. No cameras no nothing. I was planning to get the Sony Camera RX100M3 so I was pretty disappointed. I mean I have to literally get knocked by hundreds and hundreds of shoulders just to locate the Sony booth where they sells their camera but then, it turns out there wasn't any. The only thing I find it fun was to disturb my little brother who was working under Challenger HP Printer section and that's about it. Super empty handed! Lucky elder brother of mine managed to get the laptop he wanted. I think if you are looking for like laptops, printers, gaming console, TV and computers accessories, Comex will be the best place for you. Nikon, Fujifilm and Canon cameras too. Poor Sony doesn't have a booth to showcase their cameras. Too bad then. I still managed to get my cameras at the Sony Center in Marina Square so I'm happy.

That night, my family and I went to Paulaner at Millennium Walk for some drinks and small bites. I'm not into bars and drinking but I would definitely come back to this place. The food was great. The sausages are the best! Apparently their beers are good too! I finally drank beer after so long and I wasn't even planning to at the first place. My elder brother was like "You come to this fabulous place with awesome beer and you are going to order Earl Grey Tea? No, you are going to drink some beer tonight". Yup, I have pretty awesome family who always encourage me to drink since I literally dislike drinking alcohols. Overall, we had a pretty good night at Paulaner and the live bands were good. Let’s just say with good food and good beers, nothing will go wrong!

I was doing my grocery shopping at Cold Storage in Tampines 1 last Friday and was planning to get some cakes or black ball home for my family but wasn't able to make up my mind until I saw Rive Gauche that is just outside Cold Storage. From the display, all the cakes looks super delicious but there are only 2 cakes that my family enjoys most; Strawberry Shortcake and Tiramisu. I ended up also buying these marble-like chocolates that cost 3 for $5 since they looked so cool and it's still sitting in my fridge. 

Tiramisu (☆☆☆☆)

There's only one sentence to describe this Tiramisu and that is "it taste as good as it looks or even better". I'm very particular when it comes to tiramisu so when I say it's good, I believe most people will somehow say its good too or maybe just decent, I don't know. It really depends on your satisfaction level. 

I believe strongly that in a Tiramisu, each layers and elements must be equally distributed. You know how some tiramisu only have a layer of sponge on the bottom and the rest is just cream and cocoa powder on top, those are simply not good. Let's not go to those tiramisu where you can only taste the wine and nothing else.

For this tiramisu, each layer of elements is equally distributed which I love. You have the sponge, the cream, the sponge again and the cream then comes the cocoa powder. The ideal tiramisu. The espresso  taste in the sponge is neither too strong or too light so the taste is just nice. I don't really remember if I tasted the wine in it which I prefer so it's good for me. It's cream, yum! Overall, it's really good so I would recommend you guys to try this one if you happen to pop by Rive Gauche.

Strawberry Shortcake (☆☆☆☆☆)

The key to a good Strawberry Shortcake is that fluffy sponge, cream that is not too heavy but still capture the essence and last but not least, fresh strawberries. I have eaten quite a few of strawberry shortcake that have these dried out sponge and way too heavy cream which swallow the strawberry, and I can say I'm not impressed nor satisfied. 

The impression of strawberry shortcake to me is always so light, fluffy and not too over the top but yet you go all melty melty the moment you put them into your mouth. Well that is the magic of strawberry shortcake. It don't have to be something sinful to satisfied your taste bubs. 

This one over here, hmm, taste SO good!. It's not too sweet either which is definitely a plus for me and this cake definitely gives me a smile on my face and go "I'm satisfied!" with 2 big thumbs up. Would recommend you guys to try out this lovely Strawberry Shortcake from Rive Gauche as well and let me know how you guys find it.

Hope you guys will like these cakes as much as I do.

Til next time!

Rive Gauche Patisserie 

Website: http://www.sapporolionsg.com.sg/rive-gauche/

Takashimaya: 391 Orchard Road, #B207-9-2, Food Department

Tel: 6887 4579

Plaza Singapura: 68 Orchard Road, #B2-57

Tel: 6341 9936

Tampines One: 10 Tampines Central, #B1-13

Tel: 6789 5518

JCUBE: 2 Jurong East Central 1, #B1-K12

Tel: 6659 6405

Jurong Point: 1 Jurong West Central 2, #B1-K2 (JP1)

Tel: 6794 5679

Suntec City Mall: 3 Temasek Boulevard, #B1-K2

Tel: 6238 0882

VIVOCITY: 1 Habourfront Walk, #B2-K8

Tel: 6376 8046

*Sorry for the poor quality of pictures. Took it with my iphone.*

This is the first time my family and I (excluding my mum, I'm sorry) planned a surprise mission for my mum's birthday. We planned a month ahead and it's killing me for not telling my mum. I almost blew the whole plan up a couple of times. Good thing my mum isn't that quick. 

So my dad came up with this plan to fly "my mum and him" off to Bangkok and letting her thinks that all her children will be staying in Singapore, then we hop onto the next flight to Bangkok for her birthday. It's a tough mission for us since we couldn't pack anything until they leave for the airport (which is only a couple of hours) and the worst thing is, my brother and I actually have to wake up really early to pretend to go to work and wait for them to leave. Once my dad gave us the green light, we rushed home immediately and start packing like crazy. It was so hectic and my nerves are driving me insane. 

It was funny how my mum kept reminding us to make sure the gate to our house is closed and to make sure all the switches are off before we go to bed, and she even stock up on food in case we go hungry. My dad and I were laughing like crazy behind her back. She's just so cute and clueless.

Once we reached Bangkok, we head straight to Mandarin Oriental Hotel where the restaurant (Sala Rim Naam) is located with our luggage (good thing the hotel helped us store our luggage at the counter) and to our surprise, the restaurant is actually located across the hotel (though it's still under Mandarin Oriental Hotel). The staffs there are so helpful and friendly which is a total thumbs up and lead us to the pier where a traditional thai boat will bring us over to the restaurant. Good concept ya. Loved it.

The waiters and waitresses were really friendly and they even helped us through the surprise event (I will be uploading the video up soon so do stay tune!). The food there was great! The pineapple fried rice (yum!), the duck dish (once it reached the table, it's all gone so you know how good it is), sweet potato appetizer (love!), fried fish (I'm not really into fried fish but my family loved it), green curry (holy moly! YUM YUM YUM!), mango salad (it's really good and the mango is just so fresh), pad thai (was alright), mango with sticky rice (BEST EVER!!). They also served us a plate of thai desserts for my mum. So sweet of them. Two thumbs up for Sala Rim Naam and we will definitely go back again for the food.

Stay tune to the surprise birthday video!

Sala Rim Naam

48 Oriental Ave Alley

Bang Rak, Bangkok,

Thailand

Tel: +66 2 659 9000

Website: http://www.mandarinoriental.com/bangkok/fine-dining/sala-rim-naam/?htl=MOBKK_salarim&eng=google&src=local

My dad brought back some really huge and fresh sweet potatoes from Malaysia and my mum and I decided to have a small little BBQ session on our own backyard. Something my mum and I have in common is that if we crave for something bad, we will do whatever we can to get it in our tummy and that's how this little BBQ session came about. My parents love inviting their friends over for BBQ and we can easily top the chart of having the most BBQ parties among our friends. Even when we are living in a HDB apartment, we will set up the BBQ pit just outside our doorstep and have our friends over. Sweet Potatoes are a "must have" during our BBQ Parties and if you don't have it in your BBQ parties, I might simply just not attend. Haha. Just Kidding! 

The perfect way of cooking sweet potatoes is by roasting them over a small fire and let it do it's magic. Slowly turn them around every 10-15mins to make sure every side of the it is cooked. Use a satay stick to poke through the sweet potatoes to see if they are ready. If the sweet potatoes are still hard, let them continue to sit in the fire until you can easily poke the satay stick right into the sweet potatoes and wala, your sweet potatoes is ready! Hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Have a great weekends ahead!

xoxo.

 Nahm Restaurant in Bangkok is rated World's Best Restaurant (Top 13) and Asia's Best Restaurant (No. 1) and truly, all these titles are not just for show because this might be one of the best thai cuisine you will ever tasted.

Recommended it by one of my brother's friend who is living in Bangkok, and I thank you for that because this place is hella good!

Doors are only opened at 7pm sharp and if you are early, you simply wait. This is how good the restaurant is and I can see why. More like taste why. I am someone who hate waiting but for this restaurant, I don't mind waiting at all. For their food, I-WOULD-WAIT!

We have ordered 2 choices of food per category in their menu and whatever we ordered, it came out hella good! From the appetizer to the main course, it's a wow for my family and I. Simply just heaven.

Oh ya! Also, the chicken salad they served, it's really good but it's also HELLA SPICY!!! Anything my brother and sister-in-law said it's spicy, it's really damn spicy. I almost burnt to death that day so you guys might wanna take the waiter's advise in mind especially on the spicy level of the food.

I hope you guys will enjoy this place as much as my family did and I certainly can't wait to go back to this place again.

Nahm Restaurant

27 Sathorn Road, Metropolitan by COMO Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand

Tel: +66 2 625 3388

Book Online: http://www.comohotels.com/metropolitanbangkok/dining/nahm/reservations

***Advance Booking is recommended!***

Mr. Jones Orphanage is one of the cafe you would like to check it out when you are in Bangkok. They have a total of 2 branches and if you are heading around Siam Paragon or Platinum, the closest branch will be at Siam Center and if I'm not wrong, Siam Center is just next to Siam Paragon.

There are lots of positive comments about this cafe and according to TripAdvisor, their cakes are pretty amazing. My sister-in-law too, love cafe hopping and she came across this cafe on the internet as well, so we have decided to list this cafe as a MUST to go.

First of all, the interior of the cafe is similar adorable. With all the little teddy bears and train tracks above our head, it's like we are in Disneyland or something. The cakes they showcased on the entrance is just mama-mia. I had to literally hold my mouth shut in case my saliva drip all over my clothes.

These are the cakes you would like to try:-

1. Kit Kat Cake - This cake is what they are known for and this might be the most sinful cake you'll ever had. The sponge of the cake is spongy with thick layers of chocolate in between (YUM!), kit kat on the border of the cake (Even better) and M&M chocolate topping flooded on top of the cake (HEAVEN!). This is definitely a MUST to try!

2. Passion fruit Sponge Cake - The sponge of this cake is soft and light, with cream and strawberry in between of 2 sponges, and the passion fruit topping. It's a nice cake but certainly not THE cake so you might wanna skip this and try something else.

3. Apple Pie with Ice Cream - I'm not really a apple pie type of person unless it's McDonald's apple pie but this apple pie taste GOOD! My sister-in-law ordered this and damn, this pie is good! You guys can considered ordering this when you go but do keep in mind the portion is quite big.

4. Chocolate fudge cake - A classic dessert you would order in most cafes and this too, never disappoint. For me, a good classic chocolate fudge cake is the success of cafes. If your chocolate fudge cake don't taste good, I will never go back to that place ever again. This is how important chocolate fudge cake is to me and THIS chocolate fudge cake, RULES!!! The cake itself taste like heaven let alone the ice cream and the chocolate sauce. So if you combine them together, it's twice the heaven people. Yup!

As usual, I would always order Earl Grey tea whichever cafe I go, it's the perfect combination to everything I eat. I used to only drink English Breakfast or Hot Green Tea but ever since my sister-in-law recommended me to Earl Grey, damn I never stop. It's just so refreshing and it doesn't spoil the taste of whatever I eat so I admit, I have an addiction to Earl Grey tea. 

Anyways, if you would like to check out this cafe, here are the address:-

MR. JONES ORPHANAGE - SIAM CENTER

Siam Center, 2nd Floor (Close to the exit to Paragon Mall)

Tel: 02 658 1163

MR. JONES ORPHANAGE - SEEN SPACE SOI THONG LOR SOI

Ground Floor, Seen Space Soi Thong Lor Soi 13, 

Off Sukhumvit Soi 55 Road, Khlong Tan Nuea, 

Watthana, Bangkok 10110 Thailand

Tel: 02 185 2378