Wednesday, October 25, 2006
My Hari Raya
The ambitious plan to have Dim Sum at Red Star was immediately crushed when the carpark was filled to the brim, and the lift opened our eyes to a sea of humans flooding Red Star, as if they were fleeing and waiting for a ship to evacuate them from some war.
The quick-thinking and gluttony me coaxed mummy to walk to Miramar Hotel for Dim Sum buffet instead to satisfy her craving. Along the way, we struck up a conversation with a lady who was overlooking the longkang. What did we talk about? What else?? The longkang fish! And whether they are edible or not.
I observed the flow of human traffic from the hotel lobby as mummy went about her big business. (Should I have mentioned the latter here? Oh well...) I concluded that the dim sum restaurant was another destination for affluent dimsum-craving Singaporeans. There were no vacancies, not even a tiny table with 2 chairs, for the mother and daughter.
The daughter didn't want to disappoint the mother. After much deliberation, she decided to splurge and treat her mummy to a Japanese ala carte buffet at an authentic Japanese restaurant... praying hard that there would be at least a small table for us to squeeze at. We managed to squeeze at the counter, overlooking the waitress mix her Macha shake.
It was an awesome choice! The food was yummilicious! These are what the gluttons feasted on...
Salmon sashimi in some vinegarette sauce
Stick salad in some indescribable sauce
Japanese Oden
Seafood soup (served in a mini teapot and mini teacups)
Handroll
Inari sushi
Salmon, Tuna, Squid, Octopus sashimi (served beautifully)
Paper hot pot
Grilled Mackeral
Grilled Salmon (The skin is to die for!)
Yasai Tempura (Eggplant, Carrot, Sweet Potato, Pumkin, Ladies' Finger)
Ebi Tempura
Shitake Mushroom Tempura (This was so yummy! I even laughed at the waitress when I asked how many mushrooms there were in one serving and she said one. Hahaha! I had at least 5 gigantic mushrooms! Hahaha!)
Pork Cutlet
Agedashi Tofu (I think I ate my fill… Haha!)
Cold Tofu
Curry Beef Udon
etc
I was very happy throughout cos the servings were all personal size. Small, exquisite, cute even. More satisfying was that the quality of the food was good and mummy was happy.
The mother and daughter were stuffed and the daughter proposed walking home. The mother violently objected. The daughter just walked. They discovered this mini Japanese garden and took a rest there when the boy called. After savouring his Italian lunch, he came for us. And off to Botanical Gardens we went... Yes, the mother, the daughter and the boy.
A walk around the Garden made us groggy. Maybe the plants give out a special chemical that makes you groggy.
In the evening, the boy and the daughter went for a jog before ending up playing frisbee and ball at a personalised piece of grassland. The ball ball is my new toy! It's a red rubber ball which bounces well, with a doggie and a number "5" imprinted on it! Pretty hor? The boy and the girl bought it after much effort (climbing, stretching, jumping, stragetising, etc) to retrieve that solo red ball ball from the cage in Giant. I love the effort! Heh.
The girl finds it a bliss to just relax and play ballball with the boy. Or to just go for a walk.
An enjoyable day it was.
