Valentine's Day 2013 - Dozo Restaurant

Boy and i celebrated valentine's day 2 days before the actual day this year. We celebrated it on 12th instead which is the 3rd day of cny :) To my surprise  there were other couples who celebrated advance valentine's day at Dozo too and some other birthday celebrations going on. Dozo is definitely a place for couples who prefer to have somewhere quiet and romantic to dine it. I'll talk about it more in my post.

Look of the day :)

Cny flower display at valley point shopping center. Most of the shops were closed that day since its still cny period.

Located at the 2nd level of vally point shopping center.

#OOTD : Navy Blue Mesh Toga from MyLittleBow :) I got it from them around last year june/july. Cant really rememner. Its from their old collection. I dont think its on their website anymore.

My valentine's :)

The menu.

Dozo offers a 7-course set meal for dinner and 5-course set meal for lunch. Basically for the dinner, you just need to select 1 item from each of the heading on the menu will do. I prefer to eat dinner with set meals nowadays cause not much thinking is needed. call me lazy or what but i think is simpler than you look at a few page of menu going to and fro but no idea what to eat.

Snacks to let us bite on while looking through the menu and deciding  Got to discuss what we feel like eating so that we wont clash with each other haha. Able to try more variety in that way. The snacks are really good and its of pizza flavour :)

This refreshing drink is served after the waiter took our orders. The lime sobert is said to help us digest our food better later on. super nice drink! I drank it down in one shot lol.

The appetizer. Till now i dont really know whats on the right hand side. The waiter advised us to eat it starting from the scallop(in the middle), moving on to the right and then to the left(salmon!).

Boy's king crab claw salad. The crab meat is really yummy! 

I ordered the platter of air flown seasonal sashimi. To those who cant stand the raw smell of fishes, dont take this. I'm immune to it hence i find it super nice lol. And those who love sashimi but dont like the others, i will suggest u not to take it because i think the raw smell dont come from the sashimi. Oh ya there's fish roe in the middle 2 piece which i dont really know what is it, but is damn nice. crunchy one! I'm starting to suspect i'm some animal who live in the sea in my past life.

:)

Boy's foei gras chwanmushi. Took a bite and i love it too.

I ordered the steamed fresh bamboo clam. If you like chewy stuff, order this haha.

Happily waiting for my next dish lol.

Boy's double boiled beef consomme.

My crepe mushroom with truffle.

The waiter talked a little too fast, boy and i only remember the sentence "10 seconds in your mouth". I ended up putting the truffle 10 seconds in my mouth and spit it out. Boy and i came up with the conclusion that i should not swallow it down in case later the waiter come and collect think i everything also eat down. I continued drinking my soup and when the waiter came to collect, he asked me is it i dont like the truffle taste? lol. I've got no choice but to say ya. so embarrassing ~

After the soup, its time for the mains.

Boy ordered the beef tenderloin on granite hot stone.

They only cooked the beef till around medium rare and you got to cook it yourself by flipping here and there on the granite hot stone till how well you want it to be. The beef was yummy and the sauce was great. Boy love it a lot and told me he want to go back there to eat again haha! Btw, i hardly hear him praise restaurant :)

Did some research and i know they are famous for their duck confit. No doubt, nice tender duck meat~

After the mains they served our drinks. When i go back the next time, i would request them to serve this drink first though. Its such a huge pot and 1 each, felt so bloated after drinking it. 

Boy ordered iced mallow apple melody.

I ordered the iced fruity refresher.

Both our drinks are not too sweet and refreshing. 

We ordered the same dessert and i think we made the right choice. :) Heng we ordered the same if not confirm snatch one!

Dozo famous for its warm chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream.

The warm chocolate that's oozing out after i lightly took some cake to eat.

:)

With My Valentine.

If you're looking for a place to celebrate anniversaries or give your other half a surprise birthday celebration, i'll highly recommend Dozo :) They have one area cornered out for couples. Of cause if you want to go with your friends or families they do have bigger rooms. I saw a family of 10++ walking out while i'm half way dining through. I guess it is a common place to have family dinners too since its quite affordable. My bill came up to 70 per pax after the gst and etc for a 7 course set dinner :) You can call or email them to make reservation. I did mine by email and they replied really fast.

Dozo Restaurant

491 River Valley Road

#02-02/03 Valley Point Shopping Centre

Tel: 68386966

On Valentine's day i stayed back after work awhile to rush some stuff, reached home at only around 8pm -_-". Went home for some home cooked food by my mum. 

Boy surprise me at work with this photo. Thanks love. It some sort motivate me to  faster finish my work and go home to see my roses lol.

Feeling damn shag but upon seeing the roses i felt happier after a long day at work plus its valentines day!

My valentine's day present from boy. Finally gotten my hands on this watch. I've set my eyes on this watch for more than 1 year ago though.

Thanks my love. XOXO.

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Canon IXUS 240HS, Canon IXUS 500HS or Sony EX2F

Its time to say goodbye to my Canon Powershot E1 after being with me for probably 4-5 years. I still remember i bought it before boy's bmt parade  in 2008 because i wanted to capture the moment down :)

I decided that its time for my 小pink to retire. Btw it's my first digital camera :) 

I hardly bring my digital camera out ever since i start to work cause my working environment doesn't allow it. Hence i guess i neglected it more or less plus smart phone nowadays are much more convenient when taking photos i think.

I'm currently considering this few cameras for my upcoming taiwan trip and also boy's convocation in july. Dont really want to use a old-school lousy camera for it.

Canon IXUS 240HS.

Defintely i'll choose the hot pink one. While searching for the image, i think it comes with light pink also but whatever it is, i'm good with hot pink. If i'm not wrong Esther have the one in blue. Saw her bringing it out that day during her birthday celebration in Jan. Have asked her to go home check the model for me haha! It seems not bad, touch screen + wi-fi.

 I think camera which have wi-fi function is quite important nowadays since we can wi-fi to our smart phones and then upload to social media instantly! :)

Another camera which is a little diff in terms of price is Canon Ixus 500HS.

I will op for the red one! Its 50 dollars more expensive than Canon Ixus 240HS. It claims to be the world slimmest camera. Maybe thats y i guess?

A more high-end camera which i set my eye on but i think i'm not getting it is the white Sony EX2F. I'm all along a Canon Supporter but this Sony camera caught my attention

In love with the swivel screen. But its quite big infact, its like a semi-pro dslr. Even though i'm very gian to get it, but i got to tell myself to stay practical. I dont really like to carry a bulky camera around especially when i'm overseas or so. Imagine i bring this to work and got to lock it up at the locker, i dont think it can fit in though plus i think the security guard will roll eyes at me. haha!

So now is either Canon Ixus 240HS or 500HS. Will soon receive my cheque from Nuffnang soon and i shall use it to buy the camera hehe :) Still deciding whether to go down IT fair in mid march or just get it from courts? IT Fair might not give me any great deals afterall. Shall decide then :)

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Randoms - 雷霆掃毒, Candy Crush, Natas Fair 2013

The other day i met up with my colleagues for luo hei and they recommended me to watch 雷霆掃毒/High and Lows. Ever since i finish I-Do I-Do the korean drama, i got nth to watch except running man. Having to say that, now i'm busy cheong-ing 雷霆掃毒. super addicted to it and that explains y this whole week i'm so tired at work!

Colleagues guessed that i would like ling feng because he's young and etc but i told them i like miao qiao wei and everyone O.O! hahahaha! Just feel that miao qiao wei is super man and fit even though at the age of 54. Still maintain so well :)

My new idol!他超 Man 的!

 I guess a lot of people are busy playing candy crush also be it on train, at work, lunch time, wherever u go la basically. I'm also one of them who walk and play candy crush everywhere i go and almost bang into pillars thanks to the candy crush craze.

I've stucked at level 65 for 3 weeks! Can play till super pek cek at times. But at least it entertain me for my train ride but now i got no time to read my books. Bought cai kang yong latest book before cny, will share some content of his book here cause i find it super meaningful :) Glad that i finally passed level 65 and am level 102 now! The screenshot is a little outdated haha.

Went to the Natas Fair 2013 with boy, li hua and kenneth yesterday. I've started researching on the different package different agency provide few days before but some of them did not have the departure date that we want. But we manage to find some agencies with the dates with want and after comparing price + places they bring us to, we decided to book the taiwan package by Singexpress Travel :) We probably went to 5-6 travel agency to enquire but the crowd was okay, so can just straight away ask, not much waiting time needed.

Other than the cheaper package price at NATAS, We also gotten a 20-inch hard case luggage for free!(OCBC card promo) Just nice for boy since he dont have a luggage. Do head on down to NATAS Fair 2013 if you intend to travel soon cause they do have a lot of credit card promo!

One of the highlights of the taiwan trip would be to stay in 艾蔓精緻旅館(土城館)- Amain Boutique Hotel. Its a five star hotel and every room is of different design! And whats more is in every room there's a jacuzzi, and the jacuzzi is not small type, able to fit in 4-5 people.

One example of their rooms. The travel advisor show us much more pictures and got all of us excited haha. Btw we're staying in this hotel for the first night.

Another highlights would be to visit E-Da Theme Park in Kaohsiung! Would be staying at the hotel there and also 1 day entry to the theme park + unlimited rides to the ferris wheel haha!

Did some research on the theme park after coming back from NATAS fair. Found out there's this really exciting ride - 天旋地转! 

After watching the video i really went O.O. Doubt i will try it but i'm looking forward to see it.

And the last highlight would be to go to the hot spring resort. A bit sad that the hot spring is not in the room itself but more of a share public hot spring, but we'll be also staying at the resort for 1 day. The hot spring resort that we'll be visiting is the 北港溪沙八渡假村 - Peikong Creek Resort & Spa!

Not forgetting the releasing of sky lantern at shi fen! Can u imagine i go everywhere and ask does your package include releasing of sky lantern?? lol. Oh and there's 1 dinner which will include free flow of xiao long bao. Feeling excited about it but yet at the same time worrying about my waistline. Now i'm determined to continue my exercise + diet till i go taiwan!Better shed a few more kg before i go there to gain back!

Will be heading to taipei, sun moon lake, chingjing farm, tainan, kaoshiung, hua lien back to tao yuan to go back sg! Last night would be at ximending hehe. It will be free and easy for the last day :) Many have been asking me y i book tour and not free and easy, reason being no one is free enough to go and plan the itierary and its the first time for the 4 of us haha. More like an experience trip covering some parts of taiwan rather than just taipei itself. Though i may have seem to travel to hk, bkk kl, indonesia, but this is my long awaited grad trip!

Have a good weekend people! Natas Fair is on for this weekend only so do head on there if not i think the next Natas Fair would be in aug/sep. :)

Chinese New Year 2013!

1 week before CNY, i went over to boy's house to deliver some cny goodies to his mum.The usuals like ba kwa, cookies and also pineapple tarts which lester made! I ordered 3 bottles from him, 1 traditional 'open' type and 2 'close' type.

The traditional 'open' type i requested him to put less pineapple tart for me cause boy dont like too sweet one. actually i also dont really like too sweet for health sake! End up i think its really less sweet! :) Lester and his sister actually sold 100 bottles of pineapples tart this cny! Super huat!! But i must say their pineapple tarts are really nice and he sell the tarts to me at friendship price haha!

Cny Eve Eve - Boy's side renuion dinner

Headed down to tampiness for renuion. The usual location as every other year but this time they had luo hei + Neo Garden catering. When i saw the eclair, it reminded me of the elcair i ate at esther's house on her wedding day and yup its from Neo garden! haha! I ate food from this caterer twice in less than a week. But i must say the elcair is really yummy :)

With boy's family and boy's grandma.

That day Boy help me take some OOTD shots to participate in Hollyhoque instagram competition for fun haha. 

#OOTD: Celestial Sweetheart Dress in Wine Red from Hollyhoque

Wanted to wear Danity Lace and Pleats Dress in white/wine red for the renuion dinner at boy's side but the zip is just too hard to be zip up -_-". I ended up pulling the whole zip out! Kan cheong that early morning but heng i got backup lol. The celestial sweetheart dress is love at first sight! Super thick material and easy to match :) And at least the zip is functioning well. Thanks karen for helping me buy and then indicate the delivery to my address. I'm always not at home when blogshop launch.

Because this year lucky colour for dragon is RED, so i'm in all RED for this cny haha! I was thinking do i need to be red all the way till the next zodiac year? Anyway even before i know my lucky colour, I've already decide to wear red for this year cny instead of my usual pink. So much of a coincidence. 

Btw boy's mum say i slim down liao! :)

Hong baos collected from boy's side. 

Got to cherish the days of collecting hong baos because it wont be long till i'm the one giving instead of receving! 

Eve of CNY - Renuion at my side! 

 

Exercise lesson in the morning, came home lunch, pack room bathe and off to renuion dinner at Jurong Point - Pu Tien. My family decide not to have steamboat this year so my mum wont be so busy and no need prepare so much stuff.

These 2 snakes were put up by boy and me haha!

Oh ya the renuion dinner was treated by my brother. He booked the 6:20pm slot but we went early thanks to my kan cheong father.

With my mum :)

With my dad and mum! This shot remind me of my graduation photo taken with them.

#OOTD - Stella Maxi Dress in Wine Red from TheFridayBest

A flattering maxi dress from them. The contrast of the colours of the dress caught my attention first. They have it in nude pink but i prefer the red one haha!

Time to luo hei with my family!

Family photo of the renuion dinner :) Am glad that everyone turns up and we have a great dinner though the food was of acceptable standard only 

CNY Day 1 - Visiting day!

Mum cooked simple lunch for us before we go visiting :)

I love steam ba kwa and i dont like to eat 1 whole slice of bak kwa by itself. hehe. mum knows it :)

The when we want to leave house to visit my paternal grandma, it RAINS! -_-". Boy was around so at least got someone to hold the umbrella all the way :X

Look of the day. Am loving my hair colour and thanks to redken shampoo my colour dont fade off so fast. phew!

And I forgot to mention the eyelinear I'm using is recommended by jennifer. It really does not smudge! I've tried serveral brands like canmake, maybelline but all of them smudge cause of my oily eyelids. The eyelinear she recommended me is Clio Professional Water Proof  Brush Linear. Those who have oily eyelids and and having problem with their eyelinear which smudge, try this! Its amazing! haha!

 I accidentally bought the brown one instead of the black one but i think its the same la. Too tired after work that day just grab and go haha. It comes with a free mascara btw. Have tried it and does not smudge too.

Visited my maternal side relatives after my paternal side. My cousin called me and ask me when are we reaching cause the young ones want to play with us! lol. They really guai guai sit down there wait for us haha! They even tell us "1 year only 1 time and why your late??" I dont know how to reply lor, kids nowadays are so smart and demanding. Very hard to bluff them one.

All my niece and nephews. First time seeing my new born niece haha! Another dragon baby and she cry like mad when we pull her apart from her mother.

Chaotic scene when we want to take photo with our next generation lol.

 Bro gf, bro, mum, me and boy!

Catch up quite a bit with my biao ge and biao jie before boy and i head off to JP for our movie - journey to the west. Seriously the movie, even though xiao zhu act in it, but i think the story plot is just too lame! Ah boys to men is so much nicer :)

Red hair, red dress. HUAT MAX AH!

#OOTD - Kate Pintuck Dress from FaireBelle  

Super love this dress because i think the black band at the waist area makes one waist look so much slimmer! Btw is not a elastic band haha. Its a zip dress. This pretty  piece is of good quality chiffon and i love the fact that one need not wear any necklace to go along with it because of the crotchet neckline :) Simple yet elegant. The bridesmaid dress for Esther's wedding is also from Fairebelle!

My relatives tell me i slim down when they saw me this cny! lol. Hopefully i maintain la! I have to and must to for wedding photoshoot :) Though i haven start planning anything but i know the fist thing for every wedding is to look good. as simple as that!

CNY Day 2 - Site Visting!

Travelled all the way down to seng kang and by the time we reached there is late afternoon le. I was feeling a little hungry so we had toast box for tea break! hehe.

The variety at the toast box is not as much as the JP branch because it does not have chocolate toast!

A wake-up call to me to cherish whatever i have now :)

This post more or less concludes my CNY long holidays and i'll be back updating my valentine's day and also luo hei with colleagues! Would be heading to the Natas Fair this weekend! *winks*