Legend @ Anchorvale Community Centre

Lately there's this new food court/outlet called Legend, which has just opened and it's located less than 5 minutes from my place! Yay to more variety of food in town but that has also gave me a reason to cook lesser this days. opps! 

When the coffee shop below my block open, I think I will only step into the kitchen maximum once a week given the busy work schedule I'm having now.:(

Legend used to only sell tze char, roasted delight and western food. Recently, they started selling ramen and the stall is located next to the tze char stall. Will talk more about it later.

There's drink stalls too which sells the usual can drinks, kopi/teh, fruit juice and toast :)

Derp and I had tze char there on 2 different occasions and this is what we ordered...

Sambal Kang Kong - A dish which I couldn't figure out where's the sambal lol.

Fu Rong Egg - One of the better dish served by them

Ma Pou Tou Fu - Derp don't really like it at all.

The above 3 dishes and 2 rice costs us $20+. I can't really remember the exact price. But I do find the portion of the vegetables served by them a little too small. Ain't vegetables suppose to be the easiest to cook and cheapest food to cook? haha! Base on the logic that when you ordered cai fan, they always gave you the most vegetables as compare to the other dishes. 

We went there for dinner on the 2nd time and ordered the following dishes..

Stir fried Broccoli with garlic - As usual the portion of the vegetables is really pathetic. 

Fu Rong Egg again! 

Thai Style Tou Fu - We find it really nice and yummy, dipping it with the sweet and sour sauce provided by them. Very fattening because it's deep fried but worth the calories. :)

The feast that night :)

Moving on to the newly opened ramen stall now!

Honestly speaking, the menu got be excited hehe! And I do think the price is reasonable. 

I ordered the Pork Broth with Black Garlic Oil. Yummy enough but I find the portion too little. Definitely not for the hungry ones out there.

Derp ordered the Tonkotsu Ramen and requested for a spicy version.

The ingredients were good enough for a $6.80 ramen but I will definitely prefer patronize it more often if the portion were bigger.

The $4 roasted duck rice sold at Legend has got to be my favorite food to ta bao for lunch/dinner. I've been eating it way too often till the extend the stall vendors recognize me.

I've yet to try the western food as they aren't affordable at all. A plate of pork chop easily cost nearly $10.

That's all for my review and I do think their business is soaring given the fact that they are the only F&B outlet which sells some normal food in the neighborhood for now. But there are still much room for improvement on the service, waiting time as well as the quality of the food served. 

Legend

Anchorvale Community Club

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Gathering with the Uni Buddies!

I finally invited my buddies over to my new place after so many months of moving in. It's nearly a year after I move in very soon. We still have some friends who have yet to visit our place yet hahah! 

The last time I met them has got to be at Guo Liang's wedding. I still remember rushing down to his wedding after a 10km race last November!

We wanted to meet up sometime after Guo Liang's wedding but never had the chance to. We finally found a common time and so we had a simple lunch affair at my place with Canadian pizzas. I airfried wings and nuggets for them too since they were all guys and I reckon they might not feel full enough.

The guys bought bubble tea for us :) as it was a really hot afternoon!  

We had a good time catching up with each other over lunch at my place. After lunch, we decided to play with the Go Pro camera.

Darwis brought his GoPro camera along hence we had a good time 'playing' with it. Makes me feel so tempted to get one too. The camera is sooooo small yet the resolution of the photos is really good and able to capture my whole house due to it's wide angle.

Test shot and it simply capture my whole living room. lol

Some #welfie shots..

Pardon for what's on the tv! And this has become our new whatsapp group icon lol. No idea why we pose till like that but I suppose trying to capture the whole house in the photo.

Hope to meet up with them soon but I think it will be during Guo Liang's housewarming since he's getting his keys in few months time. Looking forward to "house hopping"

North East Compresssport Run 2015

It's my first year joining North East Compresssport Run. One of my top reasons for joining this race will definitely be I'm a North-East-ian now :) It's also their first time organizing the race at Punggol Waterway, previously it was held at Pasir Ris Park. 

I'm taking this chance to cover the really scenic Punggol Waterway because during my normal running days, I don't have the motivation to run that much by myself. I do prefer joining neighborhood small scale races these days because I find it more enjoyable and way less crowded than all the big race out there. 

The racepack collection was held at Sengkang Community Centre which is of a walking distance/2 bus stops away from my place. I offered to help my 3 colis to collect their racepack too. 

The race pack collection @ Sengkang Community Club

It was likewise a very smooth and fast racepack collection. The goodies in the racepack do not lose out to race pack from big races. 

What made this race interesting will be the "half-medal" which was given out in the race pack. 

We will be given another 'piece' of the medal after our race. :) 

The flag off for the 10km race was at 7:30am. Derp and I took MRT to Punggol before changing the LRT to Nibong Station. It's our first time taking the Punggol LRT. 

If I were to compare it with Sengkang LRT, it's more deserted especially the west loop of Punggol LRT. Many stations were not operating yet. The LRT we took stop and go at 4 stations before reaching Nibong. 

Once we get down from the train, we have no problem spotting the race site as it's just a few minutes walk across the grass to the race site and totally visible from the LRT station.

The race site.

Since it's not crowded and it was still early, we decide to sit around first while waiting for time to pass. Not forgetting to take photos!

Us chilling around before the race start.

Our flag off was slightly delayed to welcome the first half marathon runner. The first is none other than the famous Samson Tenai :) He can run really really fast and completing a half marathon seems so effortless for him! 

While waiting for the flag off, I took more photos again bearing in mind it's not everyday we go there. 

Punggol waterway 

You can see the half marathon runners who are already making their way to the 2nd loop which is another 10.5 km to go.

The amount of people painting Punggol Waterway orange that day..

One last shot before we went to queue at the starting line..

It was a slient flag off so as not to disturb the people staying near there. There's a few HDB blocks which is directly facing the race site. 

I don't feel unfamilar with this park since I ran a part of Punggol Waterway before. So I'm quite familiar with how wide the route was, and the condition of the running route and etc. The weather was really good that morning and it was not sunny. Hydration points were more than enough and everything was very well organized. Nothing much I can complain about and we totally enjoy the scenic view throughout the run. 

We put the goal of beating our personal best behind our head and simply enjoy the scenery as well as discovering Punggol Waterway.  

The scenery at Sunrise Bridge which is also the u-turn point. It's scenic isn't it? :)

The ever so familiar Jewel Bridge which is so near to our house :)

I've always run till I reached here from my house before making a u-turn back then. Hence, I never had the chance to explore the rest of Punggol Waterway. But North East Compresssport Run has made it happen! So glad that we join this race because on normal running days, I have yet to find the motivation to cover that much of Punggol Waterway.

A group shot with all the colis who joined this race too. It's always a joy to see familiar faces at races :)

With Derp.

Our finisher medals! 

You can now see how the 2nd piece of medal fits into it and become a 'completed' medal.

Picture credits to Running Shots 

Thank you once again for taking such a nice photo of us :) 

I love neighborhood races like such and I'm hoping/looking forward to more races hoding it at Punggol Waterway. A place that's so scenic and yet so close to home. Kudos to the organizer of North East Compresssport Run once again for making this a well organized and enjoyable race.

That's all for now. Till the next race then!

AONE Claypot House @ Jurong Point

I've once blogged about AONE Claypot House @ Jurong Point 2 years ago when it was just opened. 

Just lately, I went back to dine in there with my mum for our usual Friday dinner date. Decide to blog about them again because their menu has change from the first time I've dined in there. (p/s: that includes the price too!lol) 

They do still have their famous claypot frog leg porridge and etc but we decide to go for something else instead.

We ordered the Claypot Luffa with Prawns and Beancurd. 

$16.90 for this Claypot Luffa with Prawns and Beancurd.

Though the price is quite steep, they are really generous with the ingredients they used. It was actually a little too much for my mum and me.

We also ordered the "Chai Po" Omelette. 

I realised that I've also ordered this dish when I went there the very first time and it only costs $5-$6 back then! Sad to say, the price has almost doubled over the years. 

The "Chai Po" Omelette

Pardon for the 'incomplete' picture as both my mum and me has each took a mouth before I take the photo lol! 

A meal like this simply costs us $40++ for just the 2 of us. I find the standard is pretty much the same as compared to when I first eat it few years back. But the price of the items in the menu has definitely gone up quite a lot over the years. Doubt I will be going back there for any meals anymore due to the steep pricing this days. 

A One Claypot House

#03-09/11 Jurong Point

Venus Run 2015

This is my second year joining Venus Run! It's also the first race of the year and I've to admit last year experience wasn't as great as this year. The organizers did improve much after gathering all the feedbacks from last year.

The race pack collection was held at the new Kallang Wave Mall which I blog about it not long ago. 

The whole race pack collection for Venus Run was fuss free and totally no hassle.

Yay to no queue and that's because the organizer has sufficient man power to allow everyone to collect their race pack swiftly. p/s: Spot the big indoor rock climbing facility behind the booths. 

We took the chance to explore around Kallang Wave Mall since it's our first time there.

They have this outdoor pool which looks really cool and fun for kids. The scenery there is awesome too even though when we went up, the sun was scorching hot. It's not really crowded there so parents do take the chance to head there with your kids. It's free if I'm not wrong and there's locker for you to lock your belongings :)

There's also this wave house concept kind of surfing facilities at the roof top of Kallang Wave Mall.

Sad to say, it's not operating yet as it's not ready yet till the second half of the year.

There's this kind cleaner uncle who brought us in to take a quick look. They had build a lazy pool around the surfing pool. So cool! Of cause when it's officially opened, they will start to charge money. But who will have thought you can find this on top a shopping mall?

Not to mention there's indoor rock climbing facility in Kallang Wave Mall too which makes me very tempted to try. The last time I rock climb is nearly 10 years ago lol.

Okay enough of Kallang Wave Mall, back to Venus Run.

Here's what you can find in the race pack..

#flatlay of the goodies in the racepack.

Fast forward to race day, the weather was really good and the flag off was at 8am. One of the latest flag off time type of race I've attended but since it's only 5km, everyone should be able to complete before it starts to get really hot.

Derp kindly accompanied me to the race site and because it's only 5km, he does not need to wait that long for me. We took train to Stadium MRT as there's shuttle service provided to the race site located @ Garden By the Bay East.

The long queue which got me depress at first.

We were told that the shuttle bus comes at a interval of 10 minutes so I'm quite sure I'm gonna be late for the flag off. I couldn't get up the bus for the first time but to my surprise, around 5 minutes later another bus came so we managed to get up. I was prepared to walk to the race site if the queue was really really long like last year.

The signs were clear and everyone was in a orderly manner to hop onto the shuttle bus.

And so I reached the race site 5-10 minutes before the flag off. Enough time for me to take some photos before heading to the flag off point.

Mandatory shot before the first race of 2015. 

The crowd before flagging off..

The race officially flagged off at 8am after a 5 minutes warm up.

The race route is not new to me as it's one of the most common route for many races. My first race which I joined years back took the exact same route too. There were 2 water points, 1 before going up Marina Barrage and another one which is 1km after that. The whole race were pretty smooth and I enjoyed it pretty much.

The 5km race came to an end and I also collected my finisher medal without having to queue for it.

More photos below..

Yay to completing the first race of the year..

With the ever so familar backdrop...

With Derp :) 

Very much prefer this year finisher medal as to last year.

Pic credits to #running shots

This set of photos credits to Runcapture. 

I love this set of photos! During last year's Venus Run, I almost couldn't make it up the slope at Marina Barrage. This set of photos reminded me how much I've improve over the year.

My offical timing. I've achieved a new personal best for a 5km race.

This year's Venus Run is a huge improvement from the last year.

1) Nicer running singlet as compared to 2014 (it's in my favourite color!) 

2) Shuttle service comes quick enough to clear the long queue.

3) No bottlenecks/not congested during the race like last year

4) A morning race instead of evening race which I much preferred

5) Nicer finisher medal as compared to 2014

I do hope they keep up the good job and hope to see you in 2016 :)