11th Dating Anniversary Celebration @ Lime (Parkroyal on Pickering)

Pardon for the big hiatus and I didn't realize I had not update this space since end of October. 

Traveled on my birthday in November, completed my last few races of the year, busy meeting up with friends and etc hence I MIA-ed from this space for awhile. 

Hopefully I can catch up on those backlogs since I will be having a good 10 days break before 2018 arrives :) The thought of 2018 arriving is dreadful but I can only tell myself to embrace it and press on. 

So roughly half year back, Derp and I celebrated our 11th year dating anniversary. It was a belated one as both of us were busy with our work commitment so we postponed it for a week. 

Just taking it as a day off from work to relax and chill before we get back to the daily grind. 

#OOTD for the special day. 

We decide to head to Lime @ Parkroyal Pickering for it's buffet mainly because of it's Matcha fondue. I mean how often do we see a Matcha fondue right? The most common ones are still the Chocolate fondue. Not forgetting, the review of the food was good so we decide to give it a try. 

Arriving at Lime restaurant.

The iconic Matcha Fondue was the first to great us upon entering the restaurant. 

The desserts section was right at the front..

The salad bar and cheese section 

Just one part of the food area..

This was only round one of the food that we took. 

I didn't took much photos of the food as I was busy eating haha! So pardon for the lack of photos..

There's always room for desserts at a buffet because one simply can't give them a miss no matter how full we may feel. 

They do have interesting ice cream flavors. 

I had a shot at the Chilli Raspberry flavour one and I do think it taste pretty interesting. It doesn't taste bad/weird at all but in fact, it actually blends really well lol.

The highlight of the buffet has got to be this marshmallow soaked in the Matcha fondue. So yummy! A must try for the Matcha lovers :) 

Happy 11th Dating Anniversary :) 

Glad that we took a day off to spend quality time together despite our busy work commitments. A day well spend together. 

Parkroyal on Pickering

3 Upper Pickering St, Singapore 058289

Brunch @ Knots Cafe & Living

Knots Cafe and Living is soon becoming one of my most frequent cafe these days. 

It's not easy to find a cafe to suit both Derp and my taste bud but this cafe is by far the only one we both are okay to go back there again and again .I've lost count of the number of times we've went there for brunch/lunch.

Love the ambiance of the cafe and not forgetting the yummy and affordable food. There's free wifi provided for the customers too so basically it's a nice place to chill. 

Knots Cafe and Living is made up of 2 storey. 

The cafe space is really big and there's seating spaces on both levels. This picture was taken on the 2nd level. There's tables catered for couples and also for big groups visiting the cafe. 

Since it was free seating, we actually roamed around the whole cafe first to take a look at the decoration and furniture before ordering our food. FYI, all the furniture in the cafe are for sale :) 

The menu for their Main course.

The beverage and desserts menu

There were cakes on sale just next to the counter. I spot my favorite rainbow cake but I didn't get them though. 

More pics of the cafe below..

They also sell fresh flowers :) 

Various plants up for grab too at the cafe.

We went there for late lunch on our first trip there and here's what we ordered..

Macaroni and Cheese - $8.90, Carbonara - $11.90 

Both mains were yummy and of affordable price.

The main reason (other than checking out their furniture and home decor items) we went there is this..

Matcha Waffle with Ice Cream - $12.50

It's our first time having Matcha Waffle and we love everything Matcha :) The ice cream we chose was salted caramel ice cream with chocolate sauce.

Overall, the food was good which was the main reason we kept going back there for brunch/lunch whenever we are in that vicinity :) Food was served to us quickly after we have ordered so there's nothing much to complain about!

We went back there again not long later  but this time round was for brunch...

Very filling brunch and it cost $30+ for all of this. Totally worth it! 

Highly recommend one to give this cafe a try if you are in that area :) 

Knots Cafe and Living

#01-07,, 160 Paya Lebar Rd, Singapore 409022

Kotobuki Coffee @ Wisma Atria

Few months ago, I chanced upon the beautiful Musical Sakura Latte Festival offered by Kotobuki Coffee. Basically it's the beautiful looking dessert/high tea set which caught my attention. 

So I decided to ask Kris out for a lunch and at the same time try this pretty dessert set :) Glad that I have like-minded cafe hoping friends around me. It's not difficult to find a date for such purposes because we all love exploring new cafes! 

#OOTD for the day :) 

Kotobuki Coffee is located at Wisma Atria. 

We were there for late lunch so there weren't much people. I was there slightly early than Kris so I went to take some photos while waiting for her :)

This was available for the kids set. 

Seems like the cafe not only cater for ladies who love pretty stuff, but also family friendly for those with kids. They have set for kids and these cute pokemon gacha balls for purchase :) 

The main reason why we are here for. The musical carousel is very pretty indeed! 

The menu for the sakura latte festival.

The cute kids set. 

We ordered 1 mains to share so that we each can have our own dessert later on.

We chose the Katsu Curry Rice because it can't go wrong. 

Anyway, there was a miscommunication and they served the desserts first before the mains. I was totally shock when they do that though. But oh well, they did apologize to us. I had to ask them to put the mains on hold and serve it later because they let us sit at such a small table.

Even though it was our mistake for not reminding them but I would at the very least expect them to either ask us or just assume that it should be serve the desserts after the mains.

Alright, enough of my ranting. More pics coming up!

My pretty Sakura Roll and Matcha Latte.

Taking the mandatory shot before eating.

You can totally see there's no table space left so I had to warned them not to serve the main first. 

My lunch date :)

A welfie of us both before we start digging in to our cake and coffee. 

The food served here was not bad. The Matcha Latte was on point, and the Sakura Roll taste more like vanilla cake with a slight tinge of flowery smell/taste ( I believe that's the Sakura). Very instagramable but not to the extend of very yummy food. 

Overall the experience was good but the food was not that fantastic to the extend of us wanting to go back for the 2nd time. 

Kotobuki Coffee @ Wisma Atria

435 Orchard Road, Wisma Atria #01-18c, 238877

Day Trip to JB: KTM Train to JB Sentral, Tokyo Secret Cheese Tarts

Derp and I took an impromptu trip across the borders few months ago to run some errands.

We decide to take the KTM train instead of the usual bus because the review for the train was good. 

It cost slightly more expensive than taking public bus but it was all worth it to skip the jam :) Save lots of time too!

Prior to the trip, we purchased our tickets online from here. Tickets were sold out really fast so it's all about faster finger first and plan your trip way in advance! 

We arrived at the train station 1/2 hour before the departure time. It was recommended to arrive early because we have to exchange our 'print out' tickets for the actual ticket before boarding.

Queue was expected at the ticket counter as there were people purchasing their tickets on the spot too. 

Exchange our print out tickets for this tickets given to us at the ticket counter.

We took a short walk to cross the custom and in no time, we were seated in the train to wait for the train to move. 

A #welfie of us in our virgin train ride to JB Sentral.

The train didn't depart on 12pm 'sharp' though and I remember it only depart around 12:15pm or so. People were still making their way to the train after the scheduled depature time. 

Guess we were the kiasu ones who boarded the train real early because we were really afraid to miss the train haha! 

It was the most a maximum of 5 minutes train ride to reach JB Sentral and we were totally impressed by how fast and fuss free it was. We sat on comfortable seats all the way and reached JB Sentral in the fastest possible way. Totally understand why the train tickets were snap up so quickly everytime! 

Once the train reached JB Sentral, there's not a need to scan/chop passport again so one can head straight to their destination. We head to City Square Mall straight which is a short walk located away from the train station. Much nearer compare to coming from the bus station.

We decide dine in at Kurotomon Ramen Sumitaki for our lunch. Other than ordering their ramen, we also ordered their BBQ Sotong/Squid.

Taste good though but we will definitely prefer Sambal Sotong instead of just BBQ Sotong.  

I've reviewed the ramen before previously at here so I shall not go into it :) 

We went to run our errands right after our lunch and before leaving. we went to have high tea/dessert at Miyakori Cafe. I've previously reviewed this cafe before too and you may read more about it here.

 Matcha Latte and Matcha Azuki Cake :) 

Around 4pm or so, we decide to make our way to the train station once again. There's already a queuing forming for the train. We went to exchange our 'print out' once again before joining the queue at around 4:30pm or so. 

Tickets back to Singapore. 

If you've noticed, it's RM5 dollars for the return tickets back to Singapore whereas it's SGD5 dollars for the tickets to JB Sentral.  So it cost less than SGD7 dollars in total. 

Waiting for our train to depart to Singapore.

As usual, it didn't depart on time at 5pm. Probably delay for another 10-15 mins or so. We cleared the custom very swiftly too and we were out of the train station by 5:30pm! 

Bought back cheese tarts from Tokyo Secret from JB City Square Mall to give it a try...

Due to poor handling by us, some of the cheese tarts crust has already fell off. Opps! But they still taste as good. They have other flavour of cheese tarts like Matcha and Chocolate so it was kind of refreshing and definitely yummy!

No regrets buying them back though because they were cheaper than the cheese tarts sold here in Singapore :)

Tokyo Secret

Lot MS-03, Level 4, Johor Bahru City Square

106-108, Jalan Wong Ah Fook

Johor Bahru 80000

That's all about my short trip to JB City Square. We will definitely opt for train ride to JB in the near future because it save so much time as compare to taking bus/driving in :)

NTUC Income Eco Run 2017

My first NTUC run was way back in 2014. The race experience back then was a good one afterall. 

But because it always clash or if not too near to other races, hence I gave it a miss all these years. 

Taking it as giving my legs a break!

What makes me decide to join this year's Income Eco run was the generous discount code and I only signed up at the very last hour before the registration closes haha! #cheapthrill indeed. 

What's in the goodie bag. 

Love the recycle bag though because it looks trendy and the quality is good too.

On race day, we were slightly late so we missed the flag off timing by a little. Can totally tell that the flag off was on the dot. No delay at all.

Quickly brisk walk to reach the starting line before we start the run. 

And we are done :)

:)

Definitely not one of those run where a PB was achieved but nevertheless it was an enjoyable run. 

And since it was cheap, so there's no reason not to take part. We took it as a Sunday morning workout with splendid view rather than a race.

Some of the running shots capture by the various photographers..

Almost nearing the ending point where most of the camera man were. Too bad Derp was not looking at the camera haha.

We were posing when we were far away hence it was quite a blurry shot. Would love this picture but it's not focus on us though :( I'm hoping we will get nicer shots in the upcoming races before 2017 ends!

Anyway, I'll definitely be keeping NTUC Income Eco run in my bucket list because of it's affordable rates. I'm secretly hoping it won't clash with other major races because that it will be a pity to give this race a miss :)

High Tea @ Saveur Art (Ion Orchard)

I met up with Li Hua few months ago for a advance birthday celebration for her. I guess the last time we met was on the last few days of 2016 though. 

Glad that we are still catching up with one another all these years and with her witnessing the different milestones of my life. Totally blessed! 

We decide to try something different this time round so we went for high tea. 

I've heard of Saveur Art for quite sometime and the high tea set they offer seems to be reasonably priced at. They are located at Orchard Ion which is accessible and easily located. 

There weren't much people on a weekend afternoon though. 

I did make a reservation prior to my visit  just in case there was not enough seats. Afterall, the whole place could not contain that much diners at a go. Probably a maximum of 30++ guests.

The beverage menu where by we can choose our drinks from (included in the high tea set for 2) 

This are the items that are included in the high tea set for 2

I do find they offer quite a variety of food for this high tea set which costs $32.90++

Our Coffee to go with the high tea.

Pretty and huge high tea set

Li Hua and the high tea set :)

She look so small next to it haha! 

Me with the high tea set :)

A photo of us before we dig in. Friends for more than a decade :)

Anyway. the high tea was so filling! I remember I didn't ate my lunch that day so it was my late 'lunch' instead of high tea. 

Both of us can't finish every item on the tiered stand though. Very value for money because it seems to be our lunch instead of high tea haha! I only had something light for breakfast though and this high tea 'make up' for it.

I will highly recommend those who wish to go for budget friendly high tea session to try the high tea @ Saveur Art. But just a friendly reminder, do go there on an empty stomach :)

 Saveur Art (Ion Orchard)

2 Orchard Turn, #04-11, Ion Orchard, 04-11, 238801