La Villa

it was sort of a promotion celebration lunch for me and the bosses. We decided to do it at La Villa where they had actually sponsored us for the recent No Sales Day.

we were first served the complimentary bread....



served warm and there was olive oil n vinegar available for our desires.

La villa has a very very beautiful setting...



its outdoor seats are like a cosy garden which i forgot to take pictures of. But the place is beautiful. Sherlyn liked it a lot.

we shared a starter of calamari...



the calamari may look thin but its actually pretty nice. nicely spiced and fried and chewy level is just right!

a seafood pasta...



tastes like vongole and its got that pleasant and flavoursome clam taste in its sauce. Yummy!

the braised veal cheeks ...



it tasted fine but i preferred the other dishes. the veal taste was kinda covered by the sauce. i guess texture wise i preferred thicker versions of the meat.

a pizza that was kinda customised for us coz shida doesnt take bacon....



its mushrooms and truffles. the truffle smell was strong and it was good! thin crust with an egg in the middle. had that Oomph!

and the angel hair lobster pasta...



this is also really good. i remember coming by a few days back not for meals and i smelled them cooking the stock... totally salivating!

it was a delightful lunch compliments of CY.

and we also shared a tiramisu...



delightful

Alforno

Dinner with Robin at Alforno

we shared a starter of the beef carpaccio...



which was not bad but not to Robin's liking.

for mains, he went for some seafood cream sauce penne...



i must say its really good. the seafood cream sauce was really pleasant and delightful. It was light yet it had that seafood tinge in it. i liked it.

my vongole was also really good....



the clams in white wine sauce was fragrant and flavoursome. yummy!

desserts....





i wasnt too impressed with the desserts. i guess i generally like my panna cotta plain n not with chocolate sauce. haha

Nandos

before i left for gym today, was chatting with fishy and saphy and she talked about Nandos chicken at bugis. i remember hearing amanda speak about it too so we fixed a date to head down today after our gym! Lydia came to join us after her hair dye.

gym effectively finished around 8 plus 9 but the queue was still freaking long. got me wondering, is this nandos really that good? haha

we shared a chicken liver starter. saphy had a spicy palate and wanted the super hot one... lai si wo le!



but the chicken liver was actually really nice!

and for sides, we shared the couz couz salad, the coleslaw and the baby potatoes with lime leaves...



the couz couz was really crunchy but i really liked the baby potatoes. its quite special with the lime leaves and all.

den the chicken....



we ordered a whole to share. one side was the very spicy one and the other was mild. the chicken was nice and even the breast parts were really tender. saphy really liked it while i didnt find it impressive. nice but not impressive.

we also shared a hummus...



long while since i had it and saphy said she's gona bring me to some arab street place for good hummus! haha

it was good company and nice food!

Hairloom Caramel Cafe

for lunch today, fishy, crabby and myself decided to go over to caramel cafe coz i was craving for their fish roe pasta!

this place really has weird hours! they only open at 12 and close by 8. last order is 7! i wonder how they really make money! haha

we shared a creme brulee before our meal started. it was so good we polished it off way before i remembered to take a picture of it!



my favourite pasta of this season!



love that fish roe texture and that mild lemon taste. its really very good!

also tried their tiramisu....





and bread and butter pudding....



both of which i didnt find very impressive.

THE FOOD HUNT

It was my department's No Sales Day. A day of team building and fun. I am honoured to be one of the organisers this time and part of our event day was a series of food hunt to be competed by the different teams.

i would like to extend my appreciation to a few sponsors who had kindly sponsored the prizes for our winners.

Fantastic Ban Mian, Ya Kun Kaya Toast, Senso Holdings Pte Ltd, Spizza and 1 Caramel Cafe. Very generous sponsors!

some of the places were covered by the other teams so i may not have pictures of them covering the sponsors but the teams sure had a fun time!

every group was given a foot long subway sandwich and the fastest team to complete and run to chung yee with the wrapper wins this challenge!





first clue for the mexican team...









located the plaza sing's kopitiam food court... Fantastic handmade noodles.....



haha... so we got free noodles. they actually sponsored some vouchers for our prizes later! small amount but totally appreciated coz we were totally stringing on the budget we had to work on. and guess what? i was the one who designed the vouchers!





so yes, first stop for mexican team is the fantastic noodles....





apparently rachel knows about this stall and she actually loves the noodles from them.



next stop for them is chippy british take away...






and den we proceed to the nxt station...





bugis! station 3 is ji de chi desserts...











next clue!















den to the next challenge! Benten challenge!








its not easy, its a very big serving of ice cream and it cost around $45!



























and as soon as they were done, next station!
























durians were a killer, the guys at the back including myself dont take durians.. haha...











the yong he owner thought im a school teacher bringing my students out for excursion! haha....







































it was supposed to be smelly doufu.....



but they stopped selling coz they received lotsa complains from the neighbours for the smell! aww!










































rachel tried to ask uncle to help us buy 3 buns....



some aunty complained.. >.<











the beppu challenge....



level 8 of spicyness.. highest possible....











mexican team came in first for the beppu challenge!

den was the cozy dinner at Garuda...



for the respective teams....




and finally, chung yee announced the winner. Japan team won!