Pietrasanta

izzy was also nice to arrange to bring me to an italian restaurant. he said his friends recommended this place along portsdown road....



nice rustic feel kinda place..









and he got me a small bouquet of white roses!




complimentary bread...



beef broth soup...



its got ravioli with braised beef inside. overall it was decent but i really miss the beef broth from austria. those with the semolina was incredibly good.

parma ham with cheese...



the parma ham was a little too salty after the pan fry.

for mains, we had a spinach ravioli...




which is pretty good. the sauce was pretty buttery...



and a squid ink with crab meat sauce...



this is the will nt stain teeth kind of squid ink. the tomato sauce is the kind that as you eat, u'd want more kind.

we also shared a rockets and parma ham pizza...



so yeah, we were incredibly full and couldnt really finish it. but the pizza was nice. thin pizza.

for desserts, we shared a cream brulee and a panna cotta...









both were yummy!

Royal China

arranged to meet up with dar dar at raffles city for lunch. she suggested checking out Royal China coz she said she heard their dim sum is good....









they have a really lovely decor in tiffany colours, china style...








we shared a lot of dim sum.

they have a really nice chilli...



usually i dont take chilli but their chilli has a nice haybe taste which i like.

the liu sha bao...



not bad.

the char siew sou which is supposed to be their specialty...



didnt find it very good.

the har gao...



not bad also!

siew mai...



i found it nice but dar dar didnt. i think its coz shes the meat siew mai kind of person while im the prawns siew mai kind of person. haha

jelly fish...




decent but had better.

roast pork...



decent but had better.

3 style chee cheong fun...



i love their scallops one! its soooo good!

beancurd roll...



not bad.

pork ribs...





nice!

steamed chicken feet...



not bad as well.



and just as we were pretty full and all, the server arrived behind us to inform us he will start cooking our beef for us now. we had completely forgotten that we ordered this...





but it was so damn good!



the beef was incredibly tender. i like it!

Dozo

my birthday dinner with my parents...



the complimentary fried soba...



hmmm.. not as nice as the previous visit. and i like the above shot! shows part of my dad and part of my mum looking at the menu!

first we were served the plum sorbert...



to cleanse the palate.


first up is the chef special which is the same as what we had on chit loong's birthday.




























































overall, food is good at Dozo. we were given extra desserts to try and also a cake for me! (although i already expected the cake but haha.. thank u Dozo! its much appreciated!!)

and thank you for the private room!

The Patissier

sharon and saphy were the sweetest! they arrived with a cake for me! my first cake for this birthday!! and saphy said the kiss on the box is the kiss that sharon wants to give me!









the cake is from patissier! even has kisses on the cake! its passion fruit mousse meringue cake with mango and strawberry inside. as we lifted the box, i whispered to saphy " i don't eat mango "

haha.. but coz it was such a sweet tot, i finished my portion of the cake. the rest found the cake really AWESOME! i liked it too (minus away the mango)... the texture of the side of the cake was really good!

Lawry's

joelle and myself went for high tea over at Lawry's!




we actually googled around for a good high tea place and they were all pretty expensive (around $38++). we finally found Lawry's at $15 only! though its not buffet spread, it was good enough coz we werent looking to really eat a lot.

there is a choice of one savory and one sweet item from the list...



also comes with choice of a drink and both of us chose pineapple!



for my savory, i chose the prime rib yorkshire roll up!



it was not bad. i like lawry's yorkshire pudding to begin with. i wished they gave bigger pieces of the beef instead of chopping it into these small pieces.

joelle chose a (boring in my view.. hahhaa) cajun chicken salad..



which was boring like i said. hahaha.. she barely finished it!

For sweet, i had a scones and they were pretty awesome especially with the cream!



joelle had a bread butter pudding with ultra mini scoop of ice cream...



so stingy with the ice cream! barely a scoop.. think its probably a quarter scoop la!

thank cute joelle for the treat~!