hiatus - avocados

haven't been up to much blogging lately.

came across this website which i found to be rather interesting while searching for information on avocados.

MrBreafast

Hard Rock Cafe

First things first, Hard Rock Cafe is still open in Singapore. No it's not closed -.- and it's just beside forum. or orchard parade hotel where there's modestos and black angus.

The 2nd trip to HRC wasn't as satisfying as the first. Had been there for liquan's and alicia's birthday dinner. This time round, dined with my JC buddies, Tailon and Jeremy. I think some people still have the misconception of Hard Rock Cafe to be some pubbing place. But it's actually quite a family-orientated diners. even on a weekend night.

As it was a sunday night, it was naturally packed. so we had to wait at the bar quite a bit for seats.

was reluctant to order drinks at first coz of the last time i felt a little light headed after a bottle of heineken at sentosa and jeremy was treating. so not very nice to overspend right? but tailon ordered a jimcola, jim bean and cola, while me and jem was happily munching away on popcorn, deciding on our dinner and chatting away, waiting. was telling them about the sentosa incident. then they suddenly got it in their head to sabotage me. And so, jem got himself an appletini and they ordered a heineken for me.. i can't believe i have this kinds of friends can?

honey bourbon hickory smoked pork chop

bruce's famous bbq ribs

herb grilled marinated chicken breast

wasn't too satisfied with our choices.. and i think the ribs at cafe cartel was nicer.. it kinda falles off the bone *shrugs*.. i guess it depends on what type u like. for hrc's ribs, i had to get down to using my hands? i'll bet tony roma's are better too.. but at twice/thrice the price i guess.. which reminds me, i haven't been to tony roma's in a long long time.. and alicia said that their standard isn't that great anymore? =/ i grew up dining at tony roma's once in a while when we were young -.- i still remember me and my sister having the kids meal. =D

actually was abit seh-ish after drinking. before the food came. i guess it was because i drank on an empty stomach. as was that time at sentosa. but the guys didn't know coz i didn't let on. hah. =P

if we had gone with another person of two, their starters, the jumbo combo, would have been great. i think it would be much safer to stick to their pork/lamb shank. can't remember what was it i had. and ribs. gonna try out their burgers too. didn't have the famous HRC's brownie with ice cream. but i'm gonna have them the next time i'm there.

used my uob card so we got a 15percent off.. and i realised that hrc has loadsa joint promos with cards. aniwaes, told mom i'd be home by 9 but dinner ended only around 8.30. walked jem to cine coz he was meeting his friends there then cabbed back to my place with tailon. he stays rather near me =) and taxis are irritating la.. when u don't need one, u see plenty of it. and when u really wanna get a cab, it's so hard to get. almost had to book one.. irritating.

Hard Rock Cafe
#02-01 / # 03-01 HPL House
50 Cuscaden Road
Singapore 249724
Tel: (65) 6235 5232

Cedele

on the second day of the changi youth ambassador (cya) orientation, me, angie, pang and chai decided to have our lunch at cedele while the rest like shawn, sam, wes, yangying and some others moved on to chen fu ji. chai says that their fried rice is good.. gotta try them someday.

turns out that angie's ex-boss/colleague is working at this cedele now. it being a friday, settled for their curried pumpkin. it came with a free flow of bread and they had quite a few types to choose from. although it wasn't exactly easy on the pockets but it was afterall a very healthy meal i must say.

if i didn't remember wrongly, i believe my godma also recommended me cedele after lunch at nydc one day during lunch break. previously when i was working at millenia tower's citibank, lunched over at the cedele at suntec with 3 other colleagues. i think we had the curried pumpkin and another soup of the day too. vivianne ordered another sandwich to share too.

so is it curry or is it pumpkin?

pang ordered this blueberry almond crumble which was also very nice. angie got a treat even after much declining. she had a smoked salmon sandwich and their best-seller, carrot walnut cake.

absolutely scrumptious aint it? and the carrot was almost inexistant. don't know if that's good or bad but it was definitely the former for me. lest it reminds you of eating organic food. eeew.

shared our food around coz we wanted to sample more u see =D

chai wasn't feeling too hungry -as always- i swear she has a small tummy =P so she just helped herself to my free flow of bread. as angie has worked at cedele before, she began to tell us all about the different types of bread and all. all freshly made, not frozen etc etc. we would have tried their bestselling rosemary chicken instead were it not for friday. and i've heard recommendations for their devil's chocolate very fudge cake. sounds oh-so sinful doesn't it? i guess it won't be the last of cedele for me.

Cedele by bakery Depot
Changi Airport T2
Suntec City

AMC

now, before you think of that series of pots that were supposedly revolutionary like 10 years ago, AMC here stands for Andes Mint Chocolates.

this was a childhood fave of mine

now, before you think of that series of pots that were supposedly revolutionary like 10 years ago, AMC here stands for Andes Mint Chocolates.

back then when i was a kid, andes used to be a super luxury item. 3 dollars plus was no joke when your pocket money then was a mere dollar? or even lesser.

eons ago, i used to share them with my sis so that we could split the cost up. =)

so now, it's an ok-priced chocolate with so many other chocolates on the market. for yummy yet inexpensive treat or once in a while indulgence, i turn to andes =D

i used to love the mint-choc-mint (lighter green packing) but somehow i prefer the other one now. the choc-mint-choc one. never quite like the orange one tho' but i hardly see it in the market now.. hmmm. and you can't eat them immediately out of the refridgerator. coz it'd be tasteless. for me, a mere 30-5o seconds on my notebook battery transformer sufficiently warms up the chocolate to a melt in your mouth temperature.

the other chocolate which i'd have to satisfy my usual chocolate cravings would be cadbury timeout. i simply love the truffle-like layers of chocolate within the wafers. the candy empire over at millenia walk sells the truffle-like layers of chocolate a stick by itself. however i only tried them once. gotta go back there to check them out.

i think it's this..


however i'm not too sure.. got them off this site

till then, a visit to millenia's candy empire is on the waiting list. i think i'd better make a trip down before school starts or something.