Sunday, May 25, 2008
HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY TO PRINCESS XUEJING!!!Our gang-Joan,
Liling,
Liping and
Caiyu, racked our brains together to plan something unforgettable for our dearest friend,
XueJing aka
snowgold, days before her
momentous 21st birthday. We was playing with the idea of bungee jump to joyriding to finally a Seafood
Extravaganza at Raffles Hotel-which finally
materialized! However, the first and foremost is a unique present. We decided that it should be something touching and finalized on a
DIY photo album with personal messages.
This is the cover page with our Princess
XueJing posing ever so coolly with her infamous peace finger sign.
This is the 'blackmail letter' made by
Liling!
Lol!
This essay on the left is written by me-I admit I am a little wordy person:)
This is Joan's masterpiece with 3D
lilted candles on the cake;)
...Meanwhile, we are still coordinating closely with Liping at Raffles Hotel to make sure our blast later is flawless...:)
We finally arrived and seated comfortably at Raffles Courtyard. Though we are smiling ever so brilliantly but our tummies are rumbling like thunders:)
Isn't the
ambiance perfect for a romantic dinner?
Our drinks arrived-each one of us got a special concoction according to our characteristics by the all-so-sweet Waiter Head-totally for free!
Liling got a concoction with spicy ginger in it because she simply looked Hot:) Of course our Birthday Girl got a specially big glass of fruit punch.
Liping's concoction has alcohol in it due to her '
undrunkable' love for alcohol. While I have gotten Beach Road concoction-with 7 up and strawberry, because he says i looked most 乖 in the group-wondering why?
The honey sesame pawn roll! It tasted simply delicious and appetizing!
Sambal stingray. It tasted as good as those served at East Coast Park seafood hawker. Simply fabulous.
SzeChuan stingray. The sauce is so sweet and yummy. The meat is so smooth and tender! What an unforgettable dish.
Local style fried noodle. It lacked lots of black soy sauce which is how the local hawker usually serve it-which is the way I like it as well.
Deep fried
Sea bass in yellow bean sauce. The sauce is sweet and the meat is soft, white, fresh and tender. The freshness of all the seafood is beyond doubt as all are kept alive before being cooked-this thought suddenly makes me feel quite sinful though:(
Local style fried rice. The rice tasted plain but the pawns in it are simply fresh beyond words!
Chicken
Murtabak. Tasted even more ordinary than the 正中
Murtabak served by our Indian friends at the local hawker fare. Therefore, it definitely does not worth the $20 price!
Mango, Green tea and Lime ice cream. The Mango ice cream tasted so much like Mango smoothie, simply soothing on the throat and tantalising on the
taste bud. The Green tea ice cream has a bitter aftertaste but is a great desert to end the full course meal-at least for me and except for Joan and
Liling.
Lol!
This is our Princess
XueJing with her beautiful tiara specially chosen by us for her. Did I mentioned that the Dark Chocolate cake in front of her has seven layers of alternating chocolate and blueberry
flavored pound cake. I personally named it the 'Heavenly Chocolate Cake' as the sweetness and intensity of the dark chocolate melting
in your mouth is simply satisfying. Women in PMS will definitely enjoy a happy sugar rush with it.
The grand finale was when the live band-with a angel-like voice
female lead, sang the birthday song and ‘月亮代表我的心’dedicated to
XueJing.
After 10 fabulous dished served at such a grand restaurant, you would have assumed our pockets are burned and ashed right? The total bill only came up at $44! Unbelievable right? Firstly, it is because Liping has got 50% staff discount. Secondly,the sweet and generous managers, Waiter Head and Chefs gave us most of the dishes for free! Kudos to them all! We order only 3 dished but ended up enjoying 10 fabulous seafood dishes! Here, kudos to Liping too for managing most of the arrangement:) We are so bloated at the end that we took a cab home:)
★ xiaoyu; posted at 12:32 AM ★
