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Neighbor.
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Scandinavia dreaming - so, Cocio.
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Oh yes - some smörgåsar, more, more, more.
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Raggmunk - potato pancakes with turkey bacon, carrots and lingonberry jam.
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Pain au chocolat at Tuxedo, yet another new bakery. Selection is rather paltry, pastry is a flake above serviceable, good chocolate.
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Apple pandan cheesecake, interesting for the dense kueh lapis base, wish the cheese could have been good enough to stand alone, pandan was not forthcoming.
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The Tuxedo cake, a triple-layered chocolate cake with ganache and buttercream - Viennese reject.
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My mom returned from Bangkok on Monday night with a big box.
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Gossip and grammar over burgers - I finally got to clamp down on Skyve Elementary Bistro and Bar's beet burger, and I love it.
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Saturday was the last day of the Hungry Ghosts Festival, so before the gates of hell close back in on all wandering spirits, Chinese people everywhere treated these souls to one last feast fling.
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What I thought was so cool about the whole set-up was that each stall presented their best dish to the Hungry Ghosts! And of course, mooncakes.
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Underneath the altar-banquet table, some tokens for the underworld deities (not Kate Beckinsale), because everybody needs a little Hello Kitty.
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Whether the Chinese banquet guests are dead, alive, or Banquo's Ghost, roast suckling pigs are in order.
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More offerings. Can you be a hungry ghost after death if you are already one as a mortal? #ExistentialDoubt
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Haddock and chips at Cafe Melba - man, these guys really need to get their shit together if they're going to stop pissing diners off.
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A belated posting from an early celebration of Eling's birthday with tea at The Regent Singapore.
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Chris Yap - my bus buddy, softball bruiser, tennis mate, and also my future nanny if I ever spit out kids.
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LZB accessories: Vuitton bag, check. Lots of food, check. Spawn, check.
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In Kampong Glam, Singapore's Arab quarter, the karang guni (rag and bone) man's office.
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Here is the karang guni man, in a modified trishaw.
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The problem with all lot of the barista brew-ha-ha coffee shops is that their food sucks - there is no kitchen, outsourced baked goods tastes exactly that - outsourced.
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Ah - that's more like it - open-faced! Gravlax with dill dream, hard-boiled egg and greens. #SoScandi
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A dinner at Deli Moroccan dedicated to Sara Schirmer; therefore, it included Really Good Hummus.
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A veggie tagine at Deli Moroccan that was so perfect for the next morning's long run.
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I had been wanting to go to Cocotte at the Wanderlust hotel for a long time now, but every time we make plans, it's always full.
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I had the vegetarian menu, and the second course was a fresh hazelnut and conference pear salad with a SLAB of artisanal bleu d'Auvergne cheese - dug into it too quickly.
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Which was this whole roasted Croise duck shared by Lauren Dettloff and Tom Besly-Quick with roasted plums, wilted endives and DUCK FAT roasted potatoes.
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Game of duck bones.
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I love rhubarb. It's my second favorite type of pie.
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Lavender-roasted nectarines with spiced honey and fromage blanc.
