Air Show, Breitling 'n' Bonifacio

My boys and I spent Sunday morning at the Singapore Air Show, lots of smiling, oooing 'n' aaring at the jets. Massive, massive set up at the Changi Exhibition Centre. The air displays were fab, here's a few pics...so sorry I didn't make a video recording would have loved to have shared the absolutely awesome jet noise with you!!

Also loving the control tower sponsored by Breitling ;-)...like Breitling 'n' vote for my 'creative' pic here...hey, if I win the contest I promise to name you all personally with links to your blogs or web sites!  xx ;-) merci et thx in advance guys 'n' girls.

Today it is our wonderful helper's Birthday and on Sunday evening we decided to treat her to dinner in a Philippine restaurant...Bonifacio. I was a bit unsure as to what food would be available, I am not really ambitious when it comes to trying new foods.  Heck, the only thing I know to be made in the Philippines is San Miguel ;-)  I was pleasantly surprised, here's a few pics with the names and ingredients...

from top left...inside the resto, pork bbq, beef kaldereta, Boni Halo-Halo,

leche flan, San Miguel, tsokoleit, pininyahong manok

kaldereta - stewed beef in tomato sauce with carrot and potato

Boni Halo-Halo - banana, nata, ube beans, sorbet

Leche flan - custard and caramel

Tsokoleit - chocolate and honeycomb cake

Pininyahong manok - chicken and pineapple with coconut cream

Personally, I would recommend the chicken and pineapple dish with garlic rice and of course a bottle of San Miguel yummy :-)

I'm off to the cinema now to catch the Iron Lady.

kisses 'n' smiles from me xx :-)

Funny, clever 'n' very sexy...

Another movie to make my faves list is 'Friends with Benefits' :-) Yes, it is very, very similar to 'No Strings Attached' but in my opinion the very funny Woody Harrelson, the clever-ly arranged flash mob scenes and the very sexy Mila 'n' Justin make 'FWB' far, far better :-)

I saw the movie a while ago on a plane trip and really was laaaaarrrrfing out loud (much to the embarrassment of my Mr Man:-)).


The DVD I bought here in Singapore was, quite pleasantly and more surprisingly, not cut to pieces 'cos of censorship laws.  The very gay sports editor played by Woody Harrelson is too funny and, as it's set in my most favourite city in the world, New York, it really is a brill movie!  (anyone for beer 'n' tennis? ;-)

My Mr Man got back this weekend after having spent a full week away from Singapore.  Yes, he was away for Valentine's Day so, his 'very unromantic' gift was waiting for him on his return a Tefal Moulinette Blender? I know, I know, well I did say 'unromantic'...there is method in this madness, my Mr Man makes the yummiest hummus ever but since leaving France we've been without a blender to use. 

So, our Saturday afternoon/evening went something like this...

Me being excused in order to catch up on my week's sleep deprivation

Mr Man shopping for ingredients, Cold Storage @ Kallang Leisure Park

Mr Man making a Middle Eastern themed supper (recipe here...yummy)

me (eventually) waking up ready for drinks, food 'n' (delayed) V Day romance ;-)

 

Tomorrow is my wonderful helper's Birthday.  Tonight we are taking her out for dinner at a Filipino restaurant...she'll be introducing us to some Filipino delights...review of Bonifacio coming tomorrow.

 

Some other stuff coming soon... Champagne @ the Ritz and other Sunday brunches, 'mia bella' February BellaBox 'n' more on living, loving, laughing 'n' smiling in my beautiful Singapore.

Closing Time now for this post xx :-)


Kisses 'n' smiles from me xx :-)

fabulous furniture 'n' terrible Thai...

I recently had a very nice compliment on my blog from homeimpress followed up with an email and a link to a Portuguese furniture manufacturer. Here's the link and a couple of photos of their designs...http://www.bocadolobo.com/

Very nice designs and if only I had some space I would for sure be making an order. Fabulous, fabulous furniture. I'd be extremely happy with a product or two in my home :-)

Terrible Thai in a flash...

Has anyone had a good meal or good experience at Thai Express I would be extremely happy to hear about it.  Or indeed, if you work there and would like to prove me incredibly wrong :-)

The Thai Express I attempted to dine at was in Kallang Leisure Park. We made an order of appetisers, soup (as entree), four main meals and three drinks. First to arrive was my Mr Man's main meal, followed by only two of the three drinks. Next up came yet two more main meals along with appetisers. I was getting annoyed and my boys were not enjoying their meals. My main meal arrived...red curry chicken, but wowzers, how very hot and spicy that was 'n' way too spicy to be tasty nice. Finally my Mr Man and I received our Tom Ka Gai...again, krikey me far, far too spicy hot to taste of anything nice.

Thoroughly disappointed and very much not smiling at my Thai Express experience. We tried it but will not be returning! 

I will add that I love Thai food and just the other day took my family to Sukhothai at their restaurant on Boat Quay...excellent food, lovely, lovely :-)

Sukhothai on Boat Quay, Singapore

lovely, lovely food...highly recommended :-)

I'm planning a blog about my family's trip to Australia and will be giving tons of info on some Singapore Sunday brunches :-)

Kisses 'n' smiles from me xx ;-)

Wine Universe, Margarita's 'n' New Asia

I thought I would do a little blog on some Singapore restaurants 'n' bars which have been making me smile these last few days :-)

Marina Bay Sands viewed from 71st storey at New Asia

Boat Quay viewed from 71st Storey of New Asia

I met my Mr Man for lunch this week and he treated me to a lovely lunch.  Oenotheque by wine Universe on Millenia Walk (check the link to their website...)

We took their lunch time set menu...I took the soup of the day, which was parsnip, followed by pork served with garlic mash, to finish off a very yummy freshly prepared crème brûlée served with mini side dish of soooo chocolatey ice cream :-)

Service and their staff, setting, food and drink were excellent.  I would recommend you book a table as even the lunch time seating gets pretty busy with business guys 'n' gals.

New Asia

Friday was my parents-in-law's last night in Singapore so something very special was required.  We began the evening with sunset 'n' cocktails at my favourite - the New Asia Bar which is perched on the 71st floor of the Swissotel, The Stamford.  Absolutely breath-taking views of my beautiful Singapore and a Lychee Martini cocktail worth every S$+++ :-)  For dinner we chose Margarita's at Dempsey Hill and we were extremely pleased with our choice :-)  Most definitely need to book a table as it's a big fave especially at the weekend.  We booked for 8.30pm, arrived on the dot and the restaurant was packed and remained so up until us leaving 2 hours later.  The ambiance, decoration, food and drinks are highly recommend by me for any occasion...wonderful.  There is a downside to this location which is lack of taxis...none passing through and a real struggle to get one on call. 

This was my Margarita glass...
I so wanted to pop it in my bag 'n' bring it home! 
Where can I buy some?

The only problem with all this yummy, yummy food is that I need to get back into the gym next week to row 'n' run off a kilo or two...

Lastly, I mentioned in a previous post that Wicked the Musical was coming to Singapore.  Well, it's been here since the beginning of December and I've finally got around to booking tickets...very excited to be going see the musical and check out the Marina Bay Sands Theatre :-)

kisses 'n' smiles from me xx ;-)