Yet another getaway

Julie sure has her ways of enjoying life to the maximum. :)

After a relatively long R&R trip to Shanghai, I packed myself off to a great getaway in a small corner of Singapore. Details are... private and confidential, so I'll just be sharing pictures to a great story.



The greatest sin of all is selfishness - I just had to share great food places. Was back at Shin Sapporo, for their to-die-for Miso Ramen. Of course, my Butaniku always ends up in someone else's stomach - mostly Jack's - but it doesn't reduce the various sensations derived from slurping down fresh and springy noodles loudly, relishing each spoonful of soup stock topped with sliced spring onion and wolfing down that ol' so lovely half egg in a single mouthful. I may be an idiot who scores only B- for all her Japanese Studies modules, but Japanese food is like a mother tongue to me.

Yeap. When you see Rocky Mountains, it only means one thing:

BBQ!

I think no one does BBQs like us:

Asparagus, capsicums, Portobello mushrooms, broccoli, red snapper fillet, salmon.

But I love the sweet taste of fresh garden vegetables, poached in olive oil, spices and nothing else. I don't understand why people make use of BBQ sessions as an excuse to gorge on oil-laden processed food like satay and otah when you could be enjoying a healthy get-together with grilled fresh meat and vegetables? If you actually do your rough calculations, 1 stick of chicken satay is approximately 135 kcal, which is about the same amount in a regular bowl of Tokyo Chicken Stew at the Soup Spoon. Curse the health freak in me all you want, but I sure want to live a longer and healthier life.

Darling's pride and joy - our pit fire. He probably beats that piece of beefcake who was desperately trying to stop the smoke at his pit beside ours.

Have you heard of the new boy in town?

Well, Popeyes has been around here for some time, but it isn't as well-received as other fast food outlets like KFC or MacDonalds, main factor being the higher prices at Popeyes'. But you have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA HOW GOOD THEIR BISCUIT IS! While fried chicken from anywhere is the biggest bane of my life, Popeyes makes tasty biscuits! Not a bad start. Served hot from the oven with Smuckers strawberry jam, it's the best biscuit/cookie I've ever had. It has a light waft of cookie, and peel it open to reveal a white and fluffy biscuit core. And I have to give some credit to the Chicken Tenders Darling ordered. Unlike KFC's fried chicken, the fried batter on the outside resembles goreng pisang - light yellow and non-shiny, unlike the brown chicken pieces offered by KFC which ooze oil when you peel the chicken open. Popeyes? 100% chicken breast meat, with no hint of oil when you pry the battered pieces open. What you do get, is white and fluffy chicken strips.

Oi Popeyes. You should just make chicken tenders and biscuit.

And what better way to conclude a great getaway than brie, a bottle of 2007 Chateau Lamothe and the Pirates of the Carribean trilogy?

Next stop: The sun and sand of Tioman Islands, Malaysia! Counting down 2 days!