Today was my day off! Although I woke up 2 hours later than what I had planned for, I still managed to do everything on my list for today. I was quite impressed with myself as I have no sense of time management. First on my list: museum hopping I went to the Singapore Art [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Singapore: Episode 8
Posted in Daydreaming, Dessert, Express, Singapore, Suggestions, tagged brenner, food, little india, max, postmuseum, season 3, Singapore, thai on January 31, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Singapore: Episode 7
Posted in Express, Singapore, Suggestions, tagged bagel, chips, coffee, fish, food, house, Singapore on January 30, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Today’s choice of food was uninteresting! I didn’t have breakfast because I forgot to put the alarm and of course overslept. I rushed to the museum and worked half day. After resting a little bit back at the hotel. I got ready and left to go swimsuit shopping. The weather channel website lied to me. [...]
Singapore: Episode 6
Posted in Express, Singapore, Suggestions, tagged caramel, cathay, cheese, food, indian, Singapore, souffle on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I went back to that street! I made a note of the street’s name but because I am me, I forgot the name! We tried the Indian this time. I placed my order… White rice with Dhal, accompanied with a cabbage dry curry and eggplant pickle It was a very good meal. I personally prefer [...]
Singapore: Episode 5
Posted in Dessert, Singapore, Suggestions, tagged ion, macarons, marmalade, orchard, pantry, Singapore, tea, twg on January 28, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Day 5: Started work at the museum after brunch (an egg sandwich from Toast) After leaving the museum, I went straight to Orchard Road to buy a few things I needed. After doing my shopping at ION Orchard mall, I decided to have dinner at The Marmalade Pantry. I ordered a spicy tomato sauce with [...]
Singapore: Episode 4
Posted in Daydreaming, Singapore, tagged ice cream, room, sandwich, service, Singapore, toast on January 27, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Today was not as exciting as I hoped. Far from it. I basically had breakfast on the run because I woke up late, not that the hotel’s breakfast is anything to look forward to. For lunch, I wanted to try a sandwich/soup/salad place next to where all the banks are (very close to my hotel [...]
Singapore: Episode 3
Posted in Daydreaming, Express, Singapore, tagged food, malay, Singapore on January 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
So… today’s post will be short but I will compensate with more pictures. Breakfast and dinner sucked so much that I won’t even mention them. But what was in between was beyond fantastic! During our lunch break, my colleagues at the museum decided to take me to a spicy restaurant….exciting! We walk around new territories [...]
Singapore: Episode 2
Posted in Daydreaming, Dessert, Singapore, Suggestions, tagged asian, caramel, civilisations, food court, museum, Singapore, the cathay on January 25, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Today was my first day of work at the museum! I finally met all those people I’ve been emailing at the museum on a daily basis for the past year! So it was nice to see them in person. I was still very much jet-lagged and only had a few hours of sleep so I [...]
Singapore: Episode 1
Posted in Daydreaming, Dessert, Singapore, tagged brunch, ion, jams, marmalade, orchard, pantry, Singapore on January 24, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Greetings from Singapore! I am here for the next 20 days for “business”. Actually while I’m at it let me market the organization I work for. My colleagues and I are in Singapore to install and set up Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah’s world famous exhibition, “Treasury of the World: Jewelled Arts of India in the Age [...]
Mom’s Carrot Cake
Posted in Dessert, Experiments, Express, Mother's, tagged cake, carrot, recipe on January 12, 2010 | 8 Comments »
This has become quite the hit wherever my mother takes it. It’s a no-fuss cake that you enjoy with your morning or afternoon tea. Many people have asked for its recipe so here it is! Of course this will make my dear mother quite happy as she is already excited that her famous shakshouka is [...]
Stuffed Prunes by Guest Blogger
Posted in Experiments, tagged prunes, recipe, rice filling, stuffed on January 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I am taking a break and allowing my Guest Blogger (who also happens to be my sister) to take over today… During Ramadan, one of the local TV channels presented a daily show on which celebrities were invited to cook a dish while being interviewed. It was interesting observing people you would normally see performing [...]
