Soho Coffee, Food for thought

Post take, post post call = tired, lunch was assembled from the night before's spinach leaves, thousand island dressings. I had to finish the tub of Thick and creamy yoghurt (expired!) which he refused to help. haha. Only had 10 min left before zooming down to cello...

Post cello headed to lil india before pick up at PS..decided to head to Armenian St for Soho Coffee- crossing our toes that this place would be (!) open on a Sunday, and it was close to 6 at that time. Parked at the Fort Canning car park, tried to enter the Peranakan Musuem (no more free entry for Singaporeans....only NUS.. hiak hiak) Walked by an interesting casual eatery we hoped to catch open the next time we were here. Also Peek! a fantastic photography shop - loved the fish camera. Funky colour, funky views. Thinking of it loads.

Happily walked into Soho Coffee (Armenian St) - its off that street, belonging to a white building (cant remember the name) so its a tad difficult to find. It faces a furniture shop (which was open and we checked out!). Coffee here is overwhelmed by the milk though! Mighty wasted. Food ran out - J wanted the eggs benedict. I bought the culinary book by SMU for ideas around the idea. Love the read. Decided for Torte/Food for thought. Plenty of interesting sights on the way to Queen's/Waterloo. Old churches. Interesting Tel Co building with splashes of red.

Interesting advert though mighty ridiculously mocking the value of health. Attention grabbing it was.

Underhand means. Musuem looking so bare naked without the shadows (we loved the night musuem!)

Singaporean murals. Reminds us of the car blocking the titanic mural...sigh!

Along the way here browsed at an overtly overpriced camping store.

Almost settled for a Mexican place, couldnt find Torte, and we ended up in Food for Thought (Queen's Street). Cheese, and something like a squash. Favourite of his.

My salmon with tomato risotto. I liked the risotto muchos cos it was very smokey and tasty.

But he enjoyed his creamy Salmon risotto much, though saying much too bare. I prefer my vegeterian smokey one ;)

Love the items they were selling on the shelves; singa plastic/shopping bag, interesting kueh tutu eraser. And the decor of the 540/740 (?) pasta bottles overhanging, some of which had the hand written wishes of the children. Amazing. Love the thought put into the interiors of this lovely, warm place. Surprisingly not too crowded for a Sunday (minus the group of girls celebrating a bd)... Wanna try the gula melaka pancakes with K...come home soon!

Post sunday call

So happy to see wee in its new home. Amidst all the wee twigs.

This particular call was particularly...empty. No ops, one post op nstem, one to sign out..thats it. 1-6am = zzz. minimal 4+4 scopes in the am too. cant ask for more..(included skipping tb) snoozed, lapped, simple dinner of fresh figs (biggie xoxo, smallie me), Breemer cheese XO (fantastic smokey taste, vaguely tasting of wine), cherries, lao - hong crackers, pecans, cranberries. Tasted best with pecans. Love the personally assembled mono cheese platter.

Group therapy

TGIF. Fridays are the best in team1 - other than the m's to present, it was just the day cases. 2 lumps done bipolarly by J (cos of the collar one) and the other hernias were each taken by K and J since I ald had one on my own early in the week. Regs still having a headache over the video - post exits headed to J's where we bumped in the lobby - he headed for blades and mussels while I headed for laps before heading to Group therapy (Duxton Road) where the 6pm meeting officially started at 7pm.

The casual cafe only opens after 7pm, but the 2 lady owners welcomed me in and had some friendly banter before the crowd came in. The place is meant as an events place, and the coffee, beers are just part of their passion for food. Love the quirky furniture and vibe of this place; just check out the rockin (literally!) chairs below.

Don't you love these rockers.

Shelves loaded with my favourite! picture books (the missing piece) and stuff made by a non profit organisation run by a power 98 dj; from which I bought a purse made of tons of coiled up plastic bags and another chocolate heart. hehe.poor handicraft on my part though! but i loved the one and only.
Carol's beef stew.

My eggs ben with salmon. Must be my first on thick toast. Everytime I have thick toast I think of Kels. who is away atm. hello woman if you're reading this!! Love this creamy creamy salmon!

Could only enjoy her company for an hour! till 8pm where she had to rush off to church at farrer park. To think half a year flew by without tennis at yours! Miss those tennis days, with yh too.

Post call comfort food

It was the call with double digit admissions plus blues which we saw till 4am (the most ridiculous nappy rash......)when ching gathered everyone for a drink at the fish pond. Super sweet moment. and I stayed for my own pdu which started at 530pm (cos of 4 tas of which one was a stab......). from open to close of the 3mm hole. So happy! And even happier to see xo at recovery and got home for a nap, with this on the table on awakening. thanks muchos ;)

Dempsey Brasserie

Rounds early today cos the t1 regs were prep for the workshop (but we still had time for bf before that!).. 2nd time here at Dempsey Brasserie with another bunch of sec sch frens -this time with qian, jas and wm. Expected to have brunch when the suturing was going on, but turned out i was the cam whore, gloves stealth thief, and caterer helper so was a tad late post gj/vasc graft fun. thanks girls (and boy) for waiting! they started first with jas's eggs ben, qians soup and wm's biggie breakfast, while i happily helped myself to the truffle fries while waiting for mine...grilled about the spontaneous trips i took =) haha. hi e, if you're reading this you're prob more updated than the ones here!!

Eggs florentine - balanced meal, healthy almost. Would trade salad for fries though !
Headed over to Brunetti (Tanglin mall) with qian cos jas had to head over to Vivo with wm. We had cakes here mainly, though the ice cream looked damn tempting. no descriptions though, just their italian names. Qian ordered the Poached Pear cheesecake.... this was a tad better than the one I had simply cos it was a fluffier cheesecake..

Rum and raisin cheese cake just didnt taste of rum and raisin! dense bland.

Bought an XO cheese from Marketplace then headed to J's who (!) rushed to buy a dvd player after dinner and rented Son of Babylon to watch. Took a spin to furniture shop before coming back for the shop and simple comfort chicken cuttlefish porridge for dinner at Old Airport Road. Picked up satay sticks for the bbq too for cm. Went back for the call while delivering the matcha which was just as well since there was a perf div. Sigh call cm, missing the bbq plus the 2nd.

Smith's Fish and Chips

It was 4 lap choles and a hernia (which I did) and 2 scopes of which one was for a hiatal planned for feeding so it was really interesting to watch if the scope would transilluminate (it didnt). The last with mr C while J exited with ching so after that popped by the lap converted open AR when mr F was using the circ stapler.. headed towards East coast road and eventually landed up at Smith's Fish and Chips (Tanjong Katong Road). His was Haddock and mine was cod but he ended up liking his favourite instead. Haha. I specifically specified I wanted the fish not oily - it was not, but damn, the fries were! Haha. And we rented infinite justice (he had a stack of 4 cds on the mid east) when we realised that it was not playable on the lap top - we didnt figure out the region. (region2). I guessed it was United Kingdom. Plus it an overnight. Plus I convinced him not to take the package. haha. But it turned out cm that I was right cos it worked on UK.

Dann's Cafe

Week of short days, feels like passive income somwwhat. Lap chole, followed by a conversion (big faux pas pushing up and inadvertent ripping but thats not the cause of it!) cos of deficient post wall, followed by pseudo l maj lump that took 5 min, longer time for the anaes (and DA rash too!) and update than the actual. Resisted the break to eat (thanks mok for the soy/pancakes), and headed out to Dann's Cafe (Eastwood Centre) that Teck Wee has been raving about the alkaline coffees.

Parked my car at army camp car park, to the arrival of 2 carpark attendents, and then arriving to the restaurant with the chef's daily moods board on my seat... the above is unfair treatment to TW... only heart heart. i HEART the flat white. Possibly the best i've had here, nutty and natural sweetness from the milk. Mmm lovely. Would be back just for this.

And btw, even the tap water is alkaline!

Fish and mushroom cheese Tortilla wrap - not exactly a wrap, more like a ultra thin pancake. For it was not foldable - the wrap was toasted to a crisp and very nutty and grainy! Lovely with the cheese sauce within. I must admit I ate the fish separately - didnt want the wrap to dilute the taste of the tender fish. The sprouts by the side was most interesting.

LS also had the wrap but with sprouts instead, TW had the prawn pasta (too stiff!) and Mr C the hoggie - with baguette. It was a strange site to see 3 men eating organic, dainty brunch style food.

This place serves seafood and vegetables mainly - and too bad for my second round of coffee- the maintainace guys came so we had the last of the available coffee.

And I was so happy to find the elusive quinoa!!

D24 from Ice cream gallery - I must say I havent had a durian ice cream in an uber long time. The last was prob sharing scoops or just tasting portions. The last full blown durian I had on my own could possibly on a stick.


Went to change money at Chinatown (max cash out at 2k!), pick tri colored top, forgot the paper unds, then J didnt wanna let me do the groceries so we ended up at Kallang Leisure Park to top up the dinner stuff (other than the loaf and the salmon sitting in the fridge since Mon....).


The above was actually Mon's contingency plan in case the cous cous grains refuse to behave... Smoked salmon, roe, Philly's cream cheese, Multi grain bread from Swissbake. Yes there was ALOT of bread.... and I discovered the three types of roe..enlightenment

Somehow the mixed spinach volume was alot less than the plain pure spinach. New addition of corn, pecan. Bought croutons of the seasoned kind, but had to finish the Italian ones.

Thank goodness didnt open the chowder...

And there's still blueberries..yoghurt..

Intricately done up leftovers.... ;) thks to the one who DIDNT finish it up!

Booked the H Park and Fitzwilliam. Yay we are all set. Poor thing for the last min journal club/research PLUS call..us both. blardi tight time better fly fast.

Ah Chew's desserts

Post take Tues - only a thromb pile and then we were basically free- but with Mok and Jaime being my London consultant, too late too ex though! Exited at noon, then with the reg clinic running in the pm, our exits were still NOT happening despite others happening. Anyways it was early so J picked me in the end to initially head to Chinatown (long queue!!) then to City Hall then Funnan to get my coolbeans camera lens cover (auto! and star wars etc which I didnt understand)

Headed to Ah Chew's - almost wanted to bring him to Honeymoon desserts but I guess we were too lazy to cross the road.

A magically white combi - almond with rice balls, HK red bean ice with red bean and steamed milk egg white - never ate any of these before but real comfort food. Somehow I still miss ice cream! Almost thinking of going to Tom's even.

PS Cafe, Ann Siang Hill

PS Cafe - Truffle fries
Strawberry Vanilla Pancakes

Truffle omelette and Mushroom croissant

K Ki - White chocolate cake with Rockmelon

Champagne Mousse

Sunday was a pretty chill round, with 5 to see, following which bf took longer than rounds such that when it all ended we had to see one in 33 in af, but then it was off to pick K then heading to PS Cafe, Ann Siang Hill. Its hidden round the corner, at the entrance to Ann Siang Hill Park. Went up to the second floor, where it was a East West clash. Ching Changs from the left, opera at the superior, and brits on the right. A tad confusing.

I was most excited to come here after seeing M post a single picture of the truffle fries, and eventually a whole post on coming here. So hungry after seeing those pictures, so dragged K here for brunch. She was post night, picked her up in my cab cos she obligingly came with me yayers. my face totally lighted up when the mega mountain of truffle fries came. The truffle scent in the air was awesome possum. Sprinkled with generous amounts of parmesan cheese topped it all.

In addition we had the Strawberry Vanilla Pancakes, which were very much like sweet pancakes (oh, the pancakes at House, we miss you), and we almost had another bread platter again (we're carb monsters) but her facing the mirrors with words written all over led us to order the Truffle omelette and Mushroom croissant. This must have been the most decadent croissant I've ever had, but of cos we had it in a most civilised way, eating it in sections. Everything from the truffle scent of the eggs to the huge portebllo mushrooms struck the right notes.

We then headed to Om to pick up (only one) black top, from which I finally brought K to K Ki (Ann Siang Hill) to sample the cakes- we had the Champagne Mousse (that's Lou's and mine favourite) and the White chocolate cake with Rockmelon centre. Was very tempted to eat the Mont Blanc again (cos its the biggest cake and it'll definitely make me full) but we didnt!

Standing Sushi Bar

On a post take Thurs, I intended to take Kels to Food for thought at Queens street (couldnt figure out the mini burgers place at Queen's) but the last order was before 9pm! So we ended up at Standing Sushi Bar - a place I've been wanting to try for a long time, but its the branch at Raffles Place that I've been eyeing, as well as Five Izakaya.

This is the Sakura Don - which is pretty much like diced up Chirashi Don. Love the assortment and the colours. Very fun to eat.

Kelly's set of Salmon in butter sauce, Mackerel, Sashimi. Very comprehensive and a steal at $20.

Kakiage's gotta be my favouritest tempura cos its so crisp and crunchy. And tastes almost healthy!

Fried white bait - prefer the baits to be pint sized actually..

We headed down to 1 Altitude for drinks, and some heart to heart. Sigh babe, missed our old days so very much -hugs- Time's never enough with you. Gorgeous view, great company, what more can I ask for? For it to happen nightly, actually.

Bronte

On the weekend after Bali when I had the weekend off I was quick to date the Mountains to Bronte (Greenwood Avenue) to try their brunch. Most ex brunch ever after the knock against the kerb (bloody BM) and the fine along the yellow lines (please don't follow me...). Thou the food was uber reasonable, I was most sulks during the brunch, save for the girls thank goodness. Miss the girls so.
Poached eggs, spinach, salmon - Eggs royale was really delicious, though I do wish it came in its usual , in pairs instead of a long bread and some toasts by the side.

Jas' Smoked salmon and scrambled eggs, with mushrooms.

I enjoyed part of Qian's burger - smokey thick patty. Even the fries were good crisp stuff. Recommend it along with Big Bad Wolf's.

Good food, reasonable prices, chill place minus the crowds- recommend this place for brunch. Wanted to try the corn fritters but forgot it (left to get my phone from the car - maybe should have shifted it at this point of time!!).

Droppped Qian and Jas at Cluny court so Jas could shop for her picnic at Bishan Park. Would have loved to join them plus have more desserts, but off mommy and I were after a heavy downpour to Chinatown to plan our next trip, and to Sakuraya to get dinner while catching Arsenal vs Liverpool. Poor Arsenal! OG. What a very wholesome day with family and friends.

Post call grub

After a fantastic sub 10 call, with a crab dinner to boot and r2 to see the cases all before midnight it was rather shiok to enjoy the home prepared dinner (okay not ALL that home made cos most of them were assembled from Cold Storage). Smoked cheese and (lots of) left over crackers, peppered salmon, bran baguette, avocado/cheese/roastbeef/spinach leaves/almond slivers. Simple comforts.

Sque Rotisserie

On take day, with just 3 day admissions, partial gastrect going on alongside my forehead, multi flank/UL, hugeass axilla bumps, I was done in time to pick up the boys from TMFT from golf and then headed down to Central to meet Jo & Jills at Sque Rotisserie (Central). Opened by Emmanuel Stroobant just a month back, it occupies the space formerly owned by Sun with Moon. Its broken into sections now - 2 indoor seatings, alfresco dining and another alfresco bar. Pretty spaced out, and still not too crowded for now. Pretty good for conversation and catching up, which we most needed to do.

We ordered the platters to share as below..

Sque platter- onion rings, baked potato, crabcakes, wings. Crabcakes were the most awesome followed by the crisp airy onion rings. Well, they were not really rings, more like strips.

Combination platter- for which I could only try the beef cheek and the wings. And of cos, my dear potatoes. Comfort food for my friends.

Chocolate beer pie , for which none of us could taste the beer. Interestingly, the nicest part of this dessert is in the very potent liquer filled cherry. Ooh, the liquer rush was pretty good.

Chocolate mousse - my first gulp = soap ?? the spice/cinamon made it taste really so, though once I got by that I enjoyed the mousse pretty much. Its a distant cousin of icecream, so i like.

Just before desserts came (Which was a pretty long time!) , we met Pang and her fren Shaoru, who shared with us this amazing peach fruit beer. Awesome possum indeed. Inspired the girls to go to Bali - Jo just back from ZJJ and Jill just back from Viet. Cant wait to head to London and Viet yays.

The best post call ever

6 abscesses, 2 appendix, 1 perf = GG
Clearing them through the night meant I managed to do 3, and scooted off with miss z after the lap app, to Maxwell thanks to our dear r2;)

Possibly the best time to eat at Zhen Zhen's Porridge (Maxwell Hawker Centre) is after 2pm (just before they close at 230pm), where there's parking galore and there is no queue. Shiok best post call food. Comfort at its best.

Checked out my favourite Picture book shop ever. And found a furniture shop with cute tree-like clothes stand. Tempted.

We headed to Kki where I finally picked up my electric blue Casio ;) but they ran out of Mont Blanc (what I wanted) and the chocolate one (that miss Z wanted) so we drove over to Flor instead. Where cream resides;) My ever favourite Earl Grey Mont Blanc.

She chose the one with the least cream - Summer Berries. I ate most of her cream ;)

Off to Little India to thread brows, City hall to pick up groceries, and checking out the sale at Warehouse where I picked up a bikini;) Post call dinner was rabbit food - Figs pizza from Skinny Pizza (my favouritest fruitiest pizza), Cous cous (unpronouncable, to someone), Sundried tomatoes/rocket/feta. Wholesome, in more ways than one.

Awwwwfully Chocolate

On take, finished with the 4 lumps, crammed data entry and heck, headed to 328 Katong and ended up checking out the 3-in-1 concept, with the people watching as we had Kahlau Cold poached chocolate from Awfully Chocolate. Maybe JooJoo when I'm not too hungry!

Jimmy Monkey

The quaint bare.

The queer electic.

The comfort secluded, best enjoyed on a drizzly evening. Smoked duck, goat's cheese, toast tartine. Dom Pedro milkshake, Long Black.

Braving crowds at Ikea to find the right bench, snag the hotdog/icecream cone, finding the white Ray Bans otw chowing down the Sub Standard Chilli crab sandwich and awesomer Peanut butter cookie. Getting lost at One North Residences up a wrong road, then somehow darl managed to drive right up to the doorstep of Jimmy Monkey's just before it closed at 8pm. Turn right when the girl says turn left. Thank goodness for the GPSes in my life. You and Kels are my life compasses indeed ;) cant wait for you to buy a place here. And so we can cross over to Verve for some pizza. Mmm.