Peppermint Cafe

Ate out for Xmas Eve last year, and we went to the restaurant that was owned by one of my hubs' relatives, which is Peppermint

Setting: Very classic and standard bistro style setting

 

 

Le menu 

Now the list of all the foods and drinks we ordered on that day: 

My overall rating based on memory and impression: 7/10

Coffee Bean Snippet

Went for my very rare lunch date with my buddy (with my girls tagging along), and we decided to go eat at Coffee Bean because he's got discount points with his special offer card or something

First Successful Cooking

I am an absolute abomination in the kitchen, but I at least know how to cook the basic stuff, still learning most of other things. For a moment, our maid was occupied looking after our dying grandmother, so I had to pull my weight around the house, and that includes cooking. So yeah, this is my first success of basic home-cooking of fried rice ^^;

Hokkaido Baked Cheese Tarts

We were shopping at the shopping mall in my hometown when we lured by the smell of tarts from this stand called Hokkaido Baked Cheese Tarts. Seems like it's some kind of franchise, though we've never really heard of this chain before.

And oh, how wrong we were to have never heard of this, because it was an explosion of flavour the moment I took my first bite.

In fact, my first words after taking one bite was "Oh, mother of god!" It was THAT tasty.

SO gonna get it again when we go back to my hometown this year

Cake Display

Was buying some ice-cream when I saw their ice-cream cake display (wasn't a very attention-grabbing stand, so didn't do a full photo session about it), so I took shots of them to share

Here's the ice-cream we bought though:

 

Hailam Kopitiam

Finally a chance for new restaurants when my family went back to my hometown for the hols. First off, Hailam Kopitiam

Location: Within Imago Shopping Mall

Setting: Typical big Chinese restaurant display style, but also have a bit of a kopitiam vibe as well, though it’s more restaurant than kopitiam vibe

 

Le menu

Shots of all our orders (couldn’t remember which food is whose):

Again, it’s been a while since I last ate there, and I’ve forgotten the taste, vibe and feel, so I’m just gonna give an overall rating of how I feel based on my memory impression, which is: 6/10