Playtime @ VivoCity

VivoCity is the largest shopping mall in Singapore, located at the HarbourFront. Nearest MRT: Harbour Front Station.

Vivo City has open-air playground at level 2. This mall also have water play area at third storey Sky Park, the wading pool.


VivoCity Fountain



VivoCity Playground

VivoCity Sky park with the view of Sentosa Island and the harbour


VivoCity wading pool

A stroll at the City

Behind the Maybank Building


Infront of The Fullerton




Cavenagh Bridge








Esplanade Bridge is a bridge across the mouth of the Singapore River.
The Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay,the building located on waterfront land alongside Marina Bay near the mouth of the Singapore River.





The Fountain of Wealth is the largest fountain in the world by the Guinness Book of Records in 1998. It located in Suntec City, one of Singapore's largest shopping malls. During certain periods of the day, the fountain is turned off and visitors are invited to walk around a mini fountain at the centre of the fountain's base for good luck. At night, the fountain is the setting for laser performances and FREE laser message dedications between 8pm to 9pm daily.

A drawing

Tonight after our dinner, Alvin drew a face of a man. While he was doing that, Albert was hiding behind him, kind of scared of the face. Then I suggested to Albert that he also drew a face. I was surprised to see his drawing. It actually looked like a cartoon character. This is his first time to draw such kind of face.

Fried Chicken Wings

· 3 tablespoon oyster sauce
· Salt & Pepper Pepper to taste
· 6 chicken wings
· 1cup cooking oil

Mix well all the ingredients. Marinate chicken for atleast 4hrs or overnight with the sauce.

Heat frying pan and put the oil. Fry each side 3 minutes in medium heat.

Spaghetti

· 5 tablespoon olive oil or cooking oil
· 1/4 cup onion, finely chopped
· 5 cloves garlic, finely chopped
· 400g minced beef
· 4 cups tomato sauce
· 5 tablespoon italian herbs
· 1/2 cup sweet chilli sauce
· 2 tablespoon condensed milk
· 1/2 cup green bell pepper, finely chopped
· 1/2 cup green carrots, julienne
· 1 cup sausages, chopped
· 1 cup mushroom, chopped
· 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
· Salt & pepper to taste

· 500g spaghetti pasta
· 1/4 cup butter

Cook pasta for 10 to 12 minutes in boiling salted water. Wash and drain well. Mixed with butter. Set aside.

Saute garlic and onion with olive oil. Add beef, herbs and saute for 5 minutes. Pour totato sauce, sweet&chili sauce and stir it well. Let it boil for 10-15 minutes. Add carrots, sausages, mushrooms and condensed milk. Simmer for 5minutes. Add green bellpepper and cook for 5 minutes. Add salt and pepper. Keep stirring and boil for 5minutes.

Put pasta on the plate and pour the sauce. Garnish with cheese. Serve immediately.

Bulalo

· 1 onion
· ½ kg oxtail, chopped into serving pieces
· 10 pcs string beans, cut into 2 pieces each
· 1 piece carrot, sliced into 6pcs
· 1 piece potato, sliced into 4pcs
· 1 cup cabbage, chopped
· 1 tablespoon whole pepper
· 6 cups water
· Salt and pepper to taste
· optional 1 tablespoon fish sauce

Boil oxtail in water, pepper and salt for 60minutes or 30 minutes using pressure cooker. Add onion. Boil for 15mins. Add carrots. Boil for 5 mins. Add potatoes. After 5mins, string beans and beans. Simmer until the meat is tender.

Serve with rice.

Grilled Shrimps with mango sauce

Last Tuesday, we had a business meeting at Raffles Yacht Club and I ordered something like this dish. I liked the interesting blend of butter and mango.


12 pcs shrimps
1/2 cup butter
1 ripe mango, peeled and diced
3 cloves of garlic, chopped into fine cubes
salt & pepper


Grill shrimps with pepper and salt in a grill pan.

In separate non-sticky pan, heat butter in low heat, add garlic and saute. Saute for 2 minutes. Add the mango, salt and pepper and mix well. Do not over cook. Cook for 2-3 minutes.

Serve with rice.

Tuna Salad

· 1 can tuna


· 10 baby tomatoes


· 3 cups of salad vegetable


· 2 tablespoons olive oil
· 1 pcs avocado, chopped
· salt and pepper

In a medium bowl, toss tuna, avocado, vegetables, olive oil, tomatoes, salt and pepper, Mix well and serve.

Crab Soup with Noodles

· 1 onions


· 1/4 cup ginger


· 1 watercres


· 1-2 pcs crab
· 2 tsp patis (fish sauce)
· cooking oil
· 5 cups water
· 100g rice vermicelli noodles
· Salt and pepper to taste

In a casserole, sauté ginger then add onion. Add water and lower the heat. Let it boil for 10mins. Add crabs. Cook for 10 minutes. Add noodles and fish sauce. Let it boil for another 5minutes. Then add watercress, salt and pepper. Cook for another 5 minutes.

Turon

· 10 pcs. ripe banana
· 1 pack big size spring roll wrapper
· 1/2 cup brown sugar
· 1/2 cup fresh langka(jackfruit)
· cooking oil


Trim both ends of each banana and peel off skin, cut into half lengthwise keep aside. Cut langka into strips and keep aside.

In a plate place one piece of spring roll wrapper and place on top 1 slice of banana rolled in sugar. Add on top the strips of langka. Roll lumpia wrapper halfway, fold both ends, now fully roll.

Heat non-sticky frying pan and oil in low medium to high heat fry banana rolls in batches 3-4 minutes each side or until lumpia skins are crisp, golden brown. Remove banana rolls from wok and drain excess oil.

Serve with cola while the skins are still crisp.

French Tomato Soup

When we went to Paris, we tried an authentic French soup and it tasted really nice and was healthy at the same time.

The ingredients

· 5 ripe fresh tomatoes

· 2 cloves of garlic

· 2 onions(white)

· 2 leeks

· 2 carrots

· 2 celery

· 1/4 cauliflower

· 1 small greenbell pepper

· 1 1/2 cup tomato sauce

· 5 cups of water

· 1 chicken broth

· 1 teaspoon basil

· 2 pcs drined bayleaf

· 2 tablespoon butter

· 2 tablespoon olive oil

· 1/3 teaspoon sugar

Peel and de-seed the tomatoes. For easy peeling, you can put them in boiling hot water for a moment. Wash with cold water and peel.

In sauce pan fry gently in the olive oil and butter the onions.

When they are soft, add water, tomato sauce, tomatoes, basil, bayleaf, garlic, leeks, carrots, cauliflower and celery. Simmer very gently for 10 minutes.

Add water and salt, pepper and greenbell pepper. Simmer for a further 15 minutes.

Serve with parmesan to sprinkle on top.

Have fun and enjoy cooking.