My Valentine's

My initial plan for valentine was to have a nice quiet dinner in a hotel somewhere, but I wasn't feeling too well last weekend. So after a quick nap on Sunday morning, I asked HY whether he would mind if we cancel the dinner plan and just go out for lunch instead. I guess I just don't find Valentine's day as a special day cause you have 365 days in a year (366 days in a leap year) to show someone that you care... since HY was up for anything, I decided that we could go for ramen in Pacific Place. The place called Sanpachi.

It's a small restaurant in the middle of the food court. But I was feeling unwell and the thought of eating warm ramen with sesame soup was just what I needed. We ordered Tonkatsu Ramen (small portion for me, large portion for HY), Onigiri, extra chasu, sauteed spinach with butter, and some warm drinks for me. Here's what mine looks like :)

I always love to sprinkle extra sesame seeds on my soup to begin with, eat the ramen, and leave the chasu for later. I love that the ramen was nice and chewy, unlike many Japanese restaurants who use egg noodle for its ramen. The chasu tasted very sweet, and tender that HY ordered extra portion for himself. The onigiri as mediocre compared to the onigiri I used to have as student in Melbourne. The spinach was just spinach.. at least I ate some vitamins and fibre.. hihihi... Overall, my husband who's quite hard to please was happy with the food... Yeaaayyy...

After the ramen session, I craved for some desserts. A meal is not a proper meal without any desserts... So we went to Pan-O. They profess to sell pancakes from all over the world. I gotta say I was quite surprised with the wide variety of menu selection. I had chocolate pancake with cheese, almond flake, chocolate sauce, and chocolate ice cream... I was in heaven.... HY had blintzes with cheese, cream, raisins, and strawberry ice cream. We shared a berry drink. Here's what my pancake looks like :)

credits:google image

I have to say that both of our order were good. I liked the different taste offered within one single dessert, the different texture and sensation. Imagine spongy softness of the pancake mixed with crunchiness of nuts, while the warmth of freshly made pancakes was mixed with the coldness of ice cream. This is why I LOVE DESSERTS!

After two rounds of food, we were beat... so we went to get some groceries at Kem Chick and went home for another nap (I was feeling unwell remember?). For me it's a perfect way to spend a Sunday (and a valentine's day)...

HY and I would like to say...

Happy "belated" Valentine's day and Chinese New Year for everyone.....

Honeymoon Dessert Night

I've been craving some desserts from honeymoon dessert for ages and my loveable husband (from now on I'll call him HY) took me there last weekend and said that he will just skip dinner all together since we had a big lunch. I gotta say it was a very nice gesture from him since he hates sweets and desserts.

We started by ordering my favorite dessert... Snow White Sago and Thai Black Glutinous Rice with Durian in Coconut Milk. Yeah... I did order two desserts for my self... didn't really think I would finish them... but I thought I could always 'gently force' HY to finish them for me.



When the order came, I literally dive into the vanilla coconut milk syrup... I've wanted to have these desserts for so long, but we really never had the time. I just love milky and fruity flavor of the syrup, and the durian tasted soooo good with the coconut syrup (and high in cholesterol I'm sure... but none of the healthy stuff ever taste good).

HY is easily intrigued when it comes to trying new food. So even though he hates desserts, he asked for extra bowl and spoon and shared the desserts with me. He liked it so much that he ordered two more desserts. We had durian pancake and green bean with black sesame soup. He ordered the black sesame soup since he remembers that I love black sesame ice cream... aaooowww... sweet isn't he? ;)



credits: www.honeymoon-dessert.com

The durian pancake tasted light, sweet, and the combination of texture was simply delightful. Too bad they only gave us two pieces. The soup was kinda scary. It looks like squid ink! Or something icky that shouldn't be eaten!! But it tasted quite good. You can really taste the black sesame and it kinda sticks all over your teeth... hehehehe... not a pretty sight...

At the end, we finished all four servings of dessert and went home with a sugar high. With me drawing on a conclusion, that your preference is greatly influenced by those around you, especially those you care the most. My husband who professes to love all things with protein and despises sweet as it provides no benefit to our body was happy to finish four bowls of desserts, just because I was so excited to have them.