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[random] Dinner at Putien + Mama Diam + CRYBABY’s new series: ‘CRYING FOR LOVE’

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It has been a long hiatus since my last visit to PUTIEN Restaurant. I went to the outlet located at Marina Bay Sands (MBS) with baby for dinner.  We ordered our usual favourite items - Pu Tien Mee Sua and Sweet and Sour Pork with Lychee.  The Sweet and Sour Pork with Lychee,  tasted fabulous! I had several helpings, and each piece of pork gave me a nice, homely feel. It was a pleasant meal on the whole, and the damage was about SGD80+. Both N and I decided to have dinner at Mama Diam - It's a Speakeasy Bar with a secret entrance behind the retro Mama Shop! It is located at Prinsep Street.   Mama Shop is an important element of Singapore’s rich cultural heritage. The front of the place is made up to resemble a small and often family-run provision store commonly found under HDB blocks back in the 1980s to early 2000s. Mama Diam has nailed it by recreating this iconic setting. I’ve had many fond memories of exploring neighbourhood mama stores when growing up, so I wa...

[10D9N] Winter Holiday at Hokkaido

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It's Day 2 at Tommau The Tower!   Our room stay was inclusive of breakfast, and we headed down to the cafe to enjoy the buffet spread! There was a wide variety of western and traditional Japanese food selections. I liked the Tonkatsu Ramen and Mentaiko on White Japanese rice the best!  We checked out around 11am, and we left our luggage with the concierge. We began various snow activities as the bus to Sapporo was only in the evening. The resort provides a complimentary shuttle bus to the Gondola station, in order to visit the top of a snow covered area called the UNAKI TERRACE . We took the Unkai Gondola to the Terrace of the Frost Tree , and the ride took about 15mins. WOW! I was totally blown away by the unbelievable all-white scenery. The pure white trees covered in glistening snow against the backdrop of the mountains were SO picturesque! I couldn't believe my eyes! The Unkai Ter...