Hubby Birthday Celebration @ Vis-A-Vis

Sometimes it is really hard to find a good restaurant at a reasonable price.
But today, is hubby Alan birthday, so as a nice wife, I got to think of something nice to treat him.
So today, I had specially plan to treat him french food at bukit timah.
This restaurant was intro to me by my super lovely friend Pei Shan, and she recommended me to be there for a good French food at a reasonable price.

Well, this place which I bring my hubby to is called " Vis - a  -Vis", located at Chun Tin Road, Opposite Beauty World at Bukit Timah area. The outlook of the restaurant is seriously a place I will not ever go in if no one intro me this place.
It just a shop that doesn't catches your eyes.

Posing outside 

So well, before we start to get to the restaurant, I just start shooting session especially I just got a brand new compact Cannon camera.

Okay.. I look quite stiff

That is at the door way before entering

We are the first guests for the dinner session. Or maybe many people is like me, don't really know this place.

The service personnel was really warm and friendly in the service. Before we enter the restaurant, immediately they came up and open the door for us.

They are patience enough to intro us the menu and carefully explaining to us how the dish is been cook and what it contain.

After view through the menu, it was rather fast for us to select the dishes we want.

So while waiting, its time for photo taking session.

Nice service from them giving us a free flow of bread to start with while waiting for the food to be serve.

It was not long before our soup is been served.

Mushroom & Truffle Soup

Darling Order the Wild Mushroom & Truffle Soup.  It taste super yummy, with strong fragrance of the wild mushroom. Appearance presented is delicate and we are just pamper with it.

French Onion Soup

While me, is having the French Onion Soup You could see that the big piece of whitish at the center is actually cheese. Every mouth of it is taste fantastic. Oh by the way this soup is with beef broth and that may be the reason why it is just so tasty.

It simply just taste so nice... Next we had our half dozen bake Escargot with garlic butter sauce.

Escargot

Okay, this is my first time trying escargot and I have wanted to try quite long. Today is a chance for me.

Well, Escargot a nice name is actually a snail, to me the taste of the escargot is just like normal shell meat. But is the garlic butter sauce that make this dish fantastic. Before the food is brought to our table, you can immediately smell the appetizing garlic fragrant approaching you.

Okay before I forgotten, I really must intro their cocktail. Strawberry Special  and Honey Lime Juice.

Enjoying my Strawberry Special

Darling having Honey Lime Juice

The Juice is just so refreshing and fresh. For those who think that Honey Lime might be sour, it actually taste sweet with a strong lime smell. But to me, I love the Strawberry Special most... cause I love pink. Ha Ha.

Now for our main dish. 

Meltique Sirlion

 I choose a medium-well done Meltique Sirlion. The meat is just so tender and juicy. Cook to just what I would like to have, where you slice it, the center is still pinkish without blood oozing out.

My Funny Camwhore pic

The beef is accompany with 2 different sauce. The white one had the strong creamy wild mushroom taste, while the red one, I could taste beef juice with wine.  These two sauces complement very well with the tender sirloin. Every slice you could just taste the meat had a milky taste.

Nice presentation of the dish

Roasted Rack of Lamb

For my hubby, he is having their signature dish which is Roasted Rack of Lamb. I'm a person that don't really take lamb due to the smell of the meat, so I hesitated quite long before having to taste a slice of it. To my surprise I actually manage to eat it, or perhaps if I never know is a lamb, I might finish it up.
I could taste that the meat is marinated with wine, and something fragrant that cover up the lamb smell. The only bad side is the meat is more rough, or I should say because darling had choose the lamb to be well done that causes it.

By the end of our meal, the waiter approaches us for dessert. But we are just too full with it and darling doesn't like to have chocolaty items, so we just got to give a miss for the dessert. I guess it would be nice as the way they had describe how each dessert look like and they come with different ice-cream to go with it.

Complimentary Dessert

Even though we did not order any dessert, they had given a complimentary plate of dessert which is chocolate and mango truffle. How sweet of them to provide this service.

Seriously, I really love this place as you get the 5star food and 5star service from the moment you step into the restaurant till you left.

You could just feel the waiter is so well knowledge and friendly. Slowly guide you through on what to have and their delicated attention they provide us. Thumbs up for this restaurant.

As for the price wise, I do feel it is reasonable despite my hubby feel the pinch, even thought I'm paying for it. Total damage for this meal S$199.74.
It sound alot, but for the service and food, I will definitely come again.

Okay since it is my hubby birthday, how can a birthday come without a birthday cake. I had secretly buy one and keep in the fridge when I knock off from work. Bought it from Emicakes as I ate once in my niece bday which I feel it taste rather nice.

What I got is a Oreo Durian Crunch cake, and I'm proud to say I really made the right choice. The cake is soft and it had a strong durian favor which is make up of D24 durian puree at the center.  Super glad that hubby love it, and this made it worth spending the $$ just to see him happily smile in his birthday.

Dinner @ Empire State

Okay, I seems like slowing down in blogging... I should keep up to time.
Anyway, just want to state my feeling for Empire State @ Causeway Point.

This restaurant had been open for quite sometimes, and I had not tried it till the past Monday. Alan had been asking to try every time we pass by.
So well, since I'm in a good mood, so just have a nice dinner at it.

The place is actually quite small, but we manage to get a seat soon which is at the new built up area. Although I do not have the chance to seat at the bench seat, but I feel more comfortable having a place to seat in the Orange velvet seat. Make me feel like buying one of this chair home.

For those wondering what Empire State is serving, they are mainly American Food.
So after a quick browse thru the menu, we settle for a half Chicken and a bake salmon.

So while waiting for food to be serve, what is nicer than having photoshoot time.

Photo with spec on

Do I look better with spec or without??

Without Spec

And since food is not been serve... hmmm, maybe I should do some re-touching of my photo. Have a smoother and fairer skin using the apps I had install in my iphone.

Do I look better in this picture? A fairer and brighter effect.

Maybe I should add on with something as it look bore... So I ended up with a hat add on.

Perfect picture... hehe.

Okay finally my food is here... Half chicken with fries.

How does it taste?? Not bad. At least the chicken is juicy and tender after bake. Usually lots of place chicken tends to be rather dry after bake. Portion is more than enough for me. Just doesn't really like the veges. Will be good if they change to lettuces or coleslaw.

And that is what my darling have, bake salmon. Not bad, and I guess I love the mash potatos the most.
Mash potato is smooth and creamy. For the Salmon, you really need to eat it while its hot... otherwise it smell funny. Or maybe I just not a big fan of cook salmon.

Okay should stop blogging here and get back to work before my boss spotted me "snaking" here

Company Bowling Session @ Chevron

It was the long waiting event to many of us in Hi-P. And finally, we had a chance to show our skill (except me).
Woke up early morning and going to Chevron by public transport to treat it as my morning warm up before the game start.

Really amazed that I can have the determined to walk so far from house to MRT and MRT to Chevron, really tiring for me before I manage to reach on time at 8.30am.
So the first thing I reach there was to change into bowling shoes.

My super unglam pic putting on sock

And of cos follow by taking my attendance to ensure I had a slot.

 While waiting for more people to arrive, most important is to pose for pictures. (Anyway I did not bring my camera as such all these photos posted here is from Fanny our photographer for that day)

And since I know Fanny well... how can I miss the chance to take more photos on that day, and there you see me in action posing with committees and been the last minute Emcee of the day. So lots of picture will be loaded in this blog

That my photographer at the extreme right

Well by the time it was 9am, everyone is waiting impatience for the games to start. But as usual, I need to get the highest ranking person in my company to start off with the opening speech, Mr KC Hui

And without delaying us, he end off his speech fast to let us start the game. Before the official start of the competition, the lanes are open for 5mins to let us have free throw and practice. And what some lanes ended up is before the bowling ball gets in, they keep throwing till the drains are full of bowling balls.

There we have ah Piaw trying to clear the balls

And Finally, the competition start.Who will be leaving home with the trophies here...?

All we can see is people busy grabbing their balls and come to position, While me still busy posing for pictures.

 

My team mates

Okay anyway I'm not aiming for any individual trophy as I'm aware I'm sucks at it... But I do hope I don't pull my team down by my score as the guys are all experts and aiming for team trophy (I guess).

Actually, I'm not that bad right.. at least able to get avg 80+ per game... although to those experts I'm suck.

Instead of concentrating in the game, I went around gossip, snacking and posing for pictures.

Having Fries as Breakfast

And finally the game come to almost the end in 3hours times. Holy shit, both teams beside our lane and us is the last 3 teams that complete the 3 round of games. The whole Hi-P is looking at us, especially we are going to fight for the top 3 team position.

It make me so embarrassing as my last bowl went to the drain every time they shout... > _ <

Worst is... they can't believe with me so sucks here my team still able to end up top 3.

So... what my team came in as??.... is time for me to do the announcement.

We started off with the top individuals for mens and ladies.

Men's Champion

If you wondering what this prize is... an encouragement trophy for the lowest score

This is my complete team photo

So now you able to see what my team end up with???
We came in 2nd, and if you are wondering why??? That is so obvious... my team have a individual men's champion and 2nd runner up. So how bad can we ended up with even I'm sucks in there??

Thanks to the guys... I manage to bring one trophy back home.. You guys rocks!!