Went to Orchard road (Singapore premier shopping district) to look for my good friend, Linda. She is a owner of a shop call LoveLinks, which sells premier Australian jewelleries. Unfortunately, she was not in the shop. I was unaware that she went back to the advertising industry to work, and had other plans for the shop. I ended up roaming around the new shopping mall, Ion Center. It was fascinating - the decorations, technology are an eye-opener! I was hungry and thus decided to go look for local delights in the food court. There are a large number of shops selling anything from dessert to beef noodles to chicken rice. I couldn't really decide what I want to eat. Therefore, I decided to join the longest queue in the food court - The Famous Teochew Fishball Noodle... my rationale was - if there is a long queue, the food must be good! :)
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| Alfred in front of Ion Food Court |
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| Famous Teochew fishball noodle |
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| Glutinous riceballs and egg pudding |
I queued for nearly 30 minutes before I was the third person in the line. Alfred called! He said he was about 15 minutes away from where I am, and I should go watch "Conan The Barbarian" with him. He haven't went to the movies since Olivia was born. I decided that a friend is more important than a bowl of famous Teochew fishball noodle. "Conan The Barbarian" was a DISASTER!... DO NOT WATCH IT! That's enough feedback for that movie...
I couldn't get my mind off the teochew noodle, so Alfred and I decided we should go back to Ion food court and try it. He was eager to try it too since he had never been there as well. It costs $5 for a bowl of dry noodle and a bowl of soup containing 7 huge fishballs. The noodle and fishballs tasted great, and I think they personally do deserve the "Green Book" award for the best fishball noodle for 2009 and 2010. After the fishball noodle, we decided we needed some dessert... so I ordered another bowl of glutinous riceballs with ginger soup and Alfred ordered Almond egg pudding. IT WAS DELICIOUS!
Later in the evening, I finally managed to meet up with Linda and her partner, Francis. It was great to catch up with them after so long, and we decided that we shall have homemade dinner on this coming Saturday. Francis is going to cook for all of us, and he is also going to buy durians! He always love durians, and he is just glad that I am back to share the delight with him. Hannah!... He is expecting you to share that love for durians as well during your next visit around Chinese New Year. According to him, Chinese New Year always yield the best, most fragrant durians! We ended the night with a nice easy sushi meal, edamame, green tea and great dinner conversations.
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| Linda and Francis |
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| Sushi dinner |
i have found a long line to always been a good indication of a good meal :) as well as a crowded restaurant. we did not think of this in london when we had the WORST spaghetti of our lives!
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