Over the pressure limit!!!

My working column is over the pressure limit!!!!!!!!!!! That really sucks!!! No column, no work! Now words of bullets await me! I must prepare myself well with the bullet proof vest to minimize the impact. I wonder how durable is this bullet-proof vest .... Arghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! HELP!!! Whoever have any idea on trouble shooting with Zorbax SB-C18 column (2.1mm x 5um x 150 mm) please kindly let me know as soon as possible as your kind help will be very much appreciated!!!

Super Supper Madness - Chinatown

This Super Supper Madness is organized by the Chinatown something Association. The purpose of this was to create a historical moment in the Singapore Book of Records - Longest Table Eating Chilli Crab. At the same time, this is the first time I attended the IeatIshootIpost makan gathering and Leslie (the blogger) was there too. It was really interesting to meet him in person as I really idolize his blog. Hahahahaha ....

At the price of SGD12.50 (discounted 2.50 for the blog readers *wink*), we get 25 tokens in total. Say SGD1 for each token? We use this token to change for food at Chinatown Food Street. The stalls includes most of the local delicacies that you can find in Singapore (satay, wanton noodles, prawn noodles, malay stall, etc).

The main dish here was chilli crab. Yuanyuan and her boyfriend got us fishball soup while I was queuing for the cereal prawns and pandan leaf chicken. When I was back to the table, the others went to get their food respectively. Not to miss the chance, I took some shots of the food. Of course there were more food after that but I was too busy eating and no hands for me to take pictures. =P. Enjoy the food folks ^_^

Chilli crab

Cereal Prawn

Pandan leaf chicken

Fishball Soup

In addition to that, we were entertained with belly dances, martial arts and balloon showcase! Therefore, it was a worth gathering!!

More pictures and details (in slide show form) can be found at IeatIshootIpost blog.

Brotzeit Bier Bar and Restaurant - German Bar

Ate at this German Bar last Friday night. It is located at B1 level of Vivocity (facing sentosa). Got this restaurant while we were searching on the directory. The moment we reached the main door of this restaurant, there was a long queue and this is an indicator stating that this is a good restaurant. Not long we queued, another big group of people join in the queue. Waiting for the table is long. I think we waited for about 30 mins before we got our seats facing sentosa. Although there is no aircond outside, it is really romantic. Dimly lighted with the table candles and some lights from other restaurants around it. It's a very good dating ground ^_^

While waiting, as usual, photography time!!! Found this pic interesting so decided to post it here. Look at my sexy neck ... hahahahhaha ... oh yeah~

Below was the special's of that particular day. At first, we decided to try but later we saw a sausages platter for two plus a dessert. We were afraid that it might be too much. That's why we decided not to try this one.

The sausages menu. This restaurant has alll sorts of sausages. I wonder how it will really taste ... hmmmm .....

Then, next was the decision for the menu. Hmm... what shall we eat?

After ordering our food, we fool around with camera again. But a lot of pictures turned out blur ... so unable to share with you guys ... sorry ya ~

#Dish: German sausages for two

They have five kinds of sausages here. Sour cabbage and some lettuce and tomato for decoration. 3 kinds of sauce were given to us. Mustard, chilli sauce and apple sauce. The sausages were really GREAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!!!!! I really love the taste of it. There were soft sausages and hard ones. With assorted taste. All of them have different taste. Really taste good! It totally taste different from all the franks that you get from the supermarket! It's a worth trying restaurant. Hmmm .. hope to try something else next time ... hehehehehe ... A worth going restaurant!

#Dessert: Apple Strudel

This is apple strudel with vanilla ice-cream. I dont really fancy vanilla .. I still prefer chocolate. At first, we wanted to go for chocolate cake (my favourite) but seems that we were full so cant really make much space for it. Therefore, go for apple strudel. Before taking the bite, I imagined that the strudel must be really sweet. But to my surprise, no sweet was added at all!!! This really suit me as I dont really like sweet stuffs. The fillings were full of apples! I think they stuff one or two apples into it. Then, they wrapped it with the skin. I think it will taste well with the ice-cream but I didnt do that hahahahahha ... due to my dislike towards vanilla ... I LOVE the strudel though!

Just look at Shalom's face ... He really enjoyed this dessert very much!!

Thanks Shalom for such a GREAT meal! Greatest in my 28 years of my life!! The food is definitely worth the money that you are paying! Worth a try!! Happy trying ^_^

Zhang Yan's Commencement

It was Zhang Yan's commencement or convocation you call it!!!!!! Finally, it's over for her. She finished her MSc in 1 year time! Congrats congrats!! I just love to see the way people get their scroll and say bye bye to the university. How I wish I am one of them ..... sigh .... But too bad I just have a looooooooooooooooooongggggggggggggg way to go still .... Two years, I hope, seems so near yet so far ... Lots of things need to be accomplished ... I really wonder if I can finish it on time ... worry, anxiety filled me but I just have to throw them away and go on with my life to reach the goal one day ....

Me and Yuanyuan went to congratulate her. My blessings for you Yan so that you can get a job soon. Shalom was having his commencement on that particular day too but too bad unable to get a hold and have picture with him as I went there too late due to the FIRST TIME EVER GROUP MEETING .... Hope when my commencement arrive, Shalom will be there to take picture with me ... Hehehehhehehe .... And of course cant miss the photoshots! And of course, my greatest support is with him! Cos I will lean on him for support for the rest of my life I wish ... Oooops .........

Another friend that we met is Han Qian (see below). She is the a batch earlier than Zhang Yan ... Hope everything went well for her too!



Then, we fool around with Zhang Yan's Cert and graduate lion hehehehehhe ......

Also I just found out that Li Lian was having her commencement too but just toooooo bad that I MISSED IT! HARK!!! YES!! I miss it and hope Lian will forgive me and ALL MY BEST WISHES FOR YOU ... YOU ARE IN YOUR BEST NOW AND HOPE IT WILL BE BETTER THAN THE BEST!!

Too much work!!

Hi folks!! I have not been updating the blog for past weeks. Recently, I have been scouting in the lab from morning till late night just to run my experiments!!!!! I miss the eating days very very very much!!!! Just hope that I can get back to them sooon. Plus I will update the blog when I find a tiniest slot in my time. Now I am like a robot ... endless work ... endless journal paper reading ... Alright ... need to get back to work. Will update the stuff the moment I got my time to do it!

A night at Sunset Way - Yum Yum Thai

Went to Yum Yum Thai at Sunset Way (Clementi Street 12). Just right beside Fortune Cuisine. I think since they have such a competitive restaurant next door, they are having ala-carte buffet for SGD15.80++. My first tryout with Kir, my makan kakis ... hehehhehe

The environment setting of the restaurant is not too bad too. Good ambience and not too noisy. I like the place! Big table too. Meaning you can just put a lot of food on the table. Wahahahahaha!!!

Drinks are not included in the so we have to order it separately. So Kir suggested Ice Thai Tea. But I dont sense any difference from normal ice tea. However, he kept insisting there is a different in taste. Well, probably, my tongue are just too thick to taste the difference. Hahahaha ......

We ordered quite a number of food for two people. The way they cook are based on how many people that is present. I wont elaborate a lot as there was really a lot of food pics ... Just one or two sentences.

Dish #1: Pomelo Salad
Pomelo makes you feel really refreshing. Sweet, sour and spicy! It's just a great great great appetiser that will really makes you drool.

Dish#2: Fish Cake and Cuttlefish Balls (Sotong Balls)

Fish cake have a heavy taste of basil leaves. A good combi with the thai chilli sauce. Sotong balls are just normal. Nothing much to talk about it.



Dish#3: Onion Omelette
A nice and soft omelette with lots of onion. Hehehhehe ....


Dish#4: Olive fried rice
Love this. Taste way much better than Lerk Thai.

Dish#5: Kang Kong Sambal Belacan

A normal one that you can get at any zichar (stir fried) stall.

Dish#6: Scallop Stir Fried with Basil Leaves
Best dish out of all dishes. The scallop were not overcooked and it's really soft and succulent. Totally nice!!! We ordered two for this dish. Cant order more as we cant stuff anymore into our small stomach ...... quite sad ....

Dish#7: Black Pepper Fish

The fish were deep fried before they are stir fried with black pepper sauce. The fish are really hard. Too hard that you can even taste the fish ....

Dish#8: Fried Pork Collar

First bite taste good. But second bite it was really hard. Too dry and makes you wont want to have a second one after the first. I dont really like it. But I think people who drinks beer may like this as their accompanying dish.

Dish#9: Stir fried tofu

Worst dish of all. Didnt taste anything and even I can cook better than this.

Dish#10: Stir fried tofu
Not good at all. Only have sour taste. No lemongrass or basil leaves smell. But I will give credits to the ingredients as they are really fresh. But I dont dare to take much as I am allergic to seafood ..... sad case for a person who really love food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dish#11: Sweet and Sour Prawn

Taste normal but prawns are really succulent and fresh! I just too one and I suffer the whole night ... Sigh .....

Dish#12: Thai Chendol

Too sweet and the coconut milk is too thick!!! I still prefer the chendol in Melaka though. The dessert was not included in the buffet to. Do take not on this ^_^

More pictures and reviews on Yum Yum Thai and be found on Keropokman's blog.