moments captured`

a lil’ special day

jeanine — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:00:47 +0000

It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon except for the light drizzle before lunch officially started.

I chose to hold the lunch gathering @ Flutes. It’s a nostalgic 1908 colonial black and white bungalow, situated at the end of Fort Canning Hill.

Being surrounded by the green and florals is just so relaxing and I love this serenity.

The most wonderful thing about gatherings is the interaction between people and I’m glad the photographer captured some of these:

I’m glad everyone enjoyed the food and company! And I’m so happy to have them their blessings. <3

les petit mangoes

jeanine — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:52:04 +0000

It’s an eye opener at times when I do my daily groceries shopping here, with the wide variety and range of food. Loving the seasonal fruits especially!

Recently I noticed lots of small mangoes-like fruits at the fruit stalls. And upon a closer look, they are really mangoes!

They are really small! The average ones are like palm-size while the smaller ones are like half the size of the usuals~

According to the descriptions, these mangoes are mainly from Taiwan. I think they do look kind like kidneys and even beans! Heh.

Being a BIG fan of mangoes, I bought a couple of petit mangoes and oh boy, they tasted sooo good! They are not only sweet, they also have a strong sweet fragrance that makes one drools.

This is gonna be my favourite food snack for now! heh.

Twelve Cupcakes

jeanine — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:21:04 +0000

I had been a follower of Jamie Teo’s blog previously and so when I learnt that she opened a cupcake shop, I was eager to try out her baking skills. But sadly, Novena is hardly an area that I hang out at.

A couple of days ago, I happened to be in the vicinity and decided to grab some cupcakes from Twelve Cupcakes. It was a small store chucked at a corner of United Square, with lovely sweet decor and alluring cupcakes.

As I arrived at 5+pm, there wasn’t much selection left to choose from. I badly wanted a salted caramel and it was sold out. Frankly speaking, I wanted to buy just 1 cupcake and eat it on the spot before committing to the whole box but I thought that would be weird. So, I ended up with 2 Red Velvet, 1 PB Chocolate, 1 Strawberry Chocolate, 1 Strawberry Vanilla and 1 Blueberry Vanilla.

With much expectations, I started off with Red Velvet when I got home. Sadly, it didn’t wow me. I felt that the cake was a little dry and the cream cheese frosting didn’t taste strong enough.

What wooed my heart was the Strawberry Vanilla and PB Chocolate. I guess Peanut Butter and Chocolate can never go wrong. For the Strawberry Vanilla, the white chocolate bits on the strawberry frosting was just marvelous! It melted in my mouth instantly and the luxurious mix of strawberry and white chocolate was perfect with the moist vanilla cake. Yums.

I would still love to try out the other flavours but I’m just not sure when will that be.

Twelve Cupcakes
+65 62568130
101 Thomson Road
B1-60 United Square

a simple CNY

jeanine — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:12:53 +0000

This year’s CNY was as the usual – lots of nibble goodies, tangerines, yusheng, and catching up with relatives.

Mommy and I made a last minute decision to bake pineapple tarts!

Butter crumbs.

Before they are sent to the oven.

The tarts didn’t turn out to be like previous years. The crust was pale and dry and we reckoned that it’s all the cheap butter’s fault.

My favourite dish during CNY. Love the plum sauce with crackers~

May we have a prosperous Dragon Year!!!

Went down to Wen Zhou Association on the 2nd day for the Lion Dance celebration and visiting the elderly.

That’s all for my CNY this year. Somehow, it’s getting boring. Hopefully things will spice up next year! Heh.

Moleskin Passion Journals

jeanine — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:39:23 +0000

I recently discovered this range of journals from Moleskin named “Passion”.

Each journal has a specific theme and provides what you need to document your particular passion! I find it pretty interesting and I guess I’m gonna get my hands on some~

Here’s some interesting ones that you might be interested!

Style Journal

Recipe Journal

Dog Journal

Baby Journal

The Last of 2011!

jeanine — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:04:20 +0000

Can’t believe it’s already the 2nd week of 2012!!! And CNY is juuuust coming right up in less than 2 weeks~

L managed to fly over on NYE and we check-in to MBS~

The view from our room. It was very last minute and therefore we couldn’t get any of the City View rooms.

We had TWG for dinner because I was craving for the scones with tea jelly.

The scones tasted better at ION outlet and the tea jelly is still divine~ <3

A kind friend helped me brought back these little devil sweets from London!

Oh how I miss you little babies!

Extremely happy on NYE!

Savouring my Rose macaron` <3 <3 <3

Well, when i had both brands in Paris 2 years back, I favoured La Durée over Pierre Hermés. I kinda felt PH crust was overly soft. LD had a chewy bite.

But for now, I think I prefer Pierre Hermés. However, I’m still not a big fan of his experimental creations. The traditional flavours are my cup of tea!

Now, I wonder when will be my next encounter with these little sweeties!

MBS had made special arrangements for hotel guests to countdown at the Infinity Pool.

Just look at the crowd at 11:30pm!

It was a splendid night spent watching the beautiful fireworks popping just right in front of us!

Happy 2012 everyone!

May the New Year be filled with love & happiness everyday~ <3 <3 <3

OPP Staff Treat!

jeanine — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:06:59 +0000

With 2012 ending, we ought to treat ourselves to a good meal and have a gathering since there’s hardly any chance for everyone to work together at the same time.

And P.S. Cafe was the deal!

Truffle Fries is <3…

Portion was extremely h-u-g-e! It took 6 of us to finish up this plate~

I had Soft Shell Crab Salad. Didn’t quite liked it as this crab had a strong seafood smell.

Jayne ordered a Japanese Miso Noodle Salad.

R. & Amy shared a beef burger! Hohoho, and there’s more fries~ We still love our Chokchai though.

Triple Chocolate something.. With caramel, nuts and tons of chocolate!

Extremely sinful but nice!
You should never attempt this alone~ Trust me!

Super-sized coffee eclair. See it longer than the knife!

The OPP Team!
A pat on our shoulders for the wonderful 2011~
And a toast to an even better year ahead!

Another shot in the toilet~ Hehe.
I’m wearing the Sequin Collar Dress in Burgundy. Mad love for the sequins!

PS. Cafe
+65 98348232
Palais Renaissance
390 Orchard Road

Dinning in the gardens

jeanine — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:03:13 +0000

Before the year ended, I managed to catch up with YQ. This time round, the food places that we wanted to try were ALL fully booked~ So we settled for Halia @ Botanic Gardens.

I went there for brunch some years ago and it left me a good impression.

We had some fresh oysters for appetizers.
They were fine, not exactly the sweet type that I like.

His Oven-Baked Chilean Seabass Fillet.

You know, I always regret my choices whenever we eat out together because his food always turn out to be much nicer than mine! If you do dine at Halia, you cannot miss this seabass~

Even though it’s oven-baked, it doesn’t compromise on the fish’s freshness and tenderness. And the sauce is just mouth-watering!!! The fish is accompanied by Japanese rice and cucumbers. Perfect combination!

My Pan-fried Hiramasa Kingfish.
It was really just so-so and I was simply drooling over the seabass throughout the dinner. I would usually choose seabass but I get disappointed all the time, so I decided to opt for kingfish and still, it was a disappointment.

We had a cheese platter to end off the dinner. Yums.

The gorgeous lightings at Botanic Gardens~

Halia Restaurant
+65 6476 6711
1 Cluny Road, Ginger Garden
Singapore Botanic Gardens

Happy Ducks!

jeanine — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:51:16 +0000

Ettusais has been really nice to send me a greeting card with lovely goodies just before the year ended!

The super moisturizing Lip Essence x Little Twin Stars. *Kawaiiiiiiii*!

Another one added to my inventory! I wonder how am I ever gonna use up all the Lip Essence and Lip Essence Stick with only a pair of lips. *smooch*

Lip Essence has been my favourite lippy-care since I was introduced to it in early 2010. You can read here for my review back then~

Besides the limited edition Lip Essence, I’ve got an Ettusais 2012 Planner! This is soooooo awesome~

Not only does it include monthly planners, they come with note pages after every month! Plus, there’s a sticker page too! Heh.

Totally loving my new HOT pink planner! Thank you Ettusais for the love` <3

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow~

jeanine — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:00:08 +0000

Thanks to Google for making my screen snow!

Google “let it snow” & wait for the whimsical magic to happen.