We'll Tell You - A&W Couple's Blog

ABBEY:  We were looking for a place to dine at Suntec City Mall and was about to order a meal at Pangat. Suddenly, Wilma asked if we can try Turkish Cuisine diner. We were warmly welcomed by their staff and handed us the menu upon seating. We looked for shawarma but they don't serve it and asked us if we would like to try pide, an oval shaped pizza like bread. I got the vegan one. The crust is crunchy and the toppings has a good aroma which makes you crave for more. We had a complimentary apple tea served in a fancy shot glass. WILL:  I am lucky girl. Every time I am craving for something, the food is just around us, its either we can directly buy it from any store or Abbey will cook it for me. Last August, I am really into shawarma, that was up to point that I asked Abbey to cook and wrap the pork left-over meat. Haha.        So this craziness hits me when we are roaming around the Suntec, very blessed, we saw the Deli Turk Tukish...

ABBEY:  Pizza Hut revealed again another innovation for their pizza. Cheese and were combined in perimeter of their crust. One more reason to bite the pie from the other end. For sgd27.90, you can have 1 regular pizza, 2 soups and drinks. I wonder what would be their next creation. WILL:  This month of October I am into pizza. When Abbey told me that we will be starving while waiting for our meeting that night, I suggest to go to Harbourfront Centre and in to Pizza Hut. I really miss the distinctive taste of their dough, of the oil around the pan and specially their stuffed crust, omg!!!        So there we were, sitting and waiting for our order of super pan delight meal costs $27.90 consisted of 2 sparkles, 2 soup of the day and regular pan pizza. Then food went their way to our table. Excitedly we ate the soup then the pizza. Every bite on every slice  is extremely amazing, extremely satisfying. I am pretty sure we really ...

ABBEY:  This was a newly-opened shop at Prinsep Street. They invite diners to come and taste their pizza that was cooked in a one of a kind oven, . I was skeptical by the size of what they call a 5-dollar pizza during their promotion.  Lo and behold the margherita pizza is larger than my big hand. It was charred in perfection giving the crust a good crunch. The sauce compliments well with the dough which gives you a flavorful bite. Putting some of their chili oil will make it more aromatic. We also tried their four-cheese pasta. It was so delicious. Good comfort food after a day's work. It costs 22sgd and 3sgd per drink. WILL:  If you really love breads or pizza, the mere smell of it you will know if it was cooked from an industrial o from a firewood oven. L'Opera Group recently opened their Prinsep St. Branch, to cater the tourist checked-in to the hotel around the area and the celebratory students of SOTA.       We ...

ABBEY:   The gallery entrance is worth 12sgd but it was an open house during the Night Festival. The gallery is located at basement 1 of National Museum. It features wedding dresses used years ago and how they evolve throughout the time.  It showcases also the gowns wore by Avril Lavigne and Sarah Jessica Parker (on her wedding day in Sex and the City). WILL: The Wedding Dress Exhibition runs until 31st of October. We are so lucky to this gallery of wedding gowns fro free. That was because the National Museum of Singapore held an Open House last Night Festival.       Here we saw many designs from different countries, from different culture with different climates and famous dressed from blockbuster Holly wood movie. There also a video that shows the royal weddings. They also have giving some guided tour for free from English, Mandarin and Japanese.       When you are planning walking in the aisle in the near future, this ex...

Spring roll wrapper Cheese (not quick melt) Cut the cheese into stick and wrapped it just like a spring roll. Heat oil and deep fry the cheese stick until golden brown. VERDICT WILL:  Cheese sticks are very popular in Philippines in every party, so popular that the many people now selling this for an afternoon delight together with their gulaman refreshments. Of course who will not miss this kind of food on your native land, so Abbey, to surprise me, he cooked this.        Well, his effort was not wasted, I am so happy to see that cheesesticks on our table. After my dinner I immediately those and delight my taste buds to the salty taste of cheese combined with the sweet 100 island dip. Abbey really knew what I like. Haha!  

1/2 kilo of beef (uncut, brisket part) 1/4 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup brown sugar 4 cloves garlic (minced) 1 medium onion (minced) 2 tbsp ginger (minced) 2 beef cubes 3 pcs star anise Salt and pepper 4 cups of water Boil the meat until tender. (maybe an hour in a cooking pot or 20 mins in a pressure cooker). Once done get the beef out of the stock and cut in cubes. Saute ginger, onion, and garlic. Put in the beef and stir fry it. Next is the soy sauce and 1 cup of beef stock from earlier procedure. Bring it to boil. Once boiling put in the beef cubes and star anise. Add water as necessary to make the beef more tender. After 10-15 mins, put the sugar, salt and pepper. Let the sauce thicken and serve the pares with hot rice. VERDICT WILL:  I saw a photo of beef tapa and my mind immediately gave a signal to my salivary gland to moisten my mouth. Drooling, so ai requested Abbey to cook that for me, but he was hesitant so I just asked him to cook a mo...

ABBEY:  What if you got addicted to "Mary Jane"? What if you had the best pot in the world and have knowledge to nurture it? That means business and trouble also. That's what Ben (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), Chon (Taylor Kitsch) and O (Blake Lively) did. They grow the plant and sell for medicinal use; but the big money comes from black market. Ben and Chon are buddies since college. They share the same house, clothes and girl. Yes they do that. As their business prospers a lot of people is getting envy. The Mexican drug cartel founded by late husband of Elena (Salma Hayek) along with her right hand Lado (Benicio del Toro) kidnapped their shared girlfriend and ask for a cut in their profit along with passing of knowledge for the plant.  Ben wanted to give all to them and start a good new life but it wasn't easy for Chon. He wants to fight. They asked for help from their protector, a corrupt government agent, but he can't do a thing about it. They find their own wa...

ABBEY:  We got another round of vouchers from our bank. Before heading to our archery session we had out lunch at Eatzi Gourmet in Safra Country Club. Eatzi Gourmet is one of the diner chains of JP Pepperdine. I got their October promo of N.Z. strip loin steak at less than 20sgd. Top it with 5sgd more and you've got soup of the day, dessert and hot drink.  The steak come with baked potato topped with sour cream, and vegetable side dish. The taste is great. My jaw got tired as I chew the big steak. The dessert os a slice of crumble pie. Small as it is but the flavor will have a big  burst in your mouth. We ended the lunch with coffee and tea. The place is homey and light. WILL:  Weekend and you want to go out and looking somewhere to eat your lunch or dinner without the buzzing business of crowded place? Why not go here at Safra Yishun Country Club, here located is the Eatzi Gourmet.        From Pu...

250g of chocolate (semi sweet or dark) 1 cup of sugar 1/4 cup of flour 3 eggs 3 tsp of vanilla extract 1/4 stick of butter Put eggs and sugar in mixer for 10mins until the color is off-yellow.  Melt the chocolate and butter in double-boiler. Preheat the oven to 400F (206C) Put the choco-butter mixture into the eggs and sugar while continuous stirring to avoid the eggs to be cooked. When the chocolate covered all the mixture, slowly put the flour by folding. Generously butter the ramekins; this will help to take out the cake from the mold. Bake it for 12mins. Once time elapsed remove from oven and let it cool. Slide a knife in the side of ramekins and take out the cake. Serve with ice cream or strawberry. VERDICT WILL:   There is something that I know what Abbey is up to, haha, so every surprise was busted! I keep on calling that Monday morning checking him what he is doing, what he is cooking, he says he is doing nothing. On my nth ...

ABBEY:  Yellow 4, Legolas, Katniss, and Hawkeye have one thing in common; they have bow and arrows. Give them a vantage point and they will slay their enemies in no time. When I watched them showing their skills its as if archery is very very easy. When I was a kid we also have bow and arrow as a toy; and just like those times my first shoot on DM Archery range is slightly of target.  We got the voucher from Groupon, 15 arrows for 5 sgd, and booked a schedule. It was located at Orchid Country Club in Yishun. It was fun. Seeing your arrows off target after concentrating for the bull's eye will make you laugh. Handling of the bow made my left arm almost numb as it was heavy. So our friends didn't finish their session but had fun taking snaps.   WILL:  Abbey as always hesitant when I am introducing a new activity for us. This is better than to stay at our room thinking how happy our family and friends in Manila. Hehe. We are here in Singapor...

ABBEY:  Wilma and I agreed to put one-dollar coin from our pockets and wallets to our Malteser-bucket-turned-into-piggy-bank. Day by day until up to two years we saved 518 $1-sgd-coins. We rolled them in sheets of paper (20 SGD per roll).  Oh my, they're heavy. Putting them in a bank costs fees. 0.075 SGD per piece. So the 500-dollar savings became almost 475 only. Lesson learned but we enjoyed saving extra money that now became a habit for us. WILL:  "Oh my, Singapore's piso($1) is so cute!" As I exclaimed with delight Abbey got an idea to make a piggy bank and put only $1 inside. When we will open it?, we don't know. It started two years ago, its getting heavier and heavier every time I lifted it when I am doing a general cleaning of the room.        We received a great news that Nuffnang will cash-out the earnings from our blogs and from there, we made that the Nuffnang cheque as a sign that we need to open the bucket once we received it ...

ABBEY:  Heard about buffet? Yes. But ala carte buffet, no. We got this deal from worth 45sgd. An ala carte Indonesian dinner buffet at Rumah Rasah in Bay Hotel (near Harbourfront MRT). In ala carte buffet you will not see the typical dishes served in huge plates and you will pick what you like and eat. Instead they will give you a menu, tell what you want and it will be served in small portions. As it is a buffet order as many as you want repeatedly. First serving we had gado-gado (boiled vegetable with peanut sauce), sweet and sour fish fillet, and potato croquette. Third is our favorite fish fillet and potato croquette again. Each serving comes with beautiful presentation. The staff are polite to explain what is in the menu. I was very full after the dinner ended. I had enough of good food. Sadly they announced that they will only cater Indonesian cuisine until October 7, 2012. It will be replaced by European cuisine by then. WILL:...