Category Archives: Family

Mum-in-town (cont): Chinatown (after 4 years away)

Went back to Chinatown for lunch, after 4 years away, with my mum and fionna to remininsce the taste of the wonderful frog porridge. (Check out Chinatown on DianPing) We had gone there after a morning at the Tian Shan Tea city, where my mum bought a whole load of Tie Guan Yin tea. The [...]

M.I.T aka Mum-In-Town

My mum is in town visiting for the October Holidays! So far it has been 3 days and I am tired. Walking round all the favourite shopping haunts in Shanghai … Lu Jia Bang Rd, Qi Pu Rd, Nanjing Rd, etc … Mum eating at Heng Shan Xiao Guan Deep Fried Wonton (mum’s favourite) Mum [...]

Happy Birthday, mum

It was a day of FEASTing. Woke up to a lazy Sunday morning, after a long night assisting to complete a pitch document.  Went for lunch at Acadia with my Grandparents, my auntie, my grand aunt and my mum. It was a good meal to have. Not advisable for people without a vehicle, though. It [...]

Honey & Yogurt

I can’t seem to get my blog admin interface loaded, and I am trying to write this entry using Flock’s blog interface. Hope it gets through. It is an interesting combination – honey and yogurt. Honey is something that I love – sweet and fragrant. Yogurt is something that I detest – smelly and makes [...]

Dim Sum Sunday

Image via Wikipedia The plan was similar to the plan we had for Mothers’ Day roughly a month ago. Pick my Grand parents up early and head down to Red Star Restaurant for their reknown Dim Sum. The previous time, the queue began at their restaurant door (at the 7th floor) and snaked down to [...]