Lunch @ Crystal Jade, Zhongshang Mall, Balestier

Had lunch with relatives of mine at Crystal Jade (Zhongshan Mall). There were 7 of us and we ordered 7 dishes which cost about $200. The standard of food has dropped significantly as compared to the last time. What I can't understand was a charge of 75 cents imposed for a glass of water.
Don't look like we will ever go back there again.

Meals for Thursday

I like the papaya salad so much that my wife prepared another one for me today. We also had the prawn mee from a hawker stall which was delicious ($4).

Dinner at home

We had dandan noodles and potato salad for dinner. Needless to say, it was a simple and yet oishii meal.

Sandwiches and papaya salad

This morning our breakfast was tuna,cheese and egg sandwiches, prepared at home. This was one of the best sandwiches I ever had. The bread was purchased from Four Leaves bakery. Its texture was soft and ideal for sandwiches.



This papaya salad was my lunch. It was delicious and prepared by my wife after I told her I had this at a hawker once before. This was quite similar to the one I ate at the hawker stall. In fact, it was better.

Papaya, fish soup,pies and the Lord's blessings

Our breakfast was 1/4 of a papaya. As for lunch, we proceeded to Ang Mo Kio Ave 10 for our favorite fish soup. The Q was long and it took us 20 minutes before we got our food. We brought from home slices of bitter gourd and cherry tomatoes and added them to the fish soup. It was a very good meal and we were satisfied even though we had to wait for 20 minutes.
A bowl of fish soup (although it's known as fish soup, the dish contains generous slices of mackeral fish plus tofu, bitter gourd, tomatoes etc) and rice cost us $4.50.
In the late afternoon, we had our coffee, chicken pie ($1.80) and a slice of pizza ($1.30) at a nearby coffee shop (picture below). With all the above, we decided to skip dinner.

Perhaps due to my good genes and reasonably healthy eating habits, my BMI is in the healthy range (24.6). My BP is also good or should I say normal, despite of my age. Well, besides good genes and healthy eating habits, I think I am fine because God has been gracious and kind to me.

My systolic reading is 123 and diastolic is 74. My resting pulse rate is 64. All these blessings come from the Lord Jesus and no one else.

1983 Cafe Nanyang and Shabu Sai

We were at Changi Airport Terminal 2 this morning to meet our clients. After that, we went to 1983 Cafe Nanyang for our breakfast. I had the kaya toast set and my wife had the mee rebus set. The prices were cheaper than Ya Kun Kaya and Toast Box. The kaya toast set cost only $4.30 as compared to Ya Kun's $4.80 and Toast Box's $5.40.

Much later in the afternoon, I went to Changi Hospital for my eye checkup. Since Shabu Sai is quite near the hospital, we had our lunch over there ( Eastpoint Mall, next to Simei MRT Station).
We like Shabu Sai because it serves shabu shabu, a type of Japanese steamboat with lots of vegetables and some meat. We were there for the veggies actually and so ordered the $9.90 buffet (for 1 person). At this price, we were allowed to have 2 trays of thinly sliced meat (chicken, beef or pork) per person . We were allowed to eat as much veggies as we wanted. Eating time is limited to 1 hour and 10 minutes. This $9.90++ buffet lunch is available only at Eastpoint Mall Shabu Sai outlet and on weekdays.
Below is the video of me eating the shabu shabu.

Eating home-cooked food

Lunching at home on a Saturday. We seldom like to eat out on weekends as Singapore eateries are very crowded. What can one expect when SG, an island of 719 km2, has to accommodate 5.9 million residents (not including tourists and visitors)?
Besides, eating home-cooked food is much healthier than eating out, right?

Yufuin, one of the best hot spring resorts

We were at a ryokan in Yufuin, South Japan for a vacation some years ago. Yufuin is one of the most popular onsens or hot spring resorts in Kitakyushu. Hope you will enjoy the video.

Besides the kaya toast set for breakfast, I ordered the wanton mee which turned out to be delightful. This was at a coffee shop at Compassvale Lane. It cost $3.30 which is relatively cheap compared to the one at Balestier which I had to pay $5.

Breakfast,lunch at home, dinner @ Yoshinoya

I had tang hoon (glass noodles) for breakfast. Lunch was rice, miso soup, fried bitter gourd with cherry tomatoes and eggs and a plate of home made Japanese char siew. Also had an orange after lunch.
Eating home cooked food is, in my opinion is a healthier choice. Only issue with cooking is the amount of time and work involved. Doing the dishes is also a chore. Eating out is convenient but not necessarily healthy as my blogger friend pointed out in his blog.

Dinner@ Yoshinoya (Beef Bowl)

Beef with rice or "Beef Bowl" is one of my favorite Japanese dishes. I had it for dinner at Compass One Mall. I opted for just a bowl which cost $6.50. In Japan, the same dish cost about $4 and taste even better.
I had ice kachang for dessert from Kopitiam ($2.20, picture below)