Food Hunting with Terence Part 1

Oops, I have been incredibly out of touch with this place, especially since I took over the management of my Viva Latinus Blog for my Latin dance team! Read it if you're bored, but it's all about dance stuff.

Updates since my Europe trip:

1. Went to Sydney for a family holiday!
2. Competed in some Latin competitions
3. Started NIE
4. Terence is back in Singapore (which also explains why I'm too busy to blog)
5. Dance partnership has ended ):
6. Booked my ticket to New York City in December to visit Terence (MAJOR YAY!)

too many things to blog about in one post! But I have to start somewhere right?

I shall start with food of course! Terence and I have made a list of places we wanted to go to in the 2 months he's here in Singapore, and we have been very productive! With one week left to go, we have visited about 27 Eateries in Singapore!!!

1. The Assembly Cafe at Cathay

This was possibly our first meal together after Terence got back from Nepal. I think it was after one of my dance practices! This was a platter of eggs and rosti and sausages. As you can see, the rosti is so small that it's hidden beneath the eggs! ): It was a very okayyyy cafe, but the hard and small rosti took off major points in my book.

2. Stuggart Blackforest Boutique Cafe (near Dhoby) 

We stumbled upon this place while looking for a place to chill for a bit in air con. To me it was quite a gem of a find! They have recreated the place with lots of European decor and even dressed up their staff in traditional costumes. I think it was meant to look like a mountain lodge. In any case, it's a pretty cafe. 

This was their signature blackforest cake. It was pretty good, quite unlike your usual blackforest cake.

But of course, being a chocolate addict, it was the chocolate molten lava cake that captured my heart and stomach! This was chocolateygoodness. :D

3. Eighteen Chefs

Hmm, this place felt more like a miss than a hit. We had the baked rice and waffles with ice cream. It was definitely a cheap place to eat at, but the food didn't feel like it had much quality to it. I guess the baked rice was passable, the waffles were definitely not. Maybe we have high standards for waffles

4. Beans and Cream (Bukit Gombak) 

It really might be that we've been eating too many awesome waffles! Beans and cream is just 5 minutes away from our houses, and has really good waffles served up with a huge scoop of ice cream! This cost us 9 dollars, with a big scoop of rocky road and salted caramel ice cream on two freshly baked waffles. 

5. Bistro Du Vin (Zion Road) 

It's hard to believe that one year has gone by since the first day we met each other. Since we don't really have a proper anniversary, we just celebrate the first day we met, so much easier. Terence picked the place and planned the whole evening, which was just lovely. Really recommend this place for a date, they also have cheaper set lunches if you can make it for the weekday lunch hour. 

He knows I love french food, so that's what we had! and Bistro Du Vin has a really cosy and intimate ambience, almost as if we were in Paris (:

we had french onion soup to share, 1 soup split into two portions, because the serving is really huge

Truffle fries!

 Hokkaido Scallops. Possibly my first time really eating scallops, and they were quite good, Very flavorful. I was still scared that i'd get a rash though, so I only ate a little bit. I liked how the bottom was seared and crispy

We also shared a beef stew with mashed potatoes. It was very much comfort food! This dish was well executed too, like everything else i'd had so far

Grand Marnier Souffle! Usually I am quite biased against desserts that do not even have a hint of chocolate in them, but this nice. Terence really loves it too. Do not be deceived by the picture, it is actually a huge souffle, more than enough to share between two people

What a special evening out to celebrate a special day for us (:

and Yay I got flowers!