Birthday Treat 3 - Iggy's

The actual day itself, I decided to lunch with CP at Iggy's. Took us almost two years to finally stepped into this place. It grabbed the 1st place in Miele's Guide 2008 and 2nd place in 2009.



Located at the Regent Hotel, it's tucked away on the 3rd floor, right in front of the escalator. Although I made the booking on Monday, the tables were already fully booked, leaving only the counter seats facing the kitchen.



We ordered the 5-course set lunch, CP and me choosing different items on the menu.

Complimentary starter: Peach tomato essence with sweet tomato, a very refreshing drink and a good start to the meal proper.


(DC) Iggy's Salad - Mushroom, tomato, mango, avovado, mesclun, red onion, herbs, truffle and Hollandaise. The Hollandaise is fantastic, very fragrant buttery flavour.


(CP) Tomato Tart, basil and Parmigiano Reggiano


(DC) Peppered beef tongue, tomato relish and root vegetables. Tenderly delicious, even the black pepper granules tasted great.


(CP) Sakura ebi cappellini with konbu and home-made scampi oil. Ohhh ... it was somewhat like the angel-hair pasta at Gunther's. CP and I agreed that it tasted great with the dried shrimps.


(DC) Classic onion soup with gratinated cheese croutons


(CP) Mushroom Cappuccino - Can't go wrong with this!


(DC) Chargrilled wagyu beef rump, rosemary potatoes and mesclun salad - Juicy steak.


(CP) Confit of duck leg, rosemary potato, mesclun - The duck was so tender although the skin looks to be fried crispy. A tasty surprise here, delicious!


(DC) Souffle and pina colada - Almost all the diners chose this dessert. No wonder, the souffle was so fluffy. The sweetness isn't overwhelming, I finished the whole souffle and don't feel choked from the sweetness. Make a hole in the souffle, pour in the ice-cream and enjoy the pina colada shake in the meanwhile.


(CP) Caraibe chocolate bar, mascarpone ice-cream, green lime zest


At the end of it all, there's a surprise dessert for CP!

Gin jelly, feijoa sorbet and lime foam.


Not forgetting, my present for CP.




I also got CP the iPhone 3GS 32GB. There was no queue this time round!


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When I grow up...

The company is organizing a D&D this week. The theme is: "When I grow up...". It has been refreshing every Monday since 5 weeks ago to find new posters pasted on the lift door, the office door and on the toilet doors of each floor! Love these posters, they are so creative!



Since we're already on the topic, when you are young, what do you wanna be when you grow up? Do you know you are going to be what you are now back then? Hmm... for me, I never would have thought I'll get into my current profession. All my younger school days, I've been thinking of becoming a teacher. How did I end up not becoming a teacher? Beats me! Perhaps it's just like the song "Que Sera Sera" - what will be will be! :)

The lyrics of Que Sera Sera:

Que Sera Sera
When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty, will I be rich
Here's what she said to me.

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours, to see
Que Sera, Sera
What will be, will be.

When I was young, I fell in love
I asked my sweetheart what lies ahead
Will we have rainbows, day after day
Here's what my sweetheart said.

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours, to see
Que Sera, Sera
What will be, will be.

Now I have children of my own
They ask their mother, what will I be
Will I be handsome, will I be rich
I tell them tenderly.

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours, to see
Que Sera, Sera
What will be, will be.


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Birthday Treat 2

Ok, it's more like I wanted steak but CP isn't complaining. She likes the desserts here. After Baby A had his little swim, it's off to Dan Ryan's again.

Nice loaf of bread and cake to start.


The steak here never disappoints.


Striploin done medium.


Lasagna for CP.


Brownie for dessert.




Not forgetting our precious baby A, we found something for him over at Burberry ION too!



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It was full house today! Luckily we didn't have to queue for it.


Not in a very good mood, he preferred not to kick so hard today. He learnt a new trick - you'll see him do some turns from back to front! :)

His favorite swimming position today: Legs propped up behind & criss-crossed, then very swiftly turned to the front.


He didn't swim for 2 weeks and I thought he would have missed it a lot. I wonder if he likes the new outlet better cos he seems to enjoy himself better there. DC said it could be that the water temperature today is higher than usual... hmm, I'm not so sure about that, we'll see if he behaves the same next time.


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Hot on the heels of November and December's feasting and celebrations, comes January celebration. It's CP's special month :) I personally like birthdays because there's always special privileges offered by various restaurants, credit cards, service providers, etc.

For lunch today, we took advantage of M1's birthday treat at Tony Roma's. I think it's been more than 10 yrs since I dined at Tony Roma's. CP had never tried it. I quite like the ribs, tender and tasty. CP had grilled seabass, which was quite good as well. Finally, nothing like a nice ice-creamy dessert to finish it off.











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Good Riddance!

No more TV Mobile!

New Year at home

We spent our new year at home. That's right, all 3 days at home - so unlike us!

During these 3 days, we actually accomplished quite a lot... for one, Baby gets to sleep a lot and drink a lot (Yes!). We also kept the christmas tree and set up a new toy for Baby.

Instead of good meals (at 50% off), we had simple and instant meals throughout the 3 days, not very nutritious huh but hopefully, it helped to cleanse the rich food we had the past 2 months before we start to engorge ourselves with food again! :P Happy 2010!


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2009 is the year our little one is born! :) The year started with anticipation and did not disappoint when it ended. I never know I could feel so much in a year - the sour, sweet, bitter and hot... all thanks to the big word "Parenthood"!



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CP celebrated her 30th birthday early this year cos DC was away on business trip on the actual day. Nevertheless, CP got lots of LVs for her birthday this year. :)
CP started to feel nauseous all night and hated the smell of lavender which used to be her favorite scent.
Chinese New Year came early this year. CP was all the more happy cos she had the perfect excuse to eat more. :)

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CP's beloved grandma passed away. This came as a shock to her and her family. They had an elaborate funeral for her.
We spent Valentine's Day this year at home. Simple yet cozy.
Our 3rd anniversary was celebrated at Dolce Vita, Oriental Hotel. we were very touched by the restaurant's little thoughtful gestures and we loved the stay at Ritz Carlton.

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CP fell sick during her pregnancy. It was quite a blessing for her cos she was spared from the nauseousness. However, CP did suffer from the dreadful leg cramps.
DC and CP went Japan for a break. Managed to catch more sakura this time, we just love the weather there!

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The Japan trip continued into Apr, we came home satisfied. :)
Baby's gender was known and we started preparing for Baby's delivery.

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H1N1 broke out and we were in constant fear for the safety of our baby.
We attended a niece's 1st birthday and celebrated Mothers' Day simple.
A breaking news for Singapore: Mas Selamat was finally captured.
CP couldn't bear the heat (due to pregnancy) and decided to snip off her long hair.
CP was in her 3rd trimester and both DC and CP enrolled into a pre-natal class.

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On the 32 week checkup, we were greeted with an unfavorable news.
We had yummy porridge for Fathers' Day.
CP's tummy got bigger and she had her first fall during pregnancy and subsequently more accidents.
CP engorged herself with lots of chocolates, esp this day.

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As CP's stomach got bigger, she found it more and more difficult to sleep.
DC took maternity photo shoot for CP, this was the 2nd set.
Baby was born!

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CP was in confinement, it was a long, stressful and unbearable one month for her.
All stressed over Baby's colic problem and the milk supply. Worst of all, she suffered from wound infection.
We celebrated Baby's full month at home with our families, relatives and friends.

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Finally gotten Baby to sleep through the night. After that, it was easy to look after him.
Baby's umbilical condition and colic problem were solved. We were relived.
Bad times were over, Baby's more manageable and we started bringing him out every weekend.
Baby has his first vaccination and fever came after that!

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DC bought his studio lights and we now have a home studio. :)
CP's sis graduated and we had a new family photo shoot. It was fun.
We finally get to see Baby's photo shoot photos.
Baby passed his first 100 days.

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We brought Baby to swimming and he likes it.
It's DC's birthday month and we were on a food binge. Of all the yummy food places that we went to in this month, I love Les Amis best!

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Lots of celebrations await at year end. There was the fun costume christmas party, nephews' 1st birthdays celebration and some other christmas celebrations big and small... We dressed Baby up as deer and Santa! :)


Happy 2010! :)


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