Eat: Seafood Paradise, Singapore

Had a pleasant meal at Seafood Paradise few weeks back. Their good is generally good and i particularly like their Butter Crab with some coconut on top. Its really creamy with a hint of white pepper taste... goes very well when dipped with steamed mantou.

Butter Crab with Coconut ($58.50)

Stir fry kai lan is good, freshly stir fry and top with crunchy ikan bilis.

Stir Fry Kai Lan -$12.90

Their cod fish is also fresh and love the "cai po" on top. Add crunch to the soft fish.

Steamed Cod Fillet -$24.90

First time trying fried frog, usually the dishes is cooked with ginger or in clay pot. Its quite nice when its fried too and surprisingly meaty too! I think their frog should be quite fat.. can still have so much meat after frying :p

Fried Ginger Frog (Small)-$18.90

Order the chicken wings cause my daughter order it.. nothing spectacular.

Honey Grilled Chicken Wings (Small) -$ 12.90

ADDRESS:

#03-059,

Singapore Changi Airport,

Terminal 2,

60 Airport Boulevard,

Singapore
Tel: +65 6214 9655

OPENING HOURS:

Daily 11am-11pm

Last Order 10.30pm

Play: 10 days Sydney and it's surroundings in March 2014 (Day 2)

Day 2

After resting well on our first day, we are going to Sydney Opera House on our second day in Sydney.  Everyone is excited because the opera house is one of the icon in Sydney and one could not say that they have visited Sydney unless they have step foot into the Sydney Opera House.

Girl girl showered and having her breakfast!

En xin posing :)

We took a cab from our hotel and reached the opera house in less than 10 minutes. I was surprised, didn't think that we actually stayed so near to the opera house, the cab driver even said that we could walk there if we wanted to.

Do note that if you have kids and wanted to take cab in Australia, please kindly specify that when you booked for the taxi because not all taxi in Australia has car seat for children and they are very strict, if you have children that requires car seat, you MUST order the taxi with car seat. Otherwise, the taxi driver won't let you in their taxi.

Upon reaching the opera house, one of my first impression was... "erm... the opera house is not as impressive as i had pictured". In postcard or tv, i always see the iconic opera house, looking so pretty with the super white roof... but when you look nearer, the roof is actually quite yellowish... but because of its design and angle, the roof reflects the light from the sun and therefore making it looks white in picture or when you see them from a distant.. the opera house definitely looks better in a distance!

PIL, BIL and my mum went for the chinese tour around the opera house but I prefer an English tour because i scared that they will be using jargon during explanation on the construction of opera house etc, so decided to go for the english one instead. The english tour doesn't start until 45 minutes later so hubby, kiddos and me walk around the surroundings to enjoy the harbour bridge scenic view. We actually bought the ticket for the chinese tour and the information centre which sells the english tour ticket kindly let us exchange for english tour ticket, and we only need to top up the difference.

Prices and tours timing can be found on their official website
English tour: http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/whatson/soh_tour_english_2013.aspx
Mandarin tour:http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/whatson/asian_language_tour_mandarin.aspx

Do note that the English tour is for an hour and Mandarin tour lasts for 30 minutes.

The two happy siblings posing :) Wearing matching T-shirt from Switzerland!

While waiting for the tour to start, the kids had some gingerbread man cookies which i purchased from Woolsworth yesterday... Qin has been a big fan of gingerbread man cookies so when i saw yesterday, immediately thought of her. Bought an original flavour and a chocolate flavour.

They really love gingerbread man cookies.

Love the view of the bridge from the opera house.

Sydney Harbour Bridge, another icon of Sydney

After eating, now have energy to play... but Justin still very lazy to walk... squat and doesn't want to budge... jie jie got to use her charm to make him walk.. soo cute!

Jie jie: come on, lets go....

Justin: haha... i wan to stay here.. jie jie: *sweat*... no eyes see

Finally, walking side by side :)))

Tours started.... the tour guide explained how the opera house came about, the construction process and even the material used in their opera house. The material used are of good quality so even the carpet that was used, it is the original carpet and has never been replaced before... no wonder the budget for this place went much over the ceiling...

Love the inside of the opera house...very grand! I am sure it would be nice to enjoy a concert or performance here!

After the tour, we took a ferry from Circular Quay to Darling Harbour, and walked to the fish market. Had a good view of Opera House from the ferry.

While walking from Darling Harbour to the Sydney Fish Market for a late lunch, we passed by this sea aquarium with some animal on display.. saw Koala :) this is my first time seeing koala in person, they are soo cute , clinging to the tree...

Love the view and the blue sky!

Lunch time!!! Seafood feast!! We had lots of seafood at the fish market from Peter's Fish Market. The seafood and fish are very fresh and sold at a very reasonable price. We had crab, prawns, oyster, eel, salmon sashimi, and fisherman's basket (comes with fried fish, calamari and fries)..all very nice. At the end of the day, we also bought some crabs, and prawn for dinner...

Big crab!

Took a cab back to hotel... the kids took nap. Mum and me went down to walk around the hotel area and Woolloomooloo Bay. At night, we heat up the roast chicken that my BIL bought from Woolsworth and eat the crab/prawn which we bought from fish market for dinner.

Day 3 will be exploring Bondi Beach, Bondi Weekend Market and Paddy's Market for souvenirs.

Eat: Long Beach,IMM

Date Visited: 27th May 2014 (Tuesday)

It is school holidays now!!! :) Despite everyone's busy schedule during this school holiday, my mum and sis manage to find time to come visit me in Spore. We went to Long Beach at IMM for dinner the first night they were here. 

Initially, we wanted to visit the branch @ Dempsey but it is a little too late to make reservation so we went for IMM branch instead.

Entrance to Long Beach, IMM

We ordered cereal prawn, special roast chicken, famous chilli crab and spinach in trio eggs. Overall, the food is good but not as good as the branch in Dempsey. 

1. Cereal prawn: This dish is yummy and tasty but the cereal was not crispy enough, it is slightly soggy.

Cereal prawn, $44

2. Special Roast Chicken- this dish is very yummy, chicken is roasted well, skin is crispy and meat is soft, coupled with their special powder dip, i couldn't find fault with the chicken.

Special Roasted Chicken, $38

3. Famous Chilli Crab- we were a little disappointed with the chilli crab. The chilli crab sauce is not as thick and tasty as what we had before @ Dempsey branch. 

Famous Chilli Crab, $63

4. Spinach in trio egg- this dish is nice, something light to the palate.

Spinach in trio egg, $27

Lemon tea water to wash hand

Overall, the food at IMM Long Beach is still all right but the branch at Dempsey definitely fare better. Do note that the branch at IMM does not serve the super yummy durian pudding that is available at Dempsey. 

Service is attentive and the manager on duty, Miss Carol Liew is very friendly and that makes our dining experience a good one. The waiter on duty also is very diligent in helping us clear out our dirty plates. Thumbs up for the service.

ADDRESS:

Long Beach@IMM

Level 3, Next to Rooftop Garden

IMM Building

Jurong East Street 21

Singapore 609601

Tel: 6566 9933

OPENING HOURS:

Mon to Friday, Sun, PH: 11am-3pm, 5.45pm-11pm

Sat, Eves of PH: 11am-3pm, 5pm-11pm

Eat: Seafood Galore at Restoran Super Lobster, Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia

Date Visited: 2nd May 2014 (Friday)

Found this gem when we visited Pengerang last year.... The food is consistently good (on the two occasions that we were there).. so re-visit this restaurant again during our recent trip to Desaru.

This restaurant is situated near to the Jade Garden Restaurant , one of the more famous restaurant in Pengerang. It is the row of shops behind the Jade Garden and this restaurant is facing the sea. 

This time round, we were not disappointed as well.

These are the dishes that we ordered. Personally, i love the lobster, clams, crab and squid.. it is really very yummy.

Lobster in stewed soup: The flavour of the stew compliment the lobster well and each mouthful of the stew soup taste like heaven.

Stewed soup lobster: RM 128 ( 2 lobster cut in half, so good enough for 4 adults)

lobster (sideview)

Salted egg crab: A nice blend of salted egg with chilli padi adds great taste to the crab. The crab is fried beforehand and it is nice and crispy.

Salted egg crab: RM 54 (one crab)

Fried Mini Squid: the squid is crunchy and the sauce compliments it well

Fried mini squid with BBQ sauce : RM 16

Clams: Nicely done.. with a hint of spiciness

Clams: RM 18

Vegetable: it is the crunchy type, hubby loves it but not to my liking

Vegetable: RM 14

Steamed Hong Gui Fish: the fish is very fresh but i wasn't blown away by it (hubby loves it though)

Steamed Hong Gui Fish: RM 46

ADDRESS:

20, Jalan Siakap, Sungai Rengit,

Pengerang, Johor.

+607-8263699