china red wedding

This weekend, Elvis had to work on both days...but we still managed to go out makan and also attended a wedding dinner.

Saturday, we went to Gourmet Cafe for lunch before Elvis went into the office. The first time i ate there was becoz Elvis highly-recommended their burgers which is extremely rare coz he doesnt like burgers at all. And i remembered it was really yummy! This time, we both decided to have fish burgers (mine is salmon)...and it just doesnt taste as nice as their beef burgers. Quite disappointed. And it's rather expensive for burgers too. The bill came up to about S$50 for fish burgers. ;/



Surprisingly, Elvis doesnt need to work till very late, so we met up again for dinner with Pick & Raymond (and his "sticky" Shanghainese girlfriend, Carol). This Hong Kong "cha chan ting" is called 钱柜茶餐厅. It's quite new and their food is very very very yummy. It is actually by Party World 钱柜 (KTV) at FuXing Garden.

After dinner, we went shopping for a while coz Pick needed to buy something red for the wedding dinner. In the end, i also bought an Adidas Originals jacket which i was "eyeing" some time back...but didnt buy coz it's not cheap and i really dont need another jacket...then i didnt see it anymore for quite a while...and so was a bit disappointed. Typical woman mentality lah!!! I thought it was all sold out...so i was happy to see it again at this outlet! It's ¥560 and there's only a little bit discount (coz it's the 'Buy ¥300, less ¥100' promo). It's PINK with graphics of blue rabbits on the inside of the jacket (cant see from the outside though) and has frills which is seldom seen on Adidas jackets. Anyway, i'm HAPPY that i finally bought it! I also got a pair of Adidas woolen gloves FREE (well, sort of...coz i bought it - to round off closer to the next ¥300 - so that i can get an additional ¥100 off)! Keke... That's how shopping in Shanghai works! ;p

Sunday, we went for dimsum lunch at Crystal Jade again. Was supposed to bring Joel to Gymboree for his Play Class at 3pm (before Elvis goes to work), but Joel was sleeping and the teacher said it's better to come back another time (rather than to wake up him). So we missed his 1st real lesson - again!



The wedding dinner was 6pm at Dong Bei Ren 东北人. Everyone was supposed to wear RED! It's the wedding dinner of a Singaporean couple whom i do not even know. They have had their wedding dinner in Singapore, and this was just a casual dinner for friends here (only 3 tables). I couldnt tell which were the newly-wedded couple coz they werent even wearing anything "special". It's my first time dining there (or at any Dong Bei restaurants) and i was a little shocked! Apparently, the staff will sing for you if you order a lot of "big fish, big meat". Haha! Quite funny. And most of the food are also BIG BIG portions/chunks just like Dong Bei people - "hao suang" (easy-going). ;p

After the dinner, Elvis & his colleagues went back to the office and OT-ed till 4am. :(

Having fun the traditional way...but still got Singaporean "Yummmmmmmmmmm Seng"...


These are just SOME of the more unique dishes. There's so many so many dishes, and so many so many cold dishes!!! I think there's more than 20 dishes in total for each table. The yellow "deep-fried bowl" is very yummy corn cracker, and the yellow "mushy stuff" was huge round balls which you have to SNATCH when it's served coz the sugar that coats the balls will stick together if you're slow. The inside is banana! Tastes a little like goreng pisang. (The big picture shows the leftover food when we're done eating!!!)