Have you ever gone out to eat on a "festive" occasion and felt let down? This happened to us during a Lunar Chinese New Year lunch I had with my in-laws at a supposedly reputable chinese restaurant that lay claims to being the restaurant that "invented" Yu Sheng and Chilli Crab. To add insult to injury, prices are unreasonably exorbitant during such periods. Since then, I have learnt never to celebrate the special occasions whenever possible on the actual day itself.

Being a typical Singaporean with the “Kiasu” syndrome, I celebrated Mother’s Day with my mum this afternoon. I mulled over the choice of venue for a few days before I finally decided to sho0t the arrow back to the VIP, my mum, to choose from our shortlist. Logic being if she made the call and the food fails to live up to expectations, the "blame" would not fall on my shoulders. My husband said it was quite a brillant move. Well, that goes without saying. = P

To cut the long story short, the selected option was a buffet lunch at Intercontinental Hotel. The spread was average with the run-on-the-mill local fares like mee siam, bah kut teh, fried chicken wings etc. I wasn't too impressed with that, however, the desserts were good!


The Banana Passion Fruit Cake (right) was excellent! Just imagine a cake with 3 layers (i think), chocolate, banana and passion fruit mousse, set in sponge cake.

In case anyone thinks I am a glutton, we "skipped" dinner, only had black chicken soup that we brought home from my mother-in-law.

Oops! Think I was so engrossed eating that I forgot to wish my mum Happy Mothers' Day. Haha...