.....times of refreshing.....

It's the time of the year again to visit the malls more often than before to shop for CNY goods and stuffs. I was surprise my family and I can spent almost 5-6 hours at the same mall while I reached home wanting to hit the bed and sleep. It was really tiring! Anyway, it does take time to get and try on new clothes and apparels especially for the kids.  I love the atmosphere of the malls which plays CNY songs all over the place and beautiful decors. It really makes me feel more eager to 'balik kampung' soon!

I had a craving for beef steak and since we were at Jusco Bukit Indah, I suggested to go for Stonegrill for dinner. I had my sirloin steak fix there.

Here's my steak...still raw but cooking on the burning hot stone!

Closeer look....I think it's sizzling... :)

Flip over and it's some parts already cooked.

With this hot stone, I was real busy as I really gotta flipped and tossed the meat else it will turned into charcoal meat before I knew it. The beef really cooked fast ! I gotta remove the cooked meat from the stone too before it turned charcoal black!

My kid, meanwhile has his salmon steak, healthier. It comes with  corns and fried rice as side  dishes.

I will need to run more again..... :P

I started off my new year resolution by reducing some fat around my belly and thought it's a good idea to stop taking supper, especially after a late dinner or replaced it with a fruit, like an apple. One of the most challenging and stubborn part of a male's body is to trim down the tummy where all our fats are almost 95% accumulated there. Anyway, it's seems very challenging so far! I think I didn't do enough cardio workout yet and love food too much! :P I will need to work harder and run more.

By the way, I thought the new mall at Katong, 112, was like Bedok Point where it housed all the eateries and restaurants, as can see from outside. Yes, it indeed but it does have quite lot of shops and marketplace too. I was there last Friday for lunch and found it to be quite a pleasant place. Anyway, I didn't eat at those expensive restaurants but ended up at a smaller Vietnamese restaurant and take on the set menu. For S$15, I got four dishes as below. The food were quite good, especially the coffee and the beef noodles. Love it!

Vietnamese coffee.... very creamy and strong, nice!.

Main course, Beef noodles and the soup was great!

Mango salad.... very delicious

'Paper rolls'...consist of vegetables and meat. Getting full already!

I will run more from now onwards. :P

It's almost mid-Jan and as the year kicks in, work are back as usual. Gone are the peaceful, quiet but joyful days of December and work stress started pilling up. Well, I do enjoyed the festive mood of Chinese New Year in the malls now, where the Christmas has been replaced with red lanterns, paper firecrackers, plastic flowers and etc. Not forgetting the joy of buying new year goodies and clothes.

A simple but healthy pasta

Strawberry latte

My favourite pandan  kaya toast