Way back at the start of the year we noticed a statue of the We Bare Bears, at the time I didn’t know what they were. Triston did. On a subsequent walk we stopped for a photo. Once lockdown happened, Starhub gave us more channels with our cable tv. We were now able to watch the Cartoon Network and they were running We Bare Bears a few times a day. While everyone else was binge watching the Tiger King, we were binge watching Ice Bear, Charlie, Chloe, avoiding Grizz and Nom Nom heavy episodes where we could and indifferent on old Pan Pan. We got to see the origin story of their “stack”, I think we had to watch 253 episodes to get to that point. Netflix in Singapore has a few seasons but not all. Then, before the tougher restrictions came in the circuit breaker, we walked past again and I googled. I noticed it was a cafe. The Kumoya cafe. Online it said the cafe was set to change its theme on the …

As a reset before our lock in and to celebrate my birthday, early, we had lunch at 665°F at the Singapore Andaz. We went with the well priced set lunch. It came with complimentary bread each, and actually our own butter each. Triston wanted to take the butter because it would be $10’s worth. We did have butter left but nothing to take it home with us so we didn’t get to take it. Sadly. We opted for just the two course set lunch. Starter and main. I had the scallops and Triston has the bone marrow, so I ended up with both. Both were really great. Bone marrow was just a little too strong and buttery/fatty for Triston. We did share. He had one scallop, and probably a third of his bone. The kitchen is open, so you get to watch everyone cook. This was the very last lunch service before the 4-week shut down. We both went for steak as a main. I had the flank, medium with mashed potato and béarnaise sauce. …

I thought we would get a cake when my parents came to visit but there just wasn’t much time. So, finally, we decided to get one. Salted caramel red velvet cake. The cake has been staring at me for weeks, months even. Butter Studio opened just a couple of months ago. It was a juice bar before. The popcorn, pretzel and waffle cone all looked nice but they were a little stale and/or soggy. I am not sure getting the cake any fresher would alleviate that issue. As for the cake, it was soft, fluffy, moist. Red velvet-y. So, it tasted like chocolate cake. The frosting was tasty. I am pretty sure it had glitter on it. It was kind of expensive but cake in Singapore is. Nice and tasty as a cake but the things that make it pretty were a little disappointing.

So this Valentines’s day we were going to be apart but then Triston booked his flight to help me organise stuff in Sydney. Before he arrived but after he booked his ticket we found out a lot of the things I needed help with no longer needed to be done. Handy and not. We had the Park Hyatt Sydney booked for Thursday and Friday nights but the annoying task of selling all the random stuff in our apartment was far too time-consuming for us to be able to proceed. Sadly we cancelled. Although we probably shouldn’t have because we pissed the time away and didn’t achieve a whole lot. I have a whinge about that on my gumtree selling post. Anyhoo, because we were home and not somewhere fancy and refreshing we didn’t really celebrate. Nice to be together, that is for sure. Instead of glamour and luxury, we had lunch at Jumbo Thai in Pyrmont. It was an old favourite. It costs quite a bit more than we pay in Singapore but it is …

Miam Miam is on level 2 of Bugis Junction, on the BHG side, not the foodcourt side. Occasionally we will walk past. They have big soufflé pancakes advertised which look amazing. Traditional soufflés are on the menu too as well as french toast. So, for whatever reason, we decided to go for dinner and have pasta because if you see a pancake you like, why not have pasta? Triston went with the Modern Yaki, and he thought the name was fitting. He thought it was yucky. That is a shame. I had the Carbonara. It was decent. Maybe too traditional for me. A little too salty. I think that makes it a good one, the properly made ones do tend to be salty. Too salty for me. The meals were decently large which meant we had no room for the pancakes. We sat for a while to try and wait for hunger to return but we were just too full. We still haven’t had a sweet at Miam and I reckon they would be tasty. …

Monster curry is a large chain. You may have heard of it. Before arriving in Singapore we hadn’t. We have dined at both the Bugis and Suntec Monster Curry outlets. Generally, we will go on a week day lunch to take advantage of their lunch special. You basically pay standard price for the curry but you get a soup, drink and ice cream for free. It is actually a really large meal and one is probably enough between two, yet, we get one each. We have had Monster Curry for dinner and just shared one dish with extra rice. Yet, at lunch time we go with one each and all the extras. Weird. I guess that is marketing for you. You get to choose hot spicy you want the curry. Triston will go for none or 1 and I usually go with a 3. Every time, they give mine to Triston. I guess it is just assumed the male can handle heat better. Not sure why that is the assumption, it is nice and emasculating …