For over a year we have seen long lines of an evening and sometimes during the day at the large hole in the wall that is Ah Chew Dessert. It happens to be directly next door to the entrance to our apartment. Given the lines can be over an hour long, on a food street where half the stores are actually dessert stores (most of the rest are hotpot stores of some kind) we decided it must be good if it is worth the wait. You would think if it wasn’t worth it people would go to one of the many alternatives. Generally, they don’t though. This is the kind of thing Triston doesn’t like so we haven’t been. Today, I was super thirsty but also energy-less after a very stressful day/afternoon. I decided that I was going to try it and Triston came along. Now, you may think that I ordered two dishes because I wanted to try it. In fact, Triston ordered two. They were fairly cheap and he wasn’t sure if he …

One of the things that showed on my health screen was that I have low red blood cells along with low blood pressure and some kind of mild infection. We don’t really know what to do for the low blood pressure as my sodium levels are at the higher end of fine so I can’t just add a heap of salt to things. Randomly we decided I ought to have some steak and we remembered a place over in Buigs Plus, which is a chain so there are a number of stores around the island. Astons. Under the pressure of ordering before being seated I chose the pork ribs. Who can go past some tasty BBQ pork ribs? Only to be told by Triston upon being seated that a chicken leg/thigh probably has the same amount of iron and I really should have gotten the steak. Oh well, too late now. Triston did get the steak and we shared. Both dishes were pretty tasty and fairly well priced compared to similar sized dishes in Bugis …

Soft serve isn’t something that I particularly like but McDonald’s in Singapore has limited-time flavours. I like the Bandung flavour and peach ice tea. Currently, the offering is Purple sweet potato waffle cone. Usually, they don’t come with a waffle cone, just the standard cone. I would generally go for a twice just in case the flavour is too strong, or not nice, at least I can “water it down” with vanilla. Purple sweet potato waffle cone doesn’t come with a twist offering. I have had a couple, they are super tasty. Triston will get himself a treat as well and that means there are not enough hands for the photo of my waffle cone. If you have the chance, grab one. The prices do vary, I think I have seen some stores with the price up around $3.20. Our local store is just $2.00 and this is the 24 hour store just a little further away, also just $2.000.

The Intercontinental Hotel in Bugis has a bakery called Baker and Cook. When we filmed our episode of House Hunters we had breakfast at the Baker and Cook one morning. They took so long to be bothered to start on our order it was frustrating. As the only people in the store we expected it to be fast. They waited 7 minutes and yes, I was timing it. Then just as they were about to start to make/prepare/create our order one by one 3 sets of other customers came it. Our quick stop for a coffee and snack before filming took 40 minutes. By the time we got out food, we had no time to eat it. That was so annoying. Anyway, today, sulking slightly because I had my specialist appointment I decided I wanted a pie and I remembered they sold them. I asked for it to be take away as I didn’t have 40 minutes to wait. Service appeared faster but it is hard to say that it was for sure. I didn’t …