Monday, December 05, 2011

Friday Dinner Date: Hot Tomato

Once per week, we try to have a dinner date, with official reason is to keep the love flame on *blush*. Actually, the real reasons are 1) to feed my hunger for good food and 2) I'm too lazy to cook that day.
On our last dinner date, we went to Hot Tomato at Nex Serangoon. We've been there a couple of times and that place kind of become where we go to when we want something nice and fast and not so expensive.

As usual, I ordered Salmon Mango Salsa (S$13.90, if I remember correctly) for "little boss" inside my tummy. Honestly, this is not my favorite dish but I ordered it nonetheless. Don't get me wrong, it was a yummy dish, but personally I prefer steak :P


























The only complaint for the dish is the inconsistency of the aglio olio pasta. During the last visit, it was too garlicky and this time the lemon sauce was poured on top of it, I can't barely taste the garlic. And oh, the pasta was too soft not al dente anymore.

Garlic Seafood Linguine was the choice of my husband. When the dish came, I was shocked with its generous portion. I mean look at that...isn't generous for S$ 9.90?
My hubby didn't complaint much, except for the prawn which he felt not so fresh.


























And since I managed to persuade my husband to get the set meal (add S$ 3.50 for soup of the day and drink), I can order the cake of the day for only S$ 2.50. I have to tell you, I love their chocolate cake of the day. In fact, I ate it with such gusto and most probably embarrassing my husband, that prompted the couple sitting next to us ordered the same thing (Hot Tomato should give me discount for helping them selling the cake :P)

The cake consists of 2 layers. The first one is melting-in-your-mouth-chocolatey and the second layer is a mix between crackers and chocolate I guess. The taste is heavenly! I wish I could eat the whole cake not only a slice.



























In conclusion, we recommend Hot Tomato for casual dinning. The food quality is nice and the price is right. And do try the chocolate cake of the day!

Friday, December 02, 2011

Shiseido Warehouse Sale

Last month, I went to the Shiseido Warehouse sale. The sale was only for 2 days.
I went on the second day as I was unable to go on the first day due to attending the webinar.
Even though, I prepared the list of things I needed to buy so I wouldn't go astray, the outcome was as expected, I couldn't stick to my list :P

The event took place on Shiseido Head Office (I guess) at Orchard Building 12th Floor.
I arrived around 11am and even though it's not so crazily crowded, it's hard for me to go near to the desk where the products were displayed.
Because I'm heavily pregnant, I opted to wait patiently until one of the girl satisfied and leave the table and then I swooped in and took her place. But I was the only few people to do that.
When I was looking at the eyeshadow, suddenly there was an arm reaching out from behind me to get the product and trying to force its owner's way in to the table. I turned around and lo and behold, the owner was another pregnant lady with belly bigger than me. *** bow to her high spirit ***

The sale was good, most of the product's price was slashed into a third of the usual price.
Btw, my hubby told me that my makeup budget is already maxed out for the next 5 years **hiks so cruel**
Here's what I've got:

Soft make up bag S$3, White Lucent Skin Care, 3 ZA Lipsticks (3 for S$12)(L-R: 002, OR1, 009), 3 Ettusais Blushes, 3 Maquillage Eyeshadow, 1 Maquillage Cream Eyeshadow.
























Ettusais blushes S$10.
L-R: OR1 (matte), PK3 (shimmery), RD1 (shimmery)






















Maquillage Eyeshadows S$8 and Duo Cream Eyeshadows S$15 (GR273)
























White Lucent Skin Care S$15
























I also got the hard-case makeup bag for S$3 which was a very good deal, but is not photographed yet. I have to nag my husband again to do it. 
I wanted to get the Shiseido sunblock, but apparently it's already sold out. In fact the SA told me that most of the items are sold out during the first day ***sob sob sob***
Lesson to be learned, come on the first day during the warehouse sale!   

Online Shopping: Tara Shop

Can be said that I am a newbie in online shopping.
I know I know, I'm so old fashioned. But I don't know, I guess I enjoy going to the pretty store and do the shopping the old way. Feel the 'rush' after deciding to buy something and pay that in the cashier hehehe..

Anyway, since there are things that I want for quite some time and sadly, those items are not available on where I live, I have to retort to the online shopping. Well, I have to admit, online shopping has different kind of rush. The rush for me is when I open a mailbox and there it is. The package has arrived. Yay! It's like present from Santa Claus, except I'm paying for this present :P

The first online shopper I tried was Tara Shop  (http://www.tara-shop.com). I read good reviews about them in the CozyCot forum, so I decided to give it a try.
Since this was only a try out, and also since I splurged so much during Shiseido warehouse sale, I only ordered 1 item which was the ELF blending brush.

Upon order confirmation, I received email notification and inside there was a link for me to do the payment. I received another notification, updating me that the items had been processed and the last notification came informed me that the had been shipped. What amazed me was that all these emails came in 1 day. Yes, 1 day.
The next day, I received the package. I am super impressed with the speed and I'm not even using registered mail option. I chose the normal postage which is free.

The brush was wrapped in bubble wrap and brown envelope. All in great condition.
I'm definitely, going back to Tara Shop to shop some more **I think I can hear my hubby screaming from a far "oh nooo"***