Fab food at Liang Court and about a frog

Over the weekend, I decided to let my hair down and not to allow assignments to spoil my precious weekend! Hence, I went for the CLV Retreat@River Valley which I was very much involved in. A day before the retreat, I asked my mother if she would like to bake a cake for the retreat as a refreshment item and she agreed. I grinned subsequently. So here I was, carrying a heavy bag and a homemade fruit cum carrot cake with my hands to the place. But it was satisfying.

After preparing the place nicely, a few of us went for lunch at Liang Court. To think about it, I have only been to Liang Court for a few times for a few practical reasons: mainly because I used to work around River Valley area or I am there for a casual meeting. Anyhow, it appeared that the place has been given a serious makeover with new and interesting shops.

We went to the basement to source for food and we chanced upon this Japanese lookalike foodcourt which offers Japanese Food like curry rice, Don Rice, Sushi, udon and etc. It was kinda packed when we went there so in the end, a few of us had to be separated into two places.

I had Chicken Katsu Curry Rice (S$10.20). It comes with a piece of crispy chicken cutlet lying on top of the fluffy Japanese Rice and a curry sauce in an Aladdin's shape bowl!

To my surprise, it was really good! The curry was spicy and the chicken was crispy. Yum.

Dawn had a Croquette Bento Set (S$10.20). It comes with 3 pieces of deep-fried potato croquette, two special sauces and a side salad. Dawn even requested for more pickles which was also my favourite!

After my satisfying lunch, I realised my stomach wasn't exactly satisfied. So while waiting for the rest to finish up their lunch, I went ahead to source for some desserts. Then I chanced upon this shop that sells chou pastry (sorry, forgot to take down the name of the shop). It comes in two flavours - ordinary and chocolate chou. But I chose the ordinary one.

This was the chou pastry (S$1.50) Cheap and good!

Soon after that, Annabelle was tempted to try as well and bought one as well. I should become a chou pastry salesperson. Hah!

Then another friend of mine, Chris bought a piece of chocolate chiffon cake (S$5.80) and a light green tea cake.


As for these two cakes, it wasn't really cheap but after tasting the chocolate chiffon cake, it was truly light and tasty. The light green tea cake was for Dawn who is heavily pregnant and also being well-loved by us.


During dinnertime, the participants and the main core team went for dinner together and we had it at a local coffeeshop along the River Valley Road that sells Zhi Char.

The Spicy Tofu, also known as Mapo Tofu (S$6). Sadly, it wasn't really numbling spicy for me.


The Kangkong (S$6). Quite spicy and good.


The Prawn Paste Chicken ($6-$7). I did tried a few of these wings but it wasn't exactly what I like though.


The main highlight of the day: Stir-Fried Frog Legs (S$8 per frog). First of all, it tasted like chicken and the meat is soft. It just melts in your mouth.

Overall, it was an enjoyable meal. I came home with a filling stomach.

A Weekend Retreat @ SAF Yacht Club - Part II

Day Two, 5/7/08 - I woke up to a bright and cheerful morning. Aside from the uncomfortable night sleep, I was still able to enjoy the fresh morning air at around 7am. From our balcony, I could see the clear sea view, yacht bay and the nice swimming pool.

The clear sea view


The Yacht Bay


The Swimming Pool


For our breakfast, we had Fried Beehoon in Bento style (S$2.80). There was a piece of otah, fishcake, three pieces of popcorn chicken, a spoonful of ikan bilis and two slices of cucumber. Not forgetting the chilli. I love the peanuts and ikan bilis the most. It was sweet and tasty. I could eat many mouthful of those.


In the afternoon, we spent our day exploring the place and we happened to pass by this friendly man who is also a fisherman. That day, he managed to catch a stingray from the sea. Of course, he took out the poison out of the stingray. All of us were amazed by the catch as we hardly see a real stingray. The man was nice enough to let us take some pictures of the fish and furthermore, posing pictures with the famed stingray. A few brave ones among us carried the stingray but they weren't aware that the fish was pretty heavy and sticky.


For our lunch, it was Nasi Lemak in Bento style which consists of chicken wing, otah, fishcake, two slices of cucumber and a spoonful of ikan bilis (S$2.80).


As for our dinner, we went down to the WaterEdge Cafe for our meal as dinner was not provided in the retreat. The cafe was pretty crowded when we went there. The wait staff was shuffling all over the place serving the food. The chef was also trying to churning out all the food orders.

After studying the menu, I decided to order Hor Fun (S$4.80) as I wasn't really fond of Western Food. Sadly, it wasn't up to my standard. I shall not elaborate further.


My friend, Vana ordered Fish Curry with Rice (S$8.90). When the fish curry arrived in Claypot, it just looked appetising to me. Surprisingly, the fish curry tasted spicy.


Another friend, Justine ordered Salmon Salad (S$10.80).


Then another friend of mine, Jo ordered Mango and Prawn Salad (S$10.80). Now, that was when our drama began. You see, when the salad finally arrived, she was expecting something big and good.

But to her horror, it came in three medium-sized prawns, a small slice of mango and a lettuce bowl filled with salad. And that cost S$10.80?! Everyone on the table wasn't pleased, so was Jo. Immediately, she called the waitress to cancel or change the order. However, the waitress said the dish can't be cancelled or changed. Hence, it enraged Jo even more. Unsatisfied, she demanded to see the manager. Thankfully, the manager relented and allowed the salad to be changed to fish and chips (S$10.80). That was not all.

Just when we thought the situation had turned for a better, Jo found two streaks of hair in the fish and the chips respectively. In the end, she only ate a few mouthfuls of it. What a disappointing meal.