#111: Happy Birthday Tay
HELLO I think the title kinda rhymes hahaha. Okay well, it's my dearest Charmaine's 19th (like finallyyy) yesterday (13 dec). The initial plan was to eat Seoul Garden on Thursday (12 dec) but due to unforeseen circumstances such as Mabz falling sick and Cham having sth on Thurs so we postponed to Friday then Mabz can make it for anything other than Seoul (cause its quite heaty and she's still recovering) and Cham had sth on Fri so then I spontaneously suggested cafe hopping to Char instead cause I RLY WNA CAFE HOP FOR LIKE THE LONGEST TIME but I haven't found anyone to do so yet (and it's pretty ex cause cafes usually sell at not-so-cheap prices and you gotta 'hop' from one to another) BUT ANYWAY we did it omg:') Even Cham who's event ended by 1 was able to join us yayyy PPG+1 reunited hehe :') The last time four of us met up was during Sem 1... Which was quite a while back aha. So we decided to head off to the 3 cafes (bc the queen of the day wants to go at least three HAHA we had all afternoon anw)
So first stop, Artistry at Bugis!! I swear if GPS doesn't exist we'll be complete lost sheep hahaha. Anw we walked to Artistry and well, fun fact but there's this shop/cafe/restaurant/wtv called Chemistry beside it HAHAHAHA k~ Ya so uh we tried the latte and red velvet cake there, but we all concluded that we all aint that fond of the coconut shavings on top of the red velvet cake LOL but I quite like the latte... well bc it's coffee and I haven't drank that in quite a while so... any coffee's awesome to me~ Also we felt that the ambience was quite good, like a typical cafe, tho the cafe was pretty small, i.e. limited seats. Then in a rush to get to the next venue bc we wna eat more at the next cafe, we forgot to take a group shot outside the cafe HAHA oops.
Next stop, Stranger's Reunion at Outram!! It took us quite a while to walk there and I rmb silently worrying that it might rain any moment on our way there but luckily it didn't!! The walk, though long, isn't tiring at all bc talking literally anything with them 3 just makes the strain of walking such a long distance go away. So glad that I chose TJ as my first choice rather than MJ or Poly afterall :') Anw, we eventually arrived at Stranger's Reunion and omg it's damn packed, and alot spacious than Artistry, twice or 2.5 times. We had to share a table with this other grp of four where we are seated at the side of a table's end ( well idk if y'all got the idea but uh my English isn't that good k :( ) but then we eventually agreed it's easier for us to chit chat and catch up on one another's lives like that, rather than across a table. We ordered waffles with maple syrup and fresh fruit, with me explicitly stating that I'm just not gna eat the fruits HAHA. But before I even state that they were like, I must eat the fresh fruits bc they know how much of a fruit lover I am HAHAHA. Oh we ordered truffle fries too, which arrived after the waffles. The thing is, despite arriving first and cooling off alrdy, with the maple syrup completely dissolved in the waffles, it STILL TASTE GOOD LIKE YUMMY AND CHEWY I kid you not. It's rly a must try imo. As for the truffle fries... let's just say I not a fan of those heh. I find it a tad too salty for my taste, more like mcdonalds fries, and idk if they're supposed to taste like that bc that's my first time trying so... oops. But this time before we left, we took a pic! Beside the x'mas tree that's in the middle of the cafe #howveryconvenient
Last stop, Penny University!! We took the longest time to travel to this cafe omg. First and foremost, I kind of convinced them to take a bus here cause it's at Katong aka inaccessible by MRT HAHA. Secondly, we kind of board the wrong bus. Well to be exact, we boarded a bus that will bring us to Katong but not that near Penny University. We alighted opp Parkway, walked past Roxy Sq and walked like 5 streets idk it feels like LOL but we finally reached there hehe. We stood there glancing at the menu for quite some time, and the patient server asked us about our preferences and gave us recommendations and even chatted with us when we mentioned that we're cafe-hopping, she genuinely expressed interest and asked which cafes we went and what we ordered and stuff and was impressed that we didn't cab to any of the cafes haha:) Either way, we eventually ordered Turkish eggs and uh, some double espresso shot with ice cream (I think it's banana toffee flavoured?) Woah. Guess what? We can't finish either HAHA. I guess bc we somehow became quite full and well, just isn't that fond of poached eggs :/ But I rly got to comment on the service of the people at Penny U; it's damn good omg. Like when we're leaving and we wna get one last grp shot, we asked this guy to help us take, he even went into the shop and ask one of his colleague to switch on the lights on the signboard AND went across the street to the shophouses opposite to help us take a grp shot. And fyi, that wasn't the above pic. The above pic was when he walked to the middle of the road, no kidding, just between the two lanes, and help us take that above pic omg. If you look real close (well I zoomed in LOL), you can see one of the employee there doing a peace sign in the background HAHA. I rly like their service hence the slightly longer review.
Okay you know what, I suck at giving reviews lol. It's like 2.30am omg I need to start sleeping at normal timings or else them eyebags won't go awayyy
Sigh. I need to start making an important decision when I wake up later bc according to HIMYM, never make decisions after 2am, just go to sleep. Srsly, HIMYM rly teaches you life lessons y'all need to watch it~ I hate making important decisions; I usually do it by a rly ridiculous method of mine. Speaking of which... I should use that method for that issue LOL ok problem solved HAHAHA #crayalrdy
is this why my singing sucks haha ok i geddit :'(
So first stop, Artistry at Bugis!! I swear if GPS doesn't exist we'll be complete lost sheep hahaha. Anw we walked to Artistry and well, fun fact but there's this shop/cafe/restaurant/wtv called Chemistry beside it HAHAHAHA k~ Ya so uh we tried the latte and red velvet cake there, but we all concluded that we all aint that fond of the coconut shavings on top of the red velvet cake LOL but I quite like the latte... well bc it's coffee and I haven't drank that in quite a while so... any coffee's awesome to me~ Also we felt that the ambience was quite good, like a typical cafe, tho the cafe was pretty small, i.e. limited seats. Then in a rush to get to the next venue bc we wna eat more at the next cafe, we forgot to take a group shot outside the cafe HAHA oops.
Next stop, Stranger's Reunion at Outram!! It took us quite a while to walk there and I rmb silently worrying that it might rain any moment on our way there but luckily it didn't!! The walk, though long, isn't tiring at all bc talking literally anything with them 3 just makes the strain of walking such a long distance go away. So glad that I chose TJ as my first choice rather than MJ or Poly afterall :') Anw, we eventually arrived at Stranger's Reunion and omg it's damn packed, and alot spacious than Artistry, twice or 2.5 times. We had to share a table with this other grp of four where we are seated at the side of a table's end ( well idk if y'all got the idea but uh my English isn't that good k :( ) but then we eventually agreed it's easier for us to chit chat and catch up on one another's lives like that, rather than across a table. We ordered waffles with maple syrup and fresh fruit, with me explicitly stating that I'm just not gna eat the fruits HAHA. But before I even state that they were like, I must eat the fresh fruits bc they know how much of a fruit lover I am HAHAHA. Oh we ordered truffle fries too, which arrived after the waffles. The thing is, despite arriving first and cooling off alrdy, with the maple syrup completely dissolved in the waffles, it STILL TASTE GOOD LIKE YUMMY AND CHEWY I kid you not. It's rly a must try imo. As for the truffle fries... let's just say I not a fan of those heh. I find it a tad too salty for my taste, more like mcdonalds fries, and idk if they're supposed to taste like that bc that's my first time trying so... oops. But this time before we left, we took a pic! Beside the x'mas tree that's in the middle of the cafe #howveryconvenient
Last stop, Penny University!! We took the longest time to travel to this cafe omg. First and foremost, I kind of convinced them to take a bus here cause it's at Katong aka inaccessible by MRT HAHA. Secondly, we kind of board the wrong bus. Well to be exact, we boarded a bus that will bring us to Katong but not that near Penny University. We alighted opp Parkway, walked past Roxy Sq and walked like 5 streets idk it feels like LOL but we finally reached there hehe. We stood there glancing at the menu for quite some time, and the patient server asked us about our preferences and gave us recommendations and even chatted with us when we mentioned that we're cafe-hopping, she genuinely expressed interest and asked which cafes we went and what we ordered and stuff and was impressed that we didn't cab to any of the cafes haha:) Either way, we eventually ordered Turkish eggs and uh, some double espresso shot with ice cream (I think it's banana toffee flavoured?) Woah. Guess what? We can't finish either HAHA. I guess bc we somehow became quite full and well, just isn't that fond of poached eggs :/ But I rly got to comment on the service of the people at Penny U; it's damn good omg. Like when we're leaving and we wna get one last grp shot, we asked this guy to help us take, he even went into the shop and ask one of his colleague to switch on the lights on the signboard AND went across the street to the shophouses opposite to help us take a grp shot. And fyi, that wasn't the above pic. The above pic was when he walked to the middle of the road, no kidding, just between the two lanes, and help us take that above pic omg. If you look real close (well I zoomed in LOL), you can see one of the employee there doing a peace sign in the background HAHA. I rly like their service hence the slightly longer review.
Okay you know what, I suck at giving reviews lol. It's like 2.30am omg I need to start sleeping at normal timings or else them eyebags won't go awayyy
Sigh. I need to start making an important decision when I wake up later bc according to HIMYM, never make decisions after 2am, just go to sleep. Srsly, HIMYM rly teaches you life lessons y'all need to watch it~ I hate making important decisions; I usually do it by a rly ridiculous method of mine. Speaking of which... I should use that method for that issue LOL ok problem solved HAHAHA #crayalrdy
is this why my singing sucks haha ok i geddit :'(