Thursday, October 2, 2008

My Birthday Birdday Burpday @ Wild Rocket

Hangout up "mount" Emily

Been busy like a bee. one paper finally over. My lack of time was also partly due to my daily gym workouts. Juggling schoolwork and exercise... is tedious. Well well... my birthday entry is finally up! PL is excited about Wild Rocket.. so here it is ya... I am equally excited to post up pics of my cake made by my dearest too!

Hang Out @ Mt Emily - HangOut is actually sort of like a modern backpackers' hotel , and Wild Rocket is just inside!

You will not missed it after entering the main entrance. The staffs are warmth and friendly. And I realised something, all the service staffs are guys, not even a single female staff is spotted... wierd. But the service staffs are really really very nice and friendly!

The dining table...

with a small tealight to lit up the table, creating a very cosy ambience



Some bread and olive oil dip while waiting for the food to arrive. The bread have a very soft texture and its really very aromatic. Tomato flavored ones as well as cheese flavored ones... both are equally good.

Linguine with Tom Yum Sauce - I like how the linguine is cooked, I hate the soggy type. But this is just perfect... chewy. The Tom Yum gravy goes so well with something so Italienisch... simply fantastic. Love the contrast.

4.2 Tom Yum / 5.0 Tom Yum

Pan Seared Ribeye Steak with Caviar and shallots
The steak was done the way I want it to be medium rare... but the beef taste was not strong enough for me, but its still definitely better than Astons... but that's like "duh"~ The caviar and shallots was more to the sourish side, but I like it, as it contrast with each bite of the meaty taste. But I find the cut of the Ribeye kinda thin.

4.2 Beef / 5.0 Beef

The nights ends off sweet with a cuppa Strawberry Cheesecake. The strawberry cheesecake is not the sliced kind, but the deconstructed type, with brittles at the bottom, topped with strawberries, followed by Rum & Raisin ice cream and finally the cream cheese. I think its Mascarpone cream cheese... or is it not? But whatever it is... this is the best for that night. Im inspired to make my own deconstructed cheesecake someday!

4.6 Strawberries / 5.0 Strawberries

Overall, This place is worth a visit! The food is generally good. A nice hangout place for couples or a group of friends for a chat. But if you ask me if i will visit this place again, my answer to you will be, I would rather try some other new places first. I will visit Wild Rocket again, but probably not in the near future.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Training September 28th - Run to Macritchie - what does 700 calories look like?

Skipped my gym for a morning run to Macritchie

Distance: 10k

Calories consumed: 722Kcal

Equivalent to either:




5 cans of Cola8 Tbsp of Peanut Butter


1.5 BigMac


36 White Rabbit Candy
2 Aunt Annes Almond Pretzel


1.5 Serving of Mcflurry

7 Medium Bananas


2.5 Donuts


2 Medium French Fries


1 Mooncake





Friday, September 26, 2008

Training - On my BurpDay

BurpDay is no biggie... and its no excuse for not going to the gym. My Burpday begins with a *Bang*! Head to SAFRA gym early in the morning at 8am! Lots of Peanut butter bread for the Energy!

Chest - as usual, haii, not much variety already. Inclined - my MAX dropped to 85 yesterday. maybe i was still tired. lol. Followed by Flat - 90 then declined. Flyes - 15. Then Cable Flyes... and opps... i push the pin too hard and it broke... haha.

Triceps - Weighted Dips 7.5kg & Skullcrusher supersets. Cable Pushdown wide grip & narrow supersets.

Thats all for Resistance Training!

Next was follows by a gruelling one hour walk on the threadmill @ 10 degrees and 6.2Kph.




END OF MORNING!
followed by:
Super sinful but yummy cake
&
Dinner @ Wild Rocket.

Thursday, September 25, 2008