Wandering Fel

One of the challenges to meet up with friends who do not work near your current office anymore is to find the middle ground, a perfect meet-up place which is not too far from everybody's home. When you are trying to find a mid-point from people who lives in Jurong, Redhill and Bishan, the choice fell upon Buona Vista. Thankfully, with the latest addition of Star Vista, we have more food choices to consider from. We decided to try an Asian fusion restaurant named Rollie Olie. 

I love December so much because the town is decked in Christmas decorations from head to toes. In particular, I like how the shopping malls in Singapore decorate their Christmas trees because they try to be different from one another. I guess this has turned into some kind of competition between the shopping malls in Singapore. I wonder if the mall who has the most beautiful Christmas tree will get the higher sales for the month? Hahaha. Okay, enough joking, let's check out how the Christmas trees in Singapore for the year 2015 fare.

1. Marina Bay Sands

Marina Bay Sands decks its Christmas tree with pink as its theme. The Christmas tree is set up on the gift box which also has pink color. Matchy matchy I see. I find them so-so this year so let's check out other malls then. 

Whenever I have to eat alone, I usually prefer to take away the food so that I can enjoy my lunch/ dinner in front of my laptop watching stuffs (not to the extent of watching another person eating in my laptop although hey I should probably try that since it's trending #eh #what).

The best place to take away food home in Singapore is of course the food court or hawker centre. If you take away from restaurants, the food will be more expensive so food court/ hawker centre will be my first choice of take-away-food. Second is the fast food joints. And guess what, you can find yummy food in the food court too, just like this Guan Chee HK Roasted Duck Pte Ltd which stall is located at the Kitchen, Star Visa (i.e. the food court).

Tuesday night and we feel like eating something spicy. So we decided to try the Korean style of fried chicken in Star Vista, Nene Chicken. 

Star Vista is a mall which also serves as a concert hall (and a church on a Sunday). Due to its location, Star Vista can be considered a neighbourhood mall for the nearby Buona Vista/ Ghim Moh residents. If you ask me what can we do in Star Vista, well it's all about finding a place to eat because to be honest, there's not much to shop at The Star Vista. I've listed down those eateries which I have tried before. 

1. If you feel like eating Korean BBQ, let's jump to BBQ Party at Bornga

2. If you feel like eating Japanese ramen, let's jump to Tonkotsu Ramen Experience at Chabuton or Black Char Siew Ramen at Menya Musashi

3. If you feel like eating dim sum, let's jump to the Dim Sum Fest at Canton Paradise

4. If you feel like eating Japanese pasta, let's jump to the Japanese Style Spaghetti House atYomenya Goemon

5. If you feel like eating pork knuckle or drink German beer, let's jump to the pork knuckle and sausage fest at Brotzeit

A want to eat Japanese. But, B want to eat Italian. Yomenya Goemon is established to meet the demand of both A and B because the restaurant basically sells Japanese Pasta. 

For every order of pasta, you will get a free miso soup. 

At Star Vista, there is a restaurant called Boston Seafood Shack which claims to bring the hearty flavours of the Bostonian Harbour to Singapore. I do not know how good is the seafood in Boston but since Buona Vista (i.e. where Star Vista is located) is nearer to my house than Boston, I should probably give Boston Seafood Shack a try.

The restaurant was not full when my friend and I finally came for a visit. So we quickly made our orders. I ordered a cod fish and chips. But the size of the cod sold here is smaller than what I used to have back then in the UK. Oh well.