As it is my son's birthday, I went to look for a birthday cake after work. I decided to get the birthday cake from Breadtalk at CityLink since I will need to pass by then I walk to the MRT station. My son loves mango so the natural choice for me was to get the Mango cake. The cake is quite large, I think it can feed up to 10 people. The presentation of the cake is great as well with the large chunks of mango on top of the cake. The mango chunks are sweet tasting as well and it is surrounded by white chocolate. The cake itself is also nice. There are layers of vanilla cake and mango mousse and it is fragrant on the mango taste. Mango lovers will definitely love this cake.

We went for lunch at Soup Restaurant as we missed their signature chicken dish. Soup Restaurant is one of our favorite chinese restaurants and we will visit it at least 4 times a year just to savour their chicken. We went on a weekday so the service was especially attentive since there is not much of a crowd in the restaurant. We ordered their signature samsui chicken, the large portion which costs $30.90 and a serving of vegetables. The chicken is certainly the star of the meal for me. The chicken meat is always very tender and the sauce of ginger in the middle of the dish is what makes the chicken especially tasty. The chicken skin is also tasty as it is not too fatty and everything when eaten as a whole is just divine. The large portion is large enough for 5 people but for die-heart fans of the chicken like me, I would think I will be able to easily polish the plate off with just another 1 or 2 person!

I ordered the smallest portion of the stingray. The stingray here is served on a banana leaf, which is supposed to increase the fragrance of the stingray. The stall owners are very generous with the chilli as you can see, the whole stingray is swimming in a sea of chilli. That said, the chilli is not very spicy, so it is still ok. The stingray meat is very soft and tender. I disliked tough biting meats and this is definitely not the case here. The stingray is very fresh as well and it does not have the fishy taste. I can just eat this with plain rice without other dishes!

I am glad to have found this bakery. Their range of breads are really very interesting and are more towards European style of breads with calzone, ciabatta, focaccia. It is a very refreshing change from the usual breads in most bakeries. Some of these breads will have fillings inside while some will just be the bread itself. This is the ciabatta bread without any fillings. I love the taste of the bread. It is very fragrant and has a saltish taste. The bread is also soft in the inside. I will definitely be back to try out the other range of breads next time!

I was working in the area and decided to pop by Crystal Jade to get some snacks for tea in the office after my lunch. This is the sesame glutinous pancake that I got as the staff are just placing it on the trays just as I entered the shop. Each of this glutinous pancake cost $1.10. It is really delicious as it is full of black sesame paste within the pancake, and the glutinous pancake itself is soft and rather chewy. The black sesame is not cloyingly sweet as well. There are around 4 other variants of this pancake, like green tea, red bean which I will definitely try next time.