Friday Foody tonight was at Makansutra Glutton’s Bay next to the Esplanade. Makansutra is apparently a company that showcases Singapore’s food. They produce a guidebook, TV shows, a website, mobile services, etc. Glutton’s Bay is also their venture where they gathered some hawker stall owners and brought them to the place next to the Esplanade.

It’s only made up of 12 stalls and I have to say it wasn’t that impressive to me. Sort of more expensive than normal hawker center food in a nicer setting.

They did have a few interest things like your own personal BBQ with your choice of meats and you could also have steamboat/hotpot.

I like the BBQ pot they provide though… be cool for home.

This is pork. Fatty with a bit of bone.

They had satay.

Roti John – some sort of meat inside with onion and cheese, with mayo and chili on top. A bit like a Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich.

Oyster pancake – unlike the Taiwanese type, it’s more of a stir fried oyster omlette rather than a pancake.

Carrot green apple juice. Very refreshing but a bit expensive, SGD$2.50

This was part of dessert for the evening, ice kachung. Basically roughly shaved ice with syrups, sweet corn, red beans, palm seeds, and other jellies inside. You have to dig to find the good stuff at the bottom.

We ended up at the Esplanade at one of the cafes for gelato. It was a bit expensive too, SGD$4 per scoop. The one on the left is cherry raspberry and the one on the right is cappuccino.

So overall, it was only okay. There was live music which was nice and it was nice and cool by the water. A bit on the more expensive side but very clean food center. I was happy to see a kitty wandering around underneath the tables.

I’m tired after a long day at work so we decided not to join the others on their evening adventures. I think I need to get a little more sleep this weekend.

Our Cancer Centre Pharmacists are starting these discussions at least once a month to talk about updates in the pharmacy world. Tonight’s discussion was about the IDSA Guidelines for treatment of invasive aspergillosis.

IDSA = Infectious Diseases Society of America

We thought it a good idea to go have a nice dinner and have our discussion. We went to Canele at Paragon for yummy crepes and desserts while Peai Tean showed us some slides and presented the information. We had a lively discussion and also some great dessert.

Raspberry, Hazelnut, and Pistachio Macaroons

Chocolate-something cake

Roasted chicken crepe with fig

Chocolate hazelnut cake with gold leaf

Peai Tean showing us fungal pneumonia on a chest x-ray.

It was a good informational session and discussion and we hope to do it more often. I volunteered to talk about antiemetic use for chemotherapy and methotrexate pharmacokinetics. I am lucky to have learned all this while working at UCSF so I’m glad to be able to share with my new colleagues.

Since Joyce’s URI seemed to be completely cured after a week of antibiotics, she no longer had her “manly”, “nasal” voice… we made a plan to do some shopping on Orchard Rd since Good Friday is a public holiday in Singapore. I had the day off from work but Ron still had to go to class so we couldn’t go anywhere for a long weekend. So I was glad to have someone to spend the day with rather than just being stuck at home 😛

We met up for lunch at the Paragon. In the basement there is a cafe called Canele Patisserie Chocolaterie where they have fabulous desserts and also serve salads, sandwiches, and crepes.

I had the croque madame, a sandwich made with gruyere cheese and ham and a sunny side up egg on the top. The first time I tried this sandwich was in Napa last year for Vicki’s birthday.

Joyce had the smoked salmon crepe with canapes and dill butter. The dill butter was very good. It was a bit buried by the salad though.

Of course, we saved room for dessert. Joyce had the strawberry shortcake.

I look like a little kid but we were both like little kids in a candy store. I had the warm chocolate cake with something creamy on the side. It was too rich for me to finish the whole thing.

Oh this is also the same place where my boss gets her macaroons! very excellent but no space to eat them after our lunch.

After we rolled out of the restaurant, we headed to do some shopping. Both of our mom’s have their birthdays at the end of the month so we wanted to get them something special… and also indulge a bit for ourselves. We found some great deals and bought our gifts so it was a successful shopping day 🙂

We ended up at Paragon again to have dinner at Fish & Co. They serve their fish in a pan.

They have these cute wooden blocks to put the pan on:

Joyce had the salmon and fries.

See one of her many shopping bags next to her? 😛 The topping on the salmon was pretty tasty, called futaba or something, but she said part of the salmon wasn’t well cooked. The vegetables were a good addition to the meal. The fries are also included but if you don’t want fries (called “chips at this restaurant, like “fish & chips”), they also offer rice.

I had the swordfish collar.

I didn’t realize it was so huge, the pan is twice the size of Joyce’s. I only ate one side. It was really good when dipped in the mango vinagrette provided, otherwise it was a bit too fishy by itself. I brought the other half home to eat tomorrow.

Ah, a satisfying day… it totally doesn’t feel like Friday… it’s so nice to still have two more days of the weekend to look forward to!