Had dinner with a close friend, awwww...how IMHSM! Jets around alot so meet ups are hard these days. Went to PS cafe, the place sure looks different at night, nice! I must say the food's alright only but the desserts are nice. I had a chocolate one, can't remember the name but it's heavenly...I won't say no to desserts!
Spent our time catching up, nothing beats chatting in person as compared to phonecalls, emails & msn. J bought me a pressie, it's a diamante cat necklace, sooo cuteee and sweeeet! (^,^)
We went for coffee at Coffee Club in town after dinner, catching up part 2. After CC, we went for prata, catching up part 3...the night's still young!
Had a wonderful time, went home at 3+am this morning, couldn't sleep till 6am, too much caffeine & food! Had to wake up at 8am to send J off, sigh...J's off to Hong Kong today, was only here for a day! Flight's at 11am, tried very hard not to cry but still teared in the end, this is why I dislike sending people off at the airport so much. It's a love hate thing, you wanna see the person before he leaves but yet you don't want to see him go! It's a sad feeling. IGMHSM!
Went shopping with my mom after sending J off. We went Taka first, had MOS burger for lunch again, I wanna eat the curry chicken foccasia before they take it off the menu. Bought a Japanese magazine at Kino. Went Paragon after that, I bought a bag for my mom and as for me, I bought a pair of 'limited edition' dark blue jeans from Marks & Spencer at half the price and a pair of black & white flowery sandals at NOVO at 20% discount, nice? ;)
We went to Vivocity after that, had dinner at this restaurant call "The Mussel Guys". I wanted to go to the HK Kim Gary restaurant but there was a long queue so we decided not to queue. It was the BIGGEST MISTAKE!
I had the Seafood Spaghetti set dinner ($13.90++) while my mom had the Sirloin Steak and King Prawn set dinner ($16.90++). The picture looks nice but don't be fooled! My pasta was quite bad, the squid's fishy, so was the prawn. There were only 1 prawn, 1 mussel and 4 small pieces of squid, very miserable! I don't mind that the ingredients are little but they have to be at least fresh! I spat out the prawn and squid the moment I bite it!
My mom's steak was slightly nicer but the rice was soggy and the vege dull & tasteless! I don't see what's so "king" size about the prawn either. Everything was made worse by the bad service! I had to wait at the door for 2 mins for them to get us a table, I was puzzled coz there wasn't anyone in front of us and there were alot of empty seats so I thought ok, maybe it's reserved or they're getting us a table nearer to the window, I'm fine with it. When I went it, true enough it wasn't crowded at all, only 2 tables by the windows were reserved, I got the 2 seater beside one of the reserved table, so much for a nice view. Strangely the place's not crowded at all and this was 6+pm, dinner time where everywhere else was crowded. I thought, fine, I should at least give it a try and not condemn the place first.
We placed our order and to be honest, I was initially quite pleased when the soup and the tea came quite fast. Then the horror started! They didn't bring my mom's coffee, I had to ask 2x before it came, I asked for ice water and once again, I had to ask 2x before it came, at this point, I was already quite pissed with the food and service and when I asked for the bill, guessed what? I had to ask for it 2 freaking x again!!! All these plus I had to wait 10 mins for them to get the card back to me and it wasn't even crowded at all! Only about 10-13 tables were occupied and they had about 7 staff around! I can't imagine if it was full!
It so happens that a lady (seemed like the boss) was entertaining her guests next to us and I overheard her telling them that the chef used to work at Michelangelo's. She arranged for set dinners for them and a plate of mussels with cheese, wa, how "nice". My goodness, I hope I didn't hear her right about the chef coz it certainly has tarnished his reputation in my eyes if it's true...hmm...on the flipside, maybe there's a reason why he/she left Michel. I was so tempted to give her a piece of my feedback!
Review: NOT WORTH patronising, out of 5 stars, I will only give it half a star (for the view if you get the the window seat)! I'm never going back there!
On a happier note, my mom and I continue shopping after dinner. We went to Tangs, I bought my mom a pair of shoes, my friend a necklace for her upcoming birthday (I couldn't decide whether to get her a beaded one or a normal necklace with pendant. Ended up choosing a cream shell butterfly pendant with crystals that comes with a necklace for her, sorry no pic, it's nicely gift wrapped already) and for myself, a pair of heels, it's at 70% off, I couldn't resist, isn't it sweet.
Spent quite a fair bit today but hey, my mom's happy, I'm happy so it's worth it!
I'm very tired now, lack of sleep, reached home at about 10pm....time to rest.
IMJ...
♥ travelling...my all time favourite country would be Japan. I do like Phuket for pure R&R and would like to go Europe soon, especially Paris!
