Singapore Trip Day 4 Part 2 - Ikea and Akashi

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Ikea chicken wings. Yotsuba with edamame.
Being the last day of the trip, it's about spending it on our own personal business. For me and Ji, it's about visiting the local toy stores in Chinatown and so did we as we were accompanied by Paui on the morning of 26 July 2009. By afternoon, we decided to get to Ikea in order to meet the rest of our friends. In this post, we feature more food. :9


Great day for taking photos outdoor because the sky is clear. UV rays are merciless though.
This branch is located at 317 Alexandra Road
Not sure if Ikea stores normally have a restaurant since the one we go to at Hong Kong only has a few selections such as hotdogs and popcorn. Like a cafeteria, you go around to check on the selection and point out what you want and they serve it to you.

Counters placed at the center to collect payments.
Just across the street is the Anchorpoint shopping center. Aware of another Charles & Keith retail outlet, Ji and a few others dashed there right after having our fill. I also checked the stores but didn't find anything particularly interesting for me to try on, we ended up waiting at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.


We left the area with Che and Mon towards Vivo City and bought some items at Daiso. The highlight here however was the dinner. Che and Mon knowing very well that Ji and I are fans of Japanese food treated us to this awesome place called Akashi ^^. "Yum!" indeed, all the dishes were very tasty, check out the photos modeled by Yotsuba.


Carl's Jr is still available in SG. Yotsuba on a kiosk.









Itadakimasu~! nom nom nom nom


Domo arigatou Che and Mon ^^

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Food in Singapore

Since Rai has been writing our day-to-day entries for our Singapore trip last July. I will make this small contribution of showing the few food shots we had.

1. McDo Double Wasabi Fillet-o-Fish Meal, includes Seaweed Shaker Fries and Jasmine Green Tea - I know that one would not normally check first what McDonald's has to offer when you get to go to another country. But we do. *LOL* We were particular to this meal because it offered what we liked: wasabi, seaweed and green tea. :)




2. Flavored Yakult - We were surprised to see Green Mango, Orange, and Grape flavored Yakults in Singapore. We were able to take a picture of this in the supermarket but wasn't able to grab even a pack to taste :p


3. Movenpick Crepe - We were treated of this yummy dessert when we met up with Rai's former colleagues at Marche in Vivo City.


4. Hainanese Chicken Rice - Rai's mother, brother and sister ordered this award-winning dish from Chatterbox at Meritus Mandarin Hotel where we had dinner on our 3rd day.


5. Seafood Laksa - a seafood spicy noodle dish that Rai ordered in Chatterbox (and a good choice at that).


6. Bak Kut Teh - My cough was really acting up that time we were in Chatterbox that's why I decided to order this soup that has meaty pork ribs and a few spices. It kinda reminded me of what my mom sometimes prepares for us: native chicken in four-herb soup. :)


7. Sushi Platter - Mon and Che, being the most gracious host I know brought us and treated us to this Japanese Resto in Vivo City, named Akashi.


8. Chicken Terriyaki - We liked that the Akashi meals came with generous helping of side dishes (i.e. there was miso soup and a couple of slices of watermelon as you can see).


9. Tempura and Rice with Salmon Toppings (I'm not so sure if this is the right name of the dish and I can't recall what the greens here were) - If they look deliciously good, it's because they are deliciously good.



Wondering if these are all? Yes, these are all we have. We weren't really able to experience authentic Singaporean food at that time much to our dismay. Maybe next time... :)

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