Crab and Durian Season

Second time to Chin Huat Seafood Restaurant.. this time with FL & Matt.. Food still taste as great and their service improved tremendously.. maybe cos weekday not as crowded so our order and serving time was prompt.. reasonable price too, highly recommended!

Tink they've got the best fried man tou, outside so crispy, inside so soft.. best with chilli crab sauce, yummmmmmmmy!

This steamed man tou look so lonely and not as appetising as the fried one rite... haha.. but Matt loves it plain so this is for him..

Chilli crab! I would say it's comparable to no signboard but at a cheaper price.. the meat is just so juicy and the fried man tou dipped with the sauce... *slurps*

Black pepper crab is oso nice! Pepper taste not tat strong and still retain the sweetness of the crab.. would love to try their signature golden sauce crab (or butter cream crab? confused with crab party's signature crab le..hmm).. besides crab, other dishes like veg, pork ribs and not to forget their mango sago dessert are oso veri nice.. hope to go back soon!

On B's bday ytd, the 2 of us went to serangoon to eat crab party's crab and 717's durian.. reached there at 5plus and we are their first customer.. haha.. forgot to bring camera and both of us using non-camera phone so cannot take pics, wasted... chilli crab there is more spicy but still nice! fried man tou used to be bigger, now shrink liao and nv fry till golden crispy like chin huat so abit disappointed.. food there is slightly cheaper than chin huat but service not as gd.. there's no crowd at all when we were there so the waitresses all veri free one.. when we were eating crab, our hands oily oily they nv bother or notice that we had difficulty refilling tea to drink.. until when one of the waitresses see me opening the cover of the teapot den she cum over to take the teapot to add hot water for us.. still need to improve on the standard of their waitresses..

After crab, it's durian time! finally got to eat mao shan wang! it's so creamy and really melts in your mouth tat kind.. even if i'm full from the crab dinner, still can eat, how can resist the temptation?? realised that after eating mao shan wang, the strong durian aftertaste or smell will not be stuck in your mouth like other breeds of durians.. though their price is slightly more exp than other places, the quality of their service and durians are just so worth the money.. got a couple sitting at the table next to us eating halfway den bring half of the opened durian back to the uncle say the meat not dry one so the uncle opened another one for them and say previous one won't charge them.. they oso provide those packet plain water and tissue paper for customers.. so considerate of them.. thumbs up!

Durians!

It's the durian season! Finally got to eat it! B's fren told him Blk 169 Stirling Rd got nice durians so we went there to check it out since so near my place.. 1st time we went there, it was closed already and it was raining.. so sad.. 2nd time we went ard 7plus, the seller told us sold out liao.. i asked him wat time he open his stall and he said ard 2pm.. we will be back! tat veri same afternoon we went to bugis to queue for the Nando's Chicken, when it was almost our turn to be seated, the staff told us the oven is down so need to wait for the technician to go fix it so we couldn't eat the delicious looking chicken.. no chicken no durians, whole day so suay!

3rd time we went ard 3plus, durians here we come! when we reached there, 猫山王 was sold out already... business so gd, tot we were already very early.. where got ppl eat so early eat durians de... singaporeans really veri kiasu! so we bought another species called D101.. went to anchorpoint to eat KFC den keep smelling the fragrance of durians while eating.. haha.. still took bus and B gotta cover the plastic bag if not the smell really very strong.. so paiseh throughout our journey home.. haha..

bought 2 durians at $26, 3.8kg for both.. it's those bitter sweet kind, so yummy.. we skipped dinner cos the durians really veri filling.. but we onli managed to finish a box.. the other box left it for my sis and mum to eat.. finally got to eat nice durians after craving for a few weeks and gg back to stall for the 3rd time.. 真是皇天不负苦心人！

we will be back at 2pm for 猫山王 one day!

Forever Friends Cross Stitch Cushions

Finished stitching both cushions finally.. completed faster than i planned initially cos it is less tedious compared to the clock.. the cross stitch squares are bigger and the picture of the bear is printed on the canvas provided so i dun have to count the squares, jus need to follow the colors and stitch which is so much more convenient..

B and mi went to IKEA to buy the inner cushions at $3.50 each, so cheap! den we went to Plaza Sing Spotlight to get fabric to sew on the canvas to act as a backing for the cushion.. i had no prob sewing the 3 sides of the cushion cover.. after stuffing in the cushion, how to seal up the last side??? tried to google for answers but dun understand the instructions, grrrrrr... mum kept giving mi suggestions but dun really know how to execute her ideas into reality.. haha.. so i came up wif my own solutions.. applied 2 different techniques to the 2 cushions.. one i actually sewed a row of small buttons at the bottom to clip it up so the cover is removable from the cushion.. for the second cushion, i wanted to try sewing the bottom side without revealing the threads on the outside.. managed to hide the threads but din grab the fabric properly so at the bottom part abit out of shape.. haha..

can you spot the difference btn the 2 pics? when i was taking pic of the cushions, there was a housefly hanging ard the cushions.. tried to smack it away before i positioned my camera but in the end when i took the pic, still c it in the pic! it's at the top left hand corner of the left cushion in the 1st pic... so gotta chase it away and retake again.. haha..