Matilda's tuition kid cancelled so we had the opportunity to get out of the house for brunch, which is my all time favorite past time!
For some reason my body decided to wake up earlier than anyone ought to on a Saturday and with no one else awake and nothing to do, guess what I decided to go clean the house! I feel quite proud of myself given that from 830am to 1030am I managed to clean the house, take a bath, shower Shanah and give Noah his morning clean-up! I'm the super daddy (sometimes!).
The sky threatened to kill our brunch stop at Grub which I've been attempting to go to for the longest time, but God had it taken care of because the clouds held back! Also a super big thanks to Christine who went down much earlier to get seats for the Das family!
It is always crowded at Grub but after having my first long awaited meal there I think I've had better if not more at other places. However I guess what I like is the setting - trying to recreate that Aussie brunch feeling that I love so much - so they get points for that. Maybe I'll try the burgers next time!
Then it was off to Tiong Bahru heritage trail for our first time. It was another treat for us because there's so much there I never knew about - certainly deserves a few more trips! We were planing to go to 40 hands to sit down for coffee and bible study but in the end we settle at the cafe down from it called Poteato which was quite a surprise!
This was really a treat - sweet potato fries! Really love this and I've not seen this anywhere.
Matilda and Shanah then took the opportunity to roam round the place - hopefully we post some photos up soon!
After Tiong Bahru it was off to the Public Garden market at the National Museum. Yet again God held back the rain long enough for me to get Shanah out of the car, across the road and into the museum!
This time we were hoping to try something different so we avoided Food for Thought at first but in the end it was the only place that we could sit down for Noah to have his milk! We got toast bread and potato balls (although the menu calls it hashbrowns I think that isn't the right description!) for Shanah and to our surprise she finished most of it!
It wasn't the intention to cafe-hop but it just happened that way. The real goal was the market so off we went. I guess the thing that always catches my eye are the stores that sell handmade children clothes and I never knew so many Singaporeans do this! It is cool to know not everyone is trapped in the usual social climb - keep chasing your dreams people!
We got what Matilda wanted and a gift for Thaddaeus, the newest baby boy in town and off to the hospital to pay a visit.
Of course having done mostly eating for the whole day, the last craving to fulfil was some good chicken rice! So we went to the new Wee Nam Kee at United Square but the queue seemed too long for us. Again it was just a good day. I went in to try the queue and in less than 10 minutes we were seated! I don't know why but when the nice man saw Noah and Matilda he let us go ahead to sit at a table for 4, even though we sort of had 2+1 baby chair!
Western food is good but nothing really compares with a good Hainanese Chicken Rice!
It was a day of good food, good fun, great fellowship, cooperative weather, easy to get seats and car parks and most of all a day that you can just smile and say thank God for family and thank God for taking care of us :)
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