Mummy M's birthday celebrations started with a surprise birthday cake from some of the church girls who had to make their way to an ulu corner of Hougang and then hide themselves till the birthday girl arrived. I like these sort of surprises, especially so because we don't do them as often as we used to. I remember back in our schooling days it was always standard practice to get a group of friends at your door with a song and cake. But then again in those days handphones couldn't go to the internet and Friendster was still hip and Facebook still an idea in someone's head.
Then came the actual day where it was just the four of us out for a day of fun - mummy, daddy, 姐姐 and 弟弟.
First it was a drive down to Tiong Bahru to explore the rest of the area after our previous romp there. One thing to bear in mind is that because it is mostly open air car parks you better be prepared for either the burning sun or drenching rain! Thank God that for us it was the former, though definitely still a challenge to our comfort.
That didn't stop us from deciding to walk around randomly to check the place out. The intention was to find a nice cafe for brunch but somehow we ended up at a corner coffee shop, the super old school kind that literally is at the corner of the street, next to the road (about 5 minutes down from Tiong Bahru Bakery).
It was lunch time and quite packed so we safely assumed that the food must be good. Grabbing the chance while the children were asleep we sat down and ordered teh ping, teh, vegetarian wu xiang and mee pok. In summary the food wasn't that great in relation to my expectations. The one exception was the vegetarian wu xiang which was pretty good. They had a couple of rather unique ones like spring rolls stuffed with mushrooms and a vegan chicken patty that were rather nice with chili sauce. I'm highlighting this dish only because in my excitement to order I didn't realize it was a vegetarian stall! Will I go back again? Maybe yes because I've not tried the Yong Tau Foo there and also because I'm a sucker for quaint little places.
Given the burning sun, we were hoping to find a nice air conditioned cafe to sip coffee and cool down. Just diagonally across the coffee shop was Drips. It came highly recommended by a friend so we decided to try it out. Went in, was appalled by the unfriendly service staff who didn't notice that it was a lady with baby in arms and a man pushing a stroller. All she could say was “里面有位子吗” and left us to manage on our own - we walked out.
Better safe than sorry, so off we went to Tiong Bahru Bakery. It was crowded but we manage to get seats right at the back of the place. Don't need to say much about this place given that everyone probably knows it well, but one new thing that we tried for the first time was the Carrot Juice with Ginger. Pretty groovy and quite refreshing. Recommended food for toddlers around 2 years old - good old crossiants. Compared to the new Sophie's Bakery, I still prefer the ones at TBB. If our daughter likes them they must be good!
Stay tuned for an updated version of this post and part 2 of the birthday outing at Sentosa!
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