The Book of Shadow: Rainy Days in Late August

Lazy rainy days in Singapore, we:

~ lunch with ex-housemates fresh off the plane from Brunei
~ have impromptu dinners with postgrad mates and their recently/currently pregger spouses
~ sleep in
~ get bought surprise! belated birthday lunches
~ have coffee with old friends
~ say hullo to Jubilee Presbyterian Church chickens
~ nap
~ celebrate new jobs at jazz bars with sake, ale, beer and sushi from Sushi Yoshida
~ sleep in
~ have very late breakfasts
~ chat some
~ watch re-runs of Beijing Olympics foil and epee fencing finals
~ nap
~ have late night talks about God, love and life
~ bake cherry butter cakes
~ assemble Stikfas figures
~ celebrate exam-passing with karaoke
~ say farewell with karaoke
~ get reminders to please do something about blueberries wrinkling in refrigerator
~ fall asleep thanking God for this respite, everything

Ikea Restaurant
Gravad lax, Swedish meatballs, fish and chips, chicken wings, Daim cake, too much information on certain in-bedroom aspects of married life.

Tokkuri Japanese Restaurant, Icon Village

Tokkuri Japanese Restaurant
#01-57-62 Icon Village
12 Gopeng Street
Tel: 6238 5863
Fresh sashimi with good soya sauce, wasabi and a sweet plum leaf. Simmered pork belly was melty, cod fish was slightly overcooked, saba/mackerel which arrived that same morning was also fresh but very bony and over-grilled. Macha cheesecake was pleasant.

Caffe Pralet by Creative Culinarie
#01-03/04 Eng Hoon Mansion
17 Eng Hoon Street
Singapore 169767
Tel: 6324 1663
Coffee and cake decent but open kitchen meant everyone came out smelling like whatever happened to be cooking.