Last Monday I was invited to an event held at Food for Thought.  I’ve always been a fan of them (I even had my 23rd birthday dinner there) and they recently opened a second branch along Queen Street, which I’ve never been to.  Finally, I had a chance to go and was totally smitten by this light installation made from perhaps even more than a hundred bottles.

A colleague had bought a bag full of jelly beans and our team, who’s been working very hard on all of our accounts, couldn’t be more thankful.  We munched on these when we needed that extra boost of sugar to get us through the afternoon.

On Friday, I was given this nifty pen.  The mini car is detachable and to make it zoom out really fast all you had to do was pull it in reverse and let go.  It brought me back to my younger days of playing with Matchbox cars.  You can say this is going to be one of the favorite things on my office desk for weeks or until someone accidentally steps on it.

Saturday was such a wonderful day where I finally got to hangout with Nick whom I haven’t seen since my birthday party in March.  I also finally got to see Stephie who’s been busy traveling and writing.  We planned for dumplings during lunch and just retreated to Papa Palheta for coffee and cookies in the afternoon.  Papa Palheta is such a delightful place that actually serves edible coffee.  The long black coffee I had had perfect crema while the cappuccino’s foam that Nick had was beyond gorgeous.  I ended Saturday catching Despicable Me in 3D with Nick, which capped the night perfectly.

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I’ve been enjoying my weeks like this; nothing too crazy or eventful.  I’m really spending alone time and only coming out with friends who actually want to hangout with me.

How was your week so far?

Tower of AWESOME

There is nothing better like homegrown peanut butter.  I know it’s by Unilever–Lady’s Choice–but they don’t make this kind of variant anywhere else.  It goes on smoothly on toasted bread and tastes better with Walter’s Sugar Free Wheat Bread Loaf (if you’re in Manila) and Bonjour’s Multigrain Bread (if you’re in Singapore). Yeah, I’m a stickler for bread—it makes or breaks everything.  Then again, not really. THIS PEANUT BUTTER IS THE BEST.

I blew my food budget on this but—what the heck—it was worth it.

I’ve been spending a lot on food lately putting into effect what my dad always told me, “Never scrimp on food.” So my supposed art walk adventure yesterday turned into a food walk of sorts.

Yeay to chocolate cakes!

(click on photos for epic proportions)

drip coffee

vermicelli and chicken

beef noodle soup

I’m sold. Totally in love with Vietnamese food now.  Too bad I was too distracted eating my vermicelli when the rice spring rolls came in and wasn’t able to get a photo.

If you’re curious, here’s where to go if you’re craving it:
Pho 99 Vietnamese Delights
57 Amoy Street
Singapore

P.S. You can click on the photos to enlarge.

Stephie!

He says the coffee shop's been there for 50 years

Sexy Tracy

Love the clouds

You don't get tiles like these anymore

Nutella cupcakes, anyone?

The zebra with weird stripes

Favorite! It's so dreamy.

All photos taken with an Holga K-200/FEL

Photos numbers 6 & 7 are from Food for Thought, located along North Bridge Road. I’ve decided to add them in because like the coffee shop mentioned, it’s also one of those awesome places that no one seems to notice even if it’s staring them in the face.

If you know of any places like this, sort of like your best-kept secret, mind if you share it with me?