Lunch @ Szechuan Court, Fairmont Singapore I caught up with 2 friends for lunch before the end of the year. Â It was on 30 Dec and we tried to book one of the festive buffets at one of the hotels but many were fully booked. Â So we decided to have Chinese food at Szechuan Court, […]
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Day 11 (25 Dec 2017) : Launceston – Warrnambool Today, we took a mid morning flight (10.05am) from Launceston to Melbourne. We had chosen to fly on Christmas Day as many places of interest in Australia are closed and this is probably the most efficient use of time. The drive from Murphett’s Cottage to Launceston
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 Day 5 : Eastern Kyoto (Higashiyama) This morning we checked out of Sanga before we went about our sightseeing.  We were changing to Matsui Honkan, another ryokan nearby that night.  We were late in our booking and many ryokans were already fully booked.  Sanga was only available for 2 night.  We had to book another ryokan
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Day 10 (24 Dec 2017) : Launceston I woke up early to make breakfast for everyone today because today is not only Christmas Eve but also DS2’s birthday. He turns 18! I made simple pancakes. I had bought 2 bottles of shaker pancakes, add water to them and pour on the pan, fry and they
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Theme Dining @ Gudetama Cafe DD is a Gudetama fan. Frankly I don’t understand what is so cute about an egg. But oh well, she likes it. So when she found out that there is a Gudetama cafe in Singapore, she suggested going there for a meal. DH and the boys just rolled their eyes.
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Pan Pacific Hotel, Suzhou I. Hotel Grounds: On a recent business trip to China in May, I had a brief one night stopover in Suzhou. Â Decided to stay in Suzhou for the day instead of travelling back to Shanghai that same day. I stayed at the Pan Pacific Suzhou which is located in the Old
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Day 4 : Essential stops along the Golden Circle Breakfast this morning was at the restaurant in the farmhouse. Â We trotted there in our warm clothing. Â It was a beautiful morning and was no longer as cold as the night before. Besides the usual bread and cold cut, they serves waffles. Â The hot waffles
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Dinner @ Super Star Seafood Restaurant, Tsim Sha Tsui On one of my May 2018 trips to HK, I stayed at the Hyatt Regency in Tsim Sha Tsui. I was on my own and decided to have dinner at Super Star Seafood Restaurant 鸿星海鲜酒家 as I wanted to buy their crispy whitebait snack. The restaurant
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Wangfujing & Ghost Street Shopping @ Wangfujing As mentioned in my previous post, I stayed at Grand Hyatt Beijing for the Peking Duck at the hotel’s Chinese restaurant and shopping at Wangfujing. Wangfujing is a pedestrian shopping street in Beijing. It was as usual full of shoppers when I took a walk there during this
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