Singapore: Vivo City! & Dinner at Pu Tien (莆田 ）

Still day 2 at Singapore, after brunch we decided to go shopping/ walking at Vivo City, which is right across Sentosa Island.. Many interesting retail outlets there, including Daiso, where everything is S$2 (we spent a long time i there as you would guess), but the place that fascinated me the most was this: National Geographic~ Yep, they have their own retail outlet selling all sorts of related merchandise including the magazines themselves, clothes for all sorts of outdoor adventures and lots more interesting things besides..

The thing that first attracted me into the shop- Thats a driftwood horse, by the way..

Nah, a clearer view of the thing, spectacular, isn't it?!

A big chunk of stone with dead fish in it~

Those are fossils, if you didn't notice, and the bloody thing costs thousands of SGD (Singapore dollars).. it would be an interesting conversational piece in your living room tho.. :D

A crazy lady trying out the 'freezer' that lets you experience the numbing cold of the north pole (up to -15 celsius), whats more, she paid to go in~

A 'something' made out of some things, just felt it was cute~

Antique chest.. Many antiques there, and the best thing is, they let you take as many photographs as you like, no prohibitions.. How nice...

Anyone wanna guess how much this antique sofa costs??

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Answer: SGD 47435.00 (O.o..)

More antiques, really like the rocking horse.. @.@~

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We had our afternoon tea here:

So-so lah, nothing much to review..

Mummy and aunty! :)

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After that, we paid a visit to the rooftop.. Don't misunderstand ya, you don't have to pay to go there.. The view is quite nice and there were lots of families, couples, etc enjoying the splash pools.. It a nice feeling to know that you are up on the roof of a building, hehe... Can see lots of things from up there..

Sentosa cable car.. Its nothing compared to our very own Genting Skyway *proud*

Funny, quirky statues and sculptures...

Another cute sculpture and a very nice skyline filled with all sorts of cranes..

Check out the view!

and some more~

After the foortop, we headed off to Daiso, where everyone bought a lot of rubbish that we most probably won't use much.. Its just that when you see that everything is $2 (around RM4.80), you can't seem to resist~ >.<

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After Vivo City, we spent considerable time travelling to Little India to get some cheap luggage bags from Mustapha.. OMG.. the number of foreign workers there, its enough to rival KLCC on weekends.. I would have gotten a huge huge fright if I went there alone.. Anyways, after paying for our purchases, we decided to have dinner..

Dinner at 莆田 (actually its a place in China).. Its an awfully long walk from Mustaphas to the restaurant, I swear my feet almost died, luckily my cousin was there to help me drag my new suitcase and the food was mighty interesting until i kind of forgot about the long walk there..

As you can see, the ambience wasn't too bad.. Turns out its pretty relaxing to eat in front of a tank full of beautiful fish, hahahahhaha...

The first dish: 咸香盐水鸭 (basically salted duck flesh)
It was sliced very thinly and didn't taste too salty.. Nothing much to shout about..

Second dish: 冰浸苦瓜 (yep, thats bittergourd in ice, made to look like a lotus flower)
The way to eat it is to dip it in honey, or was it maple syrup, i'm not too sure... Very cooling and crunchy and refreshing indeed.. *thumbs up!*

Third dish: 糖醋皮蛋 (Century egg tossed with sugar and vinegar)
This was the biggest surrise of all, since I don't eat century egg normally, and I still fell in love with this dish, in my opinion, it didn't taste remotely like egg anymore.. It tasted more like sweet and sour spare ribs instead, haha... Yums~

Fourth dish: 上汤苋菜 (Spinach in soup/broth)
Don't be mislead by its looks, it was much tastier than it looked, especially the soup, I had second helpings of this.. :)

Fifth and Sixth dish: 莆田卤面 & 焖番薯粉条 (namely Pu Tien's signature noodles and sweet potato noodle strips)
hahahha.. I still can't believe the dark brown ones are sweet potato noodles.. Aren't sweet potatoes either orange or yellow??! Anyways, I preferred the white one more cos the sweet potato noodles were a little too chewy for me, they made my teeth and jaws very tired.. haha.. pity poor mum who was having gum troubles that night..

Seventh dish: 自制滑豆腐 (homemade silky tofu)
We didn't want to order this at first, but the waitress who took our order must have gotten an 'A' in marketing, she was so pursuasive that we had to try.. and well, what can I say, it is smooth and soft and everything tofu should be.. not that its not available at other places tho~ O.o...


Desserts: 芋泥 & 金瓜露 (yam paste and pumpkin paste)
The yam paste kind of failed, in my opinion, the coconut milk taste was too strong, and I prefer a more chewy paste.. The pumpkin one however was nicer, it was served with vanilla ice-cream, and maybe because it was chilled, I kind of enjoyed it more, not too sweet as well...

After dinner, we were so stuffed and exhausted that we took a cab home.. Oh, and the dinner cost my cousin S$70+ for 4 people (I shudder to calculate in ringgit >.<) thanks for the dinner, cousin!

So there, that summarizes day 2 spent in Singapore, with my aunt and cousins.. You know what to order if you ever go to Pu Tien Restaurant in Singapore now.. hehe... Day 3 is up next~ :D