Puri-Puri: Japanese Rice Bowl

If you have ever been to Japan, you would know that one of the highlight is the option of having the multigrain rice as your staple. My Mum is a huge fan of this rice, and we are pleased to share with you a restaurant in town area that serves this grain and at a very affordable price too.

Puri-Puri is located at Beach Road, sharing the space with a light shop. Not only do you get to enjoy a delicious meal, you also gain some inspiration from the amazing light pieces. If you are sitting on the second floor, you must try the dumbwaiter. Haha, for the fun of it.

Puri-Puri serves a premium 16 multi-grains that is delicious and very healthy. The grains contain barley, glutinous millet and soybeans etc. which provides nutrients, vitamins and minerals into the diet. The different grains brings more flavour and texture to the staple.

A meal at Puri-Puri is pretty fuss-free. You give your orders and you collect the dish and utensils yourself. Although the menu doesn't have a great selection, the 4 dishes we chose were very palatable. The drinks selection is also quite limited. But do pick the coconut juice, cos it is refreshingly delightful and quenches the thirst well.

Like most Japanese food, the dishes were quite light. We finished every single grain of it because it was that delicious. From top left to bottom right,

1. Roast Beef Curry Bowl (S$13.90): It depends whether you are particular about your beef. This is my brother's favourite and he recommends you guys to try it if you are there.
2. Premium Kaisen Bowl (S$25.90): This bowl consists of fresh prawns, tuna, scallops and my favourite salmon. It even contains uni. It is quite value for money given the huge bowl of ingredients. 
3. Juicy Duck Bowl (S$8.90): If you are a fan of duck, you should like this dish. It is simple dish that fills your tummy and leave you wanting more. 
4. Premium Hokkaido Pork Kimchi Bowl ($15.90): This is definitely my favourite dish among the 4 and it is limited edition T.T The kimchi in fact taste a lot nicer than those served in the Korean restaurants and it provide a good break in taste. 

I really hope they put the kimchi bowl on the menu. By the way, for those of you who are working around this district, they are on mealpal too :P A great meal of simple goodness to warm your tummy after a hard day work, that is how I would sum up the taste of Puri-Puri

Sprezza Box: Houston Box

The Christmas gift for the hubby finally arrived. I paid around S$25 for a SprezzaBox (price inclusive of shipping because of the use of a discount coupon) and I think it is quite worth it. The hubby didn't really like everything in the box, but for what he liked and placed a value on, it ended up to be more than S$25. So good buy, I guess. :)

We received the Houston Box and it contains

1. Plaid Necktie ($45): He is wearing it for the next wedding. So I think he likes it.
2. Valet Tray ($30): It is his favourite in the box and he is using it already.
3. Socks ($10): He is not much of a socks person, but he is always happy to have a pair of extra socks.
4. Shoelaces ($10): No special liking for it, but the thinks it will come in handy someday.
5. Wine aerator ($5): This is for me :P
6. Nail Clipper ($4): We used to share one and now he has his own I guess. 

If you are interested in getting one for yourself, you can google online for some discount code. It is a subscription box, but if you cancel immediately, you will get one box at an amazing discount. :P

Marina Bay Carnival

Generally, I have always been pretty kind and mostly supportive of events held in Singapore. But, the Marina Bay Carnival was rather disappointing. I am not sure if the hype last year made me had overly high expectations for it. This is the first year I am there by the way, and I thought it was kinda of boring.

The rides, to be honest, were pretty generic and very, very pricey. S$10 ++ for a thrilling ride. Take 7 and I can probably go to Universal Studio Singapore (with unlimited rides) and shows too. Just in case, you are wondering, I took 2 rides.

The first ride I took was Mach 5, the thriller of last year. Saw Benjamin Kheng from Sam Willows on the ride before me and felt <3 <3 <3 I took it with the hubby. I thought I should be the braver and stronger one between us 2. But, throughout the ride, all I heard was my own screams. Halfway, I thought I am pretty much done with it. Hubby ended up K-Oing. 

My second ride was Freak Out. According to my brother, this was a new ride. I bumped into my primary school classmate on this and after so many years, our first meeting ended up in screams. I thought this was wayyyy worse than the first ride. And when I saw my paper bag with my prize being blown away by the force of the swing of this ride, the fear was pretty well. I came down giddy and couldn't really walk straight. T.T

By now, I sort of figured out the rides were so pricey because the duration was longer than normal thrill rides and by that I mean, is pass the optimum enjoyment period. It made me, my brother and hubby felt shitty and certain we were definitely never taking these rides and not coming here again. 

We did try out a few of the games. And my brother won me a small prize in return for me sponsoring a ride for him. He came last year, and his verdict was...last year was bigger....hopefully next year they are not coming back. All in all, it was an utter waste of my time and I still feel queasy. Argh! And, I wish the influencers would stop lying about how great this is...cos it is not!!!