Taekwando Kid, recently, is rather fond of saying that it is hard to find a type of food that i do not eat. And he laments that it is only once a year when he can eat something which i do not eat and that's sharksfin on Chinese New Year dinner.
So recently, Yvonne emailed saying to go have dinner and dessert together with her friends at some place. Without really checking on where and what i was gonna be eating, i agreed to turn up.
Dinner was at this place called The Rice Table Indonesian Restaurant. I was sitting in the restaurant wondering why the place does not have a menu, when the waiter started to serve the dishes up. I didn't even know whether it was free flow or not. Turned out that someone has already done the ordering, convenient enough.
The dessert was at Top Of The 'M' Revolving Restaurant. This time round, i didn't have any conveniences and had to order for myself. The end result was that it took considerably more time to decide what to order. I ordered a cocktail.
The name of the drink is Bloody Mary. It is red in color. And i thought it quite appropriate drink for me, both becoz i've come across the name couple times in story books and becoz i believe that the name was derived from the religious figure virgin Mary. Moral of the story : Never judge a drink by its name.
It would have been good if the drink was a mixture of alcohol with ribena. Hell, i would even have accepted bundung. But turn out that it was ketchup mixed with something spicy. The drink was sweet, sour and hot and my distaste for tomatoes returned to me at full force with the first sip of the foul liquid. Urgh.. should have thought to be less adventurous and drink something familiar. But the chocolates were good.
A little about Yvonne's friend, i'll call her HQ here. HQ does seem to have a rather familiar face. Maybe she has a sister and i've seen her sister before. Becoz she has a voice that sounds like the person who i claim to be her sister in likeness.
Anyway, turns out that HQ is moving house from Toa Payoh block 164. The same block that i've stayed a couple years during primary schooling and been going to for family gatherings the past 18 years, and also the same block that i've recently helped my auntie to move from. And HQ's moving into a new block in Toa Payoh, one of those that are around 50 storeys high. And my auntie is now staying there too! Small world of coincidences indeed.

Bloody Mary
ReplyDeleteIngredients:
1 1/2 oz Vodka
3 ea Drops tabasco sauce
3 oz Tomato juice
1 x Pepper; to taste
1 ea Lemon; juiced
1 x Salt; to taste
1/2 ts Worcestershire sauce
no wonder so spicy
and salty too.
ReplyDelete