Awesome Connection with Food!

It was Sari Day (supposedly) but alot of the indian ladies pang sei here. So only a few wore this beautiful garment. Just learning to fold the cloth to pleats n preventing the cloth from falling off is as delicate and graceful as the skillfulness of an artist's hand.

Velma and Del in their lovely outfits - Dont they look stunning? To wear a sari requires skill, to wear a sari when u are not an Indian girl is a thin line between stupidity and courage. The difference is grace and elegance. Let's hope this Chinese girl will rise to the occasion... one day

My usual partners (Ashima, Swetha and me of course) in crime decided to scoot off from the office canteen to have lunch at this atas restaurant called Fox.

It really was a foxy adventure, with lots of complaints about the waiters not observing our private space n me catching a tobasco sauce bottle that the waiter dropped before it could fall n shatter into a million pieces.

This is Swetha. I thought she looked lovely like that. With big eyes that portray longing and a subtle sadness. just that moment spoke volumes of elegance n quiet serentiy for me.

Swetha is scrutinising the menu for her choice of food. She decided on diet coke and a salad. healthy choice eh? The poor girl had to leave lunch early to get back to work as she had a departmental meeting and decided to take away her food. When she brought it back to the office to munch on, it was filled with pastsa n greens! She really should have stuck to the prawn salad.

Appetizing bread buns and bread sticks. The best part of this starting dish was the butter. It was a lovely minty mix of herbs and cold butter. The melt in the mouth effect made the normal bread invitingly fragrant.

Chicken Soup of the Day - Not too creamy with tiny bits of minced chicken in every scoop!
Ashima with her chicken. It was mainly breast meat cooked with a rich creamy white sauce. But it definately wasn't authentic as it had the distinct flavor of Indian spices. Really a huge portion that she could not finish!
This is my dish! Lamb Burgundy. I love the grilled tomato n freshly boiled veg. The lamb mixture was awesome for the first few bites as the fresh button mushrooms gave it a punch with each bite that I took. But I was huffing and puffing away while trying to finish the meat. Didn't touch the potatoes as I have had my fill of potatoes here in India. Would have been perfect IF the meat pieces were bigger so that one can enjoy the tenderness of it and the gravy could be less thick n rich. "More muchrooms and veg for this true blue Singaporean girl!"

Ok the food culprit n her partner in crime- Me Myself n I.
Desserts - Vanilla Icecream topped with choc syrup . Ashima was too full to have her icecream. What a waste. We were afraid we might end up falling asleep at work. Siesta!!!

I usually dont like Vanilla (right Kun?) but this version was more like Gelato than milk so I finished every sccop. The climax was the cherry at the bottom. Not the usual preserved ones that Cherie avoids, but it felt different, even the seed was still present. Very nice ending - like a Happily Ever After.
Oh! Dinner was SO GORGEOUS! The cook is undergoing training as we usually have a fixed routine of daily food- Indian daal/ Intercontinental Chicken n Chowmien/ Roti n Rice. So this time, he fished out a true blue chef skill - MOMOs! These are the Indian equivalent to our Chinese Guo Te Dumplings but are stuffed with chicken instead of pork meat. It tastes so heavenly as it's one of the rare things without spices or gavy. It even came complete with a familiar tasting Chicken Rice Chilli.

The whole feast - Italian Veg Pasta, French Fries ( not in pic, too much potatoes), Momos AND Chicken Broth! It's semi-clear soup. Might have been cooked using the chicken bones as stock. Really wonderful. Dinner ended with the boys trying to scare with stupid ghost stories, totally empty plates n all of us smiling with inflated tummies.