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Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner at Ah Yat Seafood Restaurant

February 11, 2013 by Regina Chow 2 Comments
How are your Chinese New Year celebrations coming along? After a week of gorging on rich, sinful delicacies which started a week before the actual reunion dinner, all I’m craving now is a bowl of plain Teochew porridge to clean my palate. Don’t get me wrong, I do appreciate the finer things in life, especially when it comes to food, but sometimes, too much of a good thing can be too excessive for me. πŸ˜‰

This year, the reunion dinner with my in laws was held at Ah Yat Seafood at Turf City. Despite being very packed, the food quality was not compromised and every dish turned out really well. I found the octopus appetizer and the shark’s fin soup exceptionally flavourful.
Jw and I are not fans of abalone because the rubbery texture just doesn’t cut it for us. I think the older folks appreciate this dish much more than the younger generation. Perhaps we really can’t appreciate the finer things in life after all. LOL
True to its name, Ah Yat seafood certainly boasts a wide array of fresh, succulent seafood. The prawns were sweet, juicy and crunchy. Every bite brought tears of joy to my eyes. Ok I admit I’m exaggerating just a little. πŸ˜›
The Garoupa was delicious! The meat was cooked to perfection with a mildly sweet, delicate flavour. Just thinking about it makes me salivate. I know, I claimed that after all that feasting, all I want now is a bowl of porridge, but isn’t this the perfect complement to a bowl of plain porridge too? πŸ™‚
It’s a yearly tradition for us to take a group photo after every reunion dinner, and this year was no exception. In place of my elder sis-in-law who’s on holiday overseas (how envious I am!), we had the honour of having my younger sis-in-law’s boyfriend join us for the dinner. πŸ˜‰ 
Finally, here’s my outfit of the day. I wore a cat motif shirt with a poufy lace cut-out skirt from my Bangkok trip some time ago. I’ve been collecting anything and everything with cat motifs because they’re so adorable!
Shoes: Salvatore Ferragamo
Bag: Dip Drops
Socks: Gift from Shihui

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Celebrating Mum’s Birthday at Ivins

May 15, 2012 by Regina Chow No Comments

I must have said it a thousand times at least, but Ivins is one of my family’s favourite restaurants. The food is always tasty and flavourful, which explains why the bulk of our family gatherings tend to take place here. In fact, we celebrated my mum’s birthday here some time back in April as my family loves the peranakan dishes.


Some of the dishes that really tickle my tastebuds include ayam tempra, ayam goreng, sambal kang kong, itek tim (salted vegetables and duck soup) and chai pok egg.

Here’s my outfit for the day. I looked pretty tired as I had just recovered from a bout of flu when this picture was taken.

Bangkok top
Zara pastel floral jeans
Louis Vuitton Idylle Speedy in Sepia
Alannah Hill floral clip


This week is a busy week for me as I’m trying as much as I can to catch up with family and friends before I take off again next Saturday. It doesn’t help that I just received news that my grandmother has been warded. I spent 4 hours chatting with her at the hospital yesterday because she was feeling lonely and helpless. πŸ™ I can only hope that things will take a change for the better soon and that she’ll have a speedy recovery. Please keep her in your prayers too.

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Dinner at Hide Yamamoto

May 6, 2012 by Regina Chow 2 Comments

We had dinner at Hide Yamamoto after visiting the exhibitions at MBS. The restaurant, owned by world-renowned Japanese born and Italian/French trained chef Yamamoto, was so popular, it was fully booked. We were left with the counter seats, but that also meant that that we got to see the food preparation process right before our eyes. It was quite an eye-opening experience watching the chefs work their culinary magic with deft hands.

We shared a plate of california maki and had a ramen each as we were eager to fill our tummies that evening after all the walking that we did. The ramen broth was rich and the ingredients were generously piled on top of the succulent noodles. I had the seafood ramen in a small portion and boy was I surprised when I saw the huge tiger prawn and a whole in-shell scallop topped with cheese. I feel hungry just thinking about it as the ingredients were very fresh. The quality and fragrance of the rice used in the california maki definitely surpassed that of other sushi joints too. I can’t wait to head back to try the other items on the menu!


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CNY Visiting

February 9, 2011 by Regina Chow No Comments
I visited my paternal grandmother on the first day of Chinese New Year together with my relatives. Unlike my maternal grandmother, my paternal grandmother has never worked a day in her life. She played the role of a traditional wife by looking after her husband and children and honing her culinary skills. She’s a wonderful cook and I remember putting on weight after staying at her place for a month while my home was under renovation!
The rest of the afternoon was spent visiting JW’s relatives but we were all so busy chatting that we hardly took photos. Well, at least not until we became besotted with this lady killer who posed for the camera like a pro.

His name is Keith. He is only 4 years old but I’m sure he will grow up to be a real heartbreaker. Mark my words. All the xiao mei meis out there, don’t say I didn’t warn you! LOL.

Dinner was a relatively quiet affair (finally, there’s peace!) at TCC Changi Airport. The menu at this TCC outlet is different from the rest. I usually go for the salmon mentaiko spaghetti, but they only had the crabmeat version here, which was a disappointment because the crabmeat tasted like frozen crab sticks from NTUC *shudder*.

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Early Reunion Dinner At Grandma’s

February 2, 2011 by Regina Chow No Comments
Here’s wishing everyone a Happy Chinese New Year! How was your reunion dinner? I’ve already had 3 loheis so far, and it’s only the eve of Chinese New Year!

Chinese New Year came early for my family this year as the first lohei celebration started last Saturday at my grandmother’s house.

It has become a tradition for my extended family to gather at my grandmother’s house for reunion dinner every Chinese New Year. We hardly get to meet one another usually as we all have hectic schedules but without fail, year after year, we would all make it a point to meet and catch up during our reunion dinner.

This year, we have a new addition to our family. My baby cousin Shuhai was born in January and joined us just in time for our reunion dinner! It’s funny how most newborns tend to possess an extraordinary ability to sleep soundly throughout the entire day. Likewise, Shuhai has this superpower too. She slept the whole night despite all the noise from the telly and our endless chatter.

And here’s presenting one of my favourite cousins, Shuya, Shuhai’s elder sis. She’s a whiz at iPhone games (she was holding her mum’s iPhone in the photo below), is extremely bright and not to mention very hyperactive too. I could barely keep up with her energy level and was hopelessly exhausted by the end of the night!

Oh and kids nowadays are so vain! We took a couple of photos, but this photo below was the only one that passed Shuya’s QC test. LOL!

Dress from ClubCouture

Have a great rabbit year ahead people! May this new year bring good health, prosperity and happiness to you and your family! Meanwhile, let’s all enjoy the long weekend filled with lots of feasting and angpows!

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Hi! My name is Regina and I am a style, beauty and travel enthusiast who enjoys writing, photography and letting my creative juices flow.

My blogging journey has been nothing short of exciting. I was recently named the winner of Her World Magazine’s Estee Lauder Style Superstar Awards 2016. My blog was also awarded Best Fashion Blog (Grand Winner) at the Singapore Blog Awards 2014. The year before that, it won Best Online Shopping Blog at the Singapore Blog Awards 2013.

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