Marugoto Shokudou - Broadway plaza japanese restaurant

Wanted to try out something new and must be some where near AMK, so i google and found out about this restaurant. Not much review i can find online about this, but for my review its gonna be a very bad one.

the interior of the restaurant. there isn't alot of crowd too

the "mini buffet bar"

 Saw this Shabu Shabu dinner special. As it was only $24.90, so i was thinking it was quite worth it for two of us. So i ordered one set thought my hubby and i can share this. While placing the order, the waiter told me that we cannot share this thing at all. If we are caught doing that then we have to pay for another $24.90. My hubby and i reaction was like, huh? WTF. Bcos we were thinking of this one set and we will order other food like, shaba fish, salmon sashimi, chawanmushi etc etc.. Hence we decided to go ahead and i order my own set of shabu shabu dinner set, and my hubby got to order his own food too.

While we are eating halfway, the staff LOVES to come and take a look and see if we are sharing food or not. It makes me feel so uncomfortable. By the way, we did not share the food at all!!!

this is my own pot of shabu shabu.

 this is my dessert. WATERMELON ! Lol.. from the menu what they mentioned was actually Honeydew Melon Fruit.. WTF ~~ i tried to convince myself saying that this red colour thing is not watermelon, so i google and see what honeydew melon fruit, and ta-da... really is wrong fruit given to me.. felt so cheated.. if they can actually ask us to top up a few dollars so we can share the shabu shabu, then i will be happily doing that, btw their buffet counter food doesnt have a lot of variety too.
YUCKS! i swear i wont go back again!

Ratings : 0.5/ 5 ! :( 

Updates for the past 2 weeks

Salmon Pepper Lunch
First time trying this salmon pepper lunch !

overall taste is not bad. But would still prefer the salmon to be not cooked at all. hahas!

Hello Kitty Vending Machine

Happen to find this pic somewhere inside the internet. So cool.. Im not sure what it actually sells too. But since im a ex hello kitty fan, im sure i will walk away and see and will definitely buy something too!

Nihon Mura Sushi for $1 per color plate

Went to dine with 2 of my friends at the Singapore Post Centre for this sushi $1 per plate. Its really cheap. Offer ends on 30 June 2014 !

You who came from the stars

Recently i just finish watching this drama. Super Nice. And i saw my friend posted this chocolate set! Arghh.. Super handsome !

Black kitty fortune cat

This is the black kitty fortune cat i have inside my room which i mentioned earlier on my the other blog post.

Mcdonald Spicy Challenge

 After i saw this poster, my hubby wants to try the level 3. but for me i confirm cannot make it. i only can up to level 2.. T.T

brought the level 2 & 3 burger. 

After drinking the mcdonald new Yuzu Mcfrizz, my hubby also decided to do one at home. the taste is awesome and similar to macdonald !! =)

now hello kitty launch this Hello Kitty bubbly world, in a very short period of time, the kitty is being sold out agn. only that luckily this time we can pre order and get it send to our place. if we need to queue up again im sure there will be fights again everywhere and it will be all over the news. 

now there's also Hello kitty mystamp book set.. aiyoyo.. how come hello kitty is so popular. luckily i stop collecting liao, if not i think i will be broke soon !!

Fortune Cat (招财猫)

Maneki-neko aka the fortune cat
is a common Japanese figurine (lucky charm, talisman), usually made of ceramic in modern times, which is often believed to bring good luck to the owner. The figurine depicts a cat (traditionally a calico Japanese bobtail) beckoning with an upright paw, and is usually displayed—often at the entrance—in shops, restaurants and other businesses. Some of the sculptures are electric or battery-powered and have a slow-moving paw beckoning. The maneki-neko is sometimes also called the welcoming cat, lucky cat, money cat, happy cat, or fortune cat in English.

The Gesture

To some Westerners it may seem as if the maneki-neko is waving rather than beckoning. This is due to the difference in gestures and body language recognized by some Westerners and the Japanese. The Japanese beckoning gesture is made by holding up the hand, palm out, and repeatedly folding the fingers down and back up, thus the cat's appearance. Some maneki-neko made specifically for some Western markets will have the cat's paw facing backwards, in a beckoning gesture familiar to more Westerners.
Maneki-neko can be found with either the right or left paw raised (and sometimes both). The significance of the right and left raised paw differs with time and place. A common belief is that the left paw raised brings in customers, while a right paw brings good luck and wealth, although some believe the opposite, or that one paw is for luck and the other for wealth. Another interpretation says that a raised left paw attracts money, while a raised right paw protects it. Still others say that a left paw raised is best for drinking establishments, the right paw for other stores (those who hold their liquor well are called "left-handed" (hidari-kiki) in Japanese). Yet another interpretation is that right is for home and left for business.
It is commonly believed the higher the raised paw, the greater the luck. Consequently, over the years maneki-neko's paw has tended to appear ever higher. Some use the paw height as a crude method of gauging the relative age of a figure. Another common belief is that the higher the paw, the greater the distance good fortune will come from.

I think its good to get one with both paws up.

I tried to look for this fortune cat with two paws up, but its seems that abit hard ah.

Colours
The most common color is white, followed by black and gold, and occasionally red is used as well. These are traditional for Maneki-neko. Some consider white to be for good luck generally, black for good health, and gold for monetary good fortune.

 After doing some research, i finally bought 1 black colour fortune cat about 1 year back at Vivo City for less $200, i think its about $108, not very sure now. I at first dont really believe that this cat can bring me fortune. But because one of my family member is selling some japanese products in Singapore then they really follow the Japanese culture and some believes. Hence they brought one super big cat and put at their showroom.

 

big fortune cat

 

a closer look of the cat

 from here it doesnt look really big right? but actually this cat cost up to 1K plus!

By the way, when i bought  from that vendors at Vivo , she would require us to draw the layout of the place where you wanna place the cat, for me i place inside my room. So we drew it out and let her see where we can place it. The cat got to face our bedroom door. And also after we bought it home we cannot straight away open it and starts to place coins inside. The lady will advice us what time and when then we open it and place it at the place where she advise us and got to place a "happy" $1 coin inside.

sorry that i couldn't find 2 $1, so i had to use a $0.10 to explain to you.

the left side coin is a sad face and the right one is a happy face. Can you see the difference now?

So start to deposit happy faces coins to your piggy bank now!!

Find Pokémon On Google Maps

Yesterday was 1st of April ! Happy April's Fool Day! Lol..

As part of an April Fool's prank, Google updated Google Maps for iOS and Android to include Pokémon. Let's try to find all of them! There are at least 150 Pokémon currently floating around on Google Maps. All you have to do is zoom in, tap on them and select "catch".

 Since yesterday afternoon , i have been trying to catch all the pokemons. And i finally complete it today at 4.35pm ! woo hoo! feel so contented !

Its quite fun. I hope that google or other companies will create more of such games and of cos la, with a prize would be more encouraging ! hahas !

follow this link to find out more ! http://kotaku.com/how-to-find-pokemon-on-google-maps-1555465846

Hard Rock Hotel - Sentosa

My niece 12th year old birthday party is held at Hard Rock Hotel, Sentosa. so nice right? *Envy lol*

When im 12 years old, my birthday party is only at Toa Payoh Mac Donald lo. Hahas.

 entrance of her party *(looks like wedding la)*

 huge balloons

 birthday cake

 i wonder how this owl birthday cake taste as before she cuts her cake i left to Malaysia

Tiny cupcakes for the kids

My sis brought her a water proof camera !! Water proof Camera is also under my wish list lei! But never mind, since she has it liao, i think i will borrow from her. Hahas ! Not cheap lei. $300+++!!

Qing Ming Festival 清明节

I think for my generation right now, hardly anyone will follow their parents to pay their respect to the ancestors. Ever since I got married 2 years ago, i think that this occasion is as important as chinese new year. This is another occasion where all family members gather together and pay respect to the ancestors.

This is the 2nd year i follow my hubby to Malaysia (Chaah) to prepare for this festival. We left Sg at 3pm on 29.03.14 (sat) and we are stuck in the customs for 2 hours plus. Normally the journey from sg to his kampong is just a 2 and half hours journey. But this time is 5 hours. So tiring and super hungry!

On sunday morning we woke up at 7am then prepare everything and go to the graves of his ancestors. Malayisa's Qing Ming Festival is really different from Singapore. We had to go to a "park" where lots of graves are gather there. And im quite surprise that they remember where and which is their ancestors graves.  After cleaning up the graves, and poking the joss sticks surrounding the graves, everyone starts to chit chat and wait for the ancestors to finish eating. Some families also light up the fireworks or the firecracker. Its so loud and noisy like chinese new year. Yup! They says its the dead people chinese new year. O.o

After cleaning up the tombs at Chaah, around 1pm we drove to Batu Pahat and did the same thing as in the morning. But this time its at a temple. As the ancestors, they did not buried, they cremate and put the ashes inside the urn and store it at the temple.

After everything, we drove to Kluang as my hubby sister needs to go back to her school hostel for school the next day.

The school is abit old

Anyway, I would like to encourage all youngsters to follow their parents to pay respect to their ancestors as its just a yearly affair and it only takes a few hours. Do it every year so that this tradition wont be lost.