We seldom cook breakfast. Firstly, there's no time to prepare or enjoy it on weekdays. Secondly, we are easily contented with good bread and butter. Thirdly, weekend breakfasts are usually ta-powed hawker food from all over the island (courtesy of my F-I-L). But Fuzzy was on leave, and Chubbs woke us up bright and early. So I jumped at the chance to make us some vanilla-sugared french toast. Mega yum!
For lunch, we headed to Au Petit Salut (with cute little Chubbs in a restaurant high-chair for the first time!). I've been wanting to visit since they opened in Harding Road, and the refurbished building looks lovely. Chubbs alternated between playing with the dinnerware and his toy, looking excitedly around, and coo-ing to the servers. A lady even came up to us to ask incredulously,"You mean, your baby just sits there?"
Eyeing the baguette.
Playing with glasses.We were there for the set lunch and were very impressed by the choices available, presentation and portion sizes. Starters were escargots in garlic and tomato butter, and pork (fat) rillette with gerkhins. Both were delicious with lots of bread. For our main course, Fuzzy picked the braised beef cheek in red wine sauce.
I chose onglet with creamed potatoes and onion confit. Onglet is also known as "hanger steak" and is part of the diaphragm of the cow. A tasty dish commonly found in Parisian bistros. Fuzzy prefered the onglet after having a bite (he found the braised beef cheek too gelatinous), and I lovingly swopped mains with him :)
Because Chubbs was getting fussy in his seat (it was nap time), and baby strollers were not allowed indoors, Fuzzy and I had to take turns to hold him so the other can eat. One of the staff noticed this and enthusiatically offered to carry Chubbs and walk around so I can enjoy my meal. So she whisked him off to the adjoining garden, and then disappeared! One of the waiters reassured us that the lady was bringing Chubbs to their office upstairs to play with their boss and he would radio her to come down once we want our son back :/ I gobbled my food down because I missed Chubbs a lot. He only threatened to cry when Fuzzy went to retrieve him and realised that he missed us. With my baby snug in my arms again, our dessert and coffee arrived.
"Happy to be back!"My order was chocolate macaroons with cranberry sorbet. I had to have this because macaroons are one of my favourite things ever, and sorbet is refreshing after a meaty meal.
Fuzzy's was classic creme brulee infused with Madagascan vanilla beans. We found this a little too eggy, but the robust vanilla flavour made up for it.
We felt satisfied and happy after ending the meal with Illy coffee (we love this espresso blend). Overall, the staff are very attentive, food is above average and the ambience is lovely, whether for friends to idle away an afternoon chatting, or for lovers celebrating a special occasion. And at $70plus for two, the quality and quantity of the set lunch is definitely value for money.
The afternoon agenda was supermarket shopping at Jelita (free parking!). I needed to get an avocado as Chubbs' next food, and stock up on baking supplies. We also bought a small inflatable pool and beach ball for Chubbs. We figured this as an avenue for Chubbs to showcase his inner synchronised swimmer and leave us dry during bath-time. Moreover, we've already got his swim diapers ready.
Since we had the luxury of doing an early dinner, we were off to our second favourite Japanese place, Sakuraya. Hey low-gong, this is a sentimental place for us, no? Chubbs caused quite a buzz when we walked it. Some of the waitresses even started snapping pictures of him with camera phones. It got a little weird.
Anyway, we eat here for two reasons. 1) Sashimi- you choose the size and variety you want from the fridge and they slice and serve it to you. We had scallop and salmon. Usually, we will choose the salmon belly, but my hubby OD-ed on it the last time we were here. 2) The grilled salmon belly marinated with mentaiko (cod fish roe). Scrumptious! Just give us Japanese rice with this, and we're happy. We also ordered ika with natto, miso soup, rice and deep-fried saba (the only disappointment). As an aside, this restaurant is wildly popular because of its fresh fish and low prices. So please go early or make a reservation.
Dessert was the "cake" I made yesterday and coffee, while feeding Chubbs his evening portion of rice cereal. After a solitary bath (sorry Sunshine) and feed, Chubbs settled down to sleep. Fuzzy and I curled up on the sofa and played very silly computer games (flavours of the moment are PigRace and Sheep Ski Jump Xtreme) until we dozed off.
It was a great day.
