Blind Date II
...and I would have agreed, had he not ordered from the set menu! lol. Okie lah, to be fair, I agree with his defence that his time would be better spent "chatting up a charming gal" than poring over the à la carte menu. How can I not agree? I am indeed charming wat! lol. Ok lah, not 10/10, but I think I can, ahem, without abashment, give myself a 7/10, right? (And that's already being very modest hor. Most men I asked gave me an 8 or 9 leh, which I am quite satisfied with, assuming they had been honest. Hmm, sometimes I wonder...
I took a glance at the prices while he was conversing with the waitress. This guy "lion open big mouth" leh. He chose a $108+++ per person set menu - the price range was from, I think, around $80 to $120. But I was ok with it lah. It's not that I eat in restaurant everyday, and besides, most of the time, it's guys who treat me, rather than the other way round :)
Hmm, I must say the lobster was delicious, though I think it's because I like the salsa that accompanied it. The shark's fin was superb too and it was prepared the way I like - without crab meat - and yeah, I gave the fish maw that came with it a missed. I must say compared to him, I am quite a small eater leh. After the 3rd dish (fish), I was more or less full. I practically let soldier boy have almost all of my share of the lamb (or was it beef? haiz whatever, since I didn't like this one) and noodle, and in return, I took most of his coconut ice-cream dessert. Yummy.
Overall quite ok lah, though I think this is not authentic Chinese food leh. It's more like a fusion of east and west, neither here nor there, a bastardised version of true chinese food, if you pardon my use of language! And, it's not just the style of cooking leh. Even the presentation is not authentic, for e.g. the various dishes did not come all at once, nor was rice served. It's more like those chinese wedding dinners, minus the big plates which everybody part-take in - in this case, the dishes came directly in individual portions, with each course cleared before the next course served. Very western style.
Soldier said it's "new-age" chinese cuisine. Erm, ok, Moi may be "new-age" in other things *wink*, but when it comes to chinese food, I like "old-age" leh! More authentic mah. And how can chinese food not come with rice :( I want my rice! Next time we try something traditional, ok? :)
So in between bites, we chatted. Starting with the "formalities" i.e. which blogs we read, what blogs we like and then to other "neccesities" of first dates, singapore-style: work, education background and family status. haha.
He said I can blog about anything except his work, particularly the school that he is teaching at. Not even the general region can be mentioned 'cos he said he has a lao shi image that he needs to protect. Poor thing. Haha.
I told him how NUS apparently found my English too lousy(?!) for its law faculty, but how I managed to get into a law school in England (such irony)! Told him how I missed those care-free student days. That's when he tried to be cheeky and asked me if it is true that many singaporean undergrads sleep around while in UK, like what he "heard from (his) many ex students"!
True or not, lao shi? Don't lie lah. I don't believe you heard that from anybody. I think you are just trying to get me to talk dirty to you! lol. But I think you succeeded leh, 'cos I told you how I lost my "innocence" (ok, virginity is the right word) less than a month after arriving in UK.. Aiya away from home mah, no parents to watch over, no siblings to share room with. What you expect?
He told me about his overseas days too, when he did his Masters in Chinese Studies in Beijing. But unlike me who "sampled" quite a bit of western "meat", he poor thing leh, he did not have a single fling with any "little dragon girl" during his entire time there, 'cos his wife was by his side. haha! Poor Soldier boy *tease*
By the way, I was of course not surprised that he was married. I mean, please lah, a 44-year old educated man in a white-collar job - what do you expect? The only million dollar question is: is he still married or has he divorced?
That, I shall leave it till the next post. Me bad....
I took a glance at the prices while he was conversing with the waitress. This guy "lion open big mouth" leh. He chose a $108+++ per person set menu - the price range was from, I think, around $80 to $120. But I was ok with it lah. It's not that I eat in restaurant everyday, and besides, most of the time, it's guys who treat me, rather than the other way round :)
Hmm, I must say the lobster was delicious, though I think it's because I like the salsa that accompanied it. The shark's fin was superb too and it was prepared the way I like - without crab meat - and yeah, I gave the fish maw that came with it a missed. I must say compared to him, I am quite a small eater leh. After the 3rd dish (fish), I was more or less full. I practically let soldier boy have almost all of my share of the lamb (or was it beef? haiz whatever, since I didn't like this one) and noodle, and in return, I took most of his coconut ice-cream dessert. Yummy.
Overall quite ok lah, though I think this is not authentic Chinese food leh. It's more like a fusion of east and west, neither here nor there, a bastardised version of true chinese food, if you pardon my use of language! And, it's not just the style of cooking leh. Even the presentation is not authentic, for e.g. the various dishes did not come all at once, nor was rice served. It's more like those chinese wedding dinners, minus the big plates which everybody part-take in - in this case, the dishes came directly in individual portions, with each course cleared before the next course served. Very western style.
Soldier said it's "new-age" chinese cuisine. Erm, ok, Moi may be "new-age" in other things *wink*, but when it comes to chinese food, I like "old-age" leh! More authentic mah. And how can chinese food not come with rice :( I want my rice! Next time we try something traditional, ok? :)
So in between bites, we chatted. Starting with the "formalities" i.e. which blogs we read, what blogs we like and then to other "neccesities" of first dates, singapore-style: work, education background and family status. haha.
He said I can blog about anything except his work, particularly the school that he is teaching at. Not even the general region can be mentioned 'cos he said he has a lao shi image that he needs to protect. Poor thing. Haha.
I told him how NUS apparently found my English too lousy(?!) for its law faculty, but how I managed to get into a law school in England (such irony)! Told him how I missed those care-free student days. That's when he tried to be cheeky and asked me if it is true that many singaporean undergrads sleep around while in UK, like what he "heard from (his) many ex students"!
True or not, lao shi? Don't lie lah. I don't believe you heard that from anybody. I think you are just trying to get me to talk dirty to you! lol. But I think you succeeded leh, 'cos I told you how I lost my "innocence" (ok, virginity is the right word) less than a month after arriving in UK.. Aiya away from home mah, no parents to watch over, no siblings to share room with. What you expect?
He told me about his overseas days too, when he did his Masters in Chinese Studies in Beijing. But unlike me who "sampled" quite a bit of western "meat", he poor thing leh, he did not have a single fling with any "little dragon girl" during his entire time there, 'cos his wife was by his side. haha! Poor Soldier boy *tease*
By the way, I was of course not surprised that he was married. I mean, please lah, a 44-year old educated man in a white-collar job - what do you expect? The only million dollar question is: is he still married or has he divorced?
That, I shall leave it till the next post. Me bad....
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