MrUpUpUp's Blog

Mrupupup was curious when there was a long queue outside Nam Nam Noodle Bar at the basement of the Raffles City Shopping Mall. Mrupupup waited for the chance to try the Nam Nam Noodle Bar Vietnamese food - a casual food bistro by Les Amis Group. Well, pretty nice food. Mrupupup liked the beef slices pho noodle soup (range $7-$9 for pho soups) and the pork belly bun (more like pork slices in a large crispy croissant bread). There were other type of buns/bread filled with beef, pork or chicken ($6- $9). Pretty good and the best part was there was no MSG in the beef pho noodle soup. Well, the place was crowded and the chairs & tables were packed very closely to each other. Mrupupup could hear many conversations of work life, people gossiping of colleagues & friends, complaining of our stressful 'mouse' like existence on this small island and some happy moments between lovers. Nam Nam Noodle Bar berry nice, burp! One last thing, do try their iced Vietnamese coffee ($2.50) -

Mrupupup visited the new Tamoya Udon outlet at Liang Court Shopping Mall- first floor. The place sells handmade udon with yummy broth from the home of udon (Sanuki, Japan) with freshly made and very nice tempura items like prawn, vegetables, mushroom, eggplant, sweet potato and many more. You can also try their Japanese potato croquette.  Tamoya was established in the home of udon, Sanuki in Japan. Tamoya Singapore is their first overseas outlet. Mrupupup loved the freshly made udon - dry or soup version (from $4.80 onwards) and yummy tempura pieces (range from $1 to $3).

Mrupupup recently attended an interesting event in the IndoChine Forbidden City, Clarke Quay Singapore. The event was a book launch by a famous photographer, adventurer cum diver from the United States - Mr Ernest Brook II. This event was part of the ADEX 2013 expo for the Asian diving community.  TUBA means The Utimate Dving Afair! Mrupupup found the book launch and presentation of Mr Ernest Brooks II's life & photographs very interesting because he took many nice black & white photos of the underwater world e.g. sea lions, fishes. Well, Mrupupup took some pictures of the event. Pretty good and I got a copy of his book (although I am not a diver) and his signature. Yeah! Mr Ernest Brooks II on the left Younger version of Mr Ernest Brooks II Free drinks!

Mrupupup went to Liang Court Shopping Centre and saw special bicycles. These bicycles are made of BAMBOO. Pretty cool. I though bamboo is only for the consumption of Panda Bear. Haha. Check out the pictures below. Apparently, a local company is making such hand crafted eco-friendly bicycles. Well, do save the earth by riding a bicycle and even better still it is made of solid Bamboo plant.