MrUpUpUp's Blog

Woooo... Mrupupup attended Skinny Pizza's pizza eating contest. Really fun! Skinny Pizza (a local pizza company) organised the contest at Wheelock Place Singapore with about 7 particpants. Some of the participants belonged to a 'competitive' eating club. Mrupupup had no chance against the professional 'eaters'. Mrupupup ate the pizza which was huge and was filled with toppings like cheese, tomatoes and ham. In the end, the winner took 14 minutes to finished the the four pizzas on the table. Some participants 'puked' out the pizza in the end and the table was one big mess.  Mrupupup felt it was a tough contest. All thanks to Skinny Pizza, Mrupupup got to eat ONE Pizza out of the 4 pizzas. Only 1 pizza! Surely could not win the pizza eating contest (haha!). Mrupupup really wished that Skinny Pizza had served up their more famous 'skinny' pizzas (thinner version with crispy dough base) which would be easier to consume. Burps of pizza! Thanks again Skinn

Ambush is a restaurant that serves pretty nice Europrean food. Ambush is located at Plaza Singapore #03-14 (at the new wing), Singapore. Mrupupup missed European food from countries like France and Belgium. Ambush restaurant's food dishes reminded Mrupupup of Europe. Sighzzzz...... Mrupupup thought of the days travelling through Europe. Mrupupup ordered escargots (snails) (about $7), pots of mussels ($15) with thick french fries (so like Saint Malo in France) and sausage platter with rostii (about $14). Totally satisfying meal! The sausages were great and came in three flavours - mushroom, pork and chicken. The mussels in a pot was so similar in style as the one Mrupupup ate in a village restaurant in Saint Malo. Mrupupup 'cleaned' up all the mussels and the white sauce that came with it. The escargots were nice in olive oil too. Mrupupup really enjoyed the yummy meal.

The Factory is westernised food place located at 22 Lim Tua Tow Road, Singapore (near Kovan area).  The place serves up western dishes like artisan french fries (skinny or thick version) with interesting dips, ice creams in many flavours, pasta and many more. Mrupupup went to the Factory on a weekday evening and the place was quite filled up with young trendy people. Mrupupup ordered their beef lasagne with thick artisan french fries which came with a cheesy dip (about $13). Mrupupup also ordered a waffle with ice cream (about $6). Well, taste good for both dishes. The thick fries with cheesy dip was nice (warning: very cheesy only for cheese lovers). Hot waffle with ice cream tasted pretty good on a weekday evening. Anyway, the place was busy and noisy with many conversations going on. Good place to just chill out and have a simple meal.

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.