[Personal] Hari Raya holiday - Swimming + Dinner at Teahouse 1973

Jessie invited us over for a swim during the Hari Raya public holiday and we spent a good 1 hour just enjoying ourselves at the swimming pool of her new home. In my family, only my hubby knows how to swim and my girl is still pretty scare of the water but she still loves it when we say we are going swimming. I guess like me, she just love to soak in the water but I hope she will learn to swim soon like her papa.  

Explored the area and also the sky park which has very shallow pool and my girl kept asking for permission to walk inside and we allowed her although we had already washed up after our swim. Can't wait for RKM loft to be ready soon. With this covid situation, my friends and I will try to meet up when we can as we are all so unsure when there will be another updates to the Covid-19 measures again. Currently, with effect from 8 May, the gathering limits has reduced from 8 pax to 5 pax so it's just nice for the RKM and Lee family to meet up. 

For our dinner, we decided not to drive out so RKM suggested we went to Teahouse 1973 which is just a walking distance away to try out their food. This is our first time there at Teahouse 1973 which serves culinary dishes of Penang, Malaysia cooked using traditional home recipes that were passed down. It was a nice cozy place where Chinese and English songs from the 70s were played. 

We had a hard time choosing what to eat as everything on the menu looks so yummy. In the end, hubby ordered the Rosemary Honey Roasted Chicken Leg ($13.80) and we were all so surprised when it was served as the Chicken Leg was really huge and comes with fries and salad by the side! Definitely worth the price! 

For myself, I had the Sambal Prawn Nasi Lemak ($13.80) which is very beautifully plated with blue butterfly pea rice. The rice is fragrant and the sambal chilli is really really spicy, not for those who prefer to have sweet sambal chilli. The sides are a whole full-boiled egg, achar, sliced cucumber, keropok and petai.

For my girl we ordered the only Kids Set ($10) from the Kids Menu. It comes with a sausage pasta, nuggets, drinks (milo/ribena) and vanilla ice cream. This is perfect for my girl as the items are all her favourite dish. 

We ended our meal with some cakes and we got ourselves the Chocolate Rainbow Cake and Apple Crumble. Sweet ending! 

Overall, Teahouse 1973 is a cafe with nice ambiance to go to anytime, not only they serve yummy mains dishes, they also serves high tea set and alcoholic drinks and best of all, they don't charge extra for water and wet wipes. They also don't charge GST or Service Charge. Will definitely go back again next time. 

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[Explore SG] Food Folks @ Lau Pa Sat

Somewhere in November last year, FairPrice Group opened Food Folks @ Lau Pa Sat, this new opening brought along another type of vibrancy and life to Lau Pa Sat as many of the stalls in Lau Pa Sat has closed down after the lockdown was lifted. 

Limited Lau Pa Sat Kopitiam Card given out by Food Folks upon spending of minimum $20 at Food Folks during one of the campaign they had last December

During that period, there were lots of 1-for-1 promotions going on to attract the CBD lunch time crowd back as not many people is aware of this new opening. Even for me, I first get to know about the opening of Food Folks due to the Soup Spoon 1-for-1 promotion that my friend sent me.

1-for-1 Soups from The Soup Spoon

Dinner from The Soup Spoon

The Soup Spoon here only accept the use of Kopitiam card but not the Soup Spoon Membership card. I takeaway back the soup for my family for dinner. 

Lunch from Shi Hui Yuan

Beside 1-for-1 promotion, there were also lots of opening special deal from the other stalls. For Shi Hui Yuan, their Braised Chicken Drumstick Hor Fun with Plant Based Giant Wanton cost $6.80 instead of the usual $7.70. I tried it and I quite like it but if I were to pay the usual price, I would felt that it's a bit too pricey. 

Back then, Cream and Cone was also having the 1-for-1 promotion and I really wanted to try their ice cream. So I sent to my friend HL and waited till it was her back-to-office week before we met up for lunch as well as this sweet treat. I had the Pulut Hitam ice cream with Bandung waffle cone while she had the Mango Passionfruit ice cream with Milo Waffle Cone. Nice and refreshing. 

 

Food Folks was opened with a locally-focused concept, beside F&B establishments, they also retails local products. In fact, over 70% of over 120 retail brands available at Food Folks are actually home-grown and many of the F&B stalls are actively managed by local food entrepreneurs and founders. I managed to replenish my snack corners with some interesting snacks. 

Among the snacks I bought was this interesting local brand called Fossa Chocolate. This Lychee Dragon Fruit contains 75% Dark Chocolate and contains big chunks of dried chewy lychee and dragon fruit inside. Even Meow Meow, the adorable Food Folks Mascot approves this nutrients-filled delicious treat which one could chomp it down without feeling guilty at all. It's also vegan and gluten-free. This flavour is an exclusive collaboration between Food Folks and homegrown artisan chocolate maker Fossa Chocolate thus it can only be bought here.  

Food Folks Directory
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Currently, Food Folks is having an ongoing promotion till end July. Simply use PROMO CODE <FOODFOLKSSG> or show my IG Post here to the retail store vendors to enjoy 20% off non-promotional retail products. Stay safe everyone and don't forget to adhere to the safety guidelines at all times! 

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