It was a long, tiring, extremely defeating work week. So to make up for lousy morale, I dedicated the weekend to nice stretch of eating and shopping :)

Found this new cafe called 12x12 at Suntec which sells a healthier version of arancini -- varieties of fancy rice mixed with various ingredients and rolled into pretty little balls. Had some for lunch and dragged D's reluctant ass there for a second go. The 'fitballs' were filling and delicious and of the five we tried, I particularly liked the salmon and asparagus. But I couldn't help but think it was a wee bit gimmicky -- just kinda like rice salad in a nice package.

What D calls a "list of horrors"


But it was really really good: Fitballs, Carrot Ribbon salad with couscous

What really blew me away were the soups. I had an amazing watercress soup (watercress, spinach and roasted hazelnut cream), and D had a tastebud popping cold cucumber gazpacho with crab. And the cakes were also fantastic -- we tried carrot cake and the gluten free"guiltless chocolate almond cake".

Amazing cold cucumber gazpacho and fresh crab meat -- the real stuff, not horrific surimi


Gluten free chocolate cake, carrot cake in the background

And today after almost dying at gym -- did pump and step (with torturous tracks) -- I stuffed myself silly, first with River ValleynNasi Padang followed by 5 scoops of ice cream from The Daily Scoop an hour later, which was followed almost immediately by what was intended as a small snack of half a slice of pizza from Rocky's but became a gorge fest of grease (we got a whole pie). OH! But it was SO GOOD. Perfectly thin crust with the right amount of crunch and chew. The gooiest cheese. Perked up with anchovies.

Rocky's -- by far the best goddamned pizza you'll ever find in Singapore.

Tomorrow I am off on a 3D2N Junket to Bintan. I don't wanna sound ungrateful but though I think it'll be a welcome break, honestly, Bintan? I don't golf, I hate the beach (I am not supposed to be in the sun and I loathe sand) and I can't swim very well, especially not in the sea. All I was really looking forward to was lots of massages -- but I heard that the spa isn't even ready yet. T_T;; Woe! Oh well. At least I'll get to sleep lots and read!