Isaac and I decided to go on a little picnic at the botanic garden today.

The menu for the day included chili con carne with thin ready-made pitas, potato salad as well as microwavable popcorn which was added at the very last minute this morning. HAHA…

So here are the ingredients…

For the Chili Con Carne and …

For the potato salad.

I was very excited to try making the chili con carne cause’ it’s so delicious! But I had a hard time trying to find the herbs and spices involved in this dish at affordable prices. I managed to get them at Mustafa’s supermarket section which explains my trip to Little India the other day. Teehee…

Okay, so here goes…

This collage shows the different stages of cooking the chili. The first one shows how it looked like just after frying the minced meat with onions and garlic. Then all the spices and flavouring came in. Then the rest of the ingredients were added as well as the dark beer. And TADA!!!! The last picture shows how my chili con carne looked like.

BUT! =( A terrible thing happened which gave my chili a smoky taste. Apparently, the pot that I used was halfway to its coffin so it isn’t a very good pot. Hence, it wasn’t able to take the long hours of simmering that was required by my chili and in the end, a layer of “chao ta” substance formed at the base of the pot. POISONING MY CHILI!!! BOO! =(

Nonetheless, I still brought it to the picnic and Isaac said that he quite like it because it doesn’t taste very “chao ta” to him. Instead, he said it felt like I smoked the chili. HAHA… I wonder whether it’s true or he was just trying to comfort me.

Anyway, enough of my depressing chili. Moving on to the potato salad…

I forgot to take parts of the process. And I ended up with only this picture. =( HEEHEE.

So, this late morning, Isaac and I had these for brunch.

And yes! You didn’t see wrongly. The bottom right hand corner picture really depicts a bag of “chao-ta” popcorn. I left the popcorn in the microwave for too long. =( Luckily, there were still some which were not “chao-ta”. Isaac felt that the picnic spread doesn’t taste that bad but I felt really bad for providing such below standard picnic meal. Sigh… Cursed with the “chao-ta” spell for this picnic meal. =(

Although, the popcorn was chao-ta, somehow, Isaac still attacked them like a hungry bear as you can see for yourself in the right hand side of the picture below.

And the pictures on the left shows him and me munching on our chili con carne wrapped with pitas. We both agreed that the potato salad is the best among the lot. Only 1 out of 3 dishes was counted successful. Failed. =(

You see, there isn’t much to do since we only had a business times special booklet with us and the weekend Today paper. So, I decided to play with my digital cam and Isaac to blot his face. LOL.

We didn’t set up our picnic place at the open area where most people have their picnics at. Instead, we chose a more secluded spot which was right beside the swan lake to see the swans. I think our picnic spot is better because it is more shady thus, less sunlight and breezy as well. Oh! Please don’t be shocked by the picture on the left. I had my denim shorts on but somehow it was covered hence the weird picture.

And I think that both of us are very funny people who have a fetish for taking pictures of our legs. HAHA.

After eating and resting enough, we set off to explore the garden for a very short while before heading for some air-conditioned place. LOL.

We took some pictures with the plants there and some art pieces which were exhibiting there. ;) Oh! And Isaac requested to take picture with those yellow flowers. I wonder why… Hmmmm…

After botanic garden, we decided to seek refuge from the glaring sun at Ion Orchard. And after roaming around from shops to shops, we ended up at Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe.

After placing our orders, Isaac tried to be funny by challenging the preserved green chilies which were on the table. His ending? I think the bottom left picture explains it all. HAHA.

We had one of my favourite desserts – beancurd in a wooden bucket and his favourite drink from Xin Wang – Hong Kong Milk Tea.

Then we both left for home.

The End.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…

amor,esperanza y fe 12:33 AM.

Isaac and I decided to go on a little picnic at the botanic garden today.

The menu for the day included chili con carne with thin ready-made pitas, potato salad as well as microwavable popcorn which was added at the very last minute this morning. HAHA…

So here are the ingredients…

For the Chili Con Carne and …

For the potato salad.

I was very excited to try making the chili con carne cause’ it’s so delicious! But I had a hard time trying to find the herbs and spices involved in this dish at affordable prices. I managed to get them at Mustafa’s supermarket section which explains my trip to Little India the other day. Teehee…

Okay, so here goes…

This collage shows the different stages of cooking the chili. The first one shows how it looked like just after frying the minced meat with onions and garlic. Then all the spices and flavouring came in. Then the rest of the ingredients were added as well as the dark beer. And TADA!!!! The last picture shows how my chili con carne looked like.

BUT! =( A terrible thing happened which gave my chili a smoky taste. Apparently, the pot that I used was halfway to its coffin so it isn’t a very good pot. Hence, it wasn’t able to take the long hours of simmering that was required by my chili and in the end, a layer of “chao ta” substance formed at the base of the pot. POISONING MY CHILI!!! BOO! =(

Nonetheless, I still brought it to the picnic and Isaac said that he quite like it because it doesn’t taste very “chao ta” to him. Instead, he said it felt like I smoked the chili. HAHA… I wonder whether it’s true or he was just trying to comfort me.

Anyway, enough of my depressing chili. Moving on to the potato salad…

I forgot to take parts of the process. And I ended up with only this picture. =( HEEHEE.

So, this late morning, Isaac and I had these for brunch.

And yes! You didn’t see wrongly. The bottom right hand corner picture really depicts a bag of “chao-ta” popcorn. I left the popcorn in the microwave for too long. =( Luckily, there were still some which were not “chao-ta”. Isaac felt that the picnic spread doesn’t taste that bad but I felt really bad for providing such below standard picnic meal. Sigh… Cursed with the “chao-ta” spell for this picnic meal. =(

Although, the popcorn was chao-ta, somehow, Isaac still attacked them like a hungry bear as you can see for yourself in the right hand side of the picture below.

And the pictures on the left shows him and me munching on our chili con carne wrapped with pitas. We both agreed that the potato salad is the best among the lot. Only 1 out of 3 dishes was counted successful. Failed. =(

You see, there isn’t much to do since we only had a business times special booklet with us and the weekend Today paper. So, I decided to play with my digital cam and Isaac to blot his face. LOL.

We didn’t set up our picnic place at the open area where most people have their picnics at. Instead, we chose a more secluded spot which was right beside the swan lake to see the swans. I think our picnic spot is better because it is more shady thus, less sunlight and breezy as well. Oh! Please don’t be shocked by the picture on the left. I had my denim shorts on but somehow it was covered hence the weird picture.

And I think that both of us are very funny people who have a fetish for taking pictures of our legs. HAHA.

After eating and resting enough, we set off to explore the garden for a very short while before heading for some air-conditioned place. LOL.

We took some pictures with the plants there and some art pieces which were exhibiting there. ;) Oh! And Isaac requested to take picture with those yellow flowers. I wonder why… Hmmmm…

After botanic garden, we decided to seek refuge from the glaring sun at Ion Orchard. And after roaming around from shops to shops, we ended up at Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe.

After placing our orders, Isaac tried to be funny by challenging the preserved green chilies which were on the table. His ending? I think the bottom left picture explains it all. HAHA.

We had one of my favourite desserts – beancurd in a wooden bucket and his favourite drink from Xin Wang – Hong Kong Milk Tea.

Then we both left for home.

The End.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…