Date Night

One of the frustrations we have encountered in the few months we have been in Singapore, is not being able to get out and about to enjoy the night life, without our 2 year old. Our solution has been the good old date night.

Once a week we have a babysitter come in for the evening so we can get out and about. We all know how date night works.

So, this week it was arcade games. I know, what a treat.

On one of our first weeks here we went to the BHG department store at Bugis Junction and discovered the arcade at the toy department. It ain't huge, but it has simple fun games, well the ones I find fun. This is one time that I can't multi task. I can't lose myself in a game while my son tugs at my legs wanting a go (not likely) or to go for that matter.

Date night was the perfect opportunity for me to escape to oblivion, without the aid of drugs.

We had a blast. I totally enjoyed virtual bowling (I found that I was actually quite good at it. This hasn't ever been my experience when playing the real thing). Shooting hoops was a blast, again not so much in real life. The highlight was feeding Bessie. A rather large puppet with a massive gob, pinned to the wall. The aim was to throw balls in her mouth, which then translated to weight gains for her. It was fun. A basic race against the clock. I am sure we spent about $20 and got 200 tickets, that we can then cash into tragic plastic toys. So much fun. Really!

We then headed to Lian Seah Street for dinner. This is a side street off North Bridge Road which is lined with restaurants on both sides.

We settled on Porns, http://pornsexythaifood.blogspot.com/. How could we go past it. Yes, it is a restaurant. It is a modern looking Thai place. The benchmark of a Thai restaurant for us has always been the Green chicken curry. Theirs was lovely. Just the right amount of spicey heat and rich creaminess. It has lots of vegetable and light on the chicken, but that's the way I like it. The deep fried chicken and garlic was also tasty. Maybe a little on the pricey side for what you got and in comparison with other Thai places in Singapore.

We try to experience something new on date night, it doesn't always happen. This night we continued on the food them and found Ah Chews. Yep, for real, real.

It looked how I imagine authentic chinese to look. I haven't been here long enough to be confident on authenticity yet. Oh, it is a chinese desert restaurant. We sat on low, ornate wooden stools at tables of the same character. There were many things on the menu, sesame paste, peanut paste, lots of sago, red and green bean dishes as well as sticky rice.

I played it safe and had mango sago. Yum. Very sweet, and lots of mango, which is my fav. Hubby had black sticky rice. There isn't much to say about that. It was divine.

The only downer on the entire evening was we chose not to wait for a taxi at the taxi stand and decided that we could flag one down. Turned out to be a fatal floor and we ended up walking home. The lesson is, at 10.30pm don't think you can easily get a cab. These are the nuances that you pick up by living in a city instead of just visiting.