Little Diner

Hubby initiated a Saturdate for today. He went searching for a nice place for us to have lunch. His initial choice was met with some hiccups, and found an even better choice, and made a reservation days before. 

So! Our big date (today is our 154 by the way) was at Little Diner, located at 789 Bukit Timah Road. Parking was a little difficult outside the restaurant. Many parked huge cars, and squeezy lots space. We parked at Guthrie House, about 5 minutes walking. 

Preview of our lunch. Yum yum. 

Little Dinner looks like a space restricted place from the outside. Inside, it's still small, but not as small as what I imagined. Cozy place, friendly people. Lovely. 

On every reserved table, there's a tiny handwritten note with the name of the person the table is reserved to, time and number of people. Lovely gesture. When we were seated, we were served almost immediately with water. Even baby gets her cup of water in a plastic cup and and shorter (than the adults') straw. 

Little Diner's promotions are listed at a glance on the wall. 

Ok.. The dog's portrait is cute. Our Latte at this point of time, is having his grooming session, being served like a king. 

My order: Omelette of the Day (Smoked Salmon) ... S$15.50

Served with Thick Brioche Toast & Mix Greens.

Lol. The description said to have toast? But my order doesn't come with toast. Made me feel not totally satisfied (in terms of full). However, the omelette is very thick, and it wrapped a very thick layer of smoked salmon. Delicious. Though a little too salty. But worth the value. 

Hubby's order: The Italian Benedict ... S$19.50

Parma Ham Slices, Roasted Red Bell Peppers, Sautéed Mushrooms, Poached Eggs & Hollandaise Sauce on Toasted Brioche. Side of Baby Green Salad.

Oh I love his. Delicious poached eggs with hallamdaise sauce. When eggs are nicely done, it's a winner. Did I ever mention I love eating eggs?

Our coffees. Hubby's Mocha S$5.50 and my small cup of Cappuccino S$4.80 (there are two sizes to choose for Cappuccino). Delicious coffee. Little Diner serve coffee from Toby's Estate. What more need I say?

Overall, love the food, love the people. Baby friendly too, with high chairs and child cutlery. We'll be back to try the other food that we saw served to other tables (greedy us lol).  

Little Diner

http://littlediner.sg/

789 Bukit Timah Road Singapore 269763

Make your reservations via Chope! http://book.chope.co/mr/booking?rid=littlediner1210ldra-4

Happy news

Tha happiest news for today. This morning. Baby pooped!! Like finally. She had not pooped for 4 days. Today is the 5th day. Luckily and finally she did. We had her drink water mixed with a sachet of probiotics yesterday morning and today.

This is the probiotics she takes whenever this situation happens. 

Happy for the small yet important things in life. #lifeofamother #lifeofafather 

Popular book buffet

Baby and I journeyed to the far far east for a Book Buffet by Popular Bookshop. It's held in Singapore Expo from 3rd September to 6th September.

More information (from a friend's sms): 

<ADV>POPULAR BOOK BUFFET@EXPO 3-6 Sep Hall 6B.Closed-Door 3Sep. Buy 15 books @ $30; 30 books @ $50. POSB EverydayCard 10% rebate.T&C. http://bit.ly/1N6kotO

It's indeed far for me. A 3-hour journey to and fro on the MRT. At the end of the day, it's pretty worth it though. 

A mummy friend mentioned that it was Teacher's day. Meaning there will be loads of parents and students. Why didn't I think of that. Hmm.. There really are alot of people. It was pretty difficult navigating through the tight lanes lined with people and their trolleys with my trolley, my baby in front and my backpack on my back. I'm glad I didn't bring my pram. Not sure how to navigate through with my lousy skills and having so many things. Plus, high chance, baby will be pulling stuff down. Lol. 

There were at least 8 areas of children books for the books buffet. There are adults fiction and recipe books too. But they didn't get my interest. 

Mid way, baby fell asleep. Envious of my little angel as I was feeling sleepy and giddy at scanning through the books. 

The red trolley provided by Popular for carting out is not full. But I can feel and hear it complaining on the weight it's carrying. Haha... 

The amazing thing about this trip is, I babywear my little one throughout the whole shopping trip while I comb through tables and tables of books and travelled home with two heavy bags of books. Hurray to babywearing. Luckily I had 10 months of practising babywearing out my baby by myself, going to near or far places for long period of time and of course like this day, with heavy stuff. I'm amazed by my strength. 

Two big bags. Very very heavy. I had to stop to take breaks in between. 

My loot of the day. All baby books. All board books. Some are duplicates, to gift my friends' kids. Majority are darling's. Haha. Need to wipe them clean. They are all too dusty. 

Side note, I didn't know about this nursing area near the entrance to Expo from the MRT. Pretty cool. There are four cubicles, one of which I tried entering but the door was unable to close. Two changing counters. One sink. 

Pumpkin Oats cookies

Made these today. And also some puff size and some stick shaped. She was keen to bite the stick ones after some persuasion. The puff shaped ones, she attempted, but it was too hard, and she threw down for Latte. She was bored by the time I gave her the rabbit shaped. I shall test it again later. 

Sigh. I'm a little at my wits end. She's not keen to eat anything. Spoonfed, self fed, or i feed with my hand. 

Anyway, the puff shaped taste really nice. Lol. I like it. Maybe it's small, hence crunchier, and in the end, too hard for her. Next time must try short timing for the puffs. 

Ingredients

- Pumpkins

- Baby Oats

Method

1. Steamed the pumpkin

2. Mixed both together

3. Bake at 170 degrees for about 12 mins

Iced strawberry

Yesterday baby ate frozen strawberry. A much cleaner way of eating strawberry. Fresh strawberry only ended up as strawberry juice in her hands. Hahaha. Now we know who to look for when we wan to squeeze some fruit juice. Just kidding...

Fluffmail - TULA Baby Carrier Carousel

Fluffmail! My parcel came. I'm soooo happy. Poor deliveryman kenna growled by Latte. He was sooo scared that he stood sooo far away. 

Sorry bro. But I can't open the metal gate to get it from you. It will be worse. The metal gate won't open so easily. So my dog won't run out. Sorry for the growling. 

Love the print. It's so meaningful for my baby. Wanted TULA Baby Carrier - Dear Diary. But it's a limited print. Sold out. Then they decided to do TULA Baby Carrier - Carousel. Love. There's gliiter on the whites. 

Carousel is in Pink Canvas. Dear Diary is in purple. 

Love. Thank you hb. Love love. 

Happy 10 Months Old

Baby, we have reached the tenth month mark together! Time zoomed by so quickly. Playful, curious, demanding as always. Still waiting for you to be ready to sleep through the night and eat solids regularly. Less biting and pinching would be nice too. Daddy and mammy love you. Xoxo