Delicious, Amused and Beautiful

Today is the 2nd day of my aunty visit and my backache persists. As a result of a cancelled appointment with client, I took a late lunch break with colleague.

First stop, we have to fill our stomachs first. Went to China Square to have my favourite fish soup. I don't know what is the hoo-haa about the Blanco Court fish stall in the same food court. Have tried that stall before and the soup didn't impress me. I love this other stall and it is the only one I patronise nowadays whenever I go to China Square for meals.

I first stumbled upon the stall sometime last year, while trying to look for alternatives to the usual Raffles Place lunchtime fare, when I saw this stall with a very long queue at Market Street Carpark (I think it was known as Pelican House). Having nothing to lose, I joined the queue. The fried fish bee hoon was delicious. Then later on, I tried the fresh fish soup. Wah, 没得顶！(Cantonese, means none can compare, or in Singlish, cannot fight ah!) I have been an adoring fan of the soup since.

They moved their operations to China Square while the Carpark is having renovations. And this is the stall if you happened to be at China Square.



The name of the stall is "Pelican House Fish Soup", the logo is on a plate with a spoon and fork by the side . It is adjacent to Mcdonalds when you enter the food court. Mcdonald's is on the left of the entrance, and this store is on the right.

It was about 3pm when we had our lunch, and the crowd was not as many. It is also probably due to the same reason that we have generous amounts of sliced fish in our soup, for $3!! Look at mine:





Yep. That is the size of my sliced fish! As long as the width of the soup bowl! And the taste of it in my mouth? Mmmm... Fresh and sweet. Tender. It is still the best sliced fish I have eaten.

Just thinking about it now makes me slurp again...

Oh, and do remember to try their chilli sauce if you are a chilli person. Not the chopped chilli hor, try the pounded chilli. It's very very shiok!

I must find time to go back and eat it again. Yum Yum!!

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Then we headed down to Bras Basah to check out some binding stuff for one of our clients.

And guess what? One of my sandals got stuck at the escalator! It reminded me of how I snigger at those girls who got their heels trapped at escalators. Now it's my turn. :(

Here's a sketch of how I got stuck. Yes, my humble doodles :)



Yep, as my leg was being mechanically extended, I called out to my colleague "MY SHOE IS STUCK!" Instinctively, knowing that I cannot stretch any longer, I pull out the foot.

Fortunately *Hooray! Non-Pathetic Sg men saves the day!* a guy speaking on the blue tooth behind me took notice of my pathetic plight. He calmly picked up the shoe, and handed it to me when he reached the top of the escalator.

Arh... Such a kind soul. He didn't look irritated or what. I guess he was amused. Probably blogging about the incident right now and re-enacting the scene again. :D

So I got my shoe back! And I was more careful with my heels when I step on the escalator later. I am definitely not going to laugh at others when they got their heels trap next time. In fact, I will help.

So funny right? Come to think of it, a part of the incident looks similar to the scene in Cinderella. Only, it wasn't a prince who picked up the shoe and he didn't look the least in love with me. Hahaha! :)

Oh well. Makes the day a little more fun. :)

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By the way, I am not ashame to proclaim that I do love to watch World Cup matches that has Juugen Klinsmen and Marco Van Basten and Nakata, or any cute footballers with lean, well-toned body at the matches. On top of the fact that I do know what is off side, corner kicks, finishing, crosses, handball is foul, the maximum no. substitutes and when are penalty kicks implemented.

I know The Beautiful Game. And I do think it is beautiful :)