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chicken rice

Today Tom was in town so we took a break from the toil of moving house and went to Five star chicken rice in River valley rd, we had chicken rice, kai lan in Garlic sauce, and tofu(which I can't remember the name of) it was definitely the best chicken rice i have had here but was also the most expensive, costing around $34 for 2 adults and 2 kid, the other good thing was they had plates for the kids.

Moving Day

I am so tired from moving and everything else going on that this post will be picture heavy words light! here are some before and after pictures of the move it gives you a vague idea of our apartment and how much stuff we had to fit onto it, keep in mind that these photos were taken when only half the stuff wasin, needless to say we are only half unpacked and not even half organised. Also a couple of pictures of the view.

Royal Prata cafe

The Royal Prata Cafe is just around the corner from where we have been staying we only tried it last week but have been back 3 times since, today I was luckily enough to try the Mutton Briyani before it sold out, and having tried it I can see why they never have any left when we go in the evening it is AMAZING, and only $4.50!
The kids love this place and it is very cheap, today we had 3 drinks, the Briyani, a bag of Poppadoms, a Chocolate Prata (I would not recommend this) and a tissue Prata all for $13.

They make a lime juice which is very common in Singapore which helps to combat the heat, and today I also tried the Teh Tarik ,which means pulled tea, its a mix of strong tea, condensed milk, and sugar which is poured rather spectacularly from one cup to another to aerate and cool it. As the ingredients suggest it is very sweet and strong but goes perfectly with spicy food.
The boys are very popular here and today we had all the guys who were working come out to see us, which is fantastic for keeping Henry occupied when he is Hungary.

Botanical gardens

As you can see from the Photos the Singapore Botanical gardens are stunning, you could write a whole blog on the place.
The boys and I headed up there late yesterday afternoon with the idea we would spend a hour having a quick look and then come home, however we stayed for 2 hours and could have spent the whole day there! Felix loved being able to run around and both the boys were fascinated with the Catfish and the Coi.



















there were also squirrels everywhere and try as I might to take a photo I am afraid they all looked like blurs.

the Children's garden was a hit of course it has three separate playgrounds including a water section as well as lots of sensory and educational areas.

there really is so much to see here that a few photos really do not do it justice!

Chinatown

hi these are some pics form Saturday when we went to Chinatown I ill admit that we forgot to take photos and our main reason to go there was to visit a cook bookshop/cafe but we will go back soon and take better photos.




















you can find a naughty corner anywhere, this was one very grumpy Felix.

While in Chinatown we also looked around some of the market shops and visited a temple, which Felix and Nick went into, but I stayed outside with Henry and the stroller even form outside it looked amazing probably should have taken some photos.....