05
Dec
Eating at upscale (price) establishments
In one of my more gee-what-was-I-thinking moments, I decided to go along with the guys when they decided they wanted to eat out in a restaurant at Takashimaya (which happens to be inside the prime shopping district, attracting sky-high rentals, and wallet-bleeding prices).
Already, my debit card was wailing in despair, but I gulped the intense feeling down when I realised that absolutely none of them were apprehensive about pigging out at such a well-heeled establishment.
One of them sidled up to me to “psycho†me: “Wah lao eh, it is not like you go everyday to eat so expensive stuff, just go lar.â€
I knew I couldn’t ignore the penny-pincher, but with such an unusual occasion, I decided to just let it slide this once.
After we paced around the floor, and not deciding on a restaurant, we settled on an Indonesian restaurant. It looked special enough, but I was a bit apprehensive about the menu.
You see, when you are staring at $17.79 for a bowl of curry, coupled with one drumstick and wing, plus a few spare pieces of potato, it gets very disturbing; especially when Mother can whip up one whole pot for that price.
It was probably a good thing I had 4 shots of bubble tea in my stomach, left over from our karaoke session, when we realised that we had double the usual entitlement with our room booking. I felt bloated, but not truly full, which was getting to be a bit annoying.
When we exited the restaurant, somebody (I had forgotten who) suggested that we have some dessert, and I was very happy that we did. You see, I love all things chocolate, and if you go to any respectable place for dessert, there are bound to be chocolate dishes!
It made my day, and probably proved that chocolate is a stimulant, if you heard what ridiculous ideas we came up with during the entire time we were there. For the indulgence, my wallet creaked out $7, which was rather respectable for such a large dish.
So you see, Muddy Chocolate Pies are the way to go for dessert, if you happen to be in the shopping district, and have just spent $10+ dollars on something that can barely bog you down, but need the drug to kill the guilt trip. I absolutely had no regrets in forking out for that mud pie!
It also goes that thrifts shouldn’t go to the upscale district for dinner, but that seems too logical to point it out.
on December 8th, 2006 at 1:16 pm
That mudcake looks huge and yummy!! Definitely a healthy indulgence and value for $$$
on December 8th, 2006 at 2:52 pm
Gee, I am not so sure about the “healthy” part, but at least it felt great in my stomach - while it lasted.
I need to run more!
on December 9th, 2006 at 7:22 pm
That chocolate cake looks WONDERFUL. I should not have looked at it before dinner. Now I don’t want dinner. I want chocolate.
on December 13th, 2006 at 2:47 am
It probably helped that the bubble tea had left my system, so I was very hungry at that time.
Chocolates rule!