Wilder.

Sunday - Tzu and I visited a cafe called Wilder last Sunday! (:

It was actually introduced by one of my colleagues! She actually went back twice last week cause she loved the food and place so much heh. So, we decided to give it a try!

The space was pretty quiet when we arrived for lunch! The cafe only opens at 12.30 pm, and it was pretty quiet when we arrived. The space was simple and I love the grey washed walls and the pipe lighting (: Plus, the food served here's halal! 

The staff serving us were really nice and they actually have surprise mains on the menu too, which changes from time to time I think. We actually wanted to try the burgers, but unfortunately, they weren't available that day. 

So, we ordered a mocha, the salted egg fries to share and the surprise mains for that day - Baked chicken leg and salmon pasta! 

The mocha was quite good, I liked it! (: Really chocolate-y and smooth. Brought out my Printwich snaps for Tzu to look at, and I gave some of the photos for him to put up at his work space heh. Looking at the snapshots make me miss our travel days so, so much!

Our next trip's probably only gonna be in September only, so it's gonna be another 5 months before we jet off together ):

Mmm, the fries smelt really good. 

We loved the fries and finished every bit of it hahaha. The fries were crisp and had lots of taste of the salted egg yolk (: 

This was Tzu's Baked Chicken leg, which came with mashed potatoes and a red cabbage slaw. The chicken was quite tender, but the mash was kind of a let-down cause it was too runny though!

Pasta was quite yummy! The sauce had chili padi bits in it and I loved that it had that spicy tang (: Ah, I'm actually hungry while typing this now...

Wished we had more space to order the Calamari tossed in Salted Egg yolk, which my friend raved about but we were really full after we finished everything we ordered. So, I guess we'll be back another day to try out the calamari. I'm too curious to pass it up since my colleague said it's really delicious heh. 

We spent about 2 hours just eating slowly and talking about everything else in between. The cafe only had about 4-5 other people and it was kinda nice that we came across Wilder, cause we loved the fact that it's quite a hidden gem and not that packed just yet (: Sundays are best spent over conversations and good food. 

Wilder Cafe
749 North Bridge Road
(S) 198717

Love, Jo ♡

Australia 2015: Hobart, Tasmania - Jackman & McRoss.

Happy 2016 everyone! (:

School's gonna be starting tmr and I'm gonna be getting back to the daily grind soon D:

Anw, I'm gonna continue sharing about my Aussie trip! We tried Jackman and McRoss for lunch on our second day in Hobart, Tasmania, before heading up to Mount Wellington. 

Here's us! It was kinda funny finding parking around in Aussie - you have to be VERY sure that you've parked in the right zone or else you'll probably be getting a fine hahaha. So be sure to read the signs properly, whether its 1/2 P or 2P etc., as well as the arrow directions pointing to the zone which you can park in! 

So I'll basically be constantly asking Tzu: "Are you sure here can park? READ THE SIGN, READ IT!!!"

Tzu: "YEAH LA CONFIRM CAN, just park!"

Mmm, this display. 

We ordered the Beef pie and Scallop pie, as well as a tomato soup to share. The tomato soup was pretty damn good (must-try if you see it on their menu!) - it had like barley in it, and was perfect for the chilly weather. It was my first time having scallop pie as well - piping hot scallops were embedded in the crisp crust, super good. 

We basically idled away about a good 2 hours over here. It was pretty quiet by the time we were eating cause we reached at about 1-ish and the brunch crowd had pretty much cleared (: I read online that it's pretty popular with the locals here, so we are glad we got in a time that was not so crowded. 

Jackman and McRoss

57-59 Hampden Road, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Opening hours: 7am - 5pm

Love, Jo ♡

Labour Day - Froth SG

Haven't had a nice long brunch date with Tzu since practicum started so I was really glad that we made time to head out last Friday for a brunch date at Froth - located at the basement of Big Hotel along Middle Road. 

We loved the space and dining area. It's open, big and not at all cramped like some of the other cafes we've been to. Tzu is a huge fan of big dining spaces because he feels pretty uncomfortable being in confined spaces hahaha, I think he cannot survive siting in Australian Dairy Co. in HK (maybe I should bring him there if we ever head to HK lol).

It was surprisingly empty for a public holiday (but perhaps it was due to us being there only at about 3pm or so).

Hahaha Tzu caught yawning 

And here are some selfies while waiting for our food!

We spent hours at the cafe, just talking about everything and anything under the sun and stuffing ourselves full - because as usual, we were way too greedy for our own good.

What we ordered: Cheesy Lobster Sandwich, Chilli Crab Spaghetti, Spam fries, a Flat White and Iced Mocha (plus Taro waffles with Earl Grey ice cream for dessert!)

Cheesy Lobster Sandwich - TADA, we actually came down for this (and the taro waffles) because it looked too good to be true. But yes this is the bomb, we loved it hahaha.

CHEESE.

The Chilli Crab Spaghetti was a little spicy and definitely had some kick to it. It was pretty good I feel but the sauce felt a little watery though.

The plating - super cute cause they arranged 2 fried mantous to make the plate look like a crab!

Spam Fries next - need I say more? Fried to perfection hehe.

And yes, dessert next! Taro waffles topped off with Earl Grey Ice cream :9 - I LOVEEEE THIS -a definite must-try item for taro fans!

The inside of my waffles - yummehhhhh

Froth Cafe

200 Middle Road

B1-02

Singapore 188980

Opening hours:

Daily from 1130am to 10pm (:

It was a wonderful afternoon spent with Tzu and it felt so good that we were out on a proper date as my practicum schedule had started to wind down a little during that labour day weekend (: He has been a great pillar of support during the past 11 weeks and most of our weekends during that duration were actually spent with him watching me plan lessons, do up resources for classes and mark worksheets and assignments. 

Now that practicum's over, I'm looking forward to being a student back at NIE again (although it's only for a couple of weeks) before my beginning teacher journey begins. I'm even more appreciative of what my teachers have done for me as a student, after I've become a teacher myself -  it really isn't as easy as it seems to others who aren't in the profession. 

And I'm extremely thankful for great CTs, awesome practicum batch mates and for some of the most delightful and sweet students I've come into contact with during this practicum season. 

Here's to more love, grace and patience in everyone's lives! (: 

Love, Jo ♡

Sunday's Brunch at The Cornerstone ☼

Ah, I've been missing again! ): But yes! I'm back with an update from an event that I was kindly invited to by Gwen from Nuffnang.

It was a Sunday brunch affair held at The Cornerstone (located at Bishan Park) together with radio DJs from Power 98 and 88.3 Jia Fm and local bloggers! (:

I attended the event together with my LB shopping girls and we were one of the earlier ones so we took some shots:

Shortly after, the event started and the DJs took over and began on introductions (: Basically, the microphone was passed around and everyone gave a short introduction about themselves, including us hahaha. It was really funny because all of us were like "Oh nooooo..." and everyone started panicking hahaha. 

Meanwhile, food was served by the staff from The Cornerstone in tasting portions, and they were all pretty yummy! 

Oh I loved these. Smoked Salmon served with a sort of creamy cheese sauce in a small cone! :9

Who doesn't love good ol' sausages for brunch?

Pork belly served over a unique tasting sauce, the pork was really succulent and delicious! (:

There were also games lined up for everyone to participate in, and Gerri was called up! Hahaha this was a game of passing-down-charades, and basically the last person has to guess what everyone else has been acting. There was a song-guessing competition as well, and Cleo and I won a goodie bag each for guessing songs! :D

AND, this was the desserts spread! Hehe, can't explain how happy I was to be able to try all these sweet treats, and they looked so very pretty as well :9

Hi, fluffy marshmallows.

"Hand over the cookie(s) and nobody gets hurt."

Oh, chocolate.

Ended off the event with more shots: 

With Sonja, who's a Power 98 DJ and she does the Power Breakfast Show on weekday mornings! (: 

With Jamie Yeo, who also does the Power Breakfast Show on Power 98! (She's so super gorgeous too and her daughter was super cute!) 

And more photos with some of the bloggers present as well: 

 With Yina! (: 

And the Ohvola sisters,

With Shine and Melissa too! (:

A selfie-shot with Dora and Sherlyn 

And the last few photos: 

It was a great Sunday morning spent with great food and company and I had lots of fun talking and taking photos with everyone! (: And I must say, I love the way the radio DJs speak. Especially for the 883 Jia FM DJs who are bilingual? They are really proficient in both Mandarin and English; super amazing! The bloggers were really friendly as well and I really enjoyed myself that Sunday (:

Ending off with my ootd shot for that day:

Top: The Tinsel Rack's Keira Crochet Top in Powder Blue

Bottom: The Tinsel Rack's Magnolia Shorts in White 

Love the powder blue and crochet details on the Keira Crochet Top and the lovely floral prints on the Magnolia Shorts from TTR (: The shirt's really lightweight and cooling, and I bought white as well but it was a little too sheer for my liking though ): so I sold it off. But the blue piece is alright and I love it so much! (: 

Oh yes, and all shots (except for the ootd and 2 photos above which I got from Sherlyn's camera) were taken with my new Samsung Galaxy Camera 2, which is kindly sponsored by Samsung to me for the next 6 months! (: It's amazing and I love the clear photos it captures and hardly any editing is needing for the photos at all! The photos on this post by the Samsung Galaxy Cam 2 aren't filtered or edited (: 

Alright, gonna head off to bed now ♡ Heh goodnight!