Suk's Thai Kitchen

Suk's Thai Kitchen serves Chiang Rai cuisine and has quite a variety of dishes on its menu. I ordered the spicy minced pork salad, the seafood salad and the papaya salad to mix into a giant salad bowl and it was good. That's 3 dishes at SGD$50 when just 1 big bag from Thailand street stalls cost under USD$10. Still have to mix it myself!

I ordered a second time from this place mainly for the turmeric tom yum chicken soup. I ordered main courses grilled pork shoulder and krapow seafood, as well as appetizers pork chitterlings and prawn crackers with red and green sauce.

The tomato mince meat red sauce for the pork chitterlings tastes more like Italian pasta sauce (that I mixed into the krapow seafood coz it was really spicy). The chilli dip that came with the grilled pork shoulder turned out really well with the pork chitterlings.

Turmeric tom yum soup is quite Indian as are the lime sodas, soo excited to try these foods that are new to me. Other than that Suk's Thai Kitchen actually tastes like the Thai food I used to have on holiday in Thailand.

Thai iced coffee that is really strong and not as sweet as the tea version. They have 2 types of lime sodas here, salted or rose and both are equally refreshing. The drinks here are pretty good, am really happy with it.

DIY Seafood Platter

Ordered more seafood and gonna try to make my own seafood platter. Ordering a raw seafood platter from Greenwood Fish Market would cost $110 + $10 delivery. That's just slightly more than what I paid the seafood supplier and I have to put the condiments together myself.

This cooked seafood platter is much cheaper at just $90. It came wrapped in a bow with a "thank you for ordering with us" card. Grilled fish, grilled prawns, deep-fried soft shell crabs, oysters rockerfella, scallops mentaiyaki sitting on a bed of salad.

There are mussels in lemon sauce, clams in marinara sauce, buttered toast, 3 types of sauces to drizzle on the seafood. Everything was delicious, especially the grilled fish. You can even eat up the salad leaves after.

Making my own seafood platter with a can of jumbo lump crab cake and a few dozen fresh oysters that need to be shucked. I used a butter knife that is not sharp so I don't cut myself while shucking oysters. There is a packet of prawn rice rolls that I am gonna save for another time.

As much as I like eating raw seafood, I can't really eat much of it in one sitting. I am using up lots of fresh coriander and chives for the sauces, gonna make crab salad rolls and oyster omelette for dinner tonight.

Frozen Themed Party

It's Good Friday! Got any Easter Brunch Plans?

Planning a Frozen theme party with decor, gifts and games from Toys'r'us. Planning a buffet table centerpiece with the tiara that I haven't gotten yet, have to redeem from vivocity with these completed activity books. These activity books come free with purchase!

I will be using these window treatments and table runners as decor, some games for people to play with. Planning to put these on the coffee table or maybe as table centerpieces if we can get tables & chairs for all the guests. Right now its all plastic chairs only, not enough tables.

Frozen Toys and blind boxes as gifts for the guests. All the toys are of different value (so paiseh cannot be avoided) making these additional small gifts necessary. I still have the make the satin ribbons in blue and green. I also have to make these window clings as door gifts.

 Trying out Picard appetizers that looks soo fancy as well as Le Fruit that I am hoping is like Le Jus. Planning to mix the juices with oolong or green tea that I have already purchased. The beetroot one tastes like a smoothie, mango one is waiting for sagos to make a dessert.

The appetizers look lovely out of the box, the lollipops are smoked salmon with cream cheese and gingerbread rye coated in crushed nuts. The vegetable purees are seasoned with indian spices and come in really nice disposable leaf shaped containers.

Box Lot of Cosmetics

I've done this before, almost 20 years ago, bought a whole bunch of brand name cosmetics/haircare/skincare/bodycare in box lots @ biz prices for my own personal use as well as to sell online. However, this time around its a little different. These bags are all packed with exactly the same items and also the same type and colour of items. Not much variety for me so I guess I will be re-selling these. 

I call this the Maybelline box and it has 27 items, 5 of which are not from Maybelline. It contains 1 pouch, 2 sets of nail stickers, 9 nail polishes, 1 concealer, 1 mascara, 1 eyeliner, 1 lipliner, 1 eyeshadow, 1 manicure fixer, 9 lippies. The cheapest item here is the Baby Lips balm that retails for S$5.

I call this one the Max Factor box and it has 22 items inside, of which 5 items are not from Max Factor. It has 3 foundations, 2 nail polishes, 5 eyeshadows, 1 mascara, 1 lip palette, 4 lipsticks, 6 lip glosses. The most expensive item here is Max Factor foundation retail price S$26.

This one is the L'Oreal box that has 26 items inside and I think all the items are from L'Oreal. It has 1 BB cream, 1 lip palette, 1 eyeshadow palette, 5 nail polishes, 12 lippies, 1 eyeliner, 1 eyebrow pencil, 1 eyebrow brush, 1 highlighter, 1 concealer, 1 eyeshadow.

Ichiban Kuji Lottery

 

April Fool's Day!

I am playing online kuji lottery as well as online claw catcher since I cannot go out. My first thoughts are its kinda expensive at around USD $10 a try, but then again, its the same price as the Japanese websites and toy stores. There are instant kuji lotteries or blind boxes and even complete sets of kuji lotteries for you to setup at your next house party / minimart. My online purchase of kuji lottery tickets is a live youtube streaming of the actual lucky draw.

I purchased 9 chances in the Sanrio Chara Attack lottery (that has picnic baskets), 6 chances in Quintessential Quintuplets (hoping to win figurines of all five girls), 6 chances in My Melody & Kuromi Goes Travelling (plushie bags as well as luggage!), 5 chances in Sailor Moon Happy Girls (I really want one of the scarf keychains), 3 chances in Sailor Moon Princess (I only want the Sailor Moon figurine), 2 Kantai Shoukaku Kai figurines (archer girl) and 1 Kotsubu Penguin Plushie.

My Sanrio Chara Attack order arrived as 1x pompompurin eating keychain, 2x My Melody plushies, 1x mini light-up acrylic globe stand, 5x Sanrio wood dolls. My Melody & Kuromi Goes Travelling order arrived as 2x plushie coin pouches in My Melody and Kuromi, 2x Kuromi vanity boxes with mirror, 1x Kuromi dustbin, 1x My Melody towel. My Sailor Moon Happy Girls order arrived as 2x hand towels, 3x bag charms and a few double chance tickets.

I found some of the Kuji Lottery items for sale on Shopee and Carousell. You can just buy the items you want without playing the lottery. Over at Bugis+ I found another kuji lottery store and bought out the last ticket for Pokemon Eievui & Floral Candy, you get to have the "last item" special prize if you do so. Trying out my luck with just 1 ticket for Natsume Cat Cinema and 1 ticket for Last Encore. Live YouTube drawing every friday afternoon.

There are a few more kuji lotteries around, this lucky plaza shop had some blind box keychain plushies (I bought 2 sea animals), Natsume Cat Flower Melody (I bought 11 chances), Natsume Cat Festival (I bought 18 chances plus last draw), My Melody & Kuromi Goes Travelling (I bought 11 chances). There are duplicates, like these canvas tote bags and I will be trading these with other people who also have duplicates. Just like that I spent over $1,000 on kuji lotteries in total.