Stockpot & Cookie Museum..

Stockpot at the Esplanade for dinner with Nana. A simple and plain looking cafe that can easily be overlooked if not for the fact that it is right at the main entrance of the Esplanade.

Almost empty cafe provides tons of privacy for complains and bitching. kekeke.. yea, thats what we did. Sharing our pet peeves about the various people that happen (unluckily) to be in our lives.

An easy to read menu that shows how each soup, sandwich and salad looks. Helpful for the illiterate. Just point and you have it.

Mushroom Ragout. So much nicer than Soup spoon. Do you know i never take Mushroom soup at Soup spoon anymore? Cause it makes me burp garlic smell non stop after every bowl. Ewww... But Mushroom Ragout from Stockpot? All ten fingers up! Nice! Its topped with raw golden mushrooms that is 'cooked' after being stirred into your hot soup.

Mussels and Clam Chowder. Full of black pepper taste with minimal amount of potato chucks and loads of clam, this soup is a tie with Soup Spoon's Boston Clam Chowder. Probably coz I am not a fan of black pepper.

I like this picture of me. So happy looking right?

The cookie museum we went. For nice tea and cookies. No photography allowed but too bad, we're not ones to follow the rule. English looking decor of the Victorian era. Not too bad if not for the overly talkative waitress. Waitresses there seems to talk non-stop and with an exceptionally high pitch and superbly inquisitive. Perhaps they take the word 'personalised service' a tad too hard.

Tattered menu with faded gold rim cups. They have been around for 5 years. An excuse for the worn out items? I personally feel not.

Cookie Campelli we shared. An impressive cookie tower (Mango, strawberry and the last layer of unidentified cookie) with a bountiful of luscious fruits and fresh cream in between. Accompanied with a dollop of chocolate ice cream.

(Just noticed out arms are both crossed, whahaha.. purely by conincedence).

Polynesian Paradise I tried, a romantic pink tisane with luscious strawberries, kiwi, apple bits and rose hips. A sweet and calming infusion that uplifted my spirits together with the company of a long loved friend. A bed of roses Nana chose, a top favourite beauty tea among ladies that is paired with yellow marigold. Unreservedly the best tea she has chosen and tried till date.

Cheers to the end of year 2009 and a big welcome to year 2010. I am awaiting for the new year in anticipation. What will it bring?