Staycation at Capri by Fraser

Capri by Fraser
3 Changi Business Park Central 1, Singapore 486037

We had a staycation at Capri by Fraser at Changi City Point to celebrate the July babies birthday! I'm not sure how we ended up choosing this place but the room was amazing. We paid about $70 each for 4 people. 3 of us slept on the bed and 1 on the sofa. 

3 on the bed but there's still alot of space to move around!
This is a really nice place for staycation and I won't mind coming again.

The early birds

The bed

 In front of the bed, there's a huge space where everyone can gather and sit on the floor to eat/play/talk! That's the best part of the room! TV is facing the sofa but can be rotated to face the bed. There's a super long table at one side but there's not enough chairs for everyone to sit there. Love the cooking area. Just nice for a cookout staycation.

Bathroom

Wardrobe

Like a boss

View from the room

Pool and gym in the background

Time for food!

Dinner

Filled fridge

Hard at work

All ready to eat. Ramyeon party.

Bought a cake from Chef Yamashita for the girls! The cakes from Chef Yamashita are really good. We had 2 small ones when we bought the cake. Ringo pie and mille feuille stole CW's heart. Can't wait to head back to try other cakes.
Their cakes cannot be kept for long outside the fridge, at most 30-45 minutes and up to 1 hour with an icepack

Chef Yamashita

BLOCK 1,TANJONG PAGAR PLAZA 

#02-44,SINGAPORE 082001 

https://www.chefyamashita.com

Happy Birthday Quek and YY! <3

The next morning, we headed to table manners for brunch! Having a mall right beside the hotel is really convenient. There's alot of food and also a supermarket. There are 4 sets to choose from the menu and frankly speaking, it was really hard for us to decide on which set as all the food looks tempting. Settled on set B in the end. 

Changi City Point
5 Changi Business Park Central 1
Changi City Point — The Oasis #01-68/69
Singapore 486038  

 

For the 4 of us, we tried:

Buttered Mash Potato
Truffle Fries

Scrambled Eggs

Mushroom Ragout

Striploin Steak

Baked Salmon with Garlic Lemon Buttersauce

Cajun Style Marinated Whole Chicken Leg

Southern Fried Chicken

Cajun Chicken with mushroom and scrambled eggs

Salmon with southern fried chicken, mash and mushrooms.

Steak with mushrooms and scrambled eggs

From what we tried, mushroom ragout/baked salmon/mashed potato/ cajun chicken were good. Scrambled eggs alittle on the dry side. Southern fried chicken's batter was too thick that it's hard to finish.Truffle fries and steak were normal. For the cajun chicken, it was undercooked when it came so we got the kitchen to redo it. For brunch like this, I still prefer Food for Thought because my favourite scrambled eggs and mushrooms are very well done there.

Saturday Flea Market at Lucky Plaza (For Flea Sake)

Had a flea today to clear the mess in my room. 

Held fleas previously at Scape and this is my first time holding it at lucky plaza (level 6 opposite Jolibee). After reading online on what it's like to hold a flea there, I got myself prepared for it. 

I reached there at around 10.45am and there was already a short queue at the door.

At 11.30am sharp, we were allowed into the flea grounds.
From here onwards, you can just choose any empty table available .
We went in to scout for a suitable table before the flea started so when we are allowed in, we roughly know where to head to. Initially, we aimed to get the corner tables because there was more empty space around where I can place my luggages and containers.
However, everyone in the line before us also went for those tables.
We had no choice but to go for other tables in the middle.
We went for one in the middle but at the corner. Luckily for us, we chose the right table as we were just beside the organiser's table and we didn't have to squeeze with other vendors for space.
I expected to see crate tables as what other flea goers mentioned but we only had normal tables today. I guess they changed the tables. Table size is pretty small :x The large spaces with partitions were occupied by permanent vendors so we were left with the tables in the middle.

Booths opposite mine

We priced our items at 3 for $10 initially and also $10 for some items of better quality but that did not work even when my items are brand new. Despite the low prices, I managed to get back my booth rental in the first 2 hours. I brought 2 huge full luggages and 2 large containers of clothes and I cleared 1 luggage and 1 container. After deducting the rental, I made $370 when I left the flea at 5pm instead of 7pm. Flea market is a tiring affair.

The crowd flow there was quite steady so we were kept busy. 

Things to note:

1. Don't come too late as you will only be able to get tables located at locations with poor human traffic.

2. Do not bring clothe rack as you will be wasting time hanging the clothes up and they will be readily brought down. Almost everyone just piled their clothes on the table for people to ravage through.

3. The shoppers there really love bags!

4. It is the easiest to price everything at the same price as it will be messy and it will be hard for you to remember which is priced at what value. 

5. Most things priced $5 and above will be hard to sell off. 

6. Prepare plastic bags for the shoppers who buy from you.

7. Get ready small change.

8. Bring tissue paper and mask as it gets really dusty and your nose might be irritated. 

9. Small sized clothings are harder to sell.

10. Some of the shoppers buy in bulk as they are sending it home so they will likely as for discount.

11. Saturday was less crowded than Sunday so the Aircon worked well and it helped that we were sitting right under the Aircon.

12. Go with a friend as it is not easy to manage the booth alone when it gets busy. Luckily Quek dropped by for a while to help out.

Chee Wee working hard

3 musketeers

The man hard at work.

Messy table and the crowd.

The booths here are great to clear your wardrobe but if you are looking to bring awareness to your brand, you should consider other flea markets. I felt that the rental of the booth was on the high side but I'm glad that I managed to cover the rental as well as make some money. You should ensure that you have alot to clear before getting a booth here because you will not be able to recover your rental if you have too little things to sell. If you do not have alot, it is also a good idea to share the booth with a friend or 2.

Five & Dime

Five & Dime

297 River Valley Road. Singapore 238338

For reservations, call 9236 5002

Menu

 We had our random girl's dinner date at Five & Dime on a Saturday night as wanted to try out this place since forever.

We made reservations early in the week to ensure that we will have a table.

As CheeWee and I had nothing to do, we went down earlier for a small discussion while waiting for the girls to arrive. I love the handwriting on the card! If only my handwriting was that nice.

As we were really hungry and some of them were late, we ordered their Mac and cheese to share. This was really good! It has mentaiko sauce and lobster meat in it. 

That probably explained the $15 price tag. 

Lobster/Mentaiko Mac and Cheese $15

Quek and pok had fish and chips. 

They both liked it but couldn't finish their share. 

They preferred shoe string fries instead of wedges.

Fish and Chips $20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Burger $23

 

My burger! The egg with flowly yolk made it soooo good!

The portion was too much for me so I gave everyone a bite.

The beef and pork patty was tender and fragrant

 

Braised pork belly that Chee Wee said was not worth the money.

The pork was soft/ tender and kind of melts in the mouth but it was quite a small portion.

The soba was served with a warm sauce which i thought was good but Chee Wee didn't like it.

He preferred my burger :x

Braised Pork Belly $22

 

 

Mentaiko pasta for yy and Mr Chan.

They said that it was good but it was hard for 1 person to finish it on their own.

It was pretty jelat. I wanted to order this initially but i'm glad that I didn't as I could steal some from them! Mr Chan was expecting some meat as it costs $18 so he was quite disappointed.

Nevertheless, the sauce was not bad.

Mentaiko pasta $18

Full attendance!

Oh! There was a 1 for 1 beer promotion. Not sure if it's a permanent thing or it's a one off promotion. Mr Chan also commented that the menu of this place is more suitable for brunch instead of dinner.