Hi Everyone,

  Randal and I joined Lang and Douglas for another eating/sight seeing adventure. We had a “progressive meal:” dinner at the Crystal Jade Kitchen and dessert at Swensons.

Crystal Jade had lots of good food, but the photo op went to the glass-walled part of the kitchen where they hand made all of their noodles.

That blob of dough became dumplings and noodles and and and………

Faster than a speeding bullet.  We had to try some of the noodles and they were very good.  Douglas had some pork dumplings with a bit of liquid trapped inside that explodes in your mouth if you are careful and don’t tear the dough getting it from serving dish to your plate and mouth.

Randal had an egg dish and I had Portuguese tofu. It didn’t remind me of any of the Portuguese food I grew up eating in New Bedford, but it was really good.   Amazingly it reminded me of the veal cutlets at the Bridge Diner in New Bedford with southern style oniony gravy.  I don’t know how you get tofu to taste like a breaded veal cutlet, but they did.  We all tried it and liked it and Randal and Douglas said the same thing.   Now, of course I would never order veal but I do like the mutton roti from Singapore Zam Zam Restaurant on North Bridge Street just off Arab Street. 

  Bad Ruthie, Bad Randal!!  I had a giant Jimmy cone that was real ice cream and really good. 

Randal had his usual, a banana split.

Lang and Douglas sacrificed themselves and had dessert too. 

Lang had mint ice cream but said it was too sweet.  Nothing can be too sweet for Randal or me.  Douglas had orange sherbet with the cherry from the top of Lang’s ice cream.  I always get the cherry from Randal’s banana splits. 

Then it was off to walk around Toa Payoh and burn off two bites of our desserts.