Post by Kristyn
F1 fever is in the air!!!! What better way to celebrate the weekend than sailing around on a yacht! Our friends Max and Laura organised a group of 25 of us to sail around the bay past Sentosa, docking at St John's Island for a bit of a swim, drink, kayak, relax on the island and BBQ on the yacht. It was such a great day. The day started off being rather overcast, but by the time we met down at Keppel Bay Marina at the docks, the sun was starting to peek through. From there it only got better. The champagne started flowing, music was playing, the group was spread out all over the yacht, lying about on the front of the yacht making new friends or sitting at the rear under the cover of the sun. We eventually passed Sentosa and made our way to St John's Island where we set our anchor down, and if you were brave enough jumped off the side of the yacht. James and I decided to take a ride in the dinghy to the shore, where he set up his music and we met up with others that had swum in. It was great, the crew kept coming over in the dinghy taking our drinks orders. 
It was quite funny the first time he came over and I proceeded to order a "vanilla vodka, apple & cranberry & soda with lime please". He got most of it right, well the main bit! The vanilla vodka and soda was fine, just lounging about in the water, drinking and having fun. Other yachts kept coming in as well and parking. It felt like being on Phi Phi Island! After a while in the water, we caught the dingy back to the yacht where the BBQ was in full swing. We lounged about on the yacht some more drinking and enjoying the sun whilst it took us back into Keppel Bay. What an awesome day we had. We can't wait for the next one. After a bit of a shower and a nap the party continued down at Bartini, where "Off The Boat" (one of the member's Duncan pictured below) were spinning some tunes and then onto Vault for more drinking and fun.
Post by Kristyn
House at Dempsey where do I begin...well I begin at brunch the day after our amazing dinner at Hachi Restaurant which turned into too much sake then a night out at Avalon. How we managed to even get up on Sunday I don't know, but I am Australian so it's expected right? Anyhoo, so we meet up with our friends Max and Laura and their friends Anabel and Dave for brunch. This place is absolutely packed and huge. Brunch is a big deal in Singapore, and it's hard to get into the best of places. So we sit down and the menu looks pretty good, it has a variety of good old Western food, like eggs benny, pancakes etc. To start us off for the day though, a bloody mary is called for. So we all order our drinks and brunch and wait. Most of us get out drinks out at a fairly reasonable time, and I must say the bloody mary's were spectacular. Made with real tomatoes. It certainly did the trick that's for sure. Anabel however, didn't manage to get her juice she ordered. So we're waiting and Laura's meal arrives, she's pretty much finished by the time the next one appears. Mine then arrives, and then slowly everyone else's, except Max's. It's not until Max has to go up and have some stern words to the waiter that his eventually arrives along with Anabel's juice. Trying to even flag down a waiter was ridiculous. It was like they had no system at all here. James had eggs benny, and I had scrambled eggs with mini sausages, grilled tomatoes and spinach. Then we both shared the mixed berry french toast. To be fair the meals were pretty good and the french toast was amazing! But the service was so atrocious that it has definitely put me off going back there. We ended up heading to Holland Village afterwards for more drinks which then turned into dinner and getting home at 10:30pm. Despite the worst service ever, it ended up being a great day.
http://www.dempseyhouse.com/
Post by Kristyn
Our friends Paul & Phoebe invited us out to dinner at a Japanese restaurant near our old hood. Now Phoebe is a local, so as soon as she's involved in taking you out for dinner, saying no is not an option...she knows all of the best places, and you don't want to miss out. Some of which she has only taken us on the proviso that they not end up on our blog! This one I made no such agreement, so onto the blog it goes. This would have to be, at the time of writing, by far one of the best meals I've had in Singapore. This restaurant has no menu. The meal is a set amount per person, of which you are given 9-10 courses. Now the courses depend on what has been flown in from Japan that week. First things first though, we start off with a bottle of sake which was absolutely delicious. Then the courses started rolling out. Wow! Amazing! The freshest ingredients and the most amazing flavours. I'm going to be honest here, I did take photo's of it all, but I can't remember what most of it was - I blame the sake. The other great thing is that the chef is behind the bar preparing most of the food, so you can go and watch him or just view him from your table. The staff were great and they gave great service as well, which is a rarity here in Sing Sing. By the end of the night during our dessert courses, the chef bought out a complimentary glass each of some sort of potato like vodka - again delicious but oh so potent. Which after we finished, he then gave us the whole bottle...after this time the night may have turned into a blur...but a great blur at that. Cannot recommend this place enough. It's a definite must do! Wow!
http://www.hachirestaurant.com/
F1 fever is in the air!!!! What better way to celebrate the weekend than sailing around on a yacht! Our friends Max and Laura organised a group of 25 of us to sail around the bay past Sentosa, docking at St John's Island for a bit of a swim, drink, kayak, relax on the island and BBQ on the yacht. It was such a great day. The day started off being rather overcast, but by the time we met down at Keppel Bay Marina at the docks, the sun was starting to peek through. From there it only got better. The champagne started flowing, music was playing, the group was spread out all over the yacht, lying about on the front of the yacht making new friends or sitting at the rear under the cover of the sun. We eventually passed Sentosa and made our way to St John's Island where we set our anchor down, and if you were brave enough jumped off the side of the yacht. James and I decided to take a ride in the dinghy to the shore, where he set up his music and we met up with others that had swum in. It was great, the crew kept coming over in the dinghy taking our drinks orders. 
It was quite funny the first time he came over and I proceeded to order a "vanilla vodka, apple & cranberry & soda with lime please". He got most of it right, well the main bit! The vanilla vodka and soda was fine, just lounging about in the water, drinking and having fun. Other yachts kept coming in as well and parking. It felt like being on Phi Phi Island! After a while in the water, we caught the dingy back to the yacht where the BBQ was in full swing. We lounged about on the yacht some more drinking and enjoying the sun whilst it took us back into Keppel Bay. What an awesome day we had. We can't wait for the next one. After a bit of a shower and a nap the party continued down at Bartini, where "Off The Boat" (one of the member's Duncan pictured below) were spinning some tunes and then onto Vault for more drinking and fun.
