Vegetarianism: Celebrating Wedding Anniversary

I treated him to spa body massage for our wedding anniversary. What he prepared for us was much more :)

The fun started from lunch onwards, where we met my sister at Nature Cafe[1] because it was near his client's place. Nature Cafe is located in Aperia (Kallang). The nearest MRT station is Lavender, which is about 5 to 10 minutes away. The decor was beautifully done. Together with the soothing background music, the ambience was great to enjoy a meal comfortably. Being there, you might feel as if you are in the Amazon (because of the fauna and flora themed decor, including the menu):

Menu cover

Per her recommendation, we tried the following dishes:

Curry fish and braised brinjal

Sotong balls with spicy sauce

Fried bean curd with sauce

I must say that the sides were deliciously made, but I felt was a tag pricer than usual as some cost $6. As for the mains, the curry fish was done more tastefully than braised brinjal (which I felt was plain and oily).

After finishing up his work at his client's place (which took the same amount of time to nurse QW), we headed for Faber Peak[2] (used to be known as Jewel Box). That was the starting point of our cable car ride to Sentosa, where we will hitch a bus ride to head for our dinner. The last time we were on the cable car was at least 7 years ago. At that time, I had booked the sky dining package to celebrate his birthday. So, with all that good memories which we shared, I really looked forward to be on the cable car again!

QW fell asleep!

Before we got onto the cable car, I checked out the nursing cubicle located in the ladies' restroom while QW napped. The entrance to the restrooms is interestingly named as Peek-a-Loo. That was a funny enough name, but I do hope that nobody really "peek" while I go to the "loo"!

View in the ladies

Seeing that I did not have a baby with me (because QW was asleep!), the janitor tried to stop me from using the nursing cubicle (it really is the size of just A cubicle!). Hence, it is definitely great news to many mothers that she guarded the nursing cubicle pretty fiercely yet professionally. Kudos to her!

Nursing cubicle

We headed for the cable car once QW woke up. At first, I was quite worried that we may not be fast enough in getting onto the cable car (so much so that I started to strategise a way to get onto it!). Then, a sigh of relieve. I was quite glad to see a signboard that the cable cars' speed may be adjusted for those having a stroller like us.

The ride was smooth (and well ventilated) enough such that QW did not kick up a fuss and seemed to enjoy her virgin cable car ride :)

When we reached Sentosa Imbiah Lookout, we were still early for dinner. Hence, we had a drink at Starbucks and were pleasantly entertained by a squirrel which was passing by.

After enjoying the Christmas drinks, we took Bus 1 to the Beach Station. There, I nursed QW at the bus terminal before we got onto Bus 3 to head for our dinner.

We got off at the Singapore Resort and Spa Sentosa where iILiDO Italian[3] is located. This is my second time there. But before that, a photo with the free roaming peacock first!

At iILiDO, you will get to enjoy fantastic sea view if you request to sit outdoor. Do make a reservation first as they were fully booked even on a weekday night when we were there!

Pretty sunset view from our table

Though they did not indicate their vegetarian options on their menu, they noted our booking request and told us that they can pretty much prepare most things on the menu for vegetarian with some obvious exception due to the sauce used, for example Squid Ink Spaghetti.

We started off with mushroom soup. Okay, allow me to correct myself. It was more like we started off with mushroom soup cream foam:

It was not a big portion (actually, it was only a few mouthful), but it was tastefully done. Next up, we had a small ball of hash brown served on some charcoal filled glass bowl (Sorry for the lack of photo because it happened too fast! I was told to pick it up and eat it hot. So, I shove it into my mouth before remembering to take a photo of it!).

Then, we were served our drinks and bread with balsamic vinegar. All these that we had up till the bread was not even our appetizer yet.

For our starter, we had crispy eggplant parmigiana with smoked tomato:

For our mains, we had risotto with mushroom and stracchino cheese, and asparagus spaghetti (off the menu):

As we were quite full after the mains, we did not order dessert.

All in all, it was a day well spent with the right companies, my hubby and QW. Had I mentioned that it is our 10th year together (and our 1st time with QW)? Thank you for such a heart warming celebration, hubby~ Looking forward for more to come!

References:

1. Facebook - Nature Cafe
2. Faber Peak Homepage
3. iILiDO Homepage