Juju Hotpot! That's where i went for dinner yesterday.
It's basically Japanese steampot, with really pretty, fresh and elaborate food decorations.
I like the serivice there, the food, the ambience, and it's fun eating there.
I had dinner with boo and his mom, and we ordered 2 servings of beef and 1 seafood serving. Dinner was rather amusing, as we havd to share a huge long table with a young couple.
For starters, we had this golden egg something, which is a three quarters boiled egg, marinated with their special sweet sauce. It came along with a slice of egg tofu, and pickled vege.
Next came the rainbow dumpling platter, where we were served a platter of assorted dumpling each, and we get to cook them in our personal pot of soup.
The couple next to our table didn't realise that the dumpling platter ought to be cooked, as the girl bit into the dumpling, and spat it out, while the guy, (served with the dumpling was a tequila shot glass of minced meat with a stalk of celery stuck in the middle of the meat) took the stalk of celery and placed it into his mouth. OMG!!!!
The waiter had to inform them that the dumplings were supposed to be cooked.
Boo's mom was trying hard not to laugh when she saw it! hahaha! Thankfully, i only heard the "dumpling conversation", i didn't see the incident with my own eyes, or i'll be bursting with laughter!
The main platter serving arrived. The seafood platter came on a "wooden ship" about the length of my arm! It's so pretty.
There's a mini crab, mussels, prawn, fish slices, lots of cabbage, lots of smelly vege(i call it cho cai (smelly veg), while in hokkien it's pang cai (fragantveg) i think), 2 stalkds of lemon grass, a glass tank of assorted mushrooms, cuttlefish (yucks), and crabstick.
The beef platter decoration wasn't as pretty as the seafood. It came on a huge circular plate, with beef slices and alot of cabbages and the tank of assorted mushrooms etc.
The entire dinner was enjoyable, and i think it's a really healthy alternative for a yummy feast!
We couldn't help listening to the conversations of the couple, as they were rather loud and crude.
I guess the guy didn't really enjoy his dinner, as there wasn't much for him to eat (they shared one serving..), as he complained about being served too much vegetables, and too little "meat"..
quoting what he said in chinese
"i thought we come here to eat lots of meat, but ended up eating so much veges"
the girl in response, kept saying that she's full, and told him to finish up the food.
and she kept saying she like veges, so she'll finish up the veg.
IF you ask me, i think they're sharing one serving because it's alittle too costly for the guy to afford, and the girl's just being polite and sweet by "claiming" that she's full, because the guy was still hungry!
It's pathetic la... what's wrong with guys nowadays?
Knowing me, you know what a feminist i am with almost everything, but if there's ONE thing that i just cannot tolerate, it'll be the obnoxious behaviour of BOYS la.
If you cannot afford it, be frank with the girl, and tell her about your financial condition. Im sure the girl would accept you for who you are, if she likes you enough, and not for the health of your bank account. You DONT have to impress her with lavish meals, and pretend to be well off.
If she likes you enough, i bet she'll be willing to eat shit with you, as long as it's with the guys that she fancies.
The last girls need, is to be sitting in some fancy restaurant, having to worry about whether guys would be able to foot the bill. And because we worry about you not being able to foot the bill (you male chauvinist refusing to go dutch), we'll be polite enough to pretend that we're on a diet, or that we have a really small stomach etc.
Just the other day, Z and i were just talking about this exact matter, where she was relating to me about a her experience over a dinner and movie with this guy. .
She had dinner at NYDC with him, and she just keep having this feeling that the guy's unable to foot the bill, even before they started ordering food.
So she kept asking him if he wants to share the bill, and worst, she even offer to pay for his share. But he refused. Being polite, Z has to pretend that she's wasn't feeling hungry, and shared a baked rice with the guy. Crap! And i do have to point out the fact that it's just ice water they're drinking as well.. No desserts! It's just $9.90 for baked rice, and 10% service charge, and 5% GST. Gosh! What an experience!
It's as good as meeting up with the girl, and telling her to watch him eat ! Gross so much for dating!
When i heard about it, i couldn't believe that there guys like this still exist in SG. The fact that they know that they're about to be going on a date, shouldn't it occur in their pig headed mind that they have to be prepared to cough up so cash if they wanna play the part of the sauve, "gentlemanly" role?
Rather, if you're straight forward enough, it's the year 2006! Where female rights are already part of the culture and everyday life. You NO Longer need to worry about footing the bill, w ladies have our own spending power! With men, we're happy, Without men, we're as happy!
And that i can assure you, being able to accept the splitting of the bill episode, might actually lighten the atmosphere while going on a date.
You (guys) wouldnt have to worry about going broke, and we (ladies) wouldn't have to pretend to be dieting. Both parties would enjoy the date alot more than an attempt in male chilvary, where you couldn't even afford it in the first place.
My dessert at JuJu was Pearl Harbour..which is quite yumy, while Boo had vanilla icecream, and Boo's mom had green tea pudding. Yums!
