2 hours of queuing at Tim Ho Wan

Tonight our kids are out at Delcare attending pajamas party and I decided to try out Tim Ho Wan at Dhoby Gaut. After bringing Oliver to school at 530 pm, I rushed to take MRT from Tanjong Pagar to Dhoby Gaut. When I reached there at 615pm, there was already a long queue with more than 50 people in front of me. After 15 min of queuing, I passed a sign that says estimated time at that point is 3 hours. I decided to try as the queue seemed to move quite fast. The server distributed bottled drinks which I thought was a really nice gesture.  After two hours, we finally got our table and the service was prompt.  The famous char Siew bao was on our table in less than 5 min and the rest of our orders were quick to come. The food turned out to be better than expected as reviews were not too good. We also ordered steamed egg cake, fried bean curd skin with shrimp, glutinous rice, siew mai and osmanthus dessert. Only har gao was disappointing. So the verdict is... We will return again if the queue is short.

An unexpected birthday celebration

I always feel awkward to be in the 'limelight' and didn't quite expect the Poon family to celebrate my birthday for me. It is indeed my significant 40 to have 4 kids singing birthday song to me. Even my age is older than the four kids add together. Time really flies since we knew the Poon family. Two overseas together and lots of weekend gathering. Next year, Jia Jun will also join Oliver in RVPS and thereafter two Jia En in 2015. Life just get better!

My 40th birthday dinner at Skirt