Another Gathering at Central

The second half of the year is often my ‘peak’ in social calendar sense. Well, many of my friends are born in the second half of the year. Now, they also choose to get hitched in the second half of the year.

It was the celebration of Margaret and Lisa’s birthday. The unigirls often like novelty in terms of places for gathering. So far, we have never been to the same venue twice. They have also introduced me to various places where I have never known existed - from Esmirada’s Mediterranean dinner to Da Paolo’s Italian pasta; from a priceless view of Singapore night scenery from Equinox to a girlish time at the Tea Loft. This time, it was at Central @ Clarke Quay.

Although it was not the first time I have been to Central, they have yet again introduced me to something different. Lunch was Japanese-Italian fusion cuisines at Pasta Café de Waraku. The seats overlook Singapore River and Clarke Quay.

While the girls opted for the cream sauce pasta, I have decided to give the Wafu sauce a trial. Wafu, when translated to Japanese, stands for Japanese style. It was a clear based, slightly salted Asian sauce, sprinkled with garlic. My choice was a scallop and asparagus fettucine with Wafu sauce. The garnish was also familiarly Japanese. While for authentic Italian food, paisley and rosemary and other herbs might be used, dried seaweed was used.

Dessert was at Paisley and Cream. The bright pink coloured walls attracted our attention. Hanging on the wall are many pictures of Audrey Hepburn, including those for Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

(The bread pudding and the cheese cake which we shared)

With this birthday celebration, the next one will be in a month’s time for SL and Vim’s birthday. We can celebrate the birth of Nat’s baby in October and Lisa’s in December, together with MX’s birthday. During this ‘interlude’, Margaret will be flying off for a 3-week plus vacation in Europe, while SL continues her busy MBA schedules. Till next time…