www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

I needed a break and I need to do things not done before or have not been done a long time before I need mental medication. Perhaps as we age, instead of having less meals but heavier meals, we should be having more frequent but smaller meals. I think it is the same for vacation. I opted for a short "staycation". The advantage of a staycation is that you do not need your passport or pay for extra transportation and go through the hassle of airport, seaport or land immigration clearance and you get to do national service by dumping money into the local economy. As in all things, you always start or end with a meal. We went to Chinatown. It's been sometime since I came here. I have brought some ''ang moh'' guests here and they love it because they got tired of having dim sum at expensive hotels. They love the sight and sound of trolleys pushed over the wooden floor located in an old building. Many in the olden days believe that you can't c...

I used to bring guests to swanky hotels and fancy restaurants. Then one day I decided to bring an "ang moh" to a Chinatown dim sum restaurant where it is noisy, where trolleys added more noise when pushed to wooden planks floor. Then you order your food fresh from the trolleys. Isn't that interesting? He loved it for the unforgettable experience. That is what people want sometimes. No need for the constant upgrading, etc. He said he liked it because he hasn't seen anything like it. Our Chinatown has become too plasticky. That place is "Yum Cha' which in Cantonese literally translated means to drink tea. The Chinese in the early days drank plenty of tea especially when eating and in particular when eating oily food. As I haven't been there for awhile, we decided to give it a visit but this time nearer home at the one at Serangoon Gardens.  As it was on a weekend it was packed. Fortunately, I made a reservation. The menu is good enough for ...