Friday, January 19, 2007

Crystal Jade Dining IN

Shall do it the Liben way...
  1. Crystal suggested Crystal Jade at Vivocity
  2. Chin Yue did the coordinating
  3. Joel and Derrick informed the MJ pple
  4. "Almost all" of the MJ pple were coming at first but in the end none came
  5. And the journey begins...
  6. Clara and Chin Yue left RJ at 6.15pm to meet Jon and Paul at Golden Landmark Hotel at 7pm
  7. Clara and Chin Yue brought Jon and Paul from Bugis to Harbourfront
  8. Jon and Paul were rather flummoxed over the ezlink cards
  9. Jon and Paul arrived safely at Vivocity at ard 7.30pm
  10. Xuhui was very punctual and was waiting outside Crystal Jade even before 7.30pm
  11. The fivesome entered Crystal Jade
  12. 5 pple turned up for a reservation for 12
  13. All of us sat down
  14. Jon and Paul didnt know what to order and asked the rafflesians to decide
  15. 3 rafflesians looked at each other
  16. Chin Yue asked for waitress to request for recommendation
  17. Waitress rattled off volubly a list of delicacies
  18. In which Paul riposted, "sounds good" to all of them
  19. Dishes ordered: imperial soup lobster, steamed garoupa, kailan vegetable, bbq peking duck skin wrapped with cucumber, crispy noodles with duck meat, black pepper beef
  20. Ambrosia!
  21. Chatted non-stop while we ate non-stop as well
  22. Jon and Paul shared their experiences
  23. Several hilarious moments like how Jon battled with the lobster to procure the optimum amount of meat
  24. Crystal arrived after training
  25. Jon, "is ur last name Jade?"
  26. Continued eating
  27. Crystal operated on the lobster
  28. Paul, "u seem to have the potential to be a doctor or maybe even a surgeon but as an epidemiologist, i have to give u one piece of advice: dont do it with chopsticks"
  29. 5 pairs of eyes on Crystal who was engaged in a combat with the lobster
  30. Jon excused himself to the gents
  31. Crystal and Chin Yue sneaked off to the counter to ask to look at the bills
  32. A staggering $367.51
  33. Crystal and Chin Yue decided that as our guests, it is only right that we treat them
  34. Just at that moment, Jon returned from lavatory, "are u guys trying to foot the bills? if so, i would be paying with my card"
  35. "oops, no. just checking the bills"
  36. Confabulated for a while more
  37. Jon, "oh may i know what's the time now?"
  38. Clara, "9.30"
  39. Jon, "oh dear, i need to make a call latest by 10. How about settling the bills now?"
  40. Fleet process: told waitress we want to foot the bills -> waitress walked straight to Jon with the bills -> Jon placed his card on the book swiftly -> waitress went off and came back -> Jon signed -> rafflesians felt bad
  41. Only thing we treated them in the end: french chocolate desert
  42. Jon left the restaurant early to look for internet connection
  43. Paul and we walked ard vivocity for a while
  44. Treated Paul to a cup of latte
  45. Met up with Jon at ard 10.15pm and walked to taxi stand
  46. Extremely long queue at taxi stand
  47. They decided to take train back
  48. Clara sent them back to Bugis as all went home
Conclusion: convivial and epicurean experience as everything went well except that, instead of hosts treating guests, it became guests treating hosts