Bang! You die! (I was trying to imitate Han Solo, in case you were wondering)
It was our 4th year anniversary on 080809, so with Singapore fast running out of places to go we decided to pay this little-known place a visit - the Mint Toy Museum. Why a toy museum, you might ask. Well I suppose there was this nostalgic part of me that wanted to re-live my childhood, and we weren't disappointed!
First exhibit was the space age, so I was back to my old fanboy days and drooled over the classic movie posters and figurines. They even had a life-size model of Darth Maul and Jar Jar Binks!
Then we saw this hilarious poster:
The words read - Horniman's Tea, Pure Strong & Delicious. ROFL.
As we went down the building we came across an Astroboy exhibit, and Popeye!
And Tintin! My all-time favourite childhood comic hero!
Followed by old-school superheroes like Superman, Batman and Ultraman
me attempting a lame Ultraman pose =.=Then it went to old cartoon characters like Felix the Cat, Mickey Mouse and Betty Boop!
The picture on the right is full of Golliwogs, racist toys that were popular in the West in the past
We had tea in the Mint Cafe located in the basement below the museum (great concept!) and used a $5 voucher that came with the museum ticket to order a couple of drinks. Yes cheapskate, I know :P
After a few hours of reminiscing about old times, we took a train down to Marina Bay to the Marina Barrage! The place was quite messy with all the construction going on but we managed to find our way there. Quite a nice place with a great view of the sea, and it has a sustainable living exhibit as well!
We climbed to the roof, where lots of people and families were relaxing on the grass patch having picnics and flying kites! Quite a beautiful sight with the skyline in the background. Looked like a scene straight out from the NDP music video
We stayed there til' the sun set, before making our way for dinner at The Tapas Tree @ One Fullerton. Was quite lost initially as we couldn't find it anywhere inside the One Fullerton building, until we went under the Esplanade bridge and there it was -,-
The appetizer tapas, smoked salmon with olives and a spanish version of bangers & mash - grilled potatoes and spanish sausages. The smoked salmon was absolutely delicious, fresh as well! Couldn't taste the raw taste, and yet had the slight smokey flavour without being too salty. The olives went well with the fish. The potatoes were a tad too oily though.
After which we waited for the main dish to appear, and it didn't disappoint!
Valencian paella! It had loads of ingredients, including chicken, spanish ham, sausage, egg, prawns, sotong and mussels. But the main draw was the super-flavourful rice! It had soaked up the juices from the various ingredients as well as the tomato and onion garnishes, and tasted absolutely heavenly. Each grain of rice literally bursted with flavour!
In the end we were quite bloated as not a single rice grain was spared.
To 4 years of happiness, and many more to come!
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