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dining is about ambience .

before my aunt left on Saturday morning, we made a trip to another restaurant on Friday arvo. since she had never been to Mount Faber, we decided to pay that spot in Singapore (with a very misleading name because it's hardly a "Mount" and more so a hill) a visit.

we ate at Black Opal - beautiful interior design and friendly service but it didn't fare so well in the food department. twas bummed out by that. and as if to bum me out even more, there was construction going on below the restaurant while we were having our lunch - the worst kind of dining-ambience killer i reckon! the manager couldn't do anything about it because the construction workers were rushing an overdue deadline to complete the cable car infrastructure. so yups! we had to sit through a drill-worthy lunch. not the best lunch i've had but thought i'd share the little beauties of the humble Mount Faber that made up for the not-so-pleasant lunch experience.

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Shabu Shabu Beef Salad - the only dish that i enjoyed.

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i love their toilets. do you see the dresser at the back? there's actually a fish tank at the bottom! they had pretty cute fishes in there.
(little fact of the day: did you know that there's a World Toilet Organisation and that it started in Singapore in 2001? it's no wonder you can find quite a lot of pretty toilets in this small country.)

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wearing: handmade (not by me) dress, Sportsgirl necklace, random silver rings, vintage-style-inspired bag, Ray Ban aviators, Fossil watch.

now it's time for me to head to bed!
goodnight world .

15 comments:

  1. love your outfit. that bag is so cute! seriously, how is it that you are always eating at the most beautiful places???! it looks incredible! xx

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  2. love this outfit! especially the bag. the interior design of the restaurant is gorgeous, it sucks you had to listen to construction the whole time though :(

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  3. Awww, bummer about the noise! It does look a pretty place though.It's a shame the food was a bit disappointing though. It's always a bit of a bummer when you go out somewhere and are let down a bit :( On the upside, it looks like such a lush ,green area you went to.Puurdy! And fancy toilets! Ooh la la!
    That necklace looks great with the dress i must add :)

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  4. the style crusader: thanks jen! haha not always, trust me. i'm always eating at hawker centres! just so happen that my aunt came down and yeah, we had some fancy food. (:

    TeacupGrunge: thanks girl! yeah that really sucked ):

    dollyasylum: such noise and disappointing food are always a bummer aye. even though it's not exactly a mountain, at least Faber matched up in its green-ness! hehe. don't we all love fancy toilets!
    aw thanks love (:

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  5. Omg this place is beautiful. Shame about the food and construction. At least it looks good haha.
    Very pretty outfit! Simple and chic.
    Romany
    xx

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  6. the pictures are just gorgeous!! love it!

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  7. hey girl, love the photos. the food looks sooo yummy.

    xx lue

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  8. the food looks good !
    great photos .
    what camera do u use ?

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  9. Thanks so much for your lovely comment too girl!

    I do love love how Black Opal looks,so relaxing and chic. Sad thing is that the food ain't so good,what a bummer! Ahahaa

    And yayy for another fellow Singaporean blogger too <3

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  10. oh i'm sorry about the noise and what not but you got some very beautiful photos from it all!

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  11. omg the toilets are bloody chio can!

    and u've been eating great food!

    lastly, i would die for your necklace! :P

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  12. You look very lady like! I like the toilets...haha. Such a weird comment to make!

    http://www.joannefaith.com

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  13. Romany: haha yeah at least some of the sight made up for the food and noise.
    thanks (:

    Ilse: thanks! (:

    The F Word Online: thanks lue! (:

    michelle_: thanks girl. i'm still using my handy and small Canon Ixus 70 (:

    Valencia Lia: yeah that is a bummer but hey, guess ambience and company can make up for that!

    pinkapplecore: aww thanks girl! (:

    thetragicallychic: hahaha i LOL-ed when i read "bloody chio can"! haven't heard that in a long while.
    i've been eating a lot of hawker foooooood too. yummmm (:
    haha the necklace is quite heavy. are you sure you would die for it? ;)

    Joanne Faith: aww thanks girl! haha it's not weird at all. i love toilets, esp pretty ones. hehe (:

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  14. Wow my heart sunk when I saw that necklace. Incredible!

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  15. ooh love that necklace!

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