Whoops, missed two weeks....

I'm not sure what happened to me over the last two weeks but apparently blogging wasn't on the top of my list.  Will work on that I promise because it hasn't been for a lack of funny or interesting experiences.

Over the last two weeks we have tried some new cuisines as we attempt to expand our horizons.  A favorite was Blue Bali, an Indonesian restaurant that we all enjoyed.  We are traveling to Bali next month and this restaurant made me excited for the food we will hopefully be enjoying!  We sat outdoors and ordered a variety of things so that Drayton, and the kids and I could all sample different things.  Some were pretty spicy and others a little tricky to eat - grilled shrimp with heads and shells still on while on a skewer makes for a messy meal.  Imagine you are trying to remove the shrimp from the skewer (where it is well glued on from the marinade) and you are only trying to avoid shooting it off the end of the skewer a la "Pretty Woman' style.  When finally removed and peeled, it was quite tasty although incredibly messy!  We sat outside and decided that next time we would request a table where you sat cross-legged on cushions around a low table.  The only question is whether I would be able to stand after sitting Indian Style for a couple hours!

 Enjoying a special Indonesian drink (who knows what it was called!)

 On another day I took the boys to Din Tai Fung, an asian restaurant that is famous in Singapore.  It's known for having the best "buns" and "dumplings" so I decided we were going to give it a try.  Ella was at a friend's house since the kids were off from school so I told Sumner and Henry we were going to go on an adventure.  After examining the menu, I ordered one thing from each section of the menu and it just arrived randomly in no particular order, as does everything in Singapore.  It wouldn't matter if you ordered an appetizer, a main course and a dessert - you might get the appetizer after your dessert or you might get your appetizer and then no one else gets there and then their food arrives and your main course takes another 1/2 hour to arrive.  Basically, you eat what has arrived and don't wait on everyone else's food or else it all is cold.

Anyway, we determined that Henry loves dumplings - just without the wonton wrappers on them.  He split each open and ate the filling out of the inside leaving a pile of skins on his plate.  You will be shocked to know that Sumner liked none of it - yeah, I know you aren't really surprised.  Even the fried rice was not too his liking but that's about par for the course.  I did make him try one bite of everything else and despite acting like he was dying each time, he did manage a bite.  There was a fried wonton that he thought was passable and a bite of a marinated pork chop appetizer that was only ok.  I thoroughly enjoyed all of it and ate enough carbs to last me for quite a while!  That's becoming the norm here in Singapore and my whole "low carb" diet has been shot to hell.  Oh well, when in Rome.... :)

You can't appreciate the spread of food we had at lunch - I think the waitress thought we were gluttonous pigs but I wanted to try a little bit of each thing!

The resulting bill was a little interesting - haven't a clue if I was charged for what I ordered but we got a kick out of looking at it.  Basically it was an expensive lunch for three of us but again, we're in Singapore!!