brillant breakfast

went to crystal jade for dim sum breakfast this morning. looking forward to it since saturday. been some time since i had dim sum (excluding e grad day when i met some of 4 of e loudest ten @ yum cha) i dared to indulge @ crystal jade this morning coz i heard -- no matter how much u eat for breakfast it doesnt matter coz e calories get burned off later in e day. to an extent its quite true, coz i eat but how much realli can i stuff it down my throat right?!


i was kinda disappointed this morning, due to a few factors:

1. there was a queue @ crystal jade (1st time i m joining such a queue)
2. e queue was bcoz they refuse to open e 2nd level for diners
3. i had to wait for 15 mins for breakfast -- hungry ppl arent nice ppl
4. they sat me @ e table n refused to gimme a menu - though i kinda know what i wanna order
5. they missed my order of 'cha siew bao' (pork buns)
6. they didnt realise they missed out egg tarts too
7. e fish in e porridge was not v cooked thoroughly
8. they didnt top up e hot water in my teapot n i was yearning for water
9. e skin of e 'fun cheong' (stuffed rice rolls) was terrible so 'flour-y'
10. e service was not fantastic at all, we were ignored twice n even had to walk to e counter to ask them to bring e bill!!

overall, if u ask me i rather pay a bit more n go to 'yum cha' n enjoy greater service n better -tasting food... more authentic to me n definitely more sophisticated atmosphere - with those 'classical' music n those 'cheong-sam' - like uniform.

their service is better coz they have those little gadets on e table for u to press like:
1. service
2. order
3. water
4. bill etc....

get e idea?! i know abit like 'sua-gu' but e first time i saw it was at fisherman village @ 1 of e restaurant.
its quite interesting but i honestly think e person who came up with this idea is either:

(a) some1 with short hands.
- coz when they raise their hands in e cafe/restaurant, no1 can see that they need help or service

(b) some lazy waiter
- who decided that he/she dun wanna keep going around e guest's table n rather sit near e counter n wait for ppl to pay $$ n pray for tips to go into their pocket!!

(c) some1 who pities ppl who fall in catergory (a)
- realised that they cant b seen n want to have good service for their guest esp when lights r dimmed down


sorry that i gotta mention this, but i kinda believe in bad karma, i arent blaming u who invented such things but its interesting to come up w/ such ideas, that's y i praised using point (c), pls dun curse me whoever u r, coz what goes round comes round. heh!


i have been enjoying eating so much recently that i m denying myself access to e weighing scale. i think i will juz go bogus if i ever do hit e big 5-0, mayb e news will b flooded with my face n e food that i consumed n warn e public not to eat that too!! but once i confirmed my trip i m going to cut down my calories n stop inviting me to breakfast/lunch/dinner!!

i m dead serious!