I never know what to buy guys as birthday presents. Buying one for the man is always a major headache. And I wonder how I could top this for the next year. We really didn't want to pay homage to the porcelain altar anymore. So this year, I bought him dinner and cupcakes.
Gathered the friends for a kickass dinner with the friends at The Song Of India. One thing about this bunch of lovely people, I can always plan any menu and they'd be game. Everyone loves spices. Great. Going by the sheer volume of saffron basmati rice they shovelled away, they definitely liked the food this evening.
Dinner + Drinks = S$1,800
Cupcakes = S$125
Company of friends and shared laughter = Priceless
There was a mountain of presents. The friends certainly knew the sort of birthday presents that the man would totally dig. Pedals, tubes, guitars, kitchen toys, books... along those lines. He was soooo excited over them. Back home, he lovingly fiddled with each item before putting them away. I swear he would hug all these to sleep if he could!
Thank you for a lovely dinner :) Hope he had a good birthday!
ReplyDeletehe definitely did! :) great to have u there! u ate SO LITTLE!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteFor you to do all this is love- love-love.
ReplyDeleteYour man can cook???!!!
ReplyDeleteThe dinner + dessert spread looked droolicious! Bet your man is all smiles, throughout the night. Lucky guy!
My 21st birthday is coming soon. What have you planned for me? HAHAHAH!
ReplyDeletesong of india is a great choice for north indian food. good stuff.
ReplyDeletecarrie: hmm..some part i guess. and for all those dinners he paid and i just sat and ate!!
ReplyDeletecherie: very well! i've got a label under homecooked. click that. any dec/nov post should have it. nothing recently coz we haven't started cooking in the new house!
michelle: the boyfriend should plan!!!
andrew: it was fantastic.
oooh. pantry magic. best. i went bonkers in there!
ReplyDeleteCCup cupcakes are awesome man!!! love them chilled.
ReplyDeletea year's supply of socks damn practical!! it's super useful!! smart gift-giver.
ReplyDeleteGosh! That's a major celebration. What was it like for the 21st and 30th party???
ReplyDeleteand u didn't leave me any cupcakes!!!
ReplyDeletethat's like...alot to spend! u didn't mind? extravagant?
ReplyDeletequeenie: i haven't been there myself! but i guess the man will go bonkers that too!
ReplyDeletegerbera: quite nice. really.
clamshell: super practical. he loves them.
dr: dunno! i don't think i was very into him at his 30th!! oops! think i only bought him dinner. Breeze at Scarlet Hotel. dunno abt his 21st. can't be bothered either. hahaha.
jazzgal: hahahaha. i still have some. fly home now!
opal: perhaps. but it's all been budgeted for. it's still cheaper than a bag. so i count it by that way! and not to mention all the stuff he got for me. so it's kinda 'payback' time!!!
whats with the socks??
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to the man!
ReplyDeletethank you for the wonderful dinner :)
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awww....what must a guy do to get invited to something like this?
ReplyDeletebtw, been to pantry magic. wasn't really impressed. Way too ex. most of the stuff, u can get cheaper elsewhere.
one of the things i really like is that you always have these nifty links for kitchen stuff. (like pantry magic!!!)
ReplyDeleteand, thanks to cavalock, i'll give that place a skip! i was going to go down and check it out!
orientalQ: he loves them. giordano's black socks. his fav.
ReplyDeletekachunk: thank u!
caleb: happie to see u eating.
cavalock: haven't been there myself. but it'd be a good place to grab pressies for friends i guess.
freespirit: can go take a look. the range is impressive.
funny, giordano's black socks are my husband's fav too - he practically doesn't wear anything else :)
ReplyDeletethe cupcakes look absolutely delish.
the portions look so small. but absolutely lethal i bet.
ReplyDeletesmall meals are deceivingly sinful and filling!
ooh. happy birthday to the man! looks like a blast! i'm back i'm back! i want an invite to the next party!!! *shameless*
ReplyDeletewow. i've heard so much abt ccup and song of india. now i get to see the pictures! too bad the taste can't come through!!! looks really posh.
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