Mike we need you

I was wondering if folks are all planning to fly back on Mon which is the holiday here in the states - if we could have the pepper crabs Sunday nite. I am thinking of ticketing as someone suggested - getting upgrades confirmed and waiting for the fare drop

Jan

Are the pepper crabs Sat or Sun night? Or Friday?

Why I ask is that flights from NZ arrive mid/late afternoon but the return is the evening so I need to get it right before making any bookings. OTOH I may try to fit in with trip elsewhere as a stopover on the way over/back. Being towards the end of school holidays and the busiest tourist season down here I wont leave it so late planning this time.

PS I have left mike a message about this thread.

If I haven't used my free international coach ticket by that time, I'll certainly consider claiming my place once again at the 'dinner table'. Did he say coach?

I think the plan might be:

some activities late Friday night for those arriving on UA.

activities during the day on Saturday

main dinner Saturday night

activities on Sunday

at least that's how it was for the first Pepper Crab SIN Do in January 2003.

Thanks. At this stage will plan on arriving Fri late pm and leaving Sun evening.

The Do is a go and is going to be retitled thiis year to Pepper Crab Do (overwhelming majority votes with the menu )

transpac gave us as fair a summation as we could want. Right weekend, right restaurant, and lots of returning food lovers. Excellent recipe for an excellent weekend.

I will post a page later this summer and either start a new thread at that point or reference this one. For the moment this seems as good a place as any to chat it up. Truth be told I may not be able to wait all the way until January and may have to recon the place a bit. I think I will be able to manage an appetite again by the time the Do rolls around.

See you all soon,

Mike

P.S. Kiwi Flyer thanks for the heads up. I think my brain has been somewhere just east of Mars the past few days.

No Sign Seafood is highly over-rated. Costs about the same, but food is average.

As for those who hasn't bought tickets yet, burn those miles and go for SQ LAX/EWR-SIN . The SQ FC kit and jammies are good stuff, so is the Krug. ^ ^ ^ And for those who plan to stay longer, route it to KUL, or BKK with a stopover in SIN for the same number of miles IIRC. KUL and BKK bot have a bunch of SPG & Hilton props to do some early runs.

Hmmm...all this typing is making me hungry...i think i will have some pepper crabs tomorrow

I'll offer to host a food-court lunch run on Saturday or Sunday, in the 11 ~ 2 range? Chicken rice here, fish head curry there, etc. Any interest?

Sounds painful

I'm moving to SIN in June 2004 and would love to meet up in 2005 if y'all stop by

I nominate FTer jpatokal for food recommendations alongside the many other pundits in our midst

My salivary glands are working already. As long as we don't have to hike for miles thru Singapore's sultry heat finding the best of each, I'm in. Well - maybe not for fish head. But otherwise.

Ink,

You are on the list then sir. See you in January.

transpac,

I will add that to the webpage (to go up in a couple months) and we can maintain a list of folks attending there. Had you Lau Pa Sat or Newman or...in mind? I think I could see swinging by for some of that myself.

Mike

awww that hurts

my first crush brought me there for my birthday

No seriously I think it's quite good, definitely better than the crap Palm Beach that my parents think it's the best

I do admit prices have gone way up since their early days in Geylang now that they have expanded, but hey it's 2-3 times a year so I never fail to provide SGD$400 of revenue for the 2 times I take my family there each time I go back

Take a vote, I would like to try out other places too if this is not acceptable to the general community

oh btw, count me in as a maybe, my parents live there but I will already be back in Dec for my wedding so we'll see.

I'll take you up on that!! (So long as we don't have to wend our way through hundreds of locals with body piercings!!)

Best wishes, Dave

Count me as a maybe... I'm feeling the effect this year of no first quarter international trips and don't want to make that same mistake next year!

It used to be one of the better non-touristy place for chilli crabs a few years back, but i think the standard dropped, or perhaps the particular branch didn't quite meet up to the mark.

Incidently, I just saw Channel U's food program about Roland Restaurant and it's famous chilli crabs. Might give it a try and see if it is good.