Happy Golden Rooster Year !

Happy Lunar New Year !

This year's New Year came rather early . We have

barely warm up for 2017 and it's yet another celebration !

The festivities are still on going and we have visited most of the relatives. More get together meals

have been planned for this coming weekend ~ Can't wait  !

I just wanna share with you some of the prettier red packets that I have included in my collection

this year. My collection is kinda getting out of hand.. it has filled a big box.  

So, here we go !

Classic red design

from Manulife

one of my faves for this year!!

Eye catching colourful peacock from UBS

Here's the bigger version

Loving the vivid and vibrant colors !

I just can't bare to use them !

Sorry dear relatives and kids....

you wouldn't be receiving this from me ever !



Very special !
It even has a bottle of essential oil! 

From Schroeder. Love that feather effect on the red packets !

Sweet pastal blue and the cherry blossoms

with birds perched upon its branches

is another of my top fav. Super elegant

From BNP Parbas



 This local unique design is from Lim Chee Guan Bak Kwa !

Red packets catered to this year's Lunar year horoscope ~ Rooster !

I got this from purchasing a drink at Starbucks.

 Just had to get my hands on these !!

McDonald's had these specially designed red packets with

purchase of every value meal

I got these Volkswagen ones from their Facebook giveaway

Pretty ones from Four Season's Hotel :D 

Cutesy ones from Melissa shoes

 Chicken design from UOB KayHian

Rise and shine for this rooster morning design !

From Credit Suisse

Loose pieces collection thanks to a colleague

The Tsum tusm one is adorable ! 

Here's the Tohs wishing one and all a Happy Lunar
New Year! May there be abundance of all things good in this 

Golden year of the Rooster.  



Here's my ootd for the first day of the New Year !

Glad I found this pretty Korean hanbok inspired cheongsam dress at

a boutique I frequent 

The Tohs vists Foxhole Cafe

 

We began the new year by visiting a new café in the heart of  Hougang,. Located just a stone's throw from Hougang MRT is a new development - The Midtown. It is a residential development with shops in the first few floors. The Foxhole Café is conveniently located on the first level, and occupies the mezzanine floor as well. This café is conceptualised by two ladies who have a keen interest in coffee and food.

Whimsical cute fox mascot 

The Place



The PourOver Bar shares the same space as Foxhole Café.


There are pastries, bread and also desserts available

The cafe proper is situated on the mezzanine floor
Not many cafes in Singapore are like this
(prob.only in Holland Village )

Nice ceiling to floor windows overlooking
an open field and those flats

Here's how it looks like in the evening. Quite yellow due to the lighting
and it was raining quite heavily that day.

The very instagrammable wall with the unicorn mural !

just gotta take a pic with the pretty wall

The Food

Serving both savoury and sweet items, Foxhole aims to please their customers.  They are still in R&D for the menu so if some of the items doesn't do well, they may just remove them. We ordered a few items to share among the 6 of us.

 



Bread pudding with sea salt malt ice cream
Slightly pricy at $11.50,  it is one of the nicest bread pudding

I have ever tasted. One thing thou, the serving size is rather small



 

I ordered a pot of earl grey
came with a stick of pretty pink sugar !

 

So pretty isn't it..

it is the Singapore sling flavour..

but couldn't taste any after mixing with the tea

 

We enjoyed this Chili Crab Croissant too
thou it's nothing really special nor fancy.
What is fancy would be those chips that came with it !

Those are Raspberry chips ! It has that fruity

hint to the chips. We loved it !
One of the cafe's hot seller. I can see why.
It's easy to eat and most Singaporeans love chili crab :D

Another shot with coffee , pudding and the wall :D

 

This chocolatey treat is nice and moist.

Chocolate lovers will like it