Friends, Hunter, Playdates, Uncategorized THE QUEEN AND MANGOSTEEN 14 July 2011

Had a big mummy meet up with a bunch of yummy mummies in SG. It was actually much calmer than expected, considering we had 3 young babies there. Actually Hunter was the loudest because for some reason, he hated the place! Between the stuffiness/heat and the dim lighting, he was all cranky and cried. THE ENTIRE TIME. It was agony! Then, the moment we stepped outside, he stopped crying and was happy again. What the….. My ears were ringing from his crying and I nearly went insane with his fussing.. so just as well he calmed down before we all went shopping, heh πŸ˜‰

Anyway, we ate at a “gourmet British pub” called The Queen & Mangosteen. And so I ordered, what else? the Fish and Chips!! How can I go to a Brit pub and not order fish & chips? πŸ˜‰ They were excellent. Lovely meaty fish encased in a thick but well-cooked batter. I adored the dip that it came with, and the dish is enough for a light lunch.

It’s a lovely pub but needs to seriously re-think their air conditioning. The heat in there is awful in certain spots, so everyone else at the table was fine, but I had full-blast of the hot air blowing in. It would otherwise have been a lovely relaxed lunch with the girls!

(Note: some pics stolen ruthlessly from the girls πŸ˜› )


Stroller brigade! Hunter’s is the poor manual kind πŸ˜‰

The Queen and Mangosteen, a gourmet British pub

My Pimms & Lemonade – delish

Potato & Leek soup, “not good”, apparently

Mini burgers that looked cute, but had no cheese!

My fish & chips. Excellent

This is what Hunter looked like the entire lunch

Cam-whoring in the baby change room

Complete LMAO!!! at little N’s expression… cannot.. stopppp.. laughing……

A more normal shot of everyone πŸ˜‰

“Well HELLOOO there pretty girl”

“Tee hee hee!”

“Hullo ladies. Wanna see some of this? Do ya??”


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You should have taken him outside! No-one wants to listen to a screaming baby.

He doesn’t really scream, just has tears flowing out like crazy and fusses. It’s also an open-concept kinda restaurant, actually πŸ˜‰

to be fair, his crying barely registered to me and i was sitting right next to him! i doubt he would have annoyed anyone at the restaurant since it’s not as if it was quiet like a library there…

… I’m also a bit thick skinned and even if people heard, I’d probably just grin and bear it and still sit there. Heh!!

Aw hunter is so cute sitting like that in the group shots! He’s like a little teddy bear! Those mini burgers look so good too! I could eat 20 of them haha!

I have a question for you, sorry for posting it on here, you can remove it if you like… I’m doing my final paper in Industrial Design/Product design at the moment, We’ve been given a technology (a new ‘smart’ fabric) in our brief that can transmit vital signs and information from the movement and pressure applied to it.

I’ve decided to concentrate on designing something for the health and well being of babies, so I was wondering if you could think of any opoortunities where such a technology could be used to enhance everyday life. Im looking to enhance things like a cot, push chair, baby toy, changing table or something that can help you in anyway to nurse, monitor or look after Hunter.

It would be a great help towards my research/final project to know what mother’s like you are wanting to make life a little bit easier πŸ™‚

Hee he is my squashy teddy!

what a cool paper you’re writing.. and awesome you’re concentrating it on babies, heh. I would say a push chair would be most useful for me.. as he is very often in it (as we go out every day) and I would love to know why he’s fussing, haha!

You should have taken him outside! No-one wants to listen to a screaming baby.

He doesn’t really scream, just has tears flowing out like crazy and fusses. It’s also an open-concept kinda restaurant, actually πŸ˜‰

to be fair, his crying barely registered to me and i was sitting right next to him! i doubt he would have annoyed anyone at the restaurant since it’s not as if it was quiet like a library there…

… I’m also a bit thick skinned and even if people heard, I’d probably just grin and bear it and still sit there. Heh!!

Aw hunter is so cute sitting like that in the group shots! He’s like a little teddy bear! Those mini burgers look so good too! I could eat 20 of them haha!

I have a question for you, sorry for posting it on here, you can remove it if you like… I’m doing my final paper in Industrial Design/Product design at the moment, We’ve been given a technology (a new ‘smart’ fabric) in our brief that can transmit vital signs and information from the movement and pressure applied to it.

I’ve decided to concentrate on designing something for the health and well being of babies, so I was wondering if you could think of any opoortunities where such a technology could be used to enhance everyday life. Im looking to enhance things like a cot, push chair, baby toy, changing table or something that can help you in anyway to nurse, monitor or look after Hunter.

It would be a great help towards my research/final project to know what mother’s like you are wanting to make life a little bit easier πŸ™‚

Hee he is my squashy teddy!

what a cool paper you’re writing.. and awesome you’re concentrating it on babies, heh. I would say a push chair would be most useful for me.. as he is very often in it (as we go out every day) and I would love to know why he’s fussing, haha!