Savoured Moments

The past few weeks have been peppered with meet-ups and gatherings with many friends who'd flown in from overseas, to spend their Christmas and Chinese New Year holidays back home in Singapore. In the typical Asian fashion, we'd get together over various meals, attempting to catch up with one anothers' lives, while trying to satisfy a multitude of cravings for the foods that they had missed.

However, now that the holidays are over, most of them have returned to continue their studies or work in different countries, and it'll be almost a year before I get to see them again. I'm already beginning to miss many of them, and know I'll probably be suffering from mild post-overseas-friends-withdrawal symptoms soon :)

Therefore, an old friend and I spent our evening at the 2am: Dessertbar at Holland V today, making the most of our time left together, before she had to make her way back to Australia too. The place was filled with a peaceful and relaxed atmosphere, while the desserts were extremely rich and decadent. Despite their relatively small size, the chocolate desserts oozed a thick molten chocolate filling with each bite, while the sorbets were refreshingly light, and balanced the richness of the chocolate. Furthermore, the desserts weren't cloyingly sweet, and both of us agreed that these were some of the best chocolate dishes among any of the cafes we've visited so far. We enjoyed the ambience too, and sat there chatting for most of the evening. And it was a "fine dining" experience indeed (i.e. dainty food portions, large plates, and huge prices ;)
However, when it came to the company and conversation that we shared there, those... were priceless... :)


"We savoured our moments together, and we would gather in out-of-the way places, ostensibly to talk at great length about inconsequential matters, but in fact to cement faces, the sounds of voices, and very personal connections forever in our memories."
- The Hidden City, by David Eddings.