Restaurant reccomendation: Sa Yum Thai restaurant @ Club Street

Few things make my day as much as spending time over a hearty meal with family and loved ones.

Thanks to fellow mummy-blogger Ju Ann, Andy & I got the chance to be invited to a new eatery in town.

When you think of Club Street, mental images of bars and alcohol come to mind, but right smack in the middle of it sits a newly opened Thai restaurant called Sa Yum. 

Sa Yum is located near the public car park, in fact it is not difficult to locate it if you just walk up-slope from the car park.

I spot Sa Yum's yellow canopy!

Sa Yum Dining Room

42 Club Street, Singapore 069420.

Tel: 62211180

I really like the small, intimate setting in the restaurant.

The brightly lit interior adds a cheerful touch.



Click on the image for the full sized menu and prices.

This Thai iced milk tea is a staple beverage for me whenever I order Thai food :)
Hubby is drinking their iced coffee.

Introducing the first dish on our set menu: Grilled Issarn Sausage, a traditional Thai pork sausage served with sweet chilli dip and pickled vegetables.
$12

Chicken Tom Kha soup - Thai coconut soup with lemongrass, kaffir lime leaf and galangal (a type of underground shoot which resembles ginger)
$15

It is not spicy yet very flavourful so Adam and Ashton both slurped it up as well.

Larb Gai - A Northern Thai staple minced chicken salad, $15.
This is slightly spicy with chopped chilli padi inside, but when eaten together with the mint leaves it gives a refreshing lingering taste in the mouth.
It's my first time trying this and I'm glad I did (I usually stick to conservative dishes which I already know whenever I eat out).

Prawn Pad Thai fried noodle - thin rice noodles stir-fried with egg, Chinese pickles in a tangy tamarind sauce, $12/ $15.
I like their generous servings of bean sprouts and prawns, especially when mixed with the ground peanuts and sprinkled with green lime.

Mango sticky rice - $10.
Who doesn't love the sticky glutinous rice with coconut milk and sweet/sourish mango? I know I do!
Even though this came as the last dish (dessert), we had no problems polishing it off the plate.

For the kids - American fried rice with Spam and deep fried chicken skin, $12.
Warning! This is easily an adult-portion!
We had to pack 1 plate of this because our boys shared this enormous serving.

Here's what Adam had to say about his meal:

Sa Yum's motto is - Good food, good mood!

With the chef Wanida, and Amanda :) and of course my Ashton who forever sticky to me but doesn't like to smile properly at the camera *facepalm*

Thank you for your generosity and hospitality, Sa Yum!

We are humbled by your graciousness and the food is truthfully very Yum-my!

I took 2 days to look through the menu before getting back to Amanda because I couldn't decide what to order! LOL.

I love pineapple fried rice with the meat floss on top but also want to try new stuff I've yet to taste.

Arghhh tough decisions! Hehee..

Sa Yum also has alcoholic beverages, so this is a great joint for those looking for a great meal and waterhole.

Will be back to try other items which we have not eaten last week :)

** Sa Yum is pleased to offer all MUMZILLA's readers a 15% off your bill (excluding alcohol), valid until 18 April 2017, just quote "MUMZILLA2017" when you pick the tab :)

Please call +65 62211180 for reservations today.

Clip 'n Climb at Our Tampines Hub - Rock and wall climbing for the family.

This evening, our plan to visit Gardens by the Bay was foiled by wet weather, so we made a last minute decision to go to the all new Our Tampines Hub instead.

My objective was to find an activity were all of us young & old can participate, unlike the usual children-centred indoor playgrounds where adults had to sit out the fun for the few hours, therefore Clip 'n Climb seemed like a good choice.

About clip 'n Climb Singapore:

HomeTeamNS is the first to bring in the New Zealand born Clip 'n Climb into Singapore.

It is an action-packed revolutionalized climbing theme park catered for climbers for all ages*.

The facility features 19 exciting, colourful climbing challenges with different levels of difficulties for all levels of climbers.

* Children should be at least 10kg to climb.

At the entrance, we were contemplating whether to take up the Savers package which entitled us to 10 climbs, or to just pay ala carte.
The female staff at the reception was so kind to let us go in to play first, and said if our children enjoyed the activity, then we could decide to sign up for the Savers package.

Kudos to her, such flexible and accomodating service employees are few and far between!

Lockers are available for use free-of-charge.

Armed with just my camera, we are ready to Rock!

Be sure to dress in comfortable attire and covered / sports shoes.

There will be guides around the facility who will help you with tightening the harness and teaching you the right way to securing the carabiners.

Before you climb, shout "Check me!" for the instructors to check that you are properly fastened.

And before you descend, make sure there is nobody below you and shout "Watch out!"

The number of clicks indicate the level of difficulty.

My husband (who's afraid of heights) after "free-falling" down from the top LOL

This is my favourite station! It allows your partner to climb in tandem with you.

In my case, it serves as a motivation to our children to keep going.

None of us reached the peak I must confess. But I am proud of Adam and Ashton for being game enough to attempt climbing all the stations, YES even the most difficult ones!
Benefits of rock-climbing include improving physical and mental endurance, and for us, it is just important that our children challenge themselves and be an improved version of themselves at the end of the experience.

The boys had immediately spotted the Laser Quest facility upon our arrival, which was just next to Clip & Climb, and said they would go for Laser Quest the next visit :)

*Safe for 8yo and above or minimu height 1.1m.

Clip 'n Climb contact information

Location: HomeTeamNs Tampines, Our Tampines Hub, 51 Tampines Ave 4, #03-03, Singapore 529684.

Nearest MRT Station: Tampines MRT.

Buses that go there: 3, 8, 23, 34, 292, 293.

Tel: 67059410

Email: clipnclimb@hometeamns.sg

Website: Clip 'n Climb Singapore

Opening hours:

Monday - Thursday 12pm to 9pm (except 1st Monday of the month 2pm - 9pm)

Friday, Saturday, School holidays and Eve of PH: 10am - 11pm

Sunday & PH: 10am - 9pm

Price list:

Also check out Adam's first attempt at rock climbing at The Rock School (Bedok CC)

Phuket November 2016 - Go-Karting and Upside Down House.

Good morning Phuket! I love your lovely weather.

I shower 3x a day, my kids and I have sand in every crevice of our bodies, but no complains because it beats having our plans cancelled by wet weather.

Traveling with in-laws is always a good idea.
Whenever the big kid gets too difficult to handle, I can always hand him back to his parents :D

On our last day here, we checked out and went for Go-Karting.

Actually, Adam had wanted to drive his own kart but the staff advised us otherwise.
"No insurance!", and he pointed to the "damaged parts price list" pasted on the wall.
Better not risk it!
Perhaps when we next return, Adam.

After Go-Karting, our next destination was the Upside Down House.

It's apparently on the Top-five places to visit in Phuket, why haven't we been there before?!

BAAN TEELANKA

Behind the Upside Down House lies a 100 sqm garden maze, which our boys insisted on going into.

It is designed by Adrian Fisher, the world's most acclaimed maze designer.

Here comes my Alice in Wonderland moment!

Adam is already running ahead of us, wanting to  beat us in solving the maze.

So long, Upside Down House!

It had been fun posing with all your quirkily-designed furniture layout.