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...dinner starts with Scallion Pancakes ($4.50)—glutinous rice flour stuffed with scallions and herbs, pan-fried until brown and served with ginger sauce. They arrive from the kitchen piping hot, served on a bright blue triangular dish. The pancakes live up to their posh presentation—they’re more savory and less greasy than their counterparts at the Kong. Smile’s other appetizer options include: golden triangles ($4.50), diced potato, onion and curry powder wrapped in a pastry roll; and tod mun ($4.95), minced shrimp and codfish mixed with Thai spices...
After licking the bowl clean of ginger sauce, it’s time for our entrees. My assistant opts for crabmeat fried rice ($6.65)—a mélange of fried rice, crabmeat, onions, scallions, egg, green peas and tomatoes. Noting that the portion is large enough to feed the entire nation of Thailand by itself, I order pineapple fried rice ($6)—a fruitier combination that more closely aligns with my personality. Chicken, shrimp, pineapples, raisins, eggs and a touch of curry powder entice me to devour the large portion despite my recent weight-loss...
Fred Astaire And Ginger Rogers Dancing Chic to Chic...
First time out, it was Ginger and Fred: she was billed fourth, he fifth in Flying Down to Rio. They were filler, but when they stepped out in the musical number The Carioca, audiences knew that the gangly guy and the pert ingenue were an ideal match. Here was emotion expressed in motion, the finest blending of passion and technique. RKO would go on to pair Fred and Ginger in eight romances that would define how two bodies can flirt and fuse in dance...
...weekend brunch, the easy elegance of Marmalade Pantry at Palais Renaissance on 390 Orchard Road, tel: (65) 6734 2700, has quickly become the de rigueur meeting place for ladies who prefer to lunch on 15-centimeter-tall chicken potpies and sip on apple-mango-ginger juice combos called spunkys...