shopping at Ikea

lunch at ikea: poach salmon & wings

baking bowls from ikea

went to ikea at alexandra
to look for my baking bowls
lydia told me they may have
what i needed

weather's gloomy
and i am hungry
have saved my lunch
to eat at ikea

bus 961 from bukit panjang
is super crowded
and noisy
kids playing
women yakking
on their cell phones
indian mum & daughter
arguing in their lingo
and a weird uncle
blasting his small radio

glad that it was a smooth ride
can't wait to get off
i made it to ikea
before the rain

headed for ikea restaurant
alamak!
it's lunch time again
the crowd and the queue
never mind
i tahan first
so i started my shopping

found the oven safe
baking bowls
for my baked or gratin recipes
hubby will be happy
becos he loves gratin food

the bowls are rather affordable
to my surprise
those i bought were
rather lowly priced
from $3.90 to $5.90
thanks lydia
for the good lobang

its pouring
cats and dogs
headed to the restaurant
to try my luck again
2nd time lucky
the restaurant
is rather empty

i zeroed in

to have the poach salmon
with my wings of course
and not forgetting
my FREE coffee
on the way

finishing the poach salmon
is a victory
but looking at the wings
i surrender
cos the potatoes
have filled my stomach
to the brim

so i packed the wings home
possible for my dinner
hmmm...
time to think
wat's for dinner

no baking adventure today
cos its a wet day
making my way home
i got wet along the way

glad that i didn't
over buy today
only bought
what i went there for

tonite maybe
i will try to bake
penne of bacon in cream sauce
ok, that's set
shall be my dinner
for the night

**UPDATES**
dinner was changed
to baked rice
with breaded scallops
discovered there are
leftover rice in the fridge
so decided to change menu

i first fried the rice
with butter, garlic
onions, corns
mushrooms, bell pepper
& scrambled eggs
seasoned with salt
pepper & mixed italian herbs

My Recipe:
the fried rice is then
filled into my new
ikea oven bowls (hee!)
topped with defrost breaded scallops
& grated chedar cheese

oven baked at 180 degree
for 20 mins
*ting* goes the timer
rice is ready
to be served

if you are a lover
for cheese
you can add more
otherwise
go slow on the
grated cheese
or else very 'jelat' la