All dressed up and all ready!

After an exciting day out at the sea, we've decided to just take it slow the following day. Since I had full control over where we could go, my girl friend was in for a pleasant surprise. :) All she knew was we're going somewhere nice for her birthday dinner.

While I had a few options at where to dine, I've decided to give blue mango bar and grill a try as it was nearby our hotel. They were also willing to pick us up from our hotel after I mentioned that I would be spending more then 100SGD with them.

What surprised me was that the owner, Claudio, personally came to pick us up. After chatting with him for a bit, I found out that his family flew in from Italian to open a restaurant in Phuket. To ensure that the food was top notch, he actually flew in his chefs from his homeland as well. So what we had was authentic Italian food. How awesome is that?

Beef and I

We ate like Queens and was never disappointed at their dishes. I love the that beef that I've ordered while my friend had lobster and seafood. The portions turned out bigger than expected and of course, we didn't mind having more.

Seafood and her

We've also ordered 2 desserts and a glass of dessert wine to share. Be warned that the desserts portions are huge! I would suggest 2 person to share 1 dessert as the portion was 2 times larger than what we have in Singapore.

Chocolate mousse in a huge serving

We left the place totally stuffed and satisfied. I can't remember the exact amount but it was roughly about $60SGD per person for everything. Considering that we've lobster and beef, this is very very decent! I've pretty much gave up eating beef and lobster/crabs in Singapore because I feel that we're paying too much for these stuff.

Crème brûlée

Continue reading if you're interested about the surprise I've presented. I gave her a pleasant surprise right before our mains arrived. As we've known each other for easily 13 years and have definitely come a long way, I thought of enhancing the friendship with a pretty friendship band. I could do the traditional way with strings but since we're all grown up now, I wanted to get us something pretty and wearable as a daily item.

Final Design

You've no idea how many malls I've walked to source for ideas and finally decided to work with precious stones. To make it unique, I've decided to add in my own design into the band. 2 sides of the band are different. Each presents a character of us. I'm very glad that she loved her gift and may this friendship continue to blossom in the many years to come.

It wasn't too busy when we were leaving, so Claudio gave us a ride back to Patong. While the night was still young, we've decided to braid our hair as well. It's been something I've wanted to do last year in Bangkok but never had the chance to. I would have preferred it if they were able to braid it slight thicker. It was a painful hair pulling experience but I guess it was worth going through it once for the punk look.