On Thursday, we dined at the Rise with several of Randy's co-workers and visitors from Genentech. The restaurant is a casual dining buffet located on the lobby level of the new Marina Bay Sands Hotel, Tower 1. The seafood is good & plentiful, but the desserts were the best, being tasty and light. Mary Lou posed with us at the ticket counter before we headed up to the Skypark.
This photos is one of many I took up top. Although it was a bit misty this night, it's still a fabulous place to view the Marina area of Singapore, especially with all the lights. The "infinity" pool one level up from the observation deck is only for the use of hotel guests, but you can get very close to it to get the effect of being right at the edge of the building. Not for the faint-hearted! The trees lining the walkway make for a lush setting and you can hang around as long as you like, taking in the view. Well worth the S$20 pax!
We wandered through the shopping centre surrounding the casino afterwards. It's a multi-level extravaganza that seems to be filling up fairly quickly as construction is completed. We're not quite up to the level of consumerism required to actually
purchase something at these high-end shops, but it sure is interesting to see the merchandise on display. One huge diamond displayed was several million dollars!
It's also Mid-Autumn Festival & moon cakes can be found everywhere. This very rich pressed cake is indispensable during this moon-worship festival, one of the four most important Chinese holidays. It comes in many different styles and quality levels, but is typically made with a lotus-seed paste filling surrounded by a thin pastry crust with embossed/raised symbols. This beautiful display shows a mold and some of the ingredients included. Yum!
On Thursday, we dined at the Rise with several of Randy's co-workers and visitors from Genentech. The restaurant is a casual dining buffet located on the lobby level of the new Marina Bay Sands Hotel, Tower 1. The seafood is good & plentiful, but the desserts were the best, being tasty and light. Mary Lou posed with us at the ticket counter before we headed up to the Skypark.
This photos is one of many I took up top. Although it was a bit misty this night, it's still a fabulous place to view the Marina area of Singapore, especially with all the lights. The "infinity" pool one level up from the observation deck is only for the use of hotel guests, but you can get very close to it to get the effect of being right at the edge of the building. Not for the faint-hearted! The trees lining the walkway make for a lush setting and you can hang around as long as you like, taking in the view. Well worth the S$20 pax!
It's also Mid-Autumn Festival & moon cakes can be found everywhere. This very rich pressed cake is indispensable during this moon-worship festival, one of the four most important Chinese holidays. It comes in many different styles and quality levels, but is typically made with a lotus-seed paste filling surrounded by a thin pastry crust with embossed/raised symbols. This beautiful display shows a mold and some of the ingredients included. Yum!
On second thought - I'll give the moon cakes a pass next year. The only kind we got were the kind with salted egg yolk in them. I kind of liked the egg yolk, although it was really dry, but the filling is not really sweet & hits your stomach like an anvil!
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