Vivocity

Vivocity is our favourite shopping mall in Singapore. We used to visit almost every weekend cos we lived in the vicinity; we have so many happy memories of going to Sentosa from Vivo, letting the kids play and run around there, buying our birthday cakes from the Cedele there, visiting Daiso and Marche, and chilling out at the rooftop water play area.

I brought my parents there last weekend to try out the recently-opened Jamie’s Italian opened by Jamie Oliver. My dad is a closet fan of Jamie Oliver after watching his cook shows. I remember him saying that all that he cooks looks very delicious, although simple. Christian was so happy to be back there after such a long while. They had fun at Toys R Us (where I used up my voucher on a lego board, bubbles and magnetic alphabets), and where the grandparents bought him a Transformer as his advance birthday present. Gosh. Transformers. I remember playing with my brother’s Transfomers. Never thought I’d have a son who would be playing with the same toy..

 

We went to the outdoor playground at level 2 while my parents and helper started queuing at Jamie’s Italian. There are some new toys out there, like this jiggly caterpillar we’d never seen before -

They stared at the water jets for a bit, I bought Calista a pair of soft shoes she could put on and take off herself, and very soon, it was time for lunch!

JI’s was a visual treat for the kids. We were seated near the pasta machine and they saw how the pasta came flowing out and how the staff coiled them up,

there was a viewfinder which contained the kid’s menu,

and they even offered crayons and a drawing sheet!

Definitely kid friendly. We had some interesting food like polenta chips,

truffle risotto, fish in a bag, baked mushrooms, tagliatelle, fried squid, and Christian had the chicken lollipop (chicken on skewers) which was on the kid’s menu. His meal came with a salad in a jar which said “shake me”,

and they gave him a badge which said “I finished all my greens at Jamie’s!” =7 Good try at enticing kids to eat their greens!

We were too stuffed for desserts, which was a pity since I read that the best items on their menu are in fact the chocolate cake and tiramisu. Oh well, another time.