[Event] Dinner at The Fireplace Restaurant @ Tanglin Club

5 Stevens Road, Lobby Level, Tanglin Club, Singapore 257814

Tel: 6622 0432

Website: http://www.tanglinclub.org.sg/food-beverage/the-tavern.html

Opening Hours

Mon to Fri (lunch)                : 12.00pm to 3.00pm

Mon to Fri (dinner)              :  7.00pm to 11.00pm

Sat (lunch)       : Closed

Sat (dinner)                          : 7.00pm to 11.00pm

Sun (family lunch)                 : 6.00pm to 11.00pm

Public Holiday (family lunch) : 12.00pm to 3.00pm

I was excited to have dinner at The Fireplace at Tanglin Club for an event, and also to meet new friends, as well as catching up with familiar faces (if any).  This is a beautiful private club located off Stevens Road, beside The American Club, with lots of facilities to boost, as well as a few restaurants and lounges.

Cocktail reception was from 6.30pm to 7.00pm, with drinks and canapes served before dinner commencement.  It was there and then that we mingled and gathered like-minded individuals to sit together for dinner later on.

Dinner took place at The Fireplace Restaurant. After a short opening speech, we proceeded - table by table - to the buffet stand for our dinner. The food looked good and the mingling did not stop even as we were seated over drinks and dinner.

I polished off a few glasses of reds and some bread starter over conversations.

For food, the Roast Beef was good- succulent and tasty; many of us had multiple helpings of that.  I enjoyed my salad and the Mushroom and Pumpkin dish too.

The Seafood was enjoyable too - steamed mussels in garlic butter sauce, gratinated scallops with cheese and pesto (creamy, tasty) and the prawn tempura was utterly aromatic - we could smell them even from where we were seated).

Dessert was a delightful spread of fruits and cheese platter, as well as assortment of mini cakes / tarts. I loved the chocolate mousse and berry tartlets the most - the former being rich in its creamy texture, and the latter, fluffy, crunchy, saccharine.  The chocolate chip madelaines were fabulous too - buttery, crumbly, sweet.

I finished up with a cup of Hot Tea over more chatter.

There was a Wine Auction during the dinner to raise funds for the SG50 scholarships. I was one of the lucky bidders to walk away with a bottle of Mad Fish reds - cannot wait to sip it.   It was a fabulous event - thank you Murdoch University Alumni for organising it!

Murdoch University's Alumni Event @ Mint Museum of Toys

When I got the invitation from the university, and a brief glimpse of the location piqued my interest, so I decided to signed up. Well, I've never attended any alumni gatherings before -  not for polytechnic ("college" , for some of you) and certainly not for the university.

I thought it would be a good time to network, catch up with some familiar faces (especially those whom we've lost touch over the years) and maybe see what's going on with the university these days. Anyway, our event was held at the Mint Museum of Toys, which also gave me a chance to visit that interesting museum.

26 Seah Street, Singapore 188382

Tel: 6339 0660

Website: http://www.emint.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mintmuseumoftoys

It is a 5-storey contemporary building housing a museum, gift shop and Mr. Punch Rooftop Bar, as well as restaurants in the basement. Impressive, no? The exhibits consist of an impressive collection of toys and childhood memorabilia, including stuffed animals, tin cans and some vintage dolls etc - all with very detailed description. There are also events ongoing at the museum from time to time.

The opening hours are as such -

Mondays to Fridays                      9.30am - 6.30pm

Public holidays & Eve of CNY      9.30am - 4.00pm

Closed on first and second days of Chinese New Year

Admission Fees-

Child (ages 2 - 12)                       SGD$7.00

Adult                                            SGD$15.00

Senior Citizen (ages 60 & above)  SGD$7.50

So, we got a brief tour of the interesting museum after registering ourselves at the front door and getting a name tag as well as were asked to go join the alumni Facebook page. There were some magazines and newsletters for reading pleasure before the talks commenced.

There was also a cocktail station on Level 3 where we helped ourselves beverages (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) as well as some very light snacks. The Meat Balls were large and succulent but I preferred the taste of the Thai Fishcake with their tangy overturs.

And lots of red and white wine while mingling with new friends (what to do, since NONE of the people from your cohort were able to attend / were aware of this event!), catching up with an ex-colleague who happened to study here as well, and some photo sessions.

The red seats were set up as we were invited to be seated. Then the standard "Welcome back to Murdoch" speech by one of the school's personnel, followed by talks by guest speakers flown all the way in from various parts of the globe.

And then it was dinner session as we proceeded downstairs  - they catered buffet for us - there were quite alot of stuff. I took some fruit, vegetables, shrimp and chicken. It was time for more minglling, more museum tour and some more networking going on. I think some of them headed for drinks on their own accord after that but I had to rush off for another event.

Was glad I went because I made some new friends and touched base with a couple of people I know who also studied here.  I guess I would be attending future gatherings as such, and maybe rein in more people from the ex-cohort.

TIll then.