Dumplings with Ivana

Due to some small amount of fortune, we managed to meet up with Ivana
in Singapore on our way back to Hong Kong. It was nice to see a
familiar face after four weeks on the road. We proceeded to take her
on a mini-culinary tour of the Orchard road food courts. With three
people we could share/eat more. The first stop was Ambush, my
favourite Italian-Asia fusion restaurant/booth, in the basement of
Takashimaya (try the wild salmon with thai basil tomato sauce). We
moved on to banana leaf rice wraps, asia carrot cake (made of neither
carrot nor cake), and a pizza cone. Yes, a pizza cone, it tastes just
like it sounds. Since Takashimaya was closing, we went across the
street to the new Paragon mall for some fantastic dumplings. These are
hand made on site by an army of white clad chefs (you can see one here
in the background).