After a free night’s stay at Swissotel The Stamford, the bunny and I wandered over to Robinsons at Raffles City to do a spot of preemptive household shopping. We’re moving house in a few months, and I’ve been given a certain budget for kitchen apparati with which I can kit the kitchen out - we’re getting a much bigger one this time.

I went a bit crazy, and have already filled half the budget with KIV-ed miscellany. This, obviously, is worrying, since the kitchen department is a lot smaller compared to the Robinsons outlet in Centrepoint, and also I have yet to properly check out the kitchen gadgetry department at the new Tangs in Vivocity. I took a brief look a couple of weeks ago and I’m now about as scared of going back as Belle is of the fashion retail outlets in the new megamall. :)

Speaking of which, come Friday we’ll be undertaking the rather pointless mission of supervising each others’ spending in Vivo - she in the billions of shops, and me at the kitchen department. I forsee a lot of ooh-ing and aah-ing, as much spending, and very little supervision.

Anyhoo, the only things we picked up (literally) today were a pair of these dinky bodum espresso glasses, and an espresso maker for one. (I say literally because I don’t think mattresses that need to be delivered at a later date really count.)

You place cold water in the tank at the bottom, you pack coffee powder into a filter above it and place the whole thing above a heatsource, which forces the steam to go up (and get infused with) the coffee powder, through the tap, and into your glass. The entire contraption is about the length of the long + short side of a cigarette pack added together (I own not a ruler - but I’ll guesstimate 10-15cm?), and I’m particularly taken with it. :)