The family has not been on a holiday getaway together in a very loooooooong time. We had initially planned to go away for the weekend to KL, but in the end decided to stay in Singapore and check ourselves into a tiny little Sanctuary tucked in a quiet little corner of Sentosa island.
I cannot help but rave about the Amara Sanctuary. I had wanted to book us into another resort on the island but owing to some technicalities, eventually decided on Amara. And it was fantastic! No regrets. Even though I was just there a couple of weeks ago in March, I’ll be there again very soon this time to celebrate a girlfriend’s hen night! Wo0o0o00ot. Super happy to be unwinding there once again!
Our room package came with buffet breakfast for 2 and I LOVE buffet breakfasts at hotels because they have everything that I would love to have for breakfast on a daily basis: cereals, juices, yogurt, bacon (!!!), scrambled eggs, eggs done sunny side up, toast, croissants, fruits, salads, waffles (!!!), porridge and whatever you usually get at hotel breakfasts. But this breakfast blew me away!
Here’s what I had for Day 1.
Which was just the appetiser.
I loved the water biscuits and the cheese and the smoked salmon! Atas food to savour at an atas hotel. Then I had stuff which was pretty much made up of all things greasy. Muahahaha!
Of course, that wasnt just it. I had a tonne of food which I didnt bother taking pictures of because I was more concerned with filling my tummy till it exploded. But there was super duper delish muesli yogurt which was not to be missed, the freshly cooked eggs any way you wanted, even into an omelette with all sorts of filling and the porridge with GINSENG. There was even a sort of Chinese food section!
Day 2 I had countless servings of the water biscuits, cheese and salmon combination.
Trying to make it look more like fine dining.
Then round 2.
Pastry section was chock full of muffins, croissants, toast, apple pies and what nots. And they had dim sum on Sunday! Obviously Sunday morning breakfast would never be complete without dim sum such as prawn dumplings and paper-wrapped chicken (yummy!). Do you see the omelette and the porridge in the top corners of the picture? Looking at them makes my mouth water all over again.
Then then, came my ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE part.
THE WAFFLES!
There was a woman who happened to order waffles while we were in line getting our dim sum and we overheard her order much to our delight. Of course, after that we went straight to the waffle counter and ordered 2 sets of the yummylicious, fluffy, warm and delish waffles for ourselves. They came with maple syrup and butter on the sides, giving you the option of enjoying the waffles first in their original state before enhancing their flavour with toppings.
Look how thick the waffle is! And a healthy breakfast is never complete without the free flow of juices, coffee and tea!
Other than the satiating breakfast they offered, did I mention the big white comfy beds? *bounces*
My brother showing off his sexy leg.
And the bathroom had both a shower stall WITH a rain shower head AND a bathtub.
Cam whoring in front of the huge ass mirror strategically placed beside the bath tub.
We didnt use the bathtub cause the rain shower head was absolutely heavenly. The water pelts at your skin and massages your tight muscles. The only other time I experienced a rain showerhead was in KL Tunes hotel. I sooo need to get one of those in my house next time!
Okay, I have to admit we spent a pretty much a great deal of time in the hotel room watching movies and soccer on cable teevee. It was no surprise we would because the room itself was super enjoyable. When we were out, we hung out by the sky pool and baked ourselves till we became brown.
It was hard to resist spending lots of time there because the sky pool overlooked the sea on the 4th floor.
Though there was some construction on-going in the background dotting the scenic view with tall and mighty cranes, it didnt stop us from going for a drip in the comparatively chilly pool.
Helllllllooo sun!
And then, it was time to eat. AGAIN. Lol.
We made our way down to Marina at Keppel Bay where all the atas people who own boats park them when they aren’t out on the open shores. This is my current new fav place to hang out because of the relaxing ambiance.
The restaurant Prive overlooks the bay where all the boats are parked.
I love the food and the coffee there (Illy’s!) which go for affordable prices. No pictures again because I’m such a pig for food. I gobble everything immediately when it’s placed in front of me. Haha. Things like the Mushroom pasta which I had, freshly made sandwiches and burgers with Wagyu beef are FANTASTIC. My favourite drink is the Affogato – espresso coffee with one scoop of Vanilla ice-cream. YUMMMM! The only drawback of the place is its hard to reach location. You more than likely have to drive your way in cause the journey by foot from the Harbourfront MRT would take you about 25 minutes.
After lunch, we went back to the hotel to cam-whore in the beautiful surroundings and make like a photoshoot.
And then we went around Sentosa and went to the famous wedding tree where all the couples take their wedding pictures! This time I was the photographer for my parents and I forced cajoled them into posing in front of it for some lovely pictures and make like they were newly weds!
My parents were pretty sporting (one of the many things I love about them) and I managed to get some really nice shots. I particularly like these two. So cute!
And to end our holiday off, we took the beach tram to around Sentosa. Though it was a Sunday and quite crowded with ardent beach go-ers and we didnt get to play beach volleyball, you never quite feel you’re on a break until you do touristy stuff and go round the Sentosa beach on the beach tram.
The weekend is coming and Im going back there again! This time with a bunch of girlies and I cant wait for all the fun stuff to happen!
