New Year's Eve - not a typical way to celebrate

Hubby n I were deciding what unique way to spend the New Year's Eve other than thronging with the crowd @ Marina Bay watching fireworks and counting down. So I had a brilliant idea... why not hit Little India where we could try some really nice North Indian cuisine? Btw, hubby is a very conservative diner (he eats mainly Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Thai food)... so I clearly thought he needed to be 'educated' on the various dishes popular in Indian cuisine.

Boy, was it a wrong night to hit Serangoon Road... we forgot it was Sunday, a typical day for the Bangladeshi workers to gather for a chit-chat with their hometown peers around Little India. Hubby n I had to wind our way through the large crowds (and I kept telling him to stick near me instead of wandering far off as he's in the habit of doing so...) and finally we made it to Usman Restaurant along Serangoon Road, facing the mosque.

We ordered cheese n garlic naan (wonderfully, freshly baked in a tandoori oven served piping hot), palak paneer (finely grated spinach with cottage cheese cubes) and hot plate pepper fish (Hubby liked this best). I initially wanted him to try Aloo Gobi, Aloo matar and Bhindi (ladies fingers in curry sauce) but sadly, they were all sold out. And like a typical caffeine addict, he had to wash his meal down with Kopi halia (coffee with ginger milk) and of course, plain water since he's not used to the spiciness of the food.

After dinner, we made our way through the small roads into Mustafa shopping center in search of Nic's casio watch. Barely 15 minutes in the shopping centre, hubby felt claustrophobic, saying he hadn't encountered such crowds in years so we scooted off home instead....now we know, Sunday is never a good day to hit Little India.