Eggtart

2011-11-23T00:26:00.002+08:00

There are many food outlets along Balestier Road, few famous outlets include Bak Ku Teh, Chicken Rice and also the fish head steamboat eatery I went toady. You will find yourself greeded by walls of pictures of outlet's boss took with celebrityies.

We ordered their signature steamboat, Red Garoupa Steamboat at $50 for 5 paxs, pretty reasonable price, with chuck of red garoupa meat and veggie. Prawn fritter is another traditional hokkien dish, I am not a mince meat lover, so this does not appeal to me at all.

Overall, give a chance to pop into the restaurant if you are balestier.

Fourty Hands

2011-11-14T01:07:00.002+08:00

Recently, more hip & trending shops sprucing up at this pre war housing estate area - Tiong Bahru, thus, injected vibes and vibrant to this once old and boring estate .

There is an artisan cafe well known for the brew, nestled at the area. Opened by Aussie , serves limited breakfast menu . My first time to the cafe surprised me by the overly-crowded yuppies sitting inside the cafe. As usual, I had my Latte , which gave strong aroma of coffee. Egg benedict served on traditional metal plate was a surprise too, the taste met my expectation.

I would highly recommend Salmon Hash and Gula Melaka Swiss Roll. Salmon hash was tasty and flavourful, salmon without fishy smelt and not over cooked. Gula Melaka Swiss Roll is rather unusual that I could only find it here, the sponge is soft, not too sweet , and rolled with shredded coconut.

If you are this area, pop into this cafe .

2011-11-13T22:45:00.002+08:00

Another Hokkaido Japanese Ramen hid at emtreme undiscoverd level 2 at The Central. This restaurant was introduced by my friend Xuan, otherwise, I would not find it. A must try is the Ramen with flavourful soup, noodle is springy, best combination with the half boiled egg.

One Caramel

2010-10-11T01:35:00.003+08:00

One Caramel is another new cafe that specialise in dessert and cakes , it hides beside The Cathay (tends to miss it) , with just few tables . All cakes are freshly made by their pastry chef. My sweet tooth experience at One Caramel ;

Lychee Rose Cake
Lychee mouse layer with rose sponge cake, a perfect concoction that gives strong aroma of both flavours.

Strawberry Short Cake
This reminds me the strawberry short cakes that I had ate during my trip in Japan few years back, layers of crush with fresh strawberries and mouse.

Red Valvet Cake
Maybe my taste bud doesnt like it, the sweetness too overpowering that my tooth ache .

Fribika

2010-09-12T23:44:00.003+08:00

This is another latest drinking place at the mid of a building , seated at the mid building of The Klapton boutique hotel. For opening promotion, they are extend 1 for 1 offer between 5 to 9 pm , a glass of champage is around $18 , will recommend to go with friend to share the drinks.

Another merit point about the place is the view, although it didnt provide city view but overlooks Keppel port , especially dazzling at night.

Shin Kushiya

2010-05-09T23:55:00.005+08:00

My first visit to Shin Kushiya @ Vivo City, it was rather pack , perhaps due to mother day. They provide 2 different set of menus - savory menu & dessert and drinks menu.

All the food featured on the menus looked appetising , but we only have one stomach with restriction of intake, if not, I would have ordered all.

'Buta Don - Pork with rice bowl , the pork seasoned with special sweet sauce, & the pork taste wonder. The pork tasted especially extra-ordinary . is extremely tender and soft .

Tako Fry - Crispy with chuck of tako

BlackPepper Maguro Sarada - Seasoning is refreshing with a hint of sourness that perks your appetite, the maguro was perfectly grilled.

First CNY Yu Sheng @ Tung Lok Seafood

2010-02-06T23:54:00.007+08:00

This lunch is my first CNY loi-hei of the year, the lunch was organised to thank SingTel for their support rendered to us .

Tung Lok Seafood @ Central located at a far away level that is not easy to find, at level 11. no direct lift reach the floor, only way is to take lift to level 10 and transfer to escalator which link t o level 11.

Overall, the food is palatable but not really "wow" that made be return .

2010-02-02T21:42:00.007+08:00

In Shanghai, there is a street famous for little lobster, we were very fortunate that our friend who stayed in Shanghai for more than 6 months bought us here. The entire street sell baby lobsters , despite so many shops selling baby lobsters, Ivan strongly recommended Hao Ji , reasons being , it had been featured by local TV , celebrities had patronized the stall, the best among all in term of cleanliness.
Lets talk about the food, we had baby lobsters, scallops, BBQ oysters, shrimps ( HK name it as urinated prawn) etc. Ivan told us that the season for baby lobster is summer, the baby lobster not so meaty during winter, still, the baby lobster taste sweet (maybe it’s the original taste ).

Baby Lobster

Salty Urinated Prawn

need to know the skill to peel the shell . The texture of the prawn taste similar as crab.

a kind of clam which I really dun know the exact name, find it a bit slurpy and oily.

2010-02-02T00:28:00.002+08:00

Xiao Yang fried dumpling is one of the shanghai local delicacies that I missed the most, which is also rather well-know in Shanghai community, that several food and travel programmes featured Xiao Yang. Please be prepared to queue .

The skin of the dumpling is deep fried till it turned golden brown, ,thus, made it crispy, be cautious if you bit the dumpling, the juice or rather the soup burst out that may scorch your tongue. The filling is minced meat mixed with some vegetable, although is simple , but it is very tasty that you dun taste the usual pork smell or taste that we eat in Singapore. Sometimes, I do wonder the main factor for the winning formula could it be the pork that they used ?

The Ship Restaurant

2009-12-17T00:30:00.002+08:00

My third visit to restaurant within 2 months, my main purpose was for the accaimed best fish slice bee hoon. The unique plus point is separating the sliced fishes with the soup, thus retain the crispyness of the fish. The milky base soup taste divine . Consider this restaurant if you are near the area, is value for money and worthy .

Sunset cove @ seletar camp

2009-12-15T01:48:00.002+08:00

Bei Shang Chun

2009-12-08T01:20:00.003+08:00

Is a terrible restaurant that not worth for try. Dun be deceived by the signboard $13.90 per pax, in fact it is a student price . although the price per adult at $16.90 , considering the variety of the food which definately not worth to pay for . Moreover, there are other hidden costs that not explicitly show at the menu or any sign . The price limited to 2 hrs dining, extra charge incurred for any stay longer, a glass water cost $1 which none of the servers hightlighted when we requested. Food took quite a while to replenish , seem using unscrupulb tactics to make patronisers to pay more.

Wild Rocket

2009-10-26T23:26:00.004+08:00

Thanks to Ngee Poly of the course that I took gave me chance to dine at Wild Rocket at a great value price , $25 nett for 3 course meals . Wild Rocket is a well-know restaurant situated at secluded area that you will never wanted to be there, not easily accessible unless you have a car. The founder , Willie is a ex-lawyer turned into chef due to his passion in food .

The ambience is quite, nice ,cosy and relaxing. Our menu ; mushroom soup, sambal fillet and pandan pudding .

Mushroom Soup - give a very robust taste of mushroom, not the usual creamy mushroom.

Sambal Fillet - Couldnt remember the fish that they used for the dishes, the winning formula for this dish definitely must be the condiment mixed local flavour , sambal chilli to it . U will never imagined that sambal chilli could be internationalised too.

Panda Pudding - Light flavour of pandan leaf, but the taste escalated to next level with the mixture of the brown sauce (I think is made from Gula Melaka ) , somewhat peranakan meet west, but tasted magically .

2009-10-18T12:12:00.002+08:00

I have heard about how good this Hokkaido ramen was, till, I have the opportunity to taste it today.

Soup base is full of essence from meats, bones ...... is tasty but a bit salty for my taste bud, nonetheless, the menu did indicate that we may find the soup salty and we may request to add soup that suit out taste.

I believed the chef had brew it four severals hours,

The ramen is springy , OMG, the egg is the master piece that the egg yolk remain watery better than the half boiled egg that we have for breakfast.

Crystal Jade Palace @ Paragon

2009-10-12T01:02:00.004+08:00

I confuse that I decided to have our lunch was indeed lure by one of porridge at Crystal Jade Palace @ Paragon. Previously, I had this dish, thus it made me remember the seafood freshness and the juicy oyster without the smell (I do not eat oyster at all) . The soup was tasty , light, clear and healthy. However, the standard hasdropped today, the oysters are raw and I could taste the slippery texture of the Oyster that I hated the most.

As for the dim sum that supplement the porridge , in short, passable but not that fantastic, well looking at service aspect, service staff are very attentive, thoughful and speedy. For price, should catergorise as up market restaurant.

MoonCake

2009-10-05T00:08:00.004+08:00

Its another once a year affair - mooncakes gathering, this year was an unusual year for us that we had too many mooncakes, eventually, we had to give away boxes of mooncakes. Hananese mooncakes - salty taste allow me to reminisce days with my dad, my long time favourite is snowskin mooncake, I have to confess that I am rather on the texture and filling of snowskill mooncake, Fairmont Hotel snowskin standard remain the same, Raffles hotel gave me surprise, and intercon snowskin gave the surreal texture of japanese sweet potatoes .

I cant wait till next year for my champaign mooncake from Fairmont !!!!

Bali Thai @ Ion

2009-09-21T14:22:00.002+08:00

There are many new food outets set up presence at Ion Ochard, one of them is Bali Thai, reason being for me to choose this restaurant because there wasnt any queue compared to others. Frankly, I did not place high expectation, it is a fusion restaurant that provide Thai & Bali cuisine.

To test the skill of a so call Thai restaurant, simply order Tom Yum Soup, it will not go wrong.

It is clear soup base Tom Yum Soup VS milky base that we ususally had in Thailand, nevertheless the soup tast wonderful with plenty of vegetable , generous portion of seafood at friendly price.

Worth a try !

Hong Kong Trolley Noodle

2009-09-17T00:16:00.002+08:00

This is an eatery situated inside Marina Square Food Court, intitially I was quite skeptical to enter the eatery despite the poor presentation of the food, still, I gave it a try as I couldn't over come my crave for Hong Kong trolley noodle...

Scoreboard for this attempt: 2
- 2 points was given for the radish that took quite a while to stew it till soft
- soup is oily, with msg seasoning
- overcooked soak cuttle fish
- fishballs were hard
- chicken wings were tasteless

So this has managed to secure a place in my ban lists.

Secret Receipt

2009-09-16T00:27:00.003+08:00

Strongly recommend this cake from secret receipt, I fall in love with this banana cake just only first bite. It gives very rich and robust chocolate taste, non processed coco taste with chunk of bananas. Not to worry, it is not so sweet like most of the chocolate , but , it is still sinful to have chocolate with banana cake. Fat ! Fat !

Imperial Treasure @ Ion

2009-08-16T23:42:00.003+08:00

I enjoy having Hi - Tea at Imperial Treasure which usually they serve hi - tea menu between 2.30 - 5.30 pm, set tea menu priced ranging from $5 - $13.50 depending on no of items and type of food. I offen order $7.00 set that come with noodles serve with deep fried spare ribs, 2 pcs of Dim-Sum and a cup of HK milk tea. The noodles infact is the common instant noodle that we could get it from supermarket, however, the soup base is tasty and without any msg, the cook knows the tactic to cook the noodle very well, not soggy but springy.

2009-08-09T01:13:00.005+08:00

Finally, I had a chance to taste the world famous pork chop bun at Macau. When we arrived at the eatery, there was a very long queue queuing for the pork chop bun, although the queue was very long almost 50 people ahead of me, less than 20 mins was my turn to order, in fact I find is their system and staff efficiency that cut down my queuing times.

Lets talk about the famous bun, the meat is humongous, the bun is soft (i believe is home made by themself), the pork chop is well marinated , tender & juicy. Thumb up !

The Ship Restaurant @ Shaw

2009-07-20T00:06:00.005+08:00

I believed The Ship restaurant is not strange to anyone, it had been in Singapore for 3 decades opened by a group of hainanese , this restaurant came to our mind should thanks to Jenny, helping us to recall this nostagic restaurant by suggest it for our dinner. Before stepping into the restaurant, you will be greeted by overseas article writing reviews on the restaurant, pasted on the glass panel. Once I stepped into the restaurant, I started to remincise those days that I had my lunch here when I was young, the furniture remain the same, the lighting still dim, the stone flooring still there, the port-hole toilent still there.

Lets not talk about their food, we are mainly attracted by the good reviews for their sliced fish noodle to be here, hmmm. So sad, the dish was so popular that the item had already sold out in the afternoon, nevetheless, the dishes that we ordered were tasty. I had Grilled pork chop that came with pineapple sauce, the pork chop was tender and juicy that came taste perfect with pineapple sauce that gives sour and sweet taste.

Wan Hao Restaurant

2009-07-18T23:39:00.005+08:00

Wan Hao at Marriot hotel is currently running a special promotion for their dim sum; $18.80 ++ per person al la carte buffet for 20 over items of dim sum. This offer is only valid for weekday lunch .

Wan hao didnt disappoint me despite at such a great value price, the dim sums are fresh, well seasoned, and even the deep fried items werent not oily and yet crispy, the golden browny colour reflected that they only deep fried the items once ordered.

2009-07-18T23:23:00.005+08:00

Recommended one by one our friends that Grand mum kitchen serves authentic malaysia food. I ordered one of the sets that cost $15.00, the drumlet was hot when served, meat remain tender and well seasoned with spice. Rice wasnt the ordinary rice, colourful rice with several favours to complement the dishes. The taste same as the ususal nasi brani at the hawker centre and food court, nothing fanstatic to shout about. However, if you like to be served and dine at a comfort area without any pressure, its still worth to pay for additional dollars to be served .

2 Chefs

2009-05-17T00:34:00.002+08:00

My second visit to 2 Chef , highly recommend 2 of the signature dishes butter spare rib and hony chicken.

2009-05-10T01:16:00.008+08:00

Although Singapore has several localised Japanese restaurant , Sushi Teh is always my first choice to dine in , not for 100% authentic Japanese food, but for crave of tasty fusion sushi. In fact Sushi Teh has came out with several unique sushi that attracted and retained loyal customer like me. Rainbow sushi - give us a tropical taste with slices of mango that is so refreshing and light. Dragon Sushu - robust taste of eel with Avocado .

Seafood International @ Big Splash

2009-05-09T01:09:00.004+08:00

Had been receiving email from Seadood International for their A-la-cate buffet at special great price that comes with more than 50 of dishes eat till you full. Thanks to my boss that we had our lunch here. The restaurant were packed with eater despite it was a weekday, and the restaurant is not easily asscessible . As usual , we ordered many seafood items and some veggie. With such a great price, I didnt put too expectation as long as taste passable . But, there are 2 items that I think it could lure me back will be the mini abalone and fried pumpkin with salted egg yolk. Mini Abalone taste excellent ! The pumkin was way above my expectation that It has neve came cross my mind that combination of salted egg yolk with the pumpkin tasted divine .

Raku @ HV

2009-05-02T23:57:00.008+08:00

We wanted to have our sushi at Sushi Teh intially, but we were too late for the last order. Our craving for Sushi did not stop, our eyeball shifted to a Japanese behind Sushi Teh - Raku. I have heard several nagative reviews on the outlet, but then, I have never experienced it. So ! Lets give a try.

We ordered Spider Maki, California Maki, Japanese Clam, Eel maki. Althought the price is at the high side, the presentation, quality and quanity of the food does not match the price. In short .. overpriced. I didnt feel surprised at all, overall standard is the same as Sushi Teh which charge much lesser. A cup of Ocha costs $4 . For the price charged, I would rather spend at Keyaki @ Pan Pacific that guarantee excellent Sushi.

Oricole

2009-04-12T23:15:00.006+08:00

A disappointed meal that I had at Oricole hidden inside the Pan Pacific sevice apartment, it just another mediaocre quality of food. For the amoun that we paid, we could recieved better food from elsewhere.

Seoul Yummy

2009-04-12T23:10:00.004+08:00

There are few new eatries opened at Sq 2, recommened by Pearl, we gave a try at this Korean restaurant. It is a simple and modern designed improvished korean restaurant to suit local palate.

Bimbimbap is one of my favourable korean dishes, as the main ingredients are vegetable thus made it light and refreshing. A simple & easy to prepare dish.

Boss

2009-03-28T23:38:00.003+08:00

I wasn't allowed to take any picture in this Hong Kong restaurant, which did puzzle me that I paid for it, what so secretive about the restaurant.

Frankly, the price on the menu belong to more up-market, which I dun find it worth to pay for the quality of food . The only reason for me to patronise this restaurant is their most famous signature bun, custard bun. I have to admit that this is the best custard bun I had ever tried before, the orangy & tasty juice splashed out from the first bite ...

Tampopo @ Liang Court

2009-03-24T20:41:00.004+08:00

When you arrive at Liang Court, do not be surprised by the Q outside the restaurant, Tampopo is relatively famous deep fried quality Japan black pig, the immediate first bite tells you it is q quality pork, no piggy smell, very soft, juicy .... although it is an deep fried dish, it wont made you feel greasy at all.

Next item, I would to introduce is the silky toufu, a very refreshing that gave a very strong taste of soya bean , another plus point is the texture is so unique that you would like to have more.

TCC

2009-03-10T00:27:00.005+08:00

This coffee had won 2nd place in Singapore Barista Championship 2009. I was in fact deceived by the visual on placard, the size of the cup looked bigger on picture than the actual size served to me. The drink is an enhanced version of espresso coffee, first sip gave a touch of caramel and aroma of vanilla, second sip gave the taste of bitterness. Whatever , the award winning coffee still failed to win my heart, the new mixture taste just simply too robust that lost the character of quality coffee.

Sin Ho Sin Restaurant

2009-02-22T23:29:00.004+08:00

Sin Ho Sin Restaurant has growth from a stall in a coffee shop to now 3 storey outlets situated at entrance of Tiong Bahru Road. We ordered Yu-Sheng, Signature braised pork belly, crispy chicken, fried veggie and mee suan.

Basing on a coffee shappy enviroment, the dishes charged are at the pricey side, moreover, the portion served wasn't a lot to make it worth.

As for the taste, my palate didnt has much expection at this restaurant, could only rate it average, is not a must try outlet.

Two Chefs Eating Place

2009-02-22T23:03:00.005+08:00

MY PC was down few weeks, I had missed weeks to share my CNY gourmet experiences.

This year, we changed our venue for reunion dinner to Two Chefs Eating Place. Although I made 3 weeks advance reservation, only managed to reserve for 9 pm slot. Luckily, we made the right deicsion to have our dinner at 9 pm , my family and myself were still very full when we reached at the eatery, we had our lunch at 3 pm, and begun eating continously will 6 pm. Our tummmies filled with CNY food....

We had more than 8 auspicious dishes at the eatery, depsite the crowd, the waiting time not too long, service was prompt, food served hot, and the price came out to be surpisingly pocket friendly during CNY eve. Total Bill: $168 for 7 paxs

Sharkfins With Scallops & Crabmeat

Gave generous portion of chunks of sharkfins

VegetableW dried Scallop, Mushroom

Veggie was not over-cooked.

Fried Prawn served w Mayonnaise

Thumbed up for this, tested the skill of the chef that the shrimps were hot inside , yet the mayonnaise sauce melted and blended with the shrimps at right temperature.

Marmite Sparerib

Well marinated,with robust taste of marmite .

Boss @ Vivo City

2009-02-16T23:55:00.003+08:00

Boss @ Vivo city gives your a very cosy feeling the moment you stepped into the restaurant. Their service is excellent that they literally attached one server to each table, but that came with a price. Be prepare to pay more here, the minimum charges for a plate of Tim Sum starting from $4 . My return to the restaurant mainly attracted by the Signature Custard Bun. The bun filled with golden and yet juicy custard mixed with salted egg yolk, the filling flowed out the bun when tearing the bun . $6 for 3 small custard Buns.

Famous custard bun.... one bit could made golden juice splashing out.

2009-02-04T00:32:00.006+08:00

This afternoon was my second visit West lake Restaurant @ Queen Road, indeed the Kong Ba Bao made me drooled , lured me for my return. Its Chinese New Year ! Season of eat eat eat! Season of gorge gorge gorge ! Our main objective to here surely for LOI HEI ! The food was tasty , portions were large that we had left over . Our dishes ; Yu Sheng, Kong Ba Bao, deep fried salted chicken, salted egg with beancurd, fried sambal long bean, prawn roll.

2009-01-22T23:47:00.002+08:00

Chilli Padi was another restaurant highly recommended by Channel 8 food show "Buffet Buffet" aired last month. Had made several trips there to try our luck but usually effort came to nought. Full House ! Finally, our taste able to savour Nonya food at $8.80 per person for kueh, laska and coffee.... but for the small price we were paying, we could only find a main course which was laksa, few varieties of Nonya kueh, 2 -3 items of hot snack plus hot drink.

Taste of the food was passable that couldnt give me the wow factors, the laksa was rather creamy and robust with strong aroma of coconut but still lack of the unique taste of perankan laksa.

Overall, at the price paid for, we should we be complacement with the food served ?

Hog Breath Cafe

2009-01-06T22:06:00.001+08:00

Hog breath café ,begins known for its quality steak, sad to say my visit to Vivo city branch was truly an disappointment. Sat at hidden corner behind Daiso Japanese mart with Australia country style design, gave diners cowboy dining experience. The services here was suck, that we waited for more than 15 minutes for our order to be taken, no complimentary ice water, the soup served with the main course…. ....

Food wise, I ordered natural steak (lite cut) a smaller portion that was just nice for me, the steak wasn’t that wonderful, chunk of fats on the piece of steak, not juicy, overall the steak taste no different with those at hawker centre. Why did I pay $27 ++ for such quality of beef ?

PS Cafe @ Paragon

2008-12-28T01:43:00.004+08:00

There is no doubt tha PS cafe is a place for pastry and coffee... sitting down relaxing with a cup of aromatic coffee. The Lemon tart went perfectly well with coffee.. sweetness and bitterness from coffee smoothen the sourness of the lemon tart. The mixed berries cheese cake was soft , and cheesey .

Royal Copehagen

2008-12-25T23:06:00.005+08:00

X'mas Eve

2008-12-25T23:04:00.011+08:00

Merry X'mas !

It's X'mas time, this year we had our celebration at Ss Chin new flat, she prepared spread of food for our stomachs . Although we couldnt find our X'mas tree to display, Sis Chin was so creative that she recycle a card board and X'mas ornaments to an enviromental friendly X'mas tree.

Our Main course; Turkey, Roast Crispy pork roll, pasta, honey baked ham, cheese prawn, bacon roll...

Our dessert ; log cakes from Fairmount & Four Seasons, brownies, Agar, Ice cream from Islander Creamy ..

Rainbow Centre

2008-12-19T00:05:00.006+08:00

X'mas is coming ! It is time to share our joy with others, same as last year, a group of volunteers from Mediacorp gathered together to spread X'mas joy to Rainbow centre children. They are group of children that require special attention... please go to rainbow centre website for more information. Thanks to both our wonderful kind hearted host Stanley Leong - DJ of 95.8 and Nick Shen - believed he is not a stranger to those watched TV prgramme. Honestly, I was very excited prior to the event as enjoyed listening to Stanley Leong programme, been wanted to know how he looked like ... ha ha he sound charming on air. Both hosts were fantastic , playing games with the kids despite they were "rather" hard to control simply oblivous with their surrounding ... other than games, we even engaged magician, ballonist.... and even santa clause to give away present.

The children and parents too engrossed by one of the performance... magic show.

This pic was taken as product incidental for Mc Donald .....

Yahooooo ! We wiped out all the food ... no left over ...
Thanks to 933 Roast Duck for the roast ducks and chickens, Old Chang Kee for the fishballs & Curry Puff, 933 Golden Pillow for curry chicken, Mandarin Hotel for the log cakes, Mc Donald for 80 sets of happy meals .........

Pub @ United Sq

2008-12-19T00:05:00.002+08:00

I hate beer due to the bitterness taste .. but I found a place that served beers from all over the whole.. African beef, China funny beef, Chile beef ...... and also fruit beef . Fruit beef tasted sweet with a flavour of fruits. Pink Killer is a grape fruit beer and the blue label is mixed berries beef... alcohol contain less than 4% ..

Daidomon @ United Square

2008-12-15T01:34:00.006+08:00

Again ! Lured by Channel 8 food programme "Buffet Buffet" , in fact I had dined at keypoints outlet few years back. This is the right choice for quality beef, you could find different parts of beef including innards. The beef served at the restaurant fed by corns only... the marbling and fat on the beef assured the quality of the beef. At the price of $43 ++ for unlimited serving of good quality beef, meats, veggie ..... it definitely worth to make your tummy expand... ha ha.. Its X'mas time for indulgence ..

A must for me ... vegetable salad after so much meaty meat.

Look at the texture of the beef.... marbling and fat ..

Lao Beijing @Novena Square

2008-12-10T01:38:00.005+08:00

West Lake

2008-12-05T01:00:00.004+08:00

Happy Birthday to me ! Today is my big day ! First, Thank you my bosses, buddies, brother and sisters for this wonderful lunch at West Lake Restaurant . I really enjoyed the food ordered, brasied pork belly with bun, steam tofu with salted egg york ......... and my birthday ice-cream cake from Island creamy.

2008-12-03T00:33:00.006+08:00

Due to the low market sentiments and popular demand for Japanese buffet, Kushibo Great World City converted themselves from an atas fine dining japanese restaurant to a family buffet restaurant. Priced at $43 +++ for dinner, a spread of food welcome you upon stepping into the restaurant. To ensure your trip worthwhile, simply pamper yourself with the high quality, sweet and tasty long leg crab air-flown from Japan.

To make your money worth.... just simply attack the long leg crab ... sweet and tasty

Taiwan , Day 04

2008-11-28T00:23:00.004+08:00

Our healthy breakfast prepared by the home stay owner at Hua Lian.

An overview of our homestay in Hua Lien, the air in the morning is refreshing made you think that you lived in paradise

This stall only served wanton soup, which was very famous as it is one of the Taiwan ex president favour stalls .

Dont miss this Ice shave at Shi Lin Night Market , the ice is soft and sweet.

Taiwan, Day 03

2008-11-28T00:22:00.009+08:00

We woke up at 6 am in the morning to catch this picturesque sunrise .. this picture was taken from our room.

Hearty & warm breakfast by the home stay owners, the sweet potato salad was yummy. Coffee was brew from distilled flask that enhanced the aroma of coffee. This meal lighten up our day, well I started to miss this place .

We boarded our train to Hua Lien, as we didnt have the chance to purchase meal onboard, we had our dumpling as lunch at Taroko Gorge.

Toroko gorge is one of the best national park in the world for the fact that the entire mountain worth billions dollars of marble. The weather was chilling when we stroll along the gorge enjoying the beautiful natural scenery.

The sky turn dark at 5 pm in Hua Lien, we ended our sightseeing at this local aboriginal restaurant for dinner.

The chicken was tasty , skin was crispy and yet the meat still remain tender and juicy. We need to use our bare hand to peel the meat, this is how the local taste this dish.

Our dinner

unlimited serving of black glutinous rice.. the dishes here were very appetizing that I had 2 bowls of rice.

Taiwan, Day 02

2008-11-28T00:22:00.008+08:00

Partial of buffet breakfast spread at our hotel .

Guess ?? What is this ? Is a mock up piano at the International Singer Theresa Teng Tomb. Piano plays song sang by Theresa upon stepping on it.

Yeh Liu natural park that gives natural rock formations

Must try dessert at Jiu Fen... Yam ball , sweet potato ball. Chewy, sweet ad filling . It costed NT40 for a big bowl.

Our homestay in Jiu Fen on top the hill. Unfortunately, it was raining heavily when we reached Jiufen, this picture was taken next morning.

Taiwan, Day 01

2008-11-28T00:19:00.001+08:00

Shimending Ah Chong Mee Suan .

Very easy to find this stall, when you see people standing around with this green colour bowl . Bingo. you are at the right place. Mee Suan is not soggy and full of flavours.

Pinchon

2008-11-09T01:06:00.008+08:00

A newly established Spanish restaurant at Rochester - Pinchon. Rochester park is a wonderful place for tranquility yet with food that satisfy your stomach . We chose alfresco sitting area that gave us the entire view of Rochester park, watching individuals. One of servers was wonderful that he gave extra miles to us, ensuring our sky-juice refilled promptly, ensuring us that we are fine with food, ensuring us that we will be attended promptly ,provide good recommendation on the food ......

The only drawback to have meal here is the menu... their name of dishes are superb long, imagine more than 7 words mixture of jargon wording for each dishes, as such you will find the importance of servers around you.

Beef Terrayaki with Shabu Shabu sauce

The beef is juicy , well-cooked , perfect married with Shabu Shabu sauce. The beef literally melted in your mouth . Excellent !

Minced Duck breast with bread.

Didnt taste like duck but tuna, damaged the orginal taste of duck

French Snails

Snails were huge !

Stew button mushroom

Juicy mushroom with robust flavour .

Spanish Dessert

Brandy ice cream matched with similar dessert with bread pudding. the texture, taste exactly the same but it coated with layer of caramel. An unique dessert that could find elsewhere in Singapore

Chang Porridge

2008-11-05T20:43:00.005+08:00

This traditional stall has been around Tiong Bahru for more than 4 decades, yet their business still thriving despite fierce competition around the vicinity. The fundamental of their success is the smooth , tasty porridge cooked over a charcoal stove for more than hours daily that gave u the nostalgic taste.

There are plenty of ingredients for your to choose; Pig innate porridge, Century egg porridge, lean meat porridge, chicken porridge...... whatever you go for, each bowl of hot porridge taste divine .. smooth, not watery, not starchy and tasty .

One advise if you intend to be there during weekend, please bring along newspaper or magazine or whatever that could entertainment yourself while waiting for the porridge to be served. Minimum waiting time 45 mins ... so isnt it a training ground to train your patient.

Old Hong Kong Kitchen

2008-11-04T00:35:00.003+08:00

A new Hong Kong eatery spruced up at Novena Square 2, I need to be forefront that I dun have much expectation for local HK restaurant after several tasting . However, the lady boss of the Old Hong Kong Kitchen raised my hope after a round of introduction of their menu and chefs. All chefs came from HK, and each chef specialises in one item on the menu. (I though there must be a ratio of Singaporean against foreign chef, I dun see local servers ... ???) Well, it turned out to be another disappointment , the dishes that we had ordered tasted alike including the texture despite these dishes were recommended by the lady boss. Peking Duck is Beijing famous dish, when has it became HK dish. The skin wasn't crispy that could gave me a wow factors. Although the savory dishes failed to captivate me , but the dessert is worth for a try.

Shark Cartilage Mee Suan ; the mee suan absorbed the essence of the soup that made it perfect , not too soggy.

Peking Duck

Cloud - soft mango puree with pomelo.

The Canteen

2008-10-27T00:45:00.004+08:00

The canteen reopened at Shaw Centre right beside entrance of Isetan, compare to previous upmarket The canteen that served western cuisine , the new Canteen changed concept skewed toward locals . No nicely presented pasta or colourful pastry. New Canteen served only Singapore food or modified local hawer food like chilli crabs toast, Laksa Udon etc. In fact, it just another high end food court for a better enviroment that you could sit down to be served by servers comfortably. For the food wise, I ordered the tea set E came with Banana & peanut toast and local coffee. My toast indeed was spread with peanut and Banana .... there the taste. We tempted by the picture of Lychee Jelly and recalled review on 8 Days, rather disappointed with the dessert that served entirely different with the image shown on the menu and 8 days. I had been deceived by the picture, smaller portion, looked bland compare to green ice shave image. Taste wise, it was merely can lychee mixed with cocount milk , that's simple that anyone can prepare this dessert.

2008-10-14T19:50:00.008+08:00

My favorite dessert place after my steamboat at Liang Seah Street : Ji De Zhi.
Here, you could find wide variety of HK desserts include pastes, ginger knock milk ….. a dessert place for you to reminisce HK dessert.

My all time favourite; Simmer milk with Walnut paste
It is a divine combination ; smooth , creamy, thick and yummy .

Luo Man Zhi
Glutinous rice with durian paste coated with coconut shreds. A right place in Singapore for this HK snack. Still. Cant complete with HK.

2am Desser Bar

2008-10-05T23:54:00.001+08:00

Cant remember ! Dessert presented like an art ! Sorry ! Couldn’t remember the taste

Just to have some recall session, if you had watched Channel 8 Star Chef you will know the person behind 2am Dessert. The bar was set up by the champion of Star Chef 01, the demeanor chef Janice . It is a chill out place for “atas” ones is the impression I had once I stepped into the bar. A row of white couches, contemporary black design finishing & dim light that I could barely read the menu to build intimacy ambience . All these don come cheap, be prepare to pay minimum $14 +++ a small portion yet artistically presented dessert.

Cheese Cake
Cheesy for cheese lover that gives a smooth and robust texture. In short; softer version of cheese mousse

Cafe Briz

2008-10-05T01:12:00.004+08:00

Wow ! TV programme is so powerful that literally abetting me to be one of the calories' victims influenced by Channel 8 Buffet Buffet. We chose Trader Hotel Cafe Briz to damage our wallets, serving international buffet and skewer of BBQ served to your table. At $45 ++ , their buffet spread includes fresh seafood (Salmon Sashimi, baby lobster, shrimp etc), indian curry, pasta from italy, spreads of chinese dishes and of course desserts. Other than all the self service food, chefs went around tables serving BBQ Beef, sausages, wings , roaste pinapple every 30 mins .

My comments for the meals, passable as the dessert won my heart eventhough there were limited variety of hot dishes. Need to add on I am an ardent dessert lover !

Carnivore

2008-10-05T00:58:00.007+08:00

Carnivore reflected the restaurant target audiences must be meat lovers. We had our lunch at Vivo City Carnivore, once you stepped into the outlets, you will see the buffet spread of appetizers , salads & greens. These are to go with the meat to be served by the servers, in order to satisfy all meat lovers, they serves skewers of grilled meats; beef, lamb, honey baked ham, pork, bacon wrapped chicken.

My favour 1st choice goes to grilled chicken thigh which was well marinated, juicy and tender , 2nd is beef hump which was succulent, 3rd favour is honey baked ham with grilled pineapple, the sourness of pineapple married perfectly with the filling honey baked ham.

The service was attentive, efficient and quick to clear our plate, and servers who severed the meat were very friendly and entertaining.

Cod Fish Village

2008-10-05T00:56:00.005+08:00

Cod Fish Village serves more than 30 different cod fish dishes , you could find curry cod fish, assam cod fish and many many more. The eatery is situated at a secluded block in Toa Payoh, it is a coffee shop style which need not worry much on the price.

Since they are well – know of preparing Cod Fish, we tried deep fried Cod fish stick, Cod Fish with olive, milk fragrance spare ribs and others.

Fried Cod fish sticks tasted similar as seafood toufu , crispy on the skin and flavour of seafood inside. However, I find texture and taste of other seafood had overwhelmed the flavour of cod fish.

Cod Fish with Olive , Cod fish is not east to cook it tasty and yet retaining the unique taste and smooth texture. The chef had handle the heat well that the fish meat was well cooked , perfect that you wont feel the greasiness that you find from the cod fish.

Milk Fragrance Spare Ribs, since they specialize on Cod Fish, do not pin high hop for non-cod fish dishes. On this per say, we unanimously felt that they had used too much milk and too sweet.

2008-09-29T00:03:00.015+08:00

I was attracted by the colourful displays of cakes at the front entrance, indeed I was capitvated by the wide varieties of cake.

Well, I find the restaurant had tagged the price at relative high price comparative with some reputable 5 star here which I dun feel to worth this much for the quality of food and services extended to guest. Furthermore, the place is too noisy, too cram , literally the guests sitting next to you able to hear your conversation.

Strawberry crepes, thin layer of crepes with nice presentation, the presentation scored points for these, but overall the crepes could be easily found in any cafe.

Berries Tart, bites of berries with combination of sweet & sour.

The Shanghai Restaurant

2008-09-28T00:22:00.001+08:00

The façade of the restaurant will never attracts me to dine at these place, simple air-con coffee shop setting with Chinese chef displaying culinary skill at open kitchen at the front of the shop. I could say it is 100% authentic Shanghainese food but modified to local taste reducing the saltiness and oiliness.

??? (cant remember name of this dish)

In short , it is Wrap brinjal with minced meat. It is just superb, although it is a deep fried dish yet not greasy at all.

Shanghai Style Sweet & Sour croaker

Croaker is a kind of fish quite common to be found in Shanghai Cuisine, this is a typical classic Shanghai dish shouldn't miss, giving you a mix taste of sweet and sour.

Winter melon soaked in orange sauce

Truthly a surprise once I placed into my mouth. Chill, sweet, tangy yet melon retained its crunchiness. Light & refreshing starters to start your meal.

Shanghai Mixed Claypot

Duck, bamboo shoot and some other unknown ingredients simmer for hours to give this robust taste.

Black pepper chicken fried rice

I dun fancy fried rice at all, it is not easy to win my heart from fried rice. We could see each grain of rice separately, and not mashy .

Shanghai baked scallion pastry

thin layer of flour which makes it crispy on the outer layers.

Islander Creamy

2008-09-28T00:11:00.002+08:00

Freezing Mud Pie Apple Tart wz Very Berry

This Ice-cream parlor was recommended by my dearest colleagues, the restaurant was packed with students when we had our dessert session there. Nonetheless, the over-whelming results could be vindicated by their unique and localized ice-cream flavours. Local flavour: Horlick, The terik, Chendol, Pulua Hitam, Milo Hoh, Tiger beer (yes ! is the beer with alcohol). We had apple tart with veryberry, it tasted fantastic, chunk of apples coated with cinnamon and went well perfectly with veryberry (vanilla with berries) was smooth and creamy . Mudpie was rich with chocolate and generous crush of oreo. Location: Serene centre along Adam Road . Islander Creamy can be easily spotted along the main road.

Painted Skin

2008-09-20T00:46:00.003+08:00

Painted Skin adapted from “Strange Stales’ is another production from Raintree Picture. In the movies, there is fox demon, demon slayer, general elegant wife….. I have high expectation on the movie as I font of strange tales story, however this movie focusing too much on love lacking of the mystery plot. Apparently, the director been trying to capture every scene to perfect, flawless, romantic and beautiful, cause unnecessary scenarios and lengthen the duration of the storyline. I dun think you will have the eerie feel for this movie. Well, it is still value for money if just purely for entertainment .

House of Seafood

2008-09-17T20:25:00.005+08:00

Signature Black Pepper Crab

There are number of new eateries emerging along Yio Chu Kang Road, one of them is House of Seafood set up by 2 chefs formerly from Joo Chiat famous black pepper crab. Once you stepped into the Zi Char shop, pictures of mediacorp’s artistes with the owner & posters of reviews from various publishing, press and online media pasted around the wall of the outlet. We ordered 3 different dishes of crab, signature black pepper crab, Singapore famous chilli crab and butter crab, costs $38 per kg . In fact, I find most of the media had over-rated their crab, the black pepper crab was not well cooked at the right hot temperature that the meat stick with the shell, the black pepper sauce wasn’t fantastic enough to give us the “wow” factor. Singapore Chilli Crab just passable, I could easily taste it any chi zhar stall in Singapore , not worth to travel such a distance for it. Butter crab didn’t look creamy that butter crab should have, it was too dry that lost the touch of butter. I still prefer AMK Mellben and Seasfood paradise crabs, both have specialty to prepare tasty, juicy, mouth-watering crab..

Butter Crab

Taste Of Thailand

2008-09-02T21:51:00.001+08:00

I had my lunch at this never heard before , a Thai Restaurant which apparently very well known among residents in the north. Taste of Thailand situated within heartland serving Thai cuisine for the residents around the area patronizing the restaurant, I was rather surprised that that the eatery was full house even it was weekday lunch. We ordered Pineapple rice (serves more 3 persons for medium size), deep fried fish, calamari , black pepper beef, tom yam soup & honey chicken.

Personally, the food is passable for a chi zar standard, the chef had modified it , mixing too much local flavors to the dishes, I would rather name it as fusion food of Thai meet Singapore.

Nevertheless, If you bring down expectation of an authentic Thai food, it is indeed a decent place that gives you a taste of Thai Food .

Red Star Restaurant

2008-08-31T23:18:00.003+08:00

We had a farewell lunch for Jack at this traditional Chinese Restaurant - Red Star which was one of the four heavenly during 80's & 90's. The entire set up is traditional chinese oldies setting, so do not expect fancy or modern furniture here. In fact, the moment I stepped into the restaurant, it brought back all the memorable moments I had shared with my father in this restaurant. Their dim sums till served in the traditional ways through push carts, however due to shortage of manpower eventually customers had to gather around the entrance of kitchen to get the dim dum themselves. Don't pin high hope for excellent service here. Put service aside, the price is reasonable for the quality and the quantity of the food, dim sum price from $2.20 onwards.

Shashlik Restaurant

2008-08-25T23:18:00.004+08:00

This is a certainly one of the oldest restaurant that gave you the nostagic feel , situated inside ulu shopping centre - Far East shopping centre along Orchard Road. No fancy design, no nice decor, no fantastic service.Servers are skill senior workers who has worked in the restaurant for more than 3 decades , tend to be a bit slow and give " dun bother" attitude. Well ! This is the price you need to pay for a good bosch soup came with warm bun. Just tolerate for the sake of best bosch soup in Singapore.

The Pasta Shop by Sakae

2008-08-11T11:52:00.008+08:00

Tiong Bahru Plaza had undergone a major revamp at Basement 01 and level 01, there are more Food and beverages outlets setting up in the Plaza, you will be spoilt by choices of outlet. Of all the outlets , we chosed The Pastry Shop by Sakae for our lunch, it deemed to be a totally disappointed food experience that spoilt my entire day . I love pasta & pizza though, but the food quality couldnt made it for our palate . If you are searching for the most horrible taste pasta. Bingo ! This is right place Be prepare to spend more and don't be deceive by the visuals shown in the menu. The portion given is only sufficient for kid, as a small eater like me couldn't fill my stomach at all. Basing on the price they charge, it will be more worthwhile to eat at Dao Paolo which will give generous portion of pasta and ingriedients and 100% certain of the quality and taste.

Assorted Mushroom Pizza @$10.90
6 small and thin slices with some mushrooms. The best dish we tasted in the restaurant.

Green Tea Red Bean Shake @$6.90
The visual shown on the menu apparently looked much bigger cup and more red beans though, what was served was discounted more than 50%.

Basil Chicken & Asparagus pasta @$14.90
Taste horrible! Yacky ! Pasta was uncooked. Couldnt find the fragrance of basil, the combination was terrible. Wondering , have they taste it before ? Fortunately, the porton served was small.

Flower Clam soup pasta @$14.90
Original taste of spaghetti . The noodle was bland, tastless and soup equally tasteless with msg. Portion was good for a small kid with less than 10 small clams. Need to double or triple the portion for adult .

Marvelous Cream

2008-08-10T20:40:00.007+08:00

A new concept Ice cream store opened in Citilink recently.. Marvalous creams from Japan. You have a wide varities of fruits , nuts, cookies, flavours to choose from the display. If you find it too hard to decide , go for the most popular items . It is something novel that the crew will "perform frying skill" the mixing of the nuts, fruits and scoop of Ice Cream . Price is reather reasonable , I paid $17.20 for three ice cream

chunk of fruits mix in the ice cream that lvel the texture .

Awfully Chocolate

2008-08-10T02:00:00.003+08:00

Dark chocolate was bought by my cousin for my mum birthday. Awfully chocolate was set up by a lawyer who gave up her high pay check for her baking dream. Indeed , Awfully didn't disappoint me despite setting up so many outlets . The cake is moist, perfect balance of sweetness and bitterness and the divine taste still lingers in your mouth after 1st slice.If you are a chocolate fanatic , at least try once and I believe you will me hooked ...

Kam Boat Restaurant @ Marina Square

2008-08-10T01:59:00.006+08:00

Kam Boat Restaurant @ Marina Square offers 30% every sat from 11 am to 5 pm and every sun/Ph from 2.30 - 5.00 pm. It served fantasic cantonese dim sum that lured me to revisit the restaurant satisfying my crave for dim sum again.

Gold fish dumpling ...... cute dim dum for children

Mushroom Siewman .. taste wonderful.. the mushroom give a supreme touch to this orginal dim sum.

Mango prawn

The filling contents combination of shrimp with fruits , outer layer is crispy married excellently.

Shrimp dumpling , very fresh !

Centre PS @ Guan Chuan Street

2008-08-10T01:58:00.005+08:00

Macaron is a kind of french pastry that most visitors to French have to try it. In Singapore, you are able to spot the sign of Macarons in some french pastry shop. Through many publishing, I made my first attempt to try Centre PS's Macarons. My verdict : truely overated by the editors, the outer layer is crisp and texture perfect but the cream layer at the centre not for my liking. I do have a sweet tooth but this was over my top. Cost of the Macarons at $2 for a each bite size pastry.

Ivins Restaurant

2008-08-07T00:02:00.003+08:00

Ivins Restaurant is best known of Peranakan cuisine price at reasonable rate. On the pretext of celebrating birthday for my boss, we visited the restaurant. A simpe decorated but cosy restaurant satisfiying our tummy. Each serving is relatively small, sufficent for 2 persons, so if you come with big group, you may need to order double portion. We ordered many dishes made me too busy that I had missed taking all pictures if the food. If you have sweet tooth, dont forget to complete the meal and lighten your days by the sweet pernankan desserts.

Ayam Buah Keluah, must order peranakan dish that give you the true taste of Peranakan. Chicken stewed with fruits (a black hard shelled fruit).

Stewed pork ! Great taste !

Lady finger with samba chilli.

Mixed vegetable, homely taste

2008-08-04T23:28:00.003+08:00

We had our dessert at this best know cafe of the unqiue local favours of gelato. Frankly , I could remember the name of the cafe, nevertheless I know the exact location. It situated inside the building facing the main road beside Coronation Plaza, it is very easy to identify through the big word " GELATO" . From neteziens, I understand that their gelatos are all home made, that assure freshness of the cold dessert. Gosh ! Fresh for Ice - cream. You will be spoilt by choices of local and unique flavours , you can find tangy strawberry (which gives u tiny bite of strawberries), local coffee , teh terik , durian ..... and many others weird names .

MOF

2008-07-20T19:28:00.006+08:00

I simply love MOF food that I patronised the outlet again.

Stone Rice, u are able to smell the fragrance of rice and unagi .

Shabu Shabu

sliced fresh and tender beer.

One of the limited hot dessert, Rice cake with miso. Deem fit to blend together. Tasted Heavely. Surprise founding that miso went perfect with the miso. The Rice cake melted in your mouth buy yet chewy.

My favorite ; Avacodo Salad. A simple dish that had created the wonderful taste through the salad sauce.

Tetsu Restaurant

2008-07-18T00:15:00.006+08:00

The Dark Knight

2008-07-17T00:22:00.003+08:00

The Dark Knight characters based on a popular comic Batman, a super hero that saved the earth. The title of show indeed fit perfectly The Dark Knight, one of the main characters, the villain joker played by Hedger had passed away before the shown screened. The formidable hero battle with Joker strategically, left with no choice when facing imminent death of loved one & the ugly truth of kindness . The make up was flawless especially the Mayor look of being severe burnt, it does look disgusting yet amazing. I will advise not to have high expectation to see more advance gadgets, technology. As it is a comic adaptation movie, you may find scenario illogical Nevertheless, this could be a right choice for an enjoyable and entertaining movie.

Tetsu Restarant

2008-07-12T00:10:00.012+08:00

TETSU is the first in Singapore to offer Tempura and Tonkatsu menu under one roof and to present Tempura & Tonkatsu in Kushi style (on skewer).I had been tantalised by the food visual of this restaurant feature in several magazine, on the pretext of giving my sister birthday treat, I had a taste of the food. From the design of the entire resturant revealed to you that it is an upmarket Japanese Restaurant. Tonight, it was truely a great and statisfied gastronomic experience, it satisfied my palate and vision. All dishes were nicely presented with garnishes. My damage was $106 for 2 persons.

SALAD

Although, they are raw vegetables but the sauces created the magic taste.

Appetiser

SAKE
Not a sake connoisseur, not good in appreciating sake but this sake made me slurped.

ONSENTAMAGO TO TOFU SALAD
Chef recommendation ! It's a compliementary dish for Citibank credit card holders.

Green leaves mixed with cold tofu , the cold tofu is firm and provide a nice texture that comes with natural seasoning - half boiled egg. It certainly taste the chef skills to control the temperature of the water and egg.

Light and refresing dish.

Grilled catch of the day.
Fresh and sweet.

INANIWA HOT UDON
Couldn't find words to describle it. The udon is unique that gave an aroma of unique nice fragrance. For the palate , it is chewy yet smooth literally you could suck it into your mouth .

KANI-SUKI
Crab Sukiyaki . Hokkaido crab meat tasted superb sweet.

KUSHI Menu
• Beef Fillet • Pork Fillet • Shrimp • Scallop • Salmon • Vegetables (Zucchini & Green Pepper)
Usually, the meat will be very dried after deep frying in hot oil. It's miracle that the chef managed to make its crispy, cruncy and yet meat remain juicy.

STEAM FISH CAKE
I find it should be grill fish cake, absolutely taste different with our local fish cake. Not fishy but chewy. Perfect combination with Sake .

COCUNUT JELLY WITH FRESH MILK
A fantastic dessert to complete our meal.

need more details.....www.tetsu.com.sg

Red Cliff Part 01

2008-07-12T00:09:00.003+08:00

Chang BBQ Restaurant

2008-07-09T23:44:00.003+08:00

2nd visit to this authentic korean restaurant which gave you modern touch. The restaurant interior is huge, airy, spacious & be surprised by their air-flowned furniture from korea. The restaurant received flooded positive reviews from local korea community that showed the authenticity of their food. Even my godbrother who is a korean also enjoyed the food here.

2008-07-09T00:03:00.004+08:00

I had dined at Loy Sum Juan Restaurant @ Tiong Bahru Plaza, and found the food was good and price was very reasonable few years ago. Recently, it was featured in Channel 8 food programme "Dialect Delight" , as such it reminded me the exist of the restaurant thatme drooled and craved to eat here again. Sad to reveal that my gastronomic experience tonight was far below average. We had Custard Prawn at $12 for 5 small to middle size shrimps, Coffee spare ribs at $10 for 6 pathetic spar ribs which barely had any meat that meant for soup. Beancurb spinach at $10 for spinach with mushroom and 4 slices of deep fried tou fu. The shrimps and ribs were coated with oil, greasy, overcooked ribs coated by honey taste bitter. The prices are pricey for the portion and food quality .With this standard and quality , I find Ch 8 dubious to recommend this restaurant in the programme. I am afraid this restaurant is in my blacklisted list henceforth.

Coffee Ribs

Custard Prawn

Cafe Pralet

2008-07-07T11:39:00.005+08:00

I had introduced Cafe Pralet previously. I ordered their signature cheese cake for Connie birthday. The cake is creamy, robust, moist, soft and melt in you mouth.

For non cheese lover, no worries , you have wide varities of choices.

2008-06-29T23:18:00.003+08:00

TCC launched new drinks on menu, The Perfect Match and Lychee Jazz. The Perfect Match in fact is Latte with hitch of Rose syrup, not too great to shout about. As for Lychee Jazz is a fizzy lychee drink, can lychee will certainly taste better for our palate .

2008-06-26T00:24:00.014+08:00

Bangkok 21 - 24 Jun

21 Jun 08 / Day 01

Meal served on board TG414 from Singapore - Bangkok

Main course was Fish fillet with tomato sauce .

We put up at Majestic Grande Hotel ,a 4 star hotel situated right opposite JW Marriot Hotel. The hotel is convienent to shopping zone , just 1 BTS station away is Central Shopping Centre or Emporium Shopping Centre.

The hotel impressed me the most upon our arrival was the welcome drink. I had visited severals different rated hotel, which ususally serve only juices as welcome drink. This is the only hotel that I came across provide guest a drink lists to choice their prefer drink, list includes of cocktails, mocktails, wines, beers, sakes....

The Bluberry cheese cake looked too tempting that made us drooled for it... quite a disappoinment though. Lack of the cheesey ...

Our Dinner at Chinatown where you could find eateries serve Shark Fin Soup and Bird Nest. Shark Fin soup costs from 300Bht (SGD$14) to 500 Bht (SGD$18) a claypot. Bird Nest at 100Bht (SGD$4) to 300 Bht (SGD$12) . If you dare ! Sit along the street , do the Thai ways .

22 Jun 08 / Day 02

There were varities of choice , mix of western, Japanese and local Thai breakfast. Unlike Arnoma Swissotel, the breakfast here was much more relax & peace, guests staying here were mostly tourist from Japan, Europe, Hong Kong. Taking food from the spread was very much in order and no hurry at all.

My first breakfast experience at the hotel...

We are typical shopaholic, we skipped our lunch to battle inside ChatuChak - biggest weekend market in Bangkok.

The most enjoyable shopping spree here is practicing bargain power....

Happen to see crowd around this Cocunut Ice- Cream Stall, scoop of coconut ice cream served inside coconut husk with coconut flesh . Innovative idea . A perfect Ice - cream to reduce heat during hot weather.

Breeze Restaurant is a fusion restaurant under the State Tower. The food here wass over-charged, you pay for the ambience, atmostphere and unblock panoramic night view.

Unblocked night city & Chao Phaya river view from Sky Bar

23 Jun / Day 03

We happened to find this ShabuShi located at MBK level 2, at THB 258 (SGD$11) per person includes free flow of soft drink, ice-cream, fruits, un-limited steamboat ingredents from the conveyer belts , Sushi and tempura ....

Value for $ .

Ban Khun Mae Restaurant situated at the heart of Siam Square. Restaurant set up by a lady owner, provides traditional Thai Cuisine. The price may be consider upmarket for local, but it is pretty reasonable for us.

http://www.bankhunmae.com/

Day 03/ 24 Jun

Our Dinner at Airport Mango Tree, a chain restaurant that served Thai Food. The Mango Rice won our heart .

Meal on board TG404 back to Singapore...

Hiaz ! Need to face reality after my shopping spree .

2008-06-25T23:27:00.005+08:00

A welcome dinner for Shu Fen back from Shanghai . I had introduced Seafood Paradise @ Defu Lane previously, Seafood Paradise started from a small Tze Chai stall in a very secluded industry area - Defu Lane. Through years , it has grown to an air-conditioned and well known restaurant at Defu Lane. In March this year, it opened another outlet at Singapore Flyers, where we had our dinner tonight.

Compare with Defu Lane, Singapore Flyers was nicely designed and more comfortable , service staffs were much more attentive, food served was much faster nevertheless the food taste remains excellent.

Dessert... a brilliant choice to wrao up the entire dinner.
However, only limited choice of hot dessert.

Butter Crab
Creamy and tasty

Deep Fried Bun... married well with cream crab savory gravy.

Not a Chilli Crab frenzy .... passable .

Honey Pork Rib

Sweet ... well cooked coated with special honey sauce. Succelent and tender ribs

Wasabi Prawn

Not a wasabi fan at all.. hate the pungent taste, but Seaood Paradise chef made this dish perfect... taste of wasabi remain but the pungent taste reduced tremedously. Proved chef excellent culinary skill !

2008-06-15T22:09:00.009+08:00

I simply love MOF dessert.... back again .. I had something new.. Avocado Salads which is refeshing , light and healthy . For dessert, we had hot redbean soup with Japan dumpling and Mocha Ice Crea with Kanten Jellies. Both tasted heavenly...... Each visit, each new dish that I tried gave me surprise, the restaurant has never disappointed me once. I will be back very soon.... Yummy.. .

2008-06-15T21:48:00.006+08:00

Bugis Junction basement 01 had undergone a major revamp, which was re-opened few months ago There are many new food establishments , and one of them is Hong Guo restaurant served Yunnan cuisine. I had my food adventure at the outlet this afternoon, ordered the signature Guo Qiao Mee Xian, which is one of Yunnan famous dishes more than 100 years. I had heard the legend of the dish... a attentive wife prepared the dish for her scholar-to-be husband. Basically, Guo Qiao Mee Xian is Mee Hoon soup with different ingredients, the soup must be pipping hot when served enable the ingredients to be cooked. Verdict; the restaurant had modified the dish, if you have never tried it before, give it a try. For myself, this will be my first and last time to the restaurant, it did have the essence of the dish at all.

Signature Guo qiao mee xian

Raw ingredients served, need to pour all into a big bowl of hot soup . Overall: Passable

Meat dumpling

Flopped ! The skin too thick .

2008-06-12T00:10:00.006+08:00

Group dinner at Seafood Paradise at damn ulu place - Defu Lane. A restaurant situated inside industry area, which is not accessible for those without car. A new philisophy of food learned this evening... be patient for good food .

Black Pepper Crab

Hot, Spicy and tasty.

Butter Crab

Must Try ! Succulent and creamy butter crab

Mee Goreng

Too sweet for my taste bud .. lack of the pungnent taste of mee goreng . Edilble !

2008-06-10T00:17:00.008+08:00

I had striked off Xing Wang Hong Kong Café since years ago. Reason being, their food are not fantastic at all, although they are so call a Hong Kong Tea café that serve HK cuisine . They couldn’t even met 40% of local HK normal café standard, tea isn’t fragrance, baked rice taste bland and the method of preparing is different . However, tonight the café surprised me by Mochi with Peanut. Its were mochi (Glutinous Rice ball) coated with grinded peanuts. The Mochi were very soft , and went perfectly with grinded peanuts

2008-06-03T22:37:00.004+08:00

Janes Cake Station at Jalan Kayu is not an unfamiliar cake shop to those stay at the northwest area. I had heard and watched on TV programme how tasty their cakes were, their signature cake ; Chocolate and Durian. Today, I drove a long journey to Jalan Kay on the pretext of buying cake for SingYi’s Birthday. In fact , the true is I had been wanted to try the cake for long times.

The chocolate fudge cake is moist, spongy, light and the taste of chocolate mixed with some kind of cream (which I could describe) . However, I find netizen has over-rated the cake, I personally would prefer Lana Chocolate cake at Greenwood Ave, it gives you nostalgic feel, very homely type , not too sweet, moist, soft, spongy, light and most importantly the has strong taste of Chocolate …

2008-05-28T23:38:00.008+08:00

This is a place for an authentic Hokkien food, their customers are typically all regular who have ate their food for more than decades. You could easy spot groups of Ah Gong Ah ma at the restaurant. My zoo-mates and myself had been talking about the restaurant since Ch 8 Dialect delight showcased their food 2 months. Hooray ! We finally had a taste of these savoury dishes in the afternoon. The total bill for pork knuckle, deep fried prawn fritters, Vegetable with mushroom and Hokkien Noodle came out to be $50 for 5 person . Damn cheap cheap ! Where is the restaurant ? Pardon me for not able to share the exact address, me too, don't know the exact address .....but I know the way ... is along Jalan Besar main road near New World Centre.

Pork Knuckle
One of the restaurant signature dish, old and tradional or rather in short is a very nostagic dish. The outer layer was chewy and for the inner made from minced meat.

Prawn fitter
When u bit, u could heat the crispyness of the fritter. Love it.

Hokkien Noodle
Cost only $6 for 5 persons, no discount on the taste and ingredients at all. If I made a comparsio between this Hokkien Mee with Telok Ayer Bee Tin, I will vote this.

Abalone mushroom with Spinach
Well prepared dish.

2008-05-25T15:17:00.001+08:00

My another food stop at Minori Restaurant located at UE Square. The restaurant set up by former owners of Hanabi , a Japanese restaurant with a la carte buffet concept. Minori used the same concept, an edge to dine in Minori is they offer grilled skewered food.

There were mixed reviews from netezens, food lovers. My overall experience was passable, however if you are looking for wide varieties of food with reasonable serving. There are more than 50 items to choose from, and unlimited orders of sashimi, stew food, tempura ….

2008-05-25T15:00:00.002+08:00

Ocean curry fish head is not a non known stall in Singapre. Typically , almost all Singaporean had eaten their curry fish head. We had craving for curry fish head , the though led us to Toa Payoh Ocean. The fish head served in bubbling hot claypot with eggplants, lady fingers and spicy with aroma of assam fragrance. The demerit point for this fishhead ; pretty expensive considering it’s located in an old kopitiam . We paid $28 for 2 person.

2008-05-22T00:25:00.002+08:00

Last 2 weeks had been busy juggling between work, family ……. Handling my lovely Red dot account , shuttling between home to hospital to visit my aunt who is critically ill, grieved over my aunt departure . I am resuming blogging again. I have never tried Icekimo ice cream despite I had walked pass the shop umpteen times, you are able to find some localized favours ; Bandung, Black glutinous rice, champedeuk , the terik. If you would like to try some unconventional ice cream… consider Icekimo. Icekimo located at Imperial Plaza, along Upper Thomson Road.

2008-05-12T00:10:00.004+08:00

Today is a day helmed by carnations , is Mother Day ! I would like to share the cake I had ordered from Creative Culinaries , Lychee Martini cake. This isn't their signature cake though, it didn't fail us. The cake was spongy , not too sweet and aroma of Lychee fragrance. Creative Culinaries began as a school providing baking course few years back, they had received many positives feedbacks and requests that decided to set up a cafe selling pastry.

2008-05-10T01:36:00.003+08:00

My entire day spent at Pan Pacific Hotel for our Sales Conference and Gala Dinner. Nothing excited to talk about for the conference. The Gala dinner was an disappointment, I referred the food , it was a 4 course dinner. Other than the starter was platable, the soup taste salty, sweet and sour, similar as cooked tomato sauce, main course was dory fish served with asparagus, fish coated with spices, yet the meat taste bland, dessert ........ horrible .

If anyone of you considering Pan Pacific for any function...... think twice or sample their food before confirmation

2008-05-04T02:14:00.005+08:00

At last, we decided to dine at Dempsy Road. We went straight to Chang Korea BBQ Restaurant as we parked a front of the restaurant. We were surprised that the restaurant was fully seated despite it was still early, 6.30 pm. Fortunately, there was a alfresco table vacant.The restaurant made me felt that it is an authentic korean restaurant since the boss is a korean, and you easy could find several koreans attending to customer. We ordered our food basing on the visuals presented on the menu, we had Broiled Beef in Pumkin and Cold Noodle. Other than the food we ordered, they came with wide varieties of Kimchi , more than 6 different types of Kimchi, all were complimentary and refillable.

Boiled Beef In Pumkin

Marinated beef boiled in whole pumkin, the pumkin absorbed the essence made it tasty .

Cold Noodle
Need to be a fan of Cold Noodle and Vinegar if not you will resent a savoury dish with Ice.
An idea dish during hot weather, very refreshing and cooling.

While I was waiting for Adeline for our dinner, I had sudden craving for mango dessert, so I went to PS Ice Monster, a dessert shop operated by a Singaporean who married with Taiwanese . Ice Monster was featured in Ch 8 Snack Attack few month agos, it was highly recommended by the host best Mango Ice in Singapore. But still, It failed to win my heart as I still missed the orginal Taiwan Ice Mango I had eaten in Taipei. Ice dissolved in my mouth, mangoes were sweet, fragrance with hint of milk.

2008-05-01T22:36:00.013+08:00

We had our lunch at Wah ! Noogee House which is a sister restaurant of Wah Lok. I had heard several positive reviews pertaining to their service, food & price. Indeed, the price reflected on the menu surprised me , tags at very a pocket friendly price. Their service were excellent, couldn't find any excuse to fault them at all, they were very attentive, thoughful ... kept changing our plates... our tea pot was always re-filled with hot water. The food tasted excellent , the whole dining experience enhanced my felt on the che fput in eztra attention and thought to meet and maintain standard. Not easy though. .

Roast Pork ... very crispy... balance of fat and meat.

Hor Fun.... very big portion .. the hor fun was smooth and tasty.

Fried fish skin .... like crackers

Signature dish : You Tiao with 6 different sauces... the sauces match perfectly . Novel way of eating You Tiao.

Our desserts