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Breakfast - Machine Laundry Cafe @ Hobart, Tasmania

2010-12-20T10:31:00.000-08:00

Machine Laundry Cafe.. interesting place

Here is the entrance

Instead of a cafe, there are lines of washing machine.. so are we coming for breakfast or laundry ?! :):)

Laundry instruction.. smells clean and soapy freshness too :)

Magazine corner for people who are waiting or..

Eat in the cafe

Decor of the place

Even the salt and pepper shaker is right to the theme

Menu with a peg

Utensils

Plain water

Coffee flat white

Mocha

Pancake with maple syrup and butter

French toast

Egg benedict

Big breakfast with poached egg

Big breakfast with scrambled egg :)

Nice place, nice breakfast.. big portion tho :):)

Dinner - Written on Tea @ Hobart, Tasmania

2010-12-19T19:45:00.000-08:00

Entrance

Entering the restaurant

Ornament at the entrance, makes it look exquisite

Seating

Long queue...
Here is the menu :)

Water

The plate really looks worn out and old..

With rice

Minced meat with boiled egg, Taiwan style :)

Fried string bean

Sweet and sour pork

Kong Bao Chicken

Honey pork ribs

Nice and filing meal, the dishes are basic chinese meals coz I am missing all those normal tasting dish that normally we can easily get :) So full now..

Lunch - Chatterbox @ Hobart, Tasmania

2010-12-19T12:10:00.000-08:00

Missing the local food and found this cafe
Signboard

Feels familiar yet unfamiliar hehe

Cashier

Paintings decor

Corner seating

Interior seating

Hot food selection

Utensils

Developed a liking to ginger beer lately so I ordered that hehe

Orange soda

The boss knows that we want to drink local tasting coffee so he pass us his personal packet of instant coffee from Singapore haha so nice of him! :)

Kerupuk :)

Spring roll with chili sauce

Meatball

Hor Fun

Fried Kuey Tiao

Tom yum fried riceIndonesian fried rice. I like this man :) Spicy dose for my whole week of chili-less food :)

Snack - Bakery Tea Rooms @ Ross, Tasmania

2010-12-19T10:17:00.000-08:00

Was recommended to try the scallop pie

Menu on the board when we coming in

Outdoor seating

Patio

Outside exterior

Walkway

Storage

Board menu

Shelves of goods

Hanging pots and kettles

Interior. It looks a bit like butcher cum convenience shop

The pies shelves

Candies

The pies

Hams

This is the rather big pie. Filled with scallops but better eat it while it's hot as it gets the fishy smell when it cooled

Breakfast - Aromas @ Launcheston, Tasmania

2010-12-19T08:22:00.001-08:00

Went here for breakfast, Aromas

Entrance to the place

Outdoor seating

Pies

Desserts

Giant cupcake

The writing on the cupcake

High chairs

Patio seating

Ice water

Cuppa iced water

Sugar for the war, beverages..

Coffee

Mocha, very chocolatey hehe

Salmon quiche

Big breakfast set

Pancake, huge serving too!

Artistic drawing

Another one

Here it is.. Tasmanian Devil :)

Dinner - Flip @ Launcheston, Tasmania

2010-12-18T19:57:00.000-08:00

Went to try this burger joint, this is where we order our burgers then proceed to our seats

Drinks chiller

The funky decorated interior

Seatings

Indoor seating

The other corner for seating

We sit around here :)

Table menu

Cups for ice water

I've grown to like this brand drinks :)

Mini chicken burger

Pork patty burger

Chicken burger

Beef burger

Mushroom burger

I can't remember the names of the burgers now but each of them taste different (different seasoning) and it's nice :)

Normally I don't like burgers but I wouldn't mind to eat this once in a while :)

Lunch - Elaia @ Launcheston, Tasmania

2010-12-18T12:18:00.000-08:00

Went for late breakfast cum lunch

Exterior of the place

The walkway

Outdoor seating

Some of the types of cakes

Cakes on display

Barrister? :)

Indoor seating

Seats

Our cups for plain water

Coffee to start the day. See the complicated pattern of the leaves, must be very expert :p

Very chocolatey mocha :)

Breakfast set with sausage, bacon, mushroom, roasted tomate, scrambled egg, hash brown

Beer batter fish and chips. Huge portion

The special of the day: grilled chicken and french bean and brocollini. I like brocillini and the cream sauce :)

Dinner - Koreana @ Launcheston, Tasmania

2010-12-17T19:53:00.000-08:00

We have our dinner here :)

Entrance

Here is the friendly owner :)

Seating

He serve us ice water with the jar of ice water without prompting

Milk soda, I like this :)

Korean chili sauce

Fried gyoza

Chicken ginseng soup set. Comes with salad, fried rice cake, kimchi and rice. The soup is heart warming, especially in the cold weather out there :)

Hot plate pork set. It includea the same side dishes as the ginseng chicken.

Nice dinner :)

Lunch - Bento @ Launcheston, Tasmania

2010-12-17T11:58:00.000-08:00

Once we arrive and feeling hungry, we are brought here.. Bento, Japanese in a box

Entrance

Menu, framed on the wall

Sushi counter

So we place our order here

Bar seating

Table seating

Organic cola, I like this. It have some spice smell to it..

Guava juice drink

Mango and orange drink

Sushi

Chicken karrage, fried chicken meat, drizzled with sweet sauce

Comes in 2 types of meat set as well, this is chicken chop and chicken teriyaki

Chicken chop and chicken karrage

Good and filling meal. :)

Breakfast - Hudson Coffee @ Melbourne Airport

2010-12-17T08:30:00.000-08:00

Opposite Nando's there is this coffee joint that I keep seeing, so we decided to try their coffee as well..

The advert

They have sandwich as well, but as I prefer chicken meat, without so much bread wrapping around it (I was very hungry already), I didn't try their sandwich :)

The counter to order drinks

Here you go... a cuppa coffee inthe morning, to perk your day after a long flight :)

Breakfast - Nando's @ Melbourne Airport

2010-12-17T08:15:00.000-08:00

Finally get to eat Nando's in Australia, after having so much about it..

Now grilling :)

Serviette

Cashier.. this is where u order your food

Sauces for sale

Take your own cutlery and sauces

Plates too

Interior of the place

Seating at the sides.. where we seat too :)Our waiting stand, which becomes our table number.. cock-a-doodle-do :p

Coffee with love

Sauces

To be consumed there.. same thing I assume

The different level of spiciness

Big breakfast and additional chicken fillet

BBQ Backrib with many many fries.. I wonder the main course is the fries or the backrib.. I enjoy the backrib a lot. I think I can eat 20 of these at least.. hohoho

After the plate is cleared.. in a flash.. haha

The total bill :)

Brunch - Prive @ Keppel Bay

2010-12-12T11:30:00.000-08:00

Finnaly get to try brunch at Prive

The view is really nice

Feels like you are in some oasis :)

The atmosphere is relaxed and breezy

The outdoor seating

Serviette

Cup of water

Sauces

Utensils

Mushroom soup

Pumpkin soup

Pancake

Egg benedict

Egg Florentine

Sausage with poached egg, bacon, roasted potato and baked beans

Sunny side up with sausage, bacon, side salad and baked bean

Spicy seafood pasta

Creamy mushroom pasta

Salmon

Cordon bleu

Coffee

Berry shake

Chocolate shake

Nice breakfast! :)

Breakfast - Maystar Restaurant @ Emporium, Jakarta

2010-12-05T09:15:00.000-08:00

Went to Maystar for breakfast. Have been hearing good comments about this place :):) The interior is nicely decorated, I like it already hehe

The utensils and tea pots :)

Appertiser - Fried fish, chips, achars and coffee

Cold and warm dishes like the pork belly, pork ear, century egg and pork ball congee with crackers.

The dim dum items - Salted egg baos, sio may, hargao, chicken feet, xiao long bao and glutinous rice wrapped with leaves

Other dimsum must haves - Carrot cake, fishcake, chee chong fan (prawn and char siew) and beancurd skin with prawn. The dessert is the coconut pudding, which is very very good and refreshing.

The price is a bit steep but the food is really good :)

Dinner - Itecho Sushi @ Ion

2010-11-29T20:00:00.000-08:00

Signboard of Itecho Sushi

Went to try here after hearing some raves about this place.

The picture on the entrance, when we were queueing

Promotion.. we can order the sushi, one by one, so we get to try more variety :)

The menu highlights

Seating.. blur pics..

Utensils with a guide on how to eat sushi :)
Plates and utensils

A close up on how to eat sushi .. :)

Green tea - refillable

Condiments

Pickled ginger

Wasabi with soy sauce

Salmon sashimi

Salmon inari.. quite nice :)

Soy sauce salmon sushi .. not bad :)
BBQ-ed eel. The lump in the middle is the rice.. a bit extra coz the topping is very long haha. It is very thin and very sweet.. I don't really like it..
Crab salad.. not as what I expected. It is shreds of cucumber, crab sticks and the fish roe in mayo sauce.

Miso soup, as part of the set that we ordered

Tempura udon

Chicken teriyaki don set

The close up of the chicken teriyaki don. Quite nice :)

Total bill:~S$40

Lunch - Aston's Speciality @ City Square Mall

2010-11-27T15:47:00.000-08:00

Went to try Astons. This is the counter

This is the menu Chili sauce and pepper n salt

We are feeling rather full, so only ordered fish and chips

And chicken nuggets :)

Dinner - Kim Gary HK Cafe @ Tampines One

2010-11-26T19:52:00.000-08:00

Went to eat here :) Heard that it is good :)

Cashier

Interior

Seating.. very crowded

Value set specials

Utensils container. Very hygienic as they put them in a covered container.

Accompanying sauce

Hot honey lemon drink

Cold honey lemon drink

Honey Yuzu Drink. Actually, it is the dried orange peel :) Cream soup

Hotplate pork chop rice set

Pork chop with mushroom rice

Black pepper sauce pork with rice

Mushroom rice with pork slices. I like this :)

This HK cafe have more selection of various types of rice with the combination of the meat toppings. I like the mushroom rice, will try other types next time :)

Homemade - Egg Mayo Sandwich

2010-11-26T07:23:00.000-08:00

I prepare this for breakfast. Egg mayo sandwich :)

Ingredients:

- 3 hardboiled egg

- Mayonaise

- Black pepper / white pepper

- Lettuce

- Wholemeal bread

Method:

- Mashes the egg using a fork or masher

- Mix with mayonaise until all the egg are covered in mayo

- Add in pepper to the mixture

- Serve this filling between the wholemeal bread and lettuce

- Enjoy!

Note:

If you want to speed up the process in the morning, you can pre-boil the egg and mashed it up the night before and store it in the fridge. :)

Dinner - Watami Japanese Restaurant @ Raffles City

2010-11-23T19:30:00.000-08:00

Went to try this place as it was said to be very good :)

The seating of the place

Order bill

Condiments at the side of the table

Utensils

They serve plain water

Soy sauce for wasabi

Salmon sushi

Wagyu beef

Pork chop, with a topping of egg mayonaise. This serving is really huge and the pork is very thick. Very value for money.

The total bill only come up to ~$38.

Nice place to eat, will definitely come again :)

Dinner - Soup Restaurant @ Changi Airport T2

2010-11-21T19:56:00.000-08:00

Eat at Soup Restaurant again. Here is the chili and steamed nuts

Soup of the day, lotus root with pork ribs

Here it is, ready to be eaten :)

The cabbage to go with the ...

Signature dish, Samsui Chicken. It is very tender and soft and juicy. I like this!! The ginger sauce is also good :)

Minced meat with string bean. I developed a liking for string bean. It is nice and crunchy :)

Homemade tofu

Steamed minced pork..

This is the version with the salted egg yolk :)

Homecooked - Animal Bento1

2010-11-21T11:42:00.000-08:00

Trying my hands on making cute bento using the tools that I bought. An attempt to make octopus sausage and bread handroll :)

Using the cutter to make animals sandwich :)

Here is with the addition of cute picks, to make it more colorful.

Ingredients:

- Cocktail sausage

- Wholemeal bread

- Ham

- Cabbage

- Bento tools

Took me almost 1 hour, just to fry and prepare.. think have to practice more next time to make a speedy bento :)

Dinner - Sunset Grill and Bar @ Seletar Airbase

2010-11-20T18:23:00.000-08:00

We were introduced to this place, so far and hidden that we got a little lost

At Singapore Flying Club Surrounding, forest-like

Eating, by the plane hangar.. sunset timing

Table

Utensils

Buffalo wings, can choose the level of spiciness. We ordered level 2 and 3. The spiciness is more like peppery like

Fish and chips. Very huge fish

Pork chop. Looks thick and juicy

Sausages, can choose from beef, pork, chicken and pork cheese

Nice hidden place :)

Dinner - Itallianies @ 111 Somerset

2010-11-19T20:15:00.000-08:00

Walk past the restaurant the other day and saw the ambience quite cozy so decided to try today

The baloons as it is just open

Selling cakes on the front also

The chef is making cakes, very nice bread smell :)

Photo frames on the wall

Table by the window

Interior of the place, looks like in a brick tunnel

Seating, very crowded place

The front reception desk

Menu for food and drinks

Closeup of food menu

The pasta page oln the menu

Salt, pepper, olive oil and vinegar

The full condiment set

Utensils

Latte

Soda with lemonade
Vinegar and olive oil The bread, very nice, soft and fragrant

Condiments for pizza, chili flakes and tabasco

Ham and muchroom pizza. The pizze is nice, must be eaten when it's hot though

Penne with chicken. The penne a bit hard in the centre, maybe it's not cooked thoroughly yet coz it is too hard for al dente standard, I guess...

Total bill: <$50

Dinner - Punggol Choon Seng Seafood Restaurant @ Turnhouse Rd

2010-11-14T19:50:00.000-08:00

Have a dinner at this restaurant. The place is tucked in a small corner but it is very crowded.. :)

Punggol Choon Seng Seafood Restaurant

This is the gents, it is along the parameter of the building. Decorated like a fishing village toilet hehe

The entrance to the restaurant. Looks old school but its all sealed with glass door and its air conditioned.
The little touches that makes the place looks nostalgic

Paintings on the wall

The interior of the place, so crowded :)

The front walkway

The aisle

Table setting

Roast nut and chili.

Chinese tea

It is a friend's birthday today, so we requested for peach blossom. So nice..

This is the first dish, nicely presented with the bamboo steamer, sauce and the cucumber and spring onion slices..

This is the skin for the wrapper of the upcoming meat.. think something duck .. hehe

Its shredded crispy duck! A change from normal peking duck.. it's a bit on the dry side, but maybe coz it is supposed to be crispy :)

Here is another picture of the whole serving.. a bit dark due to insufficient lightings

Chinese spinach stir fry

Mushroom and asparagus. I like the asparagus :)

Crispy honey baby squid.. crunchy and fragrant :)

Steamed fish, teo chew style. The soup is nice

Fried mantou

Steamed mantou on the bamboo steamer. This is nice and soft.

Close up view of the healthier choice mantou

Chili crab! There is seriously lotsa egg in there.. very good!

Black pepper crab. There is lotsa eggs too, the crabs are also fresh! I like it.

The food is of good quality and nice ambiance. There is a singer that play guitar and sings that left the mood of the place. I don't mind coming here again :)

Total bill: <$300 ($200+, but I dunno how much as it is a treat)

Lunch - Pagi Sore Padang @ Telok Ayer St

2010-11-13T12:22:00.000-08:00

Finally went to try this place, have always past it and even help direct people to it, but haven't manage to try hehe

Here is the entrance

The painting.. very Indonesian feel

The chairs

The table

Try a more balanced shot again :p

The table menu

The current promotion, put up in front of the entrance

Serviette

Tissue

Plate

Plain water

Ice lemon tea

Kecap manis, the Indonesian sweet soy sauce

This is the melinjo crackers.. bitterish flavor

The rice wrapped in banana leaf :)

Tahu telor

Asam fish

Gulai chicken

Sambal prawn with petai

Ayam Panggang, BBQ chicken.. this is nice

Ayam Bali, I prefer the Ayam panggang

This is quite a nice place but very quiet on Sundays :)

Snack - Cafe Cartel @ Plaza Singapore

2010-11-07T21:10:00.000-08:00

This is one of the place to go when we want to have a nice place to sit down and have some snack, especially when it is late, as there is the 50% promotion :)

Casual setting of the place

Free flow bread and self serve plain water. There is the condiments like chili sauce, pepper, etc

Interior

Utensils

Table menu

The snacks menu

Plain water

Bread with butter

and chili sauce :)

Thai fried wings

Platter that includes fish nugget, chicken nugget, calamari and fries :)

Chocolate cake to end the snack session on a sweet note :)

Dessert - Coffee and Crust @ Mandarin Gallery Hotel

2010-11-06T15:46:00.000-07:00

Went here for coffee This is the entrance

Seating

Serviette
Menu

Condiments

Plain water

Espresso with biscuitMachiatto

Ice tea with sugar syrup

Latte

Ice latte with biscuits

Chocolate cake. Very nice and thick

Strawberry shortcake

Lunch - La Forketta @ Demspey

2010-11-06T12:30:00.000-07:00

Went to here for lunch :) Nice place :)

Entrance

Outdoor seating

Closer view

Seatings

Indoor seating

The air vent where the wind is blowing.

Overview of the interior

Wine chiller

Bar

Our table

Setting

A stack of menu

A page from the menu

Table setting

Utensils

Salt and pepper

Condiments

Bread starterSalad.. We actually didn't order this, but was given to us because they forgot my order. Was quite nice of them. The salad is quite good :)

Clam soup

Parma ham with melon

Hawaiian pizza, not bad. Nicely made crust and generous filling

Chicken with potato

Salmon

Roast pork. Not bad :)

Seafood liguini. The sauce is more on the clearer tomato vs the thick tomato based that I expected. However, the seafood portion is really really generous.. :)

Nice place :)

Dinner - Donburi @ Liang Court

2010-11-05T19:30:00.000-07:00

Here is another similar place that sells don and udon :) Udon menu

Don menu

Open concept eateries

Tiger brand rice cooker

Condiments, toothpick and chili powder

Utensils

Chicken don with tea

Kimchi pork set with tea

Snack - Papa Palheta @ Bukit Timah Rd

2010-11-05T16:38:00.000-07:00

Had heard good reviews about this place and decided to check it out.
Entrance to the shop.

Beans prices

That is the roasting room

Kitchen

Our drinks by the window in the indoor seating

The tip box.. it is $3.50 per cup, as a guide

Types of coffee beans

Today's special: Terra Firma, so they only roast this bean today.

Outdoor seating

The entrance to the tasting room

Window table top

Indoor table

Our table, so artistic

Cups of plain water

Espresso

Latte

Latte with biscuit, thoughtfully put at the side
Machiatto and mocha on our second visit :)

Dinner - Irvin's @ River Valley Rd

2010-10-31T18:37:00.000-07:00

Always past this place and saw the crab promotion so decided to try..

Irvin's.. heard good feedback about the place

This is the tempting promotion :)

Seating

Table

Plate

Drinks: Plum, Ice Lemon Tea and Water Chestnut
Garlic kailan

Beer pork rib. The meat is so tender and soft :) The serving is not that big for the "small" size.

Chili lala,... not that hot.. I don't mind not calling this one the next time :p

Fried mantou.. so cheap... 5 for $1, we call 10 :)
Chili crab, the reason for the mantou. The sauce is not that tasty but ok

The highlight of the day. Salted egg crab. There are salted egg yolks in the sauce. Nice :) The sauce is not salty tho :)

We have kong pao chicken as well, which is quite good. The chicken is also tender but I didn't manage to snap picture of it.

The serving size is rather small, so initially I thought that I ordered too much, but end up it is just nice :) They serve very fast, think they just pre-cooked and heat up everything.

Total bill: $99.. very cheap place for che zar and crabs indulgence :)

Dinner - Spizza @ Balmoral Plaza

2010-10-29T20:22:00.000-07:00

Went to visit this place, one that I used to frequent last time :)

Table seating

Outside view, if you are seating outside

At the corner, looks so brick-y, castle-y.. nice :)

Indoor seating

The menu

The pizza menu.. the highlight :)

Delivery option

Table condimentsUtensils for the pizza :)

Plate

Water

My extra sauce that I requested :)

Vittoria, the no-brainer choice :)

Ursula, the salmon and spinach with the cheese. Perfect combi! :)

Good dinner and nice place! :D

They have other outlets but I think this outlet is very cozy :)

Total bill: ~$50

Dinner - Peperoni Pizza @ Greenwood Avenue

2010-10-22T19:30:00.000-07:00

Went to try to this pizza outlet in Greenwood Avenue. This is another outlet just beside it. They are actually the same branch :)

Outdoor seating. Reservation is a must, especially on weekends :)

Peach beer and water. They have a joke that the plain water cost $200 -_-" It is even written on the menu

Seafood penne. It is very very good. I like this a lot! :):)

The pizza is also very good. Thin crust but not too crispy. It is just nice chewable without too overwhelming. We choose chicken supreme and haiiwan as we can have the half half option.

This is the pizza boxes for delivery. The bigger size pizza comes in really huge.. like just nice to put on 1 table for 2.. haha

Good dinner, good atmosphere :)

Lunch - Josh and Joey's Rotisserie Grill @ 8 Shenton Way

2010-10-22T13:00:00.000-07:00

Went to this restaurant for quick lunch. They offer set lunches.

Seating.. looks dark and cozy

Interior seatings

This is the set meals menu

Utensils

Plates

Water and condiments

Ice lemon tea

Mushroom soup

Roast chicken thigh. It is very tender and the meat easily comes off the bone.

Some of us ordered fish and chips, that I didn't manage to snap a picture of. They mentioned that it have too much batter and too little fish.

Lunch - The Caffe Bar @ Parkway Parade

2010-10-16T14:30:00.000-07:00

Went to this cafe to have a quick lunch. It is at second floor of Parkway Parade :)

The Caffe Bar

There is free flow of bread during the tea time, so here is where we can get them from :)

Utensils

Water

Sugar and cream for the..

Black coffee.. to be..

This :)

Soda with syrup.. a mixture of apple and pineapple (if I'm not wrong :p)

Fish and chips. The fish is thick and of good quality. I like the batter too as it is not too thick and can feel the fish. For a person who don't normally like fish and chip, this is not bad at all :)
Mexican sausage. The sausage is so huge, with a serving of nachos.

Scones with jam and butter

Tiramisu. Very nice and not too much cream :)

Lunch - Kotobuki Japanese Restaurant @ 8 Shenton Way

2010-10-13T12:35:00.000-07:00

Going to try this new restaurant that I always see.. Looks nice :)

Here is the logo

Entrance of the place

Bar seating

Seating of the restaurant

More seating, there is private rooms too, but must spend above $200 :)

Menu.. Lotsa choice

Table menu

Chopsticks

Serviette

Chili powder

Ice water

Tonkatsu sauce

Tonkatsu pork set. The pork is really thick and juicy. The skin crispiness is just nice and not too overwhelming. The portion is huge, 2 pork fillet slices :) It really worth it!

Ginger pork. The pork is thinly sliced and tender. The portion is just nice with generous serving of the sauce.

Good food, good company :)

Total bill: ~$38

Dinner - A-Roy Thai @ Upp East Coast Rd

2010-10-03T18:40:00.000-07:00

A-Roy Thai. Heard lotsa raves about this restaurant, so decided to try..

Feel like really in Thailand

The utensils.. the rice cooker is Tiger brand.. wonder how much it costs..

Seating

Chili sauce with cucumber and peanut. We actually only trying to ask for chili, but they give us this due to miscommuncation (the people working there is all Thais, which is good, coz that means the food are really authentic). Turn out that I like this sauce very much.. really good, and I end up eating the cucmber and peanut just by itself, before the food comes.

Dipping sauce for the crackers

The peppery crackers :)

Pineapple rice.

Mixed vegetable stir fry

Fish cake @ $3 each.. pricey huh.. but it's good :)

Vermicelli with prawn. The prawns are of reasonable size and the vermicelli is well seasoned and cooked.

Green curry chicken. This is very good. I like this :)

Steamed fish with lime. It is very fresh and very good :) I thought it will be too much as I thought that it will be big, but it's actually just nice. This fish is ordered by everyone in the restaurant too! haha

The feedback that the food is good is true, but the comment about the food is pricey, is true too!!

Total bill: ~$125

Lunch - Mart Boulevard @ 8 Shenton Way

2010-09-29T13:00:00.000-07:00

Discovered this place at a very unlikely place haha.. The decor is very nice, very SEA-an.. :)

Utensils

Table mat

Lemongrass drink. Generous serving for one :)

Honey BBQ Chicken rice

Green curry chicken rice

Phad thai.. it doesn't come with any meat, so I added $1 for chicken expecting chicken meat to be tossed with the rice noodles.. but it's actually the chicken wing.. so $1 for 1 small sized mid wing.. -_-" The chicken is tender and sweet but I might just go vegetarian next time. The phad thai is not bad on its own :)

Total bill: ~$35

Lunch - Uncle Sam's Claypot @ Robinson Rd

2010-09-23T12:15:00.000-07:00

Try out this place as I have seen it a few times .. :) Looks like a nice place :)

Tom yum noodle soup.

The star dish, claypot chicken rice. The portion is generous and it goes very well with the sambal belachan, must get it ourselves at the side table. I like this! :)

Dinner - Everything with Fries @ Joo Chiat

2010-09-04T20:32:00.000-07:00

Have heard this place a few times, so went down to try..

The board

Have a Happy Fries Day! :p

Counter

Everything is white here..

Pick ur mains, choose ur fries and select your greens

Utensils

Root beer float, they use the canned A&W root beer :)

Chili and tomato sauces

1 egg soup. I didn't try it tho

Fried chicken wings. They slice the wings into halves. Feel that it is too much flour and no meat.. Could be better..
Chicken burger. I like this too. The bread is buttery :) The sides are garden salad and garlic and herbs fries.

Salmon steak. The portion is really generous and the fish is cooked to perfection. I like this :) I have it with coleslaw and curry thick fries :)

Lunch - Chilli Padi @ Joo Chiat Pl

2010-09-04T13:50:00.000-07:00

Went here for lunch :)

Nice ambiance... very traditional nonya style :)

There is a counter near the kitchen

The awards that they have won..

The paintings

Ice lemon tea

Lime

Grass jelly drink

Belachan

Achar

Tahu goreng

Curry vegetable

Black ink squid.. not spicy..

Babi ponteh.. the meat is tender but the meat is actually brisket.. I prefer less fats ones..

Ayam buah keluak. The buah keluak is sweet paste... I prefer the ones bitter, salty one stuffed with meat.

Bill: ~$80.

Homecooked - Chili Tuna, Onion Omelette and Stir fry Cabbage

2010-08-22T13:00:00.000-07:00

Cabbage stir fry

Onion with chili omelette

Chili tuna

Simple meal put togther within 30 minutes :)

Dessert - Sapore Italiano @ Raffles City

2010-08-19T20:49:00.000-07:00

Looks like a pub but actually it is a ice cream place :)

The decor of the place...

Seatings

More seating

The bar top

Is this flower or ice cream? only one word "WAAAHHH"

All the ice cream are like that... so coool!

Look huge too :)

Pasta-like ice cream.. got me fooled for a while :p

They also serve coffee

and wine and water :)

We settle for this. It is really huge. The four of us cannot finish it. One thing is that.. we don't get the choose the scoops included inside. There are 4 different flavor with lotsa strawberries :)

A closer look :)

Dinner - Pu Tien Restaurant @ Parkway Parade

2010-08-17T19:30:00.000-07:00

Finally get to try at this restaurant. See the wallpaper, look so calming

Seating

Utensils

Chili sauce, with chincalok. Very nice and spicy :)

Pork intestine. Very compact and tender

Homemade tofu. It's like egg tofu, very nice :)

Fried mantou

This is supposed to be the filling for the fried mantou. It is stir fry pork. Sweet in taste. I like the mantou just by itself too :)

Fried beehon. The best dish :) I think I will want to come here just for this :)

Sweet and sour pork. Have a nostalgic taste :)

Deep fried pork trotters. I don't really like it coz it have not much taste, very dry and salty :p

Dinner - Min Jiang Restaurant @ GoodWood Park

2010-08-12T19:45:00.000-07:00

This trip comes with a purpose.. this should give a indication..

This will give a better indication :):)

Chili sauce

Pickled papaya

String bean with minced meat. I like this!

Kong pao chicken. So flavourful :)

Fried buns

Chili crab :) The sauce is a bit on the spicy side.

Black pepper crab. I like this one the best! :)

Total bill: ~$155

Lunch - Coffee Lounge @ Goodwood Park

2010-08-08T15:26:00.000-07:00

Eating at Goodwood Park again :):) So Happy!

This time try Coffee Lounge Afternoon Tea buffet

The place is crowded

Appertiser line

Main course line

Dessert line

Otah

Soon Kue and Chee Chong Fan

Sio may, dumpling, Tofu rojak, kue pie tie

Exclusively kue pie tie and quails egg :)

Mee siam

Main course selection, fried bee tai mak, chicken drumlet and chicken curry. I like the chicken curry :)

Nonya kueh

Fruits

Milk and sugar for..

coffee and ..

Tea :)

So full .. we didn't get to try everything :)

Lunch - Min Jiang Restaurant @ GoodWood Park Hotel

2010-08-01T15:30:00.000-07:00

Went to Min Jiang to try their dim sum buffet, at first see the buffet line is quite small, so thought that it might not have much choices.. Boy, was I wrong...

The drinks that we have

Dim sum selection, such a wide variety and there is more but our stomach can't contain anymore.. All nice too! :)

The main courses selection is also great!

Dessert, with durian desserts being the winner :)

Homecooked - Steamed pork cube, lady fingers and bread

2010-07-31T13:15:00.000-07:00

Feeling a bit peckish but didn't want to take a long time to cook something... so to save time cooking rice, we turn to bread :)
With some steamed lady fingers and chili slices

The highlight of the meal, steamed egg pork cube, I made this a few times already :)

Put it all together and we are ready to eat :)

Dinner - Jia Xiang Kolo Noodle @ Marina Square

2010-07-28T19:55:00.001-07:00

I have eaten here a few times but this is the first time I dine in this branch :)

Chili sauce

Luo Han Guo with Longan drink
Gold Jia Xiang Mee, consisting of abalone, fried wanton, boiled wanton, minced pork, char siew, veges. Loaded with goodies :) It's good and I feel like having some pampering that's why I ordered the abalone set :)

Total bill :)

Brunch - The Garden Slug @ Telok Kurau Lorong L

2010-07-25T10:09:00.000-07:00

Heard some good reviews about this place, so we went here to try their all day breakfast as I feel like eating pancakes :)

Here is the exterior look, we sit outside, so I didn't take picture of how the indoor seats like..

The other entrance to the indoor seats :) It is actually 2 units, I think...

Table setting

Iced water

Start the day with coffee :)

Ice lemongrass drink with sugar water

Old Fashioned Pancakes. There is preserved pear slices embedded on the pancakes. The serving is okay, but I was looking for those fluffy pancakes instead of these types. But otherwise, it is good. Served with a block of butter and maple syrup :)

Our breakfast plan is spoilt when I smell the pizza from the nearby table :p We decided to order pizza for ourselves as well. The topping for the pizza is quite generous and good. The pizza dough is more biscuit like. Even though we (at least, me) prefer to have the thick pizza dough, but this one works fine as well. It is good and the portion is just nice for 2 :)

I asked for tobasco sauce and we are given cheese, tobasco and chili powder

So I pour cheese and chili powder on the pizza...

A good and filling brunch! :)

Total bill: ~$35 (we are served Mentos mint with the recipt as well) :)

Homecooked - Steamed Ginger Chicken, Garlic Prawn and Sauteed Mushroom

2010-07-24T20:20:00.000-07:00

It have been a long long time I cooked, so I am very excited that I have the time and place to cook this for dinner :)

We just heat up this leftover from our dinner in Garuda. It is tapioca leaves.

This is also another leftover, sambal potato with quail egg and chicken internals :)

Sauteed white button mushroom

Ingredients:

- Oyster sauce

- Sliced button mushroom

Method:

- I put a bit of oil on the pan

- After the pan is hot, I dumped in all the mushroom, making sure that it is spread evenly on the pan

- After a while, the mushroom start to produce a lot of water, I am waiting to boil off the water, but due to the time factor, I decided to just drain the water off and continue to sautee and add oyster sauce in

- Serve

Steam Ginger Chicken. This is the first time I cook this but luckily, it turn out just the way I want it to be haha

Ingredients:

- Sliced ginger and chop a small portion finely

- Sliced boneless chicken thigh (De-skinned)

- Wolfberry and red date

- Sesame oil

- Cornflour

- Oyster sauce

- Soy sauce

- Rice wine

Method:

- Season chicken thigh with soy sauce, oyster sauce and corn flour

- Add in rice wine and mix well

- Heat up sesame oil in pan and pan fry the chicken skin briefly

- Throw the chicken skin and add ginger to it. Fry till fragrant

- Pour the ginger and oil to the pan

- Steam the chicken

- When the chicken is almost done, throw in wolfberry and red dates and continue to steam

- Serve

Garlic prawn. The prawn turns out a bit sticky, I just bought the prawns from supermarket though, so I dunno if it is coz of cornflour or the prawn is not that fresh.
Ingrdients:

- Peeled prawn and deveined

- Cornflour

- Garlic

- Soy sauce

- Sugar

- Pepper

Method:

- Season the prawn with soy saucem sugar and pepper

- Coat the prawn with cornflour

- Fry the prawn and set aside

- Pan fry garlic till it is starting to be brown

- Add prawn in and stir thoroughly

- Serve

Hami melon is in season now, so we also have this fruit to complete our meal :) isn't it beautifully cut :p

To celebrate the joyous occasion of me being able to cook :p, we got Jolly Shandy for our drink.

Cheers to love, happiness and prosperity :D

Lunch - Inle Myanmar Restaurant @ Marina Square

2010-07-21T12:30:00.000-07:00

Went to try this Myanmar restaurant :)

Exterior look

They having lunch promotion

Our menu

Table setting

Cut chili

Ice water and bird nest drink

Our sauces for the noodles

Mohinga, it taste like penang laksa but with thicker and sweeter sauce. It is also fish based, which might explain the similarity in taste and texture :)

I also ordered Kyay Oae, which I didn't manage to snap (I thought I did.. -_-""). It is basically like chicken broth with meatball and beehun. Just comforting soup :)

Total bill: $14 (Lunch Promo) :)

Dinner - Min Jiang Restaurant @ GoodWood Park Hotel

2010-07-16T20:00:00.000-07:00

Went to dine here :)

Entrance

What you see when you are entering

Table

The plate

and utensils

Washing hand for our upcoming dish :):)

Tea

Peanut and chili sauce. The chili sauce feels like a dimsum chili, and I like it :)

Various sauces to go with our dishes

Kou Kee leaves with 3 types of egg. Of course we will call this dish :)

Claypot tofu with safood. Big serving.. think enough for 4 person even -_-". The seafood and tofu is good though..

Roast chicken with sesame seeds and sze chuan sauce. The chicken skin is crispy and the sauce is tasty. I like this! :)

This is the star dish that we have been waiting for...

Herbal prawn!!!

Plump, round, slippery skin prawn.. so fresh.. The skin can even peels flawlessly.. just slide out... I love this prawn... :D

After our so filling dinner, we still want to try the dessert, but not much space in our tummy, so we ordered only 1 dessert, mango sago with pamelo in young coconut. It is very good and refreshing to end our satisfying dinner :)

Total bill: ~$122 :)

Dinner - Jones the Grocer @ Mandarin Gallery

2010-07-11T20:15:00.000-07:00

Had a gathering cum dinner at Jones the Grocer. They sell intersting food and drinks.

They also have a cafe section. The whole place is decorated to look like a modern kitchen hehe

Salt flakes.. orangy color.. interesting

The white and orange salt flakes, both are river salt flakes..

What is this?

Brown and white sugar :)

Table set up

Duck pasta

The pasta resembles noodles as it is very long and it is cook in a broth.. Very nice :)

Chicken confit. The portion is a bit small but it's good

Total bill: ~$56 (the prices here already includes GST) :)

Dinner - Ming Kee Live Seafood @ MacPherson Rd

2010-07-10T20:09:00.000-07:00

Went to eat here again, but just trying their signature dish as it run out the last time we are here.

Interior of the place. We got there early, like 5+pm.. all the tables are already reserved..

Table

Utensils

Guess what is the signature dish? :P

Water

Pickle

Sauces

The main star.. Crab Beehun! The beehun is really moist and the crab have lotsa meat and nicely cooked! I like this!! :)

Total bill: ~$66 (the crab is 1.3 kg which is a good size for 2) :)

Dinner - Hong Kong Street Family Restaurant @ Upp East Coast Rd

2010-07-05T19:30:00.000-07:00

Went to eat at this unsuspecting looking restaurant receomended by my companion.. which mentioned that the food is quite good :)

The place look more like family/house setting hehe

Chili

Their fish soup is quite good with a ginger scent :) The choice of with milk or without milk is available

String bean I think it's called.. It is very very good! I like this, can finish the whole plate on my own.. even if it is a large portion hehe :p

Prawn paste chicken. Quite nicely fried and the pungent smell of the prawn is not too overwhelming :)

Claypot tofu

Sweet and sour pork. It is sweet and can taste the vinegar as well. Nicely balanced taste :)

Soft shell crab cereal. The crab is rather small, so it is more cryspy than really eating the crab meat :)

Total bill: ~$78 for 6 pax - really reasonable place to dine :)

Dinner - Marche @ 313 Somerset

2010-06-09T19:30:00.000-07:00

Went to dine here to reminisce our Swiss trip :p

The trademark cows

Did you spot the Swiss flag?

The stalls

White asparagus is in season

To our seats.. the table is reseved :)

Rootbeer

Chili sauce

Dijon and mustard seeds

Rosti

The whole serving

Vegetarian pizza

To balance all these meat.. grilled chicken and sausage :)

Dinner - Gordon Grill @ GoodWood Park

2010-06-07T20:00:00.000-07:00

Went to have dinner at Gordon's Grill as a celebration. Been here once before, a long time ago.. nostalgic feeling rushing back, both old and new memories...

Interior of the place

Interior again

Romantic candle and flower arrangement

Table set up

Plate

Butter

Selection of bread

Appertiser, cherry tomato and caviar. Very nice and refreshing on the palate

Mashed potato,... very creamy

Grilled mushroom

Roasted giant quail with foie gras. Foie gras is really a huge portion :) I like it!

Pork steak

Towel

Coffee

Crystallize brown sugar

Chocolate to round off the meal :)

Total Bill: ~$120

Lunch - Taste Paradise @ Ion Orchard

2010-05-09T14:30:00.000-07:00

Went to eat at Taste Paradise. It always have long queue outside

The chinese signboard

Entrance and people waiting

Located at Ion, with a view overlooking Wheelock Place

The decor is like the olden China physician drawers hehe

The chair

Intricate utensils design

Red table

Close up of the plate drawing

Full set of utensils

Chili sauce

Tea

Chasew nut to chew on while waiting for the food to come

Shark cartiladge soup

Close up. It is very thick and milky.

Carrot cake

Raw tomato in salad dressing. The sauce is quite good :)

Roast pork. Very small serving. How did they manage to roast till it is so flat.. haha No fats left there :)

Starter plate. There is foie gras, and prawn. I like this! :)

Cod fish

Spinach

Sauces for the ..

Roast chicken and duck

Dessert.. lemongrass jelly :) It's nice with the tinge of lemongrass smell. Light dessert to complement the heavy lunch

Santan in coconut... what's underneath it.. ?

Yam paste, of course :)

Homecooked - Long Bean Omelette with Instant Fried Noodle

2010-04-23T20:15:00.000-07:00

Didn't plan to cook but nothing to eat, so after seeing whatever available on the fridge, here goes the simple dinner.. Instant fried noodle with long bean omelette

Fried instant noodle, I added slices of chili padi for the spicy kick

Long Bean Omelette for the vegetable content of dinner. I like the color, looks appertizing :)

Method:
- Cut long beans into rings

- Chop big chili for garnishing and color

- Beat 2 eggs and season with pepper and soya sauce

- Stir fry the long beans with a little oil till soft

- Add in the chili slices and fry around for a while

- Spread the long beans and chili on the pan and pour in the beaten egg mixture

- Leave it to cook for 1 minute

- Cut into triangular slices and flip each side to cook the top of the egg

- Leave it to cook for about 1 minute

- Dish up and enjoy