Thursday, April 16, 2009

Bali

Our breakfast in Bali @ some hotel in Ahmed
Omelet with ham and mushroom
Spaghetti
Our dinner at Jimbaran
Kang Kong
Kang Kong
Grilled Fish
Grilled Fish
Grilled Prawns
Grilled Prawns
Sweet Sour Sotongs
Sweet and Sour Sotong
Satay
Satay
This had got to be our favourite meal, Babi Guling at Ubud
Babi Guling
Finally on our last day, we had these at the airport
grilled sambal chicken rice and satay chicken rice
Grilled chicken rice
Fried rice with chicken Satay

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Thai Express @ esplanade mall

Had Thai express before running off to catch CATS. Think i told myself and another friend before that i would never ever eat at Thai Express again, but as always, when i have to catch something at Esplanade, there is not much choices so ... yet again Thai Express. Anyway I was also craving for Thai food, so uh well, no harm breaking my promise. SO here is what we had:
Tom Yum Soup to share, it looks deceptively innocent, but it is one mean fiery bowl of soup. I kinda like the fact that it is so overpoweringly spicy!
Tom Yum Soup
Next up my main: Tom Yum Hor Fun. I love this simply because it is spicy. I think i just love the taste of tom yum with the fragrant taste of lemon grass and kaffir leaves. Hmm but i really cant quite comprehend why cooks are always frying cuttlefish in such a way that it is too chewy and unfriendly to the jaws.
Tom Yum Hor Fun
Tom Yum Hor Fun
These are my friends' mains:
Pad Thai
Pad Thai Talay
Green Curry with Rice
Green Curry with rice

We also had the Banana fritters with ice cream of which i couldnt take a photo cos we were running out of time. Anyway there was a funny, or rather smelly, stale oil taste to the fritters. Maybe they fry n refry it with oil which were stale?? hmm

Esplanade Mall 01-13D
Sun - Thurs: 1100 - 2300
Fri - Sat: 1130 - 2400

Anyway it opens till late, so well... one of the places you can visit after a performance in the Esplanade

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Came here for this thick broth of crab bee hoon soup. Owl and I are not crab people, to us, the effort that goes into digging the flesh is not worth the taste. But well as both of us are uninspired as to where to head to for dinner, here we are at Uncle Leong.
Uncle Leong
We had the 3 eggs spinach
Uncle Leong
and the crispy fried toufu. Not bad, but too many for just the 2 of us
Uncle Leong

Uncle Leong
Blk 233 Ang Mo Kio Ave 3
01-1194
6554 3453

*this place was given rather poor ratings in Hungry Go Where, but it is really not that bad =)

Friday, April 10, 2009

Taste Paradise revisited

Once again, here we are at Taste Paradise. Thanks to M, we got a delicious treat! 

Here are the 2 sauces that company the entire meal. Her bee hiam (spicy prawn paste) and green ginger.
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The usual appetizer - Prawns with Mangoes
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Next up the Famous XO carrot cake. It is available for $1 if you spend more than $100 on the total bill. I love the soft and mushy carrot cake, it is of course unlike what you get in hawker centres where you can hardly taste the white carrot. The carrot cake here has a distinctive carrot taste and it is nicely fried with XO sauce. 
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Next up the Peking Duck. Also another lunch time promotion. $28 for the duck. Guess most would consider $28 as rather worth it, but I'm not a fan of duck  nor duck skin, so well... and with just the 3 of us, it can get quite boring eating slabs and slabs of duck skin. 

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Next up is what we came for, yes yes as with previous post, this is certainly the highlight of the meal. I admit that theoretically I have sworn off shark's fin, but once in a while, i break my 'vow' by indulging in a superb bowl of soup. Hmmm if only someone could replicate the taste without using shark's fin. I am sure it is possible, shark's fin itself is probably tasteless. 
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okay this may seem really offensive to people who ban shark's fin in their tummy. Sorry guys! I am really trying to stay clear of those fins!
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Next up a toufu dish, toufu with mushroom and scallop. Nothing fantastic, although the scallop sauce was pleasant, but the toufu was rather disappointing. Worse than many zi char stall i would say. tasteparadise100420090110
The final meal before desserts was a bee hoon dish, fried with the meat of the Peiking duck. Also another disappointing dish. Then again maybe because we were too full to find pleasure in it.
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Finally desserts: We had the almond cream in papaya and avocado cream with walnut ice-cream. Take my advice, just stick to the avocado cream next time. The almond cream and previously the mango cream that I had is nothing to rave about. The avocado cream on the other hand is very unique, the walnut ice-cream and avocado cream is indeed a perfect match.
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Total bill for 3
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Taste Paradise
48-49 Mosque Street
6226 2959
1200-1430, 1730-2230

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Por Kee

Had a good meal with wonderful company at Porkee - Tiong Bharu. 
This is my favourite dish! Taste very much like well marinated piece of char siew! Really love it! =) In fact I am craving for it now this very moment! SHIOK!
This is the steam fish in thai sauce. Very obliging staff who changed the fire 2 times cos we were slow in devouring the fish and we wanted to keep the fish warm. In addition, we asked for 3 more helping of the thai fish 'soup'. Love the taste of the lemon grass and the wolfberries in the sauce. 
Very yummy toufu fish!
Yam basket
My favourite vegetable, sweet potato leaves!
69 Seng Poh Lane
11:30-14:30
5:30 - 12:30
Tel: 6221 0582

Friday, March 27, 2009

Sushi Tei@Big Splash... again...

Once again, here i am at my favourite restaurant, Sushi Tei for its melt-in-your mouth, ever lovely unagi roll. But of cos other than Unagi roll, we had other dishes too. But it is alway the same old unagi roll n sashimi salad that is a MUST for us.

so here are some photos again...
This is the season special: Collagen Salmon Belly Nabe. I love the salmon belly! but be careful not to cook it too long.
Salmon Belly Nabe

here is the ever delicious sashimi salad
Sashimi Salad

the fried salmon cheek
Fried Salmon

my all time favourite
Unagi Roll

This was a rather disappointing dish. It is almost tasteless, really no taste of salmon, or anything at all... strange
Aburi Salmon roll

Very refreshing dessert to end the meal - Yuzu sherbet
Yuzu Sherbet

Thursday, March 26, 2009

En Dining @ Crown Centre

Had a rather delicious, scrumptious dinner at En Dining. A Japanese Ala-Carte buffet outlet which serves food of rather high standard, even the presentation was pleasant for a buffet restaurant.
Of course we had more food than this, but well... decided to stop taking photos and start enjoying my food!

This is one of the cold dish that we had, century egg cold toufu. Very refreshing as an appetizer, and it is very eggy. Century eggs lover will definitely love this dish!
En Dining@Crown Centre
The sashimi was very fresh and slices of salmon were thick.
En Dining@Crown Centre
This is the beef carpaccio which is not bad. In fact this is my first time eating beef carpaccio.
En Dining@Crown Centre
Our shabu shabu pork slices
En Dining@Crown Centre
Bittergourd with egg, nothing spectacular, was curious so wanted to try it out
En Dining@Crown Centre
OOooo this has got to be my favourite dish of the night. It looks rather ordinary but looks can be deceiving! This is the ungai fried rice, the unagi in the rice really enhances the flavour of the rice. Very addictive dish, in fact it was this dish that fills me up big time cause i couldnt stop eating it. Maybe that was the intention, give you a very good rice dish and fill you up so that you will stop eating other more expensive dishes.
En Dining@Crown Centre
This is part of our Shabu Shabu
En Dining@Crown Centre
The very fatty Dong Po Rou, Pork Belly, which platy couldnt stop eating and once she decided that she had enough, she was sick! Her artery must have felt clogged.
En Dining@Crown Centre
The lovely beef slices for the beef sukiyaki
En Dining@Crown Centre
The rather ordinary teriyaki chicken.
En Dining@Crown Centre

You can choose between the Beef Shabu Shabu and Beef Sukiyaki. Both are part of the ala-carte buffet. It was about $50 per head. Cant remember the exact price though.

En Japanese Dining Bar @ Bukit Timah
Crown Centre
01-14
Tel: 6468 5710
Mon - Thu: 6-11pm
Fri - Sun, Ph: 12-3; 6-11pm