偶然邂逅

Today is a day of coincidental occurences - after the pre-planned morning date i mean.

After lunch, went over to get the movie tickets. My top 3 shows are all sold out. But i'm next in queue and i really wanna watch something today. So i got the tickets to the next available show.

Anyways, there was a little time before YZ arrives. So i walked around. In passing by 313, chanced upon a roadshow. i was browsing in a shop next to the roadshow when i heard the mc introduce the host and guests from 女人我最大 on-stage! They were doing some promo for the cable company i think. Everyone was whipping out their phones and so did i! But the emcee was blocking the guests the whole time. And everyone's hands were blocking me too.

After Lan Xin Mei went off after playing one game, i proceed to my next destination. At Orchard Central, i saw Joanna Dong and the other female lead. They were there to be ready for their roadshow for the 881 musical in the late afternoon. i had already gotten my tickets some time back so i didn't stick around for their performance.

Later, while enjoying my ice cream, also saw someone i know from the company there.

After a teabreak (really it was our trip discussion) @ Fruit Paradise which serve quite good tarts, we went up to find a place for early dinner before the show. Chanced upon this new restaurant Long Xia Zhou Shi Jia. We ate the lobster porridge and pan-fried kurobuta. The pork is quite nice but oily. The porridge is actually rice is soup. The soup is very flavourful though the lobster is too tough.

Cold Stone Creamery

Sampled their ice cream before the official opening! :)

Mint Mint Chocolate Chocolate Chip. i like! Yummy!

Shop @ Orchard Central. Opening on 12 Mar.

Beach Road Foochow Fish Ball

i totally forgot it's Mummy's birthday till she reminded me last night! As i had already missed 2 art classes, i can't miss a third. So took half day off work instead to spend some time with her. And since Pa said he'll bring her to eat traditional Foochow mee sua for lunch, i thought i might as well join them. You see, i'm Foochow but i hardly have a chance to be in touch with my dialect. But i'm proud to be a minority dialect.

After a long walk trying to find the eatery (in the rain!), we finally found it along Sultan Gate. It's an old coffeeshop. The 红糟鸡面线 is very nice! i didn't eat that though. But i like the soup from the sip that i tried. hee.. i ordered the 福洲炒年糕。 Foochow nian gao is not the usual brown sweet gluey stuff you see. It's rice cakes actually. i find that the 炒年糕  is too soggy. The Foochow fish ball is quite nice. Taste like those i ate when i was young. But i've had nicer 燕皮 though.

[sidenote] we actually caught a rerun episode of Tuesday Report on sunday showing this particular Beach Road Foochow fishball family! What a coincidence! :p

Dozo

The girls' belated birthday treat for me and early birthday celebration for LF.

The concept is similar to Tao restaurant. But just more expensive. Portions are smaller cos it's meant to be degustation menu.

Some of the items i like.

Mushroom soup with truffle. You are supposed to eat the truffle (yep, it's that tiny little black thing on the spoon) first by letting it sit in your mouth for 10 seconds before slowly chew on it to enjoy it to the fullest. Then followed by the soup. First time eating truffle. You can really taste the rich mushroomy smell but i dom't understand all the fuss over it though... Give me normal cheapie mushroom for my fungi kick any time!

Beef tenderloin on some leaf and hot stone. The beef is hidden under the noodle brush. You are supposed to cook the beef on the leaf on the hot stone. The beef is really tender.

The warm chocolate cake with ice cream is recommended! The cake oozes with rich flowy chocolate. Yum!

Tavolo @ Parco Marina Bay

This little Italian gem of a restaurant is a must-try! It's sandwiched between Saboten (my current fav restaurant) and that ramen shop which i've yet to try at itadakimasu Level 3 Parco Marina. Thanks to SL for the recommendation and so coincidental, she was queuing up at Saboten this evening too.

The crowd, or rather, lack of, does not do this restaurant any justice. But i do like quiet dining places. No queues! :)

Top up $5 for dessert and tea, which is a steal cos the desserts are more than $5 a piece on the regular menu.

Bread with vinegar and olive oil

Their Mushroom soup is really yummy! i like that the soup is grainy so you can taste the mushrooms with every sip. Crunch crunch! And the cheese shaves that melts in the soup. Heavenly combination! drools... :p

Calamari with asparagus. i thought it would be more like calamari rings. There's a nice grill taste to the asparagus but the calamari is average.

Seafood calamari ink pasta. This really surprised us! It's so much like claypot seafood yee mee. hehe. Quite nice.

The tiramisu is nice and very rummy!

Barcook Bakery

My colleague cum new gym kaki introduced this super yummy bread on Monday to me. Raisin cream cheese bread! The bread is filled with really cheesesy cream cheese. The bread is sprinkled very generously with raisins which compliment the cream cheese perfectly! Must-try!

OMG! i had eaten 5 in the past 6 days alone! And i just bought another batch home! There goes my 4 days of workout this week! hee... (^^,)

i always wanted to try the other breads but they are always sold out. And there's always a loooooong queue.

Space @ My Humble House

First visit to this Esplanade restaurant before the performance.

The overpriced chicken rice here is not bad. The chicken is very smooth and tender. The rice would be nicer if it is a little oiler. The set comes with a soup.

The sugar comes in a very interesting form! i didn't drink it though...

PS Cafe

First visit to Dempsey Hill as this place is really out of the way. There's a nice vibe to the place which i like.

The cakes at the counter look really nice but i had to give that a miss in the end cos really could not stuff in anymore food... Prices are not cheap but portions are huge too!

Portobello mushroom soup - i nearly dropped my jaw when i saw the size of the bowl! This would be best shared between 2-3 people but i downed it all by myself! The taste is average as i prefer my mushrooms to be more grainy.

Chicken rossa penne - not bad but nothing really wow to shout about too...

Shared a sticky date cake with toffee sauce and ice cream which is really yum! :p It's too sweet to be finished by itself so share!

Wild Honey

Came here where they serve breakfast all day for supper after the movie. :)

Of the dishes, i like the BLT which taste like angmoh bak kwa sandwich! Really sinful. Lots of bacon and cheese.

Happy Lemon (again)

It's calorie overload as i got a drink before and after the hair appointment! But today's drinks are quite disappointing even though i tried their star products... i drank the lemon juice and topped up with kanten. The store forgot my kanten and i had to go back for it. Even so, they gave me jelly instead. :(

Then i drank the green tea with sea salt and cheese - their super star product. But alas, it doesn't have the wow factor as the cocoa that YZ drank the other day. And the green tea (more jasmine than green tea) is really bitter.

i think i'll stick to the blueberry drink i had the last time... or try the non-star products... haiz...

Happy Lemon

Discovered this drink kiosk at Ion Orchard basement 4 when it was their closing time. Was drawn to this store by their kawaii cup. hehe. Looks like a typical bubble tea store but NO! Prices are not cheap but they have lots of interesting drinks! Had a hard time deciding what to drink. Anyway, i tried the Blueberry with Kanten and Agar. And had a few sips of the Cocoa with Rock Salt and Cheese. Cool combinations! Really a happy end to an otherwise boring day. :p

i shall try some other drinks if i pass by again. hehe. :)

Saboten (again)

Had wanted to try out Nandos as i thought i could be done by 5pm and maybe there might not be a queue. But The Full Monty ended at around 6:15pm and i might be wrong about the queue anyway cos there was a queue even at 2:45pm! So, after looking at the options we have at iluma and bugis, we went back to our fav place in recent weeks, Parco Marina! :p

i had the mini size tenderloin variety set, a big bowl of cabbage, 3 bowls of miso soup, a bowl of rice and a green tea ice cream. Yummy! And very satisfying! :)

Melt The World Cafe

There're no free lunch.... But there're free dinners! :)

LF got coke and beer spilled on her during a wedding dinner. The hotel offered to give her and her friends a treat. And she brought us along! :)

We thought that since the buffet is complimentary, we can get some drinks to go with. The two alcoholics in the group (not me!) decided to get a bottle of economical rose wine to share. i had one small glass... hee... When we wanted to pay, the manager informed us that the check (wine including) had been settled! Yippie! Kudos to the hotel for the service and meal! And also LF for sharing the treat with us! (^^,)v

Saboten (revisited)

Brought LF and YZ to this cheap and good find i found 2 weeks earlier. Highly recommend anyone who likes tonkatsu. :)

Even on a pre-PH night, there isn't much crowd. Service is as good as the previous visit. We all love the miso soup here. LF had 4 (or was it 5) bowls! LOL! Me and YZ just had 2 each. :p

The tenderloin is nicer than the loin! Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside! The loin can get a little tough cos the meat is super lean except for the layer of fat on one side.

i ordered the curry rice to have the best of both worlds again. :p The curry is decent but nothing really wow-ing. i'll stick to plain tenderloin on my next visit. :)

Peony Jade Restaurant

Recommend the Dim sum buffet here! It is one of the better dim sum buffets i've had in a long while. (not that i've been to many). Must try is the Custard bun. According to the manager, it is their award-winning dish. Yum! Only con is that you must have a vehicle to go to this restaurant at Keppel Club. Or walk the winding road in!

Saboten

This is yum! :)

The morning appointment ran quite late so was nearly 4pm when i reached Parco Marina Bay. Was making my choice between this or one of the ramen stores. i chose this cos i like the bright and clean decor and the free flow of cabbage and rice and miso soup and i'm really hungry! :p

Anyways, i ordered the grated radish loin katsu set. Loin is the meat with fat. Tenderloin is meat without fat. i was kinda deciding between the fat or no fat when i saw this grated radish set. Well, this is the normal tonkatsu but with grated radish on top. The waitress was very nice in suggesting to separate the radish with the fried pork cutlet. And she offered to give me the normal tonkatsu sauce as well cos the grated radish set usually comes with yuzu sauce only. i'm sold! How else could you get the best of both worlds?? :)

The cabbage was served first. When it came, i was like "!!!!" OMG! The cabbage was HUGE! i mean they gave me the same portion as for two people! Erms... still, i managed to eat half of it before the main course arrived cos i was trying out the 2 sauces for the cabbage. There's a yuzu and a goma sauce. As always i like the goma one! But the yuzu is not bad too.

The tonkatsu is crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside! There's about 1cm thick layer of fat though... It doesn't taste fatty but maybe next time i should order the tenderloin instead... hee... Oh and the set comes with yummilicious green tea ice cream and free flow of hot/cold green tea.

See the big portion of cabbage? This pic shows the half finished bowl of cabbage when the tonkatsu arrived. I managed to finish every single dish of this set plus additional bowl of miso soup! hehe! :P

Three Colour Egg

三色蛋

Fresh from SP's kitchen! This is so fool proof and yummy that i have to share! :)

One 皮蛋
One 咸蛋
Two 鸡蛋

Basically just dice the 皮蛋 and 咸蛋 and mix it with the 鸡蛋 and steam it! Viola!

Mother's Day Special

SP's specialty - Mushroom spaghetti with ham

TGI Friday's

i've always had a soft spot for them ever since my one-off part time job at the namesake ages ago. Of course it is not the same now.

Anyways, this new restaurant at the Heeren is 80% alfresco dining, i.e. no aircon! Considering the horribly hot weather these days, i wouldn't even consider eating here during the day. Luckily the place was quite well ventilated with lots of fans, so i didn't feel hot while eating.

i wanted to revive the oreo speedwagon i drank years ago. i was told they don't have that so the waitress recommended oreo milkshake which was not on the menu. i suspected that was the oreo speedwagon which i drank ages ago as that was also not part of the menu then. So i ordered that. The oreo milkshake is not bad but i thought the oreo speedwagon was nicer. Maybe next time if i order that, i would tell them not to blend the oreo so fine cos in the speedwagon, you could still taste some granules in it.

We shared the loaded potato skins and i had the Jack Daniel's Glazed Ribs for mains. The potato skins is average only. i like the ribs. The Jack Daniel sauce is quite intriguing. i thought it tasted like the sweet black sauce for soon kueh. :p

Anyways, i may just come back again during the day time so that i can sit and enjoy my meal with another sweet memory of mine across the road from this restaurant - my sec sch. :)

Royal Copenhagen Tea Lounge

Had wanted to eat here for ages. So here we came after the Quest. We both had the 4-course set meal. It is really an odd time for a meal cos it is not brunch, not lunch, not dinner. i called it the lunner! :p

All the courses come in royal copenhagen chinaware which is really pretty. So danish! Awesome. Nice place to eat and relax in midst of shopping at Taka.