prata egg

daughter wanted prata for dinner & drove me to the casuarina curry at 6th avenue on 31.8.2016. ^^

the whole family had been here before except me, the first time.

i wasn’t going to take dinner.

had put on 2kg, sometimes 3kg this year. have been running consistently 10km twice a week, and i didn’t think i eat more than before but also not less la…

PLUS today i had a great lunch at mikuni with my OPS primary school classmate. i try to do 1 meal a day not always successful.

& after lunch had four seasons chendol + coffee some more.

so daughter ordered her prata egg.

masala mutton cubes

i was observing to the server that they did not have mysore mutton like mr prata.

the manager interjected that they had masala mutton today instead.

as this my first time here, i decided to just try it….horrors! what an excuse! 🙂

masala mutton cubes

the masala mutton was good too….

i especially like the curry & herb flavours, and i tasted the galangal also…

prata gosong

& have to order the prata gosong.

the dough was tasty & also fresh & crispy done on the spot! good stuff! ^^

my daughter’s prata egg came with the dal.

i love dal as much as the curry. my daughter didn’t take so i finished up the dal as well.

lagi ex leh

we ordered a mee goreng for my youngest daughter. 🙂

i thought the price lagi ex leh – S$6 for mee goreng & S$1.20 for prata gosong, but this is a restaurant & i guess quite the going price (say even like vivo’s food republic)..

casuarina prata

somehow a quick look at the other curries shown here didn’t appeal to me so much.

it was quite strange the manager stopped me from taking a second photo. no problem la…in fact we chatted quite a bit afterwards, and of course i did not take any more photos. not a must but i would have thought nothing trade secret from photos in this kind of place & they would welcome blog photos. but to each his own la…:-)

afterwards i look at the menu again online. seems ok maybe with give the fish head curry & nasi beryani a try sometimes.

the outing was a very good bonding session with my daughter. children are busy now work or studies. though we have many makans together outside every week, a tete a tete is always a welcome. daughter talked about her work, friends, plan etc we had a really great time together.

c.h.e.f andy

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Casuarina Curry @ 6th Avenue

Address:

20 Sixth Ave, 276479

Contact:

6469 6915

http://www.casuarinacurry.com/restaurant-menu

Four Seasons GCT Chendol 

my 2 close friends who are organising the second FGS (For Goodness Sake) Charity Dinner on 21Oct2016 are going for a 21-days long trip to the silk road (6-26sep2016).

time is tight & they are all busy, so this tai kor (“bro”) arranged to have coffee with me at toa payoh lor 8 food centre on 31.8.2016.

& he knows i am always game for my favoruite four seasons chendol la….^^

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so after my excellent euro bets lunch at mikuni with my OPS friend, i went to toa payoh lor 8 food centre to join him for coffee + chendol.

hainan street old coffee @ toa payoh lor 8 food centre 

he heard that coffee here is good.

so after four seasons chendol we had a cuppa. i had my usual kopi c gosong tilok.

indeed it was good, fragrant coffee & aroma, & blended well with the evaporated milk. a good cuppa.

toa payoh lor 8 food centre 

toa payoh food centre quite empty, nice & bright for a coffee chat at this hour 3-4pm.

c.h.e.f andy

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Hainan Street Old Coffee

Address:

210 Lor 8 Toa Payoh, 310210

kagoshima wagyu sukiyaki konabe 

lost the bet on euro 2016 finals to a good OPS primary school friend.

not that i particularly knowledgeable on soccer & both finalist portugal & france not my favourite teams. anyway france home team & lesser of my “unfavoruites”…the result = i lost.

so we went for lunch at mikuni on 31.8.2016. ^^

last time i came with my OPS primary school friends was on 4.7.2016.

i ordered the mikuni chirashi for myself. for my friend i ordered the lobster uniyaki + kagoshima wagyu sukiyaki konabe. those are always great dishes & safer orders. not everyone likes sashimi.

prawn crakers & salad 

we had the usual prawn crackers.

for my chirashi i had a simply salad.

chirashi don 

my chirashi don today was better than usual.

for a start, the don (rice) at mikuni always quite poor. today it was very tasty. there were some small chopped pickles in the don also.

chirashi don 

& very good sashimi, though that has always been. notably the really huge botan ebi today, 2 pieces of chutoro, & uni. quite excellent.

lobster uniyaki 

my friend enjoyed the kagoshima wagyu (top photo), very tasty “pang” he said.

& like me, he liked it rare. o know its marbled & tasty.

but the soup is too thick & salty & no finesse (eg like what hachi served in its omakase lunch).

& the lobster was quite big today. on some days it looked like 400g. today it was like 500g. it came with the bonito soup dip. my friend quite enjoyed it too.

creme brulee dessert 

i declined to order dessert. i had a creme brulee dessert in my set so i passed it to my friend.

i didn’t order tea also. amex “love-dining” offers 50% discounts for 2pax (for up to 5pax on mondays). tea cost S$5 no discounts.

2pax lunch came to S$112. quite ok for the quality of food.

c.h.e.f andy

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Mikuni @ Fairmont Level 3

Address:

80 Bras Basah Rd, Fairmont Hotel 3/L, Raffles City, Singapore 189560

Contact:

6431 6156

Opening Hours:

Mon-Sun: 12-2:30pm, 6:30-10:30pm