A5 wagyu rosu, harami, kurobuta & chicken 

had lunch with a friend at heijoen yakiniku japan food town level 4 wisma on 4.9.2017. ^^

this a good friend from my past live. i think we knew each other around 2000, when i was doing some startup investment business. 🙂

this S$16.90 yakiniku lunch lunch truly the best value meal!

i came back for the same S$16.90 lunch set with my sis & bil on 6.9.2017. ^^

heijoen yakiniku

heijoen is right at the end of japan food town shops, next to sabar.

heijoen yakiniku lunch menu 

the lunch sets looked pretty good value but no comparison with the S$16,90 promo lunch set.

this wagyu set really good, the best value = unmatchable!

S$16.90 best value wagyu yakiniku @ heijoen 

the yakiniku set included A5 wagyu rosu, harami, kurobuta & chicken!

and it is cheaper than the menu lunch set that had only USDA beef.

salad, pickles, rice, soup 

and incredibly the salad, pickles, rice, soup were all very nice. rice was like a bibimbap with some beef toppings though not the same preparation.

salad

pickles 

soup

salad, pickles, soup all great!’

rice 

and the rice? best la!

heijoen yakiniku

wagyu rosu & harami, chicken & pork

wagyu rosu & harami, chicken & pork 

even the chicken was very good. & the kurobuta great!

the A5 wagyu of course 无得顶 mo tak teng (the best!)

panna cotta dessert

panna cotta dessert

& the panna cotta, also very nice la!

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Yakiniku Heijoen

Address:

chirashi don – S$30

my brother has a performance this evening = the grand finale of the 9th south east asian chinese poets symposium at china cultural centre queen street.

chirashi don – S$30

had good seats reserved but we needed to be early for the performance at 6.30pm so if we were to have a bite it should be nearby.

my RI bro CM & i arranged to have early dinner at standing sushi bar which is a few steps away at 5pm-ish. I parked at hotel royal which charged per entry from 5pm..all quite perfect.

chirashi don – S$30

my sis, her daughter & sil & their 2 yr old toddler happened to be around bugis during this time, and belatedly they decided to watch the poetry recital concert performance, so i asked them to join us for dinner. ^^

my sis ordered the same chirashi don.

for me, this chirashi don was ok not that great… and S$30 is too pricey for this standard. CM commented that the crabstick lowered the image of the dish.

the sashimi were thick cut & more like chikuwatei style. they were fresh & good sashimi but there was no premium cuts like toro, botanebi or akaebi, or even amaebi, just a cooked prawn, no uni etc.

they have promotion S$19,90 for this same chirashi don on sunday. i think that would be a more reasonable price.

for this, i think tanuki raw (orchard central) chirashi don lunch at S$22.90 was better deal. ok maybe not by much too – just uni & negi toro!

mango maki

mango maki

vegetarian don

vegetarian don

greentea & black sesame bingsu

after dinner at swatow @ serangoon gardens country club,

we walked to chomp chomp thinking of ice kachang. it was too crowded no table.

Nunsaram Korean Dessert Cafe

korean bingsu menu

Nunsaram Korean Dessert Cafe

Nunsaram Korean Dessert Cafe

we walked behind the blocks & found this korean bingsu place = Nunsaram Korean Dessert Cafe.

WT decided to buy bingshu.

greentea bingsu

greentea bingsu

black sesame bingsu

so WT bought 2 bingshu to share =$30+, very expensive.

the place was packed with youngsters, they got more $ than us…haha!

bingsu were good. ice shavings were fine & pleasing. both flavours were good – black sesame & macha, their bestsellers anyway! i liked the red beans, macha ice cream etc, only didn’t like the price.

not quite my thing to pay for these kind of stuff…

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Nunsaram Korean Dessert Cafe @ Serangoon Garden

梅菜扣肉

my OPS bro HC bought 4pax dinner at swatow restaurant @ serangoon garden country club this evening .

we had 8 dishes…the vegetarian goose, braised duck, 梅菜扣肉, teochew cai poh fried kuay teow & 水晶包were good👍

ter kar tan 猪脚冻

ter ar tan 猪脚冻was poor in colour ,texture & flavours..this is quite odd for a teochew restaurant!!!

goose web

goose web poor preparation, not worth ordering….

braised big intestines

braised big intestines

braised large intestines mediocre.

totally no comparison with 東北胖妈春饼店(Northeast Mom Spring Pancake), but then that is too high a bar la…that was so good! 

vegetarian goose

vegetarian goose among the better dishes. crispy & tasty too. 🙂

braised duck

braised duck was good too. 🙂

梅菜扣肉

梅菜扣肉 was good.

for me the vegetarian goodse & this dish were the 2 best dishes.

梅菜扣肉

梅菜 dry mustard vegetable taste was flavourful & texture of pork belly was tender & gelatinous.

i made a good dried mustard leaves belly pork 梅菜扣肉 myself, i think about same  standard as this.

teochew fried kuay teow

the teochew fried kuay teow was good, very good wok hae.

teochew fried kuay teow

this a very good variation of char kuay teow, though actually basically 2 different cuisine.

quite special teochew dish, and it was done well here. 🙂

水晶包

水晶包

the 水晶包 here was good. this dish, 4 savoury & 1 sweet (red beans), very good too! enjoyed it as a nice ending to the dinner.

kambing soup  

after the good briyani at geylang serai FC,

upper boon keng food centre

we took BT’s car (5pax) to upper boon keng food centre on 31.8.2017. ^^

kambing soup stall 

DP & KH went to buy the kambing soup, i think S$7.

kambing soup

i tasted the ribs & soup.

soup was very good, intense, very tasty, though my friends said today less intense.

it was as good as bahrakath mutton soup at adam road food centre. maybe this one more flavourful. anyhow i think bahrakath is very good also.

the ribs were tender & tasty. i did not try the mutton pieces.

this kambing soup i will come back again, except that bahrakath is near my place & i don;t take kambing soup often as it is “gelard” – satiating, and also unhealthy…but then agin many things i eat also unhealthy, just don’t take too much too foten lor..

ice kacang

ice kacang stall 

i did not want to drink coffee again, so i took ice kacang from the 桦姐stall.

ok ice kacang.

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chicken nasi briyani

DP, a RI bro visiting from bangkok. so another bro organised a makan session, meeting for nasi briyani at geylang serai food centre on 31.8.2017.^^

geylang briyani stall

we started with briyani at geylang serai market…seems that many think that briyani express is best, but it was closed today. so DP & KH went to join the queue at geylang briyani stall.

they bought 3 packets for 4pax to share-1 mutton, 1 chicken another fried chicken…all having the same idea of cutting down on carbs. lol! 🙂

briyani rice taste was good, flavourful, and mutton & chicken were all good.👍

i think they were S$8 each packet..

my own chicken biryani

but really i didn’t think it was better than my own chicken briyani, which was just as flavourful perhaps more, & just using house brand ready gravy, and my chicken was much more moist, tender & sweet. haha! ^^

nasi padang chicken

i bought a S$5 nasi padang chicken thigh from a stall side vendor no queue.

it was good enough though the gravy was a bit too sweet.

geylang briyani stall

BT came later. geylang briyani stall too long queue so BT did not take..anyway he had chicken rice earlier…

S$4 meepok tar

my RI friend dropped by after his tuition at serene centre.

we went nearby jln tua kong meepok tar at good good coffeeshop, 6th ave for lunch on 30.8.2017. ^^

my friend bought lunch, parked his car at guthrie house. we chatted quite a while & left the coffeeshop past 2pm. parking was S$7.70 quite ex…

S$4 meepok tar

the meepok tar always good.

noodles qq perfect texture. chili spicy & nice!

fish balls, fish cakes, minced pork, prawn all good.

S$4 meepok tar

most important still the chili, spicy & flavourful, made the meepok tar really delicious!

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Jln Tua Kong Mee Pok Tar

24 Sixth Ave, Singapore 276481

Good Good Eating House 好好餐室

1/2 benson salted duck 盐水鸭, fishmaw pig innards soup, chives 青龙菜 with tau gay

had 3pax lunch with sis & bil @ benson salted duck 盐水鸭, toa payoh lor 1. ^^

1/2 benson salted duck 盐水鸭 – S$17

duck supernice…so tender & super tasty..👍👍👍

my 3rd time here…enjoyed everytime ..

i ordered 1 duck S$32 (1/2 duck = S$17), and tapao 1/2 duck uncut, and have the 1/2 duck served for our lunch. ^^

fishmaw pig innards soup S$5

the stall advised us to order S$5 fishmaw pig organs soup…

it was good helping & very nice too. my sis & bil love this.

chives 青龙菜 with tau gay – S$3

the chives 青龙菜 with tau gay  today was very good! better than what i had last time here.

very tasty & crunchy, no “siap” taste.

lunch was S$26 for 3, incluidng $17 for 1/2 duck, $5 soup, $3 veg & $1 for 2 rice.

i paid S$41 – S$32 for whole duck.

very satisfying lunch！ …………

i made  salted duck 盐水鸭 ( i called it spiced duck since it is a 风味鸭). but benson’s is supremely good!

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Benson Salted Duck 盐水鸭

half roast duck

went imperial treasure nanbei level 5 taka for 5pax family dinner on 26.8.2017.^

last time i came here was 2 years back on 23.8.2015! we had a wonderful dimsum lunch. ^^

today however was dinner. booked last min at 6pm still got table arrived restaurant 6.45pm there are walk-ins no booking. looks like busines 👇a lot, unlike before where even when we came puncture with reservations, had to wait a while…

we ordered roast duck, chargtilled pork neck, fried rice, soup & 2 dimsum…not much dimsum available so nothing much to order not so satisfying!

roast duck was good, nothing special, the meat not moist & tender enough…

radish pastry 

the radish pastry still good.

puffy pastry, and tasty radish inside!

charcoal grilled pork neck 炭烧猪颈肉 

the charcoal grilled pork neck 炭烧猪颈肉 was very good, unfailingly! ^^

charcoal grilled pork neck 炭烧猪颈肉 

very tasty. especially with the fatty bits.

but recently i had the best char siew Meng Meng Roast Duck restaurant 阿明帝皇鸭 at sutera, and really that was even better than this!

salted egg prawns 

the salted egg prawns were the usual, competent….

forgot to take photos of the soup & the fried rice. both very good.

soup good though i had better ones here previously.

the dry scallops egg white fried rice always good here, especially with the XO chili. this evening too! ^^

over dinner S$180+. not say expensive, but we also did not order much.

but over the dining experience not so satisfying.

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imperial treasure nanbei

queue at hiap joo bakery & biscuit factory 

went with my OPS buddies to JB on 28.8.2017.^^

we were at the causeway at 10.15am, took one full hour to cross over, not sure i want to come again by car.

hiap joo bakery & biscuit factory 

my OPS friends decided to stop by & pick up some coconut buns at hiap joo bakery & biscuit factory.

i bought the delicious banana cake the last time i was here with my RI bros. ^^

there was the usual queue for the banana cake.

queue at hiap joo bakery & biscuit factory

queue at hiap joo bakery & biscuit factory

FM queued for coconut buns.

RM$16 cold brew 

had excellent cold brew at JWC(Just Want Coffee) outlet on 28.8.2017.

it was like 4pm. we had some time to while away.

so after the mediocre chendol at penang raod famous teochew chendol,

we went to level1 to chill & enjoy a cuppa at JWC Homies.

JWC Homies

i had the cold brew – most ex drink at RM$16.

my RI friend CJ ordered that at the bear & the fish (JWC) recently during our sutera trip. 

it is like chilled flat white, very nice coffee aroma! ^^

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Just Want Coffee, Homies

Address:

G115, AEON Tebrau City Shopping Centre,
1, Jalan Desa Tebrau,
Taman Desa Tebrau,
81100 Johor Bahru,
Johor,

ondeh ondeh, cucur udang, lapis pandan kueh 

while we were waiting for our cendol etc orders at penang road famous teochew chendol,

WT walked over to buy some nonya kuehs from nonya leaf opposite on 28.8.2019. ^^

the ondeh ondeh was poor, inside dry & not enough gula melaka & krisik (dessicated coconut)!

the lapis likewise very so-so, medicore…we all agreed FM made much better lapis kueh!

nonya leaf

nonya leaf 

the centre seating for nonya leave just as crowded! 🙂

really difference in taste-buds la…

cucur udang (prawn fritters)

cucur udang (prawn fritters)

the cucur udang (prawn fritters)slightly better.

NO comparison with the wadeh udang WM treated us to at seletar country club. 

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not good cendol 

after very good makan at restoran ya wang 鸭皇 at jln segget,

we stopped by & bought some stuff at giant supermakrket. it started raining, so we drove to aeon mall tebrau city. parking here is just RM$1 whole day.

penang famous teochew cendol 

CH led us to penang famous teochew cendol place for some cendol. CH was here last week. 🙂

penang famous teochew cendol 

good crowd. very popular!

penang famous teochew cendol 

i wonder why??? diferent tast efor cendol, must be! 🙂

not good cendol 

cendol was not great, quite mediocre, like any hawker centre stall in singapore.

gula melaka not flavourful/aromatic just sugary, coconut milk not thick enough…

nice chee cheong fun 

we ordered rojak & chee cheong fun..

& weng tong walked over to nonya leaf the buy some ondeh ondeh, cucur udang (prawn fritters) & lapis pandang kueh to share.

nice chee cheong fun  

chee cheong fun was good, nice texture & sauce was good, flavourful.

in fact, the only thing nice here at this “famous” cendol! 🙂

 

rojak not good too!

rojak not good too!

sauce too thick, overpowering.

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三楼米粉

after cendol, coffee & some more buying groceries at aeon mall, tebrau city,

we set off for ah kow 三楼米粉 at pelangi, reaching there about 6.20pm.

the 三楼米粉 was really good!

and a very inexpensive dinner plus drinks plus 4xpackets takeaway 三楼米粉 medium=just RM182 for 6pax..

we walked around a bit & left for the causeway at 7.40pm…a breeze no jam.

restoran ah kaw 三楼米粉 pelangi 

it’s a coffeeshop eating house at pelangi.

restoran ah kaw 三楼米粉 pelangi 

not too crowded yet!

picture menu board 

we ordered several of the signature dishes on the picture menu board – like the 三楼米粉, french pig trotters, fried tofu etc.

picture menu 

easy to see details on the menu, menu board just to see which signature dishes to order.

三楼米粉 

ordered one large 三楼米粉.

it was good, tasty, slightly crisp, and still moist & well infused with stock inside. excellent dish!

it was a good choice too. better just order one first then add later, so bee hoon would be hot & fresh. we added a medium serving afterwards. everything finished! 🙂

french trotters 

the french trotters was deep-fried, and nicely seasoned, quite flavourful.

french trotters 

back in singapore, a friend later commented standard had dropped. maybe it was even better previously but this was quite good.

i would generally still prefer braised trotters, which are plentiful anywhere. but this a good change & something nice that was worth trying, and repeating also.

fried tofu 

the fried tofu was good too, flavourful, crispy outside, soft inside, most imprtantly good taste. 🙂

干香鱼头 

the 干香鱼头 though was below par, not good standard.

to be fair in was about the standard of JB ah meng in singapore.

thing is, they gave tiny, bony fish head, no meat…taste ok quite flavourful but no dining experience to talk about.

salted egg bittergourd 

salted egg bitter gourd was very good. very well done. nice taste.

not sure comparable to zai shun or not, but it was good anyway. 🙂

baby romaine lettuce

not quite romaine lettuce. this the cheaper baby lettuce?

anyway, good enough vegetable dish la…

bill 

RM$182 nett! 🙂

三楼米粉  medium tapao 4xpackets RM$11.70 each. 🙂

street hawkers

street hawkers 

we walked around the place a bit to while the time.

wanted to reach causeway nearer to 8pm to avoid the queue.

nice tree 

this the road with roadside parking.

the street hawkers behind the camera, and ah kawabout right angle to the nice tree to the left.

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白斩鸡

went JB with my OPS buddies. KS drove toyota picnic, comfortably 6pax.

restoran ya wang 鸭皇

we parked near restoran ya wang 鸭皇, 28 jln segget on 28.8.2017.

the last time i came with my RI friends, we did not drive but walked from city square, had early lunch at kam long fish head, and passed by restoran ya wang. did not eat here as already eaten at kam long.

restoran ya wang 鸭皇

ya wang was crowded at 11.40am.

menu

menu

the menu prices all looked ok, except that the bill we had some items didn’t seem to follow these listed prices???

menu board

do some eye exercise. see anything you like?

michael jackson

i had michael jackson. haha! heard of it a lot, first time i actually tried it.

michael jackson

i like this one here, the tau huay not sweet, and the cheng chow texture made it nice.

roast duck, char siew & siew yoke

we ordered 1/2 roast duck, want to eat other dishes, and thinking of the many meals we going to have later on?? haha! ^^

1/2 roast duck

we ordered the 十全鸭. that is supposed to be they signature.

we had this twice at ya wang at sentosa, both occasions good.

recently my RI friends went to sentosa, said ya wang shop bought over by ah yik imperial, still serving same roast duck, but not good, didn’t taste the same.

1/2 roast duck

this roast duck here felt the same way.

still good, too much sauce, skin not crispy, and tasted a bit odd or off!

this duck ok but no better than any roast duck in singapore, so no point to come specially to eat it…

char siew siew yoke

char siew was excellent, roast pork very good except the end bits harder…

but then the char siew & siew yoke at Meng Meng Roast Duck restaurant 阿明帝皇鸭  at sutera mall i had recently with RI friends still better than this, especially the char siew was truly awesome!

白斩鸡

the 1/2 白斩鸡 was an after-thought, accidental addition.

surprisingly the chicken was very good. all of us thought the chicken was better than the duck!

somehow i had impression that 白斩鸡  in malaysia quite lousy (like i thought in hong kong as well) c/w singapore. but this chicken is sweet (kampong chicken/ a big one), whereas singapore 白斩鸡 is smooth but generally tasteless by comparison.

tilapia in nonya sauce

many tables were ordering this tilapia in nonya sauce.

so we ordered too. they served us a wrong fish, a seabass done the same style.  seabass more expensive than tilapia but we all thought tilapia tasted better for this preparation so they corrected it & served us the tilapia.

tilapia in nonya sauce

tilapia was very nice. fish was very fresh, tender, smooth & bouncy & the tangy sauce was quite perfect to kill the “mud” taste.

we all liked this dish & the chicken best.

stir-fried potato leaves with fermented bean curd

the stir-fried potato leaves with fermented bean curd was done very well. very nice dish! 🙂

bill

the bill RM$162.60 for 6pax lunch cheap by singapore standard of course.

they charged RM$28 for the chicken, but the menu showed RM$8 for upper quarter & RM$10 for lower quarter. not a good practice! 🙂

restoran ya wang 鸭皇

anyway we were satisfied we had an enjoyable lunch at a price much lower than singapore.

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Restoran Ya Wang 鸭皇

Address:

2, Jalan Sutera 4, Taman Sentosa, 80150 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

Contact: