had 2pax early birthday lunch for my close RI bro NCL @ basilico on 26.4.2021.^^

this 3-course lunch now S$68pax (S$65pax few weeks back) with 1 for 1 amex love dining discounts….excellent value at S$34++pax after discounts…before coffee was included now no…

nice antipasto platter and cheese dessert platters.

for mains NCL had risotto fruit di mare. very tasty I know and excellent risotto.

I had tagliata di manzo beef tenderloin sweet & tender though i like previous sirloin medium rare better.

antipasto famous at basilico and the cheese platter top draw too.

had a wonderful lunch with a close friend.

service at basilico excellent every time…

parking was like S$13.38 and we drove 2 cars…lukily server got us 2 free parking….heng ah!

c.h.e.f andy

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Basilico @ Regent Hotel

Address:

1 Cuscaden Rd, Level 2 Regent Singapore, Cuscaden Rd, Singapore 249715

Contact:

tel=+6567253232

Opening Hours:

lisa bought 4pax unaju family lunch @ uya on 25.4.2021.

really shiok! 无得顶！

live unagi so fresh and very nicely bbq.

c.h.e.f andy

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Uya 四代目菊川 Japanese Unagi Restaurant

Address:

501 Orchard Rd, #02-15/16 Wheelock Place, Singapore 238880Located in: Wheelock Place8R3J+Q8 Singapore

Contact:

uya.sg

tel=6732 1096

Opening Hours:

9.74km almost 2 hrs green corridor sunday walk with lisa this morning on 25.4.2021.^^

walk past queen’s close “skybridge” to meiling street fc

had S$3.50 新路fishball noodles

so shiok!

c.h.e.f andy

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xinlu 新路 teochew fishball noodles

Address: Blk 159 Mei Chin Road, Mei Ling Food Centre #02-05  

Opening hours: 6am – 3pm, closed on Thursday

had char kuay teow @ hai kee telok blangah crescent with Lisa on 22.4.2021.^^

for me this the best ckt in Singapore alongside hill street ckt….

35mins waitbeen buying from hai kee

has been frequently 20+ yrs since margaret drive when children were small..far less now he moved to Telok Blangah Crescent…

chatted teochew with stall owner..

stall opens 5-9pm closed sunday

uncle 72, lives in jurong, motorbike to stall

almost same, maybe hill street somewhat better …here cannot add cockles but uncle gave us lots of cockles for $4.. uncle showed me the amount of cockles he added for our normal $4 though cannot add hum..

also lots of larpok and ckt very tasty so $4 basically same as hill street $6(add cockles).

c.h.e.f andy

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Hai Kee Char Kuay Teow @ Telok Blangah

Address:

11 Telok Blangah Cres, #01-102, Singapore 090011

Opening Hours:

had another lovely 8pax family finner @ 8picure on 20.4.2021.^^

food was excellent the best! as always.

the galician octopus, lobster pasta and ohmi wagyu were simply perfect!

the roast pork, crab cake, gamberro rosso taglialini, herb crusted rack of lamb were all excellent….

pandered foie gras and risotto great too…couldn’t recall much of the eggplant? dish..

& the desserts were just super too.

c.h.e.f andy

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8picure

Address: 428 River Valley Rd, #01-04, Singapore 248327 Located in: Loft @ Nathan 7RVH+R4 Singapore   Contact: 8picure.com.sg 6677 1075   Opening hours:

had lovely 4pax dinner with SMM & B @ akira back 19.4.2021.^^

chef akira back is Korean, grew up in aspen colorado USA, professional snowboarder for 7 years….

the set dinner wasn’t interesting like before, so we decided to go ala carte instead. 🙂

the tuna and crepes mushroom thin pizza was excellent as before. they allow a combo version and that was enough for 4pax appetiser.

we ordered the miso eggplant with mozzarella first tie. it was excellent too. good.. I can improve my miso glazed eggplant.

we ordered 4 mains to share = 2 portions of halibut and 1 portion of ji dori chicken and 1 portion of F1 wagyu.

halibut was excellent, and it was from akira previously that I replicated my own pangrilled halibut on soy beurre blanc sauce.

likewise the jidori chicken on truffle mash was tender and delicious, something I replicated as well (sous vide 75degC 1 hr and pangrilled).

the 350days grain fed F1 wagyu was underwhelming, especially after having the best ohmi wagyu at 8picure several times…

F1 is only 50% Jap wagyu, but I find that Lisa and sulin’s homecooked USDA prime or even just grain fed black angus are as good or better…

the best F1 wagyu I had was at chef Ace Tan pop up at one altitude

we selected our own sushi moriawase from the ala carte menu-aburi otoro, uni, akami, hamachi and unagi, I think about S$90.

sushi of course fresh and sweet…we think though can get much better value at kuirya dining…

had a great dinner conversation and sharing with this friend couple.

c.h.e.f andy

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Akira Back (located in JW Marriott Hotel in South BeachAddress: 30 Beach Road, Level B1M, 189763 Located in: JW Marriott Hotel Singapore South Beach 7VV4+R9 Singapore   Contact: jwmarriottsingapore.com 6818 1914   Opening Hours: