wife organised 4pax dinner with wen yu & su lin @ 8picure on 21.7.2021.^^

we ordered 2 sets (new jap theme special set dinner menu by chef Gabriel really excellent!) to share-

1 hotate tataki with cauliflower, jap curry cous cous & cauliflower puree (I going to try making this dish)

2 mentaiko & crabmeat pasta – really delicious..chef Gabriel every pasta great!)

3 NZ venison ..really excellent! the best non beef steak la

4macha panna cotta..very good dessert..though I like his tiramisu & usual panna cotta more

& wife and son had the sake pairing 4x125ml glass sake per pax!

chef Gabriel really incredibly talented..the dishes whether appetiser pasta mains desserts all excellent, and this new set no different.

every dish is good.

it is a big serving 4 course for 1 person, and worth every penny..excellent ingredients, presentation, most importantly taste!

I would say superb…like I said above, the NZ venison loin the best non beef steak I had!

& of course we added alacarte orders-

1. galician octopus
2. lobster pasta (chef Gabriel best of every great pastas)
3. 2 x 120g ohmi A4 wagyu

we just had the excellent grilled octopus at la tapiera yesterday, and we all agree this Galician octopus even better, so tender…

& the lobster pasta here is the best ever I had at any restaurant!

the ohmi A4 wagyu was just awesome…

excellent family dinner, every time, at 8picure…

so glad we were able to organise this family dinner last dine in before return to heightened phase 2 covid no dine in!

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:

3pax lunch wife wife & daughter @ la tapiera on 20.7.2021.^^

managed to find time for family 3pax lunch at our favourite tapas restaurant. turned out to be a short window for die in this week and all 3 of us vaccinated.. this period covid quite jialat for F&B operators also..

la tapiera offers a really great 3-course set lunch inc coffee, and S$20 off for S$100 spend with stanchart card.

this a newer menu…

tuna tartare was great,

& grilled octopus our perennial favourite..so good! (both have S$6 supplement)

didn’t have my favourite lamb rump..tried the lamb leg last time, same preparation alas not same texture/dish/results…

.but the iberico plums was good too, not as good though…

& the seafood stew very good, one of the best too…(both have S$6 supplement)

I not much into churros, ok with it..

I thought the chocolate tart (S$3 supplement) was very good last time…recently wife made chocolate tart also, and now having this second time, actually wife’s much better ls…

pavlova wife and daughter liked, not really my kind of dessert…will stick with chocolate tart or maybe cheese next time..

we had picolo latte, really the standard not good as my son’s or tiong hoe’s..basically the microfoam or lack of, didn’t integrate well with the coffee, so not silky like what son made.

c.h.e.f andy

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La Taperia

Address:1 Scotts Rd, 02-10/11, Singapore 228208Located in: Shaw Centre Office

Contact:lataperia.com.sg6737 8336

Opening Hours:

3pax lunch with sis & bil @ ah yat grandstand 19.7.2021.^^

this covid period. very tough for F&B…many changes on dining in requirements.

today we had the opportunity (turned out to be very short window) to dine out 3pax all vaccinated.

ah yat food as delicious as always.

3pax about S$115 if I remember correctly…good standard food very enjoyable lunch.

c.h.e.f andy

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Ah Yat Seafood @ Grandstand

Address#03-01/02, The Grandstand, 200Turf Club Road, 287994

Reservations+65 6884 6884+65 68832112

Opening Hours

Daily: 11:30 – 14:30

Daily: 17:30 – 22:30

PT & wenyu bought 4pax dinner @ kai duck this evening on 18.7.2021.^^

https://goo.gl/maps/pBaXnvBamCdERds27

not that great actually..

roast duck same style about 店小二standard..not as good as JB..& not as good as xin cuisine & silk restaurant slightly different style..

char siew mediocre not as good as imperial treasure or even chef kang

sweet & sour soup below average..酸菜鱼 ok* ..poached red garoupa slices very fresh & great, soup a tad sour, salty, spicy, not the best ..

chilled lala clams* appetising,

duck cone temaki quite nice with roast duck sauce added ourselves & crispy cone nice..

duck beehoon very tasty, string beans very good too.

overall 3-4 I guess and expensive…

for me xin cuisine much better quality standard

c.h.e.f andy

• P.S. wife went back with colleagues for 4pax S$78 roast duck set lunch..they loved the 酸菜鱼and also the chilled Lala clams…

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Kai Duck @ Ngee Ann City

Address

391 Orchard Rd, #05-10/11 Ngee Ann City, Singapore 238872

Contact

kaiduck.com.sg

62355419

Opening hours

had 3pax lunch with sis & bil @ canton paradise bedok mall 40% discounts weekday 3-5pm on 15.7.2021.^^

canton paradise dimsum really good, basically HK standard la!

we had 7 dimsum – hargao, spicy dumplings 抄手, crispy char diew pao, 珍珠鸡, steamed pork ribs, steamed chicken feet, har cheong PLUS beef brisket noodles dry…^^

& just S$42.45 after 40% discounts!

every dish was good…maybe hargao skin not as good as imperial treasure, hargao almost as smooth as HK…

steamed pork ribs and chicken feet were perfect! and beef brisket noodles dry was super!

c.h.e.f andy

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Canton Paradise @ Bedok Mall

Address:

311 New Upper Changi Rd, #B2-10, Singapore 467360

Contact:

https://www.paradisegp.com/brand-canton-paradise/

+6568449244

Opening Hours:

wife bought lunch sakura omakase @ kuriya dining great world city

1. sesame tofu with foie gras, crabmeat, ikura sashimi
2. sashimi moriawase – kinmedai, kampachi, amaebi, chutoro, sea grape (a sea weed)
3. grilled kamasu-Japanese barracuda
4. poached fish with very nice sauce (like beurre blanc sauce)
5. kagoshima wagyu steak
6. sushi moriawase individually served- sutuki (Jap seabass), aburi akaebi(forgot to take photo), unagi temaki handroll, uni, binchotan aburi otoro
7. dessert-Japanese melon super sweet

really shiok, delicious lunch, one of the best omakase I had for the price. this the sakura omakase @ S$138, the mid price omakase good enough for me la! 🙂

of course kuriya dining omakase dinner even better la!

c.h.e.f andy

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Kuriya Dining Address:1 Kim Seng Promenade, #01 – 127 Great World, Singapore 237994Located in: Great World City7RVJ+7Q SingaporeContact:kuriyadining.com.sg6736 0888Opening Hours: