cooked/delivered 30pax lunch to oasis@outram HCA Hospice Care on 12.5.2022.^^
menu
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made 2 dishes for PPH CSC teban gardens friday breakfast this morning on 6.5.2022.^^
this my 111st friday breakfast community meal dish at teban gardens community service centre, second time on restart after a 2 year hiatus due to covid.
the centre was started in 2002 after much effort & challenge by our RI friend who is a pastor of pasir panjang hill brethren church (pphbc) which owns & runs the CSC.
i first started doing a community meal dish for teban gardens CSC on 8.1.2016.
I started cook a dish for teban gardens on friday unless i am traveling or otherwise indisposed. when I started cooking for HCA, this was reduced to 2 times a month (also 2times a month for HCA) so not overstitching my resources…
today’s menu
the residents also have lots of other food catered for them and sometimes Rosalind the centre director also cook very nice dishes like laksa, fishball soup, lontong, porridge..all fabulous dishes I like.
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7pax homecooked dinner with RI & OPS bros on 5.5.2022.^^
Menu
really nice enjoyable dinner with good friends & bros….missing hak chong…
chicken rice and char siew the usual good standard…
cheow ghee especially like the new dish sliced fish thick beehoon soup. basically similar as zichar dish…a very tasty fish head fish bones stock added evaporate milk and poached sliced toman fillet. 蒜泥白肉good as usual. steamed fish head was good just not that much meat…need bigger head.
poached kaolin can be improved. basically to manage freshness and not overcooked for a vegetable dish precooked couple hours before dinner.
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Thank CUTE, Ser Khoon for the sumptuous meal … Wai Mun, Wen Tong, Choon Hung for the ‘side dishes’ (hope I didn’t miss out anyone else) … and everyone onboard for the fun, joy and reminiscence.
Perhaps if Hak Chong were present, it would be a fabulous evening? 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
thanks all for the evening and company and the nice fruits and jelly…
c.h.e.f andy
early birthday lunch for chong lee @ Ishinomaki on 2.5.2022.^^
I love my premium chirashi every time …chong lee chose to have the unagi & majuro sashimi, and take sonomono side dish.
really enjoyable lunch with an old pal. so many memories.
cheok mung and I celebrated chon glee’s 60th birthday in wales in 2018, scaling Wales’ tallest peak mt snowdon! actually only 1085m la and we did it in 7hrs return.
we had nice dinner at the royal victorian hotel…and food was great just that we kena booked and fined £60 though we paid the full day parking at the open carpark. should have just driven 50m over to the hotel!
had piccolo latte & cappuccino at tiong hoe afterwards.
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Ishinomaki Grill & Sake
Address:
390 Orchard Rd, #B1-02/02A/03, Singapore 238871
+6567371065
Opening Hours:
| daily (except sunday) | 11:30am–3pm6–10pm | |
| sunday | 11:30am–3pm6–9:30pm |
last minute decided to go hopscotch..sent sumin the google page she decided to join on 1.5.2022.^^
no parking space no had to park afar & walked..
Check out this review of Hopscotch (Gillman Barracks) on Google Maps https://goo.gl/maps/dBYLBgFNMBKcjSsM9
great ambience..very happening
this place coowned by carol’s son joel…
service was excellent very good from both the bartender & servers 
lobster bisque though not so good..taste like clam chowder..
prawn burger was superb best burger I had..the brioche chips & all ..prawn burger itself crisp and tasty, brioche the best tastin
mushroom risotto is good standard..nothing to crow about not as good as say Luka still competent and good
binchotan grilled belly pork very good very flavourful, just a lot of fat..to dispose..
cocktails roti banana & a floral sling both recommended by server excellent 
happy hour 5-8pm..
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Hopscotch (Gillman Barracks)
Address:
45 Malan Rd, Singapore 109455
Contact:
63390633
hopscotch.sg
Opening Hours:
| Sun-Thurs | 5–10:30pm | |
| Fri-Sat | 5pm–12am |
had 8pax + k k full attendance family lunch @ ishinomaki on 30.4.2022.^^
early celebration of JH birthday.
got a nice spacious private room. which k k could run around. lunch was like 3 hrs.
the premium chirashi don always good, the most value for money dish.
poh ting cannot take raw food so ordered the set with tempura and unagi.
we also added many dishes like tempura udon to share.
and recommended to take the hamachi kappa and a deep-fried maybe kinmedai?
both were good, the kama was excellent. I will order this again if ordering alacarte.
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Ishinomaki Grill & Sake
Address:
390 Orchard Rd, #B1-02/02A/03, Singapore 238871
+6567371065
Opening Hours:
| daily (except sunday) | 11:30am–3pm6–10pm | |
| sunday | 11:30am–3pm6–9:30pm |
restarted PPHC teban gardens community service centre friday breakfast on 29.4.2022.^^
this after a 2 yr hiatus decos of covid.
last time I made friday breakfast dish for teban gardens as on 6.3.2020 before the circuit breaker…
today just made curry chicken & potatoes..:-)
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wai mun organised OPS 4pax lunch @ chef chik 戚师傅 haig road fc on 29.4.2022.^^
https://goo.gl/maps/5XTg5iHUMxApasVd6
red garoupa fish head was excellent very fresh tender sweet tasty..perfect restaurant standard..sauce was a mix of meensi sauce & hk steamed 港蒸 soy sauce
salted fish belly pork & pork softbones good standard
steamed prawns big & fresh very good better than most on a bed of fun cheong..real hk standard sauce for fun cheong
the 2 double boiled chicken soups cordecep etc better than hawker soup which I don’t take..restaurant standard smooth & sweet
poached kailan big serving very good not “siap” good bite texture taste..simple dish very good standard
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Chef Chik @ Haig Raod FC
Address:
Haig Road Market and Food Centre, 13, #01-36 Haig Rd
Contact:
90118979
Opening Hours:
| Wed-Sat (Sun-Ties closed) | 11am–3:30pm |
Yong seng bought 3pax lunch with Joel @ taratara on 28.4.2022.^^
very good dishes a great lunch experience..but only 3 tables occupied such a waste..
must support local F&B!
https://goo.gl/maps/qNk3jwDiKGepYMtg7
GYS had foie gras looks great..joel had French onion soup..my goat cheese tart with salad was excellent! really enjoy it..
my grilled seabass also good, & the sides too..Joel had aubergines which I tried not bad..& GYS had the duck confit looked great too..
GYS ordered the lava cake which I wanted to try also..very good crispy outside flowing dark chocolate inside
really great time together & lovely lunch 2 course $33 3 course $38
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Taratata Brasserie
Address:
35A Keong Saik Rd., Singapore 089142
Contact:
62214506
https://taratata.sg/singapores-top-restaurants/menu-a-la-carte/
Opening Hours:
| Mon-Wed | Closed | |
| Thurs | 11:30am–2:30pm5:30–10:30pm | |
| Fri | 11:30am–2:30pm5:30–11pm | |
| Sat | 11:30am–2:30pm5:30–11pm | |
| Sun | 11:30am–3pm5:30–10pm |
made/delivered 30pax lunch to oasis @ outram HCA Hospice Care on 28..4.2022.^^
1 braised wine chicken with potatoes
2 mala dory fillet
3 braised minced pork tanhoon
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6pax dinner with brother. sil, sis, bil & lisa @ beng thin hoon keenon 28.4.2022.^^
duck salad always so refreshing.
the fishmeal soup or stew here is the best! haven’t had it better anywhere else.
the sea cucumber duck very tasty and delicious…I think I should try doing this…
the salted egg crayfish..S$44 for 3 crayfish, 1/2 each, quite ex…well, it was nice and enjoyable
& I enjoyed the noodles too really delicious!
really good food – $244 net inc 5 龟苓膏 for 6pax.
very enjoyable family dinner!
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Address:
#05-02 OCBC Centre, 65 Chulia St, Singapore 0495136
Contact:
533 7708
Opening Hours:
| daily | 11:30AM–3PM6–10PM |
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4pax lunch @ kingsman Thomson Plaza on 27.4.2022.^^
with wai sing, hian hai, tak meng
https://goo.gl/maps/sYFPJkmjziRKDv488
the red wine belly pork char siew was par excellence
steak was ok for this quality of meat & price, medium rare done quite well..sauce also tasty
salmon with pasta was good
fish & chip mediocre, waffle chips ok I prefer thicker chips soft in middle
hian hai ok with his grilled chicken salted egg pasta
tak meng had seafood poached rice, seems passable
the lunch set $12.80 came with drink or soup..my friends took the mushroom soup..
tap water chargeable S$0.50 quite ok
but we were the only table throughout lunch..quite poor thing..let’s support these local F&B!!
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Kingsman Bar & Bistro @ Thomson Plaza
Address:
301 Upper Thomson Rd, #01-116 Thomson Plaza, Singapore 574408
Contact:
62618082
https://www.kingsmanbistrobar.com/menu
Opening Hours:
| daily | 11am–1am |
4pax dinner with Sunil & Linda @ 665 deg andaz on 21.4.2022.^^
just returned from a wonderful melbourne/gr4at ocean road/grampian trip. will document that later.
Lisa still on leave today and earlier decided to invite our in-laws Sunil & Linda for dinner.
we took the tasting menu …
we had this before but the A4 kagoshima wagyu was replaced this time with regular tenderloin, a far cry really.
so understandably dinner quite below expectations la.
bread was nice & warm.
amuse bouche was underwhelming.
scallops was tender, sweet, competent.
lobster bisque was usual flavourful and tasty, still good standard.
chilean seabags was good not the best…
tenderloin was like any other…there is just no reference to make with A4 Kagoshima wagyu.
pre dessert and dessert ok…but this tiramisu no comparison with 8picure chef gabriel’s, not even with my own tiramisu la…
I guess basically below expectations and also same food as saline’s wedding at andaz…should have gone somewhere else.
still a nice dinner chat catching up with in-laws and sharing the fun trip we just had.
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