I made quiet 2pax mother’s day dinner on 9.5.2021.

1. pangrilled halibut with beurre blanc sauce
2. pangrilled miso glazed king prawns
3. pangrilled scallops & prawns spinach tagliatelle

wonderful delicious quiet dinner..

thanks to wife for everything, the lovely children and all…

c.h.e.f andy

children bought mother’s day 5pax family dinner at one ninety four seasons on 7.5.2021.^^

not been back to one ninety for unteemed years almost a decade..

one ninety @ four seasons hotel has amongst the best semi buffet.

the appetisers and dessert semi buffet included a choice of main course…the buffet stations were served..

appetisers were all great..sliced chorizo, pork liver pate, onions, braised pork belly, eggplant..

only cod was so so..

bread was ok seaweed butter greeaweed butter great

dessert platter pedestrian. lemon meringe tart not patisserie standard..

bread & butter good..the cheese platter was good no fruits so took rock melon from appetiser side

the mains were all great..

hokkien mee with lobster excellent broth served with calamansi and sambal as good as best hawkers lol!

wagyu bugger good too..nice patty ok sauce & bun…not enough the burger robust onion flavours….

crabmeat sauce squidink pasta very tasty quite excellent in fact though some reviews said “bland”

braised beef cheek excellent texture, very tender with slight gummy texture..we didn’t prefer the strong beefy red wine flavours..anyway we were too full to “fully” (pun intended) appreciate robust flavoured dish

the bouillabaisse seafood stew include 1/2 lobster & big serving of snapper & large prawns, clams, mussels, a section alaskan crab leg, scallops so top ingredients ..maybe another day i may enjoy this more…just too full..

the bouillabaisse broth though not intense & tasty enough..i like both spicy tomato broth and intense shellfish bisque broths..this one light in both so neither..

all in all an excellent memorable mother’s day dinner!

c.h.e.f andy

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One Ninety @ Four Seasons Hotel

Address:

190 Orchard Blvd, Singapore 248646

Contact:

https://www.fourseasons.com/singapore/dining/restaurants/one_ninety/

+6568317250

opening hours:

had good standard laksa $3+$1cockles @ khoon’s katong laksa sembawang hills fc on 6may2021.

my RI bros started this weekly table tennis games…I join when I can…

the hawker centre is quite small and didn’t look exciting except for the popiah stall…the laksa stall looked ok.

laksa gravy lemak & sedap! noodles not overcooked…large cockles but seemed to have been very precooked somewhat tough but safe consumption?

overall I would consider pretty good…

c.h.e.f andy

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Khoon’s Katong Laksa

Address:

590 Upper Thomson Rd, #01-26, Singapore 574419

Opening Hours:

beng san organised meta bros potluck dinner on 6.5.2021

Menu

LCM Soon Heng rojak, disposables

HAB yam basket west lake

QSK sausage claypot riceNCL braised duck

KWL roast duck

CCG bengawan solo, durian puff & mochi, fruits

after potluck dinner we sang a few youtube songs

当你老了

酒干倘卖无

请跟我来

had a wonderful evening together with meta bros.

c.h.e.f andy

went for early walk 5km to rail mall with wife this morning started 6.50am on 2.5.2021.^^

met brother & sil & WF on the way and we finished at rail mall where brother’s car was parked…

brother brought us to bukit panjang market & fc & bought duck noodles.

there was a queue I guess this zhen wei braised duck noodles quite popular here…

braised duck mediocre not flavourful “pang” quite below par actually. liver, tau kua & egg also pedestrian below par.. plus 1/2duck $23 not particularly cheap too not sure why there was a queue..anyway individual taste..

but the braised duck was poor.

my own braised duck better la anytime..lol!

after makan we walked around the stalls.

c.h.e.f andy

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Zhen Wei Braised Duck Noodles

Address:

259 Bangkit Rd, Singapore 670259

Opening Hours:

opens at 5.30am

wife bought 4pax family early birthday dinner for JH @ amo hong kong street on 1.5.2021. ^^

and of course grandson mr k is in attendance. 🙂

amo is good standard restaurant…just few shops away from foc…I have not tried foc recently…past experience has been foc food better, tastier and also lower price than amo…especially iberico rack, rack of lamb and squid ink paella & also fiduea.

today we had burrata which is good and competent..

not as good as latteria mozzarella bar….

& very good calamari

we shares a whole lobster pasta also very good…

but for me 8picure lobster pasta is much better..

rack of lamb is good & competent…

I think foc one was better..but foc iberico rack best!

tagliata was ordinary…wife and daughter made such good mirin ribeye steak at home, it’s hard to get better steak,

except 8picure’s ohmi A4 wagyu!

c.h.e.f andy

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FOC

Address:40 Hongkong Street, 059679

Contact:+65 61004040

Opening Hours:

Mon – Thu: 12:00 – 02:00

Mon – Thu: 18:00 – 22:00

Fri – Sat: 12:00 – 02:00

Fri – Sat: 18:00 – 22:30

Closed: Sun

had 4pax lunch with my RI bros CWS, THK & V @ joie by dozo orchard central on 30.4.2021.^^

my RI vegetarian gang bros bought me lunch @ joie at orchard central on 30.4.2021.^^

this RI vegetarian bros started by THK…. he and I do vegetarian every 初一十五

one of our first get together was at my house..

I did a 8-course all vegetarian dinner for 8pax on 13.1.2021.^^

this the second RI vegetarian bros get together…

joie is a modern japanese fusion vegetarian restaurant by dozo (which is a modern japanese european restaurant i frequented a lot in the past and my eldest daughter had her 21st birthday party long while back).

the long break I had was since 2015. …recently I came with 3 other friends 2 months back. today is my 4th visit to joie.

my friends were suitably impressed.

the dishes were all good – charcoal tempura, button mushrooms mozzarella as escargot…bai ling mushrooms for japanese paper hotpot, crepes mushroom soup etc.

my monkey head mushroom “steak” on hoba leaf 朴叶good as always.

I have not tried the other 2 main dishes…the wild rice and eggplant terrine looked really good..the layered pastry should be good too…will try next time.

had a great time together and lovely fusion japanese vegetarian …

c.h.e.f andy

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Joie by Dozo

Address:

181 #12- 01 Central, Orchard Road, Singapore 238824   

Contact:

joierestaurant.com.sg

tel=6838 6966   

Opening Hours:

GYS bought 3pax lunch @ latteria mozarella 0n 28.4.2021.^^

2 course set $29..3 course $34..

I had 2 course with tagliata di manzo $5 supplement

J & i had Stracciatella Cheese with Eggplant Caponata & Pine Nuts

this was excellent..really delicious burrata very tasty with eggplant..highly recommended

GYS had cream of carrots also nice soup

GYS had gamberi tagliatelle, J grilled organic barramundi (both i tasted..barramundi very good..pasta also tasty)

& i had thd tagliata di manzo..excellent..better than what i had at basilico 2 days back.

GYS had the tiramisu

an excellent lunch and great chat too.

c.h.e.f andy

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Latteria Mozarella Bar

Address:

40 Duxton Hill, Singapore 089618

Contact:

http://www.latteriamb.com/

+6568661988

Opening hours:

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: