celebrating grandson 1st month family dinner this evening on 4.3.2021.^^

wife made the red eggs & bought angkukueh from everton

& made excellent kale salad, the best!…plus ice vegetables.

i bought –

• thai style fish head from forture old holland road

&

• prawn paste chicken
• salted egg sotong
• 排骨王
• 鱼香茄子
• sambal fried rice
• seafood horfunfrom hk street chun kee

at hk street old chun kee at commonwealth crescent

I cooked 2 vegetables – baby spinach & sambal kang kong…

and SL cooked mirin kagoshima A4 wagyu sirloin steak …very good

SM bought passion fruit meringue from patisserie …haven’t taken this cake for like >10yrs…very nice, reliving old memories birthdays for the children when they were much younger..

grandson growing fast, and asking more attention….

a memorable, fun evening.. 🙂

c.h.e.f andy

5pax lunch with sis, bil, chew hwa & wong choon fei @ ming tang 重庆烤鱼 on 1.3.2021.^^

the 重庆烤鱼 is really fabulous, so tasty and flavourful…yummylicious!!!

you can add stuff like eating steamboat…we added belly pork tripe 牛百叶and mutton shabu slices…

& the jellyfish head and 凉拌cloud fungus were delicious, very pang with sesame oil…

5pax S$62 nett after eatigo 50% discounts very shiok!!

sis and bil loved the food so much…

sis said 遗香未了…so we going back for more next week Monday with my brother. …lol!^^

c.h.e.f andy

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Ming Tang Spicy Roast Fish重庆烤鱼

Address:

470, #01-03 North Bridge Rd, Bugis Cube, Singapore 188735

Contact:

+6563383405

Opening Hours:

5pax family dinner @ ah yat grandstand on 28.2.2021.^^

really nice dinner as always…

hk steamed garoupa 港蒸龙虎班 was simply excellent! such a simple preparation with best grade soy sauce, and so tasty and fresh..

deepfried tilapia 油浸尼罗红was very good, almost as good as 油浸笋壳, soon hock of course flesh sweeter and more fine 幼…

while油浸 is an excellent preparation and can make tilapia into a delicious dish…for live soon hock I will always ask for 清蒸to bring out the delicateness and freshness of the fish…so for 油浸preparation, tilapia 1/3 price of soon hock is ideal substitute.

prices were up…already after CNY day15!…hopefully price will return to “normal”

so normally I think tilapia S$28/kg today S$38/kg, and 龙虎班 normally S$38/kg today S$58/kg..

bull frogs still same at S$5.20 each. I ordered 4 frogs, 2 for 宫保 and 2 for 姜葱preparation..both were delicious.

today boston lobster was like S$99/kg instead usual S$59/kg so I did not order…and they did not have razor clams and also did not have the claypot tanhoon with alaskan crab legs we loved…so ordered a medium horfun…and it was S$30 quite ridiculous la…

well ah yat has one of the cheapest seafood, even though today lobster, crab, fish all expensive, and ah yat charges S$2.80pax for tea, nuts and napkins…

in the end it is the overall meal that counts and restaurants need to earn money la…

for the food we had $151nett for 5pax, we still very satisfied, a wonderful dinner nonetheless!

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

had 4pax lunch @ joie (pronounced joy) orchard central with J, GYS & LKC today on 26.2.2021.^^

today is 十五元宵节….my vegetarian day 初一十五

returning to joie, fusion french japanese vegetarian after 4yrs

https://chefquak.com/…/best-vegetarian-meal-i-had…/

looks like food still same from my only visit 4yrs back & just as good

very enjoyable..

icy lemon shooter was refreshing

chef appetiser-salmon sashimi most impressive perfect cured texture, crackers & raspberry were good

mozzarella button mushrooms (escargot) looked as delicious as before.

GYS had kami nabe (paper steamboat).

he found the first piece mushroom a bit tough second piece which i had a slice was ok…

I had charcoal tempura..it was good, or as good as tempura of banana, apple, yam, pencil asparagus and eggplant could be.

on that score i should rate this excellent- look & colour great, like the “escargot” dish, texture great, goma (sesame) dip great..

taste very good too..surprisingly the banana tasted pretty good..so overall actually pretty perfect!

we all had truffle cepes mushroom soup..as good as dozo was eons ago..will try potato cauliflower next time…

& we all had monkey mushrooms “steak” on hoba leaf 朴叶….it was good!

like thick tenderloin, tasty mash & sauce and the deepfried pasta was great..overall quite delicious…i guess as good as a mushroom steak can be lol!

GYS had coconut & blueberry false cake..i had a slice..pretty good..

rest of us had red wine poached pear..J thought it was not that good..it was ok for me..competent i guess..

drinks included..GYS & i had hawaiian blue -lychee & blueberry..a bit sweet..ok..joel had apple melody..LKC had hot lavendar tea..

nice lunch with good friends

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:

wai mun bought 4pax lunch @ east bistro

dimsum maybe about ah yat standard….not imperial treasure standard..

crispy char siew pao ok tasty but a bit soft..抄手was good..

cheong fun was very smooth & sauce tasty..the best dimsum item of the 3

roast pork was good not near the best..

口水鸡ok..i think my own much better lookwise and taste lol!

泡饭with crispy rice tasty soup no ingredients…a ok complementary dish to other dishes not really my favourite..

港蒸笋壳soon hock fish head was very good..very fresh, fish very fine 幼& sweet with tasty sauce..the best dish..

but very ex though at $88 for 1/2 fish head…this price doesn’t make sense to me…can get whole 800g soon hock equally fine 幼at ah eat grandstand at 1/2 the price…

coconut 炖蛋dessert quite nice worth trying $10 each we shared by 2..not quite my favourite dessert..

WM got indisputable reason to buy lunch so cannot fight with him lol!

c.h.e.f andy

son had a 8pax food tasting at south beach marriott for the family on 23.2.2021.^^

food was fine and delicious! 🙂

must say it was well above expectation for hotel banquet food. very good standard indeed.

appetiser trio was good. wasabi mayo was light 7 the nicely glazed prawn looked and tasted great, not likely the 粗dishes in places like peach garden and ban heng…

deep-fried softshell crab a bit heavily fried, nice flavours also with thai basil.

tomato infused with Japanese plum sauce was delightful…

sea cucumber soup was a nice consommé lightly sweet清…

steamed halibut was fine dish, tender, sweet & great soya sauce 港蒸flavours…

the braised 8-head abalone not the best, I had much better abalone texture and also the brown sauce in other places.

roast chicken was a pleasant surprise..tender chicken with a nice sambal-dish sauce, very good and fine dish for a roast chicken, which often mediocre dish at many places …

the passionfruit pudding was like a nice panna cotta and quite refreshing…many thought it was too milky so son decided this an dish he will replace…

overall quite excellent fine dining dishes, better than expected from a hotel banquet…

c.h.e.f andy

my OPS bro WT organised roti prata @ master prata alexandra central mall on 23.2.2021.^^

prata freshly made, crispy & dough tasty..the curry was tasty…love it!

the mysore mutton was tender, still a bit gamey taste but much better than that at sin min roti prata etc…

a place i will come back again.

c.h.e.f andy

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Master Prata @ Alexandra Central Mall

Address-

321 Alexandra Rd, Mall, #01-02 Alexandra Central, Singapore 159971

Contact-

tel=+6582688210

Opening Hours-

had a great 2pax lunch at kaunta today with lisa on 10.2.2021.^^

this place recommended by joel, owned by sushi bar bosshttps://goo.gl/maps/Jqs3EBA6yFMgcSnd9

we had a lunch sushi omakase aoi 8pieces S$60

& the wagyu don S$85.

first time we have aged sushi..most aged 15days some 10days..

i tried 2 pieces ..one was a complimentary smoked salmon very good indeed another aged spider squid..good too.

wife felt the aged sushi were good & unique perhaps not better than fresh sushi.

we both thought kuriya lunch omakase just as good offers better value & more cooked dishes.

I had miyazaki A5 wagyu don with uni, ikura, caviar & black truffle..truffle flavour was excellent..

wagyu very thin slices..the overall taste was excellent..

i think a bit high price but it was good..

may come back for the dinner omakase maybe sometime for lunch when feel like it..

after lunch went to sm’s house & play with grandson lol!

c.h.e.f andy

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Kaunta Singapore

Address-

11 Kee Seng Street #01-12 Onze, 089218

Contact-

tel=+6587883535

Opening Hours-

had cockles S$8 and gong gong S$6 at kin hoi on 7.2.2021.^^

really good! hum fresh sweet & very clean.

gong gong impossibly tender texture pull out easily don’t know how they do it…

c.h.e.f andy

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Kin Hoi Cockles @ Holland Close

Address:

Holland Cl, Coffee Shop, Block 6, Singapore 271006

Contact:

https://www.facebook.com/kinhoi.sg/

Opening Hours:

went to get a pot of sweet basil from amk shop with LKY on 9.2.2021.^^

had ter kah & ter huan kiam chye soup at amk central stall jin ding xiang

https://goo.gl/maps/YvP1oCS8B6whvSgGA

the S$6 hock was tender great texture & flavours..well above average..

the S$4 pig innard soup was quite tasty, above average & good serving of items – pork, belly pork, pork balls, liver

nice lunch!

c.h.e.f andy

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金鼎香 Jin Ding Xiang

Address-

724 Ang Mo Kio Ave 6, Stall 01-45 Singapore 560724

GYS bought lunch at beach road kitchen ..$38pax with jwmarriott card…

a lot of food but so so quality quite mediocre …

best dish for me was the chilli crab…sauce & bun good..crab acceptable quality

the charcuterie platter was ok NOT basilico antipasti quality cured meat & cheese

salad standard fare bread basket better than average the panini was good..

white wine mussels very poorly done overcooked shrunken not fresh succulent…1 of 2 worst dishes…

lobster bisque good standard with lobster pieces NOT 665 deg standard

lobster laksa pasta a disaster – among the worst pasta I had… & lobster was old & overcooked tough & tasteless..not sure this worst dish or the mussels…lol!

the shell pasta was passable better than the lobster which was inedible

tried the truffle pizza way way below par chewy & tough nothing like akira back

chicken was competent better than expected..

yogurt dessert was pretty good like breakfast cereal lol! good for breakfast not sure count as dessert..haha!

so I count 3 good dishes-chilli crab, lobster bisque and chicken…that’s about it!

had a great time with friends..

restaurant was empty just 2 tables…

c.h.e.f andy

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Beach Road Kitchen

Address:

30 Beach Rd, Singapore 189763

Contact:

+6568181913

Opening Hours: