wife bought dinner @ uya wheelock..

the live eel was excellent, so fresh, tender, sweet & the skin well grilled.

many reviewers had made comparisons uya and man man..uya’s distinct advantage can book online no need to queue!

for me, both are good..i lean towards man man..uya large hitsumabushi S$46 more expansive for the same size serving..i think man man like S$36, maybe more ex now..

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Uya 四代目菊川 Japanese Unagi Restaurant

my OPS bro HC bought 4pax OPS bros lunch @ dai lou punggol marina on 3.1.2020.^^

food was ok, quite mediocre zichar. 🙂

har jeon gai aka prawn paste chicken was ok but heavy batter

nowhere c/w the excellent prawn paste chicken at hk street new chun kee at commonwealth crescent.

we ordered salted egg sotong, forgot that HC doesn’t take sotong. anyway this dish not great. salted egg sotong taste & powdery salted egg texture ok..came like calamari again heavy batter. i prefer it w/o batter..didn’t like the onion ring type batter be better w/o batter..

surprisingly the minced pork tofu was good, best dish la…tofu nicely done, soft inside & tasty.

chaotar beehoon (三楼米粉) good standard. i have taken better ones though…

sambal mixed veg non-descript like any heavily sambal dish..ok not great

won’t come back just average food to fill the tummy

after that we had durians D13 WT bought..

then WM drove to seletar club & we had ice kachang

ate too much lol!

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we had 9pax family + aunty bes dinner @ 8picure to celebrate new year eve on 31.12.2019.^^

food was truly awesome, delicious!! really lovely dinner thanks to chef Gabriel Lee & his partner Connie 👍

wife ordered 4 lobster/ohmi wagyu sets for 8 of us to share, and 1 set (pea soup, alio olio, french poulette & tiramisu) for aunty bes.

and we had lots of appetisers,

additional pastas…

main courses and galician octopus…

desserts to share.

every dish was great! including the excellent dessert!

& the ohmi wagyu was a good serving especially split into 1/2 portions.

really most enjoyable and memorable dinner, fit for a family new year eve celebrations. 🙂

c.h.e.f andy

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8picure

my OPS pals WT & M came to visit on 1.1.2020. 🙂

wonderful day to see friends! ^^

WT bought D13 durians $10/kg ..good!👍

I had to go get something at 6th ave. there was a promo at breadtalk – 20 items for S$20..

 

5 of us had lunch on 30.12.2019. ^^

my RI rbos CCG & NCL joined lunch with my OPS bros WM & WT. 🙂

the 1/2 roast duck was excellent today! very flavourful, nice crisp skin, tasty, not dry & tough..surprise really!

today WT decided to buy 1/2duck plus char siew S$25 char siew also good..roast duck better.. interestingly, they served curry with the roast duck..curry was excellent very tasty..can eat separately..didn’t contribute to roast suck tastewise.

we usually eat at ok zichar, the next stall neighbour..

today WM bought the always very ok zichar, great meen si song fish head, excellent salted fish minced prok, and good omelette and sambal potato leaves.

had a great lunch with good freinds and bros. 🙂

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Long Yuan (龍源)

 

7 of us came for breakfast after walk at macritchie on 24.12.2019. ^^

long queue 15mins..

CCG bought breakfast. 🙂

prata gosong were good not crispy type but tasty doughs..not better than springleaf at rail mall.

we had 2 chicken, 2 mysore mutton cubes and 3 plates curry. ..guys didn’t take dhal..i like dhal too, but the chicken curry was very good, excellent taste..

chicken was excellent, tasty and quite moist not dry..

mutton had strong taste..some friends didn’t like much..i took almost 1 whole plate..i had much better mysore mutton at mr prata at evans road..

overall an enjoyable breakfast with close buddies

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Chong Lee bought 3pax S$58pax 12-course omakase lunch unlimited orders @ sinfona ristorante on 22.12.2019.^^

it’s meant for wife and my much belated birthdays. 🙂

after the first serving of the menu dishes, one can make unlimited orders, then dessert. 🙂

chef simone from sardonia italy and hailed from alkaff mansion, lived in singapore for 8yrs & with sinfona from the start 3yrs ago..

3 appetizers were pretty good. we are liked the smoked duck breast best so we all reordered..smoked flavour was excellent & the fragrant crispy & thick layer of fat did not feel oily..

the blue foie gras tasted like pate..ok light & sweet..

the mozzarella cheese so so.

my OPS bro WT bought 3pax wanton mee & roast duck rice @ foong kee at keong saik street on 20.12.2019.^^

very good wanton noodles, qq noodles and excellent chilli & sauce.

& roast duck one of the best,very fragrant & flavourful, excellent roast duck.

only thing is when i came back with my wife a few days later, the duck was not as nice…so it’s kind of not so consistent.

after foong kee, we walked to corner coffeeshop & took S$3 ah ma chendol..

HC thinks it was better thicker than four seasons chendol..anyway it was as good. ^^

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Foon Kee

Saturday	11am–5:30pm

2pax jap wagyu omakase lunch with wife @ hachi on 18.12.2019.^^

excellent jap wagyu omakase as before just lots more expensive, like 50% more!

uni seaweed kakiage becomes hotate….cheaper ingredient still excellent preparation and nice dish.

oyster with ponzu jelly good as before, fabulous for the eyes and delicious!

miyazaki A5 sukiyaki konabe still very good. tasty marbled wagyu, very nice!

sashimi is REALLY quite poor standard for this price of omakase! and c/w what was served previously…

we had a complimentary dish, i think it was hotaruika firely squid which was in season.

chargrilled miyazaki A5 wagyu was superb!

wagyu sushi best, just incredible!

my RI bro fetched me 8.50am to mt e orchard.

afterwards we went to ah heng curry chicken noodles at queen street bugis..CL & my OPS bro WT joined us 11am. WT bought lunch.

1st time trying this stall..chicken today one of the best very sweet & tender even better than hong lim..gravy & chilli also good like hong lim.

i tried a subsequent time same time at about 11am…was ok but more like hong lim…the bowl for S$6 was much smaller though, so on balance i will still go to hong lim

1pax unhealthy brunch indulgence.

went to eat hollandv fried bee hoon on 12.12.2019.

..didn’t frequent this stall like 20yrs maybe, or maybe once or twice in between, too long to remember.

chicken wing ngoh hiang ok passable chilli so so

worst thing is noodles nua nua 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼

my RI bro CCG bought 5pax lunch @ huating steamboat on 10dec2019…very shiok!!!

the sharksbone and black chicken soup base were marvellous!

we also had kidney, fish paste noodles, fish balls and meatballs.

S$129nett after eatigo 50% discounts 👍

everyone loved it!

had four seasons chendol tpy lor 8 afterwards.

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OPS bros WM, WT fetched me to mt e orchard…

afterwards walked over to wisma level 4 japan food town.

WM bought 3pax lunch at sabar.

S$18.80 chirashi don…huge serving of good fresh sashimi ..

basically 2 tiered = bottom tier bara chirashi cheaper square cuts, and upper tier chirashi normal cut. of course not premium sashimi but as good quality as sun with moon and any normal/bara chirashi don in town and twice the serving..lol!

grilled sabar 50% off about S$11 very good too, large saba, fresh and oily very flavourful..

of course can get 1 large saba from sheng shiong at S$3.90, grilled myself, truly just as good.

returned singapore on 24.11.2019.

had operation upon arrival on 24.11.2019, and discharged 26.11.2019.

went to make new spectacles. old one was broken.

after that walked over to mrs pho for early dinner.

wife’s birthday bash organised by her friend SS & HLF wine sommelier @ buona terra on 9.11.2019.^^

1st course – alaskan crab, tomato gelatine, cucumber sorbet was exquisite,

2nd course = mozambique scampi basically lobster size, with seafood bisque. simply delicious.

3rd course = linguine with baby squid & squidink sauce very good standard, al dente pasta and very tasty.

4th course = choice of pan seared cod OR lamb loin, herb crust, egg plant. lamb was great as before. cod the usual good standard.

for this dinner, wife specially added an order of chef’s charcoal grilled OP ribs additional to the degustation menu.

it was delightful, nice bbq flavours and very tender steak.

 

had nice 6pax dinner @ esquina

wife bought son birthday dinner..PT organised it…

food mostly good.

oysters good ..at S$35 for 6..i think just so so value wise.

chorizo croquette tasty and good standard..

spanish omelette was a joke though tasty..good size for 3yr old…

cheese with eggplant was excellent

cauliflower good.

suckling pig was ok. lamb loin was so so.

went with CCG to novena. still missing our bro who would have fetched CCG today. CL, CM & WL joined.

CG bought 6pax lunch at lao beijing.@ velocity. LCH came to join lunch.

酸菜鱼 was good.

peking duck so so…
pig trotters below par not as good as hawker stall…
vegetables tasted good but pathetic small serving…
小笼包mediocre some way off from imperial treasure paradise dynasty…

surprisingly lamb rack was very good.

a mediocre place. luckily 酸菜鱼 the and lamb rack were good, & lunch with bros always enjoyable.