lunch with daughter 

daughter called to have lunch on 2.11.2018. ^^

pick up daughter from her workplace and went to meilin street food centre.

S$3 xinlu fish ball noodles

i had my usual S$3 meepok tar, good every time, noodles qq, chilli very good, tasty. satisfied la! 🙂

S$4 meiling street wanton noodles

daughter decided on meiling street wanton mee. i think it was S$3 PLUS S$1 added fried wanton. there were like 6 fried wantons.

meiling street wanton noodles

i tried the noodles ok, but chilli not tasty like my xinlu fish ball noodles. i think the other places like jian kang noodles commonwelath crescent etc are better.

piccolo latte @ tiong hoe

piccolo latte @ tiong hoe

tiong hoe coffee

tiong hoe coffee

S$4 piccolo latte

afterwards went to tiong hoe for S$4 piccolo latte. very good, intense, flavourful coffee!

then sent daughter back to work.

c.h.e.f andy

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Mei Ling Street Wanton Noodles

#02-32, Mei Chin Road Market, 159 Mei Chin Road, 140159

dinner @ punggol seafood

my OPS bro bought 4pax OPS bros dinner @ punggol seafood at punggol settlement on 1.11.2018. ^^

HC used fave S$110 voucher for S$55, and top up S$45, so S$100..

dinner @ punggol seafood

food was quite ok=curry fish head, smoked duck all good, dongpo rou specially good..perfect texture, excellent flavours only the roast chicken below par and the signature tofu tasteless 👎🏼

S$15.80 lala beehoon

service was actually ok, the usual.

but service philosophy problematic as they don’t allow us to dapao the dishes becos we use fave voucher..

made no sense as we spent above the S$110 vouchers, and it was not like 50% discounts off total bill..meaning we did not have to order above S$110 voucher value, and so anyhting above S$110 it should be for us to decide, especially the case if we should genuinely need to tapao.

so throwing away good food rather than let customer dapao????does not promote goodwill for the restaurant. i wouldn’t come back for this reason, when the food is ok but not special.

S$15.80 lala beehoon

S$15.80 lala beehoon

lala beehoon was good. tasty, a good dish to order.

though i had better lala horfun at yalong bay on 10.7.2018..

S$9.80 smoked duck

the smoked duck breast was good!

S$10 french beans

french beans good too, simple dish done well…

S$25 curry fish head

curry fish head was good, and lots of vegetables.

not special as many places have very good curry fish head….

S$18 roast chicken

S$18 roast chicken

roast chicken was below par…breast was dry and tasteless..skin though was crispy and the tender parts tasted ok with the five-spice salt.

S$16 dongporou 东坡肉

the dongporou 东坡肉 was top restaurant standard, better than silk @ sicc.

totally tender, perfectly cut and crystalline, 油而不腻, top class dish!

S$13 signature tofu

tofu was tasteless, quite poor dish…

about S$100 nett after using fave vouchers

dinner was S$155, so HC topped up S$45, and 4pax dinner was S$100 nett after dicounts.

wasted food @ punggol seafood

so we had a bit of leftover food.

i think it was ridiculous and very bad customer service in denying us to tapao the leftover food. quite clearly everything was going to waste! sigh!

dinner @ punggol seafood

dinner @ punggol seafood

dongporou

overall it was a good dinner hosted by HC.

& the defeatist service philosophy managed to cancel out all the goodwill on the food and the fave discounts.

anyway we OPS bros had a great time together. 🙂

c.h.e.f andy

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Punggol Seafood

went with RI bros LCM & LKY to kovan market to try out yame curry chicken noodles..but kovan is closed for reno..

LKY brought us to hougang hainanese village centre..though hougang is teochew…lol!

fishball noodles, fried carrot cake, oyster omelette, bedok chui kueh

fish ball noodles

fishball noddles ingredients very good (3 liver, 3 fishball, 1 meatball), chilli, soup all good, meepok NOT qq..that would be a failure…

laksa

LCM ordered laksa…i tasted the gravy.

laksa savoury type like weiyi not just lemak..this the style i like…

fried carrot cake

fried carrot cake

fried carrot cake looked anaemic but quite fragrant… same for orh luah fragrant though frozen oyster, a pleasant surprise.

fried carrot cake stall

S$2 bedok chui kueh

bedok chui kueh good, but chinatown stall felt better..

da zhong cafe

da zhong cafe

da zhong kopi

there were like 6 coffee stalls here, and of course LKY knew which was best.

had the da zhong kopi c gosong tiklor.

coffee very good..

lai seng dessert@ blk 628 amk ave 4

ice kachang @ blk 628 amk ave 4

ice kachang @ blk 628 amk ave 4

later LKY & i went to 628 amk ave 4. i wanted to get something. found the shop but decided not to get it.

..ice kachang only $1.50 but so so…

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Hougang Hainanese Village Centre

wonderful dinner for 2

had very good 2pax dinner with lisa @ the halia botanical garden..

all the dishes we ordered were good-

• non alcoholic cocktail $8 very good
• 1/2 oysters $26
• carpaccio $18
• mixed mushrooms $6
• pangrilled sunchokes (like artichoke) $6
• boned in wagyu beef rib $48 – this the best rib 👍👍👍
• die die must have chocolate $10 ok
• flat white $6 very good

wonderful dinner for 2

we were here actually just few weeks back with my OPS bros & spouses on 10.10.2018. we had a great time and dinner.^^wife though had to rush off somewhere & only returned later. and it was pouring that evening & not so many customers.

this evening, even though we booked 9pm to use chope offpeak vouchers, halia was full and the ambience was wonderful.

S$26 oysters 6 pieces

S$26 oysters 6 pieces

we didn’t want too much food and carbs.

wife ordered the oysters. we ordered first 3 oysters for S$13.50, oysters were great..then as we liked it we added 3 more oysters and the server changed it to 6 for S$26 in the bill. 🙂

service here consistently good. the 2 vietnamese servers last visit and this time the filipino server.

S$6 mixed mushrooms garlic butter

the mixed mushrooms with garlic butter was good as before. simple yet excellent dish this.

S$6 panroasted sunchokes

we liked the sunchokes..it kind of looked like old ginger than artichokes though it had the texture…anyway i loved the dish, lots of fibre too. lol!

S$18 blackmore wagyu chuck rib carpaccio

S$18 blackmore wagyu chuck rib carpaccio

blackmore wagyu chuck rib carpaccio was the natural sweey kind w/o sauce. i liked it this way too though i don’t mind sauce too.

vegetable chips

vegetable chips came with the carpaccio. good!

S$48 blackmore wagyu spare rib

S$48 blackmore wagyu spare rib 

and the best had to te the wagyu spare ribs.

it was braised, soft & moist, and extremely flavourful as the collagen became flavourful gelatine.

really excellent this!

S$10 did die must have chocolate

S$10 did die must have chocolate

the chocolate was pedestrian actually, good enough i guess for restaurant standard.

i think the date pudding was best, and the ginger was good (from previous dinner).

S$48 blackmore wagyu spare rib

had a relax evening with wife and enjoyed delicious food at very affordable price after chope discounts.

c.h.e.f andy

 

curry chicken noodles with WM on 19.10.2018

hong lim food centre is closing for 2 months for reno.

my OPS bro WM arranged 2pax curry chicken noodle at ah heng on 19.10.2018. ^^

wa…so shiok la! never have enough for me! 🙂

queue at ah heng curry chicken noodles

we were there at 11am. queue was like 5pax <10mins..later when we were leaving, queue was long…

curry chicken noodles = 8pax RI bros at hong lim by LKY

RI bro LKY organised 8pax early lunch at hong lim. ^^

LKH favourite outram road char kuay teow closed for early vacation since 25.10.2018. me think hawkers really need a break la…lol!

most of us took ah heng’s curry chicken noodles ..i bought 3 bowls for LKY, LCH & me…luckily no queue..

ping ping curry chicken noodles

CCG took curry chicken noodles from his favourite stall teochew stall ping ping..it looked as authentic. i tried the gravy, it was not as intense and savoury sweet as ah heng’s…maybe try this myself next time.

LKH took some wanton noodles..CCG bought beechiam kueh..

afterwards CCG had to leave, 7 of us walked over to people’s park centre for tong shui..

curry chicken noodles with WM WT 30.10.2018

curry chicken noodles with WM WT 30.10.2018

the very next day my OPS bro met again WT WM and me for one last round of curry chicken noodles on 30.10.2018! ^^

tapao 3 packets curry chicken noodles 30.10.2018

this time i tapao 3 packets for wife and children. ^^

kopi

kopi here also good next to ah heng, not LKY’s usual stall next to outram road char kuay teow.

curry chicken noodles with WM on 19.10.2018

how can i ever have enough of this?

c.h.e.f andy

RI bro bought 2pax lunch @ crossroad cafe

my RI LKY arranged lunch at cross road cafe, level 1 of mariott at scotts road today on 29.10.2018. ^^

he had an expiring S$100 voucher to use by 31.10.2018. haha! 🙂

S$20 calamari

didn’t know what to order?

we decided on S$20 calamari. it was average, pedestrian, actually my helper made better calamari, haha! 🙂

we ordered a calamari $20 (average), crayfish laksa $27 which the server split for us into 2 bowls (average), wagyu burger $35 (quite good)..bill came to $96nett

S$27 crayfish laksa split into 2 servings

S$27 crayfish laksa split into 2 servings

the laksa was like S$25, and S$27 if add crayfish. we ordered the S$27 crayfish laksa, not that 1 piece crayfish made much difference.

they split the bowl for us, and each pax had a good serving of laksa.

it was ok laksa, better than some hawker centre. just very lemak & savoury enough like my favourite weiyi laksa. so i guess this was quite ordinary.

wagyu burger

the best dish was probably the wagyu burger.

this was not quite the foksner gourmet burger that we had at bohinj slovenia.

still it was a good burger, the pattie nicely done.

the bill came to like S$95, so LKY used his S$100 voucher, quite ok, just about there.

well considering free lunch thanks to my RI bro, more than good enough la…don’t think will come here at normal price.

ondeh ondeh

toastbox kopi + begawan solo cakes

octopus carpaccio 

wife organised a small party for my birthday on 25.10.2018. ^^

family & friends

family and friends

i invited 8 bros = 5 RI and 3OPS; my godsis & her hubby; and we have 8pax family including our helper aunty Bes (PT unable to make it).

total 18pax this evening… 🙂

5-course S$90 menu

i have never been to alba…wife & daughter had. i saw on alba website they had a regular S$90 menu.

for this evening, wife selected the dish options & ordered the S$90 menu, but the restaurant gave us the large function room w/o charge (they could not officially reserve the whole space for us but no one else was seated in here so we effectively had it to ourselves).

wines 

there was 1 for 1 wine so we ordered a few bottles wine and had corresponding bottles corkage free..

octopus carpaccio 

most of us ordered octopus carpaccio. it was very good, tender and tasty, with excellent cream and squidink. so so beautifully plated.

beef tartar

the beef tartar was excellent too, this style w/o course pepper & other seasoning, very tender and pure natural sweetness of the beef. very good indeed. 🙂

truffle mushroom veloute

truffle mushroom veloute

the truffle mushroom veloute was tasty, intense, and nicely flavoured with the truffle. very nice. the onsen egg gave it a silky texture.

seafood soup

seafood soup

the seafood soup came with loads of ingredients, with a tomato shellfish base.

seafood soup

it was a good soup, perhaps more robust & less fine c/w the truffle mushroom veloute. the prawns & squid were overcooked, so that part less good.

fregola

fregola

the fregola pasta was apparently a signature dish here.

it was good, and quite tasty. the serving was too big being a plain pasta w/o ingredients and one gets satiated eating all of the plain pasta.

spinach tortelli

spinach tortelli

the tortelli looked pretty, and nice & tasty too, a bit on the simple lighter side taste wise. in the way similar simple yet good taste for both the pasta dishes.

crusted lamb chop

crusted lamb chop

the crusted lamb chop was very good standard.

crusted lamb chop

nice if quite strong lamb taste. purple potato was interesting side.

pan seared black cod

pan seared black cod

pan seared black cod was quite tasty, nothing special.

pan seared black cod 

meat was firmer white fish, not so like the flaky sweeter chillean seabass or cod.

pistacho parfait

pistacho parfait

son liked the pistacho parfait…it had firmer texture c/w japanese macha parfait with superb combination of different textures from cornflakes tp cake to mochi.

lava cake

lava cake

the lava cake was the better of the 2. it had a bit less lava but the dark chocolate flavour were wonderful. a very good standard lava cake. 🙂

birthday cake

birthday cake

then we had the birthday cake, took loads of photos with family and friends, then cut and shared the cake. 🙂

octopus carpaccio

ye lai xiang techew muay dishes

sis wanted teochew muay, so went with sis & bil to ye lai xiang 夜来香 bukit merah view for techew muay dishes on 24.10.2018. ^^

we had a bad experience with 夜上海ye shanghai at lengkok bahru 3months back where they overcharged us by S$3 then tried to wriggled away by obviously fake GST with no receipt on 18.7.2018 (see here).

so we voted by our feet never to go back to 夜上海ye shanghai, haha! 🙂

sis ordered 2 fish, 1 sotong & 8 veg dishes for like S$31.

i am finding this teochew muay stuff a bit expensive these days c/w the earlier cheap & good dishes.

like a year ago we had 2 fish & 7 veg dishes for $18 on 28.9.2017.

teochew chilled mullet

but of course different fish. now this mullet was S$10, previously S$8.

chilled rabbit fish

rabbit fish was S$5.

chilled sotong

& sotong was S$5.

fried egg 

tau gay

ye lai xiang veg dishes 

so perhaps the remaining 8 dishes + 2 porridge for S$11 was kind of ok.

just that S$31 vs S$18 overall was some impact right?

anyway, the veg were not as tasty, and even ye shanghai (which i think vegetables there generally taste better) also not tasty as before. differnt people cooking now?

of course overall price still not high like S$10pax. just that also no longer cheap…

but fish & sotong no thrill for me as i can do just as well or better. the vegetables are the ones i like because variety c/w if we cook one of two veg ourselves & really they used to be very tasty.

c.h.e.f andy

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夜来香 YelaixiangTeochew Porridge (夜来香潮洲糜)

Address

#01-217, Boyang Coffee Shop, Blk 117 Bukit Merah View, 151116

thai style curry fish head

sunday. 2 old folks looking for a place to go. for dinner on 21.10.2018. ^^

wife wanted to go G7 sinma frog porridge but we couldn’t find parking at courts side, and the whole road was jammed.

so we turned back to try casuarina curry at 6th ave, no parking also, so decided to go to forture.

we parked at cherry ave.

thai style curry fish head 

we ordered only the thai style curry fish head. S$25.

fish head was still good, tangy tastey flavourful sauce, good amount of vegetables with the curry. fish head was fresh & sweet.

thought about the hor fun…decided not to have the carbs..later wanted to add prawn past e chicken but had to wait & we almost finished the fish head liao…so just fish head for 2pax.

it was enough la! 🙂

c.h.e.f andy

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Forture Seafood

Address:

terra 

J & my RI bro NCL bought lunch @ terra at 54 tras street today on 23.10.2018. ^^

J arranged the sumptuous lunch..

terra 

nice decor and ambience.

japanese server 

chef owner is seita san. Our server is sho san.

ingrdedients for lunch 

terra served only omakase or set lunch, & omakase dinner..

we ordered the $58pax 4-course set, and had to top up $10 for their signature uni pasta..

foccacia & pumpkin veloute

pumpkin veloute 

the foccacia & fungi butter very good..

the pumpkin soup fine presentation but pedestrian in taste.

hokkaido scallop excellent! 

the hokkaido scallop was excellent.quite exquisite!

scallops was totally tender ad sweet &  complemented well by the cheesy, flavourful broth.

sanma ceviche 

i tried a bit of the sanma ceviche…. very good too

signature uni pasta 

uni pasta was very good because of very sweet uni..

as a uni pasta did not really stand out say c/w a good mentaiko pasta..and i think many places can do teh same or better…maybe should have ikura added to the uni pasta..

beef 

i asked and sho san replied that the “wagyu” beef was not a graded wagyu. ..we guessing maybe 国产牛..

anyway it was quite excellent- sweet, nice beefy taste, smooth & tender

birthday cake

dessert was tiramisu..light nice not too sweet perfectly competent tiramisu.

terra birthday candle decor

the birthday cake/dessert decor was interesting.

the candle sat on a wine cork, which looked like a man sitting down. lol! 🙂

birthday chime 

there was a birthday chime too!

signature uni pasta

Thanks to my friends J & NCL for the excellent lunch, and great chat & sharing.

NCL was going for his kilimanjaro expedition, we were all happy and full of goodwill & support for his successful summiting of the tallest peak in africa.

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crab dinner at WM house

OPS bro Wm organised a crab dinner for 6pax (4 OPS bro + J + GY) at his place on 18.10.2018. ^^

crab dinner at WM house 

he ordered & collected 7 crabs from “old mattar road”, now called mattar road seafood. 🙂

the crabs were S$50/kg so the crabs were like 800g each size=5.6kg=S$280. 🙂

j’s yam cake

before dinner, J served some yam cake she made, super nice! especially with the very spicy chilli. i packet some home for wife and children. 🙂

satays

WM bought some satays too. this had the pineapple sauce which cannot get at many satay place.

satay was flavourful though it dried up a bit being out on the table for a while and while we ate.

butter crabs 

there was butter and white pepper crabs.

both crabs were nice. J like the butter crab more. i like the white pepper crab, very flavourful & i guess more sauce.

white pepper crabs, butter crabs and satays

white pepper crabs

white pepper crabs

i enjoyed both crabs very much.

usually i don’t take much crabs, lazy to eat & my family don’t eat crabs often also.

amybe one day go to the matter road seafood zi char to eat there with other dishes.

braised chicken

braised chicken

J made some braised chicken.

fried noodles 

and noodles.

very sweet pineapples and fragrant mangoes

WT brught very sweet cut pineapples, and WM served some fragrant mangoes as well.

tong shui

the tong shui was great after a nice dinner.

white pepper crabs, butter crabs and satays

WM, J and GY started shanghai mahjong. WT, HC and i watched tv.

had a great time this evening with good friends.

c.h.e.f andy

3 OPS bros having fish ball noodles

went with my OPS bros WT & WM for fishball noodles at xinlu on 17oct2018.

my most recent post was on 22.1.2018. 🙂

xinlu fish ball noodles

the sign said they open 5.45am.

S$3 fish ball noodles

i ordered my meepok tar less noodles.

6 fish balls – S$3 fish ball noodles

they compensate less noodles with 1 more fish ball – so 6 fish balls.

S$3 fish ball noodles

my OPS bros loved the noodles. fish ball was good, chilli was excellent & noodles qq.

always good here.

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lunch with QTC

 went to my RI bro QTC’s office at central today on 15.10.2018. ^^

after that we went for 2pax lunch at 8korean @ central next to his office. had a great chat & lunch togetther.

I bought $100 chope viuchers for $59..we ordered the server’s recommendations, a flower pork set $68 which included a stew. i chose beef kimchi stew & added a grilled squid $22=enuf to feed 3-4pax actually. lol! 🙂

lunch cost $108 which i top up $8 = total $67 for lots of food for 2pax.

banchan 반찬

the usual banchan 반찬 was quite limited. there was pickled gourd or zucchini.

banchan 반찬

something that felt like pasta.

banchan 반찬

pickled radish.

banchan 반찬

pickled cucumbers.

beef stew (included in the prok set)

server cooking pork & sotong

the server did the grilling of the pork set and sotong while we enjoyed lunch and conversation. 🙂

S$22 grilled sotong

came with S$22 grilled sotong

the grilled squid which other bloggers recommended included lots of kimchi and large bean sprouts.

grilled sotong

squid was nicely done. good bbq flavour and tasty with the dips.

S$68 flower pork set

the S$68 flower pork set consisited of flower prok belly, pork neck steak and pork jowl.

on 8korean website, they stated that they used only hungarian mangalitza pig. and looking at the description these should be more alike iberico or kurobuta, more marbled with fat of lower melting point…i must say i didn’t feel that much different like the pork was more flavoured or marbled when eating. of the 3 meats, the belly seemed tougher.

grilled pork & sotong

overall it was a satisfying lunch.

the pork should be like 400g, and the beef stew was a huge serving,

but really even a hotpot stew cannot c/w a simple kimchi chigae at aburiya lor..

i don’t think i would pay S$68 for this pork set plus beef stew but for 40% discounts at S$40, it is doable and i would come here and have this again.

sadly there was zero customer except us for the entire lunch period on a monday…not sure how singapore dining establishments survive?

we had a great tete a tete having the entire place to ourselves. lol! 🙂

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8korean @ central

Located in: Clarke Quay Central

Address: 6 Eu Tong Sen St, 02-79/90, Singapore 059817

Phone: 8692 1188

Opening Hours: 

monday – friday	11:30AM–2:30PM, 5:30–10:30PM
saturday – sunday	11:30AM–10:30PM

1/2 roast duck

went with wife for 2pax dinner at crystal jade kitchen hollandv on a sunday on 14.10.2018. ^^

wife is some jadeite member 15% discounts plus got some vouchers to use, like S$10 voucher for S$50 bill.

we ordered 1/2 roast duck. it was ok but not quite as good as the roast duck we had at

1. xin cuisine; and
2. silk restuarant @ sicc.

black & white har gao 虾饺

the dimsum at crystal jade geenrally good.

the har gao 虾饺 was good, whatever colour. 🙂

xiaolongbao 小笼包

xiaolongbao 小笼包 is consistently good. 🙂

crispy fupeiquin 腐皮卷

wife likes crispy fupeiquin 腐皮卷. i am ok with the dish. nice too! 🙂

steamed pork ribs

steamed pork ribs also did not disappoint…not so fatty, enough meat & also tasty.

bill S$54.30 after 15% discounts

the bill came to S$54.30 after 15% discounts.

it seemed to work out such that no difference whether use S$10 voucher or just straight 15% discounts.

1/2 roast duck

food was ok but quite expensive S$54.30 nett for 2pax even with 15% discounts.

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S$17 blue fin tuna tartare

we arranged a 8pax birthday dinner for WT at halia on 10.10.2018. ^^

i bought S$700 chope offpeak vouchers at 50% discounts for this dinner at 8.30pm. 🙂

dinner was attended by 4 bros and the spouses. wife had some urgent matter to attend to but rejoined the dinner afterwards.

S$16 lemograss & ginger prawn salad

i ordered 4 appetizers to share.

the prawn salad was just average, ok enough i guess.

S$25 pan seared barramundi

the pan seared barramundi was very good especially with the bearnaise sauce. 🙂

we considered ordering one more when wife rejoined the dinner (she missed most of the appetizers) but decided to order a main, halibut en papillote instead. 🙂

S$6 sauteed mixed mushrooms & garlic butter

the sauteed mushroom very good too.

very poor S$25 halia’s chilli crab spaghetini

very poor S$25 halia’s chilli crab spaghetini

the halia’s chilli crab spaghetini was in my view not quite edible, really poor.

no hint of chilli crab flavours, and the pasta was not even al dente..that is a mortal sin!

our appetizers

overall we were quite happy with the appetizers and the communal dining. 🙂

S$7 pandan coco

HC ordered coffee and we had 2 or 3 pandan coco to share. afterwards when i had time to look at the menu, maybe we should have tried the smoothies also. 🙂

S$18 pan seared foie gras

the vietnamese lady server Ha recommended pan seared foie gras to go with the steak mains. we ordered 4 foie gras to share..i do not take foie gras as ammater of choice. 🙂

S$130 900g boned in striploin

the server recommended we took the 900g striploin…only porterhouse was on the menu, but she said there was a last piece of striploin.

actually porterhouse is one side strip loin one side tenderloin, so in theory porterhouse would be better? anyhow i prefer strip to tenderloin and perhaps a boned in strip loin would have a smaller bone c/w porterhouse? haha! who cares?

S$130 900g boned in striploin

i think the striploin was plenty good, very flavourful, nicely charred, unlike many places. this came with good sides of mash etc.

S$33 halibut fillet en papillote

S$33 halibut fillet en papillote

S$33 halibut fillet en papillote

we ordered the halibut en papillote. it was excellent!

sides with halibut fillet en papillote

sides with seabass en papillote

it came with sides too.

i think between the halibut and the very good barramundi, the halibut was still better.

S$68 200days grain fed angus ribeye

S$68 200days grain fed angus ribeye

the server also recommended we ordered the ribeye rather than the wagyu rump, and so we did! 🙂

and it was very good too. ribeye is a better uct of meat c/w striploin.

S$40 pan roasted medium rare lamb rack

S$40 pan roasted medium rare lamb rack

S$40 pan roasted medium rare lamb rack

we also ordered the lamb rack.

we wanted medium rare but it looked totally rare to me, which was not the preferred texture.

anyway we already started on the meat, so i did not ask for it to be replaced.

S$10 die die must have chocolate

i ordered all 4 dessert.

i think the dessert were really good, everyone of them!

chocolate not so die die but good anyway.

S$11 yuzu gateaux

yuzu was good too.

S$10 sticky toffee pudding

the sticky toffee pudding was quite unexpected. it was not as sweet as expected. and it was tasty, a very good dessert.

S$9 ginger spice all things nice

the ginger dessert was ok, did not register much with me.

overall i think the dessert were excellent too. 🙂

WM brought the cake

S$130 900g boned in striploin

WM brought a birthday cake for WT. we sang happy birthday and shared some cake. 🙂

i am happy with the dinner overall and most of the dishes from appetizers to mains meat & fish and also the dessert. very enjoyable meal.

the ambience a bit mixed, nice place certainly, and indoor seating has aircon. the table seating were close to each other and like canteen, i guess it was the rustic feel.

dinner came to like S$683, so i used S$700 vouchers. the lady server had earlier informed us she was leaving as here shift ended. the male server nguyen (also vietnamese) advised me to order some drinks so i ordered a coffee and another pandan coco. the bill came to S$699, perfecto!

so with chope 50% offpeak vouchers the 8pax dinner cost S$350nett, i think a very good deal la!

c.h.e.f andy

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Halia @ Botanical Gardens

S$10 bittergourd pork ribs

sis & bil dropped by today on 11.10.2018.

we decided to go nearby for lunch at hk street old chun kee at commonwealth crescent.

i ordered the black bean sauce song fish head, prawn paste chicken & bittergourd pork ribs.

the S$10 bittergourd pork ribs was tasty & good amount of tender pork ris too. good standard here.

S$9 prawn paste chicken

the prawn paste chicken the best i had at zi cahr stalls. this S$9 for 7 pieces. very good! 🙂

$36nett for 3pax

S$16 song fish head

and the S$16 song fish head always good here. never fails, very good standard indeed!

we had a great lunch for 3pax and it was just S$36nett. 🙂

c.h.e.f andy

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Kopi Kia  (hong kong street old chun kee 香港街老珍记）
Blk 117 Commonwealth Drive #01-733 Singapore 140117
Tel: 83606663
Email: enquiries@kopikia.com.sg
Operating Hours:
12.00PM – 10.30PM (Monday to Sunday)

individually served appetizer platter

my good friend’s son wedding today.

i fetched LCH then drove to sentosa to W Singapore on 7.10.2018. ^^

there was a reception before dinner and some canapes were served with wine & drinks..

there was a photo wall so we RI bros took couple photos together. 🙂

wedding dinner banquet menu

the dishes for the dinner banquet were good, and they were served individually. 🙂

the appetizer hors d’oeuvre comprised smoked duck, kurobuta 蒜泥白肉, prawn salad, a minced prawn wrap & wintermelon…excellent dish this. 🙂

soup

soup was equally atas like a mini buddha jump over the wall – with baby abalone, fish maw, dried scallop and a very tasty broth. excellent!

wasabi prawns

the wasabi prawn was very well done, very crispy batter, fresh prawns, not ovewhelming wasabi cream.

garoupa fillet

the hong kong steamed garoupa fillet was good too. the sauce was good, the garoupa fillet was good but i have taken better ones eg tunglok signatures using this preparation..maybe it was the fillet cut.

wagyu

surprisingly the wagyu dish was the poorer of the dishes.

chinese styled stir-fried beef is usually not comparable to japanese or western steaks. this was ok dish but not great.

spinach & lingzi mushrooms & truffle

a great vegetable dish.

noodles

the noodles were nice too.

dessert

and the dessert was ok.

overall an excellent dinner menu befitting the wedding banquet.

it was a joyful day for my dear friend and the couple, and we were honoured to partake in their joyous moments

c.h.e.f andy

longevity buns 寿桃

we have regular 14 RI bros birthdays dinner every few months. so far full attendance all 14 bros. the same this evening on 8.10.2018. ^^

the permanent members on the orgcom have been diligent in organising the dinners, arranging birthday present, cake & decor. sometimes with activities like loyang bbq & karaoke on 30.1.2018, and go-kart and tasty loong recently on 3.8.2018.

today we had a room at imperial (formerly imperial herbal) restaurant (located in Four Points by Sheraton Singapore, Riverview) with karaoke, though we didn’t get to do karaoke in the end. the server said we did not tell them we wanted to karaoke (although we did) and the adjacent room was having karaoke. happened that the adjacent room party was arranged by LKH’s sister and they did not do karaoke. we wanted to do when the adjacent room left but restaurant said it was late & they closing at 10.30pm (which is the case..so not really very useful to have karaoke installed?)

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first was the complimentary longevity buns 寿桃, very much the usual la… 🙂

special beef tendons

special beef tendons

then we had 2 specialties of this restaurant? the beef tendon & the 赛螃蟹 egg white dish.

the beef tendons were pretty good. tender, good succulent bite texture, & quite flavourful. this the dry preparation i guess, the usual 焖 slow braised with sauce style i like too but i guess this preparation more unusual. so this was good.

LKH who arranged the restaurant & got 15% discounts did not arrange for any traditional house specialty like 牛鞭汤. he reckoned that the brothers didn’t need any help. lol! ^^

#1 赛螃蟹 egg white dish

#1 赛螃蟹 egg white dish

the 赛螃蟹 egg white dish can’t say it was anything special, maybe just above average?

i think the usual preparation of 赛螃蟹 at zi char or restaurants served usually with poached brocoli are better in my opinion. the key here is the good flavourful vinegar & the fluffy scrambled texture of the egg white.

my own 赛螃蟹 brocoli dish

i tried my hands on the 赛螃蟹 brocoli dish, not so easy this, texture needed improvements.

#2 fish lip soup

#2 fish lip soup

they served fish lip soup here. it sounded like another specialty.

it was a tasty soup, tasty. texture wise it was the slightly starchy gluey type like the fake sharksfin soup, it is gard to tell one from the other. i like maybe a clear soup with natural sweetness might be better. otherwise it felt like paying a lot for specialty and not sure what you get. 🙂

#3 prawns

#3 prawns

the prawns were good. it was similar in preparation with salted egg prawns or wasabi prawns, which also have a light batter deepfried the sauce added…can’t remember what sauce this was if any, but the frying was done well, and taste was good.

#4 deepfried soon hock

#4 deepfried soon hock

deepfried soon hock was good but perhaps rather pedestrian.

deepfry gave a good flavour but a steamed fresh live soon hock is still best.

#5 nai bai tofu

#5 nai bai tofu

the nai bai tofu was a good vegetable dish.

#5 nai bai tofu

good superior stock, quite tasty, tofu was done ok.

#6 salt baked chicken

#6 salt baked chicken

the salt baked chicken 盐焗鸡 was the poorest dish. did not resemble any salt baked chicken. texture was all wrong though the stock was good. maybe a wine chicken dish or a xo frogleg dish with chicken instead of frog??

tasty loong’s 1/2 salt baked chicken

i would say the recent tasty loong’s 1/2 salt baked chicken on 3.8.2018 was what this dish should look & taste like.

my own yim goke gai 盐焗鸡太棒了！

and sorry to say but even my own salt baked chicken 盐焗鸡  was far superior la! lol! ^^

#7 seafood yeemeen

#7 seafood yeemeen

the seafood yeemeen was good standard. 🙂

sticky caramelised yam dessert

sticky caramelised yam dessert

the sticky caramelised yam dessert was much ado about nothing for me.

and it had to be taken immediately before the hot sugar strands hardened, very hard to do for 14pax and by the time the server demonstrated what we were supposed to do.

no different from any yam and sweet potato dessert anyway.

#8 eight treasures dessert

#8 eight treasures dessert

the eight treasuers dessert? was good standard, bt then our organiser LKH made just as good ones for our home dinner gatherings…lol! ^^

bill S$701 nett for 14pax

fish lip soup

the price was S$701nett for 14pax about S$50pax nett after 15% discounts.

looking at the bill, they charge S$1pax tea and 2xS$3 appertiser very reasonable. 2 plates of the beef tendon specials were S$36, also ok. & at S$458 for 10pax with 15% discounts, it was like S$39++pax for the 8-course set, with a karaoke room, longevity buns and a sticky yam dessert, actually it was a pretty ok deal la.

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c.h.e.f andy

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Imperial Restaurant