NCL organised 6pax metamorphosis bros birthday dinner for CCG at swatow @ serangoon gardens country club on 12.3.2021. ^^

swatow was suggested by taikor LCM & indeed good ambience for a quiet birthday dinner, spacious hall only handful of tables occupied.

NCL walked over to bengawan solo at serangoon gardens to buy a birthday cake.

food was ok competent.

a less run-of-the-mill more special dish was the deep-fried eggplant…looking at it before tasting i thought it was pork at first.

the scallops top shell asparagus dish was well done and tasty.

the braise platter of duck and belly pork was also good standard, better than expected..

fish maw soup was competent if pedestrian, not the standard of beng thin…

salted fish minced pork was ok.. I felt tasted a bit artificial in bite and too smooth but in a way similar to some zichar place…

the kailan with tipor (a dried flatfish) was good standard, well done…

a great dinner for metamorphosis bros, missing QTC…

after dinner we walked over to clubhouse and CCG bought drinks.

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Swatow Garden @ Serangoon Garden Country Club

Address:

22 Kensington Park Rd, Singapore 557271

Contact:

swatow.com.sg

tel=+65 6343 1717

Opening Hours:

had 2pax birthday lunch with my RI bro CCG @ basilico regent hotel on 10.3.2021.^^

3 course lunch plus gourmet coffee (I had piccolo latte haha!) at S$65pax and 50% off using amex love dining.

a great lunch and wonderful time together…

there was quite basic bread rolls…tasty dough with balsamic, EVO and olive “hummus” served in a dish..we asked for the usual butter..lol! 🙂

choice limited for appetiser- antipasti, burrata and soup.

we both took antipasti platter…basilico famous for excellent antipasti & semi buffet..now covid so no buffet but basically we were served the antipasti buffet spread..

& platter already had burrata..so only choice really..and this one here really good quality..meats, smoked salmon, grilled vegetables, scallop…

main courses inc pizza, a mussels basil pesto pasta, and the risotto I had before was excellent.

but the best really is the tagliatelle di manzo which just means sliced beef steak…a sirloin…I had medium rare…perfecto! I can eat this every time la…:-)

CCG had salmon. he already had steak this week family dinner, so quota up…salmon was competent, good standard but I guess nothing special. he tried a slice of my beef and liked that better…good excuse to come back…

dessert also limited…just think semi buffet…so the choices were all as would have been on the buffet..

cheese was excellent very good standard as expected and a generous serving….

dessert platter was competent, what can be expected from a good buffet…

and coffee was included and I had a piccolo latte – gourmet coffee right? lol! 🙂

best thing – we got 2 parking redemption…and each car was S$10.90!!!

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Basilico @ Regent Hotel

Address:

1 Cuscaden Rd, Level 2 Regent Singapore, Cuscaden Rd, Singapore 249715

Contact:

tel=+6567253232

Opening Hours:

wife bought 3pax family lunch – with SM & CD @ imperial treasure ion orchard on 7.3.2021.^^

dimsum delightful, always good quality.

crispy prawn fun cheong the best…teochew dumplings 潮州粉果 also very good…skin especially good..

braised duck and trotters very flavourful…aiya…everything was good basically…lol!

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Imperial Treasure Fine Teochew Cuisine @ Ion Orchard

Address:2 Orchard Turn #03-05, ION Orchard, Singapore 238801Located in: ION Orchard Mall8R3J+MH SingaporeContact:imperialtreasure.com6736 2118Opening Hours:

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!^^

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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!

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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