Daisy’s Dream Kitchen at West Coast
I don’t usually take Peranakan food, but we wanted to try something new the other day and I saw that Daisy’s Dream Kitchen has moved from Tiong Bahru to a cosy 50-seater about 5minute’s drive away from me! So off we went… (All comments below in italics are the husband’s since I only ate two dishes) Chips with Chilli dip I think this was served free, as an appetizer. “The chilli is super nice – tastes like the ayam penyet chilli at Jurong Point (Ayam Penyet Ria) but not as spicy.” Chap Chye It was kind of stupid of me to expect this to taste like how my mother makes hers, but it doesn’t and…
Backlogged Food Randoms (Photo post)
Antoinette @ Penhas Great service (much better than the one at Mandarin), really nice food though some can be a bit gelat and portions are pretty huge for crepes/french toast. Great if you have people sharing with you, I loved the Seafood Olio Pasta at Mandarin… but the prices are a little on the steep side. Lovely interior. Penhas has quite a lot of parking spaces actually, and reservations are allowed at the Penhas outlet (but not at Mandarin). Address: 30 Penhas Road, Singapore Tel: +65 6293 3121 Opening Hours: Mon–Fri: 11am – 10pm / Sat: 10am – 11pm / Sun: 10am – 10pm Timbre @ Old School…
Keisuke Tonkutsu Ramen King @ Orchid Hotel
I’ve tried Keisuke at Parco before they stopped their “Atas Prawn Noodles” and I was slightly disappointed with it back then cos I felt it was TOO oily. When I heard that they’ve opened a new branch at Orchid Hotel (Tanjong Pagar, about 5min walk from the MRT and beside Amara Hotel) I told myself I must try! Some points. Their menu is “customizable”. No spring onions (YES!), No black fungus, no charsiew, Noodles hard? soft? normal? Etc… They serve FREE hard boiled eggs in a Basket. For a flavored egg it’s about 2sgd more on the menu. Orchid Hotel is in Tanjong Pagar, but actually situated at a location where there’s ample parking on…
Kuriya + The Husband’s Away
He’s been callously pulled out of my life by our dear SAF… all the way to Australia where he can’t enjoy much cos he’ll be holed up in a camp for reservist. Le sigh. Actually the “holiday” isn’t that bad, it’s the hair cut that’s really bad. I think the hair cut got him depressed more than the trip LOL. So the night before he left, I decided to accompany him to watch Real Steel + have a nice Japanese dinner. : D really, really short hair. sighhhh We settled for Kuriya! It’s fairly expensive… Yikes. But he was gonna go without any Japanese or Chinese food for a while so… *splurge* MY BOWL OF…
… and august comes to an end.
With lotsa fabulous activities. And lined up all the way till 23rd Sept! Yayyyy. We headed to Sentosa for a doggy outing. I didn’t bring Reira as she’s a terror to dry plus I left from Clementi. : | Actually, we had brunch earlier on at Strictly Pancakes, but it wasn’t a very conducive place for big groups (table too long…) plus the food standards seemed to have dropped. : | My pancakes were too thick and not fluffy enough, and Felicia’s scrambled eggs had eggshells in it! Was kindda disappointed – But the mushrooms were still great. XD Back to Sentosa. After Sentosa, they sent the dogs home and we went nearby for dinner….
LJ Gathering: Uncle Leong Seafood @ Punggol
Had a gathering with my dearest LJ friends on the 17th… I can’t help reminiscing about the first time I met Anne and April. Firstly I didn’t even know I was working in her office till we met outside her office toilet (we were bloggers then, it was 10 freaking years ago), we went to the same poly (she entered one year before me) and for April, I couldn’t get over how silent she was when I first met her. I think we barely exchanged 5 sentences but she sat there watching me eat. LOLOLOL. In Raffles place where I was selling… Toys! And now she’s working in Raffles with a huge co! Hohoho. And…
Randoms for a few weeks
I’ve been too busy clearing my work for my upcoming Hokkaido and also i’ve been cursed with a really horrible back problem which is caused by… by… apparently, sitting too much. …… *sigh* Anyway, amidst all that… Dear “Brudder” (affectionately called) Steve and Jane ROM-ed at One Rochester! Really cosy place and pretty decent food. The happy couple jetted off to Japan for their honeymoon the very night. LOL. With Miya~ Outfit of the day: Random toga dress from China, CL heels, Claw bracelet from ASOS. LOTD: V little sunlight by the time I reached home, but I was wearing L’Oreal’s OpenEyesPro in Beige Harmony, which I LOOOOOOVEEEEEE. Swatches of that for another post. Caught…
Hong Kong, Again!
Made a trip up to HK again : D This time with Evey… and many thanks to our 貴人 in HKG (both passing by and staying in HK), Paul, Eve’s mum and Meizhen which made our trip really awesome! Paul was an awesome guide and great help cos… he speaks Cantonese! XD Shop owners got very confused cos there were us, these two girls who looked very Chinese who couldnt speak a word of Cantonese, but it was the kwai lo who spoke fluent Cantonese instead to them. LOL. There was this smell in Regal hotel – every time we walked into the hotel we’ll smell it and it smelt very… sexy. A mysterious scent….
Hong Kong 7th – 11th April 2011
As I was drafting this out on the plane, the asshole behind me is making sucking sounds and it is ANNOYING THE SHIT OUT OF ME. Okay just plugged headphones in. : D Airport – HKIA The fiance proclaimed HKIA to be messy and long but since he’s been there before he was my official tour guide 8 D and if you can speak chinese, getting around the airport isnt much of a problem. Try not to miss your flight though. First up. You don’t need to visit Disneyland if you only buy products. That’s me actually. You can just visit the Disney Store in HKIA! I got a tin box of cookies and I’m…
Singapore Food Trail at Singapore Flyer
My dad was being super hyper about going to the Singapore Flyer food trail to eat and walking from there to MBS (whaaaaat) so we went down today after my great grandmother was cremated yesterday noon… She had passed away unexpectedly at a ripe old age of 89, within 100 days of my wedding, and if she had waited two more years, I guess she would have upgraded to the role of a great great grandmother! : ( Funerals are a reunion of sorts. I see more people than i do during CNY and I don’t enjoy funerals, so Meh about that. I’ve digressed, back to the Singapore Food Trail. : D Caught It’s a…
La Cantina in Venezia
Finally tried the famous crab meat pasta in a far off, ulu place of… Changi Village Hotel! La Cantina in Venezia is located on the 8th floor, and has a wonderful scenery if you take outside seats. Actually not much difference for the inside seats I feel. : D I opted for less creamy, which was a good choice since it got kindda gelat for everyone else. Thank god we all shared XD FREAKING GOOD. AWESOME BIG CHUNKS OF CRABMEAT! (At $26.90 it’d better be good man, my god) Some people said that the taste is no longer as good as before, but this is my first time there and I’m still giving it four…
Brunch at Strictly Pancakes
Strictly Pancakes is a new brunch place that got me all excited… cos…. 1. It’s started by enterprising, young people (not that I know any of them but I saw the well wishes from Joanne’s parents and was pretty touched) 2. IT’S BRUNCH! 3. PANCAKES!! 4. Their website’s uber cute. I like websites with nice designs. *rubs hands in glee* And so I made a date with a few friends and headed down to Strictly Pancakes! True enough, the design of the place didn’t let me down. It may look small when you first enter the place, but there’s two storeys (poor girls running up and down to serve us) and the upper storey…
Shin Yeh @ Liang Court
Issued Dad a “challenge”, to show me how to park in Liang Court (its fucking narrow) and he gladly accepted it so off to Liang Court we went, for family dinner on Thursday night! Taiwanese porridge place, Shin Yeh. (It’s owned by Tung Lok) The place is super classy, super nice, and can seat anywhere from 4 – 15 pax comfortably. It’s almost like a wedding dinner place and probably can house up to 20-25 tables. I think it can be a nice place for a gathering or dinner party… for slightly older folks. This is an awesome place to bring your grandma and/or parents to for dinner or celebrations. Also has a nice view…
August food stuff backlog *nom nom*
My favorite cheap dinner/supper place… 1. BEACH ROAD SCISSOR CUT CURRY RICE. Love this to bits. I call it 老地方. Also known as “Curry Bng” or 剪刀剪。 I’ve visited the other branch at Geylang before, but nothing beats this one. I love their cabbage and egg + curry. Actually all I need is that. I don’t even take spice. It’s not spicy at all! Just really really yummy and sinful. *drooling right now* I know it looks clumpy and disgusting…. but it’s cheap! and so fucking delicious. Also, the beach rd branch (ORIGINALLLL) is much cheaper than its other franchises. I brought my family down for dinner and it only cost us 32-35 bucks for…
$322 at Tatsuya!
This is the first time I ever saw such expensive Japanese food. Even Tsukiji market(japan) was somewhat cheaper… They sell O-Toro for $75! Can you believe it?! (Okay actually I expected Tatsuya to be serving food which chalks up to a bill in the thousands. In fact I was surprised at $30 set meals!) 5 of us spent $322 in all at Tatsuya *heart stopped* and in that sum alone, me and my dad whacked $200 odd off. (Yes, I brought my dad along for lunch with my friends – He loves good food, especially sashimi and he even specially dressed up for lunch. So cute, haha. And my wonderful friends didn’t mind : )…
The Garden Slug
Dragged the sheep over for “breakfast” one fine day after clubbing the previous night away. Very sleepy. Iced Honey. I really like it that they seem to be able to “customize” food for picky patrons there like me. The first time I was there, I changed the pasta flavor from white to aglio olio… And then after that i requested for mixed fruits…… etc etc.. : x Iced Honey Lemon without Lemon… Mushroom Munchkins I love them for these. The button mushrooms are big and juicy, and the honey mustard dip is unique and brings a whole new flavor to the shrooms! Tempura Prawns These prawns captured the heart of Yang, and he…
Keisuke Tokyo @ Parco Marina, Singapore
Visited them last last week with Wendy, Ron & Daniel for lunch on a weekday. The place is dimly lit, I think it’s some kind of Japanese thing going on (similar to Ippudo but Ippudo was louder with a touch of red) to have dark atmosphere with mood lightings. Anyhoos. The food. Miso Ebi: The set comes with this: Nii tamago, chicken, and vegetables. Spicy Ebi Miso: Wendy’s Crab Stock Ramen. This was a limited offer I think. Not on the main menu. Mine! No garnishing, no nothing… The normal Ebi Ramen. Still comes with chicken chunks and veggies, which I thorougly enjoyed! We were there for the famous ebi stock…
Chilli Crab Pasta at Pasta Stylo
One weekend, we made a special trip to Pasta Stylo at City Square mall because i’ve been hankering after the Chilli Crab Pasta. CITY SQUARE MALL WAS DESERTED AT LIKE 6PM!! ON A WEEKEND! Back to the Chilli Crab Pasta…… damn, IT WAS GOOD! Came with a whole (small) crab too. I chomped it up within 15 minutes. : D ~ The place is a little dark and interestingly decorated. They have loads of interesting pasta. I spotted one Seafood Mee Goreng Pasta. ?!?!?? Surprisingly, Yang said his pasta didn’t really taste that good. Can’t remember what he ordered, it had a name that was too fanciful. The mushroom soup was great! Don’t order the…
Melben’s Crab Beehoon
I… I miss you soooooo……. I’m gonna eat you again soon. : D *readies her army* /signals to Sim Kah Kah, Mindy Tan & Michelle Ong! *HUGE ASS GRIN* Recently….. *Picks up 2nd serving of rice and self-cooked soup.* Yang: Dear, I think you need to sign up for 2 classes a week. Me: Urh why? Yang: I THINK YOU’RE EATING TOO MUCH!! But food makes me happy. : D Especially my soup, and Melben’s Crab Beehoon.
Paradise Inn @ West Coast Plaza
I’ve tried Seafood Paradise in Defu, Seafood Paradise at Flyer, and even Taste Paradise. If you don’t know, they are all owned by the Paradise Group. But the food differs from outlet to outlet. Baby kailan at all the other outlets are just.. So-so. The crabs at Seafood Paradise are a must try though, especially the creamy ones – I don’t eat that myself but the sheep says that it’s better than Melben’s and even my parents are in praise of that place’s crabs. I’m a steadfast baby kailan consumer. Cannot explain but I loooooveee baby kailan. Especially in Oyster Sauce. And when I first tasted the baby kailan in Paradise Inn @ WCP I…