Brotzeit @ Raffles City Singapore

Christmas dinner with mates! When dining out with men with huge appetites...its best to feed them loads of meat, and protein.......

Food here really reminded me of the belgium place i used to hang out at HK....I loved the pork knuckles...the sausages are delicious, and the schnitzel is tender & crispy...and better still, you get to wash it all down with pretty nice beer! Pretty good fun.......

Manly Menu

Home brew beer

French Onion Soup - very tasty in a hearty sotta way

Sauerkraut is so-so....but I need some veges to balance out the meal...wanted to try the spatzle the next time round

Potatoe Wedges for young growing men

Schnitzel - yummy !

Pork Knuckles & Sausages - I like the quality of the meat!

The Whole Earth @ Peck Seah Street

Lunch at the Whole Earth - its a pretty good place, though it is pretty pricy for vegs & tofu.....but my philosophy is that the simplest ingredients when finely crafted can turn into an utmost delicacy...and that skill is worth paying for....

Everybody can make foie gras taste good....but not a lot of people can make beancurd skin taste just as good....

Peranakan -Thai- Vege .....actually sounds like a strange combi

Amuse-bouche : beancurd skin fritters with seaweed. Very very imaginative & yummy too..it acts like papadum in an Indian restaurant

Pickles - delicate & yummy

Fish Head curry - vegetarian style.....so strange but loved the beancurd skin....

Again another fish beehoon that taste soooo good...that I think its better than the real deal

Also very very lurve brown rice

Ngoh Hiang - very very yummy....loved the place but prepared to pay.

Horse Mouth @ Forum Shopping Center

This was a specially discovered place when I went to dine at Uma Uma Ramen. A trap-door unveils and lo & behold....a downstairs discreet izakaya bar in the middle of Orchard Road. So I went back there to try again, and food wise, it is very good and delicate, though I think they can go a long way to lowering the prices.....coz this is not Kaiseki....its just izakaya.....Enjoyed the sake there though and the absolutely hilarious conversations with the bartenders  -'aka the dynamic duo of Orchard Road' ( self styled I presume)

Love the graphics of the menu

Grilled dried Salmon - instead of Eihire, we got this...pleasantly surprised...it retains the taste of salmon, yet with a smokey flavour not unlike jerky.

Me being the ultimate bitch - ask for glass & ceramic sake cups...to see if the sake breathes better in the unglazed bizen sake cup.

Pork Belly Skewers - this is very very well done. Absolutely yummy.

Daikon Salad -the daikon is very sweet......otherwise I though the dressing is a tad oily.

Tsukune - first time my tsukune is not on a skewer, it taste more like a broiled chicken ball. Not bad, it has a rather delicate taste.

Stewed beef with veges - this is really lovely...the proportion of fat is just right. Though a bit pricy for the type of food, it is nonetheless very delicious.

We had a cocktail......I should say, I was very very impressed with this one.

'Dynamic Duo of Orchard Road ' - youngsters nowadays....... :)

The decor was pretty amazing, and its not bad for a gathering of friends, and if you want someplace with a bit mystery.....

JangWon Korean Restaurant @ Mosque Street

This dinner was a gathering of bride & bridesmaids - that was seriously my first attempt at being a bridesmaid despite my advanced age. Hahaha, that aside, back to the real topic...my friends did some research, and we decided on this Korean resto since the bride hails from the US and is dying for some Asian food.

Though I beg to differ that the Korean food here is the best in town, I nonetheless think that it is pretty good.... I still think Auntie Kim ( from my previous post) is way more authentic......

The menu has no name, and this is the only place I can get a decent picture of the name.

A rather decent selection of Korean hors d'oerves, my favourite being the tofu

Jap Chae - lurrrve it......only the Koreans can do it this well.

Korean Kimchi Hotpot - love this soup base, spicy, kimchi and all. it comes also with Ramen noodles ( my fav carbs) and also tofu, luncheon meat, sausages, mushrooms and what not....

Seafood Pancake - I always dig this soooo much. I reckon I can have this everyday.

Hot plate pork - the pork ended up a tad too chewy.......so I am not impressed.

West Coast Seafood @ West Coast Recreation Center

I have the fortune ( or rather misfortune) to be born in the family who obsesses about food, and my eldest sis, is the forerunner of exploring unknown restaurants which offers value for money food.

This place, again introduced by my grand dame sis, is so unknown that it is not packed on a weekend...but the food is completely yummy..... I was soo blown away with the food quality and the taste, and I supposed that the whole family is actually thinking of going there for Chinese New Year eve dinner.

Old school menu type 2: they laminated their menu....

Fish Maw Soup - very well done, enough portions of ingredients and delicious soup base. Plus they aren't too stingy with the fish maw....

though seriously, the best fish maw soup was from my belated Grandma, who would use luxurious portions of fish maw to add into the soup, and it would be filled with collagen ( her soup is clear)......Kudos to all grandmas..I missed you.

Deep fried Yam Ring: this comes with a twist, you get to choose the ingredients inside, this time round, we had coffee spare ribs....nice and tender.

Deep fried white bait : this is done in a Hong Kong style, with deep fried garlic, chilli & scallions ( a la Bi Feng Tang style). Its alright, I wasn't too blown away by this one.

Kam Mon Gai : Flattened chicken , but again with a twist. They coat almonds on the underside of the flattened chicken, and you are to eat it a la Peking Duck Style, with egg crepes, cucumbers & hoisin sauce.

Braised Tianjin Cabbage : Don't be misguided by the plainness of this dish, the stock is exceptionally yummy. Cabbage is soft and not limpid...I really enjoyed this.

Braised Bee Hoon - This has got to be the best Braised Bee hoon in town...it looks so plain and unappetizing...but it really really taste great...totally bowed over by this dish..

Braised Homemade tofu - Tofu is good, but the braised sauce is divine. I think this place have a special way of concocting its base stock. Any of the dishes which uses this base stock is just absolutely delicious....... 

KaSoh@Amoy Street

It was a dinner with my one of ex-girl-gang from HK, who is currently based in Sydney, and with her sister and her GF, and also another friend of ours.....

Since she is missing Singaporean Chinese food....we decided to go for Ka Soh ( local, decent, & in town) instead of chi chi dining places. Location was great coz we hop to the Library afterwards and had a full blown whisky night :)...and that is another story.

Very old school menu with the paper in plastic folders...

Prawn Paste Chicken - this is very yummy....moist on the inside and crispy on the outside.

Seafood Deep Fried Bean Curd - I know....a lot of deep fried stuff, but this is very yummy too.....

Sambal KangKong - though this is average, I actually enjoyed eating it. The wok hei really does gives it a certain complexity in taste

Ginger Frog Legs - I am such a big fan of frog meat, and this taste great!

Fish Meat Bee Hoon Soup - though this is supposed to be the signature dish....somehow, it is lacking in a bit of dimension. I much prefer the taste of soup in Maxwell market just a few blocks away........nonetheless, the fish is fresh....seems like the rest of the dishes are getting much better than the main one...

Moi Lum @ Murray Terrace

Moi Lum is a true blue cantonese joint, serving great cantonese food filled with delicious stock that is reminiscence of my HK days.....love the food & love the price......not elegant nor delicate, but you can definately taste the wok hei in this resto.

The signature - love restaurants who customized their own wet towels.....shows that they have been in the market long enough and successful enough to warrant investing in this....

Crispy Chicken - to be eaten with chilli sauce or salt/pepper mixture. Loved the roasted texture

Nai Bai with Homemade tofu - also yummy...

Deep fried eggplant with Pumpkin Puree with crab roe on top, fantastic combi

Deep fried white bait

Seafood Cabbage rolls with roe

 Braised Ee Fu noodles