Sur Neuvo @ North Canal Road

ALRIGHT, this is not your typical tex-mex restaurant , if thats what you are looking for.

Its rather a south american restaurant, just that I don't want to add another label on my blog.

Latin American cuisine always conjures up sumptuous images of sublime ceviches, beefy roasted meat, delicious salsas......

This place has a Venezuelan chef helming the restaurant, and though I rather like the taste and experience of the food, my friend who have tasted original Peruvian cuisine says she prefers those from the land of passion and danger.

Personally, I like the taste, I think its great to have a variety of cuisine in any city which attempts to call themselves cosmopolitan. It may be slightly adapted to suit Singaporean taste, but I wouldn't mind going back there again with friends to try out other dishes......

Really like the exotic-ness of dining here

Love that they have ceviches in tasting portions - though my friend commented on the lack of 'tiger milk' quality. They are rather refreshing and tasty.

Crispy Pork Belly - The skin so crispy and the fat so yummy....the meat could be a tad more tender, but this is high in my list.

Chorizo with rice & Ricotta cheese - very hearty and very yummy

Braised Lamb Shank - Although done rather well, it tasted like a well braised lamb shank.. the Latin American Twist was sadly missing, but still very tasty.

Todamgol Korean Restaurant @ Neil Road

Sunday night dinner with my girlfriend, and yes we ended up in this place....I thought the decor was fairly interesting , and have been going through a korean phase ......and there we go.

Is it good korean food , in my tropical little mind, I quite like the taste of it all.
Is it mind-blow korean food, very tasty but not mind-blowing lah....

and I am in love with markooli...their version of shandy.

Good variety of amuse-bouche dishes.

Markooli, margooli - dun know the exact spelling, but loved the taste

Buckwheat cold noodle

Kimchi Stew

BBQ ribs

Manando's Malay Restaurant @ Kandahar Road

High class traditional malay food , not indonesian food, but malay food.
The taste was subtle and wild and passionate at the same time. The only peeve - the service was really really slow, though there was tons of stuff to entertain the kids...

Though I did not order the dish, the nasi lemak seemed to be extremely popular.
Its a bit pricy, but the flavours there are rather unique.....

This kind of papadum look-a-like tibits really got me there....loved it.

Fish curry - interesting flavour

Curry Tempe with french beans - very spicy, but very delicate curry

This is a wild vegetable dish - which I thought that it will be amazingly exotic and delicious....well, the vegetables did taste a bit raw....though I appreciate the sambal....

Immigrants @ Joo Chiat Road

One Friday night, had a dinner with a couple of close friends of mine, and ended up in Joo Chiat Road. Not the most happening of places, but seems like a very interesting joint.

They serve peranakan tapas - yes, interesting concepts. Food was yummy on top to boot, and it come with a big selection of exotic beers. :)

Stuffed Chicken Wing - 5 is too small a portion

Buah Kalau fried rice - with this sort of name, how can it not taste good?

Otak Otak

Roasted Pork in some peranakan style - pardon my poor iphone 4 resolution, but it was very yummy.

Swa Garden Restaurant (汕园） @ Macpherson Road

The literal translation of this place means ' teochew garden', where 'swa' is a chinese term refering to the region of Swatou ( in teochew) in China.

This is such an amazing old school place...I like the food there, authentic, unpretentious, and just the good old taste of  Teochew food.

Ambience is a bit 'hard-core' but nonetheless, the food is rather delectable to make up for the lack in ambience. Price-wise, always trust these old-school guys to whip up affordable delicious cuisine. 

I looove old school restaurants...:)

The name 

Fish Maw & crab meat soup - they do not scrimp on the ingredients, and the stock, the stock is delicious

Cold platter - I always love cold platter, love the ngoh hiang, the prawn balls, the jellyfish and century egg

Oyster Omelette - very yummy lah

Steamed Groupa - very nice and fresh

This dish is sooo exciting - its deep fried duck....its like my dream dish..

Braised duck with spinach - see the deep rich colour of the sauce....you know its delicious

One of my perennial favourites - fried kway tiao....yum yum yum

To satiate my nephew's crazy appetite, we order a lemon chicken....so nicely fried and very very crunchy 

Yam paste dessert - I thought the pumpkin and gingko nuts were superflous...but the yam has a delicious flavour.

Valentino @ Turf Club Road

I lllurrve fine dining nights with my ex- shanghai, hkg bffs.....they happen all to be quite uncle-ish in their distinct ways...but nonetheless, dining and drinking with them is always so much fun.

This is a place frequented by apparently, some high members of our ruling elite....

Food was excellent though, the only peeve, is that it is in such a ulu place..and the only sign to go there is a cheesy sign blinking at the junction, which would have been easily mistaken as a karaoke bar.

Remember this name.......

Yummy tomato salad is simple olive oil & balsamico dressing...tomatoes are so fresh and beautifully sweet

Arugula salad

to die for octopus grilled - so tender and with the taste of char-grilled on the outside

my favourite - risotto balls with tomato paste as dressing

This is an amazing pasta dish - squid ink pasta with a seafood bisque

This is tuna, egg and cheese pizza - am not a pizza fan, but this is yum.

This is the main dish - wagyu steak.......nothing more to be said....it should be left , enjoyed in silence...

Kha @ Martin 38

This was for a friend's birthday...and we decide to go upmarket.....and voila, kha!

The food is sort of a delicate lanna thai cusine style with fusion bits here and there...
I really like the ambience and am fascinated by the way they served the food in new interesting ways.....
very nice place to try and hang out with especially those chi chi friends...they will love it.
I do find the vibe a slight tad pretentious....but nonetheless, quite enjoyable for a Friday night 'bitch about your work' dinner where loads of wine is involved.

Menu Cover in Thai...

Crispy Rice cakes with a kind of laksa sauce - yum

Thai Basil fried with chicken

Pomelo Salad

Spring Rolls

Papaya salad with deep fried pork skin

Fried Tofu

Three different curries - green curry, duck red curry and thai prawn curry

Steamed fish with Thai herbs