Archive for the ‘Food’ Category
Shimbashi Soba
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Mao Mao and I met for dinner at Raffles City. I was late and found Mao Mao walking around Robinsons. When she saw me, she blamed me for being a bad influence and caused her to buy some clothes while waiting for me. What the?!
We went to Shimbashi Soba at the basement of Raffles City. I had eaten at original shop at Paragon when it first opened. But that was some years ago and I have not eaten at this restaurant for some time. I didn’t know there was a branch in Raffles City.
Soba cha ($4.50 a pot)
We had 2 pots of soba cha, tea from soba grain. Mao Mao liked the tea and said that it had a smoky flavor. When compared to the roasted barley tea, the soba cha is more smoky while the roasted barley tea smelled like coffee. Unlike the roasted barley tea, the soba cha is best when hot.
Tags: desserts, drinks, japanese food
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Kashmir
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Mao Mao and I met Redhead at Little India. As usual with all gatherings involving Redhead, it was a last minute arrangement. We went shopping at Mustafa before going for dinner. Mustafa is so big that I felt a bit lost inside and we only went to the supermarket section. I was a bit disoriented when we exited the building and almost walked off in the wrong direction.
Redhead declared that she wanted to eat palak paneer so as long as the restaurant we are going to has palak paneer, all is fine. I brought Mao Mao and Redhead to Kashmir where I had eaten previously with LSW, KKH and Twin. I thought it would be an enjoyable dining experience for them. And the food’s not bad too.
After we sat down, a staff came with a copper pitcher and bowl for us to wash our hands. Then we dried our hands on the towels provided by the waiter. Redhead asked with a little apprehension, “Are we expected to eat with our hands?” I pointed out that there were spoons and forks on the table so we could use them to eat. After we washed our hands, a staff passed us the menu. We spent a long time choosing our food.
Tags: drinks, indian food
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Muthu’s Curry
Monday, February 15th, 2010
Bell came to visit me on the 2nd day of Chinese New Year. We tried out a cool game that was highly reviewed by the gaming community. Well, mostly I played and Bell watched because the game is mine and I had experience with the controls. Then we watched a dvd on my pc.
It was around 8pm when we finally went for dinner. We decided to go to Muthu’s Curry for dinner. It’s a festive season and we were in a mood to indulge ourselves so we ordered quite a few dishes.
The restaurant was filled with people and the waitress who took our orders was so busy that she forgot to key them in. So we waited for quite a long time and had to ask another waitress to check on our orders. That’s when they discovered that our orders weren’t keyed in yet. The staff was very apologetic about it and a few of them, including the waitress who forgot our orders, came to apologize and told us that they have asked the kitchen to cook our orders first. They also came around later to make sure that our orders arrived.
Apart from that hiccup, dinner was quite enjoyable.
Tags: desserts, drinks, indian food
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Sushi and tea
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
My mother is not cooking dinner today so I bought some food on the way home. I went to Gong Cha and bought 奶盖绿茶 for $2.40. I felt the green tea taste was quite mild and not as strong as red tea so the tea taste ended up getting overpowered by the milk.
Tags: drinks, japanese food
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Saizeriya Italian Restaurant
Friday, February 5th, 2010
Bell and I had dinner at Saizeriya Italian Restaurant which was located at B2 of City Square Mall. Bell had eaten at the Saizeriya outlet at Liang Court and said the food is cheap and good.
We ordered 4 dishes to share. We had escargots, pizza, seafood gratin and sausages. The food was quite decent. Although the servings were rather small, each dish was pretty cheap and in total dinner cost $30 after taxes.
Saizeriya Italian Restaurant
B2 City Square Mall
Tel: 68344878
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A walk in Orchard Road
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Mao Mao and I met Keropi at Orchard for lunch. We also showed her some of the shopping malls that opened while she was overseas.
We went to Ion and had lunch at Aoba Ramen. We had the lunch set which was a main course (ramen) and extra $0.90 to add on a side dish. We ordered different ramen and different side dish. Keropi and I found the soup salty and somewhat oily. When we told Mao Mao, she said, “If you find this salty, then you should try the one at Gallery Hotel.”
Shoyu Negi Ramen ($11.80)
There doesn’t seem to be any porkless ramen in the restaurant so Mao Mao ordered the shoyu negi ramen and gave Keropi and I all the pork.
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Milk tea and sushi
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
I saw a tea stall at B2 of City Square Mall. It was called Gong Cha. It was a brand from Taiwan but I’ve not heard of it before. I decided to give it a try.
I bought the signature drink called 奶盖红茶 which cost $2.40. It’s also available in green tea and oolong tea flavours. You can also choose your level of sweetness, from 100% (normal) to 0%. Above is what the tea looks like, capped with a layer of thick, frothy milk that tasted a bit like carnation milk but looks much whiter.
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Cheesy bacon spicy tendercrisp
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Bought a burger from Burger King for dinner. Decided to try their latest promotion – cheesy bacon spicy tendercrisp burger. Lettuce, tomato, crispy bacon, cheese, spicy chicken thigh cutlet, mayonnaise served on a bun sprinkled with cornmeal. It was quite nice. The chicken was mildly spicy and crispy. I could taste the mayonnaise and sometimes also the cheese but I think the bacon doesn’t make much difference.
Tags: fast food
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