thin crust pizzas
prego brunch buffet
raffles city

went for prego's brunch buffet with mom yest
the spread and the food was very very decent as usual
you have your HUGE line of antipastis
and your carving station, pasta station
pizzas, soup station, dessert spread
and free flow of juice thats squeezed in front of u
all for fifty one bucks per pax
i always hit the beef carpaccios
and add my own extra arugula
from the caesar section
which has the whole bunch of fresh veggies
from your buttercup to your romaine lettuce
everything is cool and crunchy
so its damn good to eat
i always tend to overeat whenever i find myself there
i didnt eat dinner afterwards
but its strange how prego on sundays
turns into some family outing restaurant
so you have all sorts of kids running around
well after all children between 2 - 12 pay only 18 bucks
and they have a super cute section with play area and cushions
with a tv and lots of gourmet finger food
sometimes im tempted to take food from there
i havent had the chance to sit down at lunch for really long
so it was very very pleasant.

teochew mutton soup
new world mutton soup
berseh food centre
jalan besar

the fragrant soup full of herbs
just masked the smell of mutton
it has a very nice herbal taste
which goes well with the yam rice
they give plenty of the soup
which is the most important part of this dish
its perfect if u dont want to eat something too heavy.

mango with milk shaved ice & ice cream
ice monster
180 Bencoolen Street

officially the best shaved ice mango ive eaten
there isnt too much ice
the mango is pre chilled
there's enough milk to make it creamy
and the ice cream is not too sweet
havent had it for about a year though
but still just as good
i wanna go back and try their durian with mango.

teochew muay
near balestier/lavender

this was one of the many food places
around my new house
you really wont be afraid
to not be able to find food around here
i've already found two 24hr establishments
and this was some of the best porridge dishes i've eaten
maybe it was cuz i was hungry from a day at the house
i loved the sauce they gave with it
it wasnt salty and it tasted like chicken essence
mom was convinced some special ingredient was involved
anyway, the quality was consistent and high
nice haybeehiam also.

beef noodle
thaksin beef noodle
seah im food centre

the texture of the beef is nice
and the soup stock is pretty ok
my only gripe is the price
3.50 for a foam bowl
the presentation was totally sucky
and a real turn off from the start
so no matter how tasty the product
its kinda disgusting to eat it from foam
i have this thing against this kinda packaging
i get irritated when i scratch the bottom of it
it makes this scratching noise that
just gets on my nerves

i still love donut factory
happy days,
i love peanut butter.

just trust me to go to fullerton for dinner
and forget to bring my camera
so i apologise for the crappy resolution
and the grainy handphone pics
i wanna like
strangle myself
anyway
here goes...

cream of celeriac
with roasted scallop and apple puree
fullerton hotel straits room
(so i have no idea where the food's from)

this is the picture above
its a soup, a creamy one
like duh
its my first time having celeriac
btw, i had no idea wth celeriac was until today
but it was pretty good
so good i didnt even know what i was eating for a while
i was thinking like it was celery
but it sure didnt taste like celery
but they had a whole roasted scallop in the middle
so u pick at it while u drink the soup
i had absolutely no idea where the apple puree comes in

tuna carpaccio with pan-fried foie gras

this is another way of saying
lets take sashimi grade tuna
slice it real thin
(serve less of it)
and call it carpaccio
but they sure didnt stinge on the liver
this baby was just right
firm yet crispy outside
creamy inside
ultra sinful
but the clean fresh taste of the tuna
made the lemak taste of the foie gras more palatable

chicken supreme
stuffed with mozzarella and basil
with broccoli mash
garden vegetables
and champagne beurre blanc

dont ask me
i have no idea what the champagne thingy is
did i memorise this?
no
i kopped one of the menus
anyway, for interests sake and generally useless knowledge
this is what a beurre blanc is
the beauty of gourmet cooking
is to stun everyone with this cheem language
then make it taste like something normal and nice
like cream sauce
which was what it tasted like
its almost the same
but then purists would crucify me
look
its creamy
its chicken with cheese
just call it a chicken cordon bleu
like everyone else
like whats with the "supreme" anyway
you wanna make it sound like fast food
yet blow me away with the complexity of beurre blanc
tell me you see the disconnect here

amaretto chocolate cake
with pistachio sauce

this was the ultimate in sinful
not too sweet
and super rich with cocoa flavour
but i couldnt feel the amaretto at all
thats not saying that it wasnt nice
while i may complain
it doesnt mean that im ungrateful
or that i a huge fuss pot
i loved tonight's dinner
which caught me totally unawares
which was why i didnt bother with the camera
which brings me to my final lesson of the day
always
always
be prepared.

ginger crumble ice cream w/ waffles

daily scoop
41 Sunset Way
clementi arcade

the ginger ice cream had this really strong ginger taste
which was good cuz i really like it
i also loved the fact that they had candied ginger inside as well
reminds me of my aunt's gingerbread cookies
the rest all thought the ginger ice cream was
a strange combination with the waffle
but the crumble part was just nice
not too much biscuits
and the whole thing together was really frangrant and nice
i loved the run & raisin too.

an ode to a burger.

relish by wildrocket
cluny court

i have been wanting to try this
gourmet burger joint since forever
so i decided to take j. there
to sample the famous burgers

i was positively starving when this baby came
hmmm from this angle it kinda looks like a zinger
and that looks like a kfc chicken patty
i shall not insult a 19 dollar burger anymore
because this seafood burger was packed with
prawns, octopus and stuff which i can't remember
then lemon mayo was put over it
the rest of this dish was nothing to crow about
the fried were of a reasonable standard
but on the whole i found it to be rather small
oh well
i thought that it was a novel place
with pretty decent and creative food
though a little pricey

grandma's xo crab tung hoon
went to the grandparents house the day before
grandma offered me food
which just happened to be this sweet crab vermicelli
there were giant cloves of garlic
and plenty of xo in this cool dish
i think i have a love affair with garlic cloves
but they have to be cooked
raw garlic is lethal
im not that insane
i love it when the whole cloves are cooked
till they are soft and creamy inside
i really want to go to the okonomiyaki place
to have those fried garlic cloves
beer too.

liege waffles
The Sweet Stone Parad'Ice
2nd Level
Golden Mile Food Centre

hawker centre belgian waffles
as blogged about by many others
and myself, having gone there only today
because, i didn't realise the army market
was actually golden mile food centre
how smart could i be
and all this while i've been gettin some of my fav stuff
like the beef noodles
and the goreng pisang
but i've never tried these funky places like
the pasta or these waffles
firstly,
i have no idea why they call themselves
the sweet stone paradise
if this is just another name rip off
from cold stone creamery,
then its a really really bad one
because at least the others have the cold stone
ice cream mixing novelty thingy
but this is a hawker centre waffle store
with scoops of "gelato"
which was just normal ice cream to me
and btw, that set there was 6 bucks
what a freaking rip off
the waffles werent crispy or anything
its just waffle mix, ice cream and choc sauce
bloody hell
anyone could come up with that
a fancy ripped off name
and attempts to make it sound belgian
are not going to help if the food is crappy
the cheapo styrofoam plates didn't help
don't waste your time.

Thai Fried Baby Squid
Magic Wok Kitchen
11 Stamford Road
Capitol Building #01-20

good combination of onions and bell peppers
which provided that extra sweetness
to deal with the fried oiliness
of the baby squid
the best part about thai cooking is that
anything fried with lime juice is nice
below is their deep fried fish cakes
which had chunky pieces of meat inside
some of the better fish cakes ive eaten

Double Milk w/ Mango Juice
记得吃
8 Liang Seah Street

my eating partner in crime and i
both agreed that this was damn good
btw, its the white one
(yes we ate all these)
back to the point
the top layer is your nice and soft
double boiled milk
which is like fluffy light custard
which is really as close as i get to an explanation
but its nothing like custard
think of custard and tau hway mixed
and u would seem to get an idea
but the killer is below
beneath this is the sweet mango juice
which goes really well with the top layer
think of it as a very very good
mango pudding
ok im not doing it justice
but seriously, it was a wow dessert

Beef Noodle Soup
Mango Salad
Diandin Leluk
#01-67, Golden Mile Complex

i know i know,
boring food choices
but i was looking for some comfort food
and this is one of the best i've had
the beef noodles were seriously good and cheap
they were 3 bucks
and had like beef balls and sliced beef
the beef was tender and not hard
the mango salad was seriously great
they had just the right texture and flavour
some crunchy bits which i had trouble identifying
gave it that edge
paired with a bottle of singha
for that perfect comfort food dinner

the best friend.
Victor's Kitchen
Sunshine Plaza 01-21

after much deliberation
we decided to try out the place that
chubby hubby had posted on his blog

Victor's King Prawn Dumpling
the most common thing wrong
about har gau
is that the prawns are overcooked
and a sign of an even decent
dim sum place
is that the prawns in the har gau
must have a crunchy texture
while i seemed to doubt the freshness for a while
it does pass the first test

Yu Tiao Cheong Fun
this is your normal chee cheong fun
with a twist of you tiao inside
lately i seem to have been sampling food
with you tiao as the trump card
its that little extra thing to make something more enjoyable
i was pretty concerned that the youtiao might
have its normal chewy texture
but this one was fried crispy
which set it off nicely with the
smooth skin of the cheong fun

Tasty Queen Size Siew Mai
while it says king and queen size everything here
do not be deceived
these guys are tiny
lucky they were pretty decent
otherwise i wouldve had something to say
but the food here is slightly above your normal
standards of dim sum
but i think i've eaten much better dim sum
and that this place
was kinda just hyped up by chubby hubby

Double-Boiled Fresh Milk
w/ Fresh Ginger Juice
this one on the other hand was light and fluffy
and pretty full of ginger taste
but ive tasted better at liang seah

XO Durian Cheong Fun
House of Rice Roll & Porridge
75 Killiney Road

served cold
with sprinklings of sugared crushed peanuts
the traditional chee cheong fun
with a dessert twist
imagine soft and light rice flour rolls
which are true for all their huge range of cheong funs
(see their prawn version)
this one is packed with thick durian pengat
and u get this delightful treat
im glad they didnt sweeten out the durian paste
made for a real fusion dish
with authenticity in it
which may seem paradoxical, an authentic fusion
good stuff.

laksa cream seafood pasta
creation cafe
shaw towers (beach road)

this is really good
damn good food, damn good price
haha better than botak jones anyday
in terms of value
for 15.20 nett
a dinner set meal will give you
soup with bread
one pasta
dessert
drink
the laksa cream sauce tasted authentic
but for one thing
if they put the laksa leaves
it would've smelt much much better
but still, it was very well done
for dessert, the brownie was standard fair
but what stood out was the apple crumble
so i would say dont waste time on the brownie
all desserts come with a dollop of vanilla ice cream
shioks

thunder tea rice
suntec city food republic

supposedly a hakka dish
i had absolutely no idea this thing even existed
but considering the super vegetably taste
and the chlorophyll tasting soup
kinda reminds you of that korean rice bowl as well
strangely, if i get rice and food and soup at home
sometimes i pour the soup into the rice
which is precisely what you do here
you pour the bloody green nonsense into ur rice
i thought it was a bit iffy at first, but it turned out ok

bean curd tart
le cafe confectionery & pastry
264 Middle Road S188990

these little tarts are unique pretty much to this shop
they keep em in the fridge as they can get pretty soft
but if kept properly
they will most probably be the smoothest "egg" tarts you have ever eaten
but what really stands out to me is the pastry
its not to sweet and really gets that right amount of saltiness in
also what i like is that right balance of pastry and filling
which is usually never done right
most of the time there's too much pastry
but this one's just right
the centre is like silken tofu custard
as you can see from my photo, the light is literally glistening off its smooth surface
light, not overwhelmingly sweet
it so light that i bought the box of eight that it comes in
all for me myself and i
hahaha
selfish right?
too good to share.
heh.

phoney pho pronuns.

Phở

just a bit of pre vietnam trivia
in any case,
the beef noodles which i have so blasphemously
been calling pho (as in pho-ney)
are actually called "fuhh"
as in sounds like fur, but longer
think of a huge furrrry cat and yeah
thats it
which then makes
"what the fuhH?!!??"
make more sense.