Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao @ Takashimaya

I eat at Crystal Jade pretty often and almost every time we will order their soup dumplings. Gah it's making me hungry now as I type.


4 in a basket, was it $5 or $6? I would pick them over Ding Tai Fung's anytime. You can literally see how thin the skin was. It taste just as good as the soup dumplings in Shanghai.


It's a cold dish of meat marinated in sweet soy sauce. Very shanghainese style.


Pan fried dumplings, a little let down, I thought it's suppose to come with Chinese chives in it, but it's plain meat...


Spicy beef noodles, I really like the texture of the noodles.


On the left in the clay pot was the "lion head" meat ball with Chinese lettuce. It literally melts in your mouth. Yes, it really does.


In the middle was bamboo stalks marinated with sweet soy sauce, cold dish. Love it!


Absolutely recommended, we've been there so many times that the wait staff could happily recognize us.

Cost: most of the time bill came to around $30++ for two person.


Ngee Ann City #04-27


Eat well!
J

Packed Unagi Sushi from Cold Storage (Bugis Junction Branch)

I was lazy to prepare dinner for myself so I bought and brought this home as my dinner and I didn't get my unagi sauce in it which made me very sad. I'm not sure if they have it in the first place but Unagis are meant to be eaten with Unagi sauce! Gladly it still taste pretty good, perhaps I'm really hungry at that point of time.



Recommended, especially when you ran out of ideas what to eat, supermarkets sushi at japanese managed shopping centers are always a safe choice for me.

Cost: $6.80 (I'm not sure if the price is different now)

Eat well!
J

Sushi Tei @ Vivo City

I've been to Sushi Tei a number of times, and each time when a friend suggested eating there I would tell myself, "okay, different location, different chef, so probably I'm gonna find some surprises this time round." Yet sadly I would say that after this visit, I am most certainly not gonna be dining at Sushi Tei anymore in the very near future. Even I can do a better job with their ingredients, what a waste of the huge clams.


Some hotpot thingy with miso base and veggies, tasted like boiled water + refrigerated miso paste + chopped veggies. You can easily make this at home!




A friend ordered this, I recommend you to buy your own meat and do it at home. What they brought to the table is pathetic.


Curry rice, good thing about this order is that at least it managed to make one of my friend feel full after finishing most of it. But taste wise, nothing spectacular.


Shared order. Topped with tiny winy bit of very salty cheese. What a waste, I would rather have it plain. EPIC FAIL!


I don't even want to mention it.

Not recommended.

Cost: around S$80 for all the orders above.

Eat well!
J

Canele: Strawberry Crepe

I will not bullshit, yes it was absolutely delicious and yes I think you should go and try it. And if you share this with a friend it will taste even better!

Recommended

Cost: around $14


Canelé Pâtisserie Chocolaterie

Eat well!
J

Comeback post: ROYCE CHOCOLATE

I know it has been long, gosh... my last post was all the way back in June... What have I been doing all these times man?!

Nevertheless I've decided to be post again, seriously in need to clear some of my desktop content. My food folder is bursting with new pictures I've taken all these while. So expect lots of new posts! Well, I hope I'll not stop posting at some point of time again!



To all serious chocolate lovers out there, this nicely packaged chocolate bar that I've gotten from ROYCE was way back around June this year- about the same time I've stopped posting. Right now as I'm typing, my brain is trying very hard to recall the taste of it so that I can somehow come out with a review. But it did not happen, to be completely honest I've totally forgotten how I digested it. Still, in my opinion, just so you know if it's worth trying and if you haven't tried any of the ROYCE chocolates yet, I would totally pick ROYCE over any other boutique chocolate shops.

Recommended

Cost: I think this bar of 130g of goodness retails around $10 (sorry I've completely forgotten about it's price as well)

Eat Well!
J

Decaff Coffee @ Dome cafe

I can't drink coffee due to the caffeine in it which gives me terrible withdrawal symptoms. So... I drink decaff ones.


Comes with a tiny almond cracker... but the coffee was good

Review: I used to have it at marina square, like the quietness of the cafe and the fact that they have these big comfortable individual sofas by the glass windows, but apparently the cafe have moved.
Anyway just one more important thing to note, when you order decaff coffee, make sure (and I seriously mean MAKE SURE) they are decaff. I've been served in a wrong order before so right, just make sure!

Eat well,
J

Fika Swedish Cafe @ Arab Street

Interior, sweet~


Got the chance to snap a picture of the cakes before they're all gone.
They are chocolate, blueberry cheese and cheesecake. All are recommended! Yummy.

Review: What I like about their cakes was that they are not overly sweetened. Especially their cheesecake, they are rich enough to taste the cheese flavor and yet they don't make you go, gah, too sweet! or too cheesy! Lol
Service was okay, cakes are priced around $6

Eat well!
J

Cafe Swiss

First I apologize for the pooooor quality pictures, they are taken with one of my lousiest phone that I shall not mention it's brand which I am to throwing it away.


A view of the cafe, angle taken from where I am seated, perhaps the picture doesn't show it, but man... its definitely a pretty romantic place to be at! Dark with candle lights on each table, imagine that you will have to whisper to your company instead of talking normally... so yeah it's that kind of atmosphere you will be experiencing.


Bread with butter is served before our main course.


Geezz, don't know what I am trying to snap... but the truth is, this is one dish that you have gotta try if you are there!! One of the best lamb chop I've had, we ordered in half rare, the meat is extremely tender. oh it's heaven!


Beef steak, not as nice, but I like it that it has more vegetables and mashed potato with it. I like the mashed potato very much!


And here comes the worst desert ever! So now, the moral of the story is this, never ask the waiter for recommendation if they are not enthusiastic about it. I wasn't sure what to have for desert and ended up requesting from the waiter what is his recommendation and viola! This is some cake that you can never have more than three bites. Its so gross and so sweet that all it took was 2 bites and I eventually pushed it aside. Don't be fooled by its presentation. If I remembered correctly, it's chocolate cheese cake if I'm not wrong.

Review: Excellent ambiance, very quiet and few people was around for dinner when I was there. Service was good despite the wrong recommendation of desert. Price wise, around $50 plus for a three course dinner~

Eat well,
J

Shokudo Japanese Restaurant @ Bugis

Let's just say I'll definitely recommend this place to my friends, I like the food that we ordered, the drinks that we ordered and I am certainly going to return for their food


Chicken chop (if I'm not wrong)


Meatball spaghetti


And lychee flavoured drink.

Review: Shokudo's definitely more about it's food, everything we've ordered up in the pictures taste as wonderful as it looks. Portion size were alright, probably same around what you get in waruku. However, my vote definitely goes to Shokudo.

Eat well!
J

Sweet Indulgence Cafe @ Tanjong Pagar

Signboard at the front door, picture borrowed from printed source above.


Seafood Pizza. Taste was so-so.


Salmon spaghetti in a creamy sauce, decent portion size. Yummy.


Tiramisu for desert. Alright I guess, like it that it's not too sweet.

Reviews: We went there on a Saturday night and the place weren't crowded (like that), the interior decorations of the place was nice and clean, service was very accommodating, I believe the owner himself was serving us at that point of time. I can't really remember the price exactly, the 4 of us paid around $20 bucks per person for four dishes (one which is not included in the picture, the mushroom salad). I would say the salmon spaghetti's a winner (better than waraku's in my own opinion), as for the rest of the food, I'll need more sampling before I can give a solid review. However, I'll probably return for the spaghetti, just a note.



Eat Well!
J

Waraku @ Clarke Quay

Part of the interior, picture courtesy of Eatlikeacow


Salad


I had the salmon spaghetti, yummy with loads of Parmesan cheese


Sayaka had the set meal, spaghetti that comes with a mini pizza?

Review: Service was okay, food was not that impressive though. And one more thing, air conditioning needs to be monitored, not cooling enough!

Eat well,
J

Billy Bombers American Restuarant @ Marina Square

In their introduction, probably you should try their Barbeque Ribs, original Buffalo Wings, USA red-skin Potato Salad or the popular Mixed Grills.

My friend and I had the barbeque chicken (in halves), sides were the cheesy pasta thingy and veggies.


Picture taken from their website


Our orders

Reviews: Just alright. It was at least filling and we paid paid around $15 per person.

Eat Well!
J

Brewerkz @ Clarke Quay

Entrance


They are famous for their beer, we ordered the fruit beer and European beer ( yeah, forgot the exact name) Prices were reasonable, below $10 if I'm not wrong.


Our fruit beer has a bitter after taste while the light colored one were super smooth all the way down our throat.


We had the vegetarian pasta, portion size were pretty decent, if you are a girl or lady, sharing would be recommended. Very creamy, very yummy and definitely very fattening. Around $22.


I ordered the Merlion Pizza, it's sumptuous! I would return for this alone. Cost around $15


A friend ordered this beef steak for $33. I took a bite, did not impressed me.


And a picture of our happy faces!

Review: Food was alright, didn't blown me away or anything, but I would go back for their pizzas probably. Service staffs were friendly, laid back and casual in a good way. Overall it was a nice experience! The place was pretty packed and filled with all types of people. I'd think it'll be a good chill out place with a couple of friends.

Eat Well,
J

Hot Chocolate & Marshmallow @ McCafe

Awesome!!!



Yummm~

Review: I like the fact that the McCafe Barista were very careful towards making the hot chocolate drink and I enjoyed the process watching how everything was done in a meticulous manner. The hot chocolate was sweet and wonderful and made me felt like I was in heaven despite my immediate facial breakout the next day. I break out badly on chocolates but I can't help it, I mean, like... it's chocolate!

Eat well,
The Blogger

ps. but I've decided to cut down on chocs, oh well...