Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Aglio Olio

Clammy and i went for dinner at aglio olio.

I had fish aglio olio...



its nice but i am recalled of the aglio from EL's western grill.. and their grilled fish is nice!

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Modesto's

The gathering @ Leonard's house was shifted over to Modesto's (Orchard Parade Hotel)...



We ordered garlic bread to share while waiting for Jeremy to arrive....



i really like their garlic bread! its not too crispy (though i koe most of u like it crispy) and i really like their garlic spread. really fragrant in my view!

for mains, we shared a ravioli under my recommendation...



inside is filled wif minced prawns and crab... yum yum!

jeremy had some sausage pasta which he refused to share coz he was having cough.. (but i dun mind getting a cough.. i think.. hehe)



haha.. actually he did la.. he made me eat before he started eating... the pasta was quite nice.

we also shared a parma ham and ricola salad pizza....



nice! i love parma ham and rockets pizza! love love love!

Janice treated, thank cute!

Friday, January 25, 2008

Cicada

Dinner with Kaizhi and Eng Fong. Since we've got a car, i insisted that we should head somewhere where its only accessible by car. The few newly popped up lifestyle hubs came to mind. We called Prive only to find it fully booked for today and tomorrow. =(

Cicada had seats though! Thanks to lil bee and Ronald.

the journey there was quite a challenge though... coz we're like 3 'directionless' ladies.. of which the driver is newly licensed.. haha..

thank god for my dearest bro who gave good directions.. we probably would never get there w/o him.

so there...

Cicada
7 Portsdown Road
(next to Colbar & Temasek Club)
Singapore 139298

info@thecicada.com.sg
www.thecicada.com.sg

tel: 64722100





some pictures i managed to take while toying with my camera's modes...











and the especially round moon as pointed out by Eng Fong...



and Kudos to Ronald for the night. Its apparent that all the staffs have been properly trained and coached offering very attentive services.

The crowd was mainly executive and the place was quiet and cosy. Ideal place for our catching up tonight!

the food!

the seafood bisque soup (around $13 - $15 if i recall correctly)...



which i LOVE LOVE LOVE. its very thick and tastes alot like the lobster bisque soup from Jacks place except dat its much thicker and tastier. But, eng fong and kaizhi didnt like it coz they find it too thick and they don't like the hay gor taste. So if u love the hay gor taste like me, u absolutely hafta try this!

we also shared a crab caesar salad...







it came with poached egg and bacon. Yummy! Eng Fong and Kaizhi liked it as well.

we also had a buttermilk mashed potato ($5)...



the mashed potato had a very light taste.. i thought i tasted olive oil..

the capellini with slipper lobster ($23)



its good! the sauce was really addictive and it gets to me.

the scallop pizza....



a closer up view...



very finely sliced scallop so couldnt really taste the scallop in my view. But loved the thin crust. Eng fong and kaizhi liked this better den i did.

and finally, the star for tonight!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Brownie Crunch Cake....





its SO SO SO SO DIVINE! The sugar level in the chocolate was just nice, not too sweet and it was rich yet not too rich.. the middle layer is where the peanut butter crunch is... the ice cream was totally smooth and when you slide it onto the cake, its simply scumptious!! all 3 of us were wowed by it~!

the portion is also quite big so i'd highly recommend u share it!

and the very thoughtful lil bee brought me my english breakfast tea...



thank cute for being so thoughtful and always remembering!

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Island Creamery

Another recommendation by Janice & Leonard was the Island Creamery ice cream. The place got more crowded along the night and it was hard to get seats. Initially, i was not particularly in the mood for ice cream that night. I thought its probably just another ice cream joint until Janice started to give her recommendations and i was enticed! She told me they have flavours like apple pie and it totally tastes like the actual pie.. they even have flavours like tiger beer!



so while queuing, i got more and more excited! Leonard could see the excitement in me and we agreed we'll order 3 scoops of 2 and he allowed me to choose 5 of the 6 flavours! MuahaHHAHAA!

our orders....



a closer up view....



they didnt have the apple pie flavour that Janice mentioned but they had pineapple tart! It REALLY TASTED LIKE PINEAPPLE TART! and i felt that it didnt only taste like the pineapple fillings, it was like i could taste the pastry part as well!!

the guinness flavour was also quite cool! haha... i'll 'ta' u anytime!

i liked the pulau hitam flavour as well... and the nutella.. and the teh tarik... and and the cookies and cream ... They were all so YUMMY!

i felt so happy!

Le Petite Cuisine

Janice and Leonard had been talking to me about this French place at Serene Centre, how its cheap and good! So we finally fixed a date to head down together.

Le Petite Cuisine..



Kindly note that they only accept cash.


The server was really funny.. he's malay and when he came out to hand us the menu, he said.. " everything here is french, except me ". haha..

The food was really CHEAP.

warm bread that came wif the soup...



we had cream of mushroom and cream of broccoli...



the cream of mushroom was good! it was tasty. the cream of broccoli was not as tasty though. oh.. and soup is only a $3 top up from the main courses ordered.

we shared a foie gras ($16)...



a closer up view...



the foie gras may not be the best i've had but its very decent. portion vs price is very reasonable.

for mains, we ordered the ravioli of prawns and foie gras ($13.50)...



the foie gras and prawns inside...



its pretty good. the sauce is a comforting cream sauce. but oh.. haha. the ravioli skin tasted like wanton skin! But i'm not complaining. i mean, for $13.50, theres really nothing to complain. A dish like this can easily cost $20 - $30 in the posher places.

sirloin steak ($11)...



done medium rare....



the steak was ok. The beef taste was not strong and while its not tough, its not very tender either. BUT, at $11, i think its GREAT! the potato gratin was scrumptious!

fillet of salmon ($13)....



the lemon cream sauce was to die for! It went really really well with the salmon. The tinge of lemon worked wonders for a cream based sauce. The salmon was cooked to perfection. It was not overcooked and the texture was simply divine. Portion was great as well. The rice at the side was also fabulous. Its slightly sticky with cheese power on top, goes really well with the sauce also!

LOVE the recommendation! thank cute Janice and Leonard!

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Miss Clarity Cafe

After Sofra, we adjourned to miss clarity cafe for desserts.

crabby ordered her all time favourite warm bread butter pudding...



the rest of the girls really liked it as well.

i ordered the mud ooze which lionel kinda highly recommended...



i was quite disappointed. crabby and myself didnt really like it. the chocolate tastes a bit weird to me. But fishy and squiddy said its nice.

Crabby and myself kept trying to see if we merely just tasted the wrong parts. In the end we concluded that we still don't like it. haha

Sofra

Met the seafoodies today for our Jan gathering! We went Sofra, had turkish food!

We shared a salad plate..



comes with quite a fair bit of items....







dun really know the names of every item but everything was not too bad. Crabby particularly loves the eggplant. I liked the rice rolled in leaves and the pea mash!

we also shared a jumbo kebap combo....



Their bread is so good! so soft and warm!

a close up of the meats...



i didnt try the lamb.. but the chicken was awesome! the rest agreed as well!

also had a beef pizza....



a closer up view...



squiddy loved the pizza.. i'd say its pretty good. the beef tasted quite strong though, reminded me of mutton.

another beef item we ordered...



a closer up view..



the meat inside is minced meat and its pretty nice.

fishy and rachie arrived late and they ordered another spaghetti...



it looks quite boring, tastes not very exciting but its ok. a lil minty in tomato based. its not too bad.

the whole meal worked out to around $84.