Boon Tong Kee

Dinner with Sharleen and her friend Chris at Balestier's Boon Tong Kee

fried you tiao....



the fried you tiao is one of the better ones i've had for a long long while. the outside is crispy and the fillings is yummy. most of the you tiao i've tried so far are too dry.

fried tofu.....



so smooth and soft... quite good!

the chicken...



its not bad. forgot to take a picture of the rice but the rice was just mediocre to me. i prefer maxwell market's chicken rice stall's rice.

fried kai lan....



fresh vegetables.

melon sharks fins soup....



sharleen really likes it. its quite good, almost as good as my mum's.

Chris treated for the meal. thank cute!

Cartel

Dinner with Jianliang at Cartel.

i had the black pepper fish pasta....



its sooooo oily and the taste is different from the past! its not pepperish. taste is so mild and even the fish is oily. im so disappointed.

jianliang had the grilled chicken....



chicken was quite ok but the carrots... they are so super sweet. probably the sweetest carrots i've ever tasted.. though it may have been artifically made to be so sweet, i still like it!

i was craving for their east side brownie stack but sadly, its sold out so i replaced it with their mud pie.....



not too bad as well!

Eden Cafe

Dinner with Carol and Winnie at Eden Cafe.

over at eden, i had the salmon..... love their salmon with portobello mushroom....



Tried their rose petals brownie....





its not too bad. like the soft chocolate brownie.

hibiscus filo.....



the cross section view...



its not bad.. carol said it tastes better at subsequent mouths.

Xin Wang HK Cafe

Dinner with Jianliang at Xin Wang HK Cafe.

jianliang had curry chicken rice...



Was not bad...

i had the fish fillet mee sua...



very nice! the mee sua was soft and had a bit of sesame oil taste. the fish was also soft and thick. i like!

we also shared their prawn paste chicken...



After i had it wif sunantha and lil bee the other time, i kinda missed it. its big round boneless balls of chicken.. quite crispy on the outside. portion is too big for 2 person though.

Hokkaido Eclairs

the eclairs i got for meixin...



she was so nice, she shared wif me!

it was something like custard inside...



the eclair is so soft and the chocolate on top is good!

Royal Copenhagen

Tea with Meixin and Soon Guan at Royal Copenhagen...



i had their iced peach tea while they had iced lemon tea. nice! but quite expensive!

Gobi

Meixin was so sweet! she specially made a trip down to the central to get a box of gobi for me....









the pastries are sweet, my friend meixin is even sweeter! haha.. THANK CUTE!

although we were pretty full, we did still share a couple of the items in the box and i'm gonna be lazy and copy Meixin's review...

dark angel - nice not-to-sweet chocolate cake
Sweet Nothing - i love this as the strawberry is fresh and it blends well with the macarons
Cupid - cannot really figure out what is this but guess it might be cheese cream with some flavouring
Opera - not bad
mini macarons - nothing to wow about but nice

for me i actually really like the mini macarons and the sweet nothing. the big macroon from the sweet nothing really gets to me.

Miharu

Meixin celebrated my birthday with me at Miharu....



the interior...



i've heard lots of raves about this place for like years but just never managed to get down to try the noodles. Meixin tried it with her hubby a few weeks back and also raved about it so i chose this place to do our dinner today.

we had gyoza...



didnt find it exceptional. it was ok but not enough to warrant me to reorder it upon my next visit.

the braised pork....



looks ultra fatty but doesnt taste very fatty... meixin quite likes it. i find it ok, prefer the ones from Ramutama.

when mojo overheard dat i was going to Miharu for dinner, she strongly recommended the cold noodles so i ordered the cold noodles....



the noodles are chilled and comes with a bowl of hot soup. Mojo describe until so very nice, she looked like she was salivating while she was describing. the chilled noodles was indeed VERY Q. not much of a taste except dat its got that very noodles taste... but the texture was just really good. dat is what makes me miss it.

the soup dat came wif it was a little sour wif lotsa corn and char siew inside. didnt find the soup impressive. the char siew also isnt the type dat i like.

meixin ordered the tonkotsu ramen...



the charsiew....



love the soup! noodles were pretty good as well. but overall, no wow factor.

meixin treated for the meal.. thank cute!

Crystal Jade HK Cafe

Dinner at Liang Seah Street's Crystal Jade HK Cafe.

their iced milk tea....



its pretty good and their ice cream looks quite special. cant quite explain whats so special.. its like its a cube of milk tea by itself... n its some floral shape!

and this steamed scallop dish...



was kinda introduced this dish by the server after we ordered.. she was like.. " wana try this scallop dish? "

i saw the price, $2.30 only.. i didnt exactly read properly what dish it is so i said ... " ok, give us one... "

the server told me... " at least two " ...

so i figured two is only $4 plus so i said ok .. den she tried to cross sell again.. " what about ur friends? they want any? " wah.. really know how to do business! i quickly told her we don't want any other items..

anyway the scallop was so small, $2.30 is not really worth it. taste wise also not fantastic or super fresh.

a sampler platter....



the fried golden mushrooms are really nice!

fried squid....



Very good! slightly spicy, slightly salty and the texture is damn good! i realised these hk cafe's fried squids are usually quite nice.

crabby ordered the peanut butter thick toast....



its quite yum! the thick toast is quite crispy on the sides.

squiddy's tom yam pork chop noodles....



crabby's comments were.. tom yam not tom yam, spicy not spicy, sweet ot sweet... hahahha... basically just not nice. LOL!

fishy ordered the same salted chicken rice...



today's rice is not as nice as the other day. its still not bad but just not as good.

leoie ordered....



haha.. fried rice again! we suspect they got the orders wrong coz he ordered duck breast fried rice but there was no duck breast at all. Leoie didnt finish it coz he found it too salty.. i found it pretty ok.

i had their instant noodles wif luncheon meat and egg....



for desserts, leoie ordered a homemade soya beancurd....



Crabby is excited about the bambo bowl it is served in. haha.. the beancurd is not bad, quite nice.

i ordered a aloe vera osmanthus honey ....



its got a good honey sweet taste and quite refreshing.

Leoie treated, thank cute!

Popeye's Chicken

Dinner with ah yee at popeye's chicken....





see how thick and fresh their fish is....



yum yum!

Nan Xiang

Lunch with Carol at Novena's Nan Xiang Chicken rice. We went for the set meal dat came wif a soup each, chicken portion for 2, a chicken rice ball each and vegetables.



carol complain the chicken rice ball not round enough. haha... taste wise i think was alright, my favourite chicken rice is still @ maxwell.

Archipelago

Headed to Archipelago with Clammy and Crabby after work.... . Clammy and myself had a sampler each which comes with 3 different types of beers in small glasses...



cant really tell which is which when they all arrived. but generally their beer are good.

we shared a tortilla...



recommended by the server, turns out to be really pretty good! the tortilla chips were really crispy and the beef sauce was a bit like bak chor... quite tasty! clammy loves it! crabby and myself find it good too.

we also shared a calamari...



which was pretty ok as well.

Gourmet Corner Roast Pork

fishy jio and we arranged to meet for the lunch... ended up at philip street's gourmet corner for the famous roast pork....



today's roast pork isnt very good. its not very crispy.

Canele

Dessert was at Canele.

we chose a dessert each.

i went for my strawberry shortcake...



Joey was quite funny. he said... " your strawberry shortcake is not very short huh "... haha

the strawberry short cake is really good!



its got moisture LOCKED IN the sponge cake! damn good!

joey chose the nogurtine crepe....



in the middle is hazelnut ice cream.....



the crepe is filled wif nutelle.. the sides is caramel sauce (which is heavenly) wif cream and some crispy pastry. this dish is just simply va va voom.. its soooooooo darnnn GOOOOOD! must try!!

ishan chose the macha ice cream...



its not too bad.. ishan especially likes the candied chestnut.

we all loved the desserts.. im certain we're definitely coming back!

They treated again... thank cute!