Vegan Burg

as our appointment was near Eunos and Crystal has raved to us about how Vegan Burg tastes like real meat, we decided to head over to check it out!






their alert device informing on orders that are ready.. a lot of dining places seem to be using this!



i ordered a shrooms burger..








hmmm.. it doesnt exactly taste like vegetables but it actually didnt felt that meaty. maybe coz i set my expectations too high hence i was looking forward to it tasting really like meat.

also ordered their sides of some spinach and potato balls and sausage franks...



the spinach and potato balls taste a bit like those malay nasi padang potato balls but a not so nice version. in fact exterior is a bit hard.

the sausage franks does really taste like the real chicken sausage but the really low quality kind (ie. not nice). but it really does taste like the real chicken sausage....




overall, wei xian and myself concluded it was worth an experience but we don't foresee we'd be back anytime soon. haha.. we still like our meat!

Brasserie Wolf

after work today, loh gong zai came to pick me up for a belated birthday celebration for me. couldnt really decided on what to have so we checked out www.palate.sg where Amex plat card holders gets 50% off! so decided on robertson quay's brasserie wolf!

loh gong zai took a wrong turn at toa payoh which landed us to bishan den to novena den to newton n OMG, that newton round about took us about ONE HOUR to get pass! scary!

finally, we reached robertson quay for our dinner!



some beer that loh gong zai chose...



and beef tartare that he ordered...



this beef tartare is a little too strongly seasoned in my view. so much so that it caused the beef taste to be lost in between the sourish pickle like pieces.

for mains, i had the beef bourguignon....



it is OMG........



SO GOOD!! so tender with such greattttt sauce! I actually drank the sauce like it was soup. SOOOO YUMMY!

loh gong zai had the pork cheeks...



also really good! the pork was a little hard in a very bouncy kind of way which really makes it very yummy! i like it!

mashed potato to share..

Private Affairs

today, i celebrate Elrin's birthday for her!


i also googled for dining places near my training area and i chanced upon Private Affairs...











we took seats at level one coz i was too lazy to get upstairs but apparently i heard, the view and decor upstairs was pretty nice!



complimentary bread which we both did not consume...



Private affairs is like a little boutique restaurant. Why do i say that? Unlike a typical restaurant, they don't exactly have an ala carte menu. they have set dinner menus. And your ala carte items are ordered off the set menus.

Apparently, they change their menu once a month.

we had the scallop tartare...



i'd say its pretty good. i like the little cubes of scallops. the cream layer is a layer of pate textured like spread.

next is the lobster pasta...



this has a very local taste. a little oily but overall nice.

foie gras...



the foie gras is also not bad. but also a little oily. but till date, absolute favourite foie gras of mine is the one from Ember!

lobster bisque....




decent.

the steak served with bone marrow...



i thought the steak was not bad. the bone marrow was decent....



but i think i've had better. i think it was at le parisian (can't remember how its spelt) along bali lane.

elrin had a seabass thingy...







i requested for special arrangements when desserts were served. it so happened that the owner of the restaurant was by the table beside us and so she and her company joined in to sing along the birthday song....




which made it even more special for Elrin!




Happy birthday my dear!!






i would say, service was overall pretty decent!

Saizeriya

Shaun came to meet up with us for lunch. Emb1-ers are reunited again!



We had lunch at Saizeriya...the lunch here is soooo cheap!! wonder why they don't really have crowds. food is farely decent too.

salad of their set meal...



smoked salmon at only $2.90 (or $3.90).. super cheap!



seaweed ($1.90)...



fishy's pasta (i think its only around $5.90?)



escargots (around $5.90)..



my italian cheese chicken steak with pork slices...



yummy! i cant rem the price but i think its only around $8.

crystal's hamburger steak....



and shaun's grilled pork...





and desserts!



i cant rem overall the meal came up to $30 odd or $50 odd. But its just mad cheap! shaun treated for the meal!

Katong Shopping Centre Chicken Rice

we did lunch over at the famous chicken rice stall...



even my parents agreed its good. especially the rice and the soup! the soup is those home brewed soup. yummy!

Skinny Pizza

i love their sides...



hello truffle fries, its been awhile! How i miss thee!

super love their mashed potatoes!

and yummy skinny pizza...

Bibigo

after work, biao ge and biao sao came to pick me up. we're meeting today for his birthday! we arranged to head over to Nex for dinner. Leng leng recommended bibigo.

the korean rice cake....



pretty sticky on the outside. didnt find it very nice. taste a bit like sweet potato fries caramelised on the outside.


biao sao had a ginseng chicken....



which is the nicest of tonight's dinner!



the soup was good. chicken was nice also.

some chicken side...




i personally found the chicken a bit hard. not to my liking but i guess its decent.

my bibigo rice...



grilled chicken...

My Peranakan Spice

my new found favourite lunch venue is now the back alley! i love the duck rice (both stalls), the porridge and even this peranakan place!



this place however, doesn't open on time. sometimes its open at like 12.15 pm or doesn't even open at all.

crystal had their kway teow while i had a curry chicken drumstick rice thingy (only $3.50!! so freaking cheap)...




i also ordered a braised pork belly and a buah keluar toast to share! the buah keluar thingy is quite special. a bit salty..

overall the food here is nice!

Canton Paradise

today is my play date with charming!


we had lunch at canton paradise....





we had some dim sum... their specialty char siew bun.. that is a bit like por lor bao...



pretty good.

black pepper chicken pie...



also pretty good. but i believe its probably only good when served fresh and hot!

roast meat platter...



the roast pork and the char siew were pretty good! the roast duck was not bad also.

xinying particularly loved the char siew!




some other dim sum items...











generally the dim sum was decent.