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Monday, December 14, 2009

Early Xmas + Food Hunt @ Singapore

Spent another amazing weekend in Singapore again..this time managed to hunt for more great foods and experienced the dazzling wonderful xmas lightup!! Let's start off with the glorious food hunt......
~~ Changi Airport ~~



I grab something for lunch before headed to city upon arrival in Changi. There's a food centre at Terminal 3 which serves a lot of local foods. Decided to have something light so i ordered this...
Fish sliced beehoon - SGD4.50
I expected something normal but it turned out to be great!
The soup was clear and very sweet by the time i first sipped on it...generous amount of fish slices and it's soft and fresh too....
Definitely a great place for some decent meal in airport....

~~ Citylink, City Hall MRT Station ~~
The Coffee Conneuisseur a.k.a TCC
Got some time to kill before dinner so grabbed my coffee at TCC
I know this cafe serves a variety of "artistic" coffee so decided to try it out...
Ordered a latte with azuki beans (ie red beans)..very good experience ... surprisingly azuki was blended well with the latte..creamy yet lovely ~~

~~ Chinatown = Niu Zhe Shui ~~




Special request to the special one - bring me to try the Frog Porridge...
So we went to Chinatown to try this famous delicacy...
Kung Po Frog - SGD 8 (only 1 frog in the claypot ehh...)
Braised tofu - SGD3.00. Plain porridge per bowl - SGD1.20. Fried "Tai Cheong" and Yaocharkwai - forgot the price.
The rule of eating this is to mix the Kungpo sauce with the porridge, and it has to be that way as the porridge was really plain and no taste...haha....
But this is a very nice combination i should say, although i mumbled that the SINGLE portion of frog was way too little....only got a few tiny morsels of it...
The other side dishes were very good as well...braised tofu was soft and flavorful, fried Taicheong was crispy and best eaten with the porridge too...

~~ Chinatown Food centre, Smith street ~~


This stall got a long q so i followed and try it...
Mix of yam cake+cheecheongfun - SGD2.00
This was good, coupled with the sweet and spicy sauce...something different with KL version
Fish slice porridge - SGD 3.00 - a bit letdown cos it tasted "fishy"....



Such a long q for this...SGD1.50
I like the way they mixed with the fried tiny anchovies and peanuts...very aromatic!
Glutinous rice was perfectly sticky too....



"Shui Kweh" - SGD1.00 for 4 pieces
Simple delicacy made from water and rice flour...eat it with the fried "choy pou" and chili....
Very savoury...i even mixed the choy pou with the fish porridge and it tasted better this way!


~~ Sim Lim Square Food Centre ~~


I readed some blogs and know that Sim Lim square apart from being a place selling IT stuff (something like our Low Yat Plaza), its food centre is famous for some local foods as well, such as this stall selling minced meat noodle....
What makes it special is the slice of abalone that they thrown in...that's why it's called Abalone Bak Chor Mee - SGD4.00 per bowl
I tried this with great expectations after seeing the long q and the articles pasted at the storefront, but ended up disappointed!
The noodles were so bland, seasoning was not my fave too....
I heard it's used to be a good one but maybe the quality has deteriorated...

~~ Selegie Road ~~

This is the very famous Taufoofah and soya bean in the island...
Taufoofah was smooth and it melted easily too...
Soya bean was ok as well....
They have a few branches in the island but not sure where exactly...


~~ MOS Burger @ Scotts Isetan ~~

Finally got my craving for MOS Burger answered...
Always heart their rice burger version and this time i ordered Unagi rice burger
As expected, moistful, juicy and delicious rice burger ever!

~~ Chinatown ~~



Had some desserts at night at Chinatown
Sago pomelo with mango - SGD3.50
Black sesame tongsui - SGD2.50
Bak Chang - SGD - 4.00
Everything was good i would say...the desserts were not too sweet, just the right sweetness that we liked it. The bakchang was aromatic with generous chunks of walnut, yellow bean and pork.

~~ Hong Lim Food Centre ~~

Queue again!!!!!

Queue for this!
Raisin cheese bun - SGD 1.30 per piece
Soft and irressitable...can't really stop after the 1st bite!



Tai Hwa's Minced meat noodles ie Mee Pok (or Bak chor mee??) is one of the most famous in Singapore, and it was really indeed a lot more different from the one that we tried at Sim Lim food centre...Just look at the few awards cert that they show in front of the stall...
Now i know the secret behind the Bak chor mee is the vinegar that they mixed in, never eat something like this other than Loh Mee. Noodles were QQ, ingredients were fresh (they only cooked the minced meat when orders made), soup was slurpingly delicious...
At SGD 5 for a big bowl version, we got extra home-made dumplings and meat balls which i liked very much!
A good and satisfying bowl of noodles before i departed from the island....
Ok, that's all about food. What is Xmas in Singapore without the Xmas tree and lightup?? Let's see their amazing decorations!
Outside Suntec City Mall


Outside Suntec City Hall


So happen i never take a picture with Singapore Merlion so i dragged him to bring me there... :P


Took with the durian :P
@ Esplanade

@ Orchard Central


@ Ngee Ann city Takashimaya


@ Orchard road


People mountain People Sea
Can't imagine on the xmas and new year eve itself

care for some updates?


the INSIDE view of the Xmas tree of ION Orchard


ION Orchard
WISHING YOU A
MAGICAL AND WONDERFUL XMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

~ Bali Vacation ~

I miss Bali for many reasons....



White sandy beach @ Kuta
with views of bikini ladies and charming surfers :P



Plentiful of local handicrafts and dresses at reasonable price @ Ubud market
You gotta show your bargaining power skill !!

Local heritage site eg Tanah Lot and Uluwatu
Places of interest that you wish to step into.... You will be amazed with the scenery...


Beach just a stroll away from the resort we stayed
Good place for lazy bum!

Awesome sunset view



Grab your favourite t-shirts!
I saw every "gwai-lou" wearing the Bintang singlet!
Apart from sightseeing and beach "sun-burning", we also tried out some local foods and other cuisines offered in Bali....


The famous Made's Warong which is so hit among floggers. It offers both local Bali cuisines and western foods...



Our first beer in Bali
No one has come to Bali without trying the local Bintang beer.....


We had Gado-gado
Similar to Msia version of rojak. The peanut gravy is thicker and loaded with peanuts
A bit at the drier side, but overall fit my expectation....


Pork Satay!
Juicy and succulent but would prefer it slightly burnt


Nasi Campur special
Basically is like "chap-fan" in balinese style...some of the side dishes were great but some were not..
Average
I think the Bumbu Bali in Puchong serves a better version..haha....


Dinner is at this restaurant which is situated along Kuta street
Specialised in local duck cuisine
Another Bali specialties - Bebek Kunyit
Deep fried crispy duck
Really crispy..and it's fried to perfection too
I like the side dishes too...which is something like kangkung belacan
The accompanied local salad was a bit way too raw to my liking by the way....

Bebek Kuah Gerang Asem
Stewed duck in gerang asem spices
Not sure what is gerang asem but it tasted good! Something different as compared to our normal chinese way of cooking duck.... The soup tasted slurpingly sweet too....


Very filling breakfast from Bali Dynasty Resort
I miss their pancake very much!

How can we miss the famous Ibu Oka Babi Guling @ Ubud
Crispy pork skin, soft flesh...comes with intestine roll...
I personally found this dish to be nothing extraordinary but it would definitely fit to be a must-try food in Bali due to its name "Babi Guling" - like the pig is being "guling guling"....haha...
Well, overall it's still a pretty decent dish worth a try....


Sunset dinner at Jimbaran
Every friend i asked about Jimbaran, they will say "Go one time enough already!"
Oh well, i have the same idea too...
The seafood dish is overpriced and nothing spectacular, normal grilled stuff....but people is flocking there (especially first timer) just for the sake of experiencing the nice environment....
As i mentioned, 1 time with your dear one is really enough...don't think you want to burn a hole in your pocket for the second time unless you are willing to do so!

Our last dinner opposite the place we stayed
Nice pizza, but the crust was a little bit of letdown la....
Thumbs up for the salmon fettucini though ~~~


Bali is a paradise if you ask me....there is so many more for us to explore. We will definitely be back soon!