Wednesday, December 10, 2008

One of our passions



Savouring varieties of good food is just one of my family passions. These are some recent good places we have tried out.
Dining at Amici (an authentic Italian restaurant)in Holland VillagePhotobucketI enjoyed their seafood soup. It's a little peppery. Photobucket My daughter & sister ordered their Grigliata di Manzo (Grilled beef tenderloin with summer truffles in Madeira sauce) Photobucket PhotobucketI ordered the Lombata D'Agnello Alla Griglia (shalow fried rack of lamb in rosemary jus)PhotobucketPhotobucketMy boy & husband had the Lomabata Di Bue Arrosto (pan baked OP prime rib with tri pepper sauce)PhotobucketPhotobucket PhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketCosy ambience PhotobucketPhotobucket PhotobucketDinner not complete if without a superb dessert. This is their famous airflown coffee tiramisu - not in their menu because it is not available everyday.


A hearty lunch at Meeras Curry Banana Leaf Restaurant Pte Ltd before going to look for my Mulberry plant in nurseries nearby. It's located along Upper Thomson Road. Their pratas were better done than those from the famous My Prata Shop. We also ordered mutton briyani & fried chicken. Their fish curry went well with the pratas. The fried chicken did not taste as good as it looked. Photobucket
PhotobucketThe boss was very generous with their ginger when I asked for more to be added to our Teh Alia (ginger tea). We had it without sugar.Photobucket


Tim Sum lunch at Yum Cha Restaurant in the heart of Chinatown. We were spoiled for choices - there were 70 over tim sums in their spread. This time round, we ordered their steamed beancurd skin roll in superior sauce, chicken giant bun (it is almost the size of a butter bread plate), glutinous rice in lotus leaf, steam chicken claw (my husband's favourite tim sum dish), siew mai with fish roe, crystal chive dumpling (my daughter's favourite tim sum dish at Yum Cha), steamed prawn dumpling (The skin is not springy. I prefer the one from Wah Lok Cantonese Restaurant in Carlton Hotel), fried glutinous rice (I like the texture), chicken yum puff, pan-fried chives & meat dumpling, baked mini egg tarts (my daughter's must-order tim sum at Yum Cha), fried beancurd skin roll with shrimp, garlic soft shell crabs, sesame prawn & mango roll (not as good as the one from Prima Revolving Restaurant). My boy actually wanted to order the steamed xiao long bao (his favourite tim sum dish at Yum Cha although he still prefers the one done by the Shanghainese chef from The Eastern Restaurant at Centre Point) but after having all those mentioned above, his stomach could take in no more.PhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucket

Tong Ah Seafood Restaurant at Teck Lim Road in Chinatown dishing out very good Cantonese cuisine. I recommended my friends to try some of the dishes. The assam curry fish is a unique one to start with. Not the very traditional spicy & sour assam fish head you can find in many eating outlets. Here, the service staff will recommend customers to try their whole fresh red snapper (not just the head). To me, I find their assam gravy is quite similar to the peranakan udang (prawn) pedas. You can find ingredients like pineapples but very little vegetables added to the fish. Photobucket The crispy pepper, sweet & sour prawn is very good. Photobucket Even if you are on diet, you must not miss their Tong Po Stewed Pork. Photobucket This claypot sweet pepper chicken has good texture & flavour on the outside but not the inside. I am sure the taste will turn out perfect if the meat can be marinated a bit longer before cooking.Photobucket Another a must-order dish is their fried kangkong. It is not too oily & is dished out just in the correct timing so that the texture is crispy & colour of the vegetable is still fresh when served. Photobucket

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Photobucket Look at the triangular shaped building where the restaurant is situated. Don't you think the building itself is a piece of art? Photobucket

Catching Up



It was an interesting & refreshing afternoon with my ex-colleague & her lovely daughter, Angie. After joining them for lunch at Crystal Jade Noodle Restaurant, we proceeded to Swenson for our afternoon coffee & ice-cream.

See how adorable Angie is. She is just so natural in front of the camera. Don't you think she has talking eyes. I always can't stop complimenting her good look because she has such big bright eyes, even they are behind her cute spectacles. I am sure she will grow up to become a beauty.

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