Sushi Ikeikemaru

An Instagram friend recommended Sushi Ikeikemaru to me and I decided to give it a try!

I went there around 8pm in the evening and there was no queue. However, it took quite a while for the waiter to get me seated. I ordered one of their chief recommended dishes, Salmon Don. I was attracted by the good old salmon.

Salmon Don

Food's nice! The salmon is fresh and sliced at the correct thickness. The only thing I do not like about this is the rice. I felt its a little to chunky. I particularly like their salad. The dressing is prefect! Not too bland and I love the fragrance of the sesame oil.

Take a closer look

That's all folks. Enjoy!
*Stomach rumbling*

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Keisuke Tori King

A friend recommended Tori King to me and I do absolutely love their ramen!

I notice that there's always a long queue outside this Japanese at Tanjong Pagar. It turns out that this store is Tonkotsu King, the sister store of Tori King. The difference is Tonkotsu King serves only pork and Tori King serves only chicken.

Keisuke Tori King

We were early that day and there isn't a queue (probably because people are having hang over after partying hard welcoming 2016). We gave our orders and got served reasonably fast. We grinded our sesame seeds and add it to our ramen.

White sauce

The ramen's AMAZING! The soup is lightly salted, perfectly boiled and rich in flavour. The chicken is super tender! It just peels off when you grab it with your chopsticks. Best part of all, you can have their free flow of bean sprouts. They're delicious and addictive. I had 3 large servings of it!

Green Tea Cola

Lastly, I tried their Green tea cola. Hmmm.. How should I describe this? I do not taste the green tea much. Just like some light syrup with the end taste of cola? Do try it folks! I will try their Ginger Ale next time round :)

Ginger Ale

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Weekend Feast in JB

Spent my last weekend shopping and having Seafood in Johor Bahru! Despite the long queue, everything seems ok!

We queued for a good 2 hrs before getting pass custom into Johor Bahru. We were all famished and headed to Sushi Zanmai at JBCC. Food was quite good actually. I had cold soba to avoid more calories intake later on in the evening where we will eat seafood! We also shared some delicious sushi!

Soba

Sushi

We shopped in KSL, had coffee before heading over to Da Ma Hua Yuan (Taman Seri Tebrau) for dinner. We patronized the first stall, Xiang Ji. Food's not too bad but not fantastic either. Their sambal sauce was fairly good and the cereal prawns and deer meat to me was below average.

Xiang Ji

Sambal Squids

"Begger" Chicken

Deer Meat

The crayfish was good! The sauce can be richer though! The chicken soup tasted weird. It's too sour for comfort and we get a refund for it after complaining about it.

Creamy Salted Egg Crayfish

Sambal Clams

Cereal Butter Prawns

Dou Miao (Pea tips)

All in all, we spent a total of 139.60 RM ($50.02) for seafood! It is seriously cheap! It is definitely worth having seafood here again.

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CNY 2015

Lunar New Year 2015 is over! That's one of my busiest period of the year; Be it work or personal.

We've moved over to Benoi for sometime and I've got a brand new desk. Super loving it! Did my spring cleaning at home and in office as well. I was well prepared to usher in the goat year.

New Desk

I have always dream of getting my own house and to me, festive keeps things moving and brings me out of the dull ordinary robotic life. Since I've got my little corner in office, I decided to decorate it with the "red papers". That's my half completed 五福临门. “五福帖门” seems more suitable HAHA!

CNY decoration for my desk

A day before CNY eve, my feast has already started! My colleagues and I went for I'm Kim Korean BBQ. Food's not too bad and we were near the state of "unwalkable". (Nah~ exaggerating as usual)

I'm Kim Korean BBQ

Here are the 5 steam boats I've had over the CNY period! The family reunion dinner is the most sumptuous one, followed by the one at Grand aunt's house. (Preview not available! We had crab meat pasta, abalone, scallops, 7 coloured cakes etc.)

Steamboats

Then on day 2 of CNY, we finished the remaining ingredients left. On the 3rd day of CNY, had one at my aunt's place followed by a final one with my other bunch of colleagues on the last day of CNY.

Crab or Prawns?

Crayfish

The above photos are "special" ingredients that My family would eat only during CNY! Hokkaido crabs and crayfishes! I miss squids! They are one of my favorites too.

Next, I had a couple of lunar new year celebration events at work and also house visitings to attend among my close clicks. And of course, reserved a little me time to shoot at Hong Bao River.

Lo Hei

Of course with so many events on the line, Lou Hei and would not be missed! I had one of the roughest Lou Hei this year! Haha! Our vegetables and "gold" (the crackers are referred as gold) are all over the table. Thank god none is stuck on the celling. This year, I've seen a couple of Lion dance performances all thanks to my company!

Lion Dance

At the 9th day of the Lunar New Year, Taoists prays to Tian Gong. So, I followed my dad's footsteps, accompanied and helped him out a little during this process.

Tian Gong

While I was capturing the moment of offering the incense, I was amazed by the photo I've taken! The end of the flame resembles the head of a rising dragon. HUAT AR!

Offering incense

That all explains why I'm blogging so late! Sorry folks! It's a little too late but I wish you guys out there, have a smooth sailing year ahead with good health and being happy always!

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Nakhon Kitchen

My colleagues and I were roaming Holland Village while we came across Nakhon Kitchen.

The queue of Nakhon Kitchen is exceptionally longer. We took a quick glance of the menu and the prices are reasonable (In fact cheaper than most stalls around that area). We queued for a while before realizing one of us does not take spicy food! So we left and I told myself I got to try Nakhon Kitchen.

Nakhon Kitchen

So last weekend, met up with my 4 buddies for a meal at Nakhon Kitchen. We got there early to minimize the waiting time. Ordering is done while waiting for a table. Not long after we were seated, drinks were served followed by the utensils and mains.

Pineapple Fried Rice

We ordered 7 dishes, Pineapple fried rice, pad thai, clear tom yum soup, prawn paste cake, green curry, basil chicken and glass noodles (too engross in dining and forgotten to take a pic of it). Food was awesome~ly nice and well-cooked.

Pad Thai

As I anticipated. The dishes are spicier! (I have no problem with the heat. In fact I love it). I'm so missing pad thai. These brings back memories when I was in Bangkok. I shall visit Bangkok again someday :)

Clear Tom Yum Soup and Prawn paste cake?

The prawn paste cakes? Or whatever it's called is so good! I love the taste of it. It's fried golden brown with the paste inside it; Crispy on the outside, melts in the inside. Caution! The cakes are very hot so take small bites to avoid burning your mouth.

Green Curry

I'm really not a fan of green curry. They added some kind of herbs or leaves and I kept eating them. They have a strong mint aftertaste. We should have white rice to go with green curry and tom yum soup though.

Basil Chicken

Do try out Nakhon Kitchen folks! The bill totals up to $60. We had 7 dishes and 4 drinks! Enjoy =)

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abc

Finally got to try abc (Artisan Boulangerie Co). I was always fascinated by the variety of bread they sell and of course, its beautiful atmosphere.

I am not even aware that I started to like bread and sandwiches (because of a "lost star"). Anyways, I had the Roast Chic Baguette as it's appears so tempting - the generous portion of seasoned chicken meat hypnotized me under the warm lighting; chanting, "Have me! Eat me!" (random! haha).

Roast Chic Baguette

And so, I did as told. I sank my teeth down and I got stuck. I didn't know Baguette was that hard. It cut my palate! So, I took my time, chew the bread. The chicken was amazing. It's strongly seasoned and tender. The vegetables add more texture to it.

Raisins Vanilla Swirl

Since I was quite hungry, I was recommended Raisins Vanilla Swirl (after rejecting the chocolate ones). This is quite good. It wasn't too sweet and the Swirl's fluffy. The raisins adds spikes of sweetness to it but not overly done.

So folks, give it a try once in a while. The price is quite steep for abc! Of course, you could always find cheaper alternatives like Delifrance and Sub Way.

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Hoshino Coffee

I've always wanted to try out soufflé and finally, I did. I have it at Hoshino Coffee in Plaza Singapura.

I spent a whole evening shooting Chirstmas lightings at Orchard Road and stopped at my final destination, Plaza Singapura. I roamed around the mall for a while before getting a little hungry and settled down in Hoshino Coffee.

After getting recommendations from the waitress, I ended the endless struggle between having tea or coffee (since it's late at night). I decided to try their hand-drip Coffee (and paid the price of having a sleepless night haha).

I ordered a vanilla soufflé with custard sauce to go with the coffee. The soufflé's amazing! It is served tall and when I dug in, it is super fluffy and warm. This dessert is not too sweet and very smooth; Just right to my liking!

Do try Hoshino Coffee out folks. However, I must first warn you that the price's steep. Almost $20 for the coffee and soufflé (Ouch!)

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Soup Stock Tokyo

Soup Stock Tokyo opens a new branch at 313 Somerset. Passed by it a few times and finally got to try it.

I had the recommended set which comes with Hokkaido Carb Bisque, a Chicken Vegetable Soup and a choice of white rice, brown rice or bread. The Hokkaido Carb Bisque is rich with a creamy touch. The carb flavor is well balanced with the tomatoes and herbs.

I love the Chicken Vegetable Soup! The soup is cooked with 8 types of vegetables - onion, zucchini, bell pepper, eggplant, tomato, french been, garlic, lettuce. The taste is unique - Not too salty, a little sour and with a little oily. The chicken meat is tender and strong in flavor!

Hokkaido Carb Bisque and Chicken Vegetable Soup set

I'm not a fan of the Japanese "Saba" Minestrone but it's still good. On top of the soup, they added some dried fish flakes which brings out the seafood taste. In the soup, there are tiny slices of Saba?

Japanese "Saba" Minestrone set

Do try out try Soup Stock Tokyo folks! It might be a little pricey considering the small portion of soup served.

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Hakka Delicacies

I newly discovered a rare gem at Shun Fu Food Market. This stall sells delicious Hakka delicacies.

One of my favourites is their yam cakes. Their yam cakes are soft and fluffy. The taste tends towards the salty side although there is a choice of having it with the sweet sauce. Their chili sauce is superb! It’s quite spicy and definitely rich.

Yam cake

Of course they sell Hakka’s famous delicacy, abacus beads. As the name suggest, it looks like the beads of abacus. Taste wise was great! The bits are chewy but not too hard. Have it with the fried onions and fresh spring onions - Simply Yummy!

Abacus beads

I will try out their glutinous rice next time when I visit Shun Fu Food Market. Do try out this stall at Shun Fu Food Market folks!

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Xiang Xiang Noodles and Rainbow Dessert

Hidden good food found at Chong Pang Market Food Centre. It's my favorite food dry mee!

I've notice quite a number of tables having this delicious looking bowl of noodles with fish balls. I took a walk around and finally led me to Xiang Xiang noodle stall. Without hesitation, I ordered a $3.50 bowl of mixed ingredients mee pok.

Xiang Xiang Noodle Stall

The most important aspect of dry mee is the sauce. This stall does the sauce just great. It’s has the aroma of chili and the sour from the vinegar. The noodles are cooked perfectly accompanied with pieces of crispy pork cracklings (although I’m not a really great fan of it).

The soup is light with fresh chewy fish balls. Adding some fishcakes, meat balls and dumplings add much flavor to the soup. The fishcake is amazing! The skin of the fish cake is fried giving off the taste and aroma of oil. I was impressed by the fishcakes from this stall.

Mixed Fish balls Meat Balls Noodles

Right beside Xiang Xiang noodle stall is Rainbow Dessert Stall. On a scorching hot day like this who wouldn’t stop for a bowl of ice? So I had a bowl of refreshing Bo Bo Cha Cha. I love the colourful display of ingredients under the ice. It’s a pleasant surprise unveiling it. There’s quite a variety of hot and cold desserts to choose from. This is another good dessert stall beside the stall in Yishun.

Bo Bo Cha Cha

That’s all folks! Try it when you’re at Chong Pang Market Food Centre.

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d' Good Café

Cake hunting on a Saturday leads us to d' Good Café. This cafe is 3 floors high and has a relaxing atmosphere.

d' Good Café is located near the circle line exit of Holland Village. The entrances of the cafe looks misleading. It's just a narrow door with d' Good Café logo printed on it. The door swings open with a flight of stairs in front.

The counter is located on the 2nd floor. There's also a dining area at this level. On the 3rd floor, there is a balcony with great scenery of Holland Village. Note that it is not air conditioned. Next to it is a more causal dining area where you can enjoy the desserts as well as play board and card games.

d' Good Café

I tried their Maple Salt Cheesecake and I'm so in love with it! I love the taste of mild cheese with the great taste of maple in it. There's a little touch of saltness which heightens the flavor. The only down side is that each slice cost $9! This is kinda ex.

Maple sea salt cheesecake

The waffle on the other hand was not bad either. It's crispy on the outside, soft on the inside and served hot. The best part is the aroma of the waffle. There are 3 choices of syrup to go with the waffle - Chocolate, maple or strawberry.

Waffle with vanilla ice cream

Do try out the Maple sea salt cheesecake while you're in Holland Village folks.

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Getaway in Penang - Moustache Houze

What's better than relaxing at a cafe with a cup of coffee and delicious cakes?

Cafe hunting in Penang leads us to Moustache Houze. It's one of the popular cafes there in Penang. We combed through a number of streets before reaching Moustache Houze. We were welcome by the "moustache" outside the cafe.

Moustache Houze

Moustache Houze creates a reto and rustic atmosphere. The interior is lit warmly by yellow halogen lamps. The windows are tinted pale green and orange which creates contrast. A huge sign post bearing their shop logo together with some other vintage props are used to decorate the cafe.

Decorations

There is a wide range of cakes and coffee. Here are some of the cakes we had. A green tea cake which tasted super rich, a chocolate cake and banana walnut cake? (couldn't recall). Anyways, the cakes are not too bad. Most importantly is the price! (much much cheaper than in Singapore)

Old bookstore

I love the painting of the father carrying his son on their wall. The depth the painting brings out is amazing; the shadows, highlights and the father's hair. I did a black and white conversion and tweak the photo a little.

Old bookstore

Do try out Moustache Houze while you're touring Penang folks! Good Night.

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