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i love the set meal from Watami cos they are super value for money! at a price of 69 bucks for 2, you get to eat many dishes already! this time, we formed a pax of 4 so i get to eat more food at only 129 bucks hahaha.  super duper value for $$

As usual, the set meal comes with salad, main dishes, side dishes, drinks..etc. there are some food items that are fixed and some you get to choose from the list of variety la.

the tempura and their salad is fixed in their menu. although is fixed, it is something that you die die must try especially their watami salad! i m not really a salad fan but i m totally in love with the salad! the salad is super fresh and the half boil egg adds more freshness to the veges! i love the crispy breadcrumbs too!

their tempura prawns are also very fresh!

their sashimi too!

this is something that you must order!!! their wafu pizza! unfortunately, it is only available in their deluxe set! the pizza uses a super thin layer of crust ( like nann) and japanese pizza usually comes with mayo..and i love mayo lol

next is their korean army pot (kankoku butechige)! i am totally in love with this! the soup uses miso as a base, the kimchi added some spiciness to the soup which blends super well with the instant noodles and korean rice cake! you can also order additional rice cake / noodles at 1 bucks per plate.

their tonpeiyaki! superbly good but sadly too cheesy for me lol!

next is their terayaki squid. although doesnt taste like rubber but is alittle too salty for me.

lastly is their irodori chirashi sushi! not bad. but i dont really like it as i m not really a fan of wasabi

food : ***
Price : ** ( go for their set meal!)
Customer service : ***

will i go again? of cos! needless to say, this is already my 3rd time to this restaurant in this yr!

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Happen to see this gold class dinner set @ GV website the other day and we decided to give it a try. Previously we watched in gold class but we ordered from ala-carte menu only. The dinner is actually a 3 course meal that consist of a starter ( salad), main course (caijun chicken), desert ( cake) and a glass of wine.

the food actually taste horrible haha. very salty as if salt is really FOC le. dont really like it but we do enjoy the red wine haha..and the comfort seats haha. a one time experience in dining in the dark lol. apologies for the blur pictures..these are the best i can do lol.

the salad

main course

desert

overall, the movie experience is superb, the dining is ..erhmmm…disappointment..

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This is my second time with OpenRice and i had so much fun! This time we went into the Havelock Neighbourhood to search for more yummy food!

A newly opened restaurant sitting along the road of Havelock Road. If you do not take a stroll along the street or if you do not live in Havelock neighbourhood, you probably will not notice this little gem.

This restaurant is opened by a lady boss who wants to share the love of claypot rice and she invented many fusion type of claypot rice for her children that is worth mentioning here! Many of the dishes are her own recipe too! and guys, fret not for the “always” the same claypot rice as ladyboss say she always want to experiment with new dishes to share with her customers!

Ladyboss and the host – CalvinTimo!

Address:

Signature Stone Restaurant

729 Havelock Road, Singapore 169649

Tel: 6271 9918

www.signaturestonerestauarant.com

So what so special about the claypot rice other than new fusion dishes?

Tradditional claypot rice is cooked using clay pot ( ya…thats y is call claypot rice ma). Stone restaurant uses the pots that are being used for bibimbap! The reason is because this type of pot will constantly keep the rice warm ( trust me..after i finish my rice, the pot is still warm!) and the constant heat from the pot will help to create more rice crust ( for those clay pot rice lover gonna love this!) and not letting it to go chao tah! and the best part of their rice is..they cook the uncooked rice in the pot ( all the way until it is cooked!) so you will need to give them a call before coming down so that they can prepare the rice for u!

another thing that is worth mentioning here is their sambal chilli! it is lady boss’s secret recipe and it really set your taste bud on fire!

now here are what we had!

Stone Pot Bacon & Cheese Rice  ($10.90) – Bacon, mushroom, herbs with cheese

a fusion mixed of western bake rice and chinese way of cooking rice. The cheese is not too much so you wont get the gek lat feeling. However, i feel the rice is a little dry for me. nevertheless, it is something new to try out!

next is the stone chicken pot  ($5.30) – Special marinated chicken, salted fish, sausage, mushroom and veg.

 this is my favourite! they added alot of salted fish inside and the chicken meat is very smooth and tender! guess what? they use drumstick only lo! With lotsa of chinese sausage and salted fish, this dish is like heaven to me haha. but, i find that a little more pork lard oil added to it will make it taste even better! but lady boss say they are practising healthy lifestyle but they can give additional shallot oil by request!

next  Stone Pork Chicken, Longans & Black Bean Soup (Big – $12.40) – Chicken, dried longan, black beans and slice licorice

This is my first time drinking soup cooked with dried longan. the longan added a different fragrant and taste to the soup. if you see from the picture below, the boss is super generous with the ingredients! and this dish is a super duper healthy dish for black beans is very good for legs, mushrooms is very good for lowering down blood pressure! and it is cooked for very long hours without MSG!

next,Wine Chicken – $8.00

a soup that will warm your stomach on a rainy day! the chicken is cooked in the chinese wine together with some dried chilli to strengthen the taste of the soup. The dried chilli gives the soup a little spiciness which helps to even out the bitter taste from the wine. 

next,   Onion Cheese Mushroom Omelette – $6.00

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A newly open ramen bar at Holland V that serve traditional taste from Hakata, Japan! Frankly speaking, i have never been to Japan but all Japanese ramen tastes very good to me haha. The old difference is the texture, the broth that they used to prepare the noodles.

Yoshimaru Ramen Bar
31 Lorong Liput Holland Village
Singapore 277742
http://www.yoshimaruramen.com.sg

Mon-Fri Lunch : 11am to 3pm Dinner : 6pm – 11pm
Sat,Sun & Public holiday 11am – 11pm
(last order 30 mins before)

So what so special about the ramen?
Well, the difference i feel lies in their broth and noodles.Hakata ramen is cooked using tonkotsu (pork bone) which usually is the usual cloudy white broth. The broth is super rich in collagen( you can taste it!) The noodles are very thin and straight (something like marutama ramen).

What they offer
there are a wide variety of ramen for you to choose from. They even serve Ramen cold too (this is something i have not seen before in other ramen bar). If you want to order set meal, their set meal comes with a side dish, 1 drink and 1 ramen for you to choose from! I would say set meal is more value for money. If you are more adventurous, you can take up their ramen challenge ~ to finish a big bow ( approx 3 ramen servings put together) in 15 mins and you enjoy the bow of ramen for free (worth of 30 over bucks!). I seen someone finish it in 12 mins and i was like wow….

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Holland V XO fish soup is one of the zi char food hunt that me and my family often patronize many years back. It is located at Holland neighbourhood before they shift to Dover area. They are very famous for their XO fish soup, sotong you tiao, their signature XO sauce toufu and prawn paste chicken!! Me and my family always feel stuffed after our meals there as their portion is really huge! the uncle there also very nice, he will often tell u not to over order the food as their portion is quite huge and will recommend very good dishes to you. The price is also very reasonable! we are their frequent customers that they could recognize us easily and know what we want to order!

Food : *** 3/4
Price : ***
Customer service : ****

Stirred fried tou miao

Sweet sour pork – not like others, they really serve chunks of meat..not flour!

signature toufu. this is a must each time we go there for dinner!

XO fish soup! i love their soup and fish. huge slides of fish and the soup has a strong fragrant and taste of XO

Holland Village XO Fish Head Bee Hun Restaurant
Location: 19A Dover Crescent #01-05, Dover, 131019

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Yes, we returned to skinny pizza again ( you can read about my previous post here -> http://princessmic80.blogspot.sg/2013/06/of-skinny-pizza.html ) ! this time round i went with LL. Wanted to catch a quick dinner before our show starts at Great World City.  lol.

this time round we had ginger butter chicken and truffle fries ( something not to be missed!) lol. Personally i still prefer the smoke turkey swiss lol. The ginger butter chicken taste abit like indian style chicken. =P.

overall
Food : ***
Customer Service : ***
Price : *** 

signing off, have a nice mid week everyone and stay tuned for more food post!

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Saw this super easy recipe online for brownie haha. it only uses 4 ingredients and 2 simple steps to bake. the effect turns out super well and the brownie is super yummy.

Ingredients

1. 1 x 400g jar of nutella
2. 2 eggs
3. 1/2 cup self raising flour
4. 1/4 tsp of salt

Steps

1. Mix everything together until lumpless
2. Bake at 180 degree C for 25 mins

tadah!!!!! Very simple to bake right?

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i must say this is the first time i challenge myself to the extreme lo. i am never a person who can take super spicy food. lol. if not for my dad, i dont think i would even want to step into Muthu’s curry ( cos he got cravings that day la)

overall i m proud to say that i survived the dinner haha. but i wont dare to try it again until i can “up” my spice tolerance level by 1 or more lo. haha. the food is reasonable priced too but that night we had a few dishes only and it come up to 100 bucks for 4 pax la.

Fish head curry ($30) – i must say for 30 bucks, it is very value for money cos they give u the whole fish head and not half of it. this dish is super spicy for me. i only eat abit of it lol but it is enough to give a very good review on it. the fish is very fresh. the curry itself is super spicy with alot of spice in it.

Aloo Gobi($8) – the cauliflower cooked in indian spice? this dish looks spicy but is not as spicy as i thought it is.

 Tandoori Chicken($11) – i thought the chicken will be super dry from the look at it but i was quite surprised that the meat maintain the juiciness too!

 Garlic nann ($4) – this is my favourite dish haha. the naan has alot of garlic in it. sadly i dont have butter chicken to go with lo.

Briyani Rice / veg  ($4 per pax and it is refillable)

Food : ***

Price : ***

Customer service : ***

Muthu’s curry

Blk 7, Dempsey Rd #01-01

S(249671)

Tel : 64745128

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My first food review with open rice. frankly speaking, i have not participated in such gatherings and i really do enjoy the company of fellow food bloggers and the 2 host from open rice! i love it! i hope more to come!

anyway, the food review location is set at Nasi Lemak Kukus. It is located at upp thomson road. to many army personnels, it is located near nee soon area where the famous ampang yong tou fu is. For those car lovers, it will be near the stretch of shop houses where expressmotion is =).

here is the exact address of Nasi Lemak Kukus
908 Upper Thomson Road
Singapore 787111

So whats so special about their nasi lemak that we all rave about?

dang dang dang….

Yes! their RICE and their Sambal!

First let me share more about the rice!
normal nasi lemak uses rice cooker to boil and cook their rice but here, the boss stress that they only use steam to steam their rice so that each grain of their rice is evenly cooked! according to them, this is the traditional way of cooking rice. Sadly, seldom people cook rice using this method cos its too tedious and troublesome =(.

Next is their Sambal. this is the first time i ate nasi lemak has 2 types of sambal for you to choose from. Sweet Sambal and Spicy Sambal. the sweet sambal is those normal type of nasi lemak chili while the spicy one is..erhmm..super spicy lol.

i also found something interesting in their menu this time – drip coffee. for those who do not know what is drip coffee, it looks like this ( below). yes, it is also the Vietnamese coffee la. Why i say interesting? cos i first time see a malay cafe sell Vietnamese coffee lo haha. hey, it is quite affordable here ok? cos $2.50 only

ok. back to their nasi lemak. the rice actually cost $1 and is refillable la. but the side dishes is not haha. on average, 1 side dish cost approx 1.50- 2.50. depending on the type of dish you choose and you get to scoop the amount you like ( kinda like buffet style but is only 1 time basis haha). there is also wide variety of side dishes for you to choose from! their famous one is their mutton cooked in rendang style. i love it! the mutton is quite soft and doesnt has that “mutton” smell / taste haha

their food is freshly cooked and replenish each time!
here is my plate of food!

Food : ***
Customer Service : ***
Price : ***

Overall, i like their rice and mutton rendang. I find the sweet sambal a little salty (aftermath). The drip coffee is really good ( Thanks for the recommendation). Sadly the location is a little too far for me unless i m around the punggol area / ang mo kio area. Parking wise is a little limited.

Will i come again? Yes, i havent try their power burger yet and if i am around the corner.=)

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 A small restaurant that hides at a small corner in the shopping mall – The Star Vista. Me and LL was walking around the star for new food choices other than our usual ramen place and porn’s. Had a little craving for something spicy ( but not too spicy ) that day. We stumble across this small restaurant that serves Peranakan Cuisine and decided to give it a try.

 For benefit of others who may want to visit this place, here is the full address with unit number
 Baba wins’ Peranakan cuisine
#01-23
The star vistaVista exchange green s(138617)
Telephone : 6268 9370 / 9735 9178

Very sincere Staff – waitress and chef ( i think cos she came out of the kitchen to serve us the food while the waitress is taking order from other table and then she went bk to cook again). the place is rather small that sits less than 30 pax at the same time? the dishes on the menu is limited but i guess u only need a few good ones to get returning customers. The price is also reasonable.

overall
 Food : ***
Price : **
Customer Service *** 1/2
our total spend is 37.95 for 2 pax.

here is what we ordered
1. Assam Fish w lady’s finger  -$10.50
2. kang kong – $8
3. chinchalok omelette – $8
4. rice -$2
5. lemongrass drink -$3

their own made sambal chili

chinchalok omelette. seriously, if you ask me to eat chinchalok alone, i rather die than eat it cos i find the taste pretty weird. i was very skeptical on how this dish will turn out as previously i already had phobia of the chinchalok smell and taste. However, this dish turn out pretty well and i quite like it as the egg is very soft, there isnt strong taste of the chinchalok but yet you know it is chinchalok la.

Assam fish w lady’s finger. this is the dish i actually have cravings for. haha. i wanted to eat something sour and spicy lol. but i was a little disappointed with the fish that they used. maybe if they use batang fish, this dish will taste differently or maybe this is the original peranakan dish.the assam soup is really appetizing to go with rice

kangkong. the chef is pretty nice to come and explain that the red chili is actually for decorations and is not spicy at all ( cos previously i ask if the sambal kangkong will be very spicy) lol

will i come again? Yes. i intend to bring my parents too!