One of our favourite ice cream. We are having less of this nowadays to save on calories, but every now and then we do indulge in it. ;-)
(ya, 'ice' told me before it has some ingredients that are not so pronounceable, but... favourites are hard to change. lol)
So, are you a 'chunk spelunker? I think I am!
Ben & Jerry's
VivoCity
1 Harbourfront Walk
#02-135
Singapore 098595
We have one colleague who likes to ask us to go have lunch at West Coast Plaza. So after some persuasion, we were all convinced to go there for lunch.
So, here we are at Dian Xiao Er. We realised something, if you come here before 12 noon, you get some discount off too. (Any discount is good at this kind of economy. )
We had 7 of us, so we opted for the set meal. Depending on the number of people, the number of dishes increases. Quite interesting.
Here's our set meal:
Their legendary Herbal Roast Duck. A bit sweet but we love it.
The Braised Mushroom in Chinese Wine. This is quite delicious.
Fish Maw Thick Soup with Seafood.
Stir Fried Lotus Roots with Macadamia Nuts. This vegetable dish is quite nice.
The 2 eggs with vegetables dish.
Old Style Steam Fish Slice. I like this because of the 'sze chuan' vegetable strips on it.
For dessert, Gui Ling Gao.
Dian Xiao Er
West Coast Plaza,
154 West Coast Road,
#02-02/03/04,
Singapore 127371
Tel: 6777 2328
More goodbye dinner for our brother. (It's as if he's going to starve overseas).
Uncle and aunty arranged for us to have Penang food at Penang Place at International Business Park. (near IMM).
We always enjoy eating here because the food's nice and it suits our taste. But we usually come here at night, so the photos are dark, blur and grainy. Never mind the photos, the food's to our liking, so that is what matters.
This time, most of us started with the soup. The soup's Herbal Duck soup. It's quite delicious. (Need to have self control and not drink too much, else there's no room for other food!)
Next I had the Nasi Lemak. Had a little bit of everything. Yes, a tiny bit only.
Lor Bak, Ikan Bilis, Sambal, Ladies Finger, Hae Bee Hiam, Acar, Spring Roll, etc....
Everything was nice, except maybe today, the springroll has something missing? Hmm
This place is quite famous for its Fried Kuay Teow. This is plate 1 of the 5 ot 6 servings we all shared. During peak hour, ie 6.30pm they serve it on the buffet table. We went there around 7.30, so this time, you can place your order and they fry a fresh plate just for you.
The satay, fried chicken, beef rendang, otak and mix vegetable. Satay's really nice. We all seem to like the vege a lot. (Think because it's with lots of garlic...)
The Hae Mee (Prawn noodle) soup. The soup's rich and if you add the sambal in, yummy!
The Penang Laksa. They will boil the noodles in front of you and add in the laksa soup. You will then top it with the different condiments you like. I hadd all the condiments, a bit of everything and less than usual amount of prawn paste (hae kor). It's nice nice nice. (Spicy spicy spicy too).
Our cousin had like 3 bowls of it. Recently she's begining to take more and more spicy stuff!
Their curry chicken here is very thick and rich. The chicken's tender too.
It's nice to dip slices of bread with this curry.
There are other stuff like Sambal Seafood (prawns, mussels) and other stuff. But I was too full to eat it.
There's also lots of desserts, fruits etc. But here's one that I always like. Cendol. :-)
A few of the dishes here is what our youngest sis likes. Bro will be staying in her place in UK and we are wondering if we can legally bring in stuff to recreate what we ate for her. We wonder if 'hae kor' can be brought in.
Penang Place
6 International Business Park (off Boon Lay Way)
#01-05 Atrium
Singapore 609918
Hours: Lunch: 11.30am to 2.00pm, Dinner: 6.30pm to 9.00pm, Closed on Sunday
Web: http://www.penangplace.com/
Refer to their website for the different prices and menu. :-)
Friends who have recently blogged about this place: LadyIronChef
Where's a good place to de-stress? Try a gelato place and have some gelato.
I think it's very therapeutic. I hope you get relax looking this photos too. Looking at photos without eating and just imagining the taste = zero calorie ;-)
Coconut Gelato. It's like eating coconut flesh / drinking coconut juice. Refreshing!
What is this? Mascarpone Cheese flavour.
This is so so good too....
Double Chocolate gelato with freshly made waffle. Delightful!
Want something more adult? Rum and Raisin that's quite potent with warm waffles. Aaahh....
Their tiramisu's not bad too.
It's midweek, and everyone seems to be overwhelmed with work. Get some ice cream / gelato!
(Sis was hinting to me: hey, the ice cream maker you bought has been sitting in the shelve feeling lonely, make use of it. ok ok.. one of these days...)
Venezia Gelateria
1 Fifth Avenue
#01-01 Guthrie House
Singapore 268802
Here's another 'farewell' dinner for our brother. We met up with more cousins and relatives to eat, chat and say good bye.
Hmm I just realised that in UK, there's lots and lots of Indian food, and it might be better too! LOL...
Anyway, we went to Samy's because we have not been here for years. The last time we were here, we had to buy coupons as entrance fee or something. That was before the Dempsey area became a hip place for dining.
This is our table. That's the youngest on our table. Our niece and she was so excited to eat from a banana leave placed on the table. :-)
They were serving a choice of Nasi Biryani or plain white rice.
I had the Biryani . Eating it plain is already so nice. You can see the spices in the rice!
We also had naan. We had all the 5 different kinds that they served. Garlic Naan, Butter Naan, Cheese Naan, Plain Naan and Kashmiri Naan. I like Kashmiri because it's sweet and fruity.
This is the Mysore Mutton. They said it's one of the specialties. It sure is spicy!
The mutton lovers amongst us liked it, not for me. I don't like mutton. (because of the strong smell) :-p
The Curry Squid.
This is the Masala Chicken. Think it's quite all right.
Who can resist tiny bites of fried chicken? This is the Chicken Tikka.
The Curry Fish Head. We were quite shocked was so big. When aunt ordered it, she was told 1 fish head feeds 2-3 persons. So she ordered 2 of it because there was 10 of us. When it came, it was 2 big heads! LOL... Well, we finished it.
It was quite hearty meal. We might have over ordered. A few of the above came in double servings, so we had to 'pack it away' for some dishes. Nearly $200 for the above plus drinks.
The place is quite packed too. Natural ventilation in the old colonial style building / barracks. So its quite a nice atmosphere.
Samy's Curry Restaurant
25 Dempsey Road
Singapore 249670
Tel : 6472 2080
Fax : 6474 5024
http://www.samyscurry.com
In about 2 week's time, our youngest brother will be leaving Singapore and going back to work in UK. Suddenly we all feel so sad. Our home will have one less person. It will definitely be quieter. (not that he's very noisy. lol)
Anyway, we are bringing him around to eat the local stuff before he goes back. So we start with Nasi Padang.
We had 6 of us. The following dishes fed us till we want no more. So stuffed with food!
The Sayur Lodeh.
The Sambal Goreng. Some people call it Tempeh Goreng.
The Kari Ayam.
The Sotong Sambal.
The Spicy Terung (Brinjal)
The Beef Rendang.
Begedil
The sambal belacan for that kick.
And they always provide some sauce for your rice. This is the Asam Pedas sauce.
The food's generally quite nice. But we thought it tasted better the last time. We wonder if it's only our taste buds or maybe it was our perception. We set our expectations a bit too high. LOL..
Today's beef is not as tender, maybe it's the cut that we got. We had 5 pieces, only two pieces were soft and tender, the rest was tough. We were all quite satisfied with the vegetable dishes. Well, our brother enjoyed it. He finished every single drop of the difference sauces!!
Around $50 for the above, with 6 plates of rice. We added 3 extra plates of rice later. :-)
Nasi Padang River Valley
55 Zion Road
Singapore 247780
The other day, we all went to Big D's. One colleague who saw the long queue at the stall beside it. He then peeped at what the 'lauk lauk' at the Nasi Padang stall. He decided he got to eat from this stall.
When his food came, it smell so good.
It looks very delicious too right? This one one side of what he ordered. Curry Chicken and Sambal Terung (Brinjal)
We were tempted. We might come back here one day to try it ourselves. ;-)
Sarena Nasi Padang
Block 46 Holland Drive
Ground Floor Coffee Shop
Singapore 270046
We had the opportunity to have dinner last weekend at Aunt's again. Here's what we had:
Xiao Bai Cai stir fried with garlic.
Deep fried meat rolls. Great with Thai Chilli sauce.
This is the 'bomber chicken drumlets'. Kids and kids at heart like us enjoy eating this.
You got to tediously scrape the meat to one corner marinate it and deep fry it. Took this photo while it was being drained of the remaining oil in the kitchen.
Stir fried asparagus with seafood. Yummy.
Streaky pork belly (san chen rou) that's been coated with flour and deep fried. Can you guess what dish is this going to end up as?
Sweet and Sour Pork with pomegranate.
Streaky pork makes this dish taste nicer. Lean meat makes it less tasty.
Of course you can't eat this all the time ;-)
For soup, we had Bak Kut Teh.
Pork Ribs with quail eggs.
The kids have juices, the adults had ice wine.
Have a good weekend to all!
