I had dinner with Gladdy, XM, Ben and LS at Ngee Ann City, settled for Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao. Ordered 2 baskets of XiaoLongBao, I came to realise that so far, the best XLB I had ever eaten was the one at Koo Kee at Suntec City. Gladdy agreed with it too.
The rest of the dishes I find them very oily! So it did not go well with me!
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There is a coffee shop near the Bedok Reservoir area. I went there for dinner! Had Hor fun and Satay. The hor fun which is from the Tze Char store is so so only! Though it looks nice outwardly, there wasn’t the oomph in the dish!
The Satay on the other hand though looks simple but packs the good taste! The sauce deserves to be mentioned. Thick and simply…. YUMMY! Many other things to eat here… the Fried Hokkien Prawn Noodles looks nice!
We ordered the Beepu Ramen ($12.80). Consist of everything according to the menu. There was 1 Prawn, 1 Mussels, 1 Scallop, 1 Crab Stick, slices of Char Siew and some vegetables. So... not really alot la! The ramen was good. It has the Q-ness in it and the soup was also tasty! You can choose the different levels of spiciness for the soup! I tried the level 1 only. It was alright for me. Perhaps a good level will be 2-3.
Gladdy tried the Beef Paper Pot (promotional price $8.80). Add $1 and you get Age Dashi Tofu with a can of coke! Not bad ah! As you can see from the picture, there was a generous amount of beef and vegetable. So it is quite worth it!
Beppu Menkan – Tiong Bahru Plaza
#02-16/17
Tel: 6273 0013
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This is the new 24 hrs Dim Sum makan place that is now advertising themselves on the local media. Located at Lau Pa Sat, it has a selection of the usual dim sum flare..jpg)
Not been here for ages… chicken abit smaller then last time. No macaroni cheese for my Gladdy today, so settled for the pasta! (above is what Gladdy ate) Still, it was quite a pleasant place to dine. Kenny Rogers is a healthy alternative to fried chicken. Their famous home cooked muffins was also good, especially the crust. Locations
Suntec City Mall 3 Temasek Boulevard, #B1-064, Suntec City Mall, Singapore 038983 Ph : 6337 2815 , 6337 1235
Great World City 1 Kim Seng Promenade, #01-06, Great World City, Singapore 237994 Ph : 6734 9492 , 6735 0168 , 6737 1235
1000, East Coast Parkway, Singapore 449879 Ph : 6876 1678, 6876 1676
2nd time back at this place! Must try! The Xiao Long Bao ($5) was good... Pork rib with La Mian ($6.90) very juicy and tender! The fried silver fish ($6) deserves to be recommended. I did not expect it to be so nice actually! But it turned out fantastic! We also had the Zha Jiang Mia! ($6.90)
We went over and it WOWed us! It was abundance! The mee siam alone look like it could feed 15-20 ppl and he only invited 3 person over! I had a bowl and was very full already! How is he going to finish the whole bucket of mee siam, I wonder!
The sambal chillie sauce with ikan billis deserves to be mentioned here! It was tasty! It was delicious and it was supered! I wish I could tabao back and eat it with bread! It was simply yummy-licious!
We ordered the Deep-Fried Fish($12), Pineapple Rice($3) and Deer meat($12) as recommended by the waiter. The fish was nice with the chillie sauce, the pineapple rice was so so only! The deer meat was quite expensive! I think we ordered the wrong food... cos as while we were waiting for the food (which did not take very long) I decided to walk a round to see what ppl were eating! Tom yum soup, pineapple fried rice and deep-fried cuttle fish and deep fried fish seems to be the order of the day! I would say the food is good... cheap too (from the menu, a plate of kailan was $3)... and crowded! Cos by the time we finish the dinner which was in less den half and hour, queues were quite long already!
Yu Kee Duck Rice. I like this particular store very much! Anyway, since I wanted to reward myself for a hard days work! I ordered an extra side dish too! Carrot Cake!
Oranges.... so many leftovers from CNY!... what should I do with all of them? They do look juicy thoug! Ok... peel 1 more to eat!
First up were the appetizers. Indeed an impressive start I must say! Kimchi, some salad, Ikan Bilis, peanuts in sweet sauce, egg and some seafood patty.
The 1st dish up was the Grilled Saba. Look like it had been in the frying pan a wee bit too long. It looked dried and stiff… but do not be fool by the look, it was very tasty and the meat was just right. Though I wished the potion was bigger. But then again, it only cost $9.90.
The Ginseng Chicken ($12.90) came in a boiling clay pot. I tried it and found the Ginseng taste too powerful! We were into yet another debate if Ginseng is heaty or a cooling thing! We could not come to a conclusion. Thus, I played it safe and only ate the chicken while J can have the soup!
This is a must eat thing in KL. The Fried Hokkien Mee! We found this in Chinatown after walking around wondering which stall we should go to. Ended up this one we went to was not so bad! Black, thick and juicy! 2 word.... Super Shiok! Very different from those you find in Singapore I must say.
Lok Lok or Dip dip as I affectionately know it as... my dad use to bring us to the one at Gay World before they were demolished! And I miss it! I know there are still some places with this in Singapore, but I could not resist it when I saw in on the streets in KL. I am someone who loves satay sauce and to me, good satay sauce goes well with everything! 
Secret Recipe - Should eat here when in Malaysia, simply because it is very cheap and quite good too! After converting back to SG dollars, my Dory Fish with Lobster Sauce only cost me less den $10.
We went to Jalan Alor and decided to dine at the corner restaurant which seems slightly higher class compared to those by the road side. We ordered their Famous Fried Pork Ribs with Herbs, 2 taste Kailan, Special Sauce Big Headed River Prawns, and Bamboo Clams. The Ribs were good except that it was slightly too fatty! The good thing was the kalian, I am not someone who goes gaga over veggie, but I ate this as it was very tasty, I do not know it if was the way the dish was cooked, but the Kailan was very juicy! The bamboo clams were ordinary. We wanted the stream clams with garlic, however, the boss recommended the Kung Pao which was just so so! The highlight was the prawns, @RM15 per 100gms, and the boss was saying that 1 prawn will weight up to 100-150grams! But we were quite disappointed that the prawns were rather small. Nevertheless, the sauce was super duper delicious and tasty!
Poor me.. having an ulcer, so J insist that we eat porridge! Crystal Jade's porridge is yum yum! We ordered the Meat Ball Porridge and the Century Egg With Lean Meat. Nice!
This one above is from Joo Heng along Joo Chiat. So traditional that you can see the whole slice of salted fish! Goes well with white rice!
This one is from Crystal Jade, they added water chestnuts in it and also alot of mince ginger. Did not really like the ginger smell though! It was also a little bit dry and the salted fince was mixed with garlic bits, thus the fragrance of the salted fish was somehow very mixed up! My grandma's cooking was still the best!
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I would like to recommend this little shop along Joo Chiat. As you can see, the shop sells 'bao'. Nice yummy ones in fact! Tried the Char Siew, Da Bao and the He Ye Fan. The He Ye Fan deserves mention here. @ $3.50 each, it was very tasty! There were chicken, mushroom, salted egg, lup cheong in it. Sounds like any other He Ye Fan? But the seasoning used here tasted good and I felt that it was comparable to those serves in High Class Dim Sum place! The fragrance of the lotus leave was simply amazing. It was not too strong, yet you could taste the sweet smelling flavour in it! Drop by if you are along Joo Chiat, get your breakfast or snacks! But beware though, the service is very bad, the girl at the counter was having one hell of a foul mood when I was there that day!
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Gladdy and myself walked around the Sengkang Food Court and decided on the Korean Mackeral with BBQ Sauce! Somehow the sauce did not go so well with the fish! I suspect that the sauce they use are the same one as meat, thus mixing it with seafood is not very ideal! Quite worth it though! Half of the fish, soup with some vege, fishball and crabstick. It came with rice too! @$5.50! We also ordered a Beef Briskets with Kailan ($4.50)! I find this dish very tasty and the beef was very nicely done! Not too tough! A cheap and good meal for the 2...... $10!
We had Steam Pork with Salted Egg ($5), Chai Poh Omelete ($4), Slice Fish with Oat ($10), Golden Mushroom with Chicken slice ($8)! The salted egg on the Stream Mince pork was very nice! It went well with the porridge!
The first dish was Salmon Yusheng ($28), we ordered a medium size one as we just wanted to ‘Lo’ for fun! To our surprise, it was a rather huge potion! XM commented that this could easily cost $48 outside! The Yusheng was tossed and it was all messy! But we enjoyed it very much!
Next dish was Indonesian Curry Fish head ($16) and a Grouper Steam Boat ($25). It went down well with everyone, but some commented the Curry Fish Head was too spicy for them! The Steam Boat was tasty, there were quite a lot of fish meat inside that pot! I felt that more pepper for the soup will be better!
Next was their Coral Special Tofu ($15). According to the waitress, they made the tofu themselves, smashed it, add in meat, fried it till golden brown and serve with Mayo. It tasted very excellent! Lip-smacking in fact! I personally do not like Tofu, but this dish went down well for me!
The Fried Prawns with Oats ($30) was next! We calculated, each prawns $2 each! We were debating how this dish should be eaten, with or without the shell! Well, as usual, the dish was gone in a few mins! 
Up next was the Pork with Orange Sauce ($20). It was Yummy! But I found the portion abit too small for our table of big eaters! Fried Fritters with Squid Paste ($15) was next. They enhance the taste by adding pork floss to it! It brought a unique taste to the whole dish! Something new! But the mayo made the dish slightly too soggy! Chicken with Thai sauce ($20) was next! It was covered with Basil, mint, onion and all the thai ingredients which I personally did not fancy! We were quite full by then and did not finish this dish!
Mushroom with Broccoli ($20). The last dish before dessert! The mushrooms were braised and we did not finish this too as were were exploding! Dessert was Orh Nee with Pumpkin ($25), Very thick paste and I felt very jalat!
The whole dinner cost about $280 (with rice, drinks & GST). There was no service charge or CESS. A good place for a good hearty meal!
CORAL BISTRO 269 Beach Road (Opposite Plaza Hotel) Tel: 6396 8451. They have a website too! http://www.coralbistro.com/coralmain_content.html
I love Hainanese chicken rice. But I have not tried Chin Chin in their new location yet!.jpg)
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