Seah Street Deli @ Raffles Hotel

Yesterday, it was our Monthly Makan Sessions with friends. We usually celebrate people's birthday and use it as an opportunity to meet up.

(Hmmm just wondering, if there are anyone that knows us and wanna join us!. We started as people related to OCF Parkville. People got married and added spouses and kids, so now we are a good mix of people from all over. Last nite, we had 2 guests from OCF MU. If you can decode OCF, Parkville, MU, let's keep in contact!!)



This month we met at Seah St Deli. Around 20 over of us. Why we ended up here? Because it fits our criteria:
- Central (we live all over, got north, south, east, west pple)
- Air Conditioned (else the kids will make noise, and a few 'yin chim' pple too)
- Kid friendly place (we got 5 kids in our midst)
- Cheap parking for drivers (there's a per entry only $1.50 parking nearby, if you don't know)
- Near to MRT (for those taking public transport)
- Price range OK (coz we foot the birthday's boys/girls meal. 3 this month! haha..)
- Credit Card discounts available (you also want this right? don't aiyo us ok?)

(next time must have another criteria, place that is bright enough to take photos! today's photos all not sharp at all, due to the so called ambience lighting. haha..)

We state in mail out that we will start on time. So, when we arrive, we order! haha.. (can't penalise those who arrive early right?)


The kids has to be fed first. Kids Cheeseburger! Nice ya? $7.50



We give grace to pple who are late, so we start with appetizers.
Big onion rings. $8.95



Buffalo Wings. yum... $11.95



Potato Skins. $10.95



Ah.. Wedges. $5.50
It reminded a lot of us about the 'cheapskate' food we had to eat while we were all studying. We used to buy bags of this stuff, chuck it in the oven and finish them up watching TV. (ABC, SBS, 7, 9, 10 - more codes to decode!)



For mains, Mrs C had Rueben. Reuban sandwich consists of beef pastrami, sauerkraut, wholegrain mustard and melted Swiss cheese on grilled rye bread. $17.95



One of the birthday boy had Rib Eye Steak. $22.50
We had 3 orders of this.



The picture of the 2nd same dish. From a totally different angle, looks weird huh? Dr J had this.




Chope. Haha as usual, too many photos liao, continue tomorrow....

Nasi Briyani @ Tanglin Halt

Yesterday for lunch, we had an arrangement to bring some paper for recycling at Faith Methodist Church at Commonwealth. A friend of ours is from that church and is trying to help the Chinese Congregation in their fund raising activities. So, we dropped off the load of newspaper and magazines there and headed to next door Tanglin Halt for lunch.

We wanted to try out the Koufu that just opened, but decided, why not the old shops nearby. A colleague who is staying right in Tanglin Halt says there's this Nasi Briyani stall there that has a perpetual long queue. (He says the prices have raised two times in the last few months! haha.. he was not happy)



Anyway, we walked over to Block 49 and there you can see the long queue. The long queue is for 'ta pow', if you are eating there, you order from the lady straight and get to eat quite soon.



For me personally, I have to disagree with the queue. haha...

I was thinking of the Nasi Briyani in Batu Pahat instead. The famous "Mohd Shah Briyani" or the equally famous "Nasi Briyani Power Gam". Any of you tried that before? If you have, all the different Singapore one, errr... nuff said. :-p

Megumi Japanese Restaurant @ Sunset Way

Yesterday another colleague at the other end of campus said let's go Sunset Way, see see what we can eat there. Hey, there's a direct bus there, and takes only a few minutes, so why not?

We walked around and found that almost all the places are closed except for 3 or 4 shops. It's a nite time place, not an afternoon makan destination. hehe..

Either HK Cafe or Japanese, we picked the Jap. Why? We think it's the same shop that appeared in ieatishootipost. (checking back, it is!)

It's we think the smallest shop amongst the rows of shops there. But it has a huge al-fresco place outside. You can see why card has discounts here :-)



I had to take this. It's my middle chinese name! haha..



We ordered individual meals, but we shared this. 2 rolls of very nice sushi, comes in a very nice glass platter too. Inside out maki rolls. (is it called uramaki?)



Salmon Uramaki. Looks nice eh? Taste good too!



This is actually beef! The mix of ingredients takes good when you put the whole thing in your mouth!



One colleague had this. Did not get the name of this dish, but it's unagi on top of tofu and mushroom soup.





It comes with this rice. Hmm the rice looks long grain ya?



Another colleague ordered udon, think that's chicken right?



Another colleague and I ordered this. The Unagi bento set. I have been having lots of unagi these few weeks!



This is what another colleague had. Looks like Ramen right?



and it comes with fried chicken. ;-p



This post is a bit too long, too many photos. Oops...

The Daily Scoop @ Clementi Arcade

My colleagues are on an ice cream binge! The last two weeks or is it three, we have been going to ice cream places! It's good that we work not too far from all these boutique ice cream places..

Today someone suggested we head to Sunset Way to check out the place. OK, the food we ate here maybe tomorrow, but since we were in Sunset Way, someone said.... so so nearby there's the ice cream place that we have not been for so so so long.



We walked in the hot afternoon sun, 1 driver is on course, the other did not drive today. Anyway, it was a short walk along Sunset Way. You will reach Clementi Arcade. If you are wondering what's here, nothing much except for The Daily Scoop we are after. It's shown in the photo (spot the white arrow, haha).



5 of us today, we had 2 double scoops.
This is the Avocado (on the right) and Green Tea & Red Bean (on the left).
Maybe it's our tongue, but we think Avocado should be renamed Ciku. It really taste so similar to ciku! We are not complaining :-) We like it.




The white one is Coconut! Which taste quite like the real thing.
The brownish one is Baileys and Choc Chips.



One thing though, this place serves ice cream in real cold ceramic bowls. Not plastic or paper cups. So it scores a few points if you are into counting carbon credits :-)

And also... no students studying, wonder why... But it's full though, with working people all eating ice cream.

Ichiban Boshi @ The Centrepoint

It seems that the Ichiban range of restaurants is suddenly appearing everywhere! Suddenly there are so many Ichiban Boshi and Ichiban Sushi branches at the various malls. It has taken over the Pizza Hut location at The Centrepoint (opposite Prima).

Aunt wanted Jap food last Sunday, so we walked in. Really nice deco. Just showing 5 photos, I think I have too much Jap food photos that are too repetitive. hehe..

My cousin loves salmon, so remembered that colleague ordered this in another Ichiban at IMM, so we ordered this, and told them to hold the chilli.



I had the stone grill thingy and had unagi. (my hand shaky... photo not really in focus) haha..



The hotstone thingy came as a set, with salad and miso soup.
The salad are all pre-prepared and left in the fridge. Maybe the fridge is too cold because some leaves have been 'cooked' by the cold. OK lah, since they are so new and so busy. It will improve.




Anyway, desserts time. Uncle and cousin shared this "peach" ice cream.



Aunt and I, we shared this macha ice cream. I love it. The ice cream on top, the middle layer is creamy tofu like thingy, and red bean below. It goes very well.



Have a good week ahead. 2 more working days for this week.

Char Kway Teow, Hokkien Mee, Chicken Wings @ Newton Food Centre

Tonite after watching the movie Stardust with some friends, we went over to Newton Food Centre to have supper. It's been a long long long time since I step in here, after all it's a touristy place right? What are the locals doing here? haha..

Well, someone suggested it and off we went.Just showing you 3 out of the different food we ate.

We have a friend from US who came to Singapore to work for a year and he's leaving to work in Korea soon. He die die want to eat Char Kuey Teow. OK lor, since not sure when he will get to eat it again. Someone said this stall is nice, so we came here lor. See how minister photo on it leh.... And a makansutra cert also.



Anyway, here's the CKT and also the Hokkien Mee.





Dunno why when we go supper, we always must eat chicken wings. We ask the people selling us the other food, which chicken wing is nice, so they told us that one, pointing to the opposite side. We trust them lor.





Good nite!

p/s Hey dear friends who is now holidaying in Europe, you miss the food here or not? hehe..

Wong Kok Char Chan Teng @ Bugis Junction (2)

Continuation from yesterday's post....

We had this to share amongst the 6 of us. Sorry, did not really get the name, but it is wrapped with bacon and it taste not bad. It does not really look the same in the menu picture though. haha..



Uncle had this: Fried spaghetti with pork fillet in "hong kong" style. Looks very plain, but he says it is good. (except he is no pea eater... haha..) The pork fillet is mixed inside, the menu had it in a piece on top.



Cousin had braised chicken and potato with shanghai style veg rice.



The cousin we had not met for some time had Cheese baked rice with chicken chop.
He seems to enjoy it, so I guess it's good.



This is what I had: Roasted honey spare ribs shanghai style veg. rice. Pretty decent.



Aunt had Shanghai noodle with minced pork and potato. She said it looked boring. haha..



Sis had HK stirred noodle with honey spare ribs. Very instant noodles right? I think most HK Cafe does this instant noodles thingy.



That's it. Actually, I am now going to have some instant noodles after looking at the last photo above.