13 Jan 2014
Sushi King (JB) - Virgin's trip 1st meal
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| My friend brought me to Johor Bahru to find food and I honestly say, it was my virgin trip to JB! I know it is rather shocking, even to myself. Can you imagine a virgin trip to JB at the age of 23?! Did I just revealed my age? Anyway, we did not exit Johor Bahru City Square to hunt for food as I was already amazed by the countless unknown food outlet brands located all around. We as adventurous foodies, randomly decided to dine at Sushi King since neither of us have heard nor tried it before. So many plates of untouched sushi revolving around the conveyor belt endlessly prevented me from taking them. I wondered how long they have been on this merry-go-round system... |
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| So not appetizing! My friend and I decided to order from the menu instead. |
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| Our sushi with collagen balls! I admit that I ordered this sushi just because of the word collagen. Not sure what it was made of but in my mouth, it was just tasteless agar agar. Did I just get scammed? |
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| My Unagi Set consists of a bowl of rice, miso soup and chawanmushi finally arrived! Really standard meal with no comments about the quality at all, except for the really slow service. (Thankfully we were not in a hurry.) |
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| My friend's rice set with deep fried chicken karaage, jellyfish, salmon sashimi and a piece of grilled salmon. That concludes my 1st meal in JB, but more to come! |
11 Jan 2014
Prego Italian Restaurant - All that yumminess!
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| I guessed this would be my last post from year 2013! My 2014 food pictures would keep stacking up if I don't do something... Anyway, just a little bombardment of really yummy food before I jump right to the desserts part! |
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| More yummy food shared among my other 3 friends and I! |
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| Tiramisu would definitely appear in most of the Italian restaurants' menu and missing it out would not be an option! Prego's version of tiramisu was slightly different and I was not used to this different style which distinguished it from the rest. Besides not containing any alcohol, the ladyfinger sponges from this huge squarish block were dipped briefly with coffee, so that it retained its firmness and not turned soggy. The chocolate sauce at its base provided the necessary moisture to counter-balance the dryness. The only thing that I disliked was being choked by the over generous amount of cocoa powder dusting on the surface. |
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| The chocolate mudpie was easily an attractive target among us. Who could resist such sinful indulgence of both chocolate and ice cream in a single dessert? Although it looked a bit messy, it was still wiped clean by us. |
9 Jan 2014
Creamier - Totally packed
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| A super late post which had been stranded in my draft section for quite a long time. Finally it could be free from being a draft! I guessed it was my 3rd time patronising Creamier which was located about 15 minutes walking distance from Tao Payoh MRT station. I raved about how much I enjoyed my ice cream previously (when it was less cramped) but not this time due to the place being overcrowded. All I wanted was to rush finish my ice cream and get the hell out of that noisily cramped place. I picked the Thai Milk Tea ice cream (cone) that day and I loved the way it kept melting constantly and I had to keep licking while turning the cone around. The milky tea flavor was intense, and tasted exactly how the actual Thai milk tea was. |
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| After I did a tasting for the green tea flavor, I did not order because it tasted diluted and not intense enough. O well, my friend got the green tea flavor anyway. It was more towards the refreshing light taste instead of the usual intense matcha which I always loved. Maybe some people would prefer green tea without the bitter aftertaste. (Click to view my 1st and and 2nd visit.) |
*Update* (29/04/14)
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| Another time which I went to have waffle and ice cream with my friend. The crowd was still quite crazy....I guess they would be expanding sooner or later. |
Cake Spade - Light but still heavy
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| I made a trip to Cake Spade after reading about their highly raved strawberry tofu cheesecake from other food blogs. As I arrived an hour later than my other 2 friends, they had already finished their desserts. (So no pictures of their Red Velvet Cheesecake and Hummingbird Cake.) As their Strawberry Tofu Cheesecake was not available that day, I opted for its almost similar variation which was the Peach Tofu Cheesecake with a digestive base. Served on a tart pan, I stared at the wobbly layer of neon orange jelly that encased a couple of peach slices and went 'Cool'! Maybe my taste buds failed me that day as the jelly tasted like mandarin orange flavor. I dug into the a-bit-shiny tofu textured cheesecake, claimed to have no actual tofu added and I really loved it! The fact that I ate both the jelly and cheesecake elements separately, also unknowingly proofed that they were great on its own. Another interesting fact was that despite feeling 'light' during the eating process, the cheesecake was actually really filling. It was still cheesecake after all! |
7 Jan 2014
Yonehachi - Sticky rice in Japanese cuisine?
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| Located at Takashimaya basement, clustered with many food booth and squeezing through the streaming flow of people, I dragged my friend along to try Yonehachi which caught my attention some time ago. The attractive range of lightly-toned colourful sticky rice tightened into capsules was an unusual sight in Singapore. After ordering our set with the chosen type of rice, we waited like forever before being served. The presentation was so not appealing and only the Okowa was worth the mention. |
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| I tried the Chicken Teriyaki Set and topped up an additional $1.00 for the scallop Okowa. The set meal itself was purely a disappointment but I guessed the sticky glutinous rice was supposed to be the highlight. How often do you get to see sticky glutinous rice appearing in a Japanese outlet's menu? Although the scallop Okowa was lightly salted and tasty, it had only 2-3 miserable pieces of thinly sliced scallop on it. |
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| My friend had the Shio Saba Set with red bean Okowa (original rice). His original rice came with a good amount of red beans unlike my pathetic scallops. Slightly less flavorful but I guessed I felt a very mild tinge of sweetness in there. |
6 Jan 2014
Rive Gauche Patisserie - X'mas Potluck 2013 at Vivocity Skypark
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| Let me clear up my 2013 X'mas post before updating the rest......of the 2013 posts still. Despite enjoying my school holidays right now, my posts are still lagging behind! By the way, 'Noel' on that chocolate logcake is French for Merry Christmas as none of us is called Noel. Just a typical chocolate sponge spread with chocolate cream, rolled up into a log and coated with slightly gooey chocolate ganache. My friend bought it just for 'yi shi' (symbolic) only as Christmas always comes with a log cake right? Even if it was just a mini one. |
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| Another cake we shared was the Cheesecake crumbles which came in a rounded looking bowl. Nothing impressive to me as it was just creamy vanilla-tasting cheesecake mousse sprinkled with crumbles on top. Maybe after being exposed to air for too long, the crumbles were kind of moist. |
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| The food that my friends and I brought for our potluck picnic at Vivocity Skypark. It was quite enjoyable as we spend our entire evening till nightfall over there, chatting and making a lot of noise, especially laughter. The food were dam filling! |
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| A group shot before ending this post! Too dark to capture any good shots already... |