Lovely mocha at Waffletown

One of my favorite spots in the last two months while waiting for my wife to finish her work assignment was to park myself at the open section in front of Waffletown and iPadding (is that such a term? Maybe I can claim to be the first one to coin it ;-) ;-) ;-) ) and with a glass of mocha from good old Waffletown. This mocha suits me nicely. It is not too chocolate concentrated like those over at Starbucks and not too sweet. Simply my type of mocha.

iPadding - the act of using the iPad; be it reading emails, playing games, listening to music, watching videos, reading news, working or just simply surfing the Internet.

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Bedrock@96 Somerset

Ever since a couple of ex-colleagues brought me to Bedrock a month ago, I have been there another two times - once with my wife and the latest was with my two school mates from way way back to celebrate my very backdated birthday.

I didn't know that the restaurant has been around for nearly two years - gosh where have I been. The food is a-ok lah but there is a couple of stuff that I would highly recommend - their home-made bread, the jamon and the Australian tomahawk wagyu beef.

The home-made bread is soft and fluffy with a nice fragrance. It is simply lovely with some butter spread on it. The jamon is of course delicious. I have no idea why the AVA took so long to allow such heavenly meat into Singapore. Everytime I eat jamon in Singapore, it reminds me of my visits to the supermarket section of Galeries Lafayette in Paris and sitting down with my buddies consuming (yes consuming ;-) ) loads of jamon accompanying by some cheap table red wine while the wives are happily shopping at the other end of the building. Imagine the truckload of $$$ that we would have saved (on the wives' shopping) if jamon were available in Singapore then. The tomahawk is simply fantastic. Always ask for medium rare so that you can simply enjoy those juice (some call it blood) flowing out of the meat when you are chewing it.

Unfortunately no photos taken as the place was a tad too dark for the iPhone. It's really high time that I get a camera.


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Suckling piglet at Hua Ting

We all felt the suckling piglet at Hua Ting tasted funny when we were there last Sunday. We thought the meat was not fresh and we think we were right. Upon feedback from the captain, we were told that they brought in frozen piglets and all along until then, I have always think that they bring in fresh ones.

And it maybe that that they have new chefs as their usual chefs maybe helping out at their new restaurant over at Grand Copthorne. Well, i am giving them the benefit of doubt and hope this is just a one-off bad pig.


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Burghound on Twitter

Just found out that Burghound is on Twitter. Now I can get updates of Burgundy wines from his tweets. See his latest tweet on his latest tasting below.




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Redhill Porridge

Colleague went to queue for Redhill porridge early in the morning at 7am. He was kind enough to pack about 12 bowls for us plus yutiao. As usual, it was filled with fresh and generous portions of meat and liver. Best breakfast for me for a long time.



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Heliocare

They were distributing Heliocare pills out to us to consume last week during a golf tournament. According to them, these pills can help us protect against the sun for a couple of hours. These pills are supposedly made from extracts of plants that look like ferns to me (plenty of these lookalikes in S'pore especially in the nature reserve areas). Some of my friends said these are good and effective. I popped two and felt that my body was not feeling hot after the game even though it was an extremely hot day. Not sure if there is any long term effects.




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Max Brenner Chocolate Bar @ Esplanade - 17 Oct 2010

After having a satisfying foot massage at Kenko, we decided to have a quick bite and wandered down the escalator to Max Chocolate Bar.

The wife chose a chocolate souffle while I ordered the banana split chocolate waffle.

The waffle was nice, my type of waffle. Not too soft but warm and crunchy. It went very well with the banana and the chocolate. But atlas, the strawberries were a tad unripe and sour. This would be excellent but unfortunately spoiled by the strawberries. Why wouldn't they at least sampled the strawberries???




The soufflé was a big let down. It tasted like it was not given enough time in the oven and one can easily taste the rawless of the flour. Quite disappointing actually.





Go back again? Only when I have a serious craving for chocolate and this is just close by.

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Prawn Noodles at Geylang Lorong 1

Recently, I went to the above place to eat the prawn noodles after a long long time. I was surprised that prices have almost double but I was very disappointed with the quality of the prawn noodles. The soup was simply very diluted and the taste was not even close to what I used to have. I frequented (in fact very frequent, like almost once a fortnight) this place when I used to work near there. It has become simply average. Maybe I go back again in the near future to see if the standard is still that bad, to give them the benefit of doubt.


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Hong Wen Mutton Soup - Beauty World Shopping Centre

Once in a while, we will go over to the hawker centre at the roof top of Beauty World Shopping Centre to dig at the Hong Wen Mutton Soup. This is the Chinese herbal style with lots of ginger and their special sauce. The stall is run by a Teochew man and I think his mother. There is usually a short queue. The soup is full of flavour and I love the tender mutton in it.

Also should order the rojak which is just next to Hong Wen. It is good.








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Farm restaurant at Yushan Mountain-Shanghu Lake in Changshu

Went for dinner at this restaurant at the Yushan Mountain-Shanghu Lake. This place is said to be very scenic and cooling with the river flowing by the side of the mountain. The local authorities are trying to do up the place to be like a mini West Lake Tiandi over in Hangzhou. But I think they are long way off as Changshu is not a popular tourist destination with tourists.

The restaurant serves local produce and watch catch. One of the dishes was wild turtle and they served it wholesome. A couple of my colleagues did not even touch it as it looked gruesome.I didn't enjoyed the dinner except for the local Chinese wine. They have a "6 star" loo and my advice is to finish dinner before you visit the loo as you may not have the mood to eat ;-).

Whole turtle dish.....

Dismembered......

Big bowl of oily chicken soup and enough for three bowls per person for a table of 12!

Verdict - no way I am going back to this restaurant.


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Song Helou Restaurant, Suzhou

Was in Suzhou last month. Was invited by my bankers to this restaurant - Song Helou. Understand that it is one of the oldest and pretty famous restaurants in Suzhou. As usual, the bankers ordered much more than enough for all eight of us. Here are the photos featuring some of the dishes. Some of the dishes are seasonal and thus one cannot have them whole year round. I should say the dishes were pretty decent and do not mind going back there again.














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La Pala Amarone 2003 - 16.5% alcohol content

Came across this Amarone which has 16.5% alcohol content. Gosh, this is the highest % I ever come across for a red wine. Surprising good but very strong. Goes well with a medium rare T-bone steak :-)




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