I’ve walked by so many times, but I’ve never been in to eat. Finally, I got my chance.
I was given one of the “cabin” seats. Initially, it felt quite cool to be in there. But later I realize that it was one of the lousy seats. Waiters don’t really seem to look out for that little you cooped up in one of those corners, plus the air-conditioning there isn’t strong enough to counter the effect of the warm orange spot light right over your head.
The food, however, seemed fine. I ordered a seafood platter but they were out of cold crabs, so I had a replacement. The platter turned out to be really huge. Their calamaris and prawn fritters were good. The prawns seemed quite fresh, thus making it rather crunchy to chew on. But the platter was so huge it seemed more like it was for 3 people. I like their fries too. But as with all fries, you’ve got to eat it while it’s hot. Their carbonara wasn’t that good though. I thought the base was too thick. No doubt all cream bases are like that, however this was a tad too thick, it made it unbearable to finish your plate.
Food and service aside, they’ve got a pool table right in the middle which adds on to the already-funky-looking place. $2 a game. Cheap? I don’t know, but I’ve seen more expensive ones. I thought it was quite a good idea as you get to entertain yourself while waiting for your food.
I’d say this place is worth a try. Just don’t get the cool-looking warm seats..
Finally I got to try the donuts at Donut Factory. Passed by the one at Raffles City so many times but the queue is longer than the MRT train. When I saw that there's a seperate queue for this outlet at Suntec, I was delighted!
There's a mini cafe within Donut Factory where you can sit and enjoy a cup of tea with your donut. They also has pretty interesting donut dishes. Can't recall the name, but there's one that is served with a scope of ice-cream (like how others do it on brownies) and one that comes like a sandwich with something in between and comes in a bento box with side salad. Didn't try these, maybe next time when I passed by it again.
And thanks to this cafe concept of theirs, they have a seperate counter for cafe or takeaway. But you can only buy max. of 2 donuts. So everyone in the queue bought 2 donuts each.
Now, the donuts, I've to say, there's really nothing that great about them. The dough taste like the one at Dippin Donut (used to be Vinco Donut). We tried the Hazelnut Milk Chocolate, Mint Dark Chocolate, Strawberry White Chocolate and the Glazed (which is reserved for my breakfast tmr).
The first we bit into was the Strawberry White Chocolate, it's too sweet for our liking. The strawberry tasted more like sugar cream and blended with the sweet white chocolate, its overpowering! Try it if you have a super sweet tooth, if not, try others. Hazelnut one was alright. The nut makes it crunchy and kind of compilment the soft dough. I like the Mint Dark Chocolate. Not too sweet and the mint taste is refreshing.
Overall, the donuts was just so-so. I guess its the variety available that attracted the long long queue. And also maybe due to the way they price the donuts. The more you buy, the cheaper you pay. So everyone also buy more. And when everyone infront of you buys more, the longer you got to wait for more to be baked. Even with the many staff, about 6 in the kitchen baking donuts, the queue was still long (but not as long as the one at Raffles City.) But if you aren't buying in boxes, join the cafe queue. It's faster.
************ Updated 19 October 2007 ************
Was at Suntec for dinner this day and passed by donut factory to check out the queue, and to our delightness, the queue was bearable. So we joined the queue and were served in less than 10mins. Great work! There were 2 staff taking turn to pack customers' orders and 1 cashier for the main donut queue. There were also 12 others working non-stop in the kitchen. Amazing team they have.
This time I get to buy all the flavors that I want to try. Yap, looking at the photos, I got almost all those that's yummilicious! The Double Chocolate is to die for! The filling tasted like Nutella and the chocolate melts in your mouth. Gives a great satisfaction when you bite into it. So relax... (yes choc helps one relaxes.)
I don't know what made me buy 4 of the Spicy Donuts, but I kinda regretted. It's nice, but not the flavor that I would like a second helping of. It's made up of nacho cheese I think. Guess I prefer sweet donuts.
Now, I know which are the flavors I'll get when I go back again. The Double Choc, Mint Dark Choc, Apple Cinnamon and Rasberry Dark Chco. And for the wide variety that I like, I'm increasing my rating from 3 stars to 5 stars. (Also cos of the many other donuts which I've tasted so far. Other than those that's yet to have arrived in SG. Psss... I heard some pretty good ones coming next year... Yeah!)
Was walking around Jurong Point Shopping Centre after my dinner today. Just when i walked pass the Crystal Jade Kitchen, i saw that they actually have set up a cakery and bakery section at the corner of the enterance.
The concept of a bakery shop right inside the restaurant is pretty new to me. I actually pondered for quite some time if i should really take a step in, as i am afraid that i will have to eat some stuffs in the restuarant first before i am allow to buy their breads.
Well, guess i should not worry too much. The waitress standing at the door did not stopped me from entering the bakery shop (although she hoped that i will go to the restuarant instead) after all.
Ok, this is a typical hong kong style of bakery. Why do i say that? That is because you can find most of the hong kong items there -- 2 of the most popular items will be the egg tarts and bo luo bun.
I do not really enjoy eating their egg tarts as i feel that the eggie crust is abit of too thick (i like thinner crust) and its not flaky enough. Besides the crust, its inner egg filling do not have a strong fragent eggie smell.
They have two different kinds of bo luo bun, one with fillings and one is plain. Personally, i loved the one with fillings more. Crispy yellow colour crust filling with nice char siew fillings (barbeque pork) is a great combination. I also like their poportion of char siew in the bun, its just right that i can even savour char siew till the last bite of the bun.
I would also like to recommend another bread from them. This bread may looks ordinary from the appearance but the fillings inside the bread is really nice. Its called the hong kong cocktail bun. No, the bread do not contains any cocktail, rather it contains a mixture of coconut and butter. You will be able to taste the strips of coconut when you eat the bread. A definite must try item.
They also sells chicken wings over there, as one kind of finger food i guess. A very popular food among the customer as 3 out of 5 will be sure to order that. These chicken wings are not those golden brown kinds but rather a hinch of uniform red colour is seen in them. Well, since i have already taken my meal, i decided to give them a miss.
A pretty decent bakery shop for you to try out something special, something of an extraordinary flavour.
Had a break at Coffee Club Clark Quay last weekend with bf. We were tired and needed a place to rest, so we thought CC is quite a nice place. I like the lightings and simple setting. Thou the seats looked comfy but it wasn't.
We ordered chocolate fondue, strawberry smooties and a kind of chocolate cake. (can't remember the name) Guess we should have stuck to their coffee instead. The chocolate fondue was simple, comes with just fruits (kiwi, strawberry, banana and mango). The chocolate tasted normal. The chocolate cake was too sweet for us. And the taste was kinda weird with the not-so-soft texture. We didn't even finished it even when its just a small piece of cake.
Maybe they have other better tasting food. But I know which to avoid now.
Being beautiful has never been easier with Benefit!
Chanced upon Benefit from their website and found it at CK Tangs. I just couldn't resist myself, the packaging is so cool! I told myself I just need to get them! After understanding about the various products from the lady, I bought dr.feelgood and some-kind-a-gorgeous. These two items burnt a $120 big hole in my wallet!
After using it for more than a month now, I must say, I simply love them! The powder is so light and you don't feel like wearing make-up at all! I used to hate wearing make-up, so when I say I loveeee Benefit, I truely mean it! I don't think I'll be using any other brands anymore.
Also bought their popular blusher, Dandelion online. And I simply love love love it too! Am waiting to buy more. In fact, I want all!
Was around the area last weekend and my bf and I thought of playing games. We went to Mind Cafe hoping they've a table for us.
We entered and we asked about the packages and prices. Then we asked if there's a table for us. The guy at the counter took a look at the CCTV below the counter to check the upper floor. Then he used a lower tone (thinking that we can't hear him) to ask the guy serving us if it was just the two of us. Then he immediately so no table. The impression he gives is that there's available tables upstairs, but cos its just the two of us he didn't want us to take the table. So they can offer that table to a bigger group that walks in.
I wonder if there was any bigger group that went within the 2 when we were gone.
Would you believe it if I tell you this coffeeshop has depended solely on the customers brought in by this single stall? Would you believe if I say I would sometimes delay my sleep just to await the first sunrise to buy my breakfast from this stall?
Honestly, there isn't really a brand or stall name. At least it isn't displayed publicly. Over the past few years, this particular coffeeshop housing this wanton mee stall has changed several times UNTIL this stall started business here. Ever since, the coffeeshop has been able to make it because this stall brings in so much customers. Other stalls in the same coffeeshop on the other hand, comes and goes like stocks and shares.
If you like the usual hawker/kopitiam food, you should like this. The first thing I love, is the noodles. It's perfect, and not soggy! It's that amazing chewing sensation when my teeth sink into them that makes me swear my life upon this stall. Plate after plate, the noodles standard just doesn't fade.
This wanton mee also comes with a generous serving of sweet char siew, healthy vegetables and THREE WANTONS! I think most places still come with a stingy two wantons but they're more than happy to serve three - one fried wanton and two boiled wanton. I know it's only a difference of one but who doesn't want more? Especially when their wantons are stuffed with more meat than those flimsy ones we get elsewhere?
This stall has more to offer. Lor mee and fried chicken mee. Talking about fried chicken mee, it's really their speciality. I tried asking for the recipe of their fried chicken bits but the lady boss told me the recipe is a secret. All she could tell me... honey is one of the ingredients.
Not only is the fried chicken sweet... don't expect alot of meat too. The best experience of this fried chicken mee is the crunchiness of the fried exterior along with the wet noodles. What a contrast.
Wanting to meet me for dinner to try out? I'm so sorry, they're close by noon. No matter how much ingredients they purchase, everything is sold out after lunchtime. That's how good they are. It's little wonder why the customers keep returning to them every morning, starting from 7am. Like me, we are never sick of eating their noodles.
My verdict? A must try! It's probably not the most glamorous food around, but comparing the serving, taste and rapport with their customer against some other "famous wanton mee" in Old Kallang Airport Road or North Bridge Road - this neighbourhood stall beats the big names hands down.
Regular customers (twice or thrice a week) like me get just a tiny little whiny bigger share... haha... can I be blamed? The only saddening thing is GST taking a toll on them, and the price has since risen from $2.50 to $2.80. I don't care... I still want my good food!
This is bascially one store that i will never fail to visit whenever i pass my bugis junction. Even if i am real full or just have my meal, i will still grab a stick or two. Very tempting, i can say. hahaha...
This shop is more of a finger food kind of eatery rather than a main course restuarant thus given its location (directly opposite of the basement 1 food court), they can still managed to bring in quite abit of customers.
Tori Q is basically similar as our local satays but with a japanese flavour in it. Personally, i find the cooking method of the tori Q rather amusing. It is not those common kind of cooking method like frying, steaming or stiring.
They basically skew up bits and pieces of meat into individual sticks and will click each stick onto the skewer holder. The skewer holder will then complete the rest of the cooking by doing three things:
1) to cook the skewed pieces meat to its perfection
2) to rotate the meat to ensure thorough cooking
3) to dip the meat into the required sauce
Lastly, the cooked skewed meat will then be dipped into teriyaki sauce before putting on the tray for sale. I was particually impressed on how they can capture the cooking time of the meat soo accuratly. Imagine each of the skew meat will be cooked after completed one cycle. Impressing issn't it?
Their varieties may not be alot but those common ones can be easily found like pork, chicken and beef. I particually like their chicken balls (chicken balls are made up of minced chicken shaped to a ball like shape).
The outer crust of the chicken ball is crispy with abit of burnt smell but the inner layer of the chicken is very juicy with the sweet marinated taste of the chicken. With the additional teriyaki sauce added to it, these chicken balls tasted extremely tasty. I can easily eat 5 sticks at one go. Go on and try them out now, you wont regret!
Was walking along orchard road and suddenly my hunger pangs strikes despite just completed my bowl of noodles. hahaha... Oh well, i decided to walk down to the takashimaya food court and see if there is something light to stop my hunger pangs yet wont be too filling for me.
Theres actually quite a good varieties of food stores selling different flavours of food. Since i just took my lunch and wasn't really interest in the main course, i did not take too much notice of them.
Just as i was thinking if there are anything light enough for me, i stumbled into this particular store. Ok, in fact i saw the long queue and decided to join in the queue thinking that the food must be good (if not who will want to queue?).
This store is called takopachi (typically japanese name) and they sells 3 flour balls for a standard price. You can actually get the entire view on how they prepare the flour balls. Seriously by looking at the way they cook their flour balls really interest me.
First, they will spread one layer of oil onto the special hot plate with lots of semicircles. Next, they will input some flour and add in some ingredients. They have only 3 types of ingredients to choose from which i think its pretty little. These ingredients include prawn, octupos and bacon plus cheese.
They will then procced to fill up the semicircles with more flour and let it cook. Once the other layer is cooked, they will start to turn the flour balls with two sticks till its cooked thoroughly. Its pretty amazing to see how they can use just two sticks and turn the flour balls so smoothly. Rather impressing i can say.
I ordered the bacan and cheese takopachi. Initially, i wanted to try out all three flavours so i asked them if i can 3 different flavours of ball instead. But they refuse to sell it to them. Disappointed.
They added some sauces (taste like mayo and teriyaki sauce) to make the flour balls taste nicer. They also added in some fish flakes which i simply loved their chewy feeling. Alas, they only give a little bit of those.
Was rather disappointed with their flour balls as their outer flour covering is super thick and i can hardly see any ingredients in there. Basically i think i am just eating flour balls. hahaha...
At the price of sdg $2 plus for 3 flour balls does not seems really worth. :(
Sasa is a store known to many Singapore women. It has a wide variety of beauty products, cosmetics and fragrances. :) One stop for your beauty needs.
I read about the Nu Ren products retailing at Sasa and went there over on Monday to see if I can get my hands on the chilli hot slimming gel etc.
I walked in to a shop with 3 assistants and no other customers. It was a Monday afternoon after all. Quite awed and distracted by the array of things I proceeded to browse every shelf. This store is much smaller than the others though thus have less items.
After some time, I realised that no one has tended to me. I then remembered about my slimming gel and turned around to get the attention of the staff since I couldn't see it anywhere. The staff saw me wave but turned away! I had thought that I was imagining things so I milled around again till I saw that another staff was facing my direction and i waved... and she turned to talk to her colleague!
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I’ve walked by so many times, but I’ve never been in to eat. Finally, I got my chance.
I was given one of the “cabin” seats. Initially, it felt quite cool to be in there. But later I realize that it was one of the lousy seats. Waiters don’t really seem to look out for that little you cooped up in one of those corners, plus the air-conditioning there isn’t strong enough to counter the effect of the warm orange spot light right over your head.
The food, however, seemed fine. I ordered a seafood platter but they were out of cold crabs, so I had a replacement. The platter turned out to be really huge. Their calamaris and prawn fritters were good. The prawns seemed quite fresh, thus making it rather crunchy to chew on. But the platter was so huge it seemed more like it was for 3 people. I like their fries too. But as with all fries, you’ve got to eat it while it’s hot. Their carbonara wasn’t that good though. I thought the base was too thick. No doubt all cream bases are like that, however this was a tad too thick, it made it unbearable to finish your plate.
Food and service aside, they’ve got a pool table right in the middle which adds on to the already-funky-looking place. $2 a game. Cheap? I don’t know, but I’ve seen more expensive ones. I thought it was quite a good idea as you get to entertain yourself while waiting for your food.
I’d say this place is worth a try. Just don’t get the cool-looking warm seats..
Rating given:
Finally I got to try the donuts at Donut Factory. Passed by the one at Raffles City so many times but the queue is longer than the MRT train. When I saw that there's a seperate queue for this outlet at Suntec, I was delighted!
There's a mini cafe within Donut Factory where you can sit and enjoy a cup of tea with your donut. They also has pretty interesting donut dishes. Can't recall the name, but there's one that is served with a scope of ice-cream (like how others do it on brownies) and one that comes like a sandwich with something in between and comes in a bento box with side salad. Didn't try these, maybe next time when I passed by it again.
And thanks to this cafe concept of theirs, they have a seperate counter for cafe or takeaway. But you can only buy max. of 2 donuts. So everyone in the queue bought 2 donuts each.
Now, the donuts, I've to say, there's really nothing that great about them. The dough taste like the one at Dippin Donut (used to be Vinco Donut). We tried the Hazelnut Milk Chocolate, Mint Dark Chocolate, Strawberry White Chocolate and the Glazed (which is reserved for my breakfast tmr).
The first we bit into was the Strawberry White Chocolate, it's too sweet for our liking. The strawberry tasted more like sugar cream and blended with the sweet white chocolate, its overpowering! Try it if you have a super sweet tooth, if not, try others. Hazelnut one was alright. The nut makes it crunchy and kind of compilment the soft dough. I like the Mint Dark Chocolate. Not too sweet and the mint taste is refreshing.
Overall, the donuts was just so-so. I guess its the variety available that attracted the long long queue. And also maybe due to the way they price the donuts. The more you buy, the cheaper you pay. So everyone also buy more. And when everyone infront of you buys more, the longer you got to wait for more to be baked. Even with the many staff, about 6 in the kitchen baking donuts, the queue was still long (but not as long as the one at Raffles City.) But if you aren't buying in boxes, join the cafe queue. It's faster.
************ Updated 19 October 2007 ************
Was at Suntec for dinner this day and passed by donut factory to check out the queue, and to our delightness, the queue was bearable. So we joined the queue and were served in less than 10mins. Great work! There were 2 staff taking turn to pack customers' orders and 1 cashier for the main donut queue. There were also 12 others working non-stop in the kitchen. Amazing team they have.
This time I get to buy all the flavors that I want to try. Yap, looking at the photos, I got almost all those that's yummilicious! The Double Chocolate is to die for! The filling tasted like Nutella and the chocolate melts in your mouth. Gives a great satisfaction when you bite into it. So relax... (yes choc helps one relaxes.)
I don't know what made me buy 4 of the Spicy Donuts, but I kinda regretted. It's nice, but not the flavor that I would like a second helping of. It's made up of nacho cheese I think. Guess I prefer sweet donuts.
Now, I know which are the flavors I'll get when I go back again. The Double Choc, Mint Dark Choc, Apple Cinnamon and Rasberry Dark Chco. And for the wide variety that I like, I'm increasing my rating from 3 stars to 5 stars. (Also cos of the many other donuts which I've tasted so far. Other than those that's yet to have arrived in SG. Psss... I heard some pretty good ones coming next year... Yeah!)
Rating given:
Was walking around Jurong Point Shopping Centre after my dinner today. Just when i walked pass the Crystal Jade Kitchen, i saw that they actually have set up a cakery and bakery section at the corner of the enterance.
The concept of a bakery shop right inside the restaurant is pretty new to me. I actually pondered for quite some time if i should really take a step in, as i am afraid that i will have to eat some stuffs in the restuarant first before i am allow to buy their breads.
Well, guess i should not worry too much. The waitress standing at the door did not stopped me from entering the bakery shop (although she hoped that i will go to the restuarant instead) after all.
Ok, this is a typical hong kong style of bakery. Why do i say that? That is because you can find most of the hong kong items there -- 2 of the most popular items will be the egg tarts and bo luo bun.
I do not really enjoy eating their egg tarts as i feel that the eggie crust is abit of too thick (i like thinner crust) and its not flaky enough. Besides the crust, its inner egg filling do not have a strong fragent eggie smell.
They have two different kinds of bo luo bun, one with fillings and one is plain. Personally, i loved the one with fillings more. Crispy yellow colour crust filling with nice char siew fillings (barbeque pork) is a great combination. I also like their poportion of char siew in the bun, its just right that i can even savour char siew till the last bite of the bun.
I would also like to recommend another bread from them. This bread may looks ordinary from the appearance but the fillings inside the bread is really nice. Its called the hong kong cocktail bun. No, the bread do not contains any cocktail, rather it contains a mixture of coconut and butter. You will be able to taste the strips of coconut when you eat the bread. A definite must try item.
They also sells chicken wings over there, as one kind of finger food i guess. A very popular food among the customer as 3 out of 5 will be sure to order that. These chicken wings are not those golden brown kinds but rather a hinch of uniform red colour is seen in them. Well, since i have already taken my meal, i decided to give them a miss.
A pretty decent bakery shop for you to try out something special, something of an extraordinary flavour.
Rating given:
Too sweet for our sweet tooth.
Had a break at Coffee Club Clark Quay last weekend with bf. We were tired and needed a place to rest, so we thought CC is quite a nice place. I like the lightings and simple setting. Thou the seats looked comfy but it wasn't.
We ordered chocolate fondue, strawberry smooties and a kind of chocolate cake. (can't remember the name) Guess we should have stuck to their coffee instead. The chocolate fondue was simple, comes with just fruits (kiwi, strawberry, banana and mango). The chocolate tasted normal. The chocolate cake was too sweet for us. And the taste was kinda weird with the not-so-soft texture. We didn't even finished it even when its just a small piece of cake.
Maybe they have other better tasting food. But I know which to avoid now.
Rating given:
Being beautiful has never been easier with Benefit!
Chanced upon Benefit from their website and found it at CK Tangs. I just couldn't resist myself, the packaging is so cool! I told myself I just need to get them! After understanding about the various products from the lady, I bought dr.feelgood and some-kind-a-gorgeous. These two items burnt a $120 big hole in my wallet!
After using it for more than a month now, I must say, I simply love them! The powder is so light and you don't feel like wearing make-up at all! I used to hate wearing make-up, so when I say I loveeee Benefit, I truely mean it! I don't think I'll be using any other brands anymore.
Also bought their popular blusher, Dandelion online. And I simply love love love it too! Am waiting to buy more. In fact, I want all!
Rating given:
Was around the area last weekend and my bf and I thought of playing games. We went to Mind Cafe hoping they've a table for us.
We entered and we asked about the packages and prices. Then we asked if there's a table for us. The guy at the counter took a look at the CCTV below the counter to check the upper floor. Then he used a lower tone (thinking that we can't hear him) to ask the guy serving us if it was just the two of us. Then he immediately so no table. The impression he gives is that there's available tables upstairs, but cos its just the two of us he didn't want us to take the table. So they can offer that table to a bigger group that walks in.
I wonder if there was any bigger group that went within the 2 when we were gone.
Rating given:
Would you believe it if I tell you this coffeeshop has depended solely on the customers brought in by this single stall? Would you believe if I say I would sometimes delay my sleep just to await the first sunrise to buy my breakfast from this stall?
Honestly, there isn't really a brand or stall name. At least it isn't displayed publicly. Over the past few years, this particular coffeeshop housing this wanton mee stall has changed several times UNTIL this stall started business here. Ever since, the coffeeshop has been able to make it because this stall brings in so much customers. Other stalls in the same coffeeshop on the other hand, comes and goes like stocks and shares.
If you like the usual hawker/kopitiam food, you should like this. The first thing I love, is the noodles. It's perfect, and not soggy! It's that amazing chewing sensation when my teeth sink into them that makes me swear my life upon this stall. Plate after plate, the noodles standard just doesn't fade.
This wanton mee also comes with a generous serving of sweet char siew, healthy vegetables and THREE WANTONS! I think most places still come with a stingy two wantons but they're more than happy to serve three - one fried wanton and two boiled wanton. I know it's only a difference of one but who doesn't want more? Especially when their wantons are stuffed with more meat than those flimsy ones we get elsewhere?
This stall has more to offer. Lor mee and fried chicken mee. Talking about fried chicken mee, it's really their speciality. I tried asking for the recipe of their fried chicken bits but the lady boss told me the recipe is a secret. All she could tell me... honey is one of the ingredients.
Not only is the fried chicken sweet... don't expect alot of meat too. The best experience of this fried chicken mee is the crunchiness of the fried exterior along with the wet noodles. What a contrast.
Wanting to meet me for dinner to try out? I'm so sorry, they're close by noon. No matter how much ingredients they purchase, everything is sold out after lunchtime. That's how good they are. It's little wonder why the customers keep returning to them every morning, starting from 7am. Like me, we are never sick of eating their noodles.
My verdict? A must try! It's probably not the most glamorous food around, but comparing the serving, taste and rapport with their customer against some other "famous wanton mee" in Old Kallang Airport Road or North Bridge Road - this neighbourhood stall beats the big names hands down.
Regular customers (twice or thrice a week) like me get just a tiny little whiny bigger share... haha... can I be blamed? The only saddening thing is GST taking a toll on them, and the price has since risen from $2.50 to $2.80. I don't care... I still want my good food!
Rating given:
This is bascially one store that i will never fail to visit whenever i pass my bugis junction. Even if i am real full or just have my meal, i will still grab a stick or two. Very tempting, i can say. hahaha...
This shop is more of a finger food kind of eatery rather than a main course restuarant thus given its location (directly opposite of the basement 1 food court), they can still managed to bring in quite abit of customers.
Tori Q is basically similar as our local satays but with a japanese flavour in it. Personally, i find the cooking method of the tori Q rather amusing. It is not those common kind of cooking method like frying, steaming or stiring.
They basically skew up bits and pieces of meat into individual sticks and will click each stick onto the skewer holder. The skewer holder will then complete the rest of the cooking by doing three things:
1) to cook the skewed pieces meat to its perfection
2) to rotate the meat to ensure thorough cooking
3) to dip the meat into the required sauce
Lastly, the cooked skewed meat will then be dipped into teriyaki sauce before putting on the tray for sale. I was particually impressed on how they can capture the cooking time of the meat soo accuratly. Imagine each of the skew meat will be cooked after completed one cycle. Impressing issn't it?
Their varieties may not be alot but those common ones can be easily found like pork, chicken and beef. I particually like their chicken balls (chicken balls are made up of minced chicken shaped to a ball like shape).
The outer crust of the chicken ball is crispy with abit of burnt smell but the inner layer of the chicken is very juicy with the sweet marinated taste of the chicken. With the additional teriyaki sauce added to it, these chicken balls tasted extremely tasty. I can easily eat 5 sticks at one go. Go on and try them out now, you wont regret!
Rating given:
Was walking along orchard road and suddenly my hunger pangs strikes despite just completed my bowl of noodles. hahaha... Oh well, i decided to walk down to the takashimaya food court and see if there is something light to stop my hunger pangs yet wont be too filling for me.
Theres actually quite a good varieties of food stores selling different flavours of food. Since i just took my lunch and wasn't really interest in the main course, i did not take too much notice of them.
Just as i was thinking if there are anything light enough for me, i stumbled into this particular store. Ok, in fact i saw the long queue and decided to join in the queue thinking that the food must be good (if not who will want to queue?).
This store is called takopachi (typically japanese name) and they sells 3 flour balls for a standard price. You can actually get the entire view on how they prepare the flour balls. Seriously by looking at the way they cook their flour balls really interest me.
First, they will spread one layer of oil onto the special hot plate with lots of semicircles. Next, they will input some flour and add in some ingredients. They have only 3 types of ingredients to choose from which i think its pretty little. These ingredients include prawn, octupos and bacon plus cheese.
They will then procced to fill up the semicircles with more flour and let it cook. Once the other layer is cooked, they will start to turn the flour balls with two sticks till its cooked thoroughly. Its pretty amazing to see how they can use just two sticks and turn the flour balls so smoothly. Rather impressing i can say.
I ordered the bacan and cheese takopachi. Initially, i wanted to try out all three flavours so i asked them if i can 3 different flavours of ball instead. But they refuse to sell it to them. Disappointed.
They added some sauces (taste like mayo and teriyaki sauce) to make the flour balls taste nicer. They also added in some fish flakes which i simply loved their chewy feeling. Alas, they only give a little bit of those.
Was rather disappointed with their flour balls as their outer flour covering is super thick and i can hardly see any ingredients in there. Basically i think i am just eating flour balls. hahaha...
At the price of sdg $2 plus for 3 flour balls does not seems really worth. :(
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Sasa is a store known to many Singapore women. It has a wide variety of beauty products, cosmetics and fragrances. :) One stop for your beauty needs.
I read about the Nu Ren products retailing at Sasa and went there over on Monday to see if I can get my hands on the chilli hot slimming gel etc.
I walked in to a shop with 3 assistants and no other customers. It was a Monday afternoon after all. Quite awed and distracted by the array of things I proceeded to browse every shelf. This store is much smaller than the others though thus have less items.
After some time, I realised that no one has tended to me. I then remembered about my slimming gel and turned around to get the attention of the staff since I couldn't see it anywhere. The staff saw me wave but turned away! I had thought that I was imagining things so I milled around again till I saw that another staff was facing my direction and i waved... and she turned to talk to her colleague!
?! I walked out then.
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