Sunday, September 9, 2007
Place for those Midnight Cravings
By: Shalom Saw
Last night while wandering down orchard rd at 12 am i discover a drinking hole cum resturant in heeren. they'r open 24/7.Their poison list is impressive
and their food price is cheap considering that they operate 24/7.3 course
set dinner only $19.80 nett.
Their address is:
Balconybar
260 orchard road
#01-k5#02-03
The Heeren
Tel:67362326
Japanese Sashimi
By: Joseph Cheong
The address for Raku is
273 Holland Avenue (S)278992
Tel : 64696646
It's at the alleyway just behind the Sushi Tei.
I'd skip the shishamo coz it isn't that good and the grilled fugu as well.
The fugu tasted and looked like the cuttlefish strips that they used to sell as tid bits speaking of which I haven't seen them around for a while.
The Sashimi is better then wad they have in Sushi Tei but not as fresh as Makoto's in Sydney for those who have been there at least it's a rough yardstick.
Btw those who yearn for the "shui jin bao" in the old Tiong Bahru market,
they have shifted to the market in Alexandra village. Though be there before 5pm as they sell out pretty fast. And while u are at the market grab an avacado shake from the fruit juice store called Mr Avacado. It's thick and creamy just like a shake should be.
Raku in Holland V is good for Jap sashimi and I love the teapot soup. Expect to pay 1xx for dinner for 2 persons though.
They do have set lunches which cost around 2x to 3x depending on the main which is also worth the moola if u go.
The address for Raku is
273 Holland Avenue (S)278992
Tel : 64696646
It's at the alleyway just behind the Sushi Tei.
I'd skip the shishamo coz it isn't that good and the grilled fugu as well.
The fugu tasted and looked like the cuttlefish strips that they used to sell as tid bits speaking of which I haven't seen them around for a while.
The Sashimi is better then wad they have in Sushi Tei but not as fresh as Makoto's in Sydney for those who have been there at least it's a rough yardstick.
Btw those who yearn for the "shui jin bao" in the old Tiong Bahru market,
they have shifted to the market in Alexandra village. Though be there before 5pm as they sell out pretty fast. And while u are at the market grab an avacado shake from the fruit juice store called Mr Avacado. It's thick and creamy just like a shake should be.
Raku in Holland V is good for Jap sashimi and I love the teapot soup. Expect to pay 1xx for dinner for 2 persons though.
They do have set lunches which cost around 2x to 3x depending on the main which is also worth the moola if u go.
Vietnamese Food
By: Shalom Saw
I Just went to this Vietnamese resturant in killiney road for dinner.
For starter i had nem cung dinh & bi cuon and main course thit kho tieu
and tom nuong with che ba mau as dessert Their ca phe den is good.
I go barely walk out after eating(burp) Total bill $30++
Address:The Orange Lantern
73 killiney road
Tel:67328032
I Just went to this Vietnamese resturant in killiney road for dinner.
For starter i had nem cung dinh & bi cuon and main course thit kho tieu
and tom nuong with che ba mau as dessert Their ca phe den is good.
I go barely walk out after eating(burp) Total bill $30++
Address:The Orange Lantern
73 killiney road
Tel:67328032
Thai Buffer Restaurant
By: Shalom Saw
I found a great Thai restaurant that offer all you can eat buffet a la carte.
and its very cheap.$ 21+ for lunch $24+ for dinner
Buffet list
..................
Green mango salad Thai spring roll
Pomelo salad Thai fish cake
Clear noodle salad Chik,beef or beancurd w/cashewnut
Green curry(chik/beef) 'Penang' curry(chik/beef)
Lala with thai chilli paste Thai minced chik salad
Thai style chik w/honey sauce Chik wrap in pandan leaf
Sweet & sour chik/beef Chik,beef or beancurd with basil leaf
Fish fillet w/lemongrass & chilli Fish fillet w/mango & plum sause
Deep fried squid w/garlic Clear soup w/soft bean curd
Thai baby kailan w/salted fish Stir fried long bean w/thai chilli paste
A la Carte
........................
Thai fish maw soup with chik
Tom yam soup w/prawns
Boneless stuff chik wing
Thai style satay chik
Stir fried mixed seafood w/curry,egg &onions
A la Carte items can only order once
Dessert
..................
Thaai red ruby tapioca with coconut milk.
Free Flow items
.............................
Fried pineapple rice
Iced lemon tea
Address: Suanthai
101 killiney road(beside com centre)
Tel:62354126
I found a great Thai restaurant that offer all you can eat buffet a la carte.
and its very cheap.$ 21+ for lunch $24+ for dinner
Buffet list
..................
Green mango salad Thai spring roll
Pomelo salad Thai fish cake
Clear noodle salad Chik,beef or beancurd w/cashewnut
Green curry(chik/beef) 'Penang' curry(chik/beef)
Lala with thai chilli paste Thai minced chik salad
Thai style chik w/honey sauce Chik wrap in pandan leaf
Sweet & sour chik/beef Chik,beef or beancurd with basil leaf
Fish fillet w/lemongrass & chilli Fish fillet w/mango & plum sause
Deep fried squid w/garlic Clear soup w/soft bean curd
Thai baby kailan w/salted fish Stir fried long bean w/thai chilli paste
A la Carte
........................
Thai fish maw soup with chik
Tom yam soup w/prawns
Boneless stuff chik wing
Thai style satay chik
Stir fried mixed seafood w/curry,egg &onions
A la Carte items can only order once
Dessert
..................
Thaai red ruby tapioca with coconut milk.
Free Flow items
.............................
Fried pineapple rice
Iced lemon tea
Address: Suanthai
101 killiney road(beside com centre)
Tel:62354126
The Soup Restaurant
the soup restaurant story
The Soup Restaurant
Strange, but this soup restaurant is known for a chicken dish! One of the Soup Restaurant's signatures is the can-die! (mild English translation - delicious) Samsui Chicken
It has very much to do with it's owner Mr Mok's family history. His grandmother was a Samsui woman. These legendary group of womenfolk labourers in their red and blue hats helped built modern Singapore and are an icon in their own right. Their frugality and dogged determination to work hard and fend for each gave birth to a brand of food that this restaurant is trying to rediscover and propagate.
For starters, those tough ol' ladies would largely exist daily on a high fibre vegetarian diet. Dried fish would be a bonus. They saved and ate thriftily in order to remit their monies back to their ancestral home in Samsui (the Three Gorges), Kwangtung in China. Come Chinese New Year, it would mean a feast for them, and steaming a plump chicken, marinated in ginger is de-rigeur. The shredded ginger would then be tossed in some stock and sesame oil and served as a dip. The cut up boneless pieces of chicken are dipped in the ginger sauce and (this is the best part), wrapped in lettuce and then chomped.
Today, that dish is served with some pizzaz. It comes fully deboned, placed around a huge round platter with a bowl of the ginger dip in the middle. A stack of nicely trimmed lettuce leaves accompanies it. You simply pick, dip, wrap and eat…..hwahhh!!
Once you escape from that gastronomic bliss, do attempt their other signatures.
Rice can either come plain or their highly recommended steamed rice with chicken/ sausage and mushrooms. These, especially the plain rice, partner nicely with the Beggar Tofu. Simple squares of tofu are stir fried with leeks and other vegetables in a light brown sauce. Of course you would need to wash these down with a choice of their classic double boiled soups that ranges from black chicken to American ginseng. Soups have always been a hallmark in Cantonese culinary fare.
There is yet another Samsui classic on the menu, Black Olive Rice. If you are used to having olives only in your martinis, then this may be a culture shock for you. Plain rice is lightly fried with generous bits of black olive. It has a pleasant earthy taste that I suspect not every palette can appreciate. I recommend this with their crunchy and succulent Garlic Prawns.
The Soup Restaurant opened in the early 90's and have spawned a few other outlets around the island today. But their original outlet in Smith St exudes a certain atmosphere not found in any of their other highly busy outlets like in Suntec City or Seah St. The little Chinatown restaurant reminds me of a teahouse or a guest hall of the middle class family you often see in a Taiwanese period TV drama weepie. Besides, because of the MRT construction nearby, it is not as crowded as it should be.
Outlet Listings
the soup resturant complete outlet listing:
Soup Restaurant Pte Ltd
2 Tampines Central 5 #B1-01 CENTURY SQUARE SHOPPING CENTRE Singapore 529509
Tel : 6781-8885
More addresses [ Hide ]
Type Address Tel. No. Fax. No.
1 Main 171 Kampong Ampat (ADMIN OFFICE) KA FOODLINK Singapore 368330 62224668 62224667
2 Branch 1 Woodlands Square #03-01 CAUSEWAY POINT Singapore 738099 68942322 68946087
3 Branch 101 Thomson Road #B1-10 UNITED SQUARE Singapore 307591 62540400 62540040
4 Branch 25 Smith Street Singapore 058939 62229923 62244794
5 Branch 1 Sengkang Square #03-16/17 COMPASS POINT Singapore 545078 68810886 68810885
6 Branch 1 Jurong West Central 2 #02-33 JURONG POINT SHOPPING CENTRE Singapore 648886 67907797 67907727
7 Branch 3 Temasek Boulevard #B1-059 SUNTEC CITY MALL Singapore 038983 63339886 63339885
8 Branch 25 Scotts Road #02-01 DFS SCOTTSWALK Singapore 228220 63338033 63339033
9 Branch 290 Orchard Road #B1-44 THE PARAGON Singapore 238859 63336228 63336008
10 Branch 39 Seah Street Singapore 188395 63339388 63339325
Taken from : MakanSutra
By: Shalom Saw
The Soup Restaurant
Strange, but this soup restaurant is known for a chicken dish! One of the Soup Restaurant's signatures is the can-die! (mild English translation - delicious) Samsui Chicken
It has very much to do with it's owner Mr Mok's family history. His grandmother was a Samsui woman. These legendary group of womenfolk labourers in their red and blue hats helped built modern Singapore and are an icon in their own right. Their frugality and dogged determination to work hard and fend for each gave birth to a brand of food that this restaurant is trying to rediscover and propagate.
For starters, those tough ol' ladies would largely exist daily on a high fibre vegetarian diet. Dried fish would be a bonus. They saved and ate thriftily in order to remit their monies back to their ancestral home in Samsui (the Three Gorges), Kwangtung in China. Come Chinese New Year, it would mean a feast for them, and steaming a plump chicken, marinated in ginger is de-rigeur. The shredded ginger would then be tossed in some stock and sesame oil and served as a dip. The cut up boneless pieces of chicken are dipped in the ginger sauce and (this is the best part), wrapped in lettuce and then chomped.
Today, that dish is served with some pizzaz. It comes fully deboned, placed around a huge round platter with a bowl of the ginger dip in the middle. A stack of nicely trimmed lettuce leaves accompanies it. You simply pick, dip, wrap and eat…..hwahhh!!
Once you escape from that gastronomic bliss, do attempt their other signatures.
Rice can either come plain or their highly recommended steamed rice with chicken/ sausage and mushrooms. These, especially the plain rice, partner nicely with the Beggar Tofu. Simple squares of tofu are stir fried with leeks and other vegetables in a light brown sauce. Of course you would need to wash these down with a choice of their classic double boiled soups that ranges from black chicken to American ginseng. Soups have always been a hallmark in Cantonese culinary fare.
There is yet another Samsui classic on the menu, Black Olive Rice. If you are used to having olives only in your martinis, then this may be a culture shock for you. Plain rice is lightly fried with generous bits of black olive. It has a pleasant earthy taste that I suspect not every palette can appreciate. I recommend this with their crunchy and succulent Garlic Prawns.
The Soup Restaurant opened in the early 90's and have spawned a few other outlets around the island today. But their original outlet in Smith St exudes a certain atmosphere not found in any of their other highly busy outlets like in Suntec City or Seah St. The little Chinatown restaurant reminds me of a teahouse or a guest hall of the middle class family you often see in a Taiwanese period TV drama weepie. Besides, because of the MRT construction nearby, it is not as crowded as it should be.
Outlet Listings
the soup resturant complete outlet listing:
Soup Restaurant Pte Ltd
2 Tampines Central 5 #B1-01 CENTURY SQUARE SHOPPING CENTRE Singapore 529509
Tel : 6781-8885
More addresses [ Hide ]
Type Address Tel. No. Fax. No.
1 Main 171 Kampong Ampat (ADMIN OFFICE) KA FOODLINK Singapore 368330 62224668 62224667
2 Branch 1 Woodlands Square #03-01 CAUSEWAY POINT Singapore 738099 68942322 68946087
3 Branch 101 Thomson Road #B1-10 UNITED SQUARE Singapore 307591 62540400 62540040
4 Branch 25 Smith Street Singapore 058939 62229923 62244794
5 Branch 1 Sengkang Square #03-16/17 COMPASS POINT Singapore 545078 68810886 68810885
6 Branch 1 Jurong West Central 2 #02-33 JURONG POINT SHOPPING CENTRE Singapore 648886 67907797 67907727
7 Branch 3 Temasek Boulevard #B1-059 SUNTEC CITY MALL Singapore 038983 63339886 63339885
8 Branch 25 Scotts Road #02-01 DFS SCOTTSWALK Singapore 228220 63338033 63339033
9 Branch 290 Orchard Road #B1-44 THE PARAGON Singapore 238859 63336228 63336008
10 Branch 39 Seah Street Singapore 188395 63339388 63339325
Taken from : MakanSutra
By: Shalom Saw
8th sept 07 Event
On the 8th sept 07 We had our first Foodies Club Meeting which also marked the birthday of Ms Sharon Tan. Our best wishes to you Sharon!!
Presenting... Sharon Tan! Our birthday girl!
Sharon tucking into her birthday feast!
Paulaner's lager. Why we're here.
The Foodies!
James and Bryan giving the sign of approval!
Michelle seems to have made a new friend...
Kenneth and James enjoying the discussion.
From left: James, Deborah, Tara, Kenneth, Chris, Sharon, Michelle, Thomas
More of Paulaner's brew...
The lucky birthday girl surrounded by the guys.
Bryan, Chris and Kenneth pretending not to pose for the camera.
Resident diva - Tara Tan!
Kenneth. In monochrome.
Wonder who Sharon is messaging? Hmm...
Chris and Michelle. Student and Teacher.
"You better be here the next time Shalom! Or else..."
Pictures taken by : Deborah Ong
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