Chanko Nada

Brought the little Sumo to this SUMO restaurant that Twinny's hubby was raving about how "value" their lunch sets are. Mummy dearest, Moi, Twinny, her hubby and little Sumo went to Chanko Nada on a weekday afternoon to try out their lunch set.

(1) Chanko-nabe set with genmai (2) Gindara set with sashimi and oden


(3) Gindara set with tempura and oden (4) Ramen set with mini chahan

Chanko-nabe refers to vegetable meat stew traditionally served to sumo wrestlers. I would say the food is reasonable...price is really worthwhile....the sets range from $12 - $16 and no service charge and GST. ;-)

Chanko Nada Restaurant
150 Orchard Road #03-25/27 Orchard Plaza
Tel: 6732 8719

Opening hours
Mon-Sat, Lunch: 12noon – 2.30pm
Mon-Sun, Dinner: 6.00pm – 10.30pm

Sashimi-don

It was one of the day when we just craved for SASHIMI, SUSHI... raw fish and so we made our way to Sushi Tei @ Playground.

Salmon + Ikura (salmon fish roe) oyakodon

SuSe fell in love with IKURA since Moi recommended him... kekeke! I ordered negitoro don instead. I love minced maguro on rice... it's just very easily to eat...and tasted sweet and fresh.

Negitoro don (minced tuna with green onions over rice)


Umaki (grilled eel wrapped with egg)

Kki ケーキ

Moi was totally, completely mesmerised by this place. It was so cosy, quirky and simple and nice. Every piece of furniture, deco, cutlery, cake, item was specially thought of, selected and made. There are 2 sections to this shop, the pastries section and the little dorm shop selling all the little retro items that we used to play when we were kids. I got really excited while I am in there.... like visiting an old museum.

This blog has some good photos of the interior of Kki Cafe.

Kki specialised in Japanese cakes. The traditional Japanese western cakes that taste very smooth and very soft and very sweet. Moi loves the Antoinette especially when my taste bud touches the first ooshing mango puree. Heavenly. Coffee was also the Japanese aromatic coffee.. really transport moi to the little cafe along Tokyo street that moi has adored.

My Black $4.00, His White Coffee $4.50


Antoinette $8.00 - mango creme within the white chocolate

Mont Blanc has been a HOT favourite for moi... cause it is a very traditional Japanese cake. Taste wasn't that bad but I have tried better ones so I got a little disappointed with this one.

Mont Blanc $8.50 - almond tart base topped with sweetish sponge and twirls of chestnut puree



Kki ケーキ
7 Ann Siang Hill
Tel: 6225 6650
Website :
Little Drom Store
k ki cafe

Opening hours
Tue–Fri & Sun: 12pm – 7pm
Sat: 12pm – 4pm
(Closed on Mon)

En

Having been here for a quite a while if not for the return of Bread Parpas and Marmas. Did order something quite different this time.... Food was still as lovely.

In clockwise starting Top left corner : (1) Cheese Mentai (2) kushi yaki moriwase (3) kimuchi moyashi (4) stir fried beef with spring onions (5) Hiyashi Chuka (cold ramen) (6)Mentai spaghetti (7) Yaki ika (8) Clams

EN Japanese Dinning Bar
207 River Valley Road
#01-57 UE Square
Tel: 6735 2212

Opening hours
Sun-Thu: 6pm - 12am
Fri-Sat & PH Eve: 6pm - 3am

Kurobuta Shabu Shabu

Other than tonkatsu (Pork Cutlet), Tampopo offers quite a fair amount of other Japanese dishes like Shabu Shabu, Sukiyaki, Sushi, Ramen, etc. So decided to divert from my usual order of tonkatsu for Kurobuta Shabu Shabu. I would say the portion is rather small for its price but nevertheless yummy!!

Kurobuta Mini Shabu Shabu

Tampopo Restaurant
177 River Valley Road
#01-23/24 Liang Court Shopping Centre
Tel: 6338 3186

Opening hours
Daily 11.30am - 10.00pm

Sushi Tei

My previous visit was for work and this time was for pleasure. I felt the service standard dipped a little but sushi was still fresh and nice. Nowadays hardly have the opportunity to have sushi, sashimi and natto for meal so it felt really great to enjoy this meal.

Oyako in Japanese, means Parent (Oya) and Child (Ko) so Salmon Oyako-don is a combination of salmon fish (parent) plus egg (child). Interesting? Yuzu is a little sour, and sweet with a very refreshing and tangerine taste.

In clockwise starting Top left corner : (1) Hamachi shioyaki (broiled yellowtail cheek) (2) natto maguro (fermented soya beans with tuna (3) Salmon oyako-don (4) yuzu (pomelo) with biscuit

Tatsu Sushi

It does felt really rather good that an overseas ex-supplier actually gave me a ring to ask me for lunch while he dropped in for a business trip recently. Well, at my new workplace, unfortunately, I do not have that leisure long lunch hour that I used to enjoy at my previous company so Moi had to tell NoNo-san that it got to quick and near my workplace. And the sweet him did oblige. ^_-) arigatou!

So we ventured to Tatsu Sushi inside Chijmes for lunch. This was Moi's second visit as I recalled after my first visit, I felt this place thought serve very fresh and nice sushi and sashimi, is really too pricey. Maybe it was with economic downturn, I was surprised to enjoy my bara chirashi sushi set at $18. Bara chirashi sushi is actually diced version of chirashi sushi and chirashi sushi is like your usual rice-don set except that instead of pork cutlet or chicken on top, you got scattered sushi on top. Not only was sushi fresh and tasty, the vinegar sauce tasted just nice.

Yummy yummy!! Thanks NoNo-san!!

Tatsu Sushi/Tatsu Sakae Bar
30 Victoria Street
#01-16/18 Chijmes
Tel: 6332 5868

Operating Hour
12pm - 2:30pm
6:30pm - 10:30pm

Rojak?

Well this place got a 8 on hungrygowhere.com but for Moi it will rank much lower in terms of quality and price. The food was not too bad but for that price, Moi will expect a better quality service and food. The chef tries too hard to be unique (Japanese and french fusion) that he is losing the idea what basis food requires. Well, let's said, they could be better.

In clockwise starting Top left corner : (1) bread with cream and caviar (2) Japanese tofu with plum sauce (4) Sushi with miso soup (5) lobster soup (6) soba dish topped with grated dry mullet roe (bottarga) (7) Some kind of fish brain (8) Duck (9) fried grains (rice) (10) Pumpkin soup

The ten course meal comes up to $138+++ per pax. I think it's some kind of promotion. Moi didn't manage to take down the names of the dishes so can't recall the dishes well.

Shibaken French Cuisine
1 Nanson Road
#02-02A The Gallery Hotel
Tel: 6836 1613

Opening hours
Tue - Sun, 6.30pm - 11pm
Closed on Sat

Mondo Mio

Mondo Mio strictly speaking, is Japanese italian food and not just italian food. I like their pharma ham pizza with runny egg. Unique and yummy!!

Pharma ham pizza with runny egg


Beef lasagna with risotto


Steamed dory fish

Mondo Mio Singapore
Riverside View #01-02A
30 Robertson Quay
Tel : 6736 2503

SUN and MOON

So I met the chirpy SUN and the icy MOON for din din @ Sun with Moon. So the chirpy SUN was telling us that she just got diagnose as a case of mild scoliosis; and that how she is going to undergo some therapeutic exercises. In case you dun recall, the scoliosis is the S-curve backbone where all of us were send for detection when we were in secondary or primary school. I still remember that I was singled out for mild scoliosis and poor mummy had to bring me all the way to some uru government clinic to take x-ray and examination.

Icy MOON wasn't in a usual chirpy self, much quieter as she stands in the junction of her career and love. Well, Moi could understand how she feels being too, standing at a cross junction in my career right now. Mid-life crisis? I aint sure. Had a little walk with BreadParpas this evening and I asked if he felt sad with the outcome.. he nodded and heaved a big sigh. Yup...that's with the matter fact of life. We cant do much... Sigh.

Din Din was nice though... we had...

Rainbow roll


SUN Salad


Mekajiki sashimi (Swordfish)


Seafood pasta


Hotplate crabmeat with egg and mushroom


dobin mushi


Dessert : tofu cheesecake


Dessert : Macha tiramisu

Takumi

We whished through breathtaking sea views, bright blue sky, rows of white yachts... lovely... new dinning spots in Singapore - Marina @ Keppel Bay.

If not for Mr A's invitation to Takumi for dinner and drink, Moi would not have discover this lovely place by the sea bay opposite sentosa. Takumi just opened less than 2 months ago and has been enjoying full house.

Lovely counter by the bay

Food was lovely and delightful...nicely grilled and charred. And so is the price for the boss of Takumi. Ho-ho-ho-ho! Thanks Mr A for lovely din din and drink. Especially like their miso soup which comes with fresh crab meat. yummy!!

In clockwise starting Top left corner : (2) Grinded radish with ikura (3) Grilled vegetables : eggplant, asparagus, sweet potato (4) Grilled mushrooms (5) Grilled chili (6) Grilled fish : Kale (7) Grilled fish : Isaki (Grouper) (8) Grilled fish : Kamasu (Japanese Barracuda) (9) Grilled kurobuta (pork) (10) Grilled beef : Sendai Gyu (Japan) (11) Grilled beef : Sendai Gyu (Australia) (12) Warabimochi with yuusuru ice cream

Had our usual Burgundy...Mr A is an expert of red wine. He never goes wrong with his choice. ;-) Gevrey Chambertin tasted very fruity and mellow, extremely easy drinking. Mr A shared that the year 2005 was a good harvest for grapes thus a safe choice when picking a suitable red wine. The introduce from the manager was a little disappointed though. Merlot 2005 was produced in Japan which is still a very young country in producing wine. Merlot coming from Nagano tasted much drier.

His Pick : Gevrey Chambertin 2005 - $290


Merlot 2005 - $100

The night view was a little quiet but just as lovely.







Takumi Tokyo
2 Keppel bay vista
Marina @ Keppel Bay
Tel: 6271 7414
Website: www.takumitokyo.com
Email: info@takumi-tokyo.com

Opening hours
Closed Mon
Tue - Sun 5:30pm - 11:00pm