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Dancing Crab

We met up for a quick meal and headed down to try:

Dancing Crab, as part of the tung lok group.

Entrance

Entrance

we ordered:

Southern Ice Sweet Tea, Fizzy Lemondae, Pink Thyme Lemondae

Southern Ice Sweet Tea, Fizzy Lemondae, Pink Thyme Lemondae

Oysters

Oysters

Corn Muffins

Corn Muffins

Spicy Cajun Fries

Spicy Cajun Fries

Crab Cakes

Crab Cakes

Combo Bag #2: 300g Prawns, 250g Mussels, 250g Clams, Potatoes, Corn, Sausages

Combo Bag #2: 300g Prawns, 250g Mussels, 250g Clams, Potatoes, Corn, Sausages

Dungeness crab in a bag

Dungeness crab in a bag

Dungeness Crab with herb butter sauce

Dungeness Crab with herb butter sauce

and then came a mini showdown for:

step 1

step 1

Fire in the hole ..

Fire in the hole ..

more fire

more fire

Flaming Moonshine Tiger Prawns

Flaming Moonshine Tiger Prawns

and lastly for dessert:

Apple Crumble

Apple Crumble

Verdict: 6/6 of us will definitely return!

*burpalicious

1. the crab cakes, we totally adore them! let me show you why and you will understand why we ordered seconds of this!!! where in the world in Singapore can you find real crabmeat fully stuffed crab cakes?  this is the holy grail of crab cakes! totally brought it up one notch

close up of crab cakes

close up of crab cakes

2. The crab was really well done – the herb and butter was not really a western style herb and butter .. in the sense it’s not like creamy until you feel sick of eating it .. its pretty light and well seasoned.

3. the combo bag was also really spicy ( If you eat laksa without adding the additional chilli, can’t finish a bowl of curry yong tau fu from food courts without adding more chilli, cannot finish a bowl of spicy ma la hotpot without the soup, then you would think the combo bag is spicy)  but really flavourful! the second favourite dish after the crab cakes and oysters

4. My prawn eaters mentioned  that the moonshine tiger prawns were also worth the bill and the next highlight because the prawns were very fresh, and the accompanying sauce ( 3 different types of chilli sauce with different spicy levels) was just awesome  ( better than the prawns in the combo bag)

5. this place is really interesting in terms of the dinning concept. let the pictures below explain why:

instructions

instructions

fyi

fyi

beer pong party

beer pong party

 

Can’t wait to make another trip back here!!

Damage: $54 per pax 

Dancing Crab
The Grandstand 200 Turf Club Road 
(Old Turf Club in Bt. Timah)
#01-20/21 Singapore 287994

 

Loysel’s Toy Museum

Met up on a lazy weekend.

We decided to go check out this place – pretend to be hipsters for the day etc ..

order up!!

order up!!

mocha

mocha

latte

latte

Big breakfast

Big breakfast

1040 1043

Ending off with dessert:

lemon tart

lemon tart

Verdict: 4.5/5 of us will return
1. Brunch was quite good I would say.. would not say to die for totally but still decent we all reckon.
2. Coffee -> one of the determining factor for good brunches. This place boasts of using Toby estate coffee beans. Hmm .. Not that I am a total coffee connoisseur but I reckon if you do like your coffee to have a ‘mocha-ish’ taste you might like their coffee.
3. lemon tart was well balanced : not too sweet and not too sharp. Well-liked and approved by the sweet tooth around.
4. Do you know you could rent bicycles to cycle around the compound?

5. one good thing about hanging around hipsters area : sometimes if you are lucky, you get to see celebrities! we chanced upon :

Christopher leeeee

Christopher leeeee

Loysel’s Toy Museum
66 Kampong Bugis,
#01-01 Sam Tat Building,
Singapore 338987

 

My Humble House

We were treated for this meal.
A very close uncle brought us to try this restaurant at esplanade:

My Humble House

Eggplant with pork floss

Eggplant with pork floss

Fish Skin

Fish Skin

Fried White Baits

Fried White Baits

Old Melon Soup

Old Melon Soup

Salmon Yu Sheng

Salmon Yu Sheng

Yu Sheng

Yu Sheng

Peking Duck

Peking Duck

Salted Egg Yolk Prawn

Salted Egg Yolk Prawn

Abalone, sea cucumber

Abalone, sea cucumber

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Crabmeat with bitter gourd

Glutinous Rice

Glutinous Rice

Red Bean Pancake

Red Bean Pancake

Aloe Vera Jelly

Aloe Vera Jelly

 

Verdict: 6/10 of us will return.
We ordered the set and con-sensually agreed that the glutinous rice was the best dish out of all. (usually quite surprising because the carbohydrates dishes usually are just very ordinary) The moment it was served to the table, the smell of the rice permeated the table. The rice was cooked really well in terms of moisture and chewy-ness.
The rest of the other dishes were good, but all concluded were not something that they will specially go back for it. Although most of the dishes are of standard seriously, but just didn’t really impress us. The rice did, surprisingly.
Would recommend if you have business lunches or Chinese elders. Nice View 🙂

My Humble House
#02-27/29,
Esplanade Mall,
8 Raffles Avenue
Singapore 039802

 

Mookata

Had a mini farewell dinner for a friend who was leaving for good.
a highly recommended place to try:
Thai-style kind of steamboat
Mookata

So, we ordered  a set meal for 4 and added on items  such as Bacon Enoki Wrap, Pork Belly, Thai Fish Cake .. etc

Dipping Chilli ( From left to right represents the degree of spiciness)

Dipping Chilli ( From left to right represents the degree of spiciness)

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Before starting

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Part of the set : Seafood, Pork, Chicken,

919

Vegetables

920

Pork Belly

922

Process of cooking

921

After a few rounds

Verdict: 5/5 of us will return
So the steps to it is that, you first cook the meat on the protruding side, then you go on to pour chicken stock (in a teapot) into the pot until it reaches a certain level. In doing so, the juices of the meat will flow into the broth and after a while, your broth will be very sweet and nice. In the soup, throw in the vegetables to cook, as well as fish cakes etc etc ..
Apart from the smell (my bag was smelly for 3 days – no exaggeration),  It was pretty good and value for money. Quality of the meat and ingredients were not the cheap kind that disintegrates the moment you pick up using your chopsticks or not like you see in most steamboat restaurants. Nice for a change.

Mookata
103 East Coast Road
Singapore 428797

The Providore Cafe

was looking around for a central place to catch up

always walked past this but didn’t go in to have a look

Latte

Latte

BREAKFAST BLT: GRILLED BACON & PROVOLONE CHEESE ON CIABATTA BREAD WITH ROASTED TOMATOES, FRESH AVOCADO, ROCKET & GARLIC AIOLI

Breakfast BLT: Grilled Bacon and Provolone Cheese on Ciabatta Bread with Roasted Tomatoes, Fresh Avacado, Rocket and Garlic Aioli

EGG BENEDICT: POACHED EGGS ON TOASTED BRIOCHE WITH WILTED SPINACH, COOKED HAM & HOLLANDAISE

Egg Benedict: Poached Eggs on Toasted Brioche with Wilted Spinach, Cooked Ham and Hollandaise

Mushrooms side

Mushrooms side

RICOTTA PANCAKES WITH CARAMELISED BANANA, CANDIED WALNUTS AND PROVIDORE YELLOWBOX HONEY

Ricotta Pancakes: with Caramelised Banana, Candied walnuts and Providore Yellowbox Honey

 

Verdict: 3/3 of us will not return.
The Pancakes were the light and fluffy ones .. I personally like the thick and heavy ones .. but it was ok ..
Eggs Benedict was quite ok  .. sauce was too sharp
BLT was quite average

 

The Providore Mandarin Gallery
#02-05, Mandarin Gallery
333A Orchard Rd,
Singapore 238897

Quarter to Three

There is always another stomach for dessert
we headed off and stumbled upon this place

Entrance

Entrance

Chocolate Macadamia (dark chocolate mousse cake with Macadamia nuts)

Chocolate Macadamia (dark chocolate mousse cake with Macadamia nuts)

Step Inside Love: Lemon-Sponge Cake with Cheese and Cherry Frosting

Step Inside Love: Lemon-Sponge Cake with Cheese and Cherry Frosting

Hazelnut Praline

Hazelnut Mousse Cake

 

Verdict: 2/3 of us will return.
All the cakes were very nice, but I think consensually we thought the Chocolate Macadamia  was slightly flat…
The lemon sponge was very solid but yet not too heavy. My friend who ordered this is not a very sweet tooth, but she finished the whole cake. ( a very good yardstick to measure against).

Quarter to Three
88 Tanjong Pagar Road
Singapore 088509

Fordham and Grand

Decided to head down to this new spot to try out the dinner menu
The chefs according to Timeout  had stints in Tetsuya and all

Home made Sour Dough with butter

Home made Sour Dough with butter

Cute Coaster

Cute Coaster

Salmon tartar, kaiso salad & ponzu dressing

Salmon tartar, kaiso salad & ponzu dressing

Miso Eggplant, shimeji escabeche & Jerusalem artichoke chips

Miso Eggplant, shimeji escabeche & Jerusalem artichoke chips

For mains, we had:

Rangers Valley grain fed striploin, fries and mesclun salad

Rangers Valley grain fed striploin, fries and mesclun salad

Hokkaido scallops, crab tortellini & cauliflower puree

Hokkaido scallops, crab tortellini & cauliflower puree

Grilled Kurobuta pork collar, grapes & sucrine lettuce

Grilled Kurobuta pork collar, grapes & sucrine lettuce

Verdict: 3/3 of us will return!
Apart from the noisy environment where even though we were sitting next to each other, we couldn’t hear ourselves, I really thought the food was pretty up to expectations.
Appetizers were very different from the usual kinds, and the combinations complimented each other very well.
Mains were all executed well.
To me,  a good steak is defined as it can be eaten without any sauce. And this cut of the meat, where it is quite lean and little fats to keep the steak juicy, it does require quite a fair bit of skill to keep it at a medium rare consistency.
The pork was also good in that it is moist and the accompaniments complimented well.
The crab tortellini was also just nice (although I thought it did looked abit little) in terms of portion size and scallops cooked to perfection.

wanted to stay on for dessert but .. looking at what the other tables had, we just went off somewhere instead.

Fordham and Grand
43 Craig Rd, 
Singapore 089681

Letoile Cafe

Decided to check out this place with my sister

A very nice place indeed to chillax

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Interesting Cups

Interesting Cups

Back of the cups

Back of the cups

Latte

Latte

Big Breakfast: Toast, Potato, Chicken Sausage, Omelette, bacon, mushrooms and salad

Big Breakfast: Toast, Potato, Chicken Sausage, Omelette, bacon, mushrooms and salad

Verdict: 1/2 of us will return.
Honestly the food was just mediocre. Coffee was average. But I guess for the price, its quite the bang for the buck. They do serve quite a bit of local fusion items as well…
We decided we would only come back if we want to chillax over a good book or just people watch/ relax and catch up .. but nope not for the food.

Letoile Cafe
160 Owen Rd,
Singapore 218953

Riders Cafe

I have been here for the dessert before and didn’t have the chance to try the mains

I would highly recommend the death by chocolate  cake and caramel brioche 🙂

Creamy Risotto with Seared Hokkaido Scallops, Broccolini & Truffle Oil

Creamy Risotto with Seared Hokkaido Scallops, Broccolini & Truffle Oil

Daily Special: Salmon with creamy sauce

Daily Special: Salmon with creamy sauce

Verdict: 2/2 of us will return.
Apart from it being quite out of the way, the ambience here is pretty different from the usual Cafes. Located near a horse stable, you do get whiffs of horse poo, but other than that, it is very nice to chillax and catch up with friends. Very nice breeze (minus smell – depending where you sit also) at night 🙂
Dessert is really awesome, especially chocolate lovers who are looking for a greedy indulgence ( it is huge! just a heads up)
Mains were also good. We could not finish not because it sucked, but just slightly too much :p
would want to come back and try the brunch!!

Riders Cafe
51 Fairways Drive 
Singapore 286965

Tatsuya

I always heard of how this place is very famous for their Japanese food
So now that there was a special occasion,
I decided to go and try it out

Entrance

Entrance

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Grated Daikon (Raddish) with Buri( yellow tail)

Assorted Sashimi (without prawns)

Assorted Sashimi (without prawns) [Scallop, Tai (sea bream), Maguro (Tuna), Salmon, Mekajiki (Swordfish)]

Assorted Sashimi (with prawns)

Assorted Sashimi (with prawns) [Scallop, Tai (sea bream), Maguro (Tuna), Salmon, Mekajiki (Swordfish)]

Crab Leg Tempura

Crab Leg Tempura

Chawanmushi

Yuzu Chawanmushi

Palate Cleanser: Left is a seaweed vinaigrette

Palate Cleanser: Left is a seaweed vinaigrette

Close up of the left: type of Cod Fish

Close up of the left: type of Cod Fish

Assorted Aburi Sushi : Salmon Aburi,

Assorted Aburi Sushi : Toro (Tuna), Ikura (Fish Eggs) Uni (Sea Urchin) and yellow tail, Salmon, Foiegras and Scallop, Anago (Eel), Tamago Yaki (Egg)

Close up of : Ikura (Fish Eggs) Uni (Sea Urchin) and yellow tail, Salmon,

Close up of : Ikura (Fish Eggs) Uni (Sea Urchin) and yellow tail, Salmon,

Close up of: Foiegras and Scallop, Anago (Eel), Tamago Yaki (Egg)

Close up of: Foiegras and Scallop, Anago (Eel), Tamago Yaki (Egg)

Close up of Anago (Eel), Tamago Yaki (Egg)

Close up of Anago (Eel), Tamago Yaki (Egg)

Miso Soup

Miso Soup

With seasonal mushrooms!!!

With seasonal mushrooms!!!

Sesame Ice-Cream

Sesame Ice-Cream

Green Tea and Red Bean Ice-cream

Green Tea and Red Bean Ice-cream

Pessimon

Persimmon

 

Verdict: 2/4 may come back I reckon.
I was really expecting some mind blowing kinda sushi … but nope  .. I know they were renowned for their aburi sushi .. but some how, this place just didn’t seem to go down well with the rest of the family as well.
My bro and I concluded that the whole meal was really just .. to be fair it is above average, but I think what we felt that didn’t really make our bang for the buck was probably just there was no OOOmph to the main .. in paying this premium above other sushi restaurants, didn’t seem to deliver the quality. Perhaps the context that they were rushing off for some company event so we probably visited at the wrong time? but that being said, service was fair ..
Don’t think we will be returning here any time soon.

Tatsuya 
22 Scotts Road,
Goodwood Park Hotel
 Singapore 228221