Bar Italia KL

When I was in KL to attend the NAPBAS 2011, I stayed back for a few more days to catch up with one of my best pal. He suggested that we visit Bar Italia since the french restaurant that I was planning to visit was closed. Bar Italia is located alongside numerous bars and restaurants. It is very similar to our Holland Village. Bar Italia offer a menu very typical of any italian restaurants. We started with the Seared US Scallops With Light Peppercorn Sauce(RM42). For a seafood lover like me, it's a perfect start... of course not forgetting some red wine to go with. I picked Roasted Atlantic Cod With Baby Asparagus and Clams Saute(RM59) as...

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Crystal Cafe - Taiwan Porridge Buffet

It was my mom's birthday and my brother suggested having Taiwan Porridge Buffet so we went to Crystal Cafe located at Orchard Grand Court. Crystal Cafe's porridge buffet cost $13.80/$15.80 for adults and $11.80/$13.80 for children. The porridge buffet are only available for lunch(12pm-2:30pm) and dinner(6pm-10pm). Crystal Cafe serve very limited variety of dishes mainly the braised varieties and stir fried dishes. It lacks the fun that buffets normally brings. They have nonya kueh too but only 3 types as shown on the photo. At least it's dessert did not disappoint me, the tau suan is actually quite tasty although I would not say it's...

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Best Zar Cai Fan Stall in Ang Mo Kio

Zar Cai Fan (杂菜饭) are probably the most convenience choice when it come to eating out and saving cost. However most of the zar cai fan stalls out there do not serve anything near delicious. Just as I was about to believe that there may never be a zar cai fan stall out there that serve decent food, I found this little stall tuck in a small eatery among a busy wet market. Not only do they serve awesome food, their food come at lower prices too. If you ever visit this stall, you should always order their meatball and stir fried cucumber! I can only say that you are missing out if you fail to try this 2 dishes. It's that good! One more thing...

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Ambush European Restaurant

Two weeks ago, we decided to walk around Bishan for somewhere interesting to dine in. We came across a nicely furnished european restaurant and decided to give it a go. The first thing that caught our eyes when we got seated was their menu. Their menu is only a thin 4 pages presented in a newspaper format. They do not have a huge menu but all of their ala carte makes you drool. Their set lunches are the "to go" for if you ever visit this place. With over 10 main courses to choose from, they cost only $9.90 or $19.90 inclusive of soup of the day and a drink. We went ahead with the $9.90 set lunch. Jackie took the Vongole in White Wine Sauce...

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CP Wanton Biggest Eater 2011 Heats

2 week ago, Jackie participated in the CP Wanton Biggest Eater 2011 competition! With lots of confidence, we went to Orchard Central that afternoon. Little did Jackie expected, speed eating is harder than it looks! The heats consist of two days and out of the two days, the top 30 eaters will then proceed to the finals where they get to eat with 3 of the world fastest eater. Jackie was placed on day one heats late afternoon. We managed to reach early and caught sights of a few rounds of other contestants competing. Even after watching other people having hard time producing good results, Jackie was still pretty confidence there! Well,...

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BAD2011: CoCo Ichibanya 313 Somerset

I had been a huge fan of Coco Ichibanya Bangkok! Those days where I travel to Bangkok as much as twice a month for Business, I never miss a chance to indulge in their creative curry cominations. So guess my delight when I heard that Coco Ichibanya are now in Singapore! After seeing so many positive review online, I marched down to its Somerset branch and prepared to be blown away. However it did just the opposite to me, their Creamy Mushroom Curry Omelette Rice($13.00) was way overpowering so much so that I couldn't even finish half of the plate. That never happened when I nom on Bangkok's. Jackie had the Pork Cutlet Curry Rice with Cheese($14.00)...

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The Eastern Restaurant - Collagen Ramen

Media Invite For 10 years The Eastern Restaurant has been serving traditional and authentic chinese cuisine. Although located at a remote corner of Centrepoint, The Eastern Restaurant has no lack of loyal fans. With only one branch in Singapore, you can expect nothing less than original from them. The highlight of the restaurant is no doubt their ramen! Their noodles are handpulled on the spot after ordered. The most incredible part is that collagen are added into their noodles. Now you can eat to baby smooth skin, kill two birds with one stone!! Jackie ordered the Za Jiang Mian($8.80) and I ordered the Pu Dong Wanton Noodle Soup($8.80)....

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Mid Autumn Festival Mooncakes

When we talk about Mid Autumn Festival, mooncakes immediately comes to my mind. But with more and more creative combi rolling in the recent years it's really hard to choose. So I decided to share what kind of mooncakes my family had. There are three children(including me) with different mooncake favourite at home, you can imagine the hassle my mother has to go through to make sure everyone are happy. I love the traditional double yolks mooncakes. Jackie love the traditional skin red bean mooncakes(seriously who eat those nowadays). Last but not least my youngest brother, Jeffrey, love snow skin mooncakes. My mother brought the traditional...

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