Tuesday, August 7, 2012

BLooiE's Roadhouse @ The Rail Mall, Upper Bukit Timah Road

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Somehow, always doesn't seem to be able to make it here for Happy Hour (till 8pm). Usually we'd get a jug of Stella but was told that they no longer serve Stella in jug, so got ourselves a pint of Erdinger.

a pint of Erdinger @$15++ (non-Happy hour price)

Watched with fascination as the bubbles kept moving upwards in the glass...

oh oh...
Then, it started to foam over...

maybe this glass could be an example of how not to pull your beer?

Ok, so much for the bubble show. Ordered a plate of jumbo sausages and deep fried calamari's to fill up the tummies.

deep fried calamari @$12.80++
with mayo

The squid rings were limp at best and not that fresh, and the menu said it's coated with house 'secret' coating. Well, the coating did nothing to enhance the taste unfortunately. Having tried their chicken wings on separate occassions, I'd say that would be a safer choice.

For the jumbo sausages, it looked better than the dissappointing calamaris. The fries were just alright, not in particularly tasty. Required chili sauce for taste enhancement.

jumbo sausages (beef, pork and chicken cheese) @$18.80++
chicken cheese (best tasting and texture)
probably pork
likely beef

Liked the chicken cheese sausage best for texture and taste. Bouncy. The beef sausage tasted as though as it was boiled for too long. The pork sausage was quite hard to bite. Tough one. Liked the side serving of the vinegared onion shreds. Think it had a mix of mango shreds in it. Tangy.

vinegared onions



Saturday, August 4, 2012

Sashimi House SAKURAYA @ Anchorpoint (Part III)

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This is one place that my colleague and I would always visit during weekday lunch when we want to eat good value bara chirashi.

As usual, the appetiser and green tea were served right after the orders were taken. The green tea and appetiser are non-chargeable (無料).

cold appetiser
carrot, seaweed, egg shreds and glass noodles in vinegar mix
green tea

Placed an extra side order for hamachi sashimi. Service was good and though we were seated at a remote area, the service staff do come by every so often to refill our tea.

hamachi sashimi (ala-carte)
beautiful
fresh yellowtail slices
small saucer for sashimi dipping

They were running busy that day, so the main dish only came after a 20 minutes wait, but it's well worthed it. Colourful cubes of tamago, maguro, sake, hamachi, crabstick and bits of cooked ebi on a bed of lightly vinegared rice.

bara chirashi served with miso soup, pickles and watermelon slices
yummy, colourful cubes
can't wait, いただきます!

Each mouthful was a joy. If only the bara chirashi includes some ikura (fish roe) then this would be a dream to savour. Sometimes when I got too generous with the wasabi, the warm miso would be a good reprieve.

miso soup
tofu and seaweed

If the rice seemed never-ending at times, a bite or two of the pickled radish would be able to reset the taste buds for the next round.

yummy pickles
that's a bit of nori peeking out

It was a really satisfying meal. Who needs dinner when one had lunch like this?

There was this piece of shiso (perilla) leaf from the sashimi plate. So made my own chirashi shiso wrap and it tasted good. Heehee!

pretty, yes?

The meal costs about $53 and good for two pax. There's also a 'point' card that one can accumulate points.

dine and accumulate chops
25 stamps is no mean feat!


Thursday, August 2, 2012

Skyve Elementary Bistro & Bar @ 10 Winstedt Road (Part II)

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Visited during one lazy late afternoon weekend. The place was relaxed and chill. Nice breeze and gray sky.



Sat and chatted for hours with nary a care in the world, over cups of coffee.

hot latte @$6++
cute glass

For iced-coffee, needa pay additional $1 for the sugar syrup and warm milk.

iced coffee with syrup and milk @$6++
iced milk coffee

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