Jeju Sanghoe @ 74 Tras St, Tanjong Pagar

Been wanting to try this for quite sometime and when travel kakis mentioned dinner, this was presented as one of the options. And, since this post is here, means we had our dinner there! Thank you Ivan for making the reservation. It's been a while since Tracy, Hence, Ivan and myself gathered.

entrance

showcase of signatures

Not sure what magic did Ivan cast when making the reservation, but our table happened to be inside a private room. Cool!

maybe staff already guessed that we needed a larger table to fit in all the food?

mini dol hareubang figurines

staff informed to order via the tablet

menu

roasted barley

let's have some ice-cold beer while deciding on the food

Once the food order was placed, staff very quickly brought out the banchans. I was pretty impressed by the speed of service!

banchans

fried potato snack

crabstick

My favourite side dish were the kimchi and the fried potato snack.

Wanted to try their gukbap but then it was only available for lunch. So we ordered the gogi guksu (meat noodles) instead.

Jeju styled Gogi Guksu (Large) @$29

closer view of the noodles

I enjoyed the somyeon and the light broth. Comforting taste and warms the tummy.

Dombe Gogi (Large) @$45

Boiled pork, sliced and served on a cutting board. Served with lettuce, sliced garlic and green pepper. Can dip with salt or ssamjang.

closer view

Black Pork Belly BBQ @$28

The BBQ pork belly was grilled in the kitchen and brought to our table. The grilled fragrance was delicious. If you like slightly chewy meat, then this one is for you. My favourite was the dombe gogi for its tender meat and natural flavours.

The dombe does bring back the memories of Jeju. We chatted, we reminisced as we ate.

Modak-Chigi @$37

I had wanted to try modak-chigi in Jeju but didn't have the opportunity. Modak chigi (모닥치기) is said to be a popular Jeju street food, and it is a combination of different snacks like tteokbokki, gimbap, mandu, twigim (fried items), and somyeon. 

The modak chigi at Jeju Sanghoe had rice balls with seaweed, gimmari, prawn tempura, fried mandu, tteokbokki, ramyeon, and donkatsu (pork cutlet). I was surprised by the noodles. Sweet, spicy and likeable texture. Do eat it while it is hot otherwise, it'll clump together when cooled. Donkatsu was thick and well-fried. Pork was a tad tough though. Gimmari was crisp on its outside and I realised that if there's extra tteokbokki sauce to dip in, then that'll be even better. Maybe next time I can try requesting for that.

Funnily, no one remembered the abalone porridge, so when the door opened and staff brought this bowl in, we were shocked. Haha!

Abalone Porridge @$30

While I wasn't a fan of abalone porridge during our Jeju trip, the version at Jeju Sanghoe was tasty! Abalone texture was just right (not too crunchy, not too soft), porridge temperature was good (means hot), obvious sesame fragrance and overall seasoning done well.

It's such a treat to have abalone bits in every bite of the porridge. 

Overall, service was fast and efficient. Kudos to the staff. My favourite dishes and will order again, are the dombe gogi and abalone porridge.

Thank you Ivan, Tracy and Hence for the great evening and the quick catch-up.

Jeju Sanghoe

Address: 74 Tras St, Singapore 079013

Website: https://myneon.me/?m=menu&sno=1409

Contact: +6569777977

Business Hours:

Daily: 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5:30–10 PM

Dinner at Mosella @ Pan Pacific Orchard

We've known each other for like 3 decades (since Primary School days) and everyone's gone off to different continents in the world, though a handful of us are in Singapore. So when Jun Ling says Lydia is in town, it was decided that the 'locals' will bring her out for dinner.

Dinner reservation for 6 pax was made, though the booking site required some inputs that was kinda confusing for me. Nevertheless, I was excited to connect again with old friends. 

The restaurant lights were rather dim, so it would've been romantic if not for us oldies who needed light to see the menu proper. 

Some of us opted for sparkling, and some opted for still water. All bottled, and service was good with staff coming by to top up the water in our glasses, or just to come round to ask us if we would be needing anything else.

sparkling water

I've already seen their online menu and was just waiting for the rest to choose the dishes. We opted for a rather conservative selection of 2 appetisers, hamachi tiradito, burrata and heirloom tomatoes, 2 pasta dish; King Crab spaghetti and spinach ricotta ravioli, 1 grill; Cochinillo Asado and 2 desserts; mangosteen and pionono. 

Complimentary bread was served after food orders had been confirmed.

rosemary bread

bread dips

The rosemary bread was mildly scented by the herbs and goes well with both the dips. Loved the salted center.

Burrata & Heirloom Tomatoes @$28

My first impression of the burrata was not great... I was like, "why is it so flat..." But it was soon replaced with a pleasant surprise as the overall taste together with the arugula, basil oil and candied walnut was good.

little bit of creamy burrata, sweet tomatoes, tangy dressing

Hamachi was alright but it didn't stand out. My friends said they enjoyed the appetiser.

King Crab Spaghetti @$38

tasting portion of the spaghetti

Spinach & Ricotta Ravioli @$32

Thanks to Jun Ling who chose the ravioli dish. It had strong flavours and at least 2 pieces for each of us. All things combined, this was tasty and a delightful. There was some rosemary bread left from earlier, so I used that to mop up most of the ravioli sage butter sauce. Delish.

small morsels of flavour

The Spanish Suckling Pig did not disappoint. Originally plated as two pieces, so we asked the staff to help slice it for the 6 of us. It came back beautifully. While the skin was not as crispy, its meat more than made up for that with its gentle tenderness.

Cochinillo Asado @$38

Then, it was time for desserts. The signature Mangosteen was cutesy but it was indeed smallish in size. The mangosteen 'fruit' was cream-like while its 'skin' was thick chocolate shell. 

The Mangosteen @$14

Spanish Pionono @$12

The Pionono was well-liked by our table. Loved the pastry, the cream and mascarpone. 

Staff brought out a towering slice of cake for the birthday girl and we ended the evening, feeling contented. 

Thank you to the service crew who took care of our table that night, especially Yusof and Ms D. 

Special thanks to Jun Ling (who gathered us), Lydia, Su Chin, Lily and Yen Boon for spending time together and reminiscing on our school days as well as catching up (maybe just a small snippet) with the latest in everyone's life.

Mosella 

Address: 10 Claymore Rd Singapore 229540

Website: https://mosella.sg/

Business Hours:

Sun - Thu: 6:30 AM–10 PM

Fri: 6:30 AM–10:30 PM