Saturday, June 12, 2010

Shots @ Ann Siang Hill

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Located at Ann Siang Hill enclave, it has a relaxed atmosphere. It has both outdoor and indoor seating areas. Didn't explore the upstairs though. Free seating, so just head on over to that unoccupied table that you saw, and proceed to the counter to order your drinks/food.


On the table, there's a cute plant that acts as a decor.


what's this plant?


real one..



mocha


looks like super diluted choc drink


Was kinda surprised when the mocha arrived. Lots of ice cubes and the drink looked diluted... But it tasted good. Unexpected. So never judge a drink by its density? Hahaa!

My friend ordered a milk chocolate, and it's like a glass of milk with chocolate sauce poured into it. Quite liked the milk that they used here. Mild.


milk chocolate




And of course, need something to bite to go along with the coffee, so we got a tiramisu.


tiramisu


close up view


The tiramisu is very sweet, but it went well with my drink as the coffee has a slight bitterness to it that sort of like offset the sweetness.

All in all, a relaxed place but it gets a little too distracting for reading as the tables are quite near each other, and you are likely able to hear what the other patrons are talking about...

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Itacho Sushi @ ION Orchard

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Located at B2 of ION Orchard towards Paterson Link. The queue was still ok for a Saturday evening (around 645pm), and we got seated after waiting for about 10-15 minutes. Saying yes to counter seats means shorter waiting time ;)




Had a clear view of the sushi master, who was all smiles and had lively exchanges with his staff (kitchen and service crew). Sushi master spoke some Japanese some Cantonese, while his kitchen crew were mostly speaking in Cantonese.


sushi master at work


colorful bottles of sake


The sushis are priced at per piece and ranges from below $1 to above $6.


plump looking scallop sushi


Was imagining luscious oily texture for the fatty tuna mini rice, but it turned out to be something quite different. The tuna was finely minced, and served in an glass saucer. I think the rice portion was probably 2-2.5 times of the amount of rice on one piece of sushi. Not alot, so it's just for sampling. It is very clean tasting, and eating it with wasabi soy sauce gives it more kick.


fatty tuna mini rice (does the glass saucer look like an ashtray?)


unagi mini rice


foie gras sushi


eel sushi ($6)


The eel (anago?) sushi looked impressive, and it tasted real soft.. but somehow, I didn't quite like it.


As usual, I will always want to try yellow tail sushi in all sushi joints! The sushi looked quite 'thin', but the hamachi meat was plump and has adequate oil to it. The small dollop of greenish thingy on top of it, tasted somewhat like a citrus zest.


hamachi sushi (i like~)


jack mackerel


My dining companion commented that the california maki here didn't taste quite like what he tried in Tokyo. Well, no comments on that since I didn't try any from there. The crunchy tiny egg roe lining the outerside of the maki was a perfect foil to the soft rice.


california maki, with tiny crunchy roe


saury, fatty aburi salmon and ark shell sushi


They're having a 50% discount promotion for salmon in soy sauce (originally was $0.80 per piece).


aburi salmon in soy sauce, must try!


The aburi salmon in soy sauce was cheap and good! It's yummy when eaten together with the raw onion slice. Recommended!

Tokyo Eats

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When I was in Tokyo Dec 2009, the weather was cold, and it made one crave for a bowl of steaming hot ramen! We were staying at the Monterey Hanzomon Hotel, and nearby was a soba stall manned by an elderly couple. The joint is self-service, and you buy the ticket from the vending machine outside of the restaurant and then pass the slip of paper with the name of the dish that you ordered to the chef, and he'll prepare it for you. Seating is limited but there were two tables to eat while standing.


yasai soba


The yasai (vegetable) soba was very affordable at 290 yen only ;)

I wanted to try ramen but didn't have the chance till stumbled upon a stall in Asakusa. It was also those vending machine type, so one basic bowl of chashu ramen was just 300 yen or so.


ramen at Asakusa


As we were travelling with kids, we ate alot of fastfood. Macs in Tokyo, do not have plastic bag. Only paper bags are available. And remember to separate the trash before throwing them into the correct bins!


no big breakfast, but got muffins and stuffs


pokemon~!


need no further introduction...


juicy pork patty with peppery taste


at Yoshinoya Harajuku, with kimchi side dish


beef bowl


Tried Gindaco, and it most certainly didn't taste like the one in ION...


yummy tako balls!


with custard fillings


The most expensive dish that I ate was at Tsukiji. Ordered a sushi set that cost 800 yen. Haha, ya.. not THAT expensive ok.


sushi set


maguro


with some fats


lots of these tamago in Tsukiji.. the ones with mentaiko not bad


On most days, we da bao those cheap bento box from our neighbourhood shop.


fried chicken cutlet rice, for only 390 yen!


crispy cutlet!


stir fried beef bowl (chinese style)


think this one is like those new year bento.. but the fish wasn't good...


Maybe next time, can go for those more luxurious eats? Haha!
 
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