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5/16/2009 Seafood International (Playground @ Big Splash)
The menu has 2 sections, first list has a limitation of 1 serving per table (and it iterally means each person has only 1 serving size or 1 piece, for countable items) and the second allows unlimited orders - and you can even customize the serving size / quantity being served. In the first list, I think I like the braised sea cucumber with yam most as I think the texture of the sea cucumber is just nice - not too soft or hard. The yam is a bit too dry though. Everyone gets a bowl of the braised shark's fin but the quantity of the shark's fin is not a lot, which is not surprising of course. Except for beef, we tried all other items and the least favourite should be the steamed tilapia with thai lemon sauce, we thought the sauce tasted weird ;p From the second list, we tried the seafood tom yum and I say, it is more sour than spicy. The fried sweet shell with XO sauce is my favourite from the lunch. It is chewy, spicy and tasty enough. The fried sakura chicken with tri-sauce in stone pot is a disappointment though. The chicken meat is not tender, and the sauce is too salty. The fried pumpkin with golden salted egg yolk did not excite me as well (I ever tried crabs with salted egg yolk and I think that is very tasty). Other than that, we thought the stewed e-fu noodles with chives is bland. There isn't much ingredients in the stewed seafood vermicelli with fish gravy but I thought it is quite tasty as compared to the e-fu noodles (cos we had the e-fu noodles before the vermicelli haha). At the desserts corner, the fruits are not sweet but there are other desserts to sweeten you up. Basically we only manage to try half the items in the menu. We could have tried more if the kitchen really serves the serving size as we requested. For eg, I asked for 3 serving sizes of e-fu and chicken each, and 2 serving sizes of vermicelli. However all 3 items arrived as if they served for 5! When we asked the waitress, why is the serving size for 3 same as 5, she just smiled it off. Another thing to note about the services, the waiter is quick enough to refill our tea often but they are also quick enough to clear the plates. Hence we felt like we are being chased to finish the food quickly. However, I find it amazing that we did stay there for 2 hours! And yes, I suffer from a full stomach for the rest of the afternoon... Would I go there again? It will depend on the menu and pricing then. 5/3/2009 Hog's Breath Cafe (Chijmes)I do not eat beef but yes, I went to try Hog's Breath Cafe (again).
We tried the Smoked BBQ Ribs and Chicken Dijionnaise - Marinated grilled chicken breast topped with avocado and smothered with creamy Dijon mustard sauce. I find the ribs average as we can get that taste in many places. The chicken meal is not bad, but the serving size is too much for me. I can only finish 2/3 of the meat and fries. The fries is not crispy if you have them at end of your meal, so have it while it is still warm and crispy.
The waiters / waitresses are attentive when it comes to water refilling. They will confirm with us if it is warm water and they will then refill accordingly. However the reason for me to leave (sooner than I wanted) was the noise that came from another table of 6-8 persons. The guys are basically laughing aloud as if it is their home, just imagine the noise from a big big hawker centre where the crowd is watching soccer, yes, that's how noisy they are. And they are the only table who made all the noise.
We asked if there are any credit card discounts and was told, there was none as it is Public Holiday eve. But upon receiving the bill, we saw a 15% discount on the main dishes (while we still enjoy happy hour promotions on the house pours we had). Another puzzling promotion which we are more than glad to take.
Curry Favor Japanese Kitchen (Velocity)I like fried food, but not to the extent of having it for half or whole of my meal.
Nevertheless, I like this place for the half-size curry cos I am basically a small eater who likes variety. However, I came to realise lately that japanese curry are often served with fried stuff, is that the only way to enjoy the curry? I particularly loathe fried stuff with little filling and lots of "flour" :p and this time, I order shrimp curry, and I think the serving size is not bad.
There are 2 levels of spicy-ness to the curry, normal or spicy. I ordered shrimp curry (normal) while my friend ordered chicken (spicy). We thought that my version is more flavourful and tasty. The chicken / spicy counterpart kinda lose our support though it has a tinge of spicy (only a little).
We also ordered a side dish, age cheese chikuwa, which is supposed to be 1 of the recommendations. It tasted a bit like squid and I find that there is nothing special about it in overall.
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