The Tingkat Cruise was a 45-minute dinner cruise along the Singapore River. Priced at S$35 per person, the cruise started at the Merlion Park from as early as 4pm, with six cruises a day for the 10-day duration of the Singapore Food Festival from July 16-25.

The boat, a bumboat, was quite small and places were limited to about 30 customers maximum. The boat finally arrived and we gingerly stepped on board. The braver ones decided to take a chance and sit at the open space in the back of the boat to enjoy the fresh air (and possible rain) while the rest of us preferred the air-conditioned and more comfortable seating inside.

As we enjoyed our lovely late dinner, the guide on board gave a running commentary on the scenery on both sides of the river and a short story connected to each landmark.

The food was not exactly the stuff to write home about though. Similar items on sale at the Clarke Quay Food Street were far more tastier. I didn’t mind the chicken rice, fried noodles and the soon kueh but the carrot cake tasted more like an omelette and the sweet broth was quite bland.

Still, the whole experience did add up to a rather exotic adventure for the younger generation and for foreign tourists.
The Singapore Food Festival 2010 focused on the foods of the five mainstream Chinese dialect communities and apart from the Tingkat Cruise and Clarke Quay Food Street, included events such as Chinese Dialect Street Snacks, Heritage Feast, River market and Culinary Master Classes with cooking games and cooking demonstrations.

You get to sit by the window if you like. Watching the gorgeous Singapore landscape.

On each table were four bright red tingkat with pretty flowers prints on the sides of each of the three tiers.

I thought that putting the food into the tinfoil trays kind of deflated the experience of eating out of a tingkat but later, I realized that this was to keep the tingkat reasonably clean for the customers to take them home after the dinner cruise.

As for the tingkat, in the topmost tier were two tinfoil trays containing Teochew carrot cake and fried Hokkien noodles.

The middle tier had a piece of Hakka soon kueh and Hainanese chicken rice while the bottom tier held dessert – a plastic tub of Cantonese beancurd skin and barley broth with a quail egg.

Nang it!

Restaurant Lafite was where I had my lunch today. Gorgeous interior . So urban and stylish.

First thing I saw was this! I was so eager to take photo of it. It’s just so pretty.

They have this cool flower deco on the dining table. It’s real flowers of course. Some has round or square flower decos. Really cool.

The showcase which I initially thought they placed fake food display there.. You know, to tell you how your food would look like! But no it isn’t. Teehee. It’s where you get a free flow of appetizers.

Bubbles. I was curious okay.. I just have to wait for one day to snap a better photo of it . (:

Their selection of bread. See the black ones? Don’t they look horrible? I mean, black.. Reminds you of burnt bread. But you’re wrong! Don’t judge the book by its cover! This isn’t burnt bread. It’s squid ink bread. Sounds weird? Try it first before you judge it again. Seriously, it taste so good. It leaves you wanting more.

Mini Hamburger

Buffalo Mozarella
Sweet pepper, tomato and olive oil

“Squared” Watermelon
Balsamic and Pistachio

Tuna Yuzu
Seared tuna, hon-shimeji and yuzu miso juice.
A little salty if you eat the shimeji mushrooms on its own. So, remember to eat it together. (:

Carpaccio
Yellow tuna, Atlantic cod fish, lemon oil, Brioche croutons and vinaigrette.
Can you already imagine the hard work.  Ain’t it just beautiful? Gosh, after eating it, you wish you had more. (:

Brittany Turbot
3 coloured potatoes, black olives, tarragon, tomatoes and saffron sauce.

Victoria Saltbrush farm lamb
Grilled lamb rack and braised lamb with herbed crust, couscous, young artichokes, fine ratatouille, and balsamic glazed.
De.Li.Cious. The lamb was beautifully done. I only liked the lamb and the couscous though.

Oven warm Raspberry Clafouti
Served with vanilla ice cream (Bottom picture)
Hot and cold dessert. Yum. But because the clafouti is a little hot, I couldn’t really finish it properly. It was really hot, nice and sour. Perfect. Lovelier than a souffle.

Nang it!

Restaurant Lafite, Shangri-La

Lunch: Noon – 2.30pm, Monday to Friday
Dinner: 7pm – 10.30pm, Monday to Saturday

11 Jalan Sultan Ismail
50250 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Lafite Tel: (60 3) 2074 3900
Tel: (60 3) 2032 2388
Fax: (60 3) 2070 1514

Warn retro interior design.

A bar full of alcohol.

They have loads of antiques too!

Erdinger (0.33l: RM22 ; 0.5l: RM29)

Scallops and Prosciutto Ham (RM20)
Skewered fresh scallops wrapped with prosciutto ham and served with rustic sour dough bread
Best dish of ‘em all!

German Sausages
Not gonna go through this. There are plenty! But sad thing is that, the sausages aren’t as juicy as I hoped for.

Leberkaese (RM40)
Bavarian meat loaf served with sauerkraet and potatoes.
Crispiest chicken skin. Ever. And the most tenderlicious meat. Really. Trust me on this. But I must warn you, the size of this .. Thing. Is huge.

Rainbow Trout (RM48)
Pan fried, served with tomatoes relish , sauteed baby spinach and lemon herb butter.
Smooth flesh. Almost like salmon.

Chicken Royal (RM42)
Baked and stuffed chicken with asparagus and mozzarella cheese, served with pan fried potatoes and hickory BBQ sauce

Apple Strudel (RM12)
I’m not a fan of it. But its quite okay. (: Honest.

Table full of food again.

Someone misses my face. Hahha. Here’s an update photo of me.

Bavarian Bierhaus

Lot No. PG-01A, Ground Floor,
Lot 33, Jaya 33,
Jalan Semangat, Section 33, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Tel: 03-7960 5736
Fax: 03-7960 5746

Nang it!

Anyway, let’s talk about the highlights – The BBQ! Well, they have a nice selection for you. All you gotta do is get yourself a plate and choose all your favourite items you want to BBQ. (Yes, the meat are raw, kept fresh on ice. Waiting for you to pick them up.) So the selection, which is in a blue-lit ice box. You can choose from 2 types of thick fat sausages (chicken or lamb), beef patties, beef ribs, sliced lamb, fish fillet, squid, crab, mussels and prawns. Not all the items are marinated so you can add seasoning and sauce like black pepper, mint and brown gravy. Or ask the chef to sprinkle a dash of herbs, ground paprika and other secret ingredients.

Don’t worry about BBQ food being too heaty for you. To help you cool down, there are chilled whole coconuts at one end of the buffet spread inside. The cool, refreshing coconut water is the perfect companion for a barbecue.

Beef (left) & Chicken Kebab

Roasted Lamb & chicken

Lamb Ribs

2 chefs were on duty that night.

My mum forced me to have a picture. Hahah. Not bad. Very memorable.

Lamb (red) and Chicken Sausages (white)

Crabs. Grilling themselves on the grill.

Don’t be fooled! I didn’t just eat that little!!

Salmon Gravlax
It’s not just the BBQ selection outside. The buffet spread indoors is just as impressive. For starters, there are prawns, mussels and freshly schucked oysters.  With all the dips to match.

Then there are cold appetisers, like Salmon Gravlax. With sliced capsicum and pickled black olives. Yummy. And all kinds of salads like cucumber salad, Southern potato salad and lots more. There are even two types of soup – pumpkin and a slurpilicious Seafood Sichuan Soup that’s spicy with a touch of sourness that perks up the appetite.

Jambalaya Rice
They have 2 choices of rice. Plain steamed rice and jambalaya. (:

Cheese Macaroni with Ham
Not much of cheese.. (Or at least someone took all of them.) Other than that, it’s nice. (:

Spaghetti with Chicken Corn Canne.
I prefer the macaroni though. The sauce was little too salty for my liking.

BBQ Vegetable Skewers with Lemon Basting Sauce
It’s not just meat, meat, meat. The barbecue offers lots of lovely vegetables that even vegetarians will love, like skewers of onions, carrots, zucchini and cucumbers. Grilled to perfection with just a slight browning of the edges to give it aroma. (:

Jack Potatoes
Served with condiments like tomato salsa.
Very related to the BBQ theme of course. Yummy. Best part is, the potatoes are healthier. They aren’t burnt like how when I attempt it our way at home BBQ parties. That’s why they’re chefs!

Baked Snow Fish with Mango, Chili Chutney

Ooh. They have the famous chocolate fountain too. Marshmallows, grapes, cakes. YUM. If you’re a chocolate fan, you understand. (:

One of their lovely tart. They decorated them nicely too. (:

They have freshly cut fruit and Malaysian kuih muih selections! Oh, and don’t forget the hot claypot of pengat pisang. Very, very delicious. Or you can be boring and have bread and butter pudding. (: Yummy.

RM78++ per person, RM 39++ per child under 12 years old

Tonka Bean, Impiana Hotel

13, Jalan Pinang,
50450, Kuala Lumpur.

Tel: 60(3) 2147 1111
Fax: 60(3) 2147 1100
E-mail: info.impianaklcc@impiana.com
Website: http://kualalumpurhotels.impiana.com

click!

Nang it!

I was at Armada Hotel last week. Mum was doing a review on their Hainanese Promo.

Their coffee house table setting.

They had a buffet going on as well. So I took a few shots. (:

Mussels.

Yummy cod fish.

Pudding.

Cheese cake.

When the Hainanese food came, OMG. it filled our table almost to the max.

Hainanese Noodles (RM15)
It was a little on the salty side, but damn. It’s really delicious. If only they minus the salt. But you might not realize it, they noodles were first braised in ketchup sauce first! So you get a little sour taste. (:

Hainanese Chicken Pie (RM12)
Yes, the Hainanese actually do have chicken pie!

Hainanese Chicken Chop (RM20)
Not really my liking. I prefer their beef steak which is RM28.

UTARA COFFEE HOUSE

Hotel Armada
Lorong Utara, Section 52
Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Tel: 03-7954 6888

Nang it!

Went to Pacific Coffee at IOI Boulevard this morning. (: It was such a nice and cooling morning.. My mum says that raining season is starting. Thank goodness! After all that heat we’ve been through for a month!

Did you know Pacific Coffee Company originated from Hong Kong?

Espresso (Single: RM5 Double: RM6)

Spinach and Mushroom Quiche (RM6.90)
They’re changing it into a triangular shape soon. (:

Cookies’ n Cream (Tall:RM12 Grande: RM13 Alto: RM14)

Their pastry choices.

Tuna Sandwich

Chicken Pesto

Chocolate Damnation (RM9.90)

Vanilla and Butter Caramel

Look at that!

Pacific Coffee Company

IOI Boulevard, Puchong
Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur

Nang it!

Put in some cherry tomatoes, yellow capsicum..

Add in the sauce, with black pepper.

Voila!

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Went to One World Hotel yesterday, review on their ba chang. I’m not a ba chang person, but its quite okay.. Compared to ones I’ve tried before.

Meet the chef himself – Chef Jordan

Glutinous Rice Dumpling with Wild Rice and Roasted duck, Roasted Chicken and Barbecued Pork (Char Siew) (RM25)

Zuan Yuan Abalone and Dried Scallop Glutinous Rice Dumpling (RM32)

Sweet Glutinous Rice Dumpling with Pandan Paste (Served with honey) (RM8)
Pulut hitam to be exact. And yummy.. Really! Some parts don’t have the pandan paste, so the honey provided goes really well with it.

I love their dining layout. So pretty. Especially with their curtains. Whee.

Hello people. Currently listening to Disgusting – Ke$ha. The song is actually quite nice.

‘It’s disgusting, how I love you.
God I hate me. I could kill you’
‘It’s disgusting, how you changed me.
From a bandit to a baby.’

How inspirational. Kesha is just so cute. Love her. Her song ‘Your Love is My Drug’ is finally on radio. Remember my 3 chapter story? Took her song name as the title of my story.

It’s been a while since I updated anyway. Last night was at Federal Hotel with mum and her friend. Watched a Cantonese opera show. Not the best, they told me. Oh kay. I don’t know much about Cantonese Opera but I’m damn sure English don’t go with it. They gave us segments from different stories. First one was Dei Lui Fa. About this couple who committed suicide on their wedding night. Anyway, they sang it in English. Eck. It was okay after that, they sang in Cantonese after that. Anyway, the food was okay. Not great, but okay. We didn’t join the press table cause it was in a private room with no access to the opera stage. So we sat outside. Just the 3 of us.

I’ve been cutting down my meal sizes too. But tough to do so because of the yummy food around me all the time. Darn. Gotta try harder.

My mid-term exams are coming real soon. I realized how much we depend on tips. Without them, we don’t seem to study harder. O_o Might be wrong for some cases of course.

I’ve got a question.

I love photography and blogging. I’m 17 and already sold many pictures to the press (Mum’s a journalist, she uses my photographs). I write occasionally for Niexter and got pretty good experiences. I gained some moolah through Nuffnang as well. Teehee. Should I continue doing this and study some kind of course that can improve myself at this 2 aspects and make a career out of this? What course am I suppose pursue then? But I don’t wanna waste my efforts studying science stream for nothing.. But, come to think of it, if I do something I dislike, then.. I’d eventually waste more time and all that. Or maybe this is like an alternative career like my friend’s. OMG. This is so frustrating. I’m getting really frustrated. Care to help me?

RM668/688++ per table (10 pax)

Straw Mushroom with Oyster Sauce Stuffed in Mango

Braised Fish Soup
with mushroom, bamboo shoot and ginger

Sliced Lamb Leg with Preserved Bean Curd

Fried Chicken with Macadamia nuts

Shanghainese Noodle with Spring Onion Oil

Ginkgo with Yam Paste

Kelab Mawar.
I love lights. (:

Nang it!

The outside

That’s how crowded it gets. (:

The top floor – Arriba

Grilled Zucchini with Prawns
Simply delicious.

De Gambas (with prawns, mussels, squid and tomatoes)

Tom Yam Soup

Kung Poh Lou Shu Fun

25th December Pizza

Angus Rib Eye
Compared with the lamb cutlets, this one needs more work.

Rosemary Lamb Cutlets
2 reasons why you should order this!

• Easy to eat! (Especially with family)
• Juicy and yummy seasoning

One Lasagna Please?
That’s its name. A very different way of making a lasagna don’t you think? It looked more like crepe. But really, it has great taste!

SANOOK DINE LOUNGE CLUB

Block C-06, Plaza Kelana Jaya

SS7/13A Kelana Jaya, Petaling Jaya

Tel: 03-7877 3636

Nang it!

No time for extra explanation though, tomorrow I have a 10 hour BM seminar! Rawr.

I like their floor. SO CUTE.

So neat, don’t you think? (:

Private room.

The restaurant is really really huge! You can fit about 200 pax!

Lots of malay like it here too, expecially the dim sum. It’s halal! (:

They gave us flower tea. Have you guys tried it? (: The flowers really look pretty! I had a sip of the rose buds flower tea. Gorgeous!

Ribena + 7 up + Laichee

I’m posting this picture cause it look so pretty. I know it’s pineapple something. I don’t remember the name. Sorry.. /:

Roll Crabstick with Cheese (RM8.90)
Crabstick, cheese and ham in a pastry

Fried Yam Custard Shrimp (RM6.90)

Steamed BBQ Chicken Pao (RM6.90)

Fried Avocado Cake (RM7.90)

Baked Teow Chew Tart (RM6.90)

Crab Roe Prawn Dumpling (RM8.90)

Steamed Chicken Dumpling (RM6.90)

Steamed Shrimp Dumpling (RM7.90)

Golden Prawn Dumpling (RM7.90)
The golden paste is mango puree.

Chicken and Century Egg Porridge (RM7.90)

Pumpkin Porridge (RM7.90)

Fried Carrot Cake with Bean (RM6.90)

2 style Kai Lan (RM19.90)

Crispy Kai Lan which made me keep munching on it.

Petai Fried Rice (RM14.90)
Fragrant! (:

Salted Egg Prawns (RM28.90)

Baked Egg Tarts (RM6.90)
Bite size and smooth egg tarts. Not the ordinary ones you have which are so huge!

Durian Pancake (RM7.90)

Blueberry Pudding with Ice Cream (RM7.90)

On the 15th of May 2010, at 6pm there will be a charity dinner @ Penang Village. It’s RM150 per person.

For more info visit www.charity-art.blogspot.com

Sponsor / Donation : Mr Lim 019 -356 7729
Mr Fong 017 – 677 6289

Tickets / Meal Voucher : Mr Tom 013 – 399 7725

Art : Ms Honey Khor 012 – 606 9219

Reservation Table : Penang Village 03 -4257 1698

General Inquiries : Ms Paru 012 – 2878 105

Penang Village

Level 3, Great Eastern Mall,
Jalan Ampang, KL

Nang it!