Da Wan Zhou (Superbowl) The House of Congee

Went to Superbowl at Boat Quay for lunch a few weeks ago. Heard that the place serves Hong Kong style Cantonese porridge and that this place has been around for very long.

Braised peanuts

艇仔粥 - contains seafood and meat.

Chilli


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There are many varieties of porridge to choose from and is similar to the century egg porridge at dim sum places.

Unfortunately, I do not have much preference for Cantonese porridge as they are blended.

Red Mansion

The ambience of this restaurant is similar to Grand Shanghai, except that this is a cheaper version. This restaurant is located at Circular Road.

Went there for lunch. They have thi $9.90 set, comprising of:

- Soup of the day or salad
- Main Course
- Drink


Soup of the day - Corn and carrot soup

This is the "Chef's special" - Chinese sausage fried rice with sunny side up and chicken wing

A cup of coffee


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I was quite disappointed with the food though.

The soup base has lots of MSG in it and the ingredients looked as if it was cooked separately from the soup. If I am not wrong, I have used the MSG before and can be found in local supermarkets.

As for the fried rice, you cannot go very wrong with chinese sausage in your fried rice. But I was quite surprised to see burnt bits in the rice....

This will be a good place for drinks at night. But definitely not a place for lunch.

Tang Dian Wang @ Suntec

Finally had a chance to try this soup place at Suntec.


The soup we ordered - one of their recommended soup containing old cucumber.

The soup ingredients are placed on the plate.

To be dipped with the following sauce..

Glutinuous Rice


Forgot to take a picture of the fried tou fu with ba kwa.. Not very nice though. Could not taste any ba kwa taste..

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Overall the place is quite good. Would recommend a second visit although the price is a bit steep.

Pen Cai

I was looking through the pictures in my phone and I found this...

I have always wanted to try this dish called pen cai, which is available during Chinese New Year. This is a dish where the ingredients are placed in layers. Remember reading somewhere that the layers are arranged in relation to the ingredients used for the dish.

For this new year, I wanted to try this long-awaited dish. Prices ranges from 188 and above. For the cheaper sets, roast meat is typically used instead of delicacies.

And so, the both of us went on this sinful indulgence at Goodwood Hotel Min Jiang. It cost about 388 and it can feed about 6 person or so. Advance booking is required. We finished everything with a bowl of rice, topped up with dessert. .



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Interesting to try but it is very expensive. Would never spend that kind of money again. I will put it to better use. Pain...

Dim Sum Lunch @ Min Jiang

It has totally slipped my mind that I am starting work on Tuesday. Hence, decided to ba wo every minute of my day. Went to Goodwood Park Hotel to try their dim sum. Something which I have always wanted to try but have yet to do so. There are a few standard dishes which I always order, namely

Egg Tarts & Mango Prawns - They are so good can. For the mango prawns, the pastries is so soft and springy. It is as if the chef just took it out from the oven. As for the egg tarts, the pastry is very soft yet crispy.

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Char Siew Bao - I am very particular about this. The Goodwood one is quite ok-ish, except that it has a slight powdery aftertaste. But, I still prefer Tung Lok ones. I am quite fussy about the bao "skin". It has to be soft, smooth, fluffy and does not give you with any powdery aftertaste.

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Pity I did not have the chance to try carrot cake, as well as dear favourites like siew mai, har gao etc. A bit difficult to finish all by myself leh.

Oh.. even the peanuts are good. Coated with a sweet sauce... Yummy.

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They also have a dim sum buffet on Sundays from 8am to 10.30am. Recalled that there is an early bird price of $16.80 per person but forgot what time is it applicable for.

Rating - 10/10 (Awesome place. Definitely will go the next time, esp their dim sum buffet. )

As for dinner, met up with my JC friend for steamboat dinner at Suntec. The place is called Chinese Feasts- Chong Qing Hot Pot @ Suntec. Forgot about taking photographs. Cost about 30.90 ++ per person on Friday nights. Nevertheless, quite a good place to go for steamboat.

Then, went with another friend of mine for supper - Blk 85 market at Bedok.
Stingray at Chan's BBQ.

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Yummy...

Rating - 10/10 (one of my supper haunts)

Dinner at Szechuan Court

Went to Szechuan Court at Fairmont Singapore for my birthday dinner with dear. Stayed at Fairmont Singapore for a night as I have won a free night stay and some F&B vouchers. Coincidentally, that day was also the day when Swissotel Raffles rebranded themselves as Fairmont Singapore.


Szechuan Court


Our Table. Loved the romantic ambience.

Let's talk about the food... We ordered their limited edition abalone set menu, consisting of 8 courses and cost about S$138++ per person. Fortunately, we have some vouchers to defray a majority of the cost.

"A symbol of wealth, luck and good fortune, the prized mollusc is one of the most expensive ingredients used in Chinese cooking and is considered to have both medicinal and aphrodisiac properties."

The chef that prepares this set menu is Sebastian Goh.


Our first dish (the appetizer) - Part 1


Our first dish - Part 2 (See the sliced abalones!!)

First dish - Part 1 & 2 (in total) - I believe this dish is "tempura of mini-abalone with Thai honey, mango and spices"


This is the abalone in Part 1 of the appetizer.. mini abalones...


The soup.. Drank quite a substantial bit before I remembered to take pictures...


The next dish. I have forgotten what is the dish's name... Seems like steamed abalone with garlic paste and soy sauce


Braised five head South African abalone with broccoli


Abalone salad with tomato


Abalone with osmanthus flowers. I think


The dessert..

I never had so many abalone dishes in one meal... Felt so blissful yet sinful.

Rating - 10/10 (Perfect)

Note: The system of "heads" is used to determine the weigh of an abalone. It is determine based on the number of abalones that make up 1 jin.