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ABBEY: After we attended Startup Token Asia 2017, we had dinner. And we wanted to tick off another item from our “To Dine” list so we headed to Ramen Keisuke Lobster King at Clarke Quay.  I got their fluffy omelet rice (SGD 10.8). My my rice was covered with runny omelet and gravy. Every spoonful is rich in flavor and creamy. Hard boiled eggs and soy bean sprouts are complimentary but be cautios with your cholesterol level. We also happened to meet one of our friends. Ramen Keisuke Lobster King Lobster Broth Ramen Special Ramen Keisuke Lobster King Fluffy Omelet Rice Ramen Keisuke Lobster King Hard Egg and Bean Sprout Eat All You Can Ramen Keisuke Lobster King Clarke Quay Ramen Keisuke Lobster King - Menu   Ramen Keisuke Lobster King - Menu WILL:  That night, after attending the StartupToken Meetup at Clarke Quay, we had our dinner at Ramen Keisuke Lobster King.  It is like, we flew to Japan! The attentive waiters...

ABBEY: From time to time we also try new chips while watching TV series. Here are some of them: Popcorners This has the texture of popcorn but in a form or triangular chip. Taste like popcorn but your mind will be confused with the appearance. We tried their cheesy Jalapeño and it was good. Thins If you’re looking for sour-cream or salt flavor chips aside from Ruffles and Lays, this is a good alternative. The chips are thin as the name implies. Easy to chew and has the burnt taste. Bluebird Sea Salt Cold Storage is the only grocery we see that this is being sold. It is nice to go back to the basics of potato chips. Slices of potato with salt. Good partner with soda. Way Better Snack These tortilla chips might be way better compared to others because of their flavors. We tried their sweet chilli flavor and simply spicy sriracha. Those are new flavors for our taste buds and definitely buy them again. Rgies Iloilo This sweet treat is from one of the prov...

ABBEY:  It’s very rare that we visit Mustafa as that is way too far from home. You need to plan going there. I insisted that we go there as I tasted a muruku and my colleague told me that it was from Mustafa. Then our quest began. Mustafa is full of knick-knacks and there are items that we wanted to try. So aside from the muruku, we also got the following: 1. bhakarwadi - this maybe called the Indian counterpart of Combos. I didn’t read the label thoroughly so I got mini version of the snack. 2.  A bottle of camel’s milk - this has a strong ghee-milk taste 3. Snickers chocolate drink - yes, this exists. Have you ever wonder what if the middle chocolate in the bar got liquified? Try it then you’ll know. 4. Mars protein shake - taste like my usual protein shake. Not too sweet that is overwhelming. 5. Almond milk - we mixed our almond milk to our smoothie to give it a nutty taste. Mustafa Centre Singapore - Snickers Shake Mustafa Centre Singapore - Came...

Ingredients: 10 pcs dried squids 1/3 cup potato starch 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup squid water (check the steps below) 1egg Cut the squids into strips and soak in water; minimum of 4 hours Drain them but save the water as it is part of the ingredients. Squid batter: Mix potato starch, all-purpose flour, squid water and egg. Mix together until batter is smooth. Sprinkle a generous amount of all-purpose flour to the squid so the batter will adhere to it better. Heat oil and do a double fry. This will make the squid very crispy. VERDICT WILL:  Abbey is on the mood for creating dishes he watched in Youtube channel of Maangchi. Thanks again idol Maangchi!  He requested dried squid from Papa Ros and it became an instant hit for us! Again, the double fry works very well with this.  Crispy and succulent! Great with rice or a substitute for your pica-pica on your alcoholic session with friends.  This is amazing. Fry it....

ABBEY: This year The Carvery (Park Hotel Alexandra) is offering Spanish-themed dishes from 4th December until 1st January the following year.  It boasts of their US Black Angus Prime Rib, spit-roasted chicken wih orange and rosemary and pork belly porchetta. December 9 came and we tried it. Oh yes. The meats are succulent. I got a chat with the chef and told me that the chicken is the hardest one to make. But definitely the best in flavor. I ate them without any sauce. The fats and the juices will make you go for more. Partner it with red wine and it’s a feast.  They also have salads, soups, mushrooms, beef stew, pork chorizos, and salmon. Four of us dined in but we paid for 3 pax only :) WILL: The best way to catch up with friends is through food and to break the usual buffet dinner, we went for The Carvery at Park Hotel Alexandra.  What's the difference with others? By its name, they specialiazed with grilled meat. Yey! They have lamb, chicken,...

ABBEY: We went for a quick getaway, a 45-minute ride from Singapore, to Turi Beach (Batam) with our Papa Boy. This is for relaxation and rejuvenation. Tirta Room: Before we can get into our room, we need to “hike” and it is good for our hearts to get pumped up :) The outside is like a kampung (bahay kubo) but with the usual amenities of hotel room inside (air conditioner, bathroom tile floor, comfy bed). It also has a veranda but the sea view is being blocked by trees. The phone was not working at first but got replaced. And we called several times for the coffee, tea and cups to be replenished. I hope they can provide it with the same number of guests in the room. Maybe the room was not used for quite sometime as I can still see dust in the head lamp, table and chair. Make sure to lock the doors as mosquitoes can enter the room. They also provide mosquito spray and lotion. Tamang Sari This is where we had our buffet lunch when we arrived and breakfast the next day. 2...

ABBEY: Wilma’s colleague told her that she should try to eat kimchi instant noodle soup. She was told it was delicious. We bought it and then cooked. It didn’t satisfy her cravings for spicy noodles. I got leftover over kimchi so I decided to check how to cook kimchi noodle soup. Here it is: 5 shiitake mushrooms (thin slices) 1 cup chopped kimchi (save the juice) 1 cup kimchi juice chicken stock or cubes red pepper flakes sesame oil sugar cooked noodles chopped green onions Stir fry shiitake mushrooms then add the kimchi. Put in kimchi juice, chicken stock, red pepper flakes, sugar and sesame oil. The amount of each ingredients depends on your preference. We like it spicy, sweet and sour. Rinse the noodles and put in a bowl. Pour broth over the noodles, top with green onions and serve. Quick and Easy Kimchi Noodle Soup VERDICT WILL:  One of my colleagues suggested that I should try the Kimchi Instant Noodle. On that cue, we bought a s...

Abbey: Wilma told me one day that she wanted to have banana pudding. I looked for restaurants or cafe offering this but sadly the only restaurant who sells it is already closed. And the Magnolia Bakery in US is too far. So I made it. For best results, do this 3 days before the occasion or event. Here’s how. Ingredients: 1 can of condensed milk 1 1/2 cup of ice cold water 3 cups of heavy cream (thickened cream) 1 packet of Jell-O instant vanilla pudding 1 box Nilla wafers 4 cups or 4 large ripe banana. Combine water and condensed milk and mix for 1 minute. Add the instant vanilla pudding and mix for 2 minutes. Put the mixture in a container and have it settled in fridge for 30 minutes. While waiting slice the bananas to small pieces. Whip the heavy cream until stiff peaks are formed. Fold the pudding into the cream. Do the layers in a pan: wafers, banana, cream-pudding mixture then repeat. Put in fridge and serve after. ...

ABBEY: Before departing from Indonesia, we had lunch at Matahari Cafe;  one of the places to dine at Nongsapura Ferry Terminal.  I got Nasi Lemak. Nothing extraordinary and almost the same taste of Nasi Lemaks I had in Singapore. But the chili is better than the one in Turi Beach resort.  The whole restaurant is smoking area so be ready to be a second-hand smoker :) Matahari Cafe (Nongsapura Ferry Terminal) Fish Curry Matahari Cafe (Nongsapura Ferry Terminal) NasI Lemak Matahari Cafe (Nongsapura Ferry Terminal) Drinks Menu Matahari Cafe (Nongsapura Ferry Terminal) Menu Matahari Cafe (Nongsapura Ferry Terminal) Menu WILL:  This is the only restaurant in Nongsapura Pier. This is where we took our last meal on that trip, a lunch.  I ordered fish curry and to wash it down I requested for hot red velvet.  I expect too much on their red velvet. Frustration sank in when I felt the powdery substance in my drinks. Argh! Luck...

ABBEY: This is the ferry service we had when we went to Batam. We were at Tanah Merah Ferry terminal as early as 6AM for our 8AM-departure. One hour passed, Batam Fast office opened and we got our tickets.  The ferry is clean and spacious. They even got charging ports :) We departed Singapore and arrived in Indonesia on time.  But that is not the case homeward bound. We only got to board the ferry an hour after the supposed time of departure. We sat in the upper deck on a cafe-like setting. The engine even died few minutes after we left the port. Batam Fast became Batam “Slow”. Still a good experience and I enjoyed the ride. Batam Fast Ferry Tanah Merah - Nongsapura - Tanah Merah To Turi Beach Resort WILL:  Now, for second time, we visited Tanah Merah to board Batam Fast. Yes! There are ferries in here bound to Batam. I am shocked too! I thought this port is exclusive for Bintan-goers only. It is cleaner and organized than the one in Harboufront. ...

ABBEY: Ok, their flying soba really made me look at the video twice wondering how the soba hangs from the chopsticks and the sticks are in midair. We headed to Hana Restaurant (The Forum) to see and eat the real deal.  I got Flying Cha Soba for SGD18. It comes with 2 flavour-rich dipping sauces and a plate of Spam maki. I thought the serving is small but it totally filled my tummy. And that is lunchtime :) The restaurant also serves desserts and has a bar. However, due to a glitch, the pictures were deleted and we headed back to the restaurant and dined again. This is after we visited the Holiday Trees display at Orchard. I had Flying Salted Egg Yolk Udon ($18). It is another flying soba but the staff gave us a dipping sauce with truffle oil. It was so delicious. We even had a salted egg dip. Wow. It was great experience.  Hana Restaurant And Bar Drip Unagi Rice  Hana Restaurant And Bar Flying Salted Egg Yolk Udon Hana Restaurant And Bar The A...

ABBEY: Gardens by the Bay Domes displays wide array of plant exhibitions. Great timing for our Papa Boy, the Flower Dome shows Poinsettia Wishes theme.  We went there by 7PM. You can get a great Christmas feel upon entrance. It is cold, the music is playing, and red and green decorations are all over the place. It’s as if you’re taken to a Christmas Wonderland.  We took snaps with the Christmas trees, the Nutcrackers, the colorful and beautiful flower and yes with the poinsettias. Don’t forget to look up to catch the “Northern Lights”. Poinsettia Wishes - Gardens by the Bay Poinsettia Wishes - Gardens by the Bay Letters For Santa Poinsettia Wishes - Gardens by the Bay Northern Lights WILL:  Papa RS is here to celebrate the birth month of Abbey. Lucky enough, Gardens by the Bay showcases new ornaments inside Flower Dome and it themed as Poinsettia Wishes.  Of course, the dome was filled with symbolic holiday designs. Tall, real a...