Nanbantei: Best Yakitori for now

We went for Yakitori at Nanbantei on Sunday as an early birthday celebration for yours truly. Yes, I am turning one year older. Again.


The first time I ate at Nanbantei was in Tokyo last october. My second time was in Singapore just in january, thanks to Ginny's recommendation. And this is my third time now.

I thought that the food was better in Tokyo compared to Singapore. But the Singapore branch is quite good actually. My favourite: their lamb chops, their chicken wings, and their asparagus wrappped with pork. Oh oh, and not forgetting their sweet corn! You have to order these 4 foods when there.


Oh, and if you want value for money, you could head there for lunch, as they serve their value bento sets. I am not sure if they only serve these during weekends, as I don't remember they served these when I was there on a weekday; I tried their bento set when I was there on sunday.

But, I do think that the food taste better when ordered ala carte. As the yakitori in the bento set was not really served piping hot from the oven.

Santouka over Ippudo

I finally ate at Ippudo today.


I was quite disappointed actually. I had the Shiromaru Classic: the Original recipe tonkotsu soup served with thin noodles, Rosu chashu (Pork Loin), cabbage, kikurage & scallions. Overall, the broth was good, not too salty. However, that was about it. The egg yolk was not runny. The noodles taste a bit too "hard". The char siew did not melt in my mouth.



And the verdict is clear. Santouka wins hands down. Maybe I should return to Ippudo another day and try their Akamaru Modern: the Original recipe enhanced with Ippudo’s special blended miso paste, served with thin noodles, Buta Bara (Pork Belly), kikurage, scallions and fragrant garlic oil.

3rd change of 2010?

Hmmmm, we are now looking into and contemplating our 3rd change of the year 2010.

More details will be revealed in the near future when everything is firmed.

Keeping my fingers and toes crossed. Sigh. A lot of work to be done.

Charcoal Restaurant

We went for dinner at Charcoal Restaurant with a group of friends last saturday. Apparently, Charcoal Restaurant is the new name for Petals; the restaurant for SHATEC trainees to hone their culinary and service skills.

The food was quite yummy actually. I am not very sure if the food was prepared by the trainees, as the chef came out to greet us and he looks quite old and professional. Maybe he oversees the trainees? The service of the wait staff is average; they are still learning anyway.

I definitely will return for more. My dar had the lamb as the main course, while I had the beef. For the price of around $45-48+++ for a 3 course set dinner, plus the fact that the food is really good, it is really worth it!

Choo choo!

And we bought Kae her very 1st Thomas the Train set, which includes the railways and stuff.


She is lurving her toy, still. I am still waiting for her to be sick of the toy and put in into her toy box and forget all about it. That doesn't seem to be happening. I suspect we will be buying her more and more expansion sets for her little blue choo choo engine.