National Day Celebration

We had a mini gathering a Auntie J's new abode today. House warming cum National Day celebration. We were all decked in colors of red, pink and white. Yes, even the adults. Happy birthday Singapore!

Sushi Kuu

I met up with C for lunch at Sushi Kuu today. 

The food are not priced cheaply. But I will definitely patronize this place rather than Tatsuya now because my last visit to Tatsuya was disappointing. Look at my assorted seafood on sashimi rice set lunch. Simply delish! And the sashimi all tasted so fresh.

 C has the assorted sashimi cubes on sushi rice. Looks real tantalizing yah?

Each set comes with miso soup, udon and ice-cream.

Sushi Kuu

Add: 390 Orchard Road, #01-07 Palais Renaissance, Singapore 238871

Tel: 6736 0100

http://www.sushikuu.sg/

Lunch at Ju Shin Jung

It seemed only logical that we head next door to Ju Shin Jung Guillemard for lunch after the tedious wall climbing activity. And the kids were only happy to be greeted by 2 pools of balls once we entered the restaurant.

I've always enjoyed Korean side dishes (banchan). I can just eat them as my main meal!

We ordered their spicy bbq pork to share. While the girls had a bowl of noodles in clear broth each.

I like that this branch is huge and spacious, and that there is a play room to entertain the kids while they wait for their food. On the downside however, they do not finish their food as they are too eager to run off to play at the playroom!

Ju Shin Jung Guillemard

Add: 102 Guillemard Road, #01-01 Singapore 399719

Tel: 6440 7707

http://www.jushinjung.com.sg/

Cycling Date and Crab in da Bag

We met up with Kae's friends and families for a day out at East Coast Park, mainly for cycling and dinner at Crab in da Bag. The 3 girls, Kae, Kayenne and Kadence were cycling for their lives!

And the girls decided to be the greater sex and managed to climb onto the tree. The boys took on a shorter tree. Hah.

Our group picture!

I've always wanted to try out Crab in da Bag ever since I've eaten at Cajun Kings and Dancing Crab. I remember that Crab in da Bag was always empty every time we walked past when they just opened. But now, it is almost impossible to get seats via walk in. Please call and make reservations in advance!

One reason for eating here with kids versus at Cajun Kings is that they have a kid's menu here, mainly pasta with sausages and corn cooked together, and served with a desert and drink. Note that we have to ask the staff for forks for the kids to eat their food with. Yup, straight from the plastic bag!

Their chicken wings were delicious, their fries were average.

And then came the highlight of the evening: the Caboodle Boil. We ordered the gigantic pot which is good for 6 to 8 pax (or so they say). I think for a good feast, it is just nice for 6 people to share. Everything is sweet and fresh, yes, especially their lobsters and crabs. If not for the hefty price tag, I don't mind coming here again for seafood! With orders of a gigantic pot, 5-6 kiddie's bags, 2 towers of beer, some sides of chicken wings and french fries, the total bill came up to about $200 for each of the 4 families.

And the crab (or lobster) came out for a special surprise appearance to sing a birthday song for the surprised birthday boy.  

Crab in da Bag
Add: 902 East Coast Parkway, Block D #01-25 Big Splash, Singapore 449874
Tel: 6440 0083
http://crabindabag.com/

Saboten at 313 Somerset

We happened to be around 313 Somerset during the evening and so we decided to have dinner at Saboten with the girls. Yup, their first meal at Saboten.

Worried that they might just have rice and rice alone, we ordered chicken karaage and fries as side dishes for them.

We had the Loin Katsu set to share. Yum! What I love about this place is that I can get refills of their yummy shredded cabbage! Always crunchy!

And dessert is my favorite flavored Yuzu sorbet!

Saboten Japanese Restaurant

Add: 313 Orchard Road, #B2-02/03 313 Somerset, Singapore 

Tel: 6333 3432

https://www.facebook.com/saboten.sg

Little Wimbly Lu

After dinner at Cajun Kings with the girls, as next door Wimbly Lu was packed, we decided to head to myVillage at Serangoon Gardens again for coffee like what we did the last time the 4 of us ladies were together.

Imagine our surprise when we chanced upon the newly opened Little Wimbly Lu. It was around 9 plus and it was full house in the smaller sister shop of Wimbly Lu. So when we saw that a group of people were about to leave, we went in immediately and got the seats.

The apple crumble and the chocolate tart were good, but I find that the waffles we had that night were not up to their usual standard as at Wimbly Lu. The waffles, like what G said, tasted like instant/frozen waffles. Seriously. Or maybe they've made the waffles even before they received the orders. I don't know. I only know I will probably stick to their Jalan Riang outlet if I have a choice.

Little Wimbly Lu

Add: 1 Maju Avenue, #01-09/10 myVillage at Serangoon Gardens, Singapore 556679

https://www.facebook.com/littlewimblylu

Common Man Coffee Roasters

Dar is on leave today, so we took the opportunity to head to Common Man Coffee Roasters, our very first time there.

We ordered their white coffee, but I'm not sure which beans dar chose. But their coffee is good.

As we were not that hungry, we ordered their Common Man Burger to share. Quite nice too, but hey, it is hard to go wrong with a burger, yes, no? Don't fancy their fries though. I love thin fries!

And their Common Man Churros proved to be too sweet for me! Took us some time to finish these!

Common Man Coffee Roasters

Add: 22 Martin Road, #01-00, Singapore 239058

Tel: 6836 4695

http://www.commonmancoffeeroasters.com

Blanco Court Kueh Chap at Holland Drive

I had been craving for Kueh Chap and we decided to head to the nearest Kueh Chap we can google at Holland Drive Food Centre.

This Blanco Court Kueh Chap is supposed to be famous, but I was surprised to see that there is no queue when we reached. Rather, there was another shop, a few stalls away on the right selling Kueh Chap as well as braised duck meat, which is more hot as there was a queue.

My thoughts: I didn't really fancy the food. The intestines were not braised long enough, and I didn't like they didn't have the big intestines. Average on the whole I guess, and I cannot see why they are considered popular. Maybe I share the same sentiments with most since there wasn't any queue when we were there.

Think I will try the other stall the next time we head there.

Blanco Court Kueh Chap 

Add: Block 44 Holland Drive, #02-02 Holland Drive Food Centre, Singapore 270044

Sanpoutei Ramen

I didn't have time to cook dinner before we left the house for the girls' Berries lessons today, so we head to Holland Village for dinner. Our first taste of Sanpoutei Ramen.

Sanpoutei's speciality is their Niigata Shoyu Ramen. Which I fell in love with. I am never a fan of shoyu flavor; usually I order shio. But their Niigata Shoyu Ramen just won me over. The broth was not typical shoyu tasting. And they served the ramen with aburi chashu, tenderly stewed no less. Easily my second/third favorite ramen shop after Santouka and Ikkousha!

Their Butariki Niigata Rice mini don was pretty great too. The pork, egg yolk and rice just tasted so good mixed together.

We ordered the deep fried spring chicken just for the oroshi yuzu ponzu sauce (which was mixed together with the grated radish placed on top of the chicken). Yes, we are yuzu and ponzu fans. But sadly, this dish was just average.

I reckon we will visit this shop very often in the many Wednesdays to come.

Sanpoutei Ramen 

Add: 253 Holland Avenue, #01-01 Holland Village, Singapore 278982

Tel: 6463 7277

http://sanpoutei.sg/