Yesterday's happenings

Went to try the original Thunder Tea Rice outlet at Joo Chiat yesterday! Gab and i are fans of Thunder Tea Rice. Initially i didn't really like it but i think it's an acquired taste and i'm really starting to like it now.

I thought it was really worth it because it was $4.50 for white rice and $5.00 for brown rice! We got the set meal though which costs us $7 and it came with two sides.

The ingredients were so freshly prepared! Raffles City Shopping Mall has Thunder Tea Rice too but this is so much better! It tasted really homemade and even the tofu was prepared by them. I like how they are so thoughtful to pluck out the heads of the ikan billis too!

These were our sides. Our Thunder Tea Rice came with a fried omelette and fried tofu. I love their tofu so much! It was fried with some meat and water chestnut inside. And it's super homemade. I love how they made everything themselves instead of just buying them wholesale and then frying the ingredients.

Thunder Tea Rice
328 Joo Chiat Road #01-04
Tel: 63420223

After that we headed home to spend a bit of time with Cutie (Gabriel's dog). We won't be seeing Cutie for 5 months because of exchange and everytime we tell him that, he sort of knows that we're leaving. :( We brought Cutie to a nearby park yesterday and he was so happy.

We also discovered that he loves us to scratch his head. Hahaha. He gives this shiok expression everytime we do that.

After a while Cutie got really sleepy because of the long walk.

Gabriel took a close up shot of Cutie because he was just too cute sticking out his tongue like that!

True enough, after a while, Cutie fell asleep.

Really can't believe i won't be seeing Cutie for so long and me and Gab are planning on buying him some nice treats to have while we're away.

Review at Kilo at PACT

Went to Kilo at PACT pretty long ago but haven't got the chance to post my review on this. I think the food is pretty decent and really fusion. Everything they serve is so interesting! We were there super early?

We reached there about 5.30pm so we ended up taking a lot of photos of the place… and of us too. It was quite paiseh actually because we were like two tourists in the restaurant.

There's this area where they display books you can read. But i doubt anyone reads them though.

Pretending to read a book

The interior is so pretty too! There's this really edgy modern feel to it. It was empty when we reached so it was pretty quiet! I think this is one of the most interesting restaurants we've been too because it's both a retail and food outlet at the same time and the decorations are just too pretty.

We were given seats right next to the window. The view you get is of Killiney Road. Quite interesting because you get to people watch. And the natural lighting was fabulous! I love being seated right next to the window. It's a very very private place too.

We were looking at their menu and deciding what was good to eat based on other reviews. We finally decided to settle for their pan-seared salmon and angel hair pasta in ebiko cream.

Pan-seared salmon

It's a very interesting mix of flavors in this dish. I really enjoyed it! It's really fusion food. This had a wasabi mash which was really good. This came with grilled vegetables as well like cucumbers and peppers. They were also really generous with their serving of mushrooms in white wine. Overall, i thought this was a good dish, but not so value for money because it was a little pricey for the food they were serving.

Angel Hair Pasta ($22)

Their angel hair pasta is pretty popular and we've seen it on instagram quite a bit. So we've decided to try it! This was described in the menu to be angel hair pasta with sautéed prawns in ebiko cream. I like the consistency of angel hair pasta. It doesn't quite taste like italian pasta though and is prepared more like a japanese dish. I thought that the presentation was fantastic and overall a satisfying dish. However, the cream sauce tasted pretty much like Pastamania's? Just that it was slightly less creamy and had a more smooth consistency. So overall, i was a little disappointed with this dish.

If you're looking for good fusion food, this is it. The only thing about the food at this place was that it wasn't extremely mind blowing good, just perhaps slightly above average. The ambience however, was perfect and really nice for a quiet date.

Kilo at PACT

Orchard Central

181 Orchard Road #02-16/17/18/19

Tel: 68847560

Back with another review at Dim Dim! (CLOSED)

Sometimes just posting all these food reviews reminds me of how much i've been eating! I can't believe i've not only spent so much money on food, i've also gained so many calories. It's alright, because food has this amazing ability to make me happy.

So i'm back with another food review. I always head here during school time because it's just one MRT stop away. It's Dim Dim- The Hong Kong Pantry at Marina Square. This isn't a place that many people would stop by to have a meal and i suspect that most of their customers are returning. Anyway, i love the Dim Sum here! It's affordable (for the price in town) and definitely satisfying! Their congee is so good too and i like it because it's healthy.

For a good deal, it's best to go between 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm because you can get 1 Dim Sums, a bowl of congee and soy milk for just $6.80! Otherwise, if you don't go during those times, the Dim Sums usually costs about $3-$4. Still pretty affordable in my opinion.

A display of some of their baked pork buns

You can see that the interior is rather cosy and located just right opposite llao llao. It's pretty comfortable and great for gatherings and catch ups with friends.

Me and Gabriel both opted for their sets at $6.80 each. We got their soy milk and we love it! We're fans of soy milk and we've tried all the famous soy milks like the one at selegie, lao ban etc. This is pretty comparable to our surprise.

"Why are you taking my picture?!"

We chose their Har Gow and Siew Mai. I like their Har Gow! They were very generous with their prawn filling. I think it's worth getting but their Siew Mai was pretty ordinary.

This is a must get! Their Chee Cheong Fun with Char Siew is really comparable to places like Tim Ho Wan? The rice noodle of this was so smooth and the Char Siew was very lean! The soy sauce was nice too. It's a little oily but not too oily for my preference.

I love their congee too. I always get the chicken and mushroom one. The porridge is so so smooth. You can hardly taste the rice bits at all and it's super creamy. I have no idea how they manage to get such a great consistency of the porridge.

This place is nothing fancy and really casual. I would recommend that this restaurant is definitely worth a visit if you're on a tight budget.

Dim Dim- The Hong Kong Pantry
#B1-16 Marina Square Shopping Centre
6 Raffles Boulevard
Tel: 63369088

Healthy Organic Food at Real Food

I haven't blogged for a super long time. I have instead either been lazing around too much at home or spending too much time shopping that i've somewhat neglected this blog. Oops. But i'll make a constant effort to keep posting from now onwards!

Also, i got myself a new camera!!!! Gabriel got the exact same model too so he could take photos of me and i could take him too. Hahaha. And we got matching new balance sneakers lately too! We're really converging aren't we? Everything we get also must be the same.

During one of the weeks last December, i headed to Real Food at Central and ever since, i've been visiting this place a lot! The interior looks so homely and cosy.

Stuffed Veggie ($13.80)

This was fantastic. The beetroot patty was really too good. And this salad is so healthy too! I've ordered it twice already thus far! The patty consisted of a grilled organic capsicum filled with grated beetroot, carrots, mashed potatoes, onions, millet and coriander. It was also served with greens, avocado, cherry tomatoes, radish. The dressing is vinaigrette. You have to have this on your order because the patty was so good. Healthy and good, and i absolutely love it!

Dumpling noodles dry ($8.80)

This consisted of their homemade dumplings (same as the one above) and wholegrain ramen. The ramen tasted a lot like fettuccine?  I guess there was nothing super fantastic about this dish, but if you are looking for a healthy option this would be a good bet. It's pretty affordable too and the serving size was just right.

Rise-n-Shine Breakfast ($8.80)

This wasn't as good as it sounded. It was really plain and simple. I've took many shots of it from different angles so you could see all the ingredients that goes into this. This is nothing fantastic though so i don't think it's worth ordering. This consisted of a sunny side egg, salad with balsamic vinegar and lemon, avocado, tomatoes, roasted mushrooms and a slice of bread.

Beetroot (millet) burger ($12.80)

This was so fantastic. It's so worth ordering and pretty much the star dish at Real Food! This beetroot patty is slightly different from the one in the stuffed veggie salad. This consisted of beetroot, carrots, onions, zucchini. This is also served with grilled onions, tomatoes, guacamole. It also came with a side dish of salad and sweet potato fries. You will not regret ordering this for sure!

Genovese Pesto Pasta ($11.80)

This consisted of spaghetti tossed in pesto sauce. This came with grilled cucumbers, potatoes and feta cheese and olives as well. I like how they also included that fresh basil leaf at the top! You can add mushrooms to this for an additional cost of $2 too! Taste wise, this really tasted healthy. It's not salty at all and the taste of the pesto sauce felt really home made. It can't be compared to those pesto pastas at Italian restaurants because this tasted like it was a different dish of its own. It's a really healthy yet tasty pasta.

I really love the food here. Everything is vegan and organic and especially for someone health conscious like me, this is a rare gem. I hardly find food that tastes so good and yet is so healthy at the same time. During my meal, i felt i was eating clean? I didn't feel so full and bloated after that too. What's more, the price is really affordable!

They have a few outlets! It's interesting that they have one outlet at Somerset. I rarely find such good food at such an affordable price in town because most of the restaurants price their food above $17.

Central

6 Eu Tong Sen St

The Central #B1-52/53

Tel: 62233392

Christmas day

Back with another post detailing what happened on Christmas day itself. We went to church for Christmas service and after that, we headed down to the new Orchard Gateway. Okay, maybe not new but it's one of our first few times there!

We walked around in Orchard central before that and decided to take a few photos with the Christmas decorations.

We decided to eat at Supply & Demand as we knew that the food there would not disappoint us! The place is just as pretty as the one at Esplanade! The decorations are pretty similar and gave a very rustic feel to it.

This is the interior of Supply & Demand! There are seats outside too and we were seated outside. It was a pretty good experience too because it was less crowded.

Well we ordered their house pour and it wasn't very satisfactory. But that's alright! Because for every a glass of wine ordered, we were entitled to a free flow buffet of turkey, artichoke, olives, cheese and breads. Such a good deal right? Of course, Gabriel ate a lot of turkey. Protein is always good for guys, right?

Some pictures of the view from where we were seated!

We both ordered chicken ($18). We just had to! Especially since it left such a good impression the last time we were at the Esplanade outlet. This came with grilled vegetables like tomato, cucumbers and capsicums. The tomato was so fresh and juicy i really wonder how they did it! The chicken was grilled, so it was really healthy! This came with some salad tossed in vinaigrette dressing. The potato mash wasn't just your ordinary potato mash. It was truffle mash and so delicious!

Supply & Demand is really one of our favourite places to go to. Considering that it was a public holiday, the service was pretty fast and efficient! We were seated quickly too and the staff were all very responsive.

For more details on the dining experience at Supply & Demand, do also vist my other post at: http://doriateo.blogspot.sg/2014/12/im-fan-of-supply-demand.html

Ending off this post with an outfit of the day. Till then!