Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts

Thursday, December 22, 2011

#86 - A Birthday Treat

Promises aren't meant to be broken, but rules are. 
Great thing, I didn't break my promise again. Back with photos for Sister's birthday. 

Headed all the way to The Central just to have my virgin try of Ma Maison. Sadly, initial plan screwed. Ma Maison was to be opened at 6pm that day. It was quite screwed up that day though, with SMRT train services down, and we had to resort to taking 190 all the way to town, and then it poured. How mad could this be?

So, the feeling was damn annoying when you make your way to the shop and then they tell you it's not opened yet.
 Screwed up not enough. 
The rain just spoilt the atmosphere, plus we had to walk quite a distance before reaching The Central.

Okay, whatever. So we happened to chanced upon WATAMI, a Japanese restaurant. Yeah, so it was my treat for my sister's birthday. Awwww, how diabetic-ally sweet a brother I am.

So here are the photos! And perhaps some ratings too. This restaurant is not bad!

We got the special set for 2!




Our drinks, mine was citrus tea, which is lime plus red tea. My sis got herself citrus cola, lime plus cola. 
Mine tasted better, but was super sweet. Hers, the opposite!



The salad with lots of dressing! This, to me is damn nice. The sauce, if I'm not wrong, is made by the restaurant itself. It's unique, with a salty and creamy flavour, along with sesame fragrance. So it's quite appetising!

Ratings:
Salad: 4 / 5


Salmon Sashimi! Mostly mine since my sister preferred cooked ones. It's quite fresh, except for the fact that it was sliced too thickly. So it's kind of disgusting after you take quite a few mouthfuls.

Ratings:
Salmon Sashimi: 3.5 / 5


A fried tofu dish dipped in tempura sauce perhaps. It's deep fried and although bland, it tast good after soaking it in the tempura sauce!

Ratings:
Fried Tofu dish: 4 / 5


Some omelette thing. I love the cheezy-ness of this. It's better than the one I ate at Japan. Yet, it's rather salty so you have to match it with maybe rice, or drink up some water.

Ratings:
Omelette: 3 / 5

A  Beef Sukiyaki  perhaps. It's worth it since it's filled to the brim. I think this is quite similar to the one I had in Japan, called the 'Shabu Shabu'. The soup is sweet and salty at the same time. Nevertheless, the contents are quite yummy!

Ratings:
Beef Sukiyaki: 3.5 / 5


This is the Udon that comes with it!


Bibimbap! How thoughtful they are, not wanting you to scald your hand, by placing the stone bowl in a box. However, the stone bowl was too hot I guess, the rice at the bottom got burnt pretty fast. If not for the high burning speed, it would have tasted better, cause the beef in this is nice! The waitress was quite thoughtful actually, since she advised us to quickly finish it, if not it'll be burnt!

Ratings:
Bibimbap: 4 / 5

So much for 2 only @ $59!

Restaurant's overall scores

Ambience: 8.5 / 10
Food:  22 / 30
Service: 8.5 / 10
Restaurant: 39/ 50 [78.0%]
That's a A1!

So I'll recommend it!

Here's the address!

Central Branch

6 Eu Tong Sen Street, The Central,
#03-82/83/85/102/108/109
Singapore 059817
Tel: (65) 6323 3398
Fax: (65) 6323 3378
Operating hours: 11.30am to 11pm


Sunday, December 26, 2010

#36 - Merry Christmas

MERRY X'MAS EVERYONE!

(Okay, I meant, belated.)

Yay, I'm back with the photos on 171210. I didn't break my promise, glad to feel this way. Haha! 

 This huge Christmas tree seen at Takashimaya, Ngee Ann City. My sister went there to meet her friend. So my mum and I went around to explore. :D FYI, this tree is like 4 to 5 storeys tall.

 Heh, this tree is in Tower A. Damn creative right? The colourful bears so cute!

 This Christmas tree under Tiffany & Co. Not very big, just took a shot of it since we walked passed it.

HAHAHA! It's salivating time! Get ready for food pictures!
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 The chawanmushi. Actually, the one at Lot One taste way better. This one @ Bugis has got an odd flavor.

 Soba. The soba here ain't cold, but it's appealing right?

 Soft Shell Crab-Tamaki. Didn't eat this. My sister ordered it. HAHA! I think it's delicious since my sister liked it so much.

 The tofu dish. What can I say? The best tofu dish out of all the tofu dishes I had in my life. But, I still prefer Lot One's. :P

 Salmon sushi. This is the only one that I like. :D

 Dessert! Mango flavor Ice Cream. Way better than the brownie one. I still can remember last time how my family got scammed that there is no more mango flavor ice cream by a staff called Rosy Tan! Fish her man. She told us that there is no more mango flavor when other customers are getting it. Lie-FAIL! Yeah, we feedback about her service and she's no longer working at Lot One sakae I think :P 

Last week's I-weekly magazine has got some Goodie-bag again.

 What's inside the bag. So nice of them this year, and maybe the years ahead.

 4 magazines - The main I-weekly, 2 guide books and I think a book about Cheers's Discount for products during Christmas.


Three packets of Spicy Mushroom Ramen. New Product. It taste so nice. I think it's better than the Kimchi flavor one. Worth trying :D!
 A box-sized packet tissue. How thoughtful, for you to wipe your mouth after devouring the ramen. (:

 A gold mini bag or something. For girls -.-  DUH! Yeah, that's all. Looknig forward to the next goodie-bag and I'll sure blog about it too! Heh, another promise made!

 Yes, the moment. Snacks from Hokkaido! there's chocolate and Mochi!

 Milk Chocolate and Melon flavored Chocolate. All manufactured in Hokkaido. It's super nice, with the centered filled with juicy and creamy melon paste for the Melon flavored one. The milk Chocolate is sweet enough and melts slowly in your mouth. One Word: Best. HAHA!
The Mochi from Narita Airport, Tokyo.  It has several odd flavors but some taste really good. I think it consist of flavors like sesame, coffee, green tea etc. Can't really find the exact flavor. HAHAHA! alright, going for wedding dinner later. Bye :D

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

#25 - Made New Friends

I'm Back (continued)

Day 05. ( 27th October 2010 )


Ashiya International School (:
Cafeteria Uncle!

 In Chemistry Lab making recycled paper with Kelvin, Rizuan, Delson & Krisada! The girl  in beige cardigan helped us a lot. her name is Victoria I think.

 I'm actually a bit shocked by the students there. They were going crazy over the guys. They were going like "Ni Hao" all the way. We just gave a smile back and walk away shyly. They are actually a bit scary sometimes :X, but friendly afterall.


 The teachers!

 The most important people of the play. Emcees~! 
STARRING:
Jasmine Toh Jing Min
Chua Guo Yao
Neo Kah Chin
Rizuan
Kenny Ling Yue Chow
Ng Geok Teng
A. Jenifer Marina Juliet
Jasper Low Cheng En
Charlene Foo Kai Lin
Clarissa Goh Pei Xin
Wong Ying Cui
Lin Xin Ping
Delson Ong Yu Xuan
Christopher Tan Say Wei
Andrew Liew Qi Xiang
Ong Wei Kang
Alex Ng Yu Zhe
Kelvin Chen Yi Zhan
Jeffery Mah Teng Kang
Dickson Kaw Ding Sheng
Krisada Ng
Ong Teck Wee
Ng Jia Hui

 Chinese Couple - Kc & Rizuan.

 Malay Couple - Kenny & Geok Teng.

 The lovely Indian couple - Jenifer & Jasper.

 Girls' performance.

 Boys' performance. Up up?

 Down down?

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 Rasa Sayang. 

 Group 90 degrees bow time!

 Farewell speech by Akane (Girl in front) in Japanese & by Ysabel (Girl in white) in English. They are still keeping in contact with Unity!





 Haborland & its marvelous Amusement park! Spent around like 13000 Yen there during shopping!

 Dinner @ Chinese Restaurant. Buffet time!

Me & Naomi. Miss her a lot!

Day 06. ( 28th October 2010 )

 She is happy and thankful for our card. i'll never forget her. Best tour guide ever.

 Breakfast on bus. No time EAT!

Alright, an end to my Japan Memories. now, the Souvenirs part!
 So what did I bought??? A polka dot hoodie for 6,090 Yen, didn't care about the price cause I loved it so much. 3 boxes of cookies ( butter, milk & chocolate flavors) from Nara. A fat whale plush toy from Kaiyukan Aquarium, along with the two small keychains at the bottom.One has a penguin feather in it, the other is like a coin. Then, 3 boxes of Shiroi koibito, around 2,015 Yen. all the mini food @ a Mama shop selling tidbits at discounted price as it is the autumn fair. everyone chiong buy food siol. There's a small plush toy, a dog? for JingRu, cause she wanted one. Then the panda bag for Yuhui. Then nth much le. 20k Yen just gone like that (:

This cute little paper weight from Nara Park. 650 Yen, around S$9!

Photos credit: Mr Jeremy Yong & myself again!