Ichiban Boshi @ Esplanade Mall

Had a delicious lunch Ichiban Boshi at Esplanade prior to watching a performance with a friend.   My friend ordered this Fried Dory with garlic sauce on hotplate set. See the chunky pieces of dory meat… yum yum.   I had this before and told him it’s gonna be delicious

I ordered this Gindara with black pepper sauce on hotplate set. The gindara tasted so soft and the black pepper sauce complemented it really well.

 

The set comes with Chawanmushi, fruits, soup and a mushroom don set. Cost $20.90 ++.

 

It’s delicious and value for $$

 

Gindara with Black Pepper Sauce on Hotplate. Gindara means Cod Fish in Japanese

 

 

This mushroom don is part of the Gindara Set. It’s very delicious. Mushrooms and eggs are some of my fav

 

8 Raffles Avenue #02-14, Esplanade Mall, Singapore 039802
Tel: 6423 1151

The Cookie Muesum @ Esplanade Mall

Was looking at the signboard at the Esplanade to look for a place to have my dinner when “The Cookie Museum” caught my attention. It got me curious as to what exactly is a cookie muesum.

I chanced upon it after my dinner at Ichiban Boshi when I want to walk over to Marina Square. The sales lady was very friendly and was asking me to try quite a number of exotic flavours of their handmade cookies. I have to say that I really like the taste of their cookies. In terms of taste, it is light and not really sweet. You get to taste the original flavour of the cookies.

I bought a Swadilo Mawa (which is sweet papaya & lotus seeds) for ED. It is very delicious and the lotus seeds is really crunchy. I never knew that lotus seeds can be added as an ingredient to make cookie as you normally eat them in desserts or sweet soup.

Prices for their cookies range from $28-$35 per tin. I ordered the Cran Lychee which is only available next year.

Though the price is kind of pricey but I felt that it is worth its expensive price tag. The cookies are really very delicious.

Hyacinthus’s blog entry mentioned about this Cookie Museum too

The Cookie Museum @ The Esplanade Mall
8 Raffles Ave #01-02/04
Singapore 039802
Tel: 6333 1965

Safra Sheares Bridge Run & Army Half Marathon

Some pictures taken at the Safra Sheares Bridge Run & Army Half Marathon.

Starting Point

21 km run… ha don’t think I have the stamina to sustain. Haha

Scenery taken along the run. The runners in green are from Deafboleh.com

Trishaw uncle looking idlly at the runners

The Singapore Flyer taken from the bridge

The finish point – at last!!

Fireworks on 18 Aug 2007

Some picts of the fireworks and view taken from Oriental Hotel Room.

View of Fullerton Hotel and the CBD at night

Fireworks display. More grand than last year (my feel) and simply awesome.

Dinner At Jap Restaurant @ Food Republic (Suntec)

Had a nice dinner at this Jap Restaurant located in Food Republic at Suntec yesterday. Went there to have dinner before heading off to watch the fireworks.

Salmon Maki. Very nice and delicious. A bit crispy inside when u bite in and then the bursting of the roe in your mouth when you chew the whole thing… simply delicious.

Order this big pot of pork sukiyaki. The pork belly is so tiny sliced that the meat simply melt in your mouth. So tender and nice. The soup is really tasty too.

Ordered this Saba and Chicken Bento. The set comes with Chawanmushi and rice. The Saba is grilled nicely with taste of bbq smell and the meat was just tender and not too hard. Not too fishy too.

 

This sidedish was highly recommended by the waitress. It’s grilled eggplant with miso. The miso melted on top of the eggplant and looks like cheese to me. The taste is very nice. The eggplant moist and soft and the miso added a salty taste to it.

Pork cooked with Miso, ginger, spring onion and carrots strips. The chef uses pork belly that is also so thinly sliced that it melted in your mouth when you chewed it.

National Day Celebration @ Ritz Carlton (9 Aug 2007)

Requested for an early check-in but did not expect Ritz to allow us to check-in as early as 9 am. Pleasantly surprised. Good a really warm welcome from the hotel staff. Service was always prompt and staff always greet you when they see you. However found that room furnishings are a little old. Heard from the Hotel Manager that Ritz would be refurbishing its rooms end of the year. Looking forward to brand new looking rooms then

Beds look really soft and cosy rite?

Bath Essentials… they smell really nice too

Nice bath towels set.

Breakfast @ Ritz. Porridge & Carrot + Orange Juice. Yum Yum!!

Muffin, erm… this one taste like cake but looks like a bread… with dried fruits inside. Taste heavenly with nutella. Tat is a bowl of bak kut teh. Taste ok and the You Tiao is very crunchy cos they toasted each of the cut piece.

The Morning Before Checking Out from Ritz Carlton (11 Aug 2007)

Woke up early and decided to have a nice bath before heading down to the cafe for breakfast. Soaked myself in the bathtub and enjoyed the view outside at the same time. Felt so relaxed.

 View of CBD taken from Ritz @ 23rd Storey

Workers hard at work in dismantling the stage on the floating platform. They worked through the night too.

My National Day Celebration @ Ritz Carlton

I am really looking forward to our stay at the Ritz Carlton on 9 Aug. Hopefully we will get a nice room at the ideal floor we want to catch a great view of the parade and fireworks. Would be updating this page again.

Afternote: Here are the picts to my Ritz Carlton Stay. For pictures on 18 Aug fireworks display, please click here