16 Dec 2011 - Gathering with U-mates

The group agreed to have a dinner gathering at Sizzler, Suntec City Mall. Three out of six attendees managed to meet up two hours before the stipulated time. These people sat at Coffee Bean to catch up while waiting for the rest to turn up. It was recalled that the same thing happened at the last gathering, the same few people reached earlier than agreed, and met up at the same Coffee Bean branch. Lots of chatter ensued, and nobody realised how much time had passed. It was time to get some seats at Sizzler.

It was quite a long wait, probably got seated at around 8pm. Immediately attacked the salad bar. Ok, no quite, it was after ordering a medium well Sizzler Steak.

First blood. Had some artichoke hearts, beetroot and assorted mushrooms later on. Totally forgot about their picture.


The main course of 225g steak. Most of the group had their steak done medium rare, but their stake turned out dry. Oddly, his medium well steak was very juicy, meat was still red, and juiced the plate all over. He was the only one who ate his potato skins too. This set cost $29.99++.


After dinner, they went for some drinks at Paulaner.

Probably because they haven't met up for quite some time, people kept wanting to continue their conversations. So they left for Xin Wang Hong Kong cafe before they lost their voice to the loud music.

Each had yet another drink, and someone also ordered a fried bread thingy to share. Check out that oily thing.


Mocha + coke + beer + green tea in one evening, the stomach's sure to throw tantrums the next morning. And it did.

12 Dec 2010 - Salad Sunday

She went to do her hair and was expected to be gone for hours. What did that mean?

Got up around noon and had chicken soup before watching streaming videos, going on a marathon. Felt hungry again at around 3pm, and had a craving for instant noodles. One packet wouldn't be filling enough, so he rummaged through the fridge and found some leftovers. Some lettuce leaves, one slice of cheese, near empty mayonnaise bottle.

Soaked the lettuce while he slurped up the peppery noodles. Gave then lettuce a final rinse before shredding them. Added a teaspoon of olive oil, a teaspoon blob of mayonnaise, sprinkle of black pepper, and shredded some cheese to top it up.

There you go, the movie snack. Leafy vegetables help cool down a little on a hot day.

curry favor 7 Feb 2010

read about curry favor online and they had mixed reviews. however, the management had been sincere enough reply and it seems they were quite open to feedbacks, so he thought he would give them a try. at the same time, they could also eat at a new place.

soup and salad


extra spicy curry chicken for him - curry was thick and flavorsome. very enjoyable, with pretty big chunks of meat, though the price tag still pinched.


regular beef curry for her - sweet curry with large cubes of beef, she liked it too, but he preferred his spicy. extra spicy.


total cost $30+, pinch the heart and wallet to love the stomach.

a month in lawton, oklahoma, united states

here comes a compilation of 1 month's worth of food. messy! are you ready for it?

dating a month back, he crossed the pacific towards his destination in around 36 hours. boarded 4 flights. Singapore to Tokyo for a stopover, Tokyo to Los Angeles, Los Angeles to Dallas, and finally, Dallas to Oklahoma City. not forgetting the near 2 hours truck-ride to his hotel in Lawton. imagine how tiring that was, and you'll probably forgive him for having only 1 decent picture of his inflight meal.

poached egg with cheese, hashbrowns, sausage and a cherry tomato. very yummy.
there were japanese selection available too, and he enjoyed soba the most. unfortunately, there are no pictures of the above said.


one fine day when they could eat out for lunch, they went for Burger King. their burgers are still very much large, and drinks in the US restaurants and eateries seem to be free flow. at least for where he was.
USD4.99 for this tax-free BK Big Fish meal. yummy.


on another not so fine night where they had to return to discuss some issues into the night, they decided to pamper themselves with a good meal of lobsters. the name says it all, Red Lobster.


as always, he goes for the ultimate value + yummy meal. ultimate feast, USD 22.99 (exclusive of taxes and tips)


garden salad for him, with yummy croutons. j was saying this was a separate charge of the meal, that nearly made the salad unpalatable.


j's order of steamed 1 1/4 pound lobster. lobster's really red huh. cost around USD 24.


here comes his ultimate feast, snow crab legs, scampi shrimp, some kind of breaded shrimp, lobster tail and mashed potato. crab legs and the lobster tail tasted a bit tough. enjoyed the texture of the mashed potato, where you could still bite chunks of potatoes in the mash, and also liked the garlic aroma of the scampi shrimp. jy, however, found it too salty and left it very much untouched afterwards.


close up of the scampi shrimp. butter, garlic, herb. mmm...


Pusan Korean buffet
they would drive by this road on their way to work, and opted for lunch on a day they were tight on time, since it was the nearest.
USD6.95 for lunch (excluding taxes and tips)


rice, comfort food for some of his colleagues. variety was quite limited, but it was a good meal, considering that it was buffet for a lesser price than some other fast food restaurants. the kimchi and the bulgogi were especially good.


Wok N Roll chinese express
one of the haunts for bargain eats. look at the mountain of fried rice, cost around USD 6 and can feed 2-3 mouths. the one on the right is the Wok-N-Roll Special Combo, cost around USD 6 too, and consists of shrimps, beef, chicken, pork, and they always ask for it to be whipped up extra spicy. there was one fella who ate it and starting sweating all over his face in 13 degrees celsius.


Hong Kong Buffet
all time favourite. lunch for USD6.99 and dinner for less than USD 10 (weekday prices).
wide spread of food, sushi, western, mongolian, chinese, salads, good quality creamy ice-cream, etc. they seem to have braised mussels for lunch, and for dinner, wow, snow crab legs, cheese baked mussels and oysters. super duper yummy.


first meal at HK Buffet was lunch. took some spring rolls, fried dumplings, cheese baked potato and some spicy baby crawfish.


gh's mountain of prawns. he never fails to take this mountain whenever they are there.


second helping, braised pork, mussels, sushi, fried chicken wing, boiled egg half and cheese baked potato again.


not forgetting the mongolian barbeque! grab your spread of meat, pork, chicken, beef, throw in some peppers, top with large amounts of garlic in oil and some chilli paste. then wait and watch the chef bbq you a yummy plate of food!


dinner time, cheese baked mussels, snow crab legs and honey pork ribs. super yummy. gh probably had 1 dozen of the mussels.


close up of the yummy mussels. fresh and succulent.


Golden Corral - serves western style buffet. cost around USD13 for dinner with free flow lemon soda.


mushrooms, thinking of them makes him drool while typing. they serve large chunks of pork ribs, what is shown is about a quarter, special request.


next up, Furr's Fresh Buffet. has the largest spread of salad of all other eateries they've been to. cost around USD7 for lunch

mix of salad


grilled fish on the left, you can see the grill lines. slightly bitter and smokey taste.
pork carving in the middle, laden with a good layer of fats. when he went for returns, all that were left was the lean portion.
some kind of taco-like wrap on the right.


canned dinners - on days when they work really late and no more restaurants are open. left, USD1, right, USD0.80. very salty, but saves money and keeps you filled.


Taco Bell - first time he has ever eaten this, even though he has it back home. got a USD6 taco black box, 2 crunchy tacos and 1 soft taco.

a close up of one of the crunchy taco


breakfast of bagel, egg slices and meat patties.