Thursday, October 18, 2007

Jap Restaurant @ Mohd Sultan

There is a newly opened Jap rest located @ UE Sq along the once happening Mohd Sultan Rd.
It has been a long long time since I went to that area.
During my 'young' days , I used to party there...Da Jie, Newsroom Bar..etc... The once happening stretch of pubs and discos is now quiet.

However, now what is happening there is not pubs but restaurants. Authentic Japanese , Korean, Italian, French restaurants where you can enjoy your quiet little dinner by the river.


We were actually having a gathering dinner with one of our ex-GE colleagues.
As usual, our F&B manager is always full of ideas to all the different and hard to find places in Singapore. But the places that he brings us is always good and delicious.

We did not order any main dishes..only some appetisers to accompany our drinks..
This is the first time I drank Choya. Its very nice...sweet and deadly...cos its so sweet and nice to drink that you don't know when to stop!
Easy to get a girl drunk on this...hee..

Okie..back to food... Sashimi is something not to be missing when you go to a jap rest.
The sashimi here is bagus! Fish is very fresh.
I already indicated that no "Spare" parts for our food...and guess what...I did not specify what kind of spare parts that I don't want...so our dear Yaw ordered something extraordinary as usual...

1) Look at this white hard looking thingy...can you guess what is this?
I bet you can't..not even when u put it in your mouth.
Its crunchy and tasteless...still dunno? They are chicken bones! Yucks..imagine chewing bones..
I feel like Rex now... ;p

2) This is the last thing that I would imagine i would ate...the 2nd thing that I was conned to eat after the chicken heart @ the yakitori rest @ Far East Plaza.
Looks like normal beef right... its Cow's TONGUE!!!
Puke!!!
But frankly speaking...its q delicious...tender and chewy..of course wat...you are chewing on some one's tongue!!!

The rest of the food are q normal and digestible...
mini prawns, tofu with salted fish and this is the most normal thing..that was ordered by Ah Huang... Chicken Balls with egg yolk...

Although not alot..but we had our fill eating and drinking...
Another makan trip accomplished! :)

My first attempt to make Tiramisu


This is my first time trying out Tiramisu... Actually this is a very easy recipe cos no baking is required.. I have not tried this till now is because it is not easy to find the main ingredient....Lady Fingers. Hey...this finger is not the finger that you are thinking abt... Its a kind of biscuit..in rectangular form..with sugar coating on top.. Not all supermarkets carry this...so have to really search for it. The rest of the ingredients are quite easy, whipping cream, liquor, coca powder, mascaporne cheese...

First, make the coffee for soaking the lady fingers. I was afraid that the biscuits would be over soaked and become too soggy...so only brushed a little with the coffee. Because of this..my Tiramisu did not have the coffee flavour..it was not soaked thoroughly.. that is #1 mistake..
Nxt, I think the liquor is not strong enough...should have added more.. The rest of the ingredients is to mix the whipping cream & cheese... look at the remains of the cheese mixture.

The fun part is the layering ...bottom layer biscuit followed by cheese mixture followed by cocoa powder. Then repeat the same process. Finally, put it in the fridge to cool... Here is the finished product...looks nice on the outside..but when I cut it, its too dry.. the biscuits were not wet with coffee & liqueur. I think not enough cocoa powder too.. sighhh...nevermind...first try is always testing... I will try it again the nxt time!