Imperial Treasure Nan Bei

Sonny treated us for lunch at Tampines 1 and he recommended this restaurant.

As Sonny said the spring roll was nice, we ordered this. We also ordered the Chicken Rice roll, 2 Char Siew Rice Rolls, Lotus Leaf Rice, Pan Fried Dumplings, Carrot Cake, Siew Mai, Char Siew Buns, Xiao Long Buns, Prawns Hao Fun and Dan Dan Noodle.

The spring roll was crispy but i think all spring rolls in many restaurants tasted similar. The Char Siew Rice Roll was nice. The sauce and Char Siew tasted just right and the skin was thin enough. But the Chicken Rice Roll was a bit bland. I didn't really like it.

Er... I like the Lotus Leaf Rice. Very flavourful. But i think i like all kinds of glutinous rice. Heehee.. The Pan Fried Dumplings were not as nice as Xiao Juan's mum's one though. Sad. When can i eat the yummy dumplings again?

The carrot cake was soft and nice. Siew Mai tasted very fresh too. As for the Char Siew Bun, it was the kind that i like. Soft skin and juicy meat. The Xiao Long Bun was a bit dry though.

Coz we were still hungry, we ordered the main dishes - Prawns Hao Fun and Dan Dan Noodle. Prawns Hao Fun was yummy. The prawns were huge and fresh. The sauce tasted just right for the hao fun. But I didn't try the Dan Dan noodle coz i didn't like spicy stuff.

Overall, i would visit this restaurant again. Not bad.

Brewerkz

Zi En treated us to Brewerkz last Saturday coz he said he didn't manage to treat us on his ROM. It was a restaurant at Clarke Quay. I went there for drink before but it was the first time i makan there.

As everyone has eaten their dinner, we only ordered Hawaiian Pizza, BBQ Combo, Potato Skins, Calamaries and drinks.

The Hawaiian Pizza was nice though i didn't eat the pineapple and green pepperoni. As for the BBQ Combo, i like the ribs more than the chicken. The ribs were easily cut and the flavour soaked into the meat itself. Yummy! Compared to the ribs, the chicken was not as delicious. The meat was too bland but i liked the skin though.

Oh ya, the Potato Skins was a surprise. I didn't like potato but this was nice. There were bacon and melted cheese on every sliced of potato skin. I like! But please remember to eat it hot. Though cool one tasted quite nice too.

Calamaries were as usual. Tasted like any other restuarants. Not much of a surprise.

Oh ya, that day Zhan Peng intro his new girlfriend to us. Zi En asked me what do i think of her. Really difficult to say coz only a short session. But overall, i think she was friendly. Hee

Manhattan Fish Market Vs Fish & Co

Went Manhattan Fish Market with Racheal & Angie coz needed to settle some outstanding bill from our Beijing trip. This was the 2nd time that i tried this restaurant coz usually i ate at Fish & Co which was a more common outlet.

We ordered the seafood platter, fish & chips, mushroom soup and calamaries.

All tasted similar to Fish & Co so i really couldn't state which one i preferred. Fish was crispy outside (maybe a bit crispier) and tender inside. Sauce was nice, soup tasted nice and prawns were fresh. Even calamaries tasted similar. But their rice tasted nicer though.

Oh ya. Fish & Co have something unique which i don't know whether Manhattan Fish Market has or not. Fish & Co will sing birthday song to you on your birthday. I remembered celebrating Kyle's birthday there previously. So funny. He climbed up to the chair to sing. Heehee

Pepper Crabs @ Joo Chiat Place

Kyle always recommended me to eat this Black Pepper Crab whenever we drove pass this coffeeshop near Still Road.

Coz I always meet Huan Yang and Xiao Pei for crab dinner, this time round, i asked them to try at this Eng Seng coffeeshop.

There were 6 of us so i ordered 6 crabs. 4 Black Pepper Crabs and 2 Chilli Crabs. I read their online review, many commented that customers had to call in advance to order crabs if they didn't start queuing before 7pm. The crabs usually sold out after 8pm. Due to these reviews, i ordered 1 day in advance. When i reached there, i realised it was not as exaggerating as what the reviews stated. No queue was there and the coffeeshop was not full house.

The dish came quite fast after we ordered. The black pepper crabs were really very yummy. I don't really eat black pepper flavour but this was really juicy and the flavour soaked into the fresh crabs. The shells were cracked nicely for us so we didn't really used a lot of effort in pulling out the meat.

But the Chilli Crabs were not as impressive though. Maybe it was ok but when compared to the black pepper ones, i just didn't feel like eating the Chilli Crabs. Luckily, Eng Meng was very helpful in helping us to clear it. heehee.

Besides the crabs, the stall helper also recommended us the Stuffed You Tiao which i didn't regret ordering. It was crispy outside and tender inside. The rest of them liked this dish too.

Since Xiao Pei only eats kang kong, that's the only vegetables that we would order when makaning with her. The Sambal Kang Kong and Fu Rong Egg tasted like any other Zi Cha stalls. Not awful but not fantastic too.

Three really irritating issues were that they would not accept packet order after 8 plus. Next, people got to order 2 crabs and above. Lastly, they closed at 9.15pm sharp. They kept chasing us since 8.45pm. At 9pm, all the staff just sat in 1 row to stare at us. They just kept telling us that they needed to go and asked us to pack the food back to eat if we couldn't finish. We were in such a rush and couldn't even finished our crabs. So irritating. Luckily, when we walked out, some aunties came to apologise and told us that the coffeeshop guy opened the shop at 5am daily thus he really needed to close at 9.15pm sharp so that he could go back and rest. Actually if she didn't explain this, i probably wouldn't want to go back to eat the crab again.

Anyway, i heard that the chef left this stall and open a new restaurant at Yio Chu Kang. Some even said that the chef passed away. To check whether all these rumours were true, I think maybe i should just visit the Yio Chu Kang one and see whether the crabs really tasted as nice as this one.

Pu Tian

Went Pu Tian, Tampines Mall to celebrate Cat's birthday. Coz she intended to treat, we tried our best to order moderately.

Phaedra surfed the web and found out that their buns were quite popular so we ordered one set each to try. We loved it. The bun was hot and crispy. The sesame seeds were fragrant and the meat was special.

We also ordered spinach with century eggs. Tasted ok but i dunno why this dish always have to be so soggy.

Besides those dishes above, we also tried their lychee pork which didn't really have the lychee taste. A bit like sweet and sour pork. But dunno why Cynthia liked it coz she won't order sweet and sour pork if given a choice. She commented that this tasted much better than the ordinary sweet and sour pork.

We also ordered the hong zao sliced fish. The fish was crispy. I didn't like hong zao taste so i couldn't really tell whether it was nice or not. But from what the ladies said, i reckoned it was a nice dish coz they said they would order the buns and this fish if they were to go there again.

Of course, since we ate at Pu Tian, we must order their signature bee hoon. It was very nice. A super thin kind of bee hoon. Very Q and yummy.

Oh ya, when we were there, the restaurant was having a $2 promotion. We can order one of their selected dishes for $2 only. So we ordered a cucumber roll that looked a bit like sushi. I didn't really like the shredded coconut but the cucumber with floss tasted crunchy and refreshing. Anyway it was so cheap, that was all the reason why we must order it.

Btw, i heard their main branch wasn't as good so maybe if got choice, try these at the Tampines branch instead.