Sunday, June 7, 2009

Buffet at Allson Hotel

I had a sumptous buffet lunch at Allson Hotel with my friends. The buffet is known as Penang Buffet which I tried so many times. I am now so lazy to take photo of the buffet food at the main table. So just some quick snap shot with my handphone of the food on my table.

Had some chicken rice, chicken with yummy chilli, fried fish, noodles, prawns, vegetables.

Prawn crackers, kueh pie tee (cup shaped), tempura prawns.

Pig's tripes (pig's stomach) soup with pepper

Singapore Laksa (spicy)

Penang Laksa (sour and sweet taste)

DIY Rojak (local salad). We enjoyed the buffet.

Red Bean Soup

Local Kueh (Cakes)

More Kuehs - good thing they cut the kueh in smaller portions so we can try all the different kuehs without overeating.

Yummy cakes

Agar Agar

Ending the buffet with some ice cream

Wow I think my stomach is going to burst with all the good food...lol

Mango with Honey dew and Sago


While out shopping with my girlfriend, we decided to hide in this little cafe at Bugis Junction from the hot sun outside.

We had this cold mango with honeydew and sago dessert..it is so good.

Friday, May 29, 2009

Dinner at Siblings's Gathering-Takeaway food

Continuing from previous posting, we had such heavy tea break snacks that we decided to eat only noodles for dinner. These are what we bought.

This is the traditional way of wrapping noodles in palm leaves. The palm leaves gave extra flavour to the noodles. But modernization had overtake the traditional way of wrapping food. The noodles nowadays are wrapped in plastic sheets and put in cardboard boxes.

But palm leaves are slowly making its way back here. Over at this zi char (means stir fry) stall at Block 203 Toa Payoh North, they are wrapping the noodles the traditional way and the queue is so scary.

If you go before 6 pm during weekends, the queue is about 1 hour but at 6 pm, it could be 2 hours or more. So we send my second sister and her hubby on a mission to get these noodles before 6 pm...lol

Mee Hoon (Rice Vermicelli)

Kway Teow (fried flat noodles)

Noodles with lots of ingrdients (eg. squid, prawns, meat, pig's stomach)

Oh this is so unhealthy but we do eat it once a while. It is Lard and was fried till very very crispy. They are to be eaten with the above noodles, mee hoon and hor fun. I dont eat these lard now because of heath conscious but at times like this, I do fall to temptation...lol

Fried Rice

Chicken parts with shrimp paste

Fu yong tan (egg omelette)

Hong Sheng Restaurant
Blk 203 Toa Payoh North #01-1121 Hai Fong Restaurant
Tel: 62506980 (5.00 pm to 10.30 pm)
Off: Monday
You need to have to queue for a long time, please go before 6 pm to avoid the dinner crowds.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

MOTHER'S DAY LUNCH AT JUMBO SEAFOOD RESTAURANT

On mother's day, my two sons brought me out for a sumptuous lunch. It is very enjoyable and happy occasion for me. :)

BBQ Pork Pao(Chinese Bun)

Glutinous Rice

Har Gow

Scallops wrapped in mini basket - I got to learn how to do this.

Sauce for the above

Chee Cheong Fun or Rice Roll

Siew Mai

Deer Meat with black pepper

Fried Fritters with sotong (Squid) paste

Steam Sea Bass