After we had visited S.E.A Aquarium, we have our lunch at Malaysian Food Street. We say many people queing at this stall and thought we give it a try.This hokkien mee was very special as thick noodles which seems to be like Japanese Udon was used and it was being fried in black soy sauce which I had eaten in another place before which I kind of like the taste of it. But for this dish, I am not sure if the was because there are too many people queuing for it where they are rushing for time, the quality was not good at all. Firstly, the Noodle was not nicely cooked as there are still some parts which I felt is uncooked (Hard). Secondly, the soy sauce was not really marinated with the Hokkien Mee, it was more like it was being covered with lots of black soy sauce as I can still taste strong soy sauce. Lastly, it is very oily though not sure if it was due to black soy sauce or they added too much oil to it. I would not recommend to eat at this stall though I am not sure why there are so many people queuing for it.

It was a lovely Saturday morning, me and my friends planned to go Sentosa for the S.E.A. Aquarium. Before we enter Sentosa, we decided to go for our breakfasts at Toast Box.
The Toast Box which we went to was located at Vivocity level 3 connected to food republic foodcourt There were already lots of people having their breakfast within the foodcourt and Toast Box when we reached there but we are lucky to be able to get a table of 5 people seats without much waiting (Free seating).We were given our drinks right after the order was taken including the half boiled eggs though we need to wait for our bread to be done.
Everything went quite well until one of my friend saw that the staff given us all dirty spoon instead of clean ones. There are quite a lot of stain on every spoon that my friend went back to the staff to replace all those dirty spoons.But instead of apology for the dirty spoon, the staff just quickly took the spoon from her and give her a new sets. In the same time, remove all the spoons from existing container to re-wash them again. I wonder how many of the earlier customer used those stained spoon since we are like the first to highlighted these to the staff.The half boiled eggs were quite standard though I think these were a bit over heated (80% Boiled) as the egg yolk was a bit on the solid stage soon.The thick bread were being covered by eggs before deep frying it. After that, put a small piece of butter on top of it before servicing. Overall taste, not so bad except that I do not really understand why they put such a small piece of butter which can cover only 1 small part of the thick toasts.The Bo Lo Bao was very soft and it does not really tasted like the real bo lo bao which I had eaten before. The top part was not as nice too though I think their butter was quite nice.The kaya given was quite little but I would say their kaya plus butter compilation is one of the best breakfast to me as I used to eat like these during my younger kids days.

Nice Saturday (27 April 2013) and my girlfriend and I had planned to go The Asian Kitchen – Dragon Inn (亚洲小厨) for dinner at Bugis+ since my friend had recommended that we should try the roasted duck.

There were still not much people queuing up to dine at this restaurant so it takes not much of a waiting before we were allocated a seat. The staff were seems to be very busy walking around the places serving the customers but still able to see us when we wanted to take our orders.The tables over at the restaurants were quite well allocated nicely without being too close to another tables and there were plenty of walk way for their staff to serve their dishes.This was one of the best roasted duck that I had eaten so far. The skin was roasted till very nice and crispy where the meat were tender and not as hard to bite as most of the roasted duck meat. Highly recommended for this restaurant.I am not a vegetable type of person as usual but this dish really attracts me to eat more of these and my taste buds loves the way this dish was being prepared. Salted egg yolk are being fried together with season beans which brings out the best of the vegetable using a different taste.Quite a dry version of this dish and each and every bite on the meat was quite tough too though I would say the roasted duck meat is much better than what he might be interviewing.The soup taste quite nice with some vegetables, minced meat balls, eggs and other herbal ingredients being added to the soup. It was quite a clear kind of soup but I did not really drink much as I am not really a soup lovers too.

Restaurant front view of Aussie Roll
It was a Friday (26 April 2013) night, we decided to go over to Aussie Roll Cafe which sells ready made sushi rolls. We had been passing by this place but never really went in to try out their dishes so this time round, we decided to try it out.

A look from the front shows that they were being featured in one of the food critic magazine/newspaper as there are some print out and photocopied cutting being shown on the glass wall. There are not much tables and chairs inside the restaurant but these was not an issue as there are many tables (public usage) outside of the restaurant as these were some sort of min food court over at this place. A lot of people bought their sushi rice as take away and they will help customer to cut those long sushi into bite size (You can choose to eat it as a whole without cutting too).Nice and attractive display of their sushi rice rollsI think the restaurant boss was very smart not to waste as much of their food as possible as they came out with a happy hour sales (Similar to Japanese restaurant) where you get a discount after a certain hours and in this case, their happy hours is get a free roll when you purchase any 2 of their sushi rolls starting from 6:00pm between Monday to Friday Only.Important point to note is they accept Cash Only payment so remember to bring cash before purchasingOne of their popular variety in their menu and we are actually getting this last roll from their selection (Most of the others are sold out or left with a few). The salmon mixed with the avocado was a nice compilation though I would say most of their rice are quite hard and not as good as the real Japanese sushi rice. This version is quite sticky and dryer.The chicken version of the compilation was not as good as Salmon Avocado as chicken meat were more tough and the chicken since they were using breast meat of the chicken, they do not have much taste too.Same as the chicken avocado but the meat is actually more tasteful than the earlier as it is being marinated with their soy sauce. This roll is not spicy as it was being stated though there was still a bit of spicy aftertaste which was actually nothing at all.

Walking around the many restaurants at Jurong Point, we decided to have our meals over at Men-Ichi Japanese Ramen Restaurant as both of us had eaten at this restaurant before last time and always been wanting to have it again here.Small and fully utilized kitchen
The restaurant was located along the Japanese Village of Jurong Point Shopping Mall with a very small shop front though their signage is quite big. There were quite a lot of people having their dinner fix here too but we were lucky to be able to get a seats without much waiting.Tables and chairs are all placed near to each other due to small restaurant size
As for the space of the restaurant, due to smaller space constraint, the tables and chairs are placed near to each other though that did not bother most of the people in there due to nice ramen being served here.They provide Free Upsize for noodles (Ramen)
There are quite a few dishes to choose from mainly ramen and it does not take a long time before we decided to our dishes. As the restaurant give free upsize for their ramen, I just get it upsize as I am quite hungry from all the windows shopping and etc.One thing which attracts me from coming back for more of their ramen is their marinated vegetables which are very nice and crunchy. The taste of these are very nice as a starter or as a side compliment for the ramen. Sometimes, these are not being placed on the tables and you need to request for it. The staff there are quite friendly and willing to give you if you request for them nicely.The ramen are very nice, firm and chewy while the soup base is great. Based on their information, Tonkotsu is a cloudy white broth resulted from boiling pork bones over long hours and they are rich in collagen with hearty flavour and creamy consistency. The Charsiew are very tender and fully marinated and powered by the nice soup base.

Even their menu shows that the Charsiew served in Men-ichi were selected from good quality bara niku (Boned rib) and pan-fried lightly to bring out its natural flavour. Each piece was boiled for 2.5 hours and left overnight to fully absorb the flavour of its sauce.The soup based of Shoyu is a bit darker than the Paitan version and a bit more saltier though the overall taste was still as great as it was to be. Other than the different in flavour, the rest of the taste is actually the same as they used the same ingredients for their ramen including the 70% boiled braised egg (half).

Based on their menu, their noodles are 100% homemade using numerous rounds of research and trial, yielding a medium-thick noodle 1.4mm in thickness and 30cm in length. Each strand boasts the aroma of wheat and an irresistibly springy texture which I believe they are truth due to the nice taste of their dishes.