Went for early reunion dinner with my family of 6. Despite the long queue, we were quickly seated. Excellent service!
As I don't like it when picture and the actual food differs by alot, I like how their menu highlights their chef recommendation dishes by listing the ingredients used and also describing the benefits of the dish.

One of our favourite dish - Roasted Duck with Ten Wonder Herbs Loved the combined taste of the duck and the herbs. It is not too herb-y and has a taste of sweet in the dish. I always pour the sauce on the rice. YUMMY!!

Next up - Braised Assorted Mushroom with BroccoliA very healthy dish with lots of broccoli, carrots and mushroom. The sauce is also very rich but it also means it is probably full of salt.

Soup of the day - Double-boiled lotus root soupThis has always been their soup of the day. Sometimes I wonder if the chefs are tired of coming up with new soups. :/
The soup is quite tasty. With generous portion of the lotus root, pork with soft bone, peanuts and bits of scallop.

Another of my favourite dish - Chinese Spinach with Superior Stock A dish endorsed by the National Health Board. Need I say more? The stock is super yummy and not salty at all. Which means it can be drunk on its own like soup.

Hongkong Styled Steamed Fish SlicesA very simple dish. Slices of fish are thick!

Roast Lamb Meat Grassland StyleComes in a sizzling pan! Tasted like mogolian meat. Very tender and doesn't have the strong lamb taste. Very tasty!

Lastly, Baked Fresh Prawn JiangNan Style.Gangnam style? LOL.. Although this is a chef recommendation dish, I personally won't recommend this dish. They useking prawn which was quite impressive. But, maybe due to its size and the way it is cooked, the meat was quite dry and tough. Not very healthy as it was cooked in butter and wine.

Overall, a lovely reunion dinner meal. I was very full after eating so many dishes so didn't have space to try their Osmanthus Jelly Dessert which looks very appealing on the menu.

Saw this new outlet at JEM so decided to try it as the queue was the shortest too.
We were promptly shown a table and order was taken. So, decided to take some photos to show the environment of the restaurant as the decorations are quite nice.Food came very quickly despite the restaurant being packed. Great service! Sliced Beef, Brisket & Beef Balls Noodle Soup. $9.80++
The first time I ate Vietnamese Beef Noodles was 10 years ago, in San Jose, the owner himself is a Vietnamese who immigrate to San Jose and opened a shop there. Till today, I remembered the taste of it & I dare to say, this sliced beef noodle soup at So Pho has almost the exact same memorable taste!!

Noodle comes with fresh mint leaves, cilantro leaves, basil leaves, bean sprouts, a slice of lime and sliced chilli. Kudos to staffs who took the time to pluck both ends of the beansprouts - end results: clean-looking beansprouts!
The mint leaves & lime gives the dish a refreshing taste, the half-cooked beansprouts gives the dish a crunch & the sliced chilli gives the dish just a tinge of spiciness. It is just superbly delicious & wonderful. Needless to say, I finished every single morsel & drop of soup. I will definitely be back to eat more of it!! :bowl:

Moreover, given that the price is about $10 per bowl, quality & quantity of this dish is definitely value for money!!

My colleague & I went to The Star Vista for lunch as we were working nearby. Was thinking what to eat and we saw that Manhattan Fish Market is having a promotion on their limited-time-only menu.
Poached Cheesy Dory ($15.95++)
The description on the menu sounds super delicious! "Creamy cheese oozing from the poached dory fillet, drizzled with spicy cream sauce, accompanied by wholesome broccoli and carrots." I was overwhelmed by the fact that this dish has dory fish & cheese! that I didn't realized that it has spicy sauce drizzled over it. I can't take anything spicy.
Nevertheless, after scraping the spicy sauce away, the combination was delicious. Will definitely be back to have it again WITHOUT the spicy sauce.

Cala Cala ($5.50++)
Customers who ordered from their limited-time-only menu gets to choose any mocktail with a top-up of $4. Once again, the description blew me away "Refreshing combination of calamansi and lemonade for a citrus fizzy sensation.". Calamansi & lemonade are two of my favourites! . However, BEWARE! The sourness of this drink is not to be trifle with!

Overall, a very nice lunch! Till next time!

My family & I always order salmon sashimi whenever we go to any Japanese restaurant. Was quite disappointed that they have decided to be stricter on the 3 kinds of sashimi. It has to be 3 DIFFERENT kinds now as we used to be able to place order for salmon sashimi only.
Nevertheless, as my dad is the kind that has to have his salmon sashimi, we still ordered.Salmon Sashimi.
2 servings in 1 bowl. They are nicely chilled thick slices. Only thing is that we need to always remember to ask for more wasabi and saucer.MOF has quite a number of promotions being rolled out throughout the year. This seasonal promotion is one of them. I believe it might end roughly around August as that is when Autumn is coming.Salmon & Ikura Cream Udon with Char Siew Rice. ($14.80++)
From the seasonal promotion, I ordered the salmon & ikura cream udon. I love the combination of udon, cream soup and roe. The roe bursting in my mouth is just simply delightful & the thickness of the udon is just right for the consistency of the cream soup. I just can't get enough of this dish. Hopefully, the will put in on their regular menu!
With the udon, comes with char siew rice. It is quite a ordinary rice don with meat and spring onion on it. Unagi Salad.
We placed order for another salad but after very long it didn't come, in the end, it was out of stock. We were quite disappointed as we were looking forward to try it. The manager, Albert, was very nice. He offered to replace it with any salad on the menu and even charged us at the price of the salad that we initially ordered. Well done to manager Albert!!
Personally, I don't really fancy the taste of unagi. Maybe it is the idea of eating eel.. The image of the 2 sinister-looking eels in The Little Mermaid popped into mind.. Eww.. The chef didn't prepare it well enough as there were bones that looks like fins in the salad.

Overall, it was quite a pleasant dining experience & we will definitely be back.

After dinner, we went for dessert. The new outlet at JEM was having a promotion on their best-selling.
The space was relatively small & tables were next to one another with little space for movement. People walking pass nearly bumped into us a few times.

One of my favourite dessert: Mango Pomelo Sago (promotion price of $2+)
There were only about 4 cubes of mangoes and bits of pomelo. Sago were relatively more probably cause it is cheaper. :/ The consistency of it was very weak with little mango puree.
I felt that they were not generous enough with the ingredients considering this is one of their best-seller desserts.

There is no service charge as customers has to place order at the counter.
Overall, it was still quite alright as I love mango pomelo sago. However, I just felt that they could have done more.