I had a $2 Ya Kun voucher to consume. I visited the branch at Orchard Central at Level 5 as I was in Orchard. As the store was not located at prominent location such as MRT station, the store was quiet and clean. There were only few customers. The store was spacious and well decorated with history of Ya Kun. If diner likes to watch the Orchard Street, there are window seat and round table for a group of 6 for discussion. There are high seater or the cushion sofa seat. The ambience was excellent.

I ordered Toast Cheese with Kaya. When the bread was served to me, the bread was warm and the cheese was not fully melted. If the bread is well toasted and with the heat, add the slice of cheese, I would think the aroma and taste of the cheese will be greatly enhanced. It can be considered was a mini pizza. Anyway, the toast served to me was still alright but it was my expectation was not met to 100%.

Today is the lunar 15th of the month. I took vegetarian for my lunch. I ordered take away vegetarian bee hoon and vegetarian fried hor fun. The ingredient given were green vegetable, white fungus, carrot, mushroom and the gravy base was corn flour. Each pack costs $8. It was rather expensive. The taste was not fantastic as there were no meat. The only compliment was that the food was still hot when served even though I ordered take away.

The restaurant is clean and quiet. It is a good place for cozy discussion. The wait is short.

I had dinner at Li Bai Restaurant at Sheraton Tower Hotel.

The first dish was the cold dish comprising suckling pig, marinated chicken with superior soya sauce, prawn salad, mini octopus and seasoned jellyfish. I would not grade the cold dish favourably. The chicken was not well marinated as it was blend. One thing for sure was that the meat was tender. What I liked from this dish was the chewy jellyfish and mini octopus.

The second dish was the thick soup of abalone, sea cucumber, fish maw and conpoy. The soup was too starchy. I couldn’t not find abalone or sea cucumber. They could be cut too fine and must have dissolved together with the soup.

The third dish was the braised baby abalone with sea cucumber and Hong Kong seasonal vegetables. The abalone was soft and easy to chew.

The fourth dish was drunken prawn. I usually eat the prawn shelf together when the shelf is soft. The prawn shelf is hard, either this tells that the prawn is big that could not consume the shelf for calcium.

The fifth dish was steamed garoupa “Hong Kong’ Style. The Garoupa was fresh and did not have fishy smell. The cook must have spicy to clear the smell.

The sixth dish was stewed Hong Kong seasonal vegetable with abalone mushrooms topped with conpoy. As we had abalone in earlier course, when it comes to abalone mushrooms, I wondered if there was too much of abalone and does not seem to be excited over the course. The vegetable was soft.

The seventh dish was steamed fragrant fried rice with dice chicken, shrimps, Chinese mushrooms and conpoy wrapped in Lotus Leaf. This is the best course. The rice is warm and there is strong aroma of lotus leaf.

The last dish was Yam Paste with Ginko nuts. I was served with big bowl of yam paste. The coconut milk did not make me fill full. I enjoyed the dessert.

I won a Spizza voucher comprising a flat pizza and a cup of coffee. When I reached the shop at Club Street, the shop did not impress me. It was a small shop. When I entered, my impression changed. The shop was well lighted and comfortable setting were arranged. There were painting and drawing done on the bare walls. The restaurant was clean and bright.

I was worried that the Manager would neglect me as I was consuming a free meal using Spizza voucher. My impression was wrong. She was helpful to guide me what to choose for the pizza as I told her that I wanted to have the pizza take away.

I ordered Sofia comprising tomato, mozzarella, shrimps, mussels, scallops, calamari fresh Basil. The pizza costs $20. While waiting for the pizza to be baked, I had my cup of coffee served as it was inclusive in the food voucher.

When the coffee was served, the display was attractive. There were 2 cubes of raw sugar and full cup of creamer placed beside the half filled coffee cup. The coffee was hot. As the milk was added, the coffee had become lukewarm. The coffee was not great as it did not have the strong coffee aroma that stirred up coffee drinker like myself.

I did not wait very long to have my pizza ready. By the time when I had finished my cup of coffee, the pizza was placed in a stable box and at the side placed the cheese and chilli powder. The pizza was tempting as I saw mussels and shrimps waiting to be served.

I took the pizza for my dinner at home. The tomato melted into the pizza. The pizza crust was hard as it was flat bread. The ingredients were visibly placed on top of the pizza. The bread was able 0.5 cm thick. It was flat, dry yet with the fresh ingredient added to the bread, the flat bread was not dry.I enjoyed the pizza.

I attended a Charity Lunch. As it was a charity lunch, the expectation of the dish should not be lavish but it was surprising to turn out to be perfect. The charity lunch is to serve the needy and elderly.

The first dish was the cold dish comprising of 3 items ie the fried mushroom, spring roll and samosa. The two fried items are crispy as the kitchen was behind the function hall.

The second dish was the fish paw soup. The soup was as good as sharp fin soup. It was not starchy.

The third dish was the chicken. Instead of expecting a whole chicken, the chef had taken care of the elderly, chicken fillet was fried and cooked. It was easy to bite and boneless.

The fourth dish was the egg omelette with chai siew as to make the egg omelette attractive. The egg omelette was not enough to serve 10 mouths as it was nice to eat.

The fifth dish was the fish. I expected a whole fish but the charity organization was able to minimize cost with innovative dish like steamed dory with bean curd sauce. The fish was not well served as dory fish should be fried but the cook had served to steam. Though the fish lacked of freshness, I still enough the fish as the bean curd sauce had enhanced the taste.

The sixth dish was the vegetable. It was a fried cabbage with carrot and black fungus. It was just like home cooked dish. The cabbage was freshy fried and crunchy and soft.
The seventh dish was the egg noodle. It was fried plain but the cook used good quality black sauce yet the noodle could turn up delicious.

The last dish was the bean dessert with lotus seed. The red bean soup was hot and not sweet.