Scholar at NUS provides quite a range of heraty Chinese dishes, with descent presentation I reckon. This time round we had the prawn with vermicelli. This is a must try dish. Well, the prawns are fresh, cooked with lots of garlic and minimum seasoning, maintaining the natural sweetness of the prawns. What's more, the prawns are bedded on the vermicelli, which fully absorbed all the flavours of the prawns and the gravy. Awesome taste. Love this heaps! Another new dish that we tried is the fish with tofu. It's a beautiful dish, where the fish is cooked in two differenr ways. The one served in the pastry bowl is sauteed with asparagus, lots of mushroom, seasoned with rice vinegar and some ginger. Very nice. The other part of the fish is cooked in the sweet and spicy sauce, layered with tofu. Very appetizing, and delicious!

We went back to Crystal Jade for dimsum again the other day, this time round tried some of the dishes we didn't get to try last time. Pan-fried beancurd skin ($4.80/ 3 pcs) is very addictive. The beancurd skin is crackily crispy, but inside filled with big shrimp and well-seasoned minced pork. Satisfying. Pan-fried rice roll with spicy shrimp paste ($5) tastes good at first due to the yummy spicy shrimp paste that of great flavour. However, after a while, the whole thing just tastes burning chili in my mouth. It could be better if the rice roll is filled with char siew or dried shrimp. Deep-fried yam puff with minced pork ($3.80/3pcs) is another dim sum that has great texture and flavour. It's not as greasy as other restaurant, which is great. The char siew filling inside could be slightly sweet, but well-balanced with the outer yam layer. Good one.

We went back to Moluccas Room for dinner again! This time round, we ordered the Tahu Telur ($15). The fried tofu and egg is served with shredded fresh cabbage, carrots, bean sprouts, ground peanut, and finally drizzled with thick, caramelized vinegar gravy. Sinful yet good. Confit sakura ayam tuturaga ($27) is a must try dish! The boneless chicken is cooked with a light citrusy curry gravy, very tasty! I love the curry, slightly sweet yet flavourful from spices and herbs. And the chicken is ridiculously tender and juicy! Thumbs up! Ayam bakar kecap urap-urap ($29) is quite alright. The grilled herbed caramelized chicken is served with coconut spiced seasonal vegetables, good flavour to go with rice. Ikan bakar Jimbaran ($35) is one of the signature dish on the menu. The sweet and spicy freshly grilled Baramundi fish fillet is served with lots of refreshing sauteed baby tomatoes. Light and ladies will love this heaps. Dessert wise, we had the Harmonious trio Moluccas dessert ($15). It's probably the best dessert to order if you are new to Moluccas Room, since you get to try their three different type of signature dessert on one go. The plate consists of Srikaya creme brulee, Serabi Pandan, coconut ice-cream. Of the three, my favourite has to be the creme brulee! Smooth texture with rich egg fragrant, and the glazed sugar on top. Love it! Homemade traditional Indinesian ice-cream and sorbet ($8) is another signature dessert. The selection of homemade Indonesian flavoured ice-cream and sorbets is served with the tiny cute macaron! Gorgeous and tasty. It's definitely a beautiful meal, as always promised by Moluccas Room!

Crystal Jade offers an economic set meal called "Double deal". There are quite a few combinations for diners to choose. The Double deal we had is the one with duck stew and shark's fin that costs $32.80. For each set you ordered, you get to choose one dish from the list for only $1. What a deal! For that additional dish, we chose the salted egg yolk prawn. Very delicious! The big prawns are slightly deep-fried to crisp, and sauteed with golden egg yolk sauce to give such savoury flavour! Love it. The shark's fin is pretty ordinary, not much fins in it anyway. But I like how it's served with bean sprouts to give an extra texture to the broth. The duck stew is my favourite. It's cooked with lots of yam at the bottom, some ginger slices, homemade sauce as well as some rice wine. The yam is so well-cooked that it absorbed all the good flavour of the duck and gravy. Very nice to go with rice. Mango pudding ($4) is normal, cold and sweet, but nothing too 'wow' about. Aloe Vera and honey ($3.80) is also not a bad try, refreshing, and it's supposed to be good for skin complexion.

This tiny eatery has a very cosy setting even though the seats are quite pack to each other. The staffs are friendly and one good thing about this place is it serves free flow Japanese tea. In fact, Tsukada Nojo is very famous for their collagen soup broth. Their most recommended noodles is the Tori Nikomi Soba Shio salty taste ($16.80). The salty taste is the best suited for Jidori collagen soup, tastes very rich and savoury! The meat and other ingredients are served separately on the plate. Tori Nikomi Soba Spicy hot ($16.80) is another must-try I reckon. The full flavoured of spicy hot taste finished with special soy sauce is fiery yet very syiok! Same thing here, the ingredients are served separately, and if you think it's not spicy enough, you could add an extra spoonful of chilli flakes in the broth! Love the tender meat too!Nikumaki Yuzu ($3.50), is the popular choice of Nikumaki, and a potent combination of spicy hot Yuzu pepper and mayonnaise. The thin layer of well-marinated pork slices is used to wrap the sushi rice! One would definitely love the juicy and sweetness flavour of the tender meat! Dessert wise, we had the Mango pudding ($4). The 100% homemade rich mango pudding is very cooling! I love the creamy mango flavour that burst into the mouth. However, the mango paste on top could be slightly too sour for me to handle. Egg pudding ($5) is like creme brulee that usually seen on Italian menu! This one here not too bad, smooth texture, but the glazed sugar layer on top is not crispy enough.