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Gobi is such a funny name for a dessert shop: Gobi desert VS Gobi dessert – get it

The decor is minimalist: all white with a chandelier. They outline the kitchen window so that it looks 3D (see photo above). Very cute.

The waiter was very cute too. But the service was so-so. Probably because they don’t provide free water. Joanne Peh, don’t come here.Hookerlily and Wise Guy shared Soufflé with Crème Anglaise with a hint of Malibu ($12).

You have to wait 10 minutes for it but it was worth it. OMG, both Wise Guy and Hookerlily agreed it was the BEST SOUFFLE IN SINGAPORE. It was so light and airy and ethereal, like it evaporated in the mouth. The sweetness was just right. It was simple delicate and delicious.

For photos and other Reunion Dinner offers, please visit Rubbish Eat Rubbish Grow: http://rubbisheatrubbishgrow.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/red-house-seafood-restaurant-east-coast-robertson-quay/Thank you Red House for sponsoring RERG team’s first yusheng for the Chinese New Year! Do you know the modern yusheng is created in Singapore Some people have championed it to be a National Dish. Yusheng (raw fish) is a symbol of prosperity because (1) yu 鱼 (fish) is a homonym of yu 余 (excess) and if you have excess, it means you’re rich and (2) sheng 生(raw) is a homonym of sheng 升(rise/promotion). Ok, we made that up but it is most probably true.

Hookerlily: Red House is quite generous with the salmon hor

Wise Guy: Yeah, this is the large portion of Prosperity Salmon Yusheng ($76+) for 8-10 people. The small one costs $38. When I went to pick up the yusheng, they were preparing it on the spot. This yusheng is as fresh as it can be. Very awesome.”

Mr NGFL: Add half the oil dressing hor I am on a diet. [Shit girls say...]

Chiobu: I like the yusheng. It isn’t overly sweet like some other yusheng out there.

14K: The colors are popping. So gorgeous and gold.

Wise Guy: My favorite color!

Red House also offers an extravagant 8 Treasure Seafood Yu Sheng八宝开运鱼生(S$388 ++ for 8 to 10 persons), including abalone, lobster, geoduck, tuna, salmon, Ebi, arctic clam and ikan parang, until 6 Feb 2012.

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Mao Mao the PRC guest-blogs:

Harlow, everybody. Wo shi Mao Mao, Mao Mao iz me. Wise Guyz toles me that everybody complaint my England, very hardz to read. Mao Mao veri sad. Nobody likez Mao Mao the PRC Every one racist hereMao Mao iz watch finish movie with girlfriend at Ang Mo Kio central and we ate lor mee. China no have. Diz stall got win awardz one. The lor mee iz veri delicious! The thick starchy gravity had prawn-based broth inside. Mao Mao canz taste the prawny. Somemore, the stall givez ONE entire eggz! Lor mee usually haz a veri pungent, choking taste that Mao Mao don’t likey but this one iz more pungent and more choking than usual but Mao Mao still likey very muchy. Mao Mao even finishz the gravity! It was goot to the end. Very value-for-money and delicious! Highly recommended.

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Dipsomania kicked in. I wanted a good cocktail. Astor Bar at St Regis is on a few Top 10 Best Bars in Singapore lists so here we are.OMG, the ambience was the tops!! I LOVE IT. I felt so comfortable here, like I belonged! It’s old money 1920s New York chic, rich dark woods with luxurious leather chairs. The tables are trays with legs, so when the glass spills, the liquid won’t drip. Picasso lithographs hang on the wall. Quiet jazz. The other patrons are mostly white men in suits – but they mind their own business. Can I get a suit-up sugar daddy please This bar is a scene out of a movie.

The bar is known for two things. the bar localized Bloody Mary into Chili Padi Mary ($19) with vodka, chili padi, Chinese old ginger, lemon grass and organic tomato juice. I didn’t want anything tomatoy or spicy so I ordered the other speciality: organic cocktails. I wanted something sourish and citrusy that day, and got the organic Sao Paulo Smash($19), consisting of cachaca (Brazilian rum), galliano (sweet herbal liquor), passionfruit, and orange marmalade. My bad. I should have known rum would turn out bitter. Rum is bitter, kids. I should have asked the servers for advice – but no loss. I’ll be back. Spend about $100 (the price of 5 cocktails) and get complimentary parking.

The drinks came with olives and nuts. Olives are a nice touch but I thought the nuts were flat. St Regis can definitely do better.

Overall, my friend and I had an amazing time here, very relaxed, as if we were out of Singapore. Healthy cocktails that aren’t too expensive. Astor Bar ranks just below my all-time favorite bar, Coffee Bar K.

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Tong Heng has been around since the early 1900s! That’s 100 years of history in Singapore.

There are two main Chinese pastries in Chinatown, both with their own distinct taste but I prefer Tong Heng. I’ve tried almost everything there including the Chinese desserts.

Over the years, I’ve tried most of their products, even their Chinese desserts. (Bet you didn’t know they sell Chinese desserts!) The diamond-shaped egg tart is the most awesomest! Because it sells quickly, they are always baking new batches and so the tart is usually hot. It’s like M&M, melts in your mouth, not in your hands, with just the right amount of sweetness. The other specialty in the shop is the char siew su. This one is different from other places because there is a slight saltiness to it, the char siew is moist and just a little bit charred–which is the best kind of char siew. My third favorite is the egg cake (鸡蛋糕) because it’s light and fluffy.

The shop also does chinese new year goodies, mooncakes, wedding pastries and baby’s first month.

Although there are seats in the shop, which is like the Chinese style of a cafe, people usually takeaway.