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Very Poor Food for the Price  Cry Oct 27, 2015   
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Categories : European | Japanese | Fusion | Sushi/Sashimi | Omakase

We were celebrating a family occasion on 26.10.2015, not sure why we ended up at chotto matte.
they have uob 15% discount & dbs 1 for 1 main course for dinner & lunch (limited to only 1 free main course for each table).
we were there at blair road about 7pm, but i could not find any parking, & ended up parking at the hdb carpark next to everton park. my daughter & her friend came later but managed to park along the blair road itself near chotto matte.
restuarant was tiny. most of the recent reviews on hungrygowhere were poor, but mostly about the service. we had a chat with the male server & his attitude was actually quite good & helpful enough, but i think limited training & knowledge about the menu & the discount practice. ok la i guess.
wife liked the sake after trying 1 carafe from a new bottle they opened. we told them we would take the whole bottle if we liked it, so we did.
we ordered the grilled wagyu, grilled kurobuta, onsen egg wagyu don, mentaiko pasta, chirashi don & a salmon maki.
we were expecting to try out some decent food first, and then order more.
but was disappointed enough to tapao 2 packets of char kuay teow from adam road food centre afterwards. no kidding…lol… sigh!
the grilled wagyu. can’t exactly say it was bad, but it’s mediocre and thus not value for money - it was priced at $38.

c/w my own tagliata, I think anyday my steak is infinitely better!
of course that’s just my opinion. haha!

the grilled kurobuta. I think it was a disaster, it was dry and hard. I reckon any normal pork would be a lot better than this in taste and texture, much less this kurobuta.

The iberico pork was another disappointment, especially as compared to the same dish at other restaurants.

The onsen egg wagyu don. ok lah, I guess it was more of the same as the grilled wagyu main. So same ok standard, just ex.

The sushi rice though was quite poor here.

Mentaiko pasta. my wife & daughter quite ok with this, though it was a tiny portion for S$18. For me, i think my own mentaiko pasta was a lot better.
& the chirashi don? this is not a S$45 chirashi don. this is a S$25 chirashi don

I must say though that the sashimi were all fresh, sweet & good. The sushi rice was not! there was 1 piece of chutoro, 2 good hotate, maguro, kampachi, kajiki etc.

The salmon maki was pretty ok. Anyhow, after the few signature dishes that failed badly, we did not want to add any order.

The bill came to S$290 (including a S$95 bottle sake). Without the sake, it would be close to S$180nett for 5pax. We did not order that much food & the standard was really poor for the price.

Never come back again for me!

See my full reviews & photos at = http://chefquak.com/2015/10/27/very-poor-food-for-the-price-chotto-matte-on-26oct2015/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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Date of Visit: Oct 26, 2015 

Spending per head: Approximately $36

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Doable Lunch OK Oct 23, 2015   
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Categories : Japanese | Sushi/Sashimi

see my full reviews & photos at = http://chefquak.com/2015/10/23/doable-lunch-itacho-ion-orchard-on-23oct2015/
had lunch with a friend at itacho ion orchard today on 23.10.2015. ^^
we were there at 1.15pm, hardly any queue & friend already seated at a table when i arrived.
this friend is quite active in charity work. she is receiving some award from the msf minister this evening.
i ordered the chirashi don for myself, S$14.90.
there were 2 amaebi, 2 tamago, 2 salmon,, 2 hotate, 1 hamachi, 1 tai, 1 kajiki, 1 ika & 1 saba. total 13 pieces.
quite decent really at S$14.90. hotate was very good. so was the amaebi. tamago & salmon were pretty good. only the tai was tough. sushi rice was not good. i made better tasting sushi rice.
there were promotion items like the salmon sushi for S$0.40, but 1 person could only order 1 piece.
so i ordered the salmon sushi with mentaiko for $0.60.
my friend had the unajyu oyakodon. it looked ok.
she said it was good.
& she ordered some fatty salmon.
it looked good, but for S$5.10 it was not great.
lunch was S$41.65 for 2pax.
quite doable but nothing great.

 

 

 

 
 
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Date of Visit: Oct 23, 2015 

Spending per head: Approximately $21

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Good Ice Kacang Smile Oct 20, 2015   
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Categories : Hawker Centre | Desserts and Cakes

See my full reviews & photos at = http://chefquak.com/2015/10/20/good-ice-kacang-bad-pig-trotters-sing-heng-dessert-mei-ling-market-food-centre-on-20oct2015/

we were at mei ling market & food centre & had the S$13 song fish head hk steamed 港蒸松鱼头 at hong man ji delights 鴻满记小吃.
& also pig trotters & pig liver & kidney soup (below).
i was looking around for ice kacang. the sing heng dessert stall was a bit hidden but i found it anyway. 
at S$1.40 it’s probably the cheapest ice kacang in singapore. :-)
the one i usually goes to is at adam road food centre. that is S$2, the usual price charged in most food centres.
i was thinking maybe they have a thing or 2 to learn from adam road when the lady hardly added any evaporated milk. it’s like just a trickle whereas adam road pour like 20ml…lol.. onto the ice kacang.
surprisingly though, it was very good, even though i still prefer more evaporated milk. haha!
& that’s why i decided to record this. a good ice kacang.

 

 
sing heng dessert

sing heng dessert

 
 
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Date of Visit: Oct 20, 2015 

Spending per head: Approximately $1.40

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Good Song Fish Head Smile Oct 20, 2015   
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Categories : Hawker Centre | Seafood

see my full reviews & photos at = http://chefquak.com/2015/10/20/good-song-fish-head-hong-man-ji-delights-mei-chin-road-food-centre-on-20oct2015/
was with my sis & b-i-l this morning & originally we drove to alexandra village to take the song fish head. but even at 11am the carparks were completely full & many cars were waiting.
we turned back out at bukit merah & queensway to go to hong kong street chun kee 香港街珍记 at commonwelath crescent, but decided to drop in at mei chin road market to try out the stalls on 20.10.2015.
since we wanted song fish head, we picked the zi char stall at the hawker centre, hong man ji delights 鴻满记小吃.
the song fish head hk steamed 港蒸松鱼头 was S$13. they also served the black bean sauce fish head but sis decided to take hong kong steamed. it would be S$18 at alexandra village & at hong kong street chun kee 香港街珍记 at commonwealth crescent.
the song fish head hk steamed 港蒸松鱼头 was good, as good as the established places, not sure if the fish head was smaller?
sitr-fry kailan was also very good, anyway better than i expected.
good wok hae, tasty! S$6 for a small portion.
this stall actually quite good food for the price. becos we wanted to try the pig trotters etc from another stall we did not order other dishes.
not sure i will come specially for the zi char. but if i do, i don’t mind to try their other dishes.

 
hong man ji delights 鴻满记小吃

hong man ji delights 鴻满记小吃

 

 
 
Recommended Dish(es):  song fish head hk steamed 港蒸松鱼头,stir-fry kailan
 
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Date of Visit: Oct 20, 2015 

Spending per head: Approximately $7

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Quite Poor Zi Char  Cry Oct 19, 2015   
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Categories : Teochew | Coffeeshop | Seafood

My daughter wanted to buy dinner for family + close family friends at ban leong wah hoe to celebrate an occasion. we went there for a 7pax dinner on 18.10.2015. ^^

I noticed also the absence of pricing in the menu. i think that is quite an unacceptable practice today in zi char, restaurant or hawker centre, haha! so that’s why ther eare so many reviews about non transparency.

We found the service ok actually, no nasty lady boss. service was ok & kind of expected for a zi char place.

but the place was quite crowded, so people were coming. youngest daughter managed to find street parking on the next street from casuarina road.
food though was quite poor. quite below the standards of the usual zi char places like – Two chefs, keng eng kee, kok sen, whampoa keng fish head steamboat.

butter prawns was poor. quite dry. maybe should have ordered cereal prawns instead. the breadcrumbs were the tasty bits so that said much about the prawns.

chilli crab? ok i guess. the sauce was quite tasty like any chilli crab, not spicy at all (i prefer spicy!)

crabs were good though, firm & meaty! ^^
this crab made me appreciate my friend alan’s homecooked crabs even more. his chilli crab sauce had more intense & lingering crustaceans flavours whereas this sauce was mostly sauce just some crab taste.
alan’s crabs themselves though were not as good, not so “solid”. it could be that the sauce flavours were more intense because he used a lot of crabs (6 crabs!).

anyway ban leong wah hoe’s chilli crab sauce was still nice, and great with the toasted “mantou” buns.

prawn past chicken or har jeon gai was tasty, nice flavours.

but the breading was not great, hard & crusty. actually our friend (my daughter’s guests for the evening) does a much better fried chicken, and so does my helper.

dou miao was mediocre, i think quite poor. i can do a better fried dish with more wok hae anytime.

the tofu dish was almost not edible, hopeless dish! chunky roasted pork (& a quite bad roast pork to boot!). not sure how to comment on this.
basically quite poor for zi char.

mee sua with quails eggs was supposed to be a singature dish??
it was ok, edible, but i won’t even say competent.

2 crabs were S$120. not cheap but i supposed ok. dinner for 7pax was S$222 or thereabout, so like S$32pax.

a very far cry from my recent zi char dinner at whampoa keng fish head steamboat, which also cost S$33pax

i guess sometimes it depends on whether we order the correct dishes. still, based on this quite poor experience, this is a place where i have no interest to try again.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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Date of Visit: Oct 18, 2015 

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