Say Cheeze Restaurant Tampines 1

Say Cheeze Restaurant Tampines 1

I ordered the Beef Tenderlion at Say Cheeze Restaurant, Tampines 1 as I was captivated by an eye-catching picture of their beef tenderlion dish outside their restaurant at Tampines 1. Although they appear to specialize in cheese, and related dishes, there was a full service dinner available.


My beef tenderlion at Say Cheeze Restaurant in Tampines 1 was presented with two side dishes. From a selection of their menu, I chose mashed potato and apricot rice. These side dishes were fairly adequate and ordinary in taste.

As usual, my beef tenderlion was cooked 'medium'. I loved the softness of the tender beef that oozed loads of beef juices. The outer layers were firm but not too hard. The sauce, slightly bland without the taste of salt, was of mysterious origin as it came in one standard selection and I didn't ask and couldn't tell what it was made of. Nonetheless, the texture of the beef tenderloin was near perfection and cooked exactly the way I liked.

I was surprised to find that Say Cheeze Restaurant at Tampines 1 served up one of the best beef tenderloins in restaurants around Pasir Ris and Tampines.

Score for Beef Tenderloin at Say Cheeze Restaurant Tampines 1:
Recommendation = 9 out of 10.

Price of Beef tenderloin at Say Cheeze Restaurant Tampines 1 = 24.90 before GST.

Lasagna From Spize Restaurant

Lasagna From Spize Restaurant

The lasagna that my companion ordered at Spize restaurant in Bedok Shopping Centre looked very presentable and appetizing. You can take a look at the lasagna in the picture that I took (above).

Their version of lasagna was halal made. I took one bite of the lasagna as a sampling and was impressed. It tasted as good as an Italian restaurant's lasagna. The layers were soft and melted in my mouth. The minced beef could be discerned although its presence was not obvious.

The sauce looked and tasted like sphagetti sauce, with just the right amount of sweetness, seasoning and not too oily. The lack of an oomph could be due to the mild presence of cheese, which anyway is not my favourite condiment. Their version of cheese does overpower my senses and so it earned my accolade.

I would prefer that the oil/sauce stains on the white porcelain bowl was removed before being served to make it look less oily. Anyway this is a small matter. I came to this kopi-tiam-like cafe to taste the food, not to pay extra for fine dining.

Recommendation:
Score for Lasagna from Spize restaurant = 8 out of 10. (more beefy flavouring would up this score)

Lasagna from Spize Restaurant
Price = $10.50 (before GST)

Address:
Spize Restaurant
338 Bedok Road
Bedok Shopping Centre

Downtown East: Wild Wild Wet Singapore

Downtown East: Wild Wild Wet Singapore

We saw the Wet & Wild water attraction in Pasir Ris Park’s Downtown East. Did you know that it has the highest flume ride in Asia? This new water-based attraction will certainly offer visitors to Singapore’s Downtown East a wild wild wet ride.

Each Flume Ride can carry two passengers. Only passengers above 1.2 metre tall can ride this wet and wild rollercoaster. What's a better way to enjoy a thrilling ride than lots of wild wild wet water action? This splashy and wet and wild ride in the Pasir Ris Park’s Downtown East will leave children and adults an unforgettable wild and wet experience.

Would you want to join in the fun at Downtown East in Pasir Ris Park for Singapore’s version of the Wild Wild Wet?

Read more on Wild Wild Wet Singapore here.

Gelare Ice Cream

Sampled this ice-cream from Gelare, located in the basement of Far East Shopping Centre. Visited the ice cream parlour with family while waiting to fetch child from school.

Eight lovely scoops of ice-cream with pieces of Oreo biscuits greeted us on the table. The four flavours of ice cream chosen were chocolate, coffee, strawberry and vanilla.

I liked these scoops of ice cream as the milky taste so commonly found in other brands of ice cream was absent. Originated from Italian and American roots, these ice creams tasted better than the average run-of-the-mill types. The smooth texture with just the right amount of sweetness whetted my appetite for more. But the scoops of ice cream was smaller than what I have been used to eating at one sitting.

The chocolate had a mild bitter but sweet tange to it which I lloved very much. The coffee flavoured ice-cream would have raised my temperature more if the caffeine kick had been stronger. Nevertheless I would grade this Gelare ice cream 7.5 out of a possible 10 score.

Price: S$24.80 for 8 ice cream scoops

Shredded Duck Vermiceilli At Xin Wang White Sands Shopping Centre

Shredded Duck Vermiceilli At Xin Wang White Sands Shopping Centre

This dish can be found at Xin Wang Hong Kong restaurant, the White Sands Shopping Centre branch at level 1. It costs $8.90 for quite a large plate to satisfy two persons on a low diet outing.

I like the soft stewed duck shreds that come with a plate of light brown fried vermiceilli. The duck tastes sweet, lightly flavoured and gives the jaws a bit of exercise.

The vermiceilli feels robust with a mildly chewy sensation under the palate. The soy taste is not overpoweringly salty. Mixed with sour plum bits, the mildly plum fragrance gives the dish an unusual oomph.

If you mix the crunchy shreds of lettuce with the soft vermicelli, the combination seems to work really well.

Personally, I would rate it 9 out of 10.

Hokkaido Sotong Balls At Tampines Mall Atrium

Hokkaido Sotong Balls At Tampines Mall Atrium

EM bought six Hokkaido sotong balls at the Tampines Mall Singapore atrium today despite the long queues. The famous and highly popular Hokkaido Food Festival had been underway since 5 July 2008. This Japanese food festival has been a fixture at Tampines Mall for a couple of years. She tried to purchase some Japanese food on a Sunday but she couldn’t get a toehold in the maddening crowd. Only today did we get a chance to sample delicacies from Japan’s Hokkaido Prefecture.

Six huge solid-looking sotong balls stared at me during lunchtime today. A glassy piece of edible material was laid on top of the pieces with a thick Japanese mayonnaise paste. I bit a little of the this glassy stuff and it melted in my mouth without much taste.

When I chewed onto the sotong balls, the soft paste-like outer layer was mushy to touch with a mild sweetness. Under this layer, the sotong parts were apparent on my tongue, like springy chewing gum with a robust texture. The difference in contrast between the soft out shell and the firmer core made this an interesting bite-sized dish for lunch.

As I enjoyed the morsels of sotong between my teeth, I could imagine the sotongs must have undergone plenty of cardiovascular work out in the oceans off Hokkaido before they landed up in some Japanese fishing vessel to be brought to Singapore for our dining pleasure. The world is indeed getting smaller by the years.

Japanese Food at Downtown East Pasir Ris

Japanese Food at Downtown East Pasir Ris

I love to eat Japanese food and I heard it's the favourite foreign cuisine amongst Singaporean stomachs. My current favourite restaurant is Nihon Mura at E!Hub Downtown East in a corner of Pasir Ris, which opened recently.

This cozy little restaurant tucked at the highest level of E!Hub in Downtown East offers a plethora of famous japanese dishes. Don't expect to be presented with a traditional menu here. After you are urshered to your table, grab a cup and head straight to the buffet spread. There you will find one of a tag which comes in a wooden stick like the ones doctors used to stick into your throat with the Teriyaki chicken don written on it. Collect this tag and any others that you wish to order into your cup. Once you're done with your menu selection, present this tag to the cashier and wait at your seat in this japanese restaurant. In a while, the dish you ordered will be presented to the table.

My current favourite japanese dish is the Teriyaki Chicken Don. It comes in a piping hot bowl that will burn your japanese rice if you do not scrape the bottom regularly. Even so, some grains of japanese rice still gets burnt but that just adds to the unique flavour. It's almost like eating claypot japanese rice!

The Teriyaki sauce gives a pretty shiok zing to the bits of chicken slices. The crust is rather crunchy with a soft springy core that leaves the mouth full of Teriyaki taste. I particularly like to savour these slices without the japanese rice, so as not to dilute the flavour.

A raw egg sits on the top of this bowl of japanese rice. If you press it with a spoon, the yolk will burst out of its sac and soak into the japanese rice. Once it reaches the hot metal bowl, it will cook rather quickly and relinquish an eggy aroma that sends my salivary glands into overdrive. I prefer to mix the raw egg evenly throughout the rice and sort of fry it like in a frying pan.

No adjective can adequately describe the unique experience of eating this Teriyaki chicken don. Even as I write this post, the rush of saliva forming up in my mouth is making me swallow more frequently than usual. Mmmm... perhaps this weekend again...