Xiao Ya Tou in Tanjong Pagar

4 Girls went on a date one day and we decide to drop by Xiao Ya Tou to try out the fusion dishes. Here are what we had and I must say the price tag isn't wallet friendly. Food Quality is there but I wish that there was more WOW factor.

The cute yet nostalgic posters hanging on all walls, Chinese Lanterns and metal gates. If you look closely at the posters, you might find something interesting too! I'm not going to spoil the fun for you.

Complimentary Achar from the restaurant, sourish and spicy at the same time. A great appetizer to start with!

I absolutely love the Crispy Otak Otak Rolls ($12). The Otak packed a punch and complimented the crispy skin wrapped around. I would gladly order another plate of this to go with beer.

Thanks to the staff's recommendation, we ordered the Drunken Flower Clams ($23). The broth was sweet and addictive with a slight spicy kick. The clams were yummy and it was a huge bowl for $23!

For Mains, we ordered the XYT Hokkien Mee ($16) which is Xiao Ya Tou's version of Stir- Fried Hokkien Mee. I must say this is an expensive Hokkien Mee. Though the flavour of the broth was present in every mouthful, I feel that we could always get a cheaper alternative outside.

We also ordered the XYT Lu Rou Fan ($13). This is no typical Lu Rou Fan, it is made from braised Wagyu Beef and served with a poached egg.

Let's try the Char Siew shall we? The Kurobuta Char Siew ($19) did not amaze us thou the charred bits were really addictive. 

We need a balance diet guys, so we ordered the Spicy Brussels Sprouts ($14). It consist of Minced Chicken, Chye Po and Chilli Jam. I really hate eating Brussels Sprouts but the one at XYT made it really enjoyable, maybe it's the mince chicken and Chye Po mixture.

Something to share: The White Sangria ($69) is made up of white wine, green apple, passion fruit, peach, orange, lime and lemon. We loved the fruity blast mixed in the white wine, A good balance overall.

Address:

Xia Ya Tou

6 Duxton Hill #01-01

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With Love, M♥

Aone Porridge - New Menu New Experiences!

*Food Tasting*

I believe that we have all seen Aone porridge around in Food Courts in the past few years and maybe you have seen them in shopping malls in the recent year too! Aone porridge have always been famous with their porridge in a claypot because it has good airflow and good insulation which locks in moisture and nutrients. I am glad to be invited to their outlet at Kallang Wave Mall for an introduction to their new menu!

Clean and spacious layout, creating a casual atmosphere where everyone would feel comfortable eating and sharing family-style comfort food. Because I believe that we tend to find comfort in food that are most familiar to us.

Starting off with some tea, their Signature Fruit Tea and my personal favourite, Jasmine Tea. I believe the fruit tea has some Hawthon inside which makes it a little bitter sweet but very pleasing to the palate. The Jasmine Tea is just plain Jasmine Tea but very good for cleansing the palete and tummy from all the delicious food that you are about to have.

Premium Dried Scallop Porridge(pictured) & Dried Scallop Porridge with minced meat & assorted egg were two of the delicious porridge I got to try that day. My bias would be the Latter, It was more to my suited to my taste due to the use of meat and assorted eggs like Century egg and Salted egg. 

Steamed scallop with minced garlic & vermicelli - Very aromatic when it was served, we rushed though the photos because we could not wait to dig in! Fresh Scallop topped with fragrant garlic, resting on a sea of vermicelli was a tad salty but if paired with Aone's porridge, it would be just right.

Deep Fried Pumpkin and Lotus Root with creamy salted egg sauce - It came to us golden brown and my table had high expectations for it but it was oily in the mouth and the salted egg punch was not strong enough. I gave up after 1 piece.

Premium Claypot - Consisting of Abalone Mushroom, Scallop, Sliced Fish, Prawn and Fish Maw. Light taste, suitable for people who have light taste buds, fresh ingredients and very homely feel.

Assorted Vegetables in Sambal Sauce - A very localized dish where sambal is used to stir fry vegetables till fragrant, albeit slightly oily, it was really fragrant and delicious, pair with porridge for optimum taste.

Honey Chicken - Suitable for all young and old, Crispy fried chicken tossed in sweet sauce sprinkled with sesame seed, presented with cute little cucumbers around is definitely a MUST ORDER in my opinion. I ate like alot of this during the session, I love it!

Thank You Aone for the invite for this wonderful food tasting session, I have been a fan of Aone's porridge and I will continue to patronize even if they never invite me to the food tasting! hahaha!

With Love, M♥

LE Restaurant & Bar - Avant-Garde Dining Concept

LÈ Restaurant & Bar is an avant-garde dining concept that seeks to evoke diners with a sensuous and voguish dining experience like never before. Encompassing an exclusive modern Chinese restaurant and an intimate chic bar offering ingeniously created Asian-inspired tapas and cocktails, expect a redefinition of Chinese dining on a whole new level.

Went there with the company for the Annual Chinese New Year Dinner and below are the visuals.

Food has nothing for me to pick on, Service was good, staff were attentive and smiley. Overall experience I enjoyed myself. I love the Open Concept Kitchen where we could see the chefs working each dish from Start to completion.

Something Not To Be Missed: Le Special - the local dessert of Ice Kacang is spiked with curaçao, crème de menthe, pomegranate syrup and spiced rum, sweetened with gula melaka with Red Bean at the bottom, it left me craving for more.. I'm definitely going back for it.

LÈ Restaurant and Bar

3 Temasek Boulevard, Suntec City Mall

#02-314, Singapore 038983

Tel: 6338 8775

Fax: 6338 8769





With Love, M♥

[F.T] Goldleaf Restaurant (New Taiwan Porridge Restaurant Pte Ltd)

Goldleaf Restaurant ( New Taiwan Porridge Restaurant) is a Taiwanese-Singaporean Porridge restaurant. They first Started at Oxlet Rise in 1971 but has moved from place to place for a number of years and finally settled down along the shophouses at Amoy Street. 

Picture Credit CelestialDelish.com

Goldleaf Restaurant 

Venue: 110 Amoy Street, #01-00, Singapore 069930

Contact: +65 6324 8310

Opening Hours: Daily 11.30am - 2.30pm, 6.00pm - 12.00am

Fresh Lime Juice - $2.00

I love my Lime Juice that is Sour Enough. At GoldLeaf, You can request for them to make it more sour for you on the 2nd cup if the first cup is not sour enough for you! :)

Complementary Appetizer

Full of Flavour, Beancurd Strips with Peanuts, Ikan Bilis, Pickles and Chilli Strips, fully infused with the homemade sauce.  This Appetizing Homemade Dish will sure make you want to have more! 

But please bear in mind that there are more food available later on!

Stir Fried Prawns with Salted Egg Yolk - $16.00 / $36.00

My Favourite Dish would have to include Seafood and Salted Egg and this dish has both! Fresh Prawns coated with a crispy layer of Salted Egg Yolk, Every bite is a crunch but I feel that the salted egg yolk flavour could be much stronger.

Cai Poh Omelette - $6.00 / $10.00

If you love Cai Poh Omelette, ORDER THE $10 Portion! It goes super well with Porridge and they are super generous with their Cai Poh at Goldleaf. Fluffy Eggs infused with all the goodness of the Cai Poh, It will sure make you have bowls after bowls of Porridge.

Goldleaf Special Fried Rice - $12.00 / $18.00

Simple looking fried rice but packed with alot of hidden treasures. This Goldleaf Special Fried Rice is infused with Ham, Egg, Spring Onions, Prawns and many more ingredients, Much like a Treasure Hunt.

Taiwan Lettuce (er cai, 鹅菜) - $8.00 / $14.00

For a Non-Veggie Eater like me, This is a Surprisingly YUMMY Dish that I can't stop eating.

The Vegetable is lightly Salted and is Crunchy in Every Bite (I am Serious). This had to be one of some of the best Vegetables I Have eaten so far.

3-Cup Chicken with Basil (三杯鸡) - $12.00 / $16.00

If you are a Huge Fan of 3-Cup Chicken, Goldleaf's Version may not make you go GaGa over it but it is worth a try. Tender pieces of chicken with flavour enhanced with the different spices.

Traditional Prawn Rolls - $8.00 / $12.00

I LOVE THIS, Especially the Crunchy bits of Chestnut infused in the prawn rolls, with the right proportion of Meat, Chestnuts, Onions and Prawns. I was the last one finishing up this Dish.

Goldleaf Braised Pork Belly - $10.00 / $16.00

I have a Love and Hate Relationship with Pork Belly. I love it when their meat is tender and the Fats melt in your mouth, But I don't like it when it piles on the calories for me. But oh well, Eat First, Think Later. 

Cod Fish with Specialty Sauce - $9/100g

MY LOVE FOR FISH WILL NEVER DIE! Haha, Goldleaf's Cod Fish is fresh, Crispy on the outside, Soft and Tender on the Inside. Accompanied with the special sauce that is just lacking in something which I can't really tell, was it the Ginger Flavour? or The Sweetness Flavour? Let me know if you feel the same after you tried it! :D

Picture Credit CelestialDelish.com

Fresh Cockles with Special - $8.00 / $14.00 

Well, Cockles are really fresh according to the other ladies on the table that day. It's either you Love it or Hate it. I did try 1 piece and I have to say that I hate it. I couldn't make it go pass my tongue.

Green Tea Jelly & Red Tea Jelly - $4.00 each

I prefer the Green Tea Jelly as it has a stronger "Tea" taste and Aroma which I like, as compared, the Red Tea Jelly was lacking in Flavour.

Picture Credit CelestialDelish.com

Herbal Jelly - $3.00

It's up to you whether you want to drizzle the honey over this dessert or not. I personally like it both ways. It's bitter but not too overpowering.

Picture Credit CelestialDelish.com

Yam Paste with Gingko Nuts - $4.00

Being a Huge Fan of Yam Paste, I was expecting a sweeter and a more aromatic Yam Paste, But nonetheless, Godleaf's Yam Paste is more suitable for people who doesn't like their desserts too sweet.

Picture Credit CelestialDelish.com

I must Thank Celes and Goldleaf for the invite and the warm hospitality. 

We ate until we really could not fit in anymore.

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All readers of Eat.Shop.Play will enjoy a 10% off bill with a minimum spending of $50 for dining in the restaurant (not applicable for drinks and liquor). Simply quote my blog name or Michhysaurous when making payment. Promotion ends on 30 Sep 2013.

With Love, M♥

[F.T] Xiao La Jiao at I12 Katong!

Xiao La Jiao

I12 Katong Mall

112 East Coast Road

#03-05 Singapore 428802

Xiao La Jiao, Directly translated to Little Chili is a Restaurant Serving SiChuan Cuisine.

Check out their Special Rainbow Dumplings! YAY!

Xiao La Jiao is just One of the Many Restaurants under CreativEATeries :)

TOP 10 Specialities you must try at Xiao La Jiao! ^o^

Ready for the dishes????? Bring It ON Sister!!

Husband and Wife Beef Offal - $9.90

Spicy Dish But The Beef slices were so tender and the Beef Lungs gave me a impression of Pig Organs. LOLOL! Very Spicy Dish HOR! I warn you all first, all the non spicy eaters, Please slowly Savor This dish!!

Pig Ear Slices with Spicy Sauce - $6.90

I would say this is a part of a pig which I have not tasted before.

Crunchy Jelly is how I would describe it! With or without the sauce also nice!

Picture Credits Modgam

Sichuan Wonton with Spicy Sauce - $3.50

This is one of the most delightful Wonton in Spicy Sauce dish I have ever tasted!

The wonton skin is smooth and tender and the spicy sauce complements the fresh meat in the wonton so well that I had to resist finishing the spicy sauce! ><

Rainbow Dumplings (6 Flavours) - $7.50

Chives Steamed Dumpling, Tofu Steamed Dumpling, Pork Steamed Dumpling, Crabmeat Steamed Dumpling, Shrimp steamed dumpling and # Delicacies Steamed Dumpling!

Take Your Pick! Each of them brings you a different experience!

If you do not wish to order 6 different dumplings, you can order them separately too!

SiChuan Guo Tie - $5.50

Fresh and Juicy Fillings wrapped in a Not Too Thick Skin, Pan fried aroma with a little crispy texture on the base, I crave for more !!!!

Pork Strips in Sweet Bean Sauce - $11.90

Thinly Sliced Pork Strips fried with Sweet Bean Sauce, Great for the kids and non spicy eaters! Wrap it in the Special Beancurd Skin for a different mouthfeel.

SiChuan Fish Slices with Pickled Greens - $17..90

Spicy and Sourish Soup base makes you think that it's just a simple pickled vegetable soup, But enhanced with the peppers from sichuan, and the freshest slices of fish, You will want seconds!

Cabbage (WaWa Cai) with Rich Broth - $8.00

I am Not a Veggie Eater, BUT I had to try this dish bacause I know that wawa cai are known to be sweet and with the rich broth, Im sure It would taste heavenly, AND YES ! It does!! I also tried the Garlic Clove and it does not give me bad breathe ! LOL!

Camphor & Tea Smoked Duck -$ 29.00/$56.00

Have you dreaded eating duck bacause of that "Duck" after taste?

You dont have to worry about this one! The Chef spent 26 HOURS to prepare this dish by smoking it with tea leaves, The meat is ever so tender and match it with the sauce and cucumber for a different feel!

(Read till the end of this post for a good deal for this dush)

pic credit modgam

SiChuan Ma po Tofu - $9.80

Look at those BIG Chunks of Tofu! Definitely not messing around here!

Spicy and Saltish Ma Po Tofu, is best to go along with Rice! You will be finishing 2 Bowls of Rice at least if you order this dish! 

Ge Le Shan La Zi Chicken - $10.90

Must Try Dish in all SiChuan Restaurants is their La Zi Chicken, Chicken Cubes Fried with Many types of Peppers and Chilies, Best to Go with Beer I Recommebd! HAHA!

SiChuan Waxed Pork Soup - $6.50(2 Pax) , $12.80 (4 Pax)

Simple Clear Soup to help wash away all the excitement that we all had before. Strips of Waxed Pork, also know as HAM, is infused into the soup to give it much more flavour and the beancurd skin is in the soup as well, Such a Simple Delight.

DESSERT TIME !

SiChuan Pumpkin Pancakes - $4.90 (4 pcs)

Omnomnom! This is what I like! Chewy like Mochi but coated with Sesame on the outside! Sweet fillings inside but not too sweet, Suitable for everyone, 

Even Ah Gongs and Ah Mas ! :P

Mixed Sugar Guo Kui - $3.90 (4 Pcs)

I dont really know how to describe this, It tastes like mantou at first, but as you bite, it doesn't seem like a mantou, and the yummy lotus filling inside made me thought it's like an improvised Lotus Bun! Children will love it!

*wipes mouth* Are you Drooling like me now ? :D Hahaha. 

Now here's a Good Deal for you!

DISCOUNTS~!

 If you’re an OCBC Cardmember, you’ll get to enjoy 50% off the YUMMYLICIOUS Duck with a minimum spend of S$50! Valid till 30 April 2013. 

Hurry Down Now!!

I want to Thank Isaac (Guy wearing balck) for the Invite to this yummy Food Tasting!

Ending with a Group Shot of the bloggers present that day! ♥

Do Check out CreativEateries's Website for more Information of all their Awesome Restaurants Around Singapore! ^o^

With Love, M♥