Finally, got round to making this post! Went out like… two weeks ago with my sis and her friends to celebrate her bday… and I snapped some photos! Her bday is on the 3rd of Jan, right after the new day, so the christmas decorations were still around! And there’s the Orchard road (premium shopping street in SG) pedestrian night too. It’s a trial that’s underway, where they close the road once a month on the first Saturday of the year to well, let you roam the streets. It was kinda… pathetic though IMO. There were some random performances here and there, a stage, with a very noisy MC. And is was pretty crowded with tourists and Singaporean alike… but the whole atmosphere was lacking. The street performers were still by the sidewalks, as they always were, because they are not license/authorised to perform in the middle of the road. It’s a once a month, 6 hour event, so they didn’t think of setting up stalls in the middle of the road. Some snack stalls and such would certainly give the whole place a more… carnival, festive atmosphere. Thankfully the Christmas lights were still up so we had something to see on this occasion. But otherwise? Kinda disappointing. There’s so much more that could have been done really. And considering how much SG depends on tourism to survive, the Singapore tourism board really should have done better.
Okays. Without further ado, photos!
Yes the souffle has risen a lot! I ate at miam miam before, also a Japanese-French restaurant serving souffle dishes… and the souffle only rose like… half the height of this one. What’s more, the service at this restaurant is excellent. The chef (a Japanese), I’m guessing he’s the owner, serves the dishes personally. He seemed pretty amused that both me and my sister exclaimed ‘sugeii!’ in unison when this was served.
As there was only three of us, we only ordered three main dish.
What about dessert you ask? We went to another shop!
And that was all! It was what… 10, almost 11pm by this time? Pretty much all the shops have closed already so we headed home right after.
We had a mini bday celebration at home the day after…
And that’s all the bday related photos! That’s all for now! Till next time! Now it’s time to head to bed!
Lunch was at Charboton. We both ordered the same thing. Cos we both love tonkotsu soup base… well my sis ordered the ‘spicy’ one, so it came with that little ball of ‘spicy’ minced meat… but really it was hardly spicy at all. She added a ton of shichimi powder and chilli oil… whereas I just prefer my noodles in their original taste. It was good, and the price was very affordable too. The total bill came up to just over 30 bucks. We had initially wanted to eat at the Kiseki buffet place… but we totally forgot that I wasn’t the only one who got an off day on Monday. It was freaking crowded. There was a HUGE queue even for those who made reservations…. Which we didn’t do. No reservations? An estimated 1.5 hours of waiting time. And we reached there shortly after their opening hour. Seriously…!
Spanish donuts! Yum yum yum! 
Very nicely fried and it came with three sauces. White, milk, and dark chocolate. I loved the white choc dip the most. Very milky. 
DINNER! We went to sushi tie. The most expensive meal of the day, (tho if we went for the buffet it would have cost the same) but it was really worth it. YUM YUM YUM. Anyway, that’s the deep fried ika. They have some fanciful name for it… hanasaki ika i think? But well, the batter is very crispy and light. Love it! Went went there last time and ordered this dish too. 
I think they put (prawn?) roe in the batter… hence those red bits… never examined them closely to determine what they are even though it was the 2nd time I’m eating this dish hahaha. 
Salmon ikura don. Just look at the amount of salmon roe! Fantastic! Ahhh *drools*. Almost 20 bucks (well would be 20 bucks and more with the GST and service charge) but the roe is just fantastic!
Ooooo the sushi. I only ordered three types. From left to right, wagyu beef, whelk, and swordfish. We ate the beef last… cos the taste ought to be the strongest. The beef was kinda normal. It felt like eating ham… it was slightly seared as you can see from the pic, and some parts were still uncooked, so the texture was weird. The fatty parts of the raw meat, esp cos its still cold, kinda felt like the fat from lamb/beef chop after it hardens when cooled. When technically it IS the same thing… it was interesting and something we’ve not tried before, but I won’t feel the urge to try it again. The swordfish was good. Fresh, and oily, with fat that is blended evenly into the flesh, and it melts in your mouth when eating. But in the end it was the whelk that we had first that was most memorable. It’s a regular priced item too (the beef was most expensive out of the three, and the swordfish is priced in between.) Very crunchy, very refreshing. I’m not sure if it’s because summer is apparently the season for whelks (they have whelks from somewhere in their summer promotion menu) or anything… but I’m definitely going to order this again next time! Love the crunchiness and the firm meat. 
Ah this. On the summer promotion menu. 7 bucks for 5. I just could not resist ordering it and gosh I’m glad I did. Hotaru Ika. Firefly squid. It looks normal right? But gosh, the taste! And the texture. Very smooth, and silky. And inside the squid body. Its filled with… roe like stuff? I have no idea what that is (nope not squid ink), but it’s red and looks and taste like the stuff in prawn heads. Like in raw amaebis. It soooo makes me want to go back to sushi tei again before the summer promotion ends JUST to eat this thing. I never knew squid could taste this good!
Finally, a ‘classic’. Negitoro don. Spring onion and minced tuna rice with an onsen egg on top. You mix it all up before eating. Its delicious, and cheap too. Just above 10 bucks. We used to go sushi tei just for this… (well we only went like, twice or something, not very frequent). Well it’s the cheapest and more affordable thing on the menu after all… This dish started my addiction for raw/half boil eggs. Hahaha. Love the runny, fragrant egg yolk. Love how it makes this dish all sticky when mixed in… delicious!
A final photo of the meal. All the food lined up and ready to go! XD