Since school would be ending soon, we decided to have one more BBQ at our condo so that everyone could clean out their refrigerators and cupboards.
We had healthy foods:
Lots of meats:
And many types of drinks (this one tastes like star anise):
We had a good turn out and everyone had a pretty good time I think.
Just thought I’d share something my co-worker made. Our senior technician used to make these cute clay figurines and she brought them to work today to show me. They are very cute and detailed.
I especially liked the flowers. Maybe one day I can try to make these too…
Tonight we took a little trip to this restaurant that Ron saw one day while walking around Orchard area. It’s this restaurant called Pachi-Pachi and they specialize in okonomiyaki and yakisoba. When we visited Japan for our honeymoon, we found this great “hole in the wall” place on the 2nd floor of this tiny building that had really delicious okonomiyaki and yakisoba… we are always trying to find another restaurant like it, except closer than Japan!
Anyways, so we thought we’d go try out this restaurant. We ordered the seafood egg yakisoba and the pork okonomiyaki.
We shared a small bottle of cold sake. It was light and sweet.
They served us a cold cucumber salad with sliced fish cake (or squid cake, not sure which) with a creamy nutty sauce. Very yummy.
This is the seafood yakisoba with egg (the egg is extra).
When you cut it open, it’s filled with yummy noodles. The noodles were a bit thin, we remember them being thicker. The two sauces on top were very good though, a sweet mayo and the yakisoba suace, a bit sour and sweet.
This is the okonomiyaki which is like a meat and vegetable pancake. They cooked it really well though, crispy on both sides but moist and tasty inside. The pork was in very small pieces but the cabbage pieces were a bit large, more like square pieces rather than shredded thinly.
If you need help locating the place, look for this sign:
I think this place is probably pretty busy for lunch. We were the only customers for dinner. I’m sure they have lunch specials.
Afterwards, we took a stroll down to Orchard Rd and stopped at Swensen’s. We ordered the Nutty Mighty Sundae. It’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup, Macadamia Nut, and Mocha Almond Fudge covered with whole macadamia nuts, peanuts, almonds, hot fudge, and caramel.
Topped with a chocolate covered cherry and wafer… yum yum! A good way to end the night…
Yes I’ve been a bit behind in updating our blog but I finally had some time to catch up today.
07 June 2008 Weekend in Bali – Day 1
13 June 2008 Lan Zhou La Mian & Dessert
14 June 2008 Kung Fu Panda & BBQ
15 June Al-Hamra Lebanese & Middle Eastern Cuisine
Ron and I revisited Ju Shin Jung on West Coast Highway. Neither of us felt like cooking at home or cared for take-out or cared to go to Holland Village. Our experience this time was not as nice, not sure why… but when we walked in, they asked us how many persons then started walking toward one side of the room, then asked if we had a reservation, when we said no, they walked us to the back of the restaurant. It was a bit odd. The food was still good and they still provide good service by cooking the food for you but it seemed a bit overbearing today, the person cooking for us just stood by our table so you couldn’t have a proper conversation until that person was done. The last time I think they stood a bit farther away and only came in close to the table to turn the meat or cut it.
They served us a few different new appetizers. One was this potato salad with thousand island like dressing. A bit sweet.
Pickled radish.
We ordered the marinated chicken and pork.
Such cute heart shaped watermelon.
Cinnamon pine nut dessert… reminds me of Christmas flavors.
It’s been a very “meaty” few days.
We wanted something different for lunch today so we headed to Holland Village to try Al-Hamra. It ended up being quite an expensive lunch.
They serve a cold platter of pickled vegetables and olives. The olives were a breathe of fresh air, something I hadn’t had in a long time, but the vegetables were a bit too sour for me.
The hummus was nice and smooth. Although it’s not served with anything so you have to order bread separately. The hummus itself was $10.50
The bread we ordered had herbs and sesame seeds. The toasted sesame seeds made the bread really good. It’s called markouk bread on the receipt. It was $3
For the main we ordered Sheesh Taouk which is a chicken kabob of sorts. It’s amazing to us how moist the chicken meat still was.
It was served with garlic sauce, chili sauce, and BBQ sauce. The garlic sauce is a bit like mayo. The chili sauce is very sour. The BBQ sauce is a bit like thousand island dressing.
It was a filling meal but a bit expensive for lunch, $49 for 2 persons. Ron says they have lunch specials during the weekdays so that’d probably be more worth it.