Feast At CJ Palace, Ngee Ann City

This was from earlier last month. It's new year, and we were having lots of companies. We introduced them to the popular Chinese New Year Salad. Lots of people, lots of food, lots of calories and lots of cholesterol.  We even had Beijing duck (no picture) The food and the company, however, were enjoyable. We had a nice evening, but we definitely need to choose healthier dishes.  

Scala's Bistro Dinner, San Francisco

Back to Scala's Bistro for dinner again. We have been here many times, probably each time we come to San Francisco. Sometimes, it's not my choice to come, but when you go with others, you just have to follow the rests.  It is a rather dark place and it is challenging to take pictures. My Leica did quite a good job with taking pictures with very minimal lighting.

We had Fritto Misto to start with.

A pizza was ordered by Miss K, but we participated a little bit.

Who else, but DH, orders Seafood pasta,

My order was Ricotta Gnocchi, served with roasted forest mushroom, asparagus, parmesan brood and fine herbs.

Revisiting Nanbantei, Tokyo

We went back to have dinner at Nanbantei in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. I had their dinner set while my three companions chose ala carte.  There were more dishes, but no pictures.

Nanbantei, Tokyo

Our hotel in Tokyo was in Roppongi area and the original restaurant of Nanbantei is just 15 minutes away. On foot. The founder is also the chef and we picked our choice. The lovely waiter, who happens to speaks English really well, helped us put together a menu for both of us. He was very kind and helpful. On the wall by the door, there were a couple of pictures of the chef with the former Ambassador of USA to Japan and Hillary Clinton. We were impressed.

No the food-wise. Every single piece was really good. I forgot to take picture of the beef and they were good too. Their menu is different than the ones in Singapore, but they said that they have nothing to do with the Singapore Nanbantei anyway. We enjoyed the food and the atmosphere. It's really the kind of place that I love to go for a meal.

Lunch At PS Cafe, Paragon

Miss K and I finally made it to PS cafe after talking about it so many times. This was way back in the Summer. I met her after I finished my appointment and shared a vegetarian sandwich and a bowl of mushroom room, which we did not really like. We also had a slice of pecan pie with a scoop of ice cream for dessert.

Ping Pong, South Bank

It was the move-in day for Miss P and we planned to have dim sum at the nearest Ping Pong there. After checking out the Millemnium Bridge nearby and walking through Boroug Market, which was closed, because it was Sunday, we walked to the nearest Ping Pong. By nearest, it took us around 30 minutes to get there. We did make a few stops to take pictures here and there. 

It's our first time at Ping Pong, so we ordered our usual items like Char Siu bao, spring rolls and Ha kau. We also ordered a pot of rice with chicken and mushroom that sounded good, and it tasted good too. For me, it's a place that i like to return to.

Brunch At Wild Honey, Scotts Square

Miss K and I went for brunch after my doctor appointment one Friday, a few weeks ago. We went to Wild Honey at Scotts Square. Wild Honey is known to offer all day breakfast. 

Miss K's choice was Norwegian. Two poached eggs with Norwegian smoked salmon on brioche with asparagus in between and Hollandaise sauce.  It looked beautiful and tasted delicious too. I knew that because, the plate was wiped clean by the end of our brunch.

Mine was baked Portobello mushroom and poached eggs on brioche with Hollandaise sauce with spinach in between. The portion was too big for me but they tasted good too. 

Vegetarian Stuffed Mushroom

We normally make meat filling for our Stuffed Portobello mushroom. But this time, as someone is staying away from meat, we revised the version to vegetarian. For the stuffing I used chopped onion, garlic, carrot, thyme and ricotta cheese.