Yet another Food Trail with Omy – Bugis+ Part 2

Continued from Part 1(Click here)

Don’t forget to check out my previous food trails, I guess Omy is the reason why I’m not losing weight…..

Photos with Omy.sg logo by Omy.

Rocku Yakiniku (Website)

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At first site, I didn’t thought that this little corner restaurant would be so spacious and big inside!

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Let’s jump straight into what I had over at Rocku, lots and lots of food ready to be grilled, that I can’t even remember some of the names. (Apologies ah, I serving army, no time to blog as often anymore….)

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Some delicious Tiger prawns, juicy beef strips, Saba fish…..

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Some pork shoulders, I think?
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Some sliced salmon sashimi, since this is a grill restaurant, I suppose you can grill it though I wouldn’t recommend doing that, just eat it like how sashimi should be eaten.

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Flame grilled cheese scallops
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While everybody was still busy taking photos, I was already a step ahead grilling with Uncle Teh Peng and Sheron

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Very kind of beauty queen Sheron to grill for me! *So touched*
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Also one thing, what most people worry about grills(steamboat, hotplates) is the smoke that is generated  during the process of converting delicious dead animals to juicy tender meats, at Rocku the BBQ/Grill-set has a built in vacuum/exhaust hoods around the circumference, notice how not-smoky this grill is?

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Sheron sure knows how to cook well, nicely charred on the outside while keeping the meat juicy.
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Rui Long of Omy, Me , Uncle Teh Peng and Sheron digging in! I will definitely bring my date here some other day and you should too, no smoke= no worries for ladies’ long hairs.

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Visit Rocku Yakiniku official site for menu here


Bugis+
201 Victoria Street
#04-06
Singapore 188067
Tel: +65 6634 3313
Fax: +65 6634 3303
Email: mail@eateries.com

Next stop! Suki-Ya by Creative Eateries
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The other bloggers taking photos of Rocku which happens to be located right opposite before going into Suki-ya.
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The bloggers being introduced the soups, sauces and dishes served in the All-you-can-eat buffet at Suki-ya.
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Suki-Ya serves mainly finely slices chicken, pork and wagyu beef, otherwise also known as shabu-shabu, whereby you lightly deep the meat slices into the soups to cook before consuming with the sauces available.

you can also have a look at their lunch set items available on the full menu of their website.

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Another blogger’s natural behavior spotted – checking photos.

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That’s Serene standing at the corner, she happens to be my ex-schoolmate! Check out her blog here!

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One of the many delicious fresh meat stuff I had at Suki-Ya. Not sure why….I forgot to take photo of the buffet serving area,

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Me with other pretty bloggers.

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Visit Suki-Ya’s website for more location and opening hours
Singapore Suki-Ya
Malaysia Suki-Ya(Better website IMHO)




Next stop, Manhattan Fish Market

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Starters, Manhattan Fish Market’s Caesar Salad and Quad Delights(Fried mushroom stuff), not forgetting the very refreshing Citrus Mint drink at the back.
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One of their hero items on the menu, the Manhattan Fish n Chips, nothing ever goes wrong with Fish n Chips!
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One of Manhattan’s most popular highlights, which I often order along with my buddies to share with whenever we chance upon one of Manhattan fish market’s outlet, The Flaming Seafood Platter.
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A platter big enough to be shared among 3 friends, 2 if I’m around.
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Manhattan Fish Market
Do check out their Website for more locations and outlets available around the South East Asia region too!

Seoul Yummy, ahhh…..well played pun.

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Seoul yummy is located somewhere in the middle of Bugis+’s level 4, directly below the open space high ceilings with direct sunlight, considered as alfresco or not ah?
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Some of the free flow sides, eat until you song song gao jurong.

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Ginseng Chicken soup, I didn’t get to try it even though it was just next to me….the bowl was emptied by the time I got to it…..
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Tender Pork belly slices.
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Eating it with some kimchi, shiok!
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Spicy Kimchi Rice cake pancake.
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Chewy Kimchi rice cake pancake,
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Spicy Rice Cake
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Another interesting item on the menu, the Army Stew.

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Mixed with everything, from squid to clams and mushrooms, served with kimchi based soup and noodles over a stove.
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Seoul Yummy
Web
Other location and reservation numbers

I’d say, the most memorable experience I had was definitely at Ramen Champion, where awards winning variants of ramen come together at one single restaurant making any typical Singaporeans spoilt for choices.

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So much ramen, so little space left in my stomach.
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Oh, you can also read up on the Ramen styles/profiles on their website
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Alvin says I look like a famous Hong Kong actor, Eric Tsang.
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Bloggers taking photos of the ramen…..must resist eating till photos are taken.
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Some of the really delicious and well prepared ramens, I really can’t name all of them…..
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Ramen with pork and corn.
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Another ramen with pork bellies

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The spiciest ramen you can find in Ramen Champion, yet it was no kick for me, but Japanese peoples’ tastes buds would had caught fire already, Singaporeans like me are just too used to spicy food.
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Me chatting with chef Hisashi , he was the one who prepared the spicy ramen, I shared with him what Singaporeans consider spicy, Small Chillies(Chilli Padi).

Showing him pictures of Chilli padi on my phone with Sheron, 
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Generally, all the ramen were absolutely delicious and servings were generous, I will definitely come back within the coming weeks or so with some friends,

Made a new friend today! yay.
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Ramen Champion
11:30 am to 10:30 pm Daily
Website
Located at Bugis+ and Changi Airport Terminal 3

And ending off, we had desserts of course! I was in a rush to hurry off to another event,  still I managed to eat some yoghurt from Berrylite.

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Fat-free yoghurt
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Other toppings available too to suit fussy taste buds, I still prefer it plainly yoghurt.
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Berrylite
Web
Locations in Singapore and Malaysia

Also, don’t forget to check out my blog posts on some other food events I’ve been to as well!

3 April 2013 at 20:42 - Comments

Yet another Food Trail with Omy – Bugis+ Part 1

Once again, I had another chance to gorge myself with great food around Singapore, and this time I’ll be food from Bugis+ (Formerly known as iluma)

Don’t forget to check out my previous food trails, I guess Omy is the reason why I’m not losing weight…..

Photos with Omy.sg logo by Omy.

Our first stop, Taipei Station
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Our first stop with all the rest of the local bloggers.
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The cosy cafe with stools all over.
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One of my favorite by Taipei Station(台北站), Cheese Crispy Chicken 乳酪鸡排

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Indeed, cheesy and crispy, with heavily coated skins, one of the best foods you can ever attempt to smuggle into cinemas too!
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Original Crispy Chicken 香炸盐酥鸡排
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Close up of the Original Crispy chicken.
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Crispy Tempura 香炸盐酥甜不辣, Fried pumpkins I think.

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Also great for smuggling into cinemas.

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Another interesting item on the menu, fried vegetables, but I still prefer my broccoli steamed or poached instead.
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Some other more filling items available are Braised pork with jasmine rice and Oyster Mee Sua, also one of young singaporeans favorite.
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And not forgetting Taiwan bubble teas.
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Taipei Station(台北站)

201 Victoria Street
#04-03 Bugis+
Singapore 188067

Our Second place to eat on the list, Laksania

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The very kind ladyboss(I suppose) introducing us to the variants of Laksa found around the region of South East Asia, from Singapore to Borneo.
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Sarawak Laksa
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Close up of Sarawak Laksa
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Singapore Laksa
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The variant of Laksa found commonly around Singapore, still my favorite, especially with lots of cockles.
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Kelantan Laksa
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Another nice item on the menu, Chicken satays, thick and juicy, served without the common Satay peanut sauce, I have no idea what that deliciou sauce was.
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Delicious!
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Laksania is also available at 3 locations in Singapore as follows.

Nex Mall
23 Serangoon Central
#B1-08
Singapore 556083
Tel:+65 6634 2645

Bugis+
201 Victoria Street
#04-04
Singapore 188067
Tel:+65 6636 9776

East Coast
382 East Coast Road
Singapore 428987
Tel:+65 6346 2026

The third station, Crystal Jade HK Cafe IN
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I forgot to take a photo of the exterior, but anyways, Crystal Jade provided one for me.
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Our starter, Old time Hong Kong Biscuit with malt sugar as filling, a luxury snack for hongkie kids as a snack back in the 60s.
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as well as the Chilled Hong Kong Milk Tea, dramatically presented to your table with dry ice in the hollow segment of the vase, sibeh gao gao and thick milk tea. Price : S$3.90
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Crispy Macau pork chop bun, a fusion between eastern and western cuisine, a burger set in short. served with fried pork chop, sliced cucumber, tomato, lettuce and crispy bean curd skin.

Price: S$4.80
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Corned beef and cheese toast. (accidentally ate one without taking photo, costs S$4.80 for 4toast)
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Probably my favorite of all, Deep-fried Spring Chicken with lemongrass. S$8.80(half) S$16.80(whole chicken)
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Juicy juicy chicken.
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Another closer look to make you drool, no matter which part of the chicken, it’s all tender and great tasting.

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Hong Kong Cart Noodles, filled with pretty much what you are able to think of, cuttlefish, fishball, chicken sausages, at only S$4.00.
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Our local bloggers habit, thousands of photos first before eating, while I already started eating.
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Crystal Jade HK Café
Singapore
Bugis+ #04-05
T (65) 6509 9698

This is the end of part 1 of my food trail at Bugis+ , I’ll continue the rest within the week if time allows. :)

10 March 2013 at 17:49 - Comments

Sabah under attack by guerrillas from the Philippines

This is one disturbing photo taken during a rally by the MNLF(Moro National Liberation Front), picture via EDMW Loves Singapore.
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The state of Sabah is a beautiful place with many exotic plants and creatures, I’ve been there once and am looking forward to another trip in the near future. Please don’t destroy such a beautiful place created by mother nature?

Let’s have peace internationally, shall we?
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6 March 2013 at 21:19 - Comments

Speak good english movement – How good is your english test

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Happened to stumble upon this web quiz by our local Speak Good English Movement campaign, click here to do the test online!

I scored a 16 our of 30…..wow….ok, better work on my ang moh more now.

I’ve got a question, shouldn’t “Laid” be correct?

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6 March 2013 at 21:04 - Comments
Jasper
As the explanation mentioned, lay is the simple past tense of lie, which is used as the sentence is in ...
7 March 13 at 18:56

Magnetic field in trains

Will this work in Singapore trains?

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19 February 2013 at 17:09 - Comments

KNS INDIAN MUSLIM FOOD

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Spotted this around Block 107 Hougang Ave 1, will definitely give it a try someday soon!

Oh…..the letters “KNS” is actually a known abbreviation of a vulgar phrase in Singapore FYI.

26 January 2013 at 22:52 - Comments

To give, or not to give?

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 Following the recent post on STOMP, about a man asking for money to public transport fare,(link) I was approached by a man in his late 40s last thursday(6th January 2013) at around 5:40pm at Ang Mo Kio MRT station.

Dress in rugged clothes, he asked “对不起小弟,我不够散钱买ticket, 我可以跟你拿一块九来搭车回家吗?”(Sorry kiddo, I don’t have enough change to buy a train ticket home, may I ask you for $1.90 spare change for me to purchase a ticket?)

Out of his very sincere approach and innocence, I decided to look into my wallet, and wala….. there was indeed some spare change amounting to $1.90 exactly, I gave it to him immediately, before I could make a move, he asked me what am I doing at the moment(working or studying), I told him i was an NSF with the Singapore Armed Forces of course…

He then asked “哦,真的谢谢你,不过你自己够用吗?。。。。“(oh, thank you very much, but do you have enough for yourself?….”

I am drawing only S$446.40 in allowance from the army monthly….what is “enough”? (certain amounts deducted for comchest charity and insurance), I am even struggling to save up for further studies and rainy days, but hey, if someone needs help, it’s always good to help in any way you can afford to.

For some strange reasons, the number 1280 kept coming to me that day, I then head to a Singapore Pools outlet at AMK Hub NTUC. While in line and almost making it to the cashier through the long queue……guess who did I spot(and spotted me) before getting in queue?

THE SAME MAN, holding a bunch of coins with a $2 note, he approached me with a smile and asked me to help him make the bet purchase…..of course, I did it with a what-the-fuck expression.

I felt cheated, I didn’t mind the $1.90, I felt my trust stolen, but whatever, I do hope he won(so he probably won’t have to beg again).

On the way home, I joked about it via SMS and whatsapp with friends, later in the evening as I checked the results, guess what, I STRUCK 4D LOTTERY! WOOHOOOO, although it was only a winning of $3, it felt real good.
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My point is, whatever happens to money you donate away to strangers, don’t feel bad about it, I believe whatever you sow, you’ll reap it again in some ways or another, for me, I struck the lottery.

Be kind to strangers.

11 January 2013 at 21:34 - Comments

Mint Showcase II

My good friend Mint is having her second ever music showcase, in pursuit of her dreams of becoming a pop star!

Do show your support for local talents!

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Details of Mint Showcase II

Dates: 12th (Saturday) and 13th (Sunday) of January 2013
Time: 1pm to 4pm on both days

Venue: All About Eve Bar
144 Arab Street #02-01, Singapore 199829
(Opposite Golden Landmark Hotel)

Ticket Prices: Online purchase $22.00 per ticket (for 1 day),
At the door on performance days $25.00 per ticket (for 1 day)

Visit http://tinyurl.com/MintShowcaseIITicketsto register for your tickets online.

1 January 2013 at 21:45 - Comments

When I’m missing you(Demo cover) – Yong Wei

Merry christmas everyone! I’ve been MIA for a while…..been busy serving the nation!
(Photo by Omy.sg a few years back)
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I have lost 18kg so far, ever since I enlisted into the army 6months ago, my face looks a lot sharper now. Another 18more months to go to finish up my conscription duties! I’m damn happy that I’m constantly losing weight in the army!
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In my free time, I really would just like to be playing music these days, here’s a new(Actually not so new, written a few years back by one of my close music friends.) song demo recording I did in a hurry, written by my good friend Jacky Cheng not the Hong Kong famous Jacky Chueng hor, enjoy!

(Soundcloud link)

Songwriter : Jacky Cheng
Singer/Demo mix : Goh Yong Wei

Verse:
Day and Night
I’ve been thinking of you
Every Night
I’ve been missing you
It’s been so long since we last talk

Remember then, I’m thinking of when
I’m by your side all this while
when you cry then I ask why
and you deny
Oh please don’t cry

Chorus:
Now again I try to chill but not frill
but you have over done it
It’s okay in any way you’ll realise it anyway
Here again you never change or even think about it
You didn’t care that’s what I fear

Verse 2:
Remember then times we spend together
things we talk like forever
we took pictures with beavers
I… miss those times, I… (miss those times)
but its all memories in my mind…

Chorus: x2
Now again I try to chill but not frill
but you have over done it
It’s okay in any way you’ll realise it anyway
Here again you never change or even think about it
You didn’t care that’s what I fear

Outro:
When it’s time to say goodbye
It’s tight to say goodbye
Don’t wanna go
Cos I’ll be missing you so

30 December 2012 at 01:04 - Comments

Youths queueing a week before SMTown concert part 2

Story via STOMP, continued from here

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Go ahead and cry you big babies, do something more meaningful with your lives instead of chasing idols.

Anyone can be stupid, but no one should be allowed to be f*cking stupid. This whole story on queuing up 7days for kpop idols has made me so outraged! How in the world can we depend on these youths to take care of Singapore in the future?!

Here’s something for youths to start becoming more intelligent, here, listen to some TedTalks here.

Actually, if you think about it, these girls can queue for 7days and night, through rain or shine, even more satki than me doing Guard duties or even outfield trainings leh, these girls should really serve National Service too lor!

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24 November 2012 at 16:03 - Comments
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