Lunch @ 5 by Sans Facon French Restaurant

 

The meal was average. The beef steak ($29) was a little tough. The cheese cake was not worth the $9 paid. The lamb shank ($29) lacked the lamb taste and the Salad Burrata ($19) was so so.

The service was good and the ambience nice.

Friday's dinner in Japan

Got the piece of beef steak from the supermarket. Cut it into small pieces and cooked it for dinner. I also like the natto from Japan as the ones in Singapore are usually frozen and do not taste as good. The potato salad is home made. We got the potatoes from our garden.
The beef is inexpensive (507 Yen or S$6.50) because it is imported from Australia. The Japanese beef is expensive and for the same size would have cost about $26 or 2,000 Yen. Of course, the Japanese wagyu beef is tastier than the Aussie or American beef.
The rice is from Japan and it is more starchy than the Thai rice we used to eat in SG.

A steak house in Japan

I was told the company that owns the popular "Pepper Lunch" is also the owner of this steak house (Ikinari). The steak is quite delicious and you order the amount you like to eat.
The price is reasonable. I don't quite like the seating arrangement as you may be assigned to sit close to another diner. You may also opt for the "stand up" dinning area. 

We spent our afternoon at a shopping mall and had steak for dinner. Dessert was the Japanese crepes which was offered at a huge discount today. They tasted good, both the steaks and dessert.

The shopping malls in Japan are somewhat similar to the ones in SG except that they are less crowded and provide free car parking lots.

Breakfast was a cup of coffee, sausages, toasts, fried egg and veggies. After breakfast, went for a 3km walk around the reservoir.
The steak was from a supermarket. It tasted so good and I like it without any accompaniment except some sweet cherry tomatoes. I am enjoying myself in Japan especially now that the temperature is warm and comfortable (18c to 27c).

Rib-eyed and sirloin steaks

If you like nice beef steak which is reasonably priced, visit Hot Tomato at one of the shopping malls like NEX Mall. Between 11.30 am and 5pm, HT gives a hefty discount of 25% on its main courses to senior citizens (above 60) and others a 20% between 3 pm and 5 pm. They also give good discounts for students. The discounts are applicable on weekdays only.
The 2 pieces of steaks cost us about $28 after discounts.

Had a 230 gm steak for lunch. We cooked them medium rare so it would be nice and tender. Tasted good and satisfying. We also had broccoli, tomatoes and potatoes.Each piece of steak cost about $20. Would have cost much more if we were to eat in a restaurant.

Oh no, not beef steak again! :)

Our dinner is made up of spaghetti carbonara, rib-eyed and filet mignon. Delicious and nutritious are the two words to describe our dinner.

We had early dinner last evening at Hot Tomato. The steaks were fabulous considering the prices we paid. The top picture was that of sirloin steak and the other one was filet mignon. Because we were at Hot Tomato around 5 pm, the meals were sold at 20% discount (since I am a senior citizen aged above 60, I was given an additional 5% discount). Total bill was $35.
Strangely, eating red meat seems to cure my wife of her coughing in the night. As for me, consuming steak helps keep my skin healthier.
We have decided that since eating steak is beneficial to our health, we will try to eat them at least twice a week.

Breakfast & Dinner @ The Ship Restaurant (Nex Mall)

Today's breakfast is a little different. Had the Sarawak pineapple ($5) from Sheng Shiong supermart and the Nonya ba-chang (meat dumpling). The pineapple is sweet and juicy and is hard to come by these days. The cheaper pineapple is about $1.50 but is smaller and not so juicy.
The ba-chang ($1.80) is satisfactory but nowhere compared to the ones from  Joo Chiat.

Steak dinner @ The Ship

We had dinner at The Ship Restaurant in Nex Mall. We ordered the roast prime rib of beef ($39.90) and US ribeye steak set ($40.90). The meat were 240 gram per piece but overall they weren't as good as we expected. The bread rolls were dried and we didn't eat them at all. The beef lacked flavour and weren't worth paying for. In fact, Hot Tomato's beef are much tastier and cheaper. If not for the long dinner queue at Hot Tomato, we would have dined there instead of The Ship. Total bill came to $95.10 for the 2 orders. To conclude, The Ship was a big disappointment!

Once in a while I would crave for a Malay dish called lontong. The stall that sells spicy and yummy lontong is at the Kovan hawker center. There are 2 Malay stalls are next to each other but the best lontong is the stall on your left. $3.50 is all you have to pay like the one above which I had this morning.
In the afternoon, I went to Nex Mall at Serangoon bus Interchange and had my lunch over there. It was 3 pm and so there was a 20% discount on all main courses (from 3 pm till 5 pm on weekdays only). I had the steak with 2 huge prawns and spaghetti plus a plate of Caesar's salad. The damage was $24!

It was our first time visiting Mad Jack. The above were from the lunch menu. The place was packed with students because the Student meals were quite cheap (main course + a drink for $6.90++) whereas ours were at $11.90++ each and without the drinks. Nevertheless, it was a good lunch.

Lunch @ Andes, E! Hub

A lovely stewardess bought me lunch at Andes by Aston at E Hub! She was a successful participant at my seminar and has been flying for a while now. This is one of the perks for helping people to realize their dreams. Before this, another one who has been flying for 6 years treated me and my wife to sushi at a Japanese restaurant.
Besides the nice food, I enjoyed the company of these young and gorgeous ladies.

Since we like the western food at 472 Sengkang, we went there for lunch this afternoon. On top is the pork chop ($8.50) and below is the sirloin steak ($12.90 or Yen 1,000) we ordered. The place was quiet with few customers as it was about 3pm.
Must say the meat was delicious and well prepared.

Rib eye steak lunch at home

Today, we decided to have steak for lunch. Bought the 2 pieces from NTUC supermarket and cooked them. Each piece is about 240gm. Looks like we would not be eating until the next day after comsumming such big pieces. Quality and taste wise, it's better than the rib eye sold in most steak houses.

Breakfast & Lunch@ NEX Mall

A breakfast of udon at Idaten and rib-eye steak lunch at Hot Tomato. The rib-eye is nothing compared to the one I ate at Buddy Hoagies. The price difference is about $4. At Buddy the water is free of charge and one may help himself to the cold or warm water. As for Hot Tomato, a glass of water cost 20 cents.
Udon is hopelessly hard. Would not recommend that you eat at Idaten, whether be it the fried crab meat or tempura as they were cold.