Another blog by Boh Tong the ex- SIA cabin crew

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Dinner@ Sushiro


Had bara chirashi don with a friend at Thomson Plaza. This was the first time I had it for dinner. I usually take it for lunch. The queue was as usual long. We had to wait for 30 minutes before we get our seats. The food was good and it's the cheapest bara chirashi don in Singapore ($12.80).

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Lunch@ home and meeting@ Kovan




Instead of attending my school cohorts lunch, I had mine at home. Moreover, I attended the get together with the SIA/SATS retirees which I consider more relaxing than with my school cohorts.
The former was held at 313@ Somerset while the latter was at Kovan which is nearer to my home.

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Unagi or grilled eel @ Man Man Restaurant










We queued for 40 minutes in order to get a seat at Man Man Unagi Restaurant when it opened for dinner at 6 pm. The address is 1, Keong Siak Road. The unagi or charcoal grilled eels were from Japan. The eel was superb. We ordered 2 Hitsumabushi. The large one was $35.80 and the smaller one was $26.80 (quite expensive)
The place was packed and while we were inside eating, there was another long queue of about 30 people waiting for their turn to get into the restaurant. Frankly, I do not like the 40 minutes of waiting in the hot sun outside as well as the crowded small restaurant.
This will be my first and last visit to Man Man.

Monday, July 24, 2017

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.

Sunday, July 23, 2017

Sunday's meal



Wanton mee ($3.50) wasn't a bad idea for lunch. We also ordered seafood pasta ($7.90). The prawns and green mussels were quite nice but not the cuttlefish or squids which was not fresh (cos it was frozen, I think). Frankly, between the two, the wanton noodles was a more delectable dish and cheaper too.




The Japanese version of our kueh lapis was not as sweet which suited our taste buds. It was a gift from one of our Japanese friends. It's soft in texture and moist. We had it for dessert.


Dinner@ Home



Saturday, July 22, 2017

Singapore national breakfast



This is a typical and most common Singapore national breakfast. A set comes with 2 eggs in piping hot water (in the blue and green containers), sliced kaya and butter toasts, dark soya sauce and pepper and a cup of hot tea or coffee. We had this breakfast at a heartland coffee shop. Each set cost $2.60c.
Below is a YouTube video which I took from the Internet. It describes what the above really is. However, the way Singaporean eat this breakfast is not to dip the toast into the egg but to eat them separately. I think the YouTuber is not a Singaporean.

Hawker food versus home cooked fried rice



The fried rice prepared by my wife wasn't the best I had in along time. Complementing the fried rice lunch, was chee chong fun, yam kueh and chwee kueh from a hawker stall. I think the hawker fare tasted better than my wife's dry fried rice (hope she won't be reading my blog).

Ice cream from Sheng Siong




This ice cream from Sheng Siong supermarket is not only delicious but cheap too. It comes in chocolate or vanilla flavor with a thick coating of chocolate and nuts. You can get 3 for $2 which means each ice cream is about 67 cents. We bought 15 sticks for $10. Try buying when you next visit Sheng Siong.

Friday, July 21, 2017

Shabu Sai Japanese buffet




Since we were at Westgate Mall we had our lunch at the Shabu Sai Japanese buffet restaurant. It is quite similar to the Singapore styled steamboat. We ordered a few trays of beef and pork and had several rounds of vegetables, noodles, meat balls etc. They allowed us a dinning time of 70 minutes.
The meal could last us the whole day and we do not have to eat dinner. The price for the buffet was $14.90 ++ each. Reasonable pricing? hmm...I am not sure.

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Dinner@ Hong Kong Street Family Restaurant (Thomson)


We had our dinner at the above mentioned restaurant which is co-owned by a retired SIA Inflight Manager. The food was very good and the place was crowded as usual. There were 5 of us. Our favourite dishes were the spicy assam fish head and the cereal prawns. Other dishes were also yummy.
A friend of ours gave us the Japanese dessert which was excellent.