More lunch at Beauty World...

Lunch at Beauty World Food Centre.

Many would agree that this lamb kofta thingy from Hapiha doesn't look the least bit appetizing. No shit on that. Pun intended. 😂 There's some flavour from the caramelization on those but I would have preferred them to be more fatty for a bit more pronounced lamb flavour.

Got myself a bowl of sui gao soup (水饺汤) from Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Noodle Rice. Haven't had these in a while. There'll be no more innard pics here because we all already know how the stuffings look like. Did not expect them to throw in a couple of chicken claws though. Those were pretty slurp off the bone tender.

Nasi lemak extra rice and egg from Nusa & Tara

I mentioned doing extra rice and eggs from Nusa & Tara. What I didn't expect today were the hard boiled eggs. They gave me fried eggs the last time and I thought I'd be getting the same. It's a little more carb-y than what I usually do with all the extra rice so I shouldn't make a habit out of it. I achieved my goal of having half of them with and another half without the sambal. It's all good here.

Lady M, Orchard Central

Our first time at Lady M (#01-27/#02-07 Orchard Central, 181 Orchard Road, tel : +65 6509 3673). We've seen the crowds and have never understood it until today.

They're known for their mille crêpes. This one's with pistachio cream with a faint salty nuttiness amid the sweet creamy butteriness. Nice.

Here's another which has pineapple and layered with pineapple cream. Those stuff on top are white wine gelée. Also nice.

Erm......creme de la rose on top left. Needs an extra shot (which we wisely added) or otherwise, it's wouldn't have risen above being a "coffee flavoured milk with rose syrup" than the milk coffee with rose syrup it was supposed to be. Matcha latte was pretty thick but the matcha quality was suspect. Tasted questionably not aromatic.

Ye Olde Cow, Nepal Park

This relatively new burger truck at One North (80 Nepal Park) sells dry aged Australian Black Angus smash burgers. I read that one of the owners has written a thesis on dry ageing. Intriguing. These guys apparently 35 days dry age the meat themselves. Hmmm......

The menu's simple. 3 options for cheese burgers, fries and a salad. I wanted to taste the meat so I got the one with the least frills and doubled the patty. So just meat, cheese, caramelized onions and some mayo. To add a thought, the single patty might be a little thin.

The fries aren't bad. I like the flavouring from those beef crumbs. Tasted like beef bacon.

It's pretty good. The truck was perfumed by the beef flavours once cooking started. Meat was crusty like smash burgers should be, creamy from the cheese/mayo and dripping with juices. That soft bun held up till the end. Would love to come back but the Tuesday to Thursday opening hours make it difficult.

Omar Shariff, 6th Avenue

Have been wanting to try the food at Omar Shariff (#01-02 Sixth Avenue Center, 805 Bukit Timah Road, tel : +65 6466 7318) for a long time. They have been around since the 90s and have a menu that has a pretty large spread. The restaurant is just a couple of cartwheels away from Meat n' Chill.

They serve papadum, like most Indian restaurants here do. The accompanying yoghurt mint dip for the papadum has cumin in it. From experience, they usually don't. This was nice.

Trying tandoori prawns, for the first time I think.

These were awesome. The spice and yoghurt coated prawns were firm, meaty and smokey from their time in the oven. Amidst the smoke infused tanginess, they also packed more heat than we expected.

Samosa.

These were the regular variety with peas, curried potatoes and there's also chilli. Not bad tasting.

First of their curries was fish korma Kashmiri. Creamy, sweet and filled with chunks of fish and fruits. The latter tasted like they came from cans and the only fruit I managed to definitively identify were pineapples. In it's creamy sweet manner, this was delicious with both rice and naan.

This was called mutton rara. Never had them before. It's kinda like a spicy and nutty Indian bolognese made with minced and chunks of mutton. The meatiness was pretty intense. Here's where I repeat that they're great with rice and naan.

Speaking of rice, we ordered a serving of their sultana pulav. Basmati with sultana raisins and a bunch of spices like cardamom, star anise and cloves. And saffron. It's pretty visible from the picture that the pot of rice came with very generous amounts of raisins.

Not forgetting some freshly baked butter naan which are perfect with the gravies.

Why am I back in Sushi Tei?!

I don't eat here much. For my own reasons. The last time was quite a long while back. But after years, I tend to "forget" why I never come and I get suckered into something seasonal.

So that yuzu buri from their Yuki Matsuri menu. Couldn't taste the yuzu as much as I tried to. By even trying, I'm already trying too hard. If I had to try that hard to just discern a single flavour, I guess it just isn't there. But they can always blame it on their supplier. 

Why did they waste so much ice on a bowl just for these?

Pitan tofu was edible. Not one of the better ones for sure.

Menu calls this truffle yuzu mayonnaise ramen. I'm not sure why they would think that truffle would pair with yuzu well. That truffle flavour was synthetic with an 'S'. To strip it apart from the name, it's just noodles in ponzu and bits of tempura-ed prawns. Portion was pitifully at 3-4 mouthful of noodles at best so......it was a waste of money. I'm calling it what it was. 

I ordered their Miyazaki wagyu fried rice with the lowest of expectations even though the menu mentioned A4. Really? All I expected was just fried rice with beef and they failed to deliver even just that. Couldn't even tell the A4 Miyazaki wagyu was beef. For all the browning, there was no flavour. Pepper Lunch is way more beefy than this. 

What was truly odd was the lack of salt in it. Even after a couple of splashes of shoyu, it still tasted bland. That blandness was just...a case for Sam and Dean. Or Mulder and Scully.

Now I remember again why I never come back.