Bao Gong XO Fish Head Bee Hoon

My brother recommend us to this place to tried out their famous XO Fish Head Bee Hoon but too bad for me as I am allergy to alcohol so I just took a tiny sip. The milky soup is  overwhelmed by the strong XO taste but it doesn't taste bitter but sweet. I took the sliced fish meat bee hoon without the XO, loved the milky soup which has nice fragrant smell of sesame oil and a touch of hua tiao jiu (chinese cooking wine). Instead of thinly sliced fish meat in the bee hoon they served chunk of fried fish meat. The fish is very fresh with no stinky fishy smell at all. But somehow I feel quite thirsty after drinking the soup.

We also ordered some side dish to go along, ngoh hiang (prawn roll), prawn paste chicken and cereal brinjal. Ngoh Hiang skin is slight crispy and goes well with the sweet sauce, Prawn paste chicken has always been my favourite but for this I find the prawn paste is not strong and fragrant enough. Cereal Brinjal? This is my first time tasting it and I am a person who don't fancy brinjal, I find it yucky

But this dish really suprise me, it taste like cereal prawn just that it was replace by brinjal and best of all the taste of brinjal is very light and crispy

Total bill comes up to $52, worth to come back again.

You can find them at:

Address: Bk 713 Clementi West St 2, #01-115

Tel: +65 6778 9301

Opening Hours

11.30am – 2.00pm 5.00pm – 11.00pm

Shun Fa Bak Kut Teh @ Permas Jaya JB

Had my favourite herbal bak kut teh over the weekend at Permas Jaya JB. I miss their bak kut teh and when I wanted to blog on this, I realise they have another outlet at Taman Sentosa as well. Heard from one of my collegue their ba kut teh are quite famous in JB.

Their menu is written very big on a board mount on the wall. When the guy came and take our order we asked for his suggestion and he also asked if we wanted additional ingredients like pig intestine, golden mushroom etc... We also ordered their sesame chicken which is served in a claypot to tried out. One thing to take note, remember to ordered their ginseng drink which is their specialist here. I get to know after seeing alot of people ordering it and it taste very freshing and sweet.

The bak ku teh soup is served in a claypot has well, the taste of the herbal is neither too strong or too light just nice, perfect! Just a little dissapointment that the meat is not tender enough if not it will be great. The guy miss out our yu tiao . As for the sesame chicken, it is sweet, tender and has a strong hua tiao chiew (chinese cooking wine) taste. Love the sauce from the chicken, thick and sweet goes well with the white rice.

Total bill come up to $46.50RM which I felt is reasonable enough for the mixed soup, sesame chicken, 3 rice and 3 drinks. I will tried their another oulet when I come into JB again

Sorry, I am not able to provide their full adress but their located is next to Okid hotel at Permas Jaya

No. 41, Jalan Permas 10/7,
Bandar Bahru Permas Jaya,
81750 Johor Bahru

 They will be closed on 2 Monday in a month and they operate from 9am - 9pm.

Taman Sentosa - Jalan Sutera Satu

Closed on Wednesday

Fisherman's Market Buffet @ Clarke Quay (CLOSED, Chiso Zanmai took over)

Hi guys I am back again

Went to Fisherman's Market Buffet @ Clarke Quay for my sister birthday. First thing I need to highlight is their location, you can get lost because their located right at a corner and if you don't notice their signage you won't be able to find the restaurant. They are located on the 2nd floor and not on the first floor and not even outdoor so don't get lost lolz

The food there, I would said is average, some are good and some are not. The sashimi and prawn is not very fresh but the oyster here was good, very fresh and juicy. They served teppanyaki which you can ordered and they will served it to you but the portion can be quite pathetic. The best thing here is they served free flow of drinks.

I like the ambiance of the restaurant, is a nice place for gathering and quite affordable as well. Oyster and crab lover may consider coming here to tried out 

Like:
Oyster
Appetizer
Teppanyaki (fried squid)
Dessert (chocolate founde)

You can find them at:

Address: 6 Eu Tong Sen Street, #01-15 & 02-17

The Central @ Clarke Quay

Tel: +65 6221 3177

Opening Hours

Daily: 11am–11pm (1st Floor, Ala–carte) Daily: 5pm–11pm (2nd Floor, Buffet)

178 Tiong Bahru Lor Mee

Was here for lunch and heard that the Lor Mee was good so I give a tried. I ordered the $3 Lor Mee for the extra Shark Nuggets. I heard chicken and fish nugget but is my first time hearing Shark Nuggets? Lolz... Luckily I am a little early for my lunch and there isn't much crowd yet but the auntie preparing is kinda of slow lolz...

The gravy is thick and tasty and you can add the sauce as much as you like so I added lots of garlic, chilli and vinegar in it :P  As the portion I find it just nice for me, the shark nugget was slightly crispy and soft but I can't differentiate the taste of the shark meat vs the normal fish meat... opps :P There is some crunchy bits in the sauce I don't know what is that called but it was nice when goes with the noodle and the sauce. I will be back for their Lor Mee again :)

178 Tiong Bahru Lor Mee

You can find them at:

Address: 30 Seng Poh Road, #02-58 Tiong Bahru Market & Food Centre

Opening Hours

6am – 9.30pm (Closed on Wed)

Chen Ji Steamed Fish Head

Getting too lazy to update my blog already.....

Had this steamed fish head with hot sauce at Chen Ji when I was in Chinatown that day. Had wanted to eat the claypot rice but after hearing that we need to wait for more than an hour for the rice we change our mind and tried the steamed fish head.

This steamed fish head seem quite popular they even had the advertisement saying that it was recommended by mediacorp but I cant seem to find any review on the net. Anyway the fish head portion was huge, it was very fresh, no fishy smell. It was so smooth and tender as for the sauce it taste a little spicy, a little sweet and a little saltish because of the salted bean. I think the portion is right for 3-4 person it was too much for the 2 of us and we also ordered their Prawn Paste Chicken Wings, my favourite. The prawn paste taste was strong and fragrant, the chicken wing cooked just right! It was so juicy and tender, I love to have chicken wings because my deary will always debone it for me :P

Overall the bill for the fish head and chicken wings with 2 rice cost about $28, as given that portion I would say it was worth it.

Steamed Fish Head with Hot Sauce

You can find them at:

Address: Blk 335 Smith St, #02-190 Chinatown Complex Food 

Opening Hours

11.30am – 2.30pm, 5.00m – 10.30pm 

Ivin's (Jalan Leban)

Nowadays is not that cheap to do home cooking anymore thou I agree is it much healthier. And on the another side it can be quite a headache also to think what to have for your lunch, dinner or supper. That what happen to me on that day, luckily we are somewhere close to Thomson and since it has been a long time I last visit to Ivin's so I decided to drop by again for dinner.

It was 6pm the restaurant is not packed yet, there is no one at the entrance to assign you a seat even thou there is a signage stating 'please wait to be seated'. I guess I need not said much about their service already because I believe over a thousand or even a million people has already commented how bad their service has been. Worse, when our food has been served they forgot to give us utensils lolz... Despite the lousy service the place are still crowded during dinner time.

Just 2 adults and 1 kid we order Bakwan Kepeting Soup, Ayam Buah Keluak, Ikan Assam, Nonya Chap Chye and a piece of Otah. I think we over ordered already lolz thank god my little girl could take spiciness and enjoy the food with us.



Bakwan Kepeting Soup - We love this soup, is light, it taste rather fragrant and sweet and the meatball is huge!!!

Ayam Buah Keluak - You see the black shell thing? Usually people who love this will dig out the stuffing inside and go with the white rice which make the rice taste more fragrant and very nice and that what I love to do also

Ikan Assam - I don't really like the fish they used to cook for this dish, too stinky I can't really stand the fishy smell. But the sauce was good, I keep taking the sauce to go with my rice.

Nonya Chap Chy - Nothing much to comment on this, pretty common I would only said.

Otah - I ordered for my daughter who love it with her rice.

Overall the total bill come up to $37.50 even thou they have increase their price a little but still pretty affordable . My stomach almost burst after this meal Peramakan at Keppel is still the best and

good peranakan food I ever had.

You can find them at:

Address: 2/4 Jalan Leban

Tel: +65 6451 4622

Opening Hours

11am – 3pm, 5pm – 9pm Closed Thursdays

Ivin's

Orchard Cafe @ Orchard Hotel

Is durian season and since we are going somewhere for buffet to celebrate my girlfriend birthday we decided on Orchard hotel since they having this dinner and durian buffet together.

Upon reaching the place we were surprised that they actually closed up the smoking area for durian session. I guess is due to the heavy durian smell that why they do it outdoor and restrict us from eating it indoor as well. As for the outdoor area they actually set up an area where they will be a chef opening up the whole durian for you and beside this they also have fried durian and durian waffle. We requested for glove to eat the durian lolz The durian is really good!!! Lots of flesh and baby seed, bitter meat which is my favorite best of all is free 'flow' you can have as many as you want so long your stomach can fill it lolz... Not forgetting the durian puff and waffle, the waffle is hot, crispy and had the strong aromatic smell of the durian, so nice :P

As for the indoor dinner area, for me the variety is okay. They have sashimi area, appetizer, seafood, chinese, indian, dessert and area where there is chef making the laksa and mee rebus for you.

What I like
- Durian corner, durian creme, puff and almost everything: P
- Some variety of cheese and biscuits
- Fresh sashimi
- Fresh oyster
- Fresh prawn
- Laksa
- Pork belly bun

What I dislike
- Curry was cold on top so you have to stir it before you take
- Salted vegetable soup, too sour and salty

You can find them at:

Address: 442 Orchard Road, 1F Orchard Hotel

Tel: +65 6739 6554

Opening Hours

Daily: 12pm–2.30pm, 6pm–10.30pm