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It was N's 11th birthday past Saturday and her mom planned a chalet-cum-BBQ for her party. Unfortunately, polling day fell on that day, and our initial plan of ordering BBQ stuff from an online BBQ food provider backfired, cos no delivery on a public holiday. Alternatively, she found this site called www.TheButcher.com.sg, which provides marinated meats and what not. No delivery on polling day either, so the solution was to deliver the day before to W's home. The reason was that being a young couple, only two of them = emptier fridge. And becos there's no religious issues at their place, beef was okay. My Bishan home is a no-beef-zone decreed by FIL. W had to take half day off to be at home when the delivery arrive.

The beef burger was the first to hit the BBQ, and it's opening ceremony was quite excitement inducing. There was only one lone burger on the grill by J, and she tempted everyone to start their own burger cooking. With freshly ground black pepper and a sprinkling of salt, it did look very appetizing.

The first, highly celebrated burger on the grill

With lightly toasted buns, mushroom sauce, crisp lettuce and tomatoes, the burger was pretty good. Juicy. J only found sauteed onions, courtesy of my MIL, much later in the night. She added it to her second burger. I didn't get her feedback, but I will think the combination will be a hit! My second burger late at night went without the mushroom sauce and onions, cos stocks were out. But a generous dash of mustard hit the spot.

The chicken burgers didn't look as good. They took awhile to cook, and got burnt on the outside, but still slightly pink inside. Unlike beef, chicken is not ideal to be eaten undercooked. It wasn't as popular as the beef, but the non-beef eaters could at least have a try. Though I think most of them didn't really try it, as they were stuck at the mahjong table...

The chicken tenderloin skewers were a little dry, but nothing butter (or oil spray in our case) couldn't help. The spicy flavored one was yummier than the teriyaki. This one was easy to cook, so quite recommended for family BBQ where half the time the cooks are the young, 'untrained' ones. The chicken shish kebab were pretty much gone before I got my hands on one, so I guess it was nice enough.  Thick cut chunks of chicken skewered with peppers and onions. It was a little tricky to cook though, as the mushroom at the tip keeps falling off (into the pit), and the sticks tend to turn independently of the chicken, meaning tongs are a must to flip these beauties. The beef shish kebab was the biggest disappointment. Generously coated with black pepper, I was looking forward to them since I had such a great encounter with the burger. We took them off the grill when they were still a little wobbly, and had a little squabbling over whether it was cooked enough. The consensus was to put them back due to the wobbliness, until I sampled one of the sticks and found it impossibly tough. The order was then given to take everything off the grill. It wasn't tough due to being well-done, just that it was probably the toughest part a cow have to offer. Slightly undercooking it was a measure to limit the toughness. No one complained of a tummyache afterwards so I guess our judgement was okay. The sausages were pretty normal. The bratswurst ones that W brought from home was much better. =)

Chicken tenderloin sticks joined the lone burger

More added to the cooking gang

Chicken burger and shish kebabs

I don't mind ordering from this online store again for a barbeque. I will, however, steer clear of the beef shish kebabs. My jaws ached from chewing them. But the pepper flavor was really good. I went through the website briefly and found you can choose whichever marinate you want with each item selected. I will go for black pepper chicken next time! I'm still missing the burger - first time I'm having an American style barbeque with burger and SURPRISE~~ no chicken wings (BBQ chicken wings is a very Singaporean thing). But they do have chicken wings, so I might just do a fusion BBQ, if I ever plan one.

Modesto's (VivoCity)

It's V's farewell, and boss wanted to treat all of us to a farewell lunch for her. As usual, he suggested the American club. We've been there twice, so we suggested a barrage of alternatives for him. Of the list of about 5 restaurants, he picked Modesto's.

I've been there quite regularly, because it's one of the few places in Vivo that serves vegetarian food (Yes, this beef lover's hubby is a vegetarian, the irony...). Their pastas and pizzas are quite pricey without any set deals. There were a good 15 of us, so there was a large variety of stuff ordered, and my camera couldn't get all of them. We were served herbed bread with balsamic vinegar and olive oil before our food arrive. Their bread are served warm and tasted so good with the vinegar and oil. The garlic bread that some of the others ordered smelled great, but I didn't try it. Modesto's is known for their woodfire pizzas, but I'm personally a more pasta person. As I looked through my photos, I have to sheepishly admit I did not get a single photo of any of the pizzas ordered!

I didn't order my favourite carbonara this time round, though I find Modesto's carbonara one of the nicest I've tried so far. Rich and creamy, yet not overly thick. It does get too cloying on the palate after some time so either you order to share with a friend, or you eat super fast before the too-rich feeling sets in. =) I shared the seafood pasta for two with YJ. When it arrived, the whole table wowed. It was a really huge serving! But don't be deceived by the sheer size, there wasn't actually a whole lot of linguini in that plate. The clams, mussels and whole crab are bulky extras that make the volume look big, but actually very empty inside. The clams' flesh were minute... smaller than my little pinkie's nail - made me thankful I didn't order a Vongole linguini. Mussels, prawns and squids were very fresh. The whole flower crab was a little intimidating. But turned out it was frozen crab, and the flesh wasn't even slightly sweet. I didn't try very hard to eat it. With some sharing to the rest, we did manage finish the entire plate.

Sampled a little of the spinach cannelloni. Nice~ But again, too much ricotta can be cloying, so V didn't manage to finish it despite sharing off several mouthfuls. XP didn't seem to enjoy his casoncelli. I sampled one, it was so-so. I didn't try the cod fish cos there wasn't a lot of it, and I didn't want HY to go hungry afterwards. It did look appealing though. Some of the others ordered pizzas, and I got back mixed reviews. ZM said it was really good, SK said she's not a big fan of thin-crusted pizza so she didn't care so much for it. Then D found a hair buried in the last slice of an anchovy pizza, and made a complain. The restaurant staff apologized, and offered us a whole 13" pizza of the same flavor to take away. Makes you feel appreciated as a customer! I did try a slice of this much later for tea break. Oh my, that was the saltiest pizza I've ever eaten!! The anchovies were out-of-this-world salty!! No way I'll ever order that again!

Cappuccino

Cod fish wrapped with bacon

Casoncelli alla Bergamaso - mince meats filled pasta

Spinach cannelloni

Linguini alla Modesto's - seafood pasta for two

Trying to show how huge the serving was...

Prettily served dessert for the set meal

The set lunch is at $18 nett for a drink, a pasta off a selected list, and ice cream for dessert. A good deal, considering a pastas costs at least $21 off the ala carte menu. I think the current set dinner is a choice of appetizer, two pastas off a selected list, and a choice of dessert for $52 nett. Without your boss around to pay the bill, set menu is the way to go. =D

Bar Bar Black Sheep (Boat Quay)

It was V's bachelorette party and my colleagues and I were looking for a dinner place near Clarke Quay, where we had booked a hotel room to spend the night. Turns out Groupon had a deal for Bar Bar Black Sheep, and seeing that Boat Quay isn't so far from Clarke Quay, we bought 2 vouchers and tried out that place. Prior to going, however, another colleague mentioned that Bar Bar is like a 'high class kopitiam', not so much a restaurant. We were quite horrified actually, and did a quick google. Yup, saw the same description for the Robertson Quay branch on HungryGoWhere.com. Reviewers said that their style was ordering at the counter and food will be delivered later. I can handle that. I later found their facebook site and saw the photos, didn't look so bad lah!

There was an event at the indoor area the day we were going, so we had to reserve an outdoor table. To add to the already expected discomfort (Singapore is HOT!), it poured that afternoon. So it was a little wet, and very, very humid when we reached. I have over-active sweat and oil glands, so the dinner was not comfortable at all. But this is a food blog, so I'll talk about the food. Bar Bar serves up a fusion of Indian, Thai and Western cuisine. I think they are most renown for their Indian, but the Groupon specifically excludes Indian food. Since there was 11 of us, not a big issue cos we were sure to hit $40 worth of non-Indian food to utilize our vouchers.

We girls who reached first ordered their Tandoori Platter. Tandoori chicken, fish, prawn and choice of lamb or chicken kebab, and we chose lamb. I liked the fish - flaky and well-flavoured. The tandoori chicken was okay. Wasn't keen on the kebab. Did like the chutney that was served alongside, which complemented the dishes perfectly. We also ordered garlic and butter naans. I ate half a butter naan plain. Very aromatic even without gravy. By the time the rest arrived, we were semi full. So we carried on with ordering appetizers to share rather than to order main courses each, though the latecomers still went ahead with their mains.

The buffalo wings, though informed by the waitress that its one of their signature dishes, was very normal. It was gratifying to see that the calamari wasn't made from frozen supermarket varieties, although I think I've eaten better ones elsewhere. (Oops, I think its my mom's. She's spoiling the market.). We also ordered nacho chips with salsa, which my camera obviously missed. Crisp with gooey cheese and spicy salsa - I like. Fries, well, were fries. I was just telling Lynn the other day this, and suddenly we both remembered the remarkable fries at Les Bouchons. Lol...

I remembered clearly X ordering his steak medium. But he gave me a small piece to try, knowing that I love steak, and it's very very obviously well-done. But being Mr Nice Guy, he didn't complain and dutifully finished up the entire tough steak. It came smothered in mushroom sauce. Though the sauce was flavorful, it's there to cover the fact that the meat is less than high quality. Its quite lean too, and doesn't have the much-needed fats to give the meat more flavor. The phad thai was pretty good, though I only had a mouthful. The fish and chips was HUMONGOUS!! Even after distributing the fish to a good number of people, V and me were unable to finish the rest of it. Although it was one of the recommended dishes by reviewers on HungryGoWhere.com, I found it waaayyy too oily for my liking. Fish was a little bland too. Makes me miss those from Aussie... haha...

The other mains that my camera missed include Thai green curry, Butter Chicken, and Thai seafood fried rice. The feedbacks I got was that the green curry was good, but too spicy for V, but I guess it was great for J who love spicy and ordered that. The butter chicken smelled fantastic when it arrived, but it reached late because the kitchen missed that order. We were quite filled by then and couldn't finish it. I sampled a little of the gravy and found it it was rich, buttery, and would have been perfect with naan. Heard that the fried rice was good too.

Tandoori platter

Buffalo wings

Calamari

Steak

Beef phad thai

Fish and chips

Other than the discomfort, I quite enjoyed the food here. Although I will recommend to come here for the Indian and Thai food, and steer clear of the Western. Service was a little slow cos I think they were under-staffed for a Friday night. Curious though, you're in Boat Quay for goodness sake, you should know to increase staff numbers on a Friday night! 

Max Brenner Chocolate Bar

As usual, Lynn and me were looking for a dessert place after dinner. She remembered the hot chocolate at Max Brenner was good (i.e. super rich), so after some walking around to digest off our super early dinner, we headed for dessert. After a lot of consideration between the churros chocolate fondue and the truffle, we settled for the 70% dark chocolate Truffle. And alongside this sinful treat, we ordered a Dark Hot Chocolate and an Italian Hot Chocolate (dark) to share.

The Dark hot chocolate was made with Venezuela chocolate, rich, thick and smooth. The Italian hot chocolate is made with dark chocolate plus cream. The creaminess added a thickening effect, and the result was richer (in a creamy way), thicker and even smoother. The Truffle was rich (as expected), with a melt-in-your-mouth consistency. It was served with caramel yoghurt at the side. The tart yoghurt was a very nice balance to the rich chocolate.

Hot chocolate with chocolate Truffle.  That's life...

70% dark chocolate truffle

We learnt a huge lesson from this. We're not young anymore, and this amount of chocolate (and the accompanying sugar) really isn't appreciated by our stomachs. Each drink and the truffle was good when we started, but we almost had trouble finishing them all. Next time we have to understand our own stomachs and not be such smart alecs to order 2 rich beverages (can they really be considered 'drinks' when they are THIS rich??) alongside an already very rich dessert. Greed really knew no boundary.

Bakerzinn

I've liked the desserts at Bakerzin since years ago. So when Lynn and me had an unsatisfactory dinner at Texas Chicken (the United Square branch is not up to standard), we headed over to Bakerzin for desserts. We were seated next to a poster for the kid's meal, and the french fries looked tempting. Pity they don't do ala carte for fries, even though the kitchen obviously capable of cooking it up.

We ordered our favorite Bailey's Souffle, and the Warm Chocolate Cake made of Varlhorna chocolate. Maybe after so many souffles at different places, we've acquired the taste for better souffles and found this one not as good as we remembered. Still more satisfying than the chicken we had. The chocolate cake was warm with a melted center. Rich and good.

Warm chocolate cake with its melting ice cream

Bailey's Irish Creme Souffle served with coffee

While we were chatting, someone at the next table ordered pasta. It smelled delicious, but we were too full for that. Will try it the next time. Bakerzin remains one of the places I like to visit for quick dessert fixes.

Backdated entry - Hippopotamus Restaurant Grill

Lynn found this place in Marina Square quite by chance, and she fell in love with their blue cheese sauce. So she felt that she absolutely HAVE to drag me there again. She was late (again), and I was left waiting for her at Hippo munching on their homemade potato crisps. I like. Of course I didn't leave a whole lot for her... how can I not finish a small dish within 30 minutes?

Their menu had 2 pages of steaks. One was dedicated to the "prime" meats, the other for regular, more affordable steaks. We ordered their squid sticks (as opposed to calamari rings, theirs are strips), beef carpaccio with goat's cheese and a prime ribeye (I think) meant for 2-3 pax off the prime meat section. Lynn went like "it's for 2-3 people lei", and my reply was "we ARE 2-3 people..." LOLZ! For their steaks, we can choose 3 sides, and since we ordered a big steak, we were allowed 2 sauces. So we chose ratatouille, potato gratin and baked potato for sides, and opted for their Roquefort cheese sauce (blue cheese sauce) and Bernaise sauce.

The squid stick was a little soggy but much better than countless restaurants' frozen squid rings (see this post). The beef carpaccio was so-so, but Lynn really enjoyed the goat's cheese that came with it. I'm not a big goat cheese fan but I think I accepted about a third of it. Our steak came with its sauces on the side, and we were 2 happy girls. For the price here, I think their steak was decent. Much better meat quality than the chain steak restaurants, and the blue cheese sauce was sublime! Right, we're blue cheese fans, so our views are skewed. But the 2-3 person servings suits us just fine. The ratatouille and potato gratin was very good, and went well with the meat. Baked potato was a little dry and forgettable.

Squid sticks

Beef carpaccio with goat's cheese

The MEAT - you know its decent stuff when it doesn't arrive flooded in sauce

Side dishes of baked potato, ratatouille and potato gratin

Dessert "platter" - sorbet, fruit salad, crepe with chocolate sauce, creme brulee, and floating island

We finished up with their dessert sampler (I can't remember the name off the menu). Fruit salad and sorbet were your average Joe's. The crepe was a little too chewy and the chocolate sauce pretty normal. Their creme brulee was quite happiness inducing. We may just order a big one next time. I liked the creamy floating island, which if I'm not wrong is some marshmallow floating on a creamy sauce. Lynn's not a marshmallow fan, but I loved it.

Liked Hippopotamus enough to bring my girlfriends over for dinner once after this visit. We tried their fried platter, it was better than a certain Uluru's for sure. But I simply can't dig out what's in it from my useless memory. Since my beef kaki (Lynn) wasn't present, I tried their regular section beef skewer thingy with 4 types of steaks - hanger, skirt, sirloin and ribeye (I think). I wasn't really sure which piece was which, and I think I didn't enjoy it quite as well as the prime meat. This time round I ordered their green beans for one of my sides choices. Too mushy for my liking. I like my beans crunchy. CA wasn't a beef eater, so she had grilled fish with Bernaise sauce. It was pretty good, despite the expertise of this restaurant obviously on the meats. They only had a fish and 2 chicken dishes that are non-beef. And since CA is a dessert lover, she enjoyed the dessert sampler.

Hippopotamus is a fuss-free grill with decent 'regular' steaks and pretty good prime meats. Their prices aren't exorbitant so it's a good place to go to when you're craving good steak, but not as painful on the pocket as places like Morton's...


Update:
We returned again last year, only to find that their standard dropped very drastically. The steak wasn't blissful, the sides were mushy and portions were small. And that was after I introduced others to go! It's so sad when restaurants are unable to keep up their standards. It's been written off our favourites list.

Backdated entry - Tampopo

Lynn found out about a foie gras katsu deal at Tampopo, and we both felt like ramen, so in a rare non-steak dinner date, we went to Tampopo. We were seated next to the automatic delivery conveyor belt, much to my amazement. Our thick and fresh salmon belly sashimi was delivered via this conveyor belt. It was a little silly though, cos the waitress had to come to our table to announce that the food is coming and that we should make be careful not to block it. She then stand there until it arrives, and take it off the belt onto the table proper. Why not just bring it from the kitchen herself and bypass building such a fancy system in the first place?

The foie gras katsu was actually a black pig cutlet stuffed with "authentic French foie gras" (so say the poster). The cutlet is good as Tampopo's always are, and the foie gras lended a very nice touch to it without being too oily. When we were ordering our ramen, we ordered additional "tasty egg" each. Lynn then saw another ramen's picture with an egg, so she asked the waiter whether that was a full egg or half an egg. The waitress's reply was hilarious. She said it was half an egg, and the egg is not tasty. When we looked at her stupidly, she quickly rephrased and explain in Mandarin that the egg is regular hard-boiled egg, and not braised egg which the "tasty egg" is. The ramen, as always, came in really well-flavoured stocks. This is what I love about Tampopo - their stocks are great! The baked scallop with cheese I guess is pretty normal. I don't actually remember it, so it wasn't fantastic enough to leave a mark, nor bad that I will remember it.

My trying to be artistic shot of green tea

Sashimi arriving via the conveyor belt

Salmon belly sashimi

Black pig katsu with "French" foie gras

There's the foie gras (its actually in every slice, this is just for presentation)

Black pig toro ramen?

Tampopo is popular for their black pig

Black pig shabu ramen with a "tasty egg"

There's the shabu

Baked scallop with cheese

Tampopo is a good place to go for good ramen and cutlet. The foie gras deal is no longer available, but their regular cutlets are good too, especially for a fried food junkie like me.

Backdated entry - In memory of Uluru Aussie Bar & Steakhouse

We heard about Uluru during our quest for good steaks and after desperate attempts to find its entrance (We are both not navigation experts), Gracie and I arrived hungry at Uluru. After our unforgettable experience with tomato soup at Bedrock, we figured that Pumpkin Soup would be a much safer choice. Indeed, it was delightfully light and fragrant. It's more liquid in its consistency and quite different from those thick pumpkin soup out there and I remembered there to be some crushed nuts in it.

Pumpkin Soup

As usual, we two hungry women can't resist the temptation of seafood platter on the menu. It turned out to be a great disappointment. At ~$20 for the seafood platter, the items tasted frozen and oily. The fish and calamari were tasteless and oily, chicken wings do not leave any impression and fries seems to be the only decent item in the platter. And, please don't ask me what is the chicken doing in a seafood platter.. They might have listed it as a sampler platter on the menu, my mind seems to have blocked the information due to the oily experience i had.

Some oily frozen platter

We ordered the ribeye steak, mine medium rare and Gracie's medium. It came with mashed potatos and some greens at the side and of course, the presentation has been creatively enhanced by me for phototaking. The ribeye smells nicely and tasty at first bite, texture of steak was decent and has a nice char to it. However halfway through we were both getting abit sick of the oiliness and the greens didn't help much.

Nicely arranged ribeye steak

Overall, the only redeeming thing that Uluru has is its pumpkin soup. We left the place feeling saturated in fats and burping oil... While keying in this entry, I found out that Uluru has actually closed down. Well, R.I.P... Uluru....

Nectar at Wangz Hotel

This barrel-shaped hotel at Outram area is quite known for their roof-top Halo Lounge. My colleagues and me found out about the lesser known Nectar restaurant quite by chance. The 1-for-1 UOB sign attracted our attention during our walk back from one of our slightly longer lunch at the Kampong Chicken Rice nearby. HY was the one who noticed the sign and suggested we could do lunch there some time. It sounded like a good deal.

Fast forward a few weeks, and before we know it, it was HY's birthday. Though my attempt at scheduling a group lunch on the actual day backfired due to her absence, we managed to get the whole group (minus boss) together the following week. This arrangement had one additional plus point. We could now celebrate T's birthday together. The deal is 1-for-1 ala carte main courses, with a maximum of 8 pax per card. Since there were 14 of us, I checked whether splitting of bill is allowed during my call up for reservation. Thankfully it was. 

The manager was a chatty guy who made a good effort to explain the UOB deal, and made recommendations for our food selections. After our order, the food took forever to arrive. At least 30 minutes I think, though I forgot my watch that day and isn't sure. We were given bread and butter. The bread was toasted and warm, and oh-so-good! (Right, I love bread too on top of steak and potatoes...) The restaurant serves regular iced water, but they placed a bottle of Fiji water in a stand per table for decoration. After my attempt at an artsy shot of it, that chatty manager came up and started telling us all about how pure Fiji water is and how it's dubbed the "Hollywood water" because all the stars drink it. Hm... a little overdoing your job aren't you?

Most of us ordered pasta, and since all pastas look the same, I only took a representative shot of mine. Nothing fantastic about it, just the typical rich cream sauce pasta. Two colleagues who ordered the lobster squid ink pasta in cream sauce complained that their lobster wasn't too fresh. Although the manager went round the table asking all of us how our food was (pretty much before we even put them into our mouths), he missed the fact that one of them left her pasta almost completely untouched. I think J enjoyed his beef burger, and those who had the rainbow trout said it was nice, though not very filling. I do think the portion sizes were a little too small. Worked for my rich pasta since I was sick by the end of it - no fault to the chef, cream makes me feel like that even though I love it. But I think half of us were not fully satisfied.

Fiji water (background glass is regular water though)

Wagyu Beef burger

Mushroom tagliatelle

Herbed rainbow trout

Molten Lava cake with sorbet

We ordered Molten Lava Cakes for the birthday girls. This one was good! Rich, with a slightly melted centre. We all tried it of course, since the girls were so generous to share. D devoured one quarter of HY's in one mouth. Seems like the trout is not making his stomach so happy... lolz...

Nothing fantastic about this restaurant. If I ever return, it'll most likely be because the UOB deal is really quite a good deal. We ended up paying about $20 each after absorbing the costs of the cakes and the birthday girls' share. But probably only for lunch. I need good dinners. =)

Boon Lay Raja

I've been to this restaurant countless times since I was a little girl. I believe many staying in the west of Singapore would have visited this almost iconic restaurant at some point or other. My grandpa liked the food here, and the owner is a family friend, so many birthdays, anniversaries, weddings etc had been held here. Because I've been here so many times, I didn't have to urge to snap photos on our latest visit.

It was another aunt's birthday and the menu included our family's standard lobster cold combination dish, shark's fin, roasted duck with fruits and steamed pomfret. The rest of the menu were left to the owner's creativity. There was the expected longevity buns, the not uncommon vegetables with a combination of mushrooms and surprisingly no carbo such as rice nor noodles. What was a novelty this time round was this:

Bamboo clam! The fried garlic and glass vermicelli topping was crunchy and fragrant, and completely complimented the chewy clam together with the sauce. I only had one, and then went off to the washroom, and returned to find none left. Boo hoo...

Boon Lay Raja, as always, served up a good mixture of old and new to us "super frequent" customers. I will always come back here again as and when the family say so. It's a great restaurant for fuss free, delicious Chinese food. Do be warned. It does have a tendency to OD the MSG quite a bit, so be prepared to drink lots of water!

Sun With Moon

It was CA's birthday, and since she requested Sun with Moon specifically, off we go. If my memory didn't fail me, she thought about it last birthday, but we went to one of her other choices instead. S made the reservation for 7pm, and I arrived at 6.45pm. Interestingly, you have to join the queue even if you made reservations. But there were actually two servers at the reception booth. One takes care of the walk-in customers, the other one is responsible for the reservations. So despite a long line, I was seated within 5 minutes probably. While waiting for the rest to arrive, I had to withstand the stares of the people in the queue, since I was given a huge table for six - right beside the main entrance where people are standing in line at the glass window right beside me. Did witness a lady flying into a rage because she had to queue despite her reservation. Hey lady, that was not glam.

We ordered a main dish each, and sashimi and barbecued pork belly to share. And who could forget the desserts? The salmon belly and swordfish sashimi were served thickly cut on a huge bed of ice. Very fresh! We loved it. Pork belly was so-so - had better one elsewhere. My beef rice was actually thick slices of steak on a bed of rice flooded with some sauce. Pretty good combination, I must say. Their desserts were the highlight, since birthday girl's personal mantra is "dessert is my main course". The tofu cheese cake claimed to have lingering scent of tofu, but I only tasted cheese. Not complaining of course, it was light and creamy but cheesy enough to get me hooked. The chocolate cake and green tea tiramitsu were nice too. Their desserts were all light enough to not kill you with a sugar and fat rush after an already filling meal.

Salmon belly and swordfish sashimi

Barbecued pork belly

I can't remember the name of this donburi

Beef sukiyaki with soup base changed to miso

Beef donburi

Hokkaido chocolate layer cake

Tofu cheese cake

Green tea tiramitsu

The service was not bad, our tea got refilled as and when we requested. Although I suddenly remembered at the back of my mind about a not-so-friendly expression given to me by a waitress when I asked about why my cake hadn't arrive.