Chik's Crib: April 2017

25 April 2017

Doong Ji Korean Restaurant @ Tanjong Katong

Review April 25, 2017 0

By Miss XS

Doong Ji Korean restaurant is located along the same row of shophouses at Tanjong Katong Road where popular shops like Chin Mei Chin Confectionary and Katong Laksa sit. Their pricing is pretty reasonable and lunch promotions on weekdays go for $8.90 each. Sounds promising, but we didn't have a good time there. The side dishes were fairly mediocre, there simply wasn't anything worth asking for a refill for.

The Spicy Tofu Stew with Pork ($14.50) tasted like tofu added to spicy Nongshim instant noodles' soup. It smelled - and tasted - exactly like Nongshim ramen soup. It seems ridiculous to pay so much for soup of this quality. (0/5) It's horrible compared to Borgna Korean restaurant.

Paradise Dynasty (Harbourfront)

Singapore April 17, 2017 0

By Miss XS

I am a huge fan of the Paradise group and they are always my go to restaurants when I crave for chinese food. Some of Paradise Dynasty's top-rated dishes include their colourful Xiao Long Baos and La Mians.

Their Xiao Long Bao never fails to impress me. It is everything you would want in a Xiao Long Bao. Its thin, delicate skin holds juicy well-seasoned meat. Most importantly, there's an abundance of soup in each dumpling. It's best to bite a small hole in the skin and slowly drain the soup before putting the dumpling into your mouth to avoid scalding!(4.6/5) In my opinion, the Xiao Long Baos here are my favourite (compared to Ding Tai Fung or Crystal Jade.) Their colorful Xiao Long Bao (not pictured) is a nice rift on the original flavour, and I particularly like their truffle and crab roe flavoured ones.

Jay Berry Farm: Blackberries, Strawberries and Raspberries Galore!

Road Trip April 10, 2017 0

Now that everybody has returned to Melbourne and settled themselves into our new house, things are livelier around Camberwell. We've met the neighbors, settled in our rooms, and most importantly, finally invested in a beast of a microwave for the low low price of $29 (Hello Cash Converter!) Moving to a different suburb even comes with culture shock, guys. The garbage truck comes trudging up the street every Tuesday, and that's when all the garbage and recycling bins appear on the curb in front of everybody's lawns. Well, being a lazy bum, I thought we could leave our bins permanently out on the curb but someone on the street ain't having any of it, and I came home on Thursday to find that a kind-hearted soul has wheeled our bins back up the steep driveway in the corner of the house for us, presumably under the impression that we forgot to do so. Gosh. There have been plenty of changes this year compared to 2016, and most of it welcomed. Another anticipated change around this time of the year is the beautiful seasonal shift, and I for one have been looking forward to the change too.

One major perk of being caught between summer and autumn is the abundance of berry farms ripe for customers to meander around and pick to your hearts' content. To get the most of the last of the summer fruits, we planned a drive out to the farms. Under the recommendations of our friend, we went to Jay Berry Farm. In fact, she had such a grand time on her previous trip just a week before us, she came with us as well.

Truffles by Alice Medrich, version 4.0

Recipe April 04, 2017 0

It's been over 4 decades since Alice Medrich started selling her handmade truffles in Berkeley in the 1970s, and now, I've finally hopped onto the Medrich bandwagon.