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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 this is a really nice dim sum restaurant located at vivocity. what originally attracted us there, was its promotion of 50% off all dimsum and dessert, from mon-sat 2-5pm. but after trying their food, its worth going bk for a few more times. this is 1 of their speciality, the famous custard buns. what is special about their buns is that, most of the other places serve their custard in a semi-solid, custardy form in the bun, but for this place, their custard is in the form of flowing liquid!  when u break open the bun, the custard juz flows and flows! the custard is fragrant, with a pretty strong salty egg-yolk taste. those who do not like 'xian dan' might not like this dish. but its still worth a try. next is char siew cheong fun. cheong fun is prob a must-have for any dim sum session. they have a few other types like prawn, mushroom and other cheong fun, but we decided to go for the usual type. the cheong fun skin is very smooth, and the sauce is not over-salty. worth a try too.  the next dish is a green tea scallop siewmai. it is basically siew mai with a whole prawn wrapped in a supposedly green tea flavoured skin with a small piece of scallop on top. name sounds nice, but taste is juz average. the prawn is fresh, but the scallop is very meagre. and not much siew mai in there too. the green tea skin has no green tea taste too.  next is another must-have, the har gow (prawn dumpling). nothing much to complain abt this, the prawn is whole and fresh, skin is smooth.  the all time fav is of coz the xiao long bao. we were afraid it was not enough for us (6 per basket), so we ordered 2 portions. the 1st pic is the green tea xiao long bao, which we realised is basically juz nice name for a greener skin.  and this is the original xiao long bao, which is pretty much the same, except for a original whiter skin.  the xiao long bao is pretty good. as seen from the pic, theres alot of soup in the bao, and the soup is very flavourful, having taken in all the essence from the pork in the bao. definitely muz try.  we had to try their dessert, so we shared a portion of mango sago w pomelo. its a very typical cantonese dessert, oso known as 'yang zhi gan lu'. the mango cream is very fresh and refreshing, with bits of mango meat in it. the sago is also done pretty well, and you don't find clumps of sago stuck together. the sour pomelo adds abit of kick to the dessert too. worth a try.  Place: Bosses Restaurant Vivocity, 2nd floor. Rating: 3.5/5 this entry is about a really cool cafe. define a cool cafe? a cosy place for pple to sit ard and chill + comfortable chairs/seats/cushions + magazines on the shelf + interesting menu, thats it. and well, this cafe fits the equation. been here a few times with friends, but only tried their drinks (they specialise in all sorts of tea, english ones mainly) and finger food. but so happens, this particular day that we were there, we decided to have dinner there, which accounts for the pictures. juz a short impromptu entry, so shall not talk much. this is the lemongrass chicken cutlet, served w jasmine rice cooked with saffron (i think) and a side salad. the chicken is nicely crumbed and fried, and is very tender. the rice is fragrant, with a sweet-savoury sauce accompanying it.  this is matcha (green tea) grilled fish, served with the same rice as above and the same salad. the dory fish is grilled juz nice, with the fish not being too dry and the meat still retaining its soft texture. the matcha sauce accompanying it is more on the sweet side, with hints of green tea taste. a rather good accompaniment.  Place: Essential Brew Holland Village, along Cold Storage that stretch, near Hog's Breath Cafe Price is normal cafe prices Rating: 3.5/5 Sunday, May 20, 2007 this post is abt 1 of rather over-rated noodle shops...Sarawak Kuching Kolo Mee Shop....they have a few branches, the particular 1 i went to is in vivocity....basically wat they specialise in is sarawak style wanton mee.....but other than the usual one with veg, charsiew and wanton, they have versions with abalone slices and prawns....but it is a little over-priced...the usual one which i ordered cost me nearly $6, not including drinks.... as seen from the pic, i had the dry version....which comes with noodles, veg and charsiew in dark sauce, and a bowl of soup with the wantons and fresh prawns....in all fairness, people commented that their chilli is quite good, which i didnt try, so i won't comment on that...  this is the close-up version of the noodles....which looks suspiciously like maggie mee...portions r actually quite small for that price....a big-eater might not be satisfied....  and this is of the soup...1 good thing is that they have fresh prawns in it, which not many wanton mee stalls have....and the prawns r quite fresh and springy...soup is quite flavourful too, although prob a tad too much MSG?  PS: sorry for the not-very-sharp pictures....cant expect a very good quality with camera phones rite? hehe... |
