The Food:Power Steak Butchers steak, corn puree, grilled romaine lettuce, cooked medium. Steak was tender for this cut, a good level of doneness. Serving size is okay too. An interesting alternative to mashed potato is this corn puree. It’s a bit lighter in consistency and a bit sweeter. Actual dine date: late 2019 Continue reading Food: Bad Bird – steak (take) out
Ordered take out and the GC was accepted as payment (hooray). Waiting time for takeout was reasonable. The interiors had the usual browns and reddish brown shades of a steakhouse/meat house type of restaurant. The Food: Both orders have a nice grilled flavor, and the amount of meat is sufficient too. Neither was overly seasoned. Country Chicken Quarter Grilled Pork Chops Actual dine in date: … Continue reading Food: Hogs and Cattle – grilled chops take out
When your schedules finally align and coincidentally there’s also a buy 1 take 1 on Xiao Long Bao, better have that reunion at Din Tai Fung! My former officemates and I met up for dinner. They are have also resigned and our new offices are quite close to each other. Oh, we also celebrate our birthdays on the same month. The Food: Hot and Sour … Continue reading Food: Din Tai Fung – Belated Birthday Meet Up
Been a while since I’ve heard people rave about Frankies. Didn’t have a branch near us before so it took a some time before I got to try it. So here it is! I passed by this branch at Megamall Food Hall one day. There was a short line considering that it was a non peak time. Perhaps they still get a little long during … Continue reading Food: Frankies – Flavored Fried Chicken
What makes dinner with family better? Discounts! Used the Zomato Gold privilege here for 1+1 on food. Two of us have accounts and we were able to use it for our group. The Food: Baked Chicken The usual quarter cut of chicken roasted and served with gravy. The side of corn and carrots are put on top of the rice. Chicken Cordon Bleu Mushroom sauce … Continue reading Food: French Baker’s Salon de The – Family Dinner
Ice cream stop before commuting on a weekday night on my way home. First heard about this shop online and what got me curious was the vegan ice cream label. They had a discount for some of their flavors that day so I took this chance to try a scoop. Deciding between two fruit dessert flavors – the Mango Biscoff and Apple Pie…via free taste! … Continue reading Food: Ambassador’s Ice Cream – Vegan Ice Cream
Dining in finally after having take-out a number times in this hip looking restaurant. The Food: Steak and Eggs The steak here was okay, meaty enough in taste but not much as in actual steakhouses. Also, it was tender enough without any significantly tough ligaments to chew on. Nice combination with the eggs. Sunnies Risotto Was craving for that creamy texture in a risotto but … Continue reading Food: Sunnies Cafe
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