Home Cooking!

Was in the mood for some culinary d-i-y and after a wonderful meal prepared by O recently consisting of
-Heart Shaped pancakes
-Scrambled eggs with cheese and ham
-Cheese Sausages
-Crispy Bacon
-Golden Hash Browns
-Pan Fried Mushrooms

Whew, what a list! Every bit delicious i kid you not.
Not to be outdone, i decided i too my hand at making a decent meal in return :D

Aite, so mine consisted of leftover KFC chicken, coleslaw and chilled beans (yums), we rated my scrambled eggs a huge success!



The eggs turned out great and done up with milk, some sea salt and black pepper, heavenly on it's own!

Al-Ameen, again!

Ever since the first intro by O to Tulang Merah, its been another Foie Gras experience all over!
Ok, not quite.

Still, when cravings attack, you respond.

Traveling turned out to be much more of a breeze now that we've moved and the bus goes all the way in front of the bone steak haven! Nice.

A good occasion needs a theme. Then you need good accompaniments.
We chose

- 1 Masala Thosai ($1.50)
- 1 Mixed Raitha ($4.00)
- 1 Plain Bryani Rice ($3.00)

Since we knew the Tulang Merah was hefty on the palate, the yogurt vegetables did quite nicely to balance the scales along with the comfort of basic pancakes, potatoes and curry. The bryani rice, as usual, did not disappoint and is a good companion to any meal.

Without further ado, the Star!

For $8 (8 pieces), this is really value for money if you fully appreciate how to savour this.
Think loud, think messy but the rewards speak for themselves. Drools.

Start.

Struggle.

Messy.

The end!

One warning would be that having such a delicacy that involves all the senses is bound to leave its mark on you... you have been warned.

Lunch Buffet @ Greenhouse, Ritz Carlton

O pointed this out to me, that Greenhouse was having a dinner offer as stated below
Countdown to Lunch at Greenhouse (Starts 11 May 2009 & Ends 31 August 2009)
Multiple-tier dining offer and maximum discount offered is 50% with no restriction to number of guests
5 days advanced booking before event date – 50% off the Buffet Luncheon
4 days advanced booking before event date – 40% off the Buffet Luncheon
3 days advanced booking before event date – 30% off the Buffet Luncheon
2 days advanced booking before event date – 20% off the Buffet Luncheon
1 day advance d booking before event date – 10% off the Buffet Luncheon

• All-day á la carte: 6:30 a.m. – 10:30 p.m.
• Buffet breakfast: 6:30 – 10:30 a.m.
• Buffet lunch: Noon - 2:30 p.m.
• Buffet dinner: 6:30 - 10.30 p.m.
• Saturday lunch buffet: Noon - 2.30 p.m.
• Sunday vintage champagne brunch: 11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m., offering an unlimited flow of Moët & Chandon, wines and selected cocktails accompanied by freshly shucked oysters, seafood, roasts, 50 French farmhouse cheeses and freshly baked soufflés
• Advanced reservations recommended

So obviously we booked in advance for at least 5 days... earliest slot was about 3 weeks later. Anyway, i'm glad i called a day before to confirm my booking cause apparently it got LOST.
Apparently they are supposed to send me a confirmation E-mail about my reservation BUT how could they do that without asking for my e-mail addy in the first place!?

Anyway O took over and demonstrated Fury-under-restraint-politeness-lvl99
(it was impressive to behold) and we got our table!


We got a nice table for 2 by the glass panel with this view. Nice.





So other shots of the surrounding area.

Without further ado, (some of) the food!


Char Siew: Pleasantly forgettable.
Soft Shell Crab: Pretty good but the vegetable ones are better.
Sushi: Supermarket.
Salmon Sashimi: Shrugs.
Prawn: Sweet! Pretty fresh and firm.
Crab: Didn't try, there seemed so little reward for so much work...





Mushroom Cream Soup: Passable. Looks better than it tastes.
Tomato Soup: Ditto.
Cheese Hotdog: Reminds me of the cinema kind. The 3 kinds available were all decent.
Lamb?: I don't remember if it was lamb or something else. Says alot.
Smoked salmon: Very good, perhaps the only thing we got 3-4 servings of.
Scallops: These were competently done and went well with the salad cream but the rock melon balls tasted like they were dipped in vinegar. URrghh.

I loved the pickled beetroot and party onions. More than anything above. Sad.
Needless to say, we won't be back, not for the lunch buffet at least.

Next!

Baah.. humbug(er)

If i weren't so tired, i would blog about the kickassingly disappointing meal @ Masala Hut in Little India.

Think Pizza Hut gone wrong.

*Snooze*