Flor Patisserie, Singapore

While walking around Takashimaya's underground food court. I saw Flor Patisserie. I screamed (not really.) I knew about this place from Lady Iron Chef's blog . What grabbed my interest is that Flor Patisserie is opened by a Japanese patisser.

 me is big fan of japanese thingo

So, I grabbed a dessert from Flor Patisserie and with the Japanese influences, Wakakusayma, a green tea swiss roll with red bean cream, will be the victim.

Wakakusayma (S$7.30)

I have to say, This. Is. Good. Its. Really. Good. Is the best swiss roll I ever eaten in my life so far.

I'm a big fan of matcha, and red bean paste.

(but I don't drink red bean soup)

And this dessert contains 2 of my favourite matcha and red bean! Couldn't ask for more.

I can clearly taste the bitter yet sweet matcha from the roll and the red bean paste took it to the next level. 

I love the red bean cream. The creamy smooth red bean cream, sweet but not extremely sweet.

Best swiss roll ever ;) I will definitely go to there proper cafe instead of eating in a food court ;)

Yoshimaru Ramen, Singapore

Had a lunch date at Yoshimaru Ramen Bar, from what I know, Yoshimaru's ramen can say to be the best ramen in Singapore. So I pestered my boy to bring me there to try it out during my stay in Singapore ;)

Location: 31 Lorong Liput Holland Village Singapore 277742 

Pretty close to the Holland Village MRT station so its quite easy to go to (~ 3-5 minutes walk from the MRT station) 

The Menu

Menu price range is about S$10 - 15, we ordered 2 set meals which come with a serve of fruit (we got rock melons) and a serve of sides of your choice (gyoza, fried chicken etc), cost us about S$18 per person after all the service tax and GST. 

 Self grind sesame seed

After you have placed your order, you will be given a mini mortal and pestle with some sesame seeds in there.

Spend your time grinding the seeds while you're waiting!

 Beef and Pork Ramen

And finally here comes our ramen! The ramens were pretty generous with the ingredients. Soup were pretty tasty , you can request for a thicker soup with some extra charges. I would say the highlight was the noodles. Extremely springy and nice to chew, very nice texture to it. Love the noodles. A good ramen must have good noodles and base soup eh ;)

There a little sign what kind of ramen Yoshimaru serves. The noodles are produced locally using authentic Japanese method to ensure quality.

Overall I enjoyed my meal in Yoshimaru with friendly staff services, and a slight discount, and a complimentary 2014 calender haha. 

Deemo, Hidden Songs Part 1

Deemo had just recently been released on Google Play recently

So I thought I would share how to unlock 2 hidden songs when I was playing around with Deemo

From team Cytus, a world music rhythm game. 

Rayark brings you Deemo, a hybrid music rhythm game and the story of urban fantasy, with hand drawn art, story telling gallery and real instrumental feedback of piano key sound.

Deemo is a mystic character lives in solitude, a castle, all by itself. A little girl falls from the sky, not knowing who she is, where she comes from. To help the little girl back to her world, Deemo comes to realize a tree keeps growing tall on top of the piano whenever it plays. What would Deemo do when it gets comfortable with the companionship it never had before? What if the little girl coudn't deal with the truth when her seemingly lost memories regained?!

"Never left without saying goodbye"

- From Google Play

Enter the main page, tap on the red circle shown above to enter the music store of Deemo. 

If the door isn't unlock yet, keep playing the current songs to grow the tree.

Now that you are in the store, there are several places that you can explore

1. The left book shelf - Memories: you can view all the past cut scenes here

2. Light bulb thingo on the right, with a f in the middle - Access/share on Twitter or Facebook

3. The chest - Tap and unlock a hidden song - 'Run on Run'

Run on Run

4. The tablecloth - Tap around the tablecloth to unlock another song - 'Invite' 

Invite 

5. Back - Tap here to go back to main screen

Check out Part 2 here.

Deemo Android Exclusive Songs, click here.

Okonomiyaki @ Botejyu San, Singapore

Teppan Dining at Botejyu San at the 4th floor of Plaza Singapura.

This is one of my favourite place for some okonomiyaki (with noodles) in Singapore.

They do serve the normal okonomiyaki (Japanese pancakes/Japanese pizza) and the Hiroshima style oko, fried egg over a pile of noodles

This is the second time I came here.

The first time I came here I ordered the normal pancake style oko. 

But the oko is not to my liking, I think is pancake was fairly thick and not much fillings :s

My boy ordered the curry noodles oko. It tasted so dam nice ;)

So I ordered the similar thing this time.

Spring Onion Oko

 Mixed up version ;)

With curry sauce 

I think the oko with the curry sauce is still the best. The curry sauce is not the indian curry type, but the japanese type. Bit of sweetness and sourness. The generous amount of sauces covering the whole dish is the plus point. 

Spring onion oko on the other hand is not as nice in my opinion. Because the sauce, is not as flavourful as the curry sauce. Nevertheless, it was still a very pleasant dinner for us. 

Next time I'll be sure to order the oko with curry sauce as well :/

China Town, Tian Tian Chicken Rice, Singapore

Me and my boy went to visit Chinatown on one of the day during my stay in Singapore.

 Honey BBQ Pork Bun (S$1)

Bought this bun when we got down from the MRT station and on our way to find more food in the hawker's corner.

 Buddha Tooth Relic Temple in Chinatown

Just passing by. The Tourist Information Centre is just right in front of this temple. Saw a fair few of tourists around here. 

 Tian Tian Chicken Rice @ Maxwell Hawkers Corner Chinatown

The famous chicken rice in Singapore, the Tian Tian Chicken Rice (they even have a website ._. , you can check out the menu and locations on their website) . Even Gordon Ramsay had a challenge with them, is that famous. So ME. decided to list their chicken rice on my must try list in Singapore and hence, here are we. 

I've seen queue worst than this, I guess we were quite lucky to have a short queue like this eh. 

We went there on one of the weekday and is about 1pm ish. Maybe this is why the queue wasn't that long. 

In this stall, you have to order and pay at the counter first before joining the queue. The queue is for people to collect their food. 

So you order > queue > collect food

 Half Chicken (S$12)

We ordered half chicken. We regretted it. This portion is for 3-4 people and not for 2. Is not. Nevertheless, we finished it. The meats were served rather cold which I dont quite like it, but the sauce it good. Overall it was pretty tasty ;) . Meats were cooked just right and is not too oily (unlike some of the chicken rice). I think the sauce is the secret to their tastiness.

After lunch, we had a little self tour sight seeing around chinatown ;)

 Chinatown Decoration

 Flowery painted shop o:

 Chinatown Heritage Centre (S$10)

The Chinatown Heritage Centre is a Museum in Chinatown, reading some of the comments on tripadvisor, it seems pretty interesting, I think is about historical thingo, me no so interested in history. We did not went in there.

Tin Tin Shop O: 

The Tin Tin Shop! I'm not too sure whether is the official shop but everything in there seem pretty legit haha. It has everything from tin tin (the cartoon), ranging from story books, stationeries, post cards and greeting cards to tin tin's figurines. An interesting little shop for all the tin tin fans out there. 

Ya Kun, Singapore

We decided to have one of our breakfast at Ya Kun Kaya Toast.

Tea and the Number Cube

Half Boiled Eggs!!

I am a HUGE fan of half boiled egg, the half boiled eggs are wicked!

 Awwww, look at the yolks, with soy sauce and pepper, its just too tasty. 

I literally just drank the eggs down from the bowl. My boy gave me the one kind look and said, WTF, did you just drink it. haha

 Kaya Toast

We also ordered the kaya toast, is good, with the generous amount of kaya and butter. I kinda liked the brown toast ;) 

 Mee Rebus

My boy ordered the mee rebus, tastes alright, while I'm not too sure how mee rebus suppose to taste like, is my first time eating mee rebus. It taste a bit like curry mee o:

Not too sure about the price (because my boy did the ordered :| ) but it was pretty cheap.

Skinny Pizza, Singapore

Skinny Pizza. What a Crack. 

One of the day in Singapore, whilst wondering around Plaza Singapore, we decided to have our dinner at the Skinny Pizza. 

We ordered the famous (I think is famous of) Squid Ink Pizza, and of course the ultra thin pizza crust. That's why its called Skinny Pizza. 

 The Menu

I'm not a pizza fan. At least, if I am given a choice, pizza will not be my first choice as dinner. 

I came here because my boy wanted too. 

We went in, sat down, looked at the menu, and ordered the Squid Ink Pizza, which is voted to be the best of the best by Her World (<- not sure what this is but its on the menu :| )

 The Squid Ink Pizza (S$26)

and tada!, our pizza came. It looks good (despite the generous amount of rockets, I hate rockets :| ) 

Look at the ultra thin crust! 

It was good. I meant it. The thin crust, oh gosh, I never loved pizza so much in my life. 

Is like eating a reasonably well topped crackers. Its so crispy and the squid ink tastes good too. 

It is my first time trying squid ink. Surprisingly, is good. I thought it will tastesweird.

Very pleasant dining experience, food is good ;) service is ok, saw the manager (I think) running around ensuring everyone is ok.

Click on the name to check out their website and menu. They do serve food besides pizza. 

Back Home

Spent a week in Singapore and a week in Taiwan in the past 2 weeks and straight back to work after I came back. Tiring but fulling couple of weeks ;)

Soon will update the blog with things I do during the couple of weeks.