Another year passed by.. another new year.. and time again to celebrate Eve's birthday. Eve wants to eat crab so we went to Jumbo Clarke Quay "again".. I must really says again cause I just had Jumbo on 17Dec.
We chat so much and busy with our traveling present and Christmas present give away that I didn't take any pic :)
It was a great night although it was raining.. but it didn't dam our mood at all.
Happy Birthday Evelyn :)
Serenity Spanish Bar & Restuarant
No.1 Harbourfront Walk #01-98/99
VivoCity Singapore 098585
Tel : 6376 8185 Fax : 6376 8184
Business Hours: Sun to Thu (11am - 11pm) Fri & Sat (11am -12am)
Wow.. time flies.. Remember I was just counting down for new year and now we are almost passing the half way mark.. And it is time for my birthday celebration..
As usual, birthday gal get to choose the venue.. May and I decided to go for seafood.. Ok, we are boring.. I admitted it and the gals admitted it too.. so next outing is definitely without Seafood, Japanese and Steamboat.. hmm.. really wonder what we are going to eat next and it will be Shirley's birthday..
Jumbo Seafood (Riverside Point)
30 Merchant Road
#01-01/02 Riverside Point
We've been here numerous times.. We ordered chilli crab, black pepper crab, deep fried sotong, drunken herb prawn, mini scallop on yam ring, bean curb with broccoli and seafood fried rice.. The drunken herb prawn is so yummy.. After dinner, we head to TCC at Clarke Quay for my fave manago yogurt freeze!! I believe it is not what we eat but the company, the noise and laughter that we made :)
I really treasure them.. and hope this kind of outing and our friendship will continue till we age..
Sun with Moon Japanese Fine Dining & Cafe
501 Orchard Road #03-15 Wheelock Place
1st girl night outing for year 2009.. is to celebrate Evelyn's birthday..
Birthday girl has chosen the Sun with Moon Japanese fine dining and cafe at Wheelock place..The atmosphere was nice but the waitress who took our order seem to be a trainee.. she even missed 1 of our order (Caesar salad with chicken).. In the end, our orders are rainbow roll, California roll, wagyū beef with bacon, grill wagyū beef, fried udon, kamameshi with grill eel & clams, grill pork with pepper sauce and chicken teriyaki
We were caught by the attention of the banner outside the restaurant promoting the wagyū beef (和牛).. our saliva were already dripping.. so we ordered two different plates of wagyū beef.. Lucky we only ordered two plates as it is really disappointing.. it was nothing fantastic, probably due to the different grade of cattle. Even the bean spouts served with the grill wagyū beef tasted better than the beef. The wagyū beef with bacon was even worst.. the beef was totally uncooked! can't even chew. I can take medium or even medium raw.. but that one is totally RAW!!
Personally I like the rainbow sushi & kamamenshi (釜飯) with grill eel & clams. The rainbow sushi comprises of crispy soft shell crab, mango, avocado rolled in seaweed with Japanese rice seasoned with vinegar, covered with mayonnaise and topped with bright tangy crunchy smelt roe. The kamamenshi is like claypot rice.. it is served with a little hourglass on top indicates when the wooden lid may be lifted.. the clam was tasty and love the seasoned eel :)
All other dishes are just so-so.. it is either too tough or too salty :(
After the dinner, we decided that we should go somewhere else for dessert.. We serioulsy need something sweet to satisify our craving.. we were thinking of Häagen-Dazs or coffee connection. When we were ready to leave the restaurant, we suddenly remember that there is NYDC cafe downstair.. But it was packed and the next door Big O cafe restaurant capture our attention.. the dessert menu look pretty similar to NYDC cafe (actually Big O is the sister restaurant)
Big O Cafe Restaurant
501 Orchard Road #02-04/05
We got so excited over the menu.. most of the desserts are named after the movie "BATMAN".. We ordered the dark side (mud pie), Big O waffles with ice-cream topped with blueberry & chocolate nastiness. The dessert serving were huge in portion.. I love the chocolate nastiness cause the cake was served a little warm.. The waffles also taste great with my fave blueberry topping.. It also have another choice of topping "banana caramel" but I'm not a big fan of banana.. The mud pie was really tough but the girls enjoyed it.. I also had a glass of walking on sunshine.. It's a blended drink with mango tango ice cream.. at first I thought it was a float but they actually blend the ice cream so it kind of thick.. like milk shake.. LOVE IT!! :)
Once again, is the monthly outing for the ladies... The occassion is to celebrate Amanda L's birthday.. This time we have a special guest Joshua with us..
We choose Aerin's at Raffles City.. It is a casual dining but the set up was beautiful except the water feature create too much noise which I felt we need to scream at each other as we chat through out the night.. We ordered pumpkin soup, tomato soup, chef's salad with chicken, deep fried calamari, spaghetti chicken, duck leg confit, rib eye steak... and ended with a dessert baked apple & rhubarb pie.. the ladies also ordered several funny colour drinks except me.. I only had warm water.. oh! & chicken nuggets with fried for our special guest Joshua..
The food is savour but the portion was too much for us.. the soup came in really big bowl and never tried their tomato soup.. it tasted like tomato paste.. too thick till it can go as a spaghetti sauce.. I personal like the spaghetti chicken very much because it tossed with kabayaki sauce and topped with nori & bonito flakes.. very Japanese style.. The dessert was also wonderful which is a signature dish but you need to wait 15 mins as it is freshly baked.. it is also in super hugh portion..
Overall it was a nice dining experience in a new place.... and with my lovely kaki :)
& not to forget to praise our guest Joshua, he was entertaining himself all night while the ladies gossip..
From Johnie..
Hey, Happy bday in advance
