Posts Tagged ‘lunch’
Restaurant Ember
Posted on: May 13, 2013
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Located inside Hotel 1929, Restaurant Ember is well-known for its value-for-money business set lunches – in fact it’s probably the most well-known ‘secret’ now.
What’s really great about Ember is the large variety of choices in the set lunch menu. Each category easily has more than 5 different items to pick from so you can mix and match to try out before settling on your preferred 3-course combination1.
The food was undoubtedly good and when I finished the meal, I was already thinking of what to order the next time I was back. However I never did return, being distracted by another place nearby – which I’ll blog about eventually!
And what I had:
Tomato foccacia
Roasted and poached foie gras with mirin and shoyu, shiitake
Crispy duck leg confit with new potatoes, caramelised onions, thyme jus
Chocolate fondant with vanilla ice-cream
And some mint tea to round off a good lunch!
Restaurant Ember
Hotel 1929
50 Keong Siak Road
Singapore 089154
Tel: +65 6347 1928
- See this post at CrunchyBottoms for more items. ↩
Roast Chicken
Posted on: May 1, 2013
- In: Cooking | Food | French
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This is perfect as a simple lunch on a public holiday – a roast chicken!
Aoki
Posted on: February 15, 2012
- In: Food | Japanese | Reviews
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Everyone who’s had an interest in Japanese food in Singapore would have heard of Aoki Restaurant, opened in 2003 by Kunio Aoki. The restaurant has a nice and warm feel to it, mainly due to the good use of wood and rice paper as decor.
A lot of people have heard about Aoki’s famous maze-chirashi lunch set, and after years of hearing about it, I finally decided to go for it. It is very popular and I’m told they only make a limited number of sets (~10) so make reservations if you want to try it!
Here is chef Aoki in action, making an uni gunkan-maki.
Crab Cakes
Posted on: January 23, 2012
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This is my attempt at making Thomas Keller’s crab cakes, mainly because I had a sudden craving for crab cakes. The base component is the aioli so I set about making it first.
It is more or less garlic mayonnaise so gotta peel the garlic first.
Hirosaku
Posted on: October 30, 2011
- In: Food | Japanese | Reviews
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Hirosaku is a homely little restaurant that is family-run, helmed by a fatherly chef and his very kind wife. Sometimes at night their daughter helps them out as well.
Warong Nasi Pariaman
Posted on: February 20, 2011
- In: Food | Malay | Reviews
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At the junction of North Bridge Road and Kandahar Street sits Warong Nasi Pariaman, possibly one of the oldest nasi padang stalls in Singapore. It’s a family-run business that was started in 1948 and is still serving hungry customers now.
Lunch at Tatsuya
Posted on: January 27, 2011
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Tatsuya is well-known for being the premier sushi destination of Singapore, but it is also well-known for its high prices. However, Tatsuya offers good value for money lunch bento sets and this is what I came for to try.
They’re almost filled up everyday and reservations must be made if you want to secure a seat there. Luckily the bentos are offered everyday expect for public holidays, so I chose to go on a weekend.
Stuffed Portabello Mushrooms
Posted on: January 22, 2011
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Stuffing the caps of mushrooms usually makes for a good appetizer so here I’m stuffing mine with bacon, cheese and other ingredients.
Risotto al pesto
Posted on: January 16, 2011
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Having made pesto the mechanical way with a food grinder, I decided to try making it the old-fashioned way with a pestle & mortar.
Gnocchi alla salsiccia
Posted on: December 26, 2010
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Being inspired by reading Foodie-ah’s gnocchi alla salsiccia recipe, I decided to make something similar for my own lunch.
Because I wanted to have a go at making the gnocchi by hand, I made the rest of the cooking as simple as possible.
Of course the main ingredient to go with the gnocchi would be some Italian sausages!
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