Red Star Restaurant @ Chin Swee Road

The Red Star Restaurant is an authentic Cantonese dim sum place at affordable price. At Red Star, there's this nostalgic feeling of being in an authentic yum cha house as you will see waitresses pushing the dim sum carts around the place.

B and I had our brunch at Red Star Restaurant and this was actually a very rare occasion where we meet on a weekend to have brunch together.

We were lucky that the queue was not very long when we arrived but while we were eating, the crowds arrived and long long queues could be seen.

Well, we ordered quite a bit of dim sums so I'll let the photos do the talking. Hehe

Rice (I forgot the exact name for it >_<)

Fried Beancurd Roll

Mango Prawn

Century Egg Congee

Paper Chicken

Shrimp Dumplings

Siew Mai

Lotus Root

Chee Cheong Fun

Fried Banana

All in all, I like all the dim sums that we ordered except the rice. In particular, I love the Mango Prawn, the Lotus Root and the Paper Chicken. The Mango Prawn tasted really delicious and fresh, the Lotus Root is really crunchy and appetizing, and the Paper Chicken is juicy and tender. Yummy~

Saizeriya @ The Cathay

Today, I had my dinner at Saizeriya, The Cathay with Amanda. This was actually the first time I tried Saizeriya at other outlets other than the outlet at Toa Payoh.

We ordered Chicken Gratin, Cheese Chicken Steak and we topped up to get our free flow drink bar.

Right-top: Chicken Gratin, Right-bottom: Cheese Chicken Steak

In my opinion, I actually find that the food tasted better than the outlet at Toa Payoh. (Maybe it's just me. Haha) However, I find that the drink bar is better at the Toa Payoh outlet because there are more hot drinks (I personally like the Japanese Green Tea there) as compared to The Cathay outlet. But if you are a fan of cold drinks then you may prefer the drink bar at The Cathay outlet as there are more varieties of cold drinks.

Charly T’s @ Handy Road + Hoshino Coffee @ PS

I walked around Tiong Bahru Plaza while waiting for Amanda. After she's done with her stuff, we headed down to Handy Road together with G and GM for our dinner.

We had our dinner at Charly T's. Charly T's have a few outlets around Singapore and we visited the one at Handy Road. They serves comfort food from around the world, prepared with fresh local ingredients.

The dishes that we ordered were Negima Salmon Yakitori with Butter Garlic Rice, Ribeye Steak with Fresh Vegetables and Charly T's Famous Rotisserie Chicken that comes with two sides. For the two sides, we chose German Potato Salad and Fresh Vegetables. Additionally, we also ordered four glasses of Green Flash. It is mixed juice of green apple, orange and pineapple.

Negima Salmon Yakitori with Butter Garlic Rice

Ribeye Steak with Fresh Vegetables

Charly T's Famous Rotisserie Chicken that comes with two sides

Side 1: German Potato Salad

Side 2: Fresh Vegetables

Green Flash - mixed juice of green apple, orange and pineapple

In my opinion, their food is nice and I especially like their chicken. I find that their chicken is really juicy and tasty, it is very well done. The only thing that I do not like is that they do not have a print out of the menu and we had to make our order at the counter ourselves.

After our dinner, we headed over to Plaza Singapura to for some shopping and coffee. We went to Hoshino Coffee again but this time we only ordered drinks.

We ordered one Matcha (Hot), one Pure Darjeeling Tea (Lemon) and two "Hoshino" Blended Coffee.

"Hoshino" Blended Coffee

Matcha (Hot)

Pure Darjeeling Tea (Lemon)

"Hoshino" Blended Coffee is their signature and their tea is not bad as well.

Look at my previous Hoshino Coffee entry here.

Hong Kong Sheng Kee Dessert @ AMK Hub

Went to AMK Hub for our weekly groceries shopping. And as today is Father's Day, we decided to have some desserts after our dinner. Treated DD desserts at Hong Kong Sheng Kee Dessert.

Hong Kong Sheng Kee Dessert offers a tempting range of delectable desserts, snacks and noodles to satisfy your cravings for authentic Hong Kong delicacies.

As we have already eaten our dinner, we ordered snacks and desserts only. After looking through the menu, we decided to order one Almond Paste, three Sesame Paste with Rice Balls, one Mango Crystal Pearls & Grass Jelly and one Yam Cake.

Almond Paste

Sesame Paste with Rice Balls

Mango Crystal Pearls & Grass Jelly

Yam Cake

In my opinion, their snacks and desserts are all quite decent and so I have nothing to complain about.

Lastly, today is Father's Day so I would like to wish all grandpas and all fathers a Happy Father's Day!

Satay By The Bay @ Gardens By The Bay

Went Gardens by the Bay with B and B's family for dinner at Satay by the Bay.

Satay By The Bay

Before we had our dinner, we walk around a while to take some beautiful evening photos of the surroundings sceneries. I would say that this is a great place for photo shooting because of the nice sceneries that will make your photographs look really awesome. And these were some of the beautiful evening shots of the nice sceneries that I took.

Beautiful Evening

After feeding the camera with beautiful photos, it's time to feed our stomach. We saw that there are many satay stalls and there are several small tables and chairs in the outdoor open areas.

Satay Stalls

But we chose to dine indoor and below were the dishes that we ate~

Octopus

Vegetable

Toufu

Fish

Chicken

Satay

Mixed Platter

Overall, I feel that all the food are nice, especially, the chicken and the satay. In my opinion, the chicken is not too dry and not too oily, it is soft, juicy and tender. The satay is very nice, it taste really good and it's not over-cooked. Yummy!

Besides, the chicken and satay, I also find that the octopus is actually quite good. Because I am a person who don't really like to eat octopus but after I tried, I actually find that the octopus is really quite nice. It is soft and the chilli gravy taste really good.

After our dinner, I capture some beautiful night shots. So, let me end this post with the beautiful night scene that I took! Good Night~

Beautiful Night

Din Tai Fung @ Bishan

Had dinner at Din Tai Fung with family. We chose to dine at Din Tai Fung because we saw that the crowds have not arrived yet as we were slightly early and hence, we do not need to queue to get our food! Haha

Din Tai Fung is a popular Taiwanese restaurant chain with many branches throughout the world, including Singapore, Thailand, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, and USA. They are famous for their xiao long baos (steamed pork dumplings).

Well, we ate quite a variety of dishes and below were the pictures of the foods that we had.

Hmmm... I think I will let the photos do the talking! So, enjoy~

Oriental Salad in Special Vinegar Dressing

Original Shanghainese Drunken Chicken

Oriental Wantons with Black Vinegar & Chilli Oil

Steamed Pork Rib Soup

Steamed Pork Dumplings

Fried Rice with Shredded Pork & Eggs

Fried Rice with Shrimps & Eggs

Steamed Chicken Dumplings

Steamed Shrimp & Pork Dumplings

Steamed Shrimp & Pork Shao-mai

There was a promotion where we get a Red Bean Rice Dumpling and $5 Voucher with a minimum spendings of $80 and payment by OCBC card.

And with all the dishes that we had, we managed to get our free Red Bean Rice Dumpling and $5 voucher! 

Red Bean Rice Dumpling

The red bean rice dumpling is actually very nice, the sweetness of the red bean blends very well with the rice of the dumpling. Yum~

All in all, I particularly like the Oriental Salad in Special Vinegar Dressing, the Oriental Wantons with Black Vinegar & Chilli Oil and the Steamed Pork Dumplings.

I find that the Oriental Salad in Special Vinegar Dressing is a very appetizing appetizer as it is able to whet my appetite.

The skin of the Oriental Wantons with Black Vinegar & Chilli Oil is very thin and soft, the wanton is fresh and the black vinegar and chilli oil offers a great flavour to this dish.

And the signature Steamed Pork Dumplings is very juicy and delicious.

Well, all the food are really not bad! Especially the three dishes that I mention above. ^_^

TungLok Signatures + Honeymoon Dessert @ VivoCity

Amanda and I went Vivo to have dinner with G and GM at TungLok Signatures.

TungLok Signatures offers a range of traditional Chinese cuisine, such as Cantonese, Shanghainese and Sichuan dishes with a dash of Modern creations - authentic in tastes but with TungLok’s distinctive touch.

Many said that if you are a fan of cuisines under the TungLok brand, you must visit the TungLok Signatures. The reason is simply because TungLok Signatures have all your favourite signature dishes all under one roof. Isn't this great especially for TungLok fans~ Haha

Well, G and GM were early so they ate some appetizers, Pickled Cucumbers and Deep Fried Silverfish. (This explains the reason for the amount of silverfish in the picture below and no picture for pickled cucumbers)

Deep Fried Silverfish

I find that the Deep Fried Silverfish is nice, crispy and tasty but I can't eat much of it because it will choke my throat everytime I ate it and I had to drink lots of tea. I have no idea why the silverfish doesn't like my throat.

Anyway, below were the dishes that we ate:

Soup

Sakura Chicken

Curry Prawn and Man Tou

Chicken Eggplant

In my opinion, all the foods are nice and I particularly like the prawns, the sakura chicken and the eggplant the most. The prawns are very fresh and big, very delicious and the curry gravy is very nice to eat with the rice. The meat of the sakura chicken is very juicy and tender while the eggplant comes in very thin slices and it is very yummy.

All in all, it was a very sumptuous dinner we had.

After our dinner at TungLok, we headed over to Honeymoon Dessert for some sweet treats. The queue was quite long but luckily the queueing time is not that long.

Honeymoon Desserts serves many different types of desserts. They have more than one outlets in Singapore and many outlets in several different countries.

We use our queueing time to look at what we want to eat so as to save time and we decide to each ordered our own bowl of hot desserts.

We ordered two Sesame Paste & Almond Tea, one Almond Tea with Thai Black Glutinous Rice and one Walnut Paste with Thai Black Glutinous Rice.

From left to right: Sesame Paste & Almond Tea, Almond Tea with Thai Black Glutinous Rice, Walnut Paste with Thai Black Glutinous Rice

All are nice but I find that the sesame paste together with the almond tea, kind of make the paste watery and in my opinion, I would prefer to have the sesame paste alone.