Boon Tong Kee Review (Whampoa West)

Hi there! Hope you had a jolly celebration for christmas and the upcoming New Year's eve!

I'm back for an update on BTK! It's my virgin try so i was really excited because 1)bf was treating the family 2) it's food - who doesn't love food?

Here's a picture of the hanging boiled cheekans. Looking delicious! 

Here's what we ordered:
$13 boiled chicken which is probably half a chicken? Definitely enough for 5pax. We all prefer the chicken rice stall at Chinatown! BTK's is less juicy and tender.

$10 Claypot Liver
Soooooo good, i tell you! The liver was fresh and it came in huge thinly sliced pieces. There's something about the sauce that made this dish so delish!

$8 (i think) Mei Cai with Brasied Pork Belly
the veg was stewed to perfect softness and of course, the pork belly had melt in your mouth fats! (:
Very suitable for parents!

I can't remember how much this cost, but this is Spinach with trio eggs.
Not bad, nothing much to rave about. This dish was pretty neglected when the other food arrived. Haha!

Fried Crispy Tofu, price (forgot)! Please order this.
It is da boom! It was executed well and the taste is good enough on its own though, they provided mayo by the side.

Look at how silky tionk-tionk the tofu was! I had like 4 cubes of this! 

Last order was the Cereal Prawn.
$30 for 5 pcs which i felt was alil expensive! They charge by weigh.
Nevertheless, the cereal was OMG! I kept having mouthful of it with rice.
Very fragrant and tasty.

Together with 6 bowls of rice, 4 teas and 1 sugarcane water chestnut drink, the bill came up to $115.
Service was good though we waited for about 20 - 30mins before getting a table,  I was standing by the open concept kitchen, watching the shifu cutting up chickens! So it didn't feel like a long wait.
Seats are pretty limited so be there early if possible and they only take reservations for 10pax and above.

Blk 34 Whampoa West #01-93

Singapore 330034

(Beside Boon Keng MRT Station )

Contact Number

6299 9880

Operation Hours

Monday to Friday:

11am - 2.45pm

5pm - 9.30pm

Saturday/Sunday/PH : 11:00am to 10:00pm

Gardens by the Bay

Was at Gardens by the Bay (lol! I typed band instead) with the family and aunt during the Hari Raya Haji holiday. Spent nearly half a day there and it was really well-spent (: 

Bet the mother enjoyed herself the most since she could see flowers and had tons of desserts which she has been restricting herself due to health concerns. Anyway, I'll show you some pictures taken at the Flower Dome and the Cloud Forest. 

But first, here's a picture of MBS and the open to public area of gardens.

Flower Dome Entrance 

Halloween theme

Spring came early

Cactus Section

This flower reminds me of a pirate. I don't know why. 

Pretty lil thing, isn't it. 

Flower almost blooming to its fullest.

Clear blue sky that day! Thank god the Flower Dome was air-conditioned. Would have died under the sun.


Next we moved on to the Cloud Forest where there is a magnificent waterfall - sort of. It was so cold at the entrance, probably because of the aircon and the slight water drizzling everywhere.

From the 3/4 top view?

Saw this disgusting wormy plant. An angmor even took a picture of it on his head. Ugh!

There were more orchids type in the Cloud Forest and other flowers like Lilies.

 While walking down the fountain, there was a level where they featured huge unpolished gems/stones. So here's a photo of me with the stones.

I'm wearing this stone as of now. It's suppose to relieve stress and negative energy (: There's others like rose quarts and all too.

 I shall end this post by saying that Gardens by the Bay would be a really good choice for a fmaily bonding session and with your IC and Passion card/NTUC member card, you'll get further discounts on the admission ticket. 5 of us spend $90 on the tix which I feel was pretty reasonable and you can re-enter to either domes, as long as you request for a chop before exiting either one.

Have a great weekend! xoxo

Weekend Feast, Dim Sum

My mother always has this habit of ordering TOO much food everytime we dine together.
This time was no exception. The parents was talking alot about this dim sum stall that sells pretty good har gao (prawn dumpling) somewhere in AMK. So, being a prawn lover, I decided to tag along.

Stall that we visited.
We ordered, 4 Luo Mai Kai (Glutinous Rice w chicken chunks!). Bigger portion than what you usually get from the pre-made mai kai. Tasted different from the pre-made, and I prefer the pre-made one. This was also good though.

Then we had Braise pork belly with veg (mei cai).

 Didn't like the taste - tasted a lil diluted and was too oily - had the oil taste, yucks! But the pork belly was done pretty well and was in big serving.

A plate of pork ribs for the Old Man, his Must-Have.

Tasted pretty nice and the pork was tender! I actually ate 2 pieces of pork. Don't usually take this dish when I eat Dim Sum.

Next, we also had Yam and Carrot Cake.

Both was delicious! Parents found the fried carrot cake was overly done but IMO, I actually like the crispiness of it. And of course, whenever you have dim sum, you'll definitely order this 2 dishes without fail, Siew Mai and Har Gao.

No porky taste which is very good because I can't stand siew mai with the porky taste. Will wash it down my throat with chilli sauce. There was a shrimp in it too. Nice!

Now, the Har Gao wasn't up to standard - even the parents say so. I'm very anal with my har gao. The skin has to be chewy soft but when served, the skin was alil on the tough side and the prawns have to be fresh, crunchy and juicy. In this case, though it was big, it wasn't fresh and succulent. I've tasted worse har gao so this was probably a 3.5/5?

I don't know if the parents will still patronise this stall in future after knowing the inconsistent standard of food but for me, I would probably not give it another shot, any time soon. Still a loyal fan of Tak Po in Chinatown.


That's all for the weekend feast! Go make a reservation at Red Star or Tak Po or any Dim Sum Eatery this weekend and have an awesome breakfast with the family! (:

xoxo

Brotzeit @ Somerset 313 Review.

When I say Pork Knuckle / Pig trotters, bet you'll go 'eeee, so fat!' That's a really typical response from a young adult, especially females. On the other side of the spectrum, adults with age would probably go 'wahhh, hao chi hao chi (nice to eat, delicious)'. So what about your opinion on Beer? Is it very uncle-kopitiam to you? Or is it something cool-chillax? How about having both together? What would you say? Will you give it a shot? If your answer is yes, then you can consider trying Brozeit - German Bier Bar & Restaurant.

A simple review on their Pork Knuckle - which they are quite famous for and of course, the Lager (:

According to their menu, there is a Pork Knuckle Platter which serves 4 - 5 people, costing about $88 where there is the knuckle, sausage platter, pork schnitzels & two sides to choose from. IMHO, don't order this unless your friends have really huge appetite because it can feed more than what it recommends. I've seen a table with 5 people who had this and couldn't finish. Why waste the money and besides, paying extra $52 for the sausage platter and pork schnitzels? Not worth.

I ordered the Pork Knuckle (same size as the platter for 5) for only $36 which came with 2 sides - potato salad and braised white german cabbage and a beer brown sauce. Very tasty indeed. What surprises me was that it isn't fattening to feel even after eating the crispy skin! Portion is definitely big enough for sharing. 2 OL order this and had to takeaway the remaining meat.

 Look at the amount of meat! Seriously, there was minimum fats in the knuckle. The meat was tender and definitely not tough and it goes very well with the sauce provided.

 We also ordered the Spicy Chicken Sausage platter $16.50 also with sides of potato salad and braised white cabbage. Side mention on the potato salad, it was really interesting because I tasted vinegar in it. Wasn't over-whelming but enough to perk your taste buds (:

 It was a mild spicy and tasted like any other sausage to me. Nothing to raved much about. Could order this if you're afraid the Pork knuckle will not be filling for 3.

Of course, the Brother and I had a beer each. He had the Bayrischer Longdrink $9.50 for 0.3L. Basically it's Lager with vodka and lime. Tasted really good, subtle lime taste and the lager was pretty thin in flavour. I, on the other hand had the Radler (aka Cyclist) - Lager with lemonade for $8.50 for 0.3L as well. Tasted a lil different from my last drink at Raffles, maybe they gave me the wrong drink or it was suppose to be my brother's and it ended on my side. Anycase, this lager had a stronger taste which was fine and was slightly gassy.

Our bill total up to $88 and we were really full! Now you know why I said it isn't worth to order the Pork Knuckle platter? Note that we even had drinks. Go do the calculations if you had the platter and beers. So if you're in a big group, be prepared to spend at least $100 and above.

The ambience there was pretty good and you get to people watch! The layout of tables are pretty close to one another - only single file allow in walking and in one direction. No 2 way! When we got our seats, the servers kept pushing us to order even though, we were still waiting for another to reach. Didn't really like that 'pushing'. They were pretty efficient in clearing the plates and asking if we needed refills for beer. Servers were well manner and friendly too.

Brotzeit has several outlets in Singapore: Vivocity, Raffles City & 313 @ Somerset. I've been to the ones at Raffles City Shopping Centre and 313 which left relatively good impression. 

Here's what I wore ystd to town, #ootd