. The Tasting Palette .

Sis, J and I were deciding where to head out for lunch on saturday. After shifting to the North, I realised that I've been missing a lot of food like the fish and chips from Greenwood, and the many restaurants down Robertson Quay.

We decided to go to Robataya Yoyogi because they serve authentic, and simple japanese food. =) They have a new menu now ( actually they already had it the last time I went). The prices are adjusted; my favourites are more expensive now but you seriously can't beat the prices and the quality of the set lunch there! Plus they have more choices to choose from now- like the unagi kabayaki set.

Mini bell peppers. How adorable.

Nasu- Reminds me of my days in Japan where they serve pickled nasu.

Tofu salad

Simmered naruto- oh comfort food

Grilled Mackerel

My sis's gyu niku- it's one of my favourites. love the marbled texture and i like it medium.

Dim Sum at East Ocean

On sunday, my family went to take our studio convo shots. It was quite an experience and it left us hungry after an hour of smiling widely. We headed for lunch at our childhood restaurant- East Ocean Teowchew Restaurant (the one at Shaw Centre). Dim sum there is good. They now have a few more interesting dim sums like pan fried chee cheong fun with egg, bo lo bun with a thick slab of butter, prawn and almond balls and fish skin. I love the bo lo bun. It's so sinful but I love it when butter melts on your tongue.

Dim Sum Spread

Sinful but delicious bo lo bun (Hong Kong style)

Interesting twist to traditional dim sum- Almond flakes on prawn bun

Fish skin. Good for your complexion. oh heck. Just forget that and savour the delightful chewy fish bits

Lunch at Menotti

Grace, J and I had order the $19.90 set lunch at Menotti. (Very value for money and you know you can't have garibaldi everyday). I departed from my safe aglio olio with prawns and opted for pesto pasta 'cause I've always liked a good pesto (made from scratch sort) of pasta. This one was served with scallops (which were quite a surprise to me) and mushrooms (I like). The pesto sauce was great. The pasta was done al dente. Nice. the scallops were pretty tasteless or rather pesto tasting cause of the sauce.

I had the cannoli for dessert. J recommended me to try it since he says that it is reminiscent of the dessert we had at garibaldi. And yeapp. I really like it. Some of the desserts that Menotti serve are pretty average (and sometimes below average). But this one definitely gets thumbs up. Love the ricotta cheese with tiny dried fruit bits and it goes with pistachio. How lovely to see the light green bits colouring the velvet-smooth cream-like ricotta. The ricotta cheese is stuffed in a chocolate crispy Sicilian pastry- this is one dessert that is rather light. I much preferred this to the one that J ordered. His was a chocolate dome shaped with ricotta cheese in it supported by a biscuit base. That was too complex and too heavy for my liking though Grace and J prefers that.

my scallop and mushroom pesto pasta and
(in the background) Grace's crabmeat linguine

J's dome shaped dessert

A whiff of familiarity- Cannoli

. My Tasting Palette .
. In celebration of food and dining experiences .
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