Lets start from Yoshi at Hotel Royal@Queens. Its in a rather dead area behind SMU and Allson Hotel. Went with my long lost brother. Yeah, lost him to the Scottish accent (he was in Newcastle, UK, go figure!) and now he's back. It was great catching up with ya Des! Thanks for dinner! Well, we'll meet again after I come back ya.
Yoshi
50% alacarte buffet and 50% take it yourself buffet. The service there is really good. Attentive, a little too at times and the waiter is good at recommending.
Price: $34+++
Food: 8/10
in terms of quality, its definitely fresh.
the chicken teriyaki was good (8.5/10),
the ebi tempura was oki, not cooked on the spot (7.4/10),
we loved the pork and beef stirfry (7.8/10)
the alaskan handroll was one of the best things I;ve ever tried, it was crispy and good (9/10)
chawanmushi (10/10) its very soft and delicate and flavourful. The way chawanmushis should be. the standard is comparable to the ones i've tried in Tokyo, or even better.
Sorry sashimi lovers (NO pun intended), I din try any raw stuff.
Return: sure, if someone treats
Final words: For someone who doesnt eat sashimi but is ever willing to pay for good jap food, i must say its a little overpriced. But its really worth the try and i think this place is alright.
We came across this place in the center of citylink mall, near Godiva called FLASCHENGEIST. Its this German based liquer thingy.Free sampling.
Pretty cool. for tastes they have strawberry schnapps, lemon-lime, mango, chocolate port, cognac walnut (one of the best!)fig and something, vanilla cream, cowboy etc. and you can choose the type of bottle you like from $28 to $40+. Well, its oki. ss bought me the mango and I bought him the lime and i bought the cognac walnut for kicks.Chocolates
I cant believe I did not mention this long long ago.The land of chocco, Brugges,in Belgium is THE place to go for lots of good quality chocolates and with the most interesting varieties of all time. There was Leonidas, Godiva and Neuhaus (the best! forget Godiva!!!), chocolate box and this chocolate museum. They have as many choco shops as we have NTUCs! And its all good belgium choc. Pressed to a fine 0.2 micrometers or something. Brugges also has H &M ! I love to shop there! and the food, is absolutely yummi. The choc mousse it the BEST in the WORLD! There was this liquer store as well. They had this whole storeful of liquers in huge glass vats. Qw bought a tiramisu liquer and a 1997 ice wine, said to have been served to the Queen of England when she was on a cruise. Brugge is a love quaint city, great to chill out and pig out on Chocs. Belgium Fries? Yumms!
Cameras
Whats in a camera? What are the basics? What do you need? I wish i could tailor make a camera instead of relying on the usual brands to make me choose one. For a compact, it would be nice to have a
1) 5 megapix
2) 8x optical zoom
3) image stabiliser
4) optical and CCD viewfinder
5) simple manual
6) good autofocus
7) AA batteries
8) Usb
9) Panorama
10) movie with sound (unlimited)
11) macro up to 1cm
12) colour filters
13) SD card
14) lightweight
15) assist lamp
No, at present, they dont have one. sad. the only thing that comes close is the Panasonic LZ2.
Here's a Pic of my collection
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