Friday Dinner Date: Hot Tomato

Once per week, we try to have a dinner date, with official reason is to keep the love flame on *blush*. Actually, the real reasons are 1) to feed my hunger for good food and 2) I'm too lazy to cook that day.
On our last dinner date, we went to Hot Tomato at Nex Serangoon. We've been there a couple of times and that place kind of become where we go to when we want something nice and fast and not so expensive.

As usual, I ordered Salmon Mango Salsa (S$13.90, if I remember correctly) for "little boss" inside my tummy. Honestly, this is not my favorite dish but I ordered it nonetheless. Don't get me wrong, it was a yummy dish, but personally I prefer steak :P

The only complaint for the dish is the inconsistency of the aglio olio pasta. During the last visit, it was too garlicky and this time the lemon sauce was poured on top of it, I can't barely taste the garlic. And oh, the pasta was too soft not al dente anymore.

Garlic Seafood Linguine was the choice of my husband. When the dish came, I was shocked with its generous portion. I mean look at that...isn't generous for S$ 9.90?
My hubby didn't complaint much, except for the prawn which he felt not so fresh.

And since I managed to persuade my husband to get the set meal (add S$ 3.50 for soup of the day and drink), I can order the cake of the day for only S$ 2.50. I have to tell you, I love their chocolate cake of the day. In fact, I ate it with such gusto and most probably embarrassing my husband, that prompted the couple sitting next to us ordered the same thing (Hot Tomato should give me discount for helping them selling the cake :P)

The cake consists of 2 layers. The first one is melting-in-your-mouth-chocolatey and the second layer is a mix between crackers and chocolate I guess. The taste is heavenly! I wish I could eat the whole cake not only a slice.

In conclusion, we recommend Hot Tomato for casual dinning. The food quality is nice and the price is right. And do try the chocolate cake of the day!

Food Reviews: Kenny Rogers @ Johor Baru

Demi memperpanjang svp, akhirnya kemaren kita bertiga (mommy, me and my fiance) berbondong2 ke Johor Baru and ate Kenny Rogers since from the last visit, I already craved for it.
Berhubung di Indo itu porsinya guede buanget, akhirnya kita sepakat cuma pesan 1/2 meal package (includes: 1/2 chicken, 3 side side dish: aromatic rice, fruit salad, potato salad and 1 muffin) and 1 side dish (mashed potato) ala carte.

Gak lama kemudian muffin kita dateng, pertama2 kirain complimentary while waiting for the main course dan bukan muffin dari paket karena biasanya muffinnya montok kok yang ini kuyus ya... Ternyata itu muffin paket tapi untungnya rasanya lumayan enak kok.
And eng ing eng... ga lama kemudian pesanan kita datang... cihuy... slurpps and kita cuma bisa melongo :o
Ayamnya lebih imut (ga sejumbo di Jkt yang bagaikan burung unta) tapi yang paling bikin our jaws drop ya porsi 3 side dishnya waduh mak seiprit :P
beda banget dah ama yang di jkt yang semua serba jumbo dumbo.

But the good news is the chicken taste the same (what i luv about the chicken from Kenny Rogers is its skin! tipis, tasty and crunchy) and to be honest I think the aromatic rice is better, lebih wangi ga cuma berasa butter doang, mirip kyk nasi uduk.
Trus mashed potatonya lebih halus, tapi gravy nya kurang asin. Kalau di Jkt, mashed potatonya ga sehalus ini (masih berasa bongkah2an kentang) tapi gravynya lebih asin and tasty.
Potato saladnya juga enak loh, kurang lebih sama kyk yang di Jkt.

To sum it up:
Tastylicious (I completely made this word up):
- roasted chicken (ennoe's food choice award!)

- potato salad
menurut gw potato saladnya itu enak banget, paling enak diantara side yang kita pesan

- aromatic rice


Grade B menu:
- mashed potato
aslinya tidak sebanyak ini dan halus bgt kyk makanan bayi

- muffin
Yang kemarin makan kok muffinnya kurus ya tenggelam didalam cetakan kertasnya :(
Btw, this is so out of topic but I love this photo so much! The color, the lightning, the composition so cool!


Save menu to order:
- fruit salad

PS: personally I choose black pepper sauce than the original one.

Pics are courtesy of http://www.krr.com.my

Bake Inc. Mushroom Cheese

Downstairs where I live in there is a bakery called Bake Inc.
Almost everyday I buy their bread for breakfast. And this morning I made a very wise choice when choosing Mushroom cheese bread.
It's DELICIOUS!! The best of mushroom cheese bread I ever have.
I looooveeeeee the juicy, not too salty and a bit sweet mozzarella cheese. It's make the perfect combination with sauteed champignon/button mushroom.

Slurppss glegghh...aaaaaam aaaaaaaaammmm....

Btw, the Bake Inc located just outside the Buangkok MRT.

Delicious Tom Yam @ Smith Street

Yesterday was the last day for me in Singapore before going on a short trip back to Jakarta.
I decided to go to chinatown to look for something (read: pashmina) and ate at smith street.
We ordered a S$ 6 Tom Yam Soup and S$ 8 Pineapple fried rice from one of Thai stall.

Apparently, you can order and seat anywhere you like there. Since we didn't know this, we sat near the stall in front of british (i think) couple who ordered the dried chilly chicken hotplate. Wuaah the smell of the chicken was very tempting and mouth watering.

Not so long after, our ordered came and it's not bad. Not bad at all.
The soup was clear (I don't like tom yam with coconut milk), salty, fragrant, sour, a bit sweet and very very HOT. Slurpsss...Yummy!
While the pineapple fried rice was only okay for me. Since it's not hot so it felt like they cooked it before so they can save sometime and served it right away when any order is placed.

Definitely going back for more, since the smell of the kungpao chicken haunted me 'til today :P

The most delicious food I ate since....

...well, you know since I moved here.

Today, I was treated lunch by my colleague. We ate Thai Food at Lerk Thai Restaurant downstairs.
We ordered Tom Yam clear soup, Red Curry Beef, Pandan Chicken and Pineapple Fried Rice.
To be honest, I was a bit pessimistic about the tom yam soup. I just had terrible experience 2 days ago eating a tom yum fish soup. It's taste like crap! I think they put milk into the Tom Yam Soup, so you can imagine the taste by yourself. Milk + Tom Yam not equal to good combination people.

Back to Lerk Thai..
To my delight the soup was clear (woo hooo!) and when I tasted it hmmmmm............ heavenly!
It's a perfect combination of spicy, salty, sour and a bit of sweet. Definitely the most delicious thing I've ever eaten over here!

The pineapple rice was also a surprise for me. It's taste quite different with the one I used to eat back in Indonesia but it was also nice. They put raisin in the rice but very little pineapple hehehe...The rice also topped with a light sweet of (I'm not sure) chicken floss?

The pandan chicken was okay. But not as good as Thai & I's at Plaza Semanggi.

The red curry beef is a bit of disappointment. I'm not sure whether because I was too full but it's just not my taste.

I'm planning to go there again sometimes to order the dessert (singkong manis). I'll write again later.