FOOD

back to review on some of the food that I ate yesterday.... went down to orchard to buy xmas presents for my friends, as usual everywhere is packed with people but lucky we had our dinner early so we didn't have to fight with a lot of people....

1st stop = Sapporo petit doughnut @ taka basement

 

wanted to try this store quite sometime ago but normally we are quite full so didn't get the chance.... actually is nothing really fancy about it but then as long as something comes from japan... the packaging just makes it look much nicer & tastier... there are total of 8 flavours: custard, cheese, chocolate cream, strawberry milk, red bean, pumpkin cream, cafelatte cream & apple cream... the doughnuts are really petite... bite size.... taste wise I would say is not too bad but is so small that, you hardly get much of the filling... & price wise is on the steep side... 8pieces for $4.80.... 60cent/pc.... for something so small, is definitely too expensive but I think is ok to try it once... just try something new....

2nd stop: MEDZ @ orchard central basement
is marche style but I feel is on the cheaper ends & focus on mediterranean food.... same concept, go around the stores to order anything you like, pay with the card & get the "token", when it light up then go get your food... simple concept.... I would say the price isn't much cheaper from a normal restaurant but you don't need to pay service charge so that is like 10% discount already... so I kind of like this place....

 our all time favourite = rosti.... for rosti with sour cream, it cost $5.90... is for 1 pax, I think the diameter is about 15cm, but I think is ok to share....

 the little stone on the table which indicate the seats were taken... quite a cute thing actually

 the purpose we went back to MEDZ is because of this = calzone... we wanted to try last time but we already ordered pizza so is kind of stupid to order calzone which is somewhat similar... first impression... very big curry puff... which is somewhat like that

we ordered pesto chicken... erm.... the chicken tasted kind of dry & blend but is healthy.... my favourite thing is the cheese... I like the mozzarella cheese... so yes.. that's why I like to eat pizza =) this cost $13.90.... I wont say is very expensive

3rd stop: toast box at robinson basement
we had the rosti & calzone for dinner... honestly that was not enough for 2 adults but yesterday I wasn't feeling well so for my appetite was enough but not so for my bf ma... so we crossed over to buy drink from cold storage cause the drinks are super expensive at MEDZ... after that we saw toast box so had a snack there....

I think I tried the peanut butter toast before... ok.... quite generous with the spread but I think if there are more peanut chunks on top will be nicer.... for $1.70.... I think is ok....

Gokul

it has been awhile since i last wrote a food review... last time i wrote like tonnes on openrice due to the rewards but kind of died down for quite awhile due to my busy schedule.... but went down to this pretty nice restaurant last week so i guess should let more people know about this wonderful place.... 

GOKUL, there are two outlets and i went to the one at 19 Upper Dickson.... is actually intro by my friend cause he went down with his girlfriend before & suggested we go down to try together.... although i have stayed in SG for almost 15yrs, i have never stepped into little india before.... not being racist here but just that i dont venture into other communities cause most of the time i go to a place is to shop, at least window shop & i cant find what i like in that area.... so random talk aside... my nice friend drove me & bf there... the roads there are kind of messy & lots of vehicles around so just be careful when walking around

the restaurant

the restaurant is pretty cozy... look like those family business style... clean place.... toilet is clean too which is something i really appreciate... the food actually look like any other indian restaurant that you can find BUT is vegetarian... those mock meat looks damn real!!! can take a look at some of the pic i took of the menu

so after looking at the menu, we just let our friend recommend us some of the nice dishes that he tried.... & another nice thing about this restaurant is that they serve free flow of parpadum... i dont know how to spell... but is the cracker thing.... pic reference below

parpadum or whatever way to spell it

really LOVE it... i always love this cracker!!! & free flow of this is like HEAVEN!!!! YEAH!!! so ya... other than that we ordered several dishes to share....

indian rojak

 is my first time trying indian rojak... my bf quite like to it but then i always get turn off by the super heavily coloured food so i never gotten to tried it...but this is the vegetarian version so i guess isnt the same as what you find at normal coffee shop.. i like the beancurd slices but other stuff are just average for me... my bf love the sauce, he say very nice... but personally i prefer chinese rojak

sherlak paneer or something

 this thing is very nice but sinful... is like nacho cheese sauce with feta.... can imagine the amount of fat content inside.... the sauce is very creamy, cheesy so i LOVE it.... but of cause just eating the sauce isnt that nice... is best when eat with naan....

plain naan

they served quite a variety of naan but my favourite is still the plain naan.... it goes so well with the cheesy thing we ordered... super nice.... last time i quite like prata... but when i know about the existence of naan about 2yrs ago... bye bye prata... naan has taken over your place.... it is also healthier than prata since it is baked... really nice.... we also ordered two curry puff but i forgotten to take pic of them.... the potato 1 is really nice... the crust tasted so buttery.... sardine 1 was ok but remember... is mock sardine but it tasted & looked like real sardine... amazing.... so we ordered all these stuff to share for 3 pax & is actually quite filling

masala coffee

to end off the meal, we tried the masala coffee... i was really curious about it since masala is like for food, never knew that it can be for drink.... verdict: is actually quite nice... it doesnt have a very strong coffee taste & the masala spice smelt like cinnamon... it actually reminded me of the himalayan tea that mcdonald had couple of months ago... i guess is good for a non-coffee drinker like myself

1 more amazing thing about the restaurant is this while husk like stuff... it was at the cashier... i actually saw it at other indian restaurants before but never knew its usage... so we asked the cashier & she said is something like a mouth fresher.... WOAH!!! we learn something new!!!