Review: Grilled Scallops over at Unkai Japanese Cuisine

Grilled scallops (Hotate Tobiko) at $15 for half dozen, the only item I ordered at Unkai. They also sell raw oysters, sake sashimi and chilled/grilled crabs.

At $2.50 per piece, it was a good indulgence. Scallops were juicy with a pleasant torched taste.

51 Old Airport Road

#01-88/89 Old Airport Road Food Centre
Singapore 390051

Review: Qbap handcrafted kebabs @ Raffles City (Closed)

I have a thing for Middle-eastern food. The spiced and juicy meat... drools. Chanced upon this halal joint at Raffles City selling kebabs. If you have been to Europe, you will know that kebabs are sold everywhere and are considered street food. Here, a restaurant selling kebabs in the town area? Hmm, must be expensive.

It's always their meat and rice that attracts me, hence, I opted for the rice instead of the wrap. I don't really like wraps as it tends to be messy. Ordering is a breeze as they don't have much items on the menu board. Choose your type of kebab, your choice of vegetables, and in the case of the rice, a sauce. Like subway style.

I had the chicken with triple mustard sauce with arabic rice. The rice was kinda disappointing as the flavours wasn't to my liking. Nothing to complain about the vegetables. The chicken was flavourful but could be juicier. Portion was generous and I saved the unfinished for dinner.

I don't mind coming back again, maybe to try their lamb instead of the chicken. It can be my comfort food when I crave for a healthy meal I guess.

Simple Recipe: Golden Fish Cakes

A recipe that is affordable (less than S$10) and easy to make! It makes for a perfect snack or appetizer for a hot day.

Ingredients
1 boneless cod fillet (I bought mine frozen for $8)
1 medium potato
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
1 egg
water
parsley
chives, chopped
salt
black pepper
1 tablespoon mayonaise
1/2 tablespoon mustard

Method

1. Boil the potato until it's cooked. In a separate pot, put in the cod fillet, pour in water until the liquid covers the cod fillet completely. Cook the fillet at medium heat until it's done.

2. Remove the potato skin and then dice or shred the potato.

3. Remove the cod fillet from the pot and let it cool. Dry the cod fillet with kitchen napkins and using your fingers, flake the fillet. Be sure not to make the flakes too small.

4. In a bowl, mix the cod fillet flakes, potato and the remaining ingredients with your hands. The mixture should be sticky enough to mold into balls, if not, add more breadcrumbs.

5. Mold the mixture into cakes.

6. Heat the oil. Put the molded fish cakes into the hot oil and fry it until it turns golden brown on both sides.

Review: I-Mei Pearl Milk Tea Ice-Cream

pearl milk tea or bubble tea is one of my favourite drink. i always ordered the 'original', which is the milk tea with pearls. 

first heard about this ice cream from a taiwanese friend sometime back and woah~ finally found it in my local mart today. here's the packaging of the ice cream. it is the 'original' flavour, woohoo!

looks good right? like the real thing, even with pearl bits! as you can see, it is divided into a tea (beige portion) and a milk (white portion). embedded within the tea portion are irregular-shaped bits of 'pearl.

the tea and the milk parts should be eaten together to have a true taste of milk tea! the tea part seems to be made of oolong tea so it has a slightly bitter note while the milk part was very fragrant and creamy. i like the milk part and would totally buy if i-mei sells just a milk ice cream bar. the tea part was alright but when eaten together with the milk part, it tastes pretty similar to the commercial milk tea!

im one who likes to drink bubble tea because of the pearl. i like it when my pearl is chewy and with a slight fragrance. from previous experience, pearls that are kept too long in the milk tea will start to harden, so its amazing that the pearl in this ice cream was not hard at all! in fact it was soft and tend towards a jelly-consistency rather than a bouncy pearl. it still has some bounce and q-ness (as what is frequently used to describe pearls or tapioca balls). one plus point for this ice cream is that its not too sweet. even when i drink bubble tea, i will opt for lower sugar levels so this was just nice. an ice cream should be refreshing and not heavy.

rating: 7.5/10 - dont mind eating it again