Chiso Zanmai

Having heard about the spread at Chiso Zanmai, we headed down to try the Japanese buffet. As the Singlish adage goes, "good things no cheap, cheap things no good."  From the way some of the sushi were wrapped, I kept my expectations for the sushi low. Indeed, the rice was a little hard. I can't vouch for the freshness of the food also as one of the prawn sushis tasted really weird. Deep fried food sure appeals to me. Here, you can...

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Lei Garden

I haven't been to Lei Garden for almost a decade. It was due time to visit Lei Garden when I read Bern's post on it on the exact day my friend told me about his visit there. As it's the Chinese New Year period, the human traffic was quite heavy and there were three time slots we could choose from. We chose the earliest timing of 11.30 a.m.  Always comforting, a bowl of piping hot Rainbow Egg and Shredded Pork Porridge ($4.80) can't...

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Dudu Dessert 嘟嘟甜品

Walking through the streets of Chinatown on CNY eve, we decided to seek respite from the crowds and had some dessert at Dudu Dessert. The shop space was small to begin with and they were probably shorthanded, so it took a very long time for our desserts to come.  They had quite an extensive dessert menu. I ordered the Mango Mini Mochi ($4.80). The sweet mango/mango juice was blended with ice, resulting in the slightly crunchy ice...

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