NSFW: Hilarious Chinese Song

A song all about the boy in Ju-On. It's just a plus that those words happen to be a curse word in Hokkien.

Almost Famous - Cult to Culture

Jonnyfyy uploaded a 50m minutes documentary on cosplay in Japan. It was shown on CNA two Sundays ago. Extremely informative for those that are interested. More videos under the read more link.



I remembered the time where cosplay in Singapore was portrayed in a bad light by the media. The media at that time often implied that the cosplayers were disturbed. Now with the proliferation of major anime con such as the AFA, there has been increasingly positive reports on cosplay. I can't help but to compare the situation then to the situation that cosplayers in Japan still face.

Amirah's Grill: Get the Special Set Menu

Hummus & Baba Ganoush dips with Pita and Garlic bread.

Amirah's Grill is a restaurant that sells middle east and western cuisine. They offer a lunch set buffet from 12pm to 4pm which is actually quite worth it. However, on Peaz's advice, I decided to try the Special Set Menu at $25.

The Special Set Menu comes with the following:
1)Choice of chicken or mushroom soup
2)Pita and garlic bread
3)Hummus and Baba Ganoush (dips)
4)Any one main course
5)Any cold or hot drink
6)1 scoop of ice cream, french cream caramel or Egyptian basbousa

I made a fatal mistake of taking the chicken soup (No photos. They are too terrible! It did not occur to me to use flash until the main course). I advise anyone who try this set menu to avoid the soup. There is a lump of jelly coagulating; evidence of flour not mixed well in the soup. Aside from that, there is shredded egg but few bits of chicken. In my opinion, the mushroom soup with its variety of mushroom is a better option.

For the drink, I chose banana shake while peaz took the mango juice. Both are decent. Next up, Hummus and with the pita and garlic bread (for the soup!). This is the first time I have eaten middle eastern cuisine so I wasn't quite prepared for the Hummus (Chickpeas). I didn't really like it and preferred the Baba Ganoush (eggplant) while Peaz liked the Hummus. I suppose it is a matter of personal taste.

Beef tenderloin Kebab

For my main course, I tried the beef tenderloin kebab. The meat is tender and juicy although there are lumps of fat for some parts. I also chose roasted potatoes over rice. It prove to be a good decision as the potato are yummy.

Norwegian Salmon

Peaz ordered the Norwegian Salmon, a big meaty chunk which she claims to be delicious (I don't know. I hate salmon) but drier than before. She also finds the mushrooms in this dish to be too salty. Having tasted some of her abandoned mushrooms, I concurred.

French Cream Caramel

Finally we have the dessert where Peaz made the wise choice of picking the ice cream. While I have never eaten the French Cream Caramel, I do not know how it is suppose to taste like but it is too sweet for me.

Amirah's Grill is a good place to try middle eastern cuisine. The set menu is quite worth it and comes up to $27.50 after 10% service charge (no gst). For any photographers: the interior of the restaurant is quite dark and not conducive for photography unless you use flash.

Amirah's Grill is located at 14 Bussorah Street.

Ah Chew again

Honeydew Sago with Mango Ice cream

Yet another overdue post. I'm afraid I have plenty from last month and this month. For this post, Ah Chew Dessert takes the spotlight.

The Honeydew Sago costs around $3 (forgive me if it's wrong). It wasn't bad by my friend's standards, but I can't comment since I have yet to try it.

Fresh Milk Steamed Egg with Red Bean.

I ordered the above which have to be the best steamed egg I have eaten. It is very smooth, sweet and has no strong egg aftertaste unlike the egg puddings at Food Anytime. Perhaps this is due to the addition of milk? I made a mistake of ordering it with the red bean. The red bean is too strong. The exquisite taste of the steamed egg is covered up when eaten together. At $3, you might as well go for the original which costs $2.50.

Ah Chew Desserts is located at #01-11 Liang Seah Place

Caramel: arty surrounding

This is a severely overdued post on Caramel, a really nice cafe and salon located at Shaw Towers. I have completely forgotten how much everything cost.

Caramel is one of those small little cafe that you wouldn't mind going over and over again. They primarily sell dessert and drinks though they have a daily lunch set.

Wafu Spaghetti with Mushroom and Seaweed

While flavourful, I found the combination of seaweed with the sauce too salty. Portion is also not very big.

Creamy Spaghetti with salmon topped with cheese

Rather creamy. Liked it but the salmon were so small!

Double chocolate cupcake and banana with chocolate cupcakes.

I recalled that I preferred the banana with chocolate cupcake over the Double chocolate cupcake. Did not remember any other thing about it.

Vitaplum

Vitaplum is their signature drink. With bits of sour plum and vitagen mixed together, it has an unique taste that everyone should try.

Caramel is closed on sunday and public holidays! I went there once not knowing that it was close. Total waste of a trip. It is located at #01-50/52 Shaw Towers.