Whatever happened to Founder?

Supper nights.

In my ideal world,

I thought this would be the perfect late night comfort food.

I mean, even Chow Yun Fatt loves it.

Or so the papers say.

Go for the long ribs.

$8.

Go ahead.

Indulge yourself a little.

But I'm hardly a fan of pork ribs.

I just wanted soup!

Beancurd sheets :)

Beancurd Puffs

So all these side dishes were good.

Then what was my issue with Founder?

The soup! Oh my. :(

The soup eeez too salty!

Imagine the salt overpowering pepper.

I couldn't even bring myself to ask for a refill.

And why there was a queue for this,

I could not comprehend.

But it'll be a long while before a repeat visit.

If ever.

We needed failproof desserts.

Nutella and Pistachio Waffle.

If you like a heavy vanilla base for your ice creams,

this is where you'll find it.

Keep running.

Just so I can keep eating. :)

Gayatri @ Racecourse Road

Staying away from the mainstream Muthu's Curry and Banana Leaf Apollo,

have you heard of Gayatri?

Coincidentally,

this restaurant is flanked on both sides by the abovementioned restaurants.

It's less commercialized,

more affordable and not a tad less upmarket.

Case in point:

Menus and orders taken on tablets.

Supervisor says- "We have as many tablets as we want. There's so many!" :)

Monday and Wednesday are Curry Fishhead Promotion days.

At $17 for a massive crockpot of fish head, okra and a single pineapple cube.

More than enough to be shared by 4.

Butter chicken.

The gravy.

Is YUM.

*proceeds to mop it up with naan.

Fresh out from the tandoori oven.

Ask for your level of doneness.

Their usual is fluffy soft.

You can have crusty crisp.

And I know my descriptive words are worth a laugh.

Or two.

But those are my 2 cents (words) worth

and gets me my perfect order anytime aiight!

Try the Kashmiri.

With dried fruit and nuts.

This goes perfect with curry anything. :)

Gayatri Restaurant

122 Race Course Road  218583
6292 4544

Cheers to a sweet 17th N.Y.D.C

Has it already been 17 years?

Thanks to the kind peeps of NYDC and Nuffnang,

this was an invite to NYDC's Happy Sweet 17th Birthday Party at their outlet in Bugis Junction.

And tonight,

it seems that the legal drinking age has been lowered to 17 hey!

Waldorf Salad with a Hic.

Grapes soaked in whisky.

Throughly infused, yet maintaining a fresh crunch.

How do they do it?

Decadent.

GM of NYDC giving her speech before the party moves on into full swing!

Vanilla milkshake with a shot of Baileys topped with chocolate sauce.

And you can even choose your level of poison up to a max of three Bailey shots.

I'm not sure if there's a price difference on that though.

But if there's good fat,

this is some darn good fat!

They had a Lemon Shiver on the menu for the longest time.

And joining the ranks now,

meet Raspberry Tremble. :)

This berry blast seemed more of a hit.

Berry blend.

All the verry good fibres and antioxidants.

Healthier choice and not a little less flavour.

And because we care,

we share...

Some nachos and dips.

Chilli with too much spice, blue cheese mayo and cheesy artichoke.

Guess which was the crowd pleaser?

Star crossed lovers they no longer aren't.

Romeo & Juliet making a comeback with herbed rice.

This was good.

Till the bottom where there was just too much oil.

It got a little overwhelming just looking at the amount of glistening sheen on the base of the plate.

Picasso.

All your favourites into a biscuit thin pizza.

Yet another comeback and better than before.

A garlic mayo base,

topped with tender meatballs, juicy ham, mushrooms.

And this time,

it's CHEESE that takes the cake.

<3>

Tequila flamed Drunken Masta.

It left too much of a bitter aftertaste for me.

I'd rather have seafood on the rocks.

A generous slice of fish, large prawn, clams and shell pasta.

This might've been better with a linguine option.

And feel free to make your request on your choice of pasta.

Drink it like you mean it.

Yankee's in town.

Hold the barbeque sauce asked for it to be served on the side.

And this was good.

Very good.

Bacon wrapped bratwurst and grilled chicken.

Served with a side salad and fluffy crisp wedges.

While we take a break from all the fun and games,

we hear from the winners of the birthday message contest-

A year's supply of mudpie for each of the three winning entries.

So Pick-Us-So (Piccaso) that we can enjoy!

Wit.

I'm impressed :)

Now that's having your cake and eating it too.

For a whole year at that!

And nothing could've prepared our table for this.

Between the 5 of us.

Dessert for you?

An Englishman in New York.

Earl Grey meets cake.

I loved this.

And coming in a close second was

Mango mayhem.

Mousse with fresh mangoes.

And those are the two of my favourite things. :)

Muddy mudpie.

Waits for no man.

Eat it before it suffers a meltdown.

And they raised a few shrieks coming in for the ones that were 17.

Oh now I felt old.

Really old.

This was forgettable.

The crust did not go well for this pie.

To be honest?

I'd still with Goldmine.

Oldie but goodie.

Now that we had some happy tummies.

It's photo moments.

With the stars.

Miss Tamchiak and Mag of Modgam.

We had a ball being the 'older ones'

And in full denial of it. ;)

Catherine of Camemberu.

It's like meeting a star and being starstruck.

Hi we finally meet and I didn't even say much.

And of course she was the star blogger seated with us!

To more events with you :)

Superbly sweet 17.

This was an awesome event.

Tuesday night yo!

Thanks for having us over at your birthday NYDC.

To many more years of love and sweet treats ahead. :)

Keisuke Tonkotsu King @ Orchid Hotel

You queue because you want to eat.

Choices for you Sir/ Ms?

Be prepared to wait a while for your seats.

And don't come in a group.

You'd be waiting for a long time yet.

No time for chitter chatter.

Just a lot of mouth action and slurps to be heard.

And cracking sounds...

An order of the works.

The cracking of egg shells.

Gotta love the lower cholestrol option white shelled eggs.

With japanese mayonnaise in a squeeze bottle.

While you wait for that perfectly semi runny yolked egg.

Pound away at the toasted black and white sesame seeds.

Mmm.

Fragrance.

Then there's more.

Crisp crunch of

Nori seaweed.

Fish it out before it soaks through.

Salty.

And so addictive.

Even if it means getting some green on my teeth.

Or go simple.

Red spicy.

With charsiew and black fungus.

Those white cubes of fat?

They simply slide down your throat.

Smooth.

Throw caution to the wind.

And this was my attempt at responsiblity to check off the less oil option. :)

And baby's home!

Poor love with a stomach virus.

Glad you're all better now.

He's teething.

Which means- Hello Elmo

*Arhm!

And the silliest pup.

Always wanting attention.

Then sneakily pretending to be quiet under the bed, hoping no one would notice.

Till you spot a paw or a furry tail.

Busted.

And just over the weekend,

he ran out of the house.

Hungry and lonely,

I hope you found some food and a place for shelter.

Oh come home soon. :(

pique nique with reason to nitpick

First floor of Takashimaya.

Right next to KFC.

Under the Sugar Daddy Pte Ltd group helmed by Chef Pang of Canele/ Antoinette.

First time i'm seeing middle aged male waitstaff in a laidback bistro.

It was just a random observation that was made by all three of us.

As it turned out,

they became my reason to nitpick.

They were generally uninterested.

We stood in line and no one came to ask us for the number of pax.

Until I walked in to offer that information.

There was a table for two that just vacated, he just skipped us and offered the table to the diners behind us.

Have you heard of adding on an extra chair?

Or is there an SOP to follow regarding seat arrangements?

When we eventually got a seat, I was in the midst of a text and my girlfriends were all ready to go.

I simply nodded when he asked if we would follow him.

My girlfriends said their thanks and were all ready to go.

But no,

he simply waited and when I didn't look up,

I was met with a

"So are YOU ALL ready?"

Thanks for the personalized service.

If u stayed to listen to my reply,

it would have been a

"No, I'm not. I'd like to continue standing in a queue that I've been in for forty minutes because I like to text standing up."

Like. Really.

And there's nothing else like dessert to make me forget about being catty. :)

A slice of red velvet at $8.55.

That's too dear.

For a slice of cake.

I didn't try it but my girlfriends had problems finishing it.

Too sweet they say.

Iced chocolate with a marshmallow cloud.

It's bitter.

Cocoa powder only.

Minimal milk.

Make a request for some sugar syrup and milk if you need to.

And for this.

I forgive you.

Salted caramel.

Vanilla ice cream and chantilly cream.

On the most delicious waffle i've had to date.

Thick.

Crisp on the outside, fluffy on the inside.

I would have this all to myself for a meal.

Meal replacement diet they say? :)