Itacho Sushi

Itacho Sushi （板長壽司）
We were attracted by its 50% discount for selected items, including salmon with skin sushi at only $0.40. There is a lot of variety on the menu, but it was quite disppointing when we get the repeated reply of non-availability.
Itacho Sushi is a member of the Taste of Japan Group in Hong Kong.

Salmon with Skin Sushi

The salmon slightly grilled (aburi). Quite nice with the onions.
Rating: 4/5

Lobster Salad - part of the set

Nice but a rather small portion.

Rating: 3.5/5

Mixed Sushi - part of the set

Nothing interesting. Can get better quality sushi at a cheaper price somewhere else

Rating: 3/5

Grill Fish - air flown from Japan

Can't recall what's the name of the fish, taste ok there is a strong fishy smell

Rating: 3/5


Itacho Sushi
2 Orchard Turn
#B2-18 Ion Orchard
Singapore 238801
Tel: (65) 6509 8911
Email: info@itacho.com.sg
website: http://www.itacho.com.hk/


 

Food DIY

Mooncakes

Attended mooncake making workshop at BITC (http://www.bitc.com.sg/)

Corporate event at a relatively low price

Sashimi Salad

To encourage ourselves to fulfill the daily vegetables requirements. But seems like the sashimi is more than the vegetables

Blueberry Cheese Cake
Attended a hands-on workshop at Chef's Secrets at Bukit Merah Centre (http://chefsecrets.tripod.com/)

PenCai (盆菜) - Lite version
PenCai for the Chinese New Year.

Italian Cuisine

Risotto, stuffed chicken breast and ice cream. Workshop was conducted in a hotel.

Kimly Live Seafood

Have been wanting to come back to Kimly Live seafood after having the Yam and Egg Yolk Crab in April.  TradeHub 21 is a bit out of the way if you don't have a car. Finally we are back here for my brother's birthday celebration.

It's at a coffee shop with no air con and I think no service charge.

 

Signature Fragrant brinjal (醬爆茄子美人魚) - $12
Rating: 3/5

 

Thai-style Mango Fried Fish (泰式芒果炸紅斑) - $45
The fish is fresh, thai sauce and mango is refreshing

Rating: 4/5

 

Salted Egg Prawn and Yam Strips (香芋奇味蝦)
A bit disappointed as it cannot be compared to the salted egg crab with yam stick we had previously.

Rating: 3.5/5

Signature BeeHoon (大澳燜米粉)
Simple but nice dish.  You can taste the "wok-Hei".

Rating: 4/5

Piggy on Cookies & Cream Cake 

Well, u can't get this from Kimly.  Piggy mooncake was made during the mooncake workshop while the Cookies & Cream cake is from Polar. 

Rating: 3/5

No 18 Boon Lay Way #01-98 Trade Hub 21
S'pore 609966.
Tel: 6686 4665
Daily 5 - 11pm

More Riddles 成語看图猜謎

More riddles

1. 牛转乾坤
2. 六六大顺
3. 年年有余
4. 众虎同心 ： 许多虎一条心做事。比喻众多有本事的人团结一致，力量会更大
5. 万象更新

refer to previous postings on riddles
http://monsoontravel.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post.html
http://monsoontravel.blogspot.com/2010/02/happy-chinese-new-year-2010.html

成語看图猜謎

Finally installed the Fly world pen-top computer software during CNY. Bought this sometime ago through the Internet, together with the leapfrog story book.  It was on sale for only US$10.  Not really sure what to do with this pen-top computer, need to explore further.  For now, only use it for drawing riddles.


Well, below are more riddles
成語看图猜謎

1。 喜上眉梢
2。 一步登天
3。 七星高招
4。 吉星高照
5。 一目十行
6。五谷丰登

Happy Chinese New Year - 2010

Happy CNY and welcome the year of tiger!  

Let's just start the year with some joyous chinese idioms 成語看图猜謎.


春节成語看图猜謎

1。笑口常开
2。步步高升
3。心心相印
4。心想事成
5。招财进宝
6。花前月下
7。花开富贵
8。喜从天降
9。礼尚往来
10。甜甜蜜蜜
11。子孙满堂
12。早生贵子
13。出入平安
14。长长久久
15。金玉良言

Food @ ION Orchard

Went to ION Orchard Food Hall for lunch today.  Food Hall is at B4 while MRT exit is at B2.  Loved the food hall concept with wide variety for you to pick and choose. Almost very stall is backed up with media recommendations and the prices are generally steep as well.

GoGoCurry
Our first stop was Go Go Curry. Was attracted to it as it reminded me of Daikokuya(大黒屋)@Asakusa, deep fried tempura with dark sauce. According to the brochure, it is one of the best katsu curry in Japan, they even have photos showing the long queue in Shinjuku.   We ordered the Grand Slam (S$18.50) so that we can try everything - chicken katsu, port katsu, prawns and sausage. However, we were quite disappointed, maybe because of the high expectations. The curry sauce is a bit salty, pork katsu is quite dry.  (Rating 3/5)

Takoyaki from Tsukiji Gindaco
Joined the queue for Takoyaki (fried octopus dough balls) from Tsukiji Gindaco, selling at S$4.80 for 6.  They only sell the authentic Takoyaki and does not offer the usual bacon & cheese or prawn balls that we're familiar with.  The Takoyaki here are crispy on the outside and the black sauce is nice.  Although its not as good as those we had in Osaka, believe it should be one of the best in Singapore. (Rating 4.2/5)

Arinco King Cake Roll
Normal price was a bit steep, each roll selling at >S$15. Saw that its going for 50% off for Chinese New Year and they started to offer per slice as well.  After discount, it only cost S$1.75 for a slice of matcha. Wasn't really impressed with the matcha, should have tried the salted caramel roll instead. (Rating 3.5/5)