Santouka - Hokkaido Ramen

Santouka is at one little corner of The central. There is usually long queue outside Santouka. We happened to be early today and managed to get a seat immediately.

Salt flavour (Shio) Ramen is the signature soup noodle of santouka.  The tonkotsu soup is rich and strong in flavour. Besides the pork taste, you can actually taste the salt after slurping in the soup. We ordered the signature pork cheeks salt flavour ramen. They serve the pork cheeks in slices, its tender, smooth and the fats on the cheeks are yummy.  Only realised those fats when we flipped over the meat slice.

Pork Cheeks

Shio Ramen with Pork Cheeks
Rating : 4/5

They have come out with mixed soup ramen (Awase-Aji) for those who can't decide on the soup flavor, its a combination of salt, soy sauce and soybean.  We find it flavourful at the first spoonful of soup, however, it gets a bit heavy and too salty as you consume more. Avoid this if you prefer your food to be light.
The rice is for you to mix with the soup after you've finished the noodles, suitable for guys who have a bigger appetite.

Awase Aji Ramen
Rating : 3/5

Santouka

6, Eu Tong Sen Street
#02-76 The Central
Singapore 059817
Tel: 6224 0668
http://www.santouka.co.jp/
11:00am - 9:45pm (last order)

Gayang Seafood Restaurant (佳扬海鲜餐厅) - Sabah

Seafood is something not to be missed in Sabah. They are quite a variety of seafood and are cheap and fresh.

The seafood served at the city area are usually more expensives, the locals will opt for seafood restaurants further away. Previously, Salut Restaurant at a "kelong" and prawn ponds setting was the most popular, now it seems that Gayang had overtake it.

Gayang is about 15~20 minutes drive from the city center. It can get crowded on weekends especially when there are big groups of tourists.

At the entrance, you will be greeted by tanks and buckets of live seafoods. There are big fishes, clams, crabs, lobster, mantis prawn etc.  Price usually go by weight, you can choose from the cooking styles offered by the restaurant. They also have a variety of vegetables including some wild plants that are not so common, displayed on a table for customers to choose.

Dinning Area

Steam Prawns
Rating : 4/5

Other than eating it raw, the best way to savour live prawns is steam. They offer a dipping sauce with some garlic and chilli which helps to bring out the freshness of the prawns.

Salt-Pepper Mantis Prawn
Rating : 4/5

The salt-pepper mantis prawns was great!  Cripsy coating on the outside and juicy flesh inside. It was so good that we order for another 2 more.

Dried Chilli Eel
Rating : 3/5

Food         : 3.5/5
Ambience : 4/5
Service      : 3.5/5

佳扬海鲜餐厅
Gayang Seafood Restaurant
Kampung Baharu, Jalan Sulaman,
Tuaran, Sabah, Malaysia
tel: +6088 229 066
Operation Hours: 11 am to 10 pm (Daily)
website: http://gayangseafood.showroom.sabahexpress.com/

You may want to reference the following Sabah food recommendations
- Sang Nyuk Mian (生肉麵)
- Bah Ku Teh

Sin Kee Bah Kut Teh (新記肉骨茶) - Sabah

The soup base of this bah kut teh is herbal, not the peppery type.  You can choose to have only pork ribs or pork ribs with a variety of items - meat balls, pork belly, pork organs, beancurb ..etc.
Its quite popular among the locals even though the price is considered steep in sabah.

The must try is the Pork Liver/Kidney in Yellow Wine (黄酒). It's a kind of rice wine which most Sabahans (older generation) know how to make in their homes. The yellow wine goes well with the liver/kidney, the whole dish is fragrant and soothing.

Signboard

Sin Kee Stall

Sin Kee is a stall in the Kwong Tung Chai Kolombong coffee shop. Its only open at night.

Mixed Bah Ku Teh & Yellow Wine Pork Liver

We will usually add lots of chilli and raw chopped garlic to the thick soy sauce as a dip.

Food : 4/5
Cleanliness : 3/5
Service : 3/5

Sin Kee Bah Kut Teh (新記肉骨茶)
Kota Kinabalu City Center
Business hours: 4:30pm - 11pm (closed on Monday)

Reference Sabah Tourism for other recommendations on Bah Kut Teh.


You may want to reference the following Sabah food recommendations
- Sang Nyuk Mian (生肉麵)
- Gayang Seafood

Kedai Kopi Kim Hing Lee (金興利茶室) - Sabah

Kim Hing Lee (金興利茶室)

The best Sang Nyuk Mian (生肉麵) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Seldom see restaurants with newspaper cuttings in sabah, this coffe shop even blow up the newspaper article to a banner and hang in the shop. You can even find a japanese posting on this noodles on the internet.

Kim Hing Lee Coffee Shop

Simple coffee shop settings. All customers are here for the Sang Nyuk Mian (生肉麵)

soup version (RM5.50)

Dry version (RM5.50)

The soup here is not the thick/creamy type, but clear with a light fragrance, its simply great! The meat is thinly sliced and is very tender. You can choose to order meat slice only or meat slice with meat balls and liver/intestines/kidneys.
The dry version of sang nyuk mian is with the nice black sauce which is very common in Malaysia. I usually prefer my noodles to be dry, however, in order not to let the black sauce overshadow the soup, I will usually go for the soup version. Well, you will still have a decent bowl of soup for the dry version.

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Food           : 4.5/5
Cleanliness : 3.5/5
Service       : 3.5/5

Kedai Kopi Kim Hing Lee (金興利茶室)
Blk F, Lot 7, Sinsuran Complex,
Sinsuran 新苏兰街
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
(Its somewhere opposite of Le Meridian Hotel)
Business hours :
Mon - Sat : 6:30am - 3:00pm
Sun           : 6:30am - 2:30pm

Map :

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You may want to reference the following Sabah food recommendations
- Sang Nyuk Mian (生肉麵)
- Gayang Seafood

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