Peramakan @ Keppel Club

I really should get a membership at Keppel Club. I am here so often! I came here for friday lunch with some girls. And we had a great time.

The last time I came, I honestly didn't find the food that fabulous. Perhaps we ordered the wrong things.

This time however, everything was fantastic. Particularly the company! :)


Assam Udang Nanas(Tangy assam prawns with pineapple) - very appetising and delicious. The gravy was tasty and tangy and really excited the tastebuds.


Spicy Gravy Chicken (Ayam Rendang) - this was tasty and the chicken was tender.


Grilled squid (Sotong Bakar) - my favourite! It was delicious! The squid was perfectly tender, right texture, fragrantly grilled. The sauce covering it was slightly spicy and very yummy.

We also shared otah and sambal kang kong, but i was too busy eating to take any photos.


Our shared dessert of apom balik - fluffy pancakes with warm banana syrup. The pancakes were warm and soft and delicious. The banana syrup was not too sweet and had real chunks of banana. We also each ordered a durian chendol... I forgot to take a photo of it, but its in the group photo below. It was delicious and although it tasted very rich, it didn't feel rich, it felt most refreshing.


Looking forward to the next one, girls!

Kome Japanese Dining @ Keppel Club

DH and I wanted to have a quick sushi and sashimi lunch before our movie date - State of Play at Vivocity Gold Class!

So we headed to Kome Japanese Dining. I come here for lunch pretty frequently, because they have pretty good, value-for-money bento set lunches. think sashimi, chawanmushi, mentaiko cod, tempura, with a salad starter and a fruit dessert for only SGD22.90. Usually I add a scoop of sesame ice cream if I am not too stuffed.

Chef Lawrence Chia is the brother of Ronnie Chia (Tatsuya) so I think they both employ the same marketing tactics - good and fresh sashimi at reasonable, value-for-money prices.

So this is our current favourite restaurant..

We went for an omakase sashimi and sushi lunch. Although if you are on a budget, they have a very reasonable ala carte buffet lunch for SGD38pp.


Our sashimi platter - includes toro and botan ebi. All delicious. Melted in my mouth.


We loved all the sushi that we were served - toro, uni, ikura, aburi hotate with mentaiko, aburi salmon belly with savoury garlic sauce. I was too busy oohing and ahing over the delicious morsels to take any photos at first... but when this seared foie gras on white tuna sushi arrived, i had to take a photo. It was simply divine.


See, DH and I are totally happy!

We then made our way to the GV Gold Class cinema to catch our screening of State of Play. I thought the movie was so-so... but I loved the whole experience of Gold Class. The comfortable reclining arm chairs, the wide array of hot food available, the proper cutlery, silver ware and glassware, the proper service. I felt pampered. We ordered wines (1 red, 1 white), a cheese platter and nachos with dips. It was decadent.

So I really enjoyed our movie date and so did DH. It was very extravagant, but luxuriously so.


The kids are just too funny these days.. Look at Sweetie's expression! "Mom, who's that guy next to me?"


And check this one out.. it totally cracks me up - "Am I pretty, mom?"


Then, we brought the kids swimming over the weekend. It was too hot, and so I capitulated and went swimming with them.



It was Sweetie's first visit to the pool! And yes, she sure enjoyed it! It was great fun seeing how she just kicked and splashed and squealed in delight.


Cutie found some friends straightaway. He is a very sociable kid.


Borrowed their water gun and aimed it right at me.


I just love bonding with my kids - and swimming on hot and sunny days is one of the best ways of doing just that!

Peramakan @ Keppel Club

PL, YS and I came here for lunch. I think it was because I read some good reviews on this place from Keropokman and Leslie... :) can't go wrong when a fellow foodie recommends the place right!

We each selected a dish that we wanted to try.


I think this was YS' choice by default. She said she was pretty easy, didn't mind anything, but didn't eat sotong or weird stuff like nangka curry etc. Mmm. Ok fish is safe. This is Ikan Assam Pedas. I think. Nice gravy.


PL wanted something with petai. So this is Garang Udang Petai, but no petai! Were we supposed to explicitly say we wanted petai (cos there was a non-petai option)... oops. Not bad also lah.


My choice! I wanted to try the ayam buah keluak! This version didn't disappoint. I like the taste of buah keluak, its kinda smokey, and fragrant and meaty. Very nice. I recommend this.

And then we each chose desserts. YS doesn't take durian! Ooops! PL and I love durian. The desserts here are good! Lots of gula melaka, coconut milk, durian. All make for a rich and satisfying end to our meal.


PL's choice of durian chendol. It was very refreshing! Cold and creamy.


My choice of durian pancakes. Served warm and melting. Yums. I had the durian pengat last time. Also yums.


YS chose a safe sago gula melaka. It was nice too.

I like eating lunch with my girlfriends! This was my turn hosting lunch. YS treated us to dimsum last time and PL wants to take us to eat Okinawan! Stay tuned!