Sunday, October 26, 2008

Ishikawa Japanese Restaurant (26 Oct)

My hubby chanced upon this Japanese restaurant located at Bukit Timah Shopping Centre. After reading up some reviews on hungrygowhere.com, we decided to give it a try as all of its 6 reviews gave very good rating. So, it was lunch after service today.



We ordered 2 noodle sets and 2 ala-carte dishes, and total amount came up to S$49.10 after 10% discount off the ala-carte dishes (DBS credit card). Frankly, we didn’t think it was worth the amount nor were the food as good as they were reviewed. So it was quite a disappointment ;( Have a look below:

Maguro Tataki S$10: 5 slices of tuna with the edges slightly cooked – it was only so-so, not fantastically sweet.



Kaki fry S$10: 6 pcs of fried oyster – over-cooked and hence the oysters were dry and not sweet at all. The batter was a bit too salty for my liking. So far, I find the fried oysters at Tonkichi one of the best ;)

Tori Teriyaki RamenS$12.80 – teriyaki chicken with ramen. The noodle wasn’t ‘springy’ at all, probably over-cooked and the teriyaki chicken wasn’t worth praises either ;p



Ishikawa Special Ramen (I changed it to Udon) – came with 2 grilled prawns with wasabi mayonnaise, and thin pork slices. The prawns were not warm when served. The only saving grace was the thin pork slices and I like it only because they were ‘sweet’ haha!!


When we came home to double check the information on the website (just to be sure it was the right restaurant we went to which the reviewers raved about), we found the recommended dish to be their special maki (something like what Sushi Tei offers eg. Dragon maki).

BTW, the ocha and wet towels are complimentary items. The owner also served us complimentary vege sticks as starters, which otherwise costs S$3 (or S$5, can’t remember).

Anyway, don’t think we will go back again ;(

Friday, October 17, 2008

Starry Starry Stars...

Mediacorp came to campus for filming. Chinese drama to be telecast in Feb 09. Request was made through my office so I had the chance to bring the crew to the location. Other than a group of young calefares, the only actor who came was Shaun Chen - Michelle Chia's BF and soon-to-be hubby next year ;) Very charming man hehee!!!

I forgot to bring camera and so could only take a picture using my mobile haha!! Before the filming started, Shaun did talk to me BUT after we ended our short conversation, I walked away!! Darn!! I realised I could have prolonged our conversation but shy lah and didn't know what to say at that point in time! Darn!!! Needless to say, I missed the chance to take a photo with him too! Arrgggghhh!!! Actually, very paiseh to request also lah... not like I'm still in my teens, so no longer that garang anymore!!

I think I need someone to nudge me. There was once my hubby and I met 刘青云 and his wife (err.. can't recall her name right now but I like her!!) at Far East Plaza. They were asking for directions to a famous chicken rice stall with the Plaza. After we told them and went away, I hesitated very long and it was my hubby who encouraged me to turn back and get signature from them hahaha!!

Anyway, Mediacorp has a few more scenes to do on campus. One coming up next week but I don't know who the artistes will be. This time, I must arm myself with camera! Haha!!