Review: Ikeikemaru sushi

We fall in love with toro when Tomi Sushi started having a 50% promo. Otoro is the fattiest of the toros and without promo, each pc costs $15. Chutoro is the second most fatty and costs $10 per pc. So imagine the savings during a promo or in other words, the price tag without a promo!

The Woos introduced us to a conveyer belt sushi at Liang Court. Their otoro is $6.90 / pc and has pretty good vinegared sushi rice. Their aburi sushi is a winner, comparable to 5 star jap restaurants. We always order the aburi otoro and normal chutoro ($5.80 per pc).

There's a Hokkaido promo today so we ordered a platter. At $35 with otoro, it's quite value for money.

Fish fillet recipes

Review: Rakuichi (Dempsey)

It's Sunday but we did not go to church today as we got to go for ching ming. Today's weather is perfect for sleeping in, after so many hot days!

I suddenly had an idea to chuck babe to a indoor playground while we enjoy some peaceful dinner on our own. Since we effectively skipped lunch. So we made her eat her dinner earlier and decided to go to go go bambini so that we can eat at Rakuichi.

This is our second visit here. We were blown away during our first visit, especially by their specialty aburi sushi.

First dish was the japanese tomato which was extremely crisp and sweet, then fugu mirin boshi, my favourite appetitizer to go with sake. Here they serve it on a mini grill, which is a good idea to keep it warm was execution was wrong. As in they failed to put sufficient charcoal to keep it warm. After countless kaiseki meals, I wanted to buy one of these mini grills but never did.

Before I forget, this is the first time I'm seeing a live wasabi plant. Thought it was a decorative plant.

We each had a temaki after. Mine was the salmon skin temaki and his negitoro. I was impressed with the value of this temaki, $6 for so much salmon skin! But I must say that I had more crispy and less oily salmon skin temaki.

The nitsuke kinki fish was extremely delicious. The flesh of the kinki fish was so soft and fatty, it practically fell off the bones. The sweet sauce complemented the fish very well. But for a 500g fish for 2, the price tag is a hefty $88! Not for the faint hearted!

Last dish was the toku sushi platter, which we added a chutoro and requested for aburi of 4 pcs at a charge of $5.

All in, an excellent meal. It may sound little but I was actually very full after for a long while. Guess I'm not that used to eating that much rice at night.

Rakuichi (Dempsey)
10 Dempsey Road
#01-22
Tel: 64742143

Review: Lai Heng Mushroom Minced Pork Noodles

One of our comfort food we will miss if we have been on holiday abroad.

We used to like the dry version, we still do but have since changed to the soup version for healthier reasons. Assuming soup is more healthy, that is. Both versions are absolutely delicious, and this is probably the only stall which we love the soup version.

SK introduced us to this, and from the start we already ordered the $6 bowl. Compared to the $3 bowl, it has abalone and more ingredients. We have also downgraded to $5 since we didn't feel it was much of a difference.

Oh, on weekends, the mee Kia gets sold out really early so we usually take the Beehoon-mee for dry and Beehoon for soup.

See how unique this bak chor mee is to us?

My comfort food

Porridge, fried cabbage and tau you bak!  Best for stay in wet weather days.

Tomato bruschetta

Simple, quick yet satisfying and healthy recipe for tomato relish that can be used for dips, bread / pizza toppings. We like ours ala bruschetta style.

Serves 2

Ingredients:
1 large tomato or about 6-8 cherry tomatoes
Olive oil (about 2 tsp)
Sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Dried parsley / coriander
Few drops of balsamic vinegar

Directions:
1. Dice the tomatoes up to chunky bits. You can use a blender but remember not to overblend.

2. Add olive oil, salt, pepper, dried parsley/ coriander, balsamic vinegar to taste.

3. Serve on well toasted ciabatta or toasted wholemeal bread.

We like to complement it with Spanish Jamon :)