Thursday, August 28, 2008

Little bits of love

Love is all around... an exceptionally yellow omu curry rice (thanks to Catriona's free range hens)!

My craving triggered in an instant, I attempted to recreate another brekkie/lunch favourite. No longer a simple walk down to the hawker centre for a $3 bowl ;P

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stormiii at 10:50 pm

3cups of tea

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Nobu!

Nobu opened to much acclaim last year as another addition to Crown casino's waterfront restaurants and the ever evolving foodie scene in MEL :) To add more fanfare to the event, Robert de Niro also made a special appearance as one of the partners! Endang's birthday certainly warranted a unique celebration so there we were, ready for an amazing Sunday lunch!

Nobu has two levels done up in warm shades of brown. After divesting us of our coats, the staff led us to a table on the ground level which overlooks Southbank.

Emi getting creative!

The bar with ubiquitous bottles of sake :)

A funky looking waitress attended to our table and made the requisite recommendations. Nobu's menu goes from cold to hot (oven/grill) dishes, sushi/sashimi, a special category for it's Japanese-Peruvian dishes and finally dessert. We started with my all time favourite, some very fine tuna tataki with ponzu dressing :D

Baby tiger prawn tempura served with 3 types of dipping sauces, including jalapeno!

A beautiful scallop with mushrooms and asparagus dish in wasabi pepper sauce.

This dish was named squid pasta but it turned out to be very fresh calamari sliced to resemble pasta!

Roasted cauliflower with jalapeno salsa.

Anti-cucho chicken and salmon skewers. Anti-cucho is a Peruvian sauce and the taste is rather similar to Nando's peri peri sauce :P But the salmon skewers were grilled to medium and totally delicious.

This is probably my first time eating wagyu and it truly melted in my mouth!! Wagyu intercostal (the tender meat between the ribs) with pea puree and wasabi salsa.

We cleaned our palate with a chef's selection (omakase) of sushi and sashimi. We almost played a game of Russian roulette to see who would get the choice sushi :) They certainly tasted as beautiful as they looked!

And now for the dessert! The tasting platter had four items including Suntory whisky cappucino and homemade Nobu beer ice cream!

A Japanese trifle consisting of yuzu custard, pione grape jelly, cherry foam and walnut sponge ice cream :)

Chocolate and shiso leaf harumaki (rolls) with fresh passionfruit sauce and coconut sorbet!

My favourite - goma trio. A sesame delight served 3 ways - white, dark and toasted seeds with sake jelly and green tea ice cream :D Even the the presentation demonstrated the ikebana element! Ahh... I'm already plotting my next visit!

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stormiii at 6:42 pm

1cups of tea

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Pink blossoms

Amidst the wintry cold, the pink cherry blossoms herald Spring's arrival :)

stormiii at 6:08 pm

1cups of tea

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Bakwan kepiting!

It's winter soups galore and I've been craving for this, especially the version made by my grandma :) Bakwan kepiting means crab and pork balls in Malay and is a popular Nyonya dish. I followed this recipe loosely but also added taupok (beancurd puffs) and Chinese cabbage for a more complete meal!

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stormiii at 11:32 pm

0cups of tea