The Donut Cafe @ Victor Harbor

The Donut Cafe

Granite Island Road

Victor Harbor

The Flying Fish @ Port Elliot, South Australia

The Flying Fish

1 Foreshore Horseshoe Bay

Port Elliot

South Australia

Open daily

https://www.flyingfishcafe.com.au/

Asian Vermicelli Salad - A$14

Crumbed Flathead - A$8 / piece

Seafood Selection - A$18

Air @ Dempsey

Air CCCC ( Circular Campus & Cooking Club)

25B Dempsey Road

S249918

Note

- old site of Civil Service Club

- 60 day advance reservation 

- currently almost fully booked till end of June

- 2 floors of dining, with bigger groups in 2F, which also houses fermentation room and cooking studio

- dessert only possible in outdoor steps seating

- ala carte & S$98/pax chef menu available

- chef menu comprises of 3 starters, 2 mains, 1 rice & 2 sweets, which was more than sufficient for 2 of us

- s$4 for free flow carafe of sparkling water

- 5.30pm reservation on Saturday made 2 weeks in advance & finished dinner at 7.45pm

S$98 / pax chef menu

- 3 starters, 2 mains (chicken & sea bass), rice & 2 sweets

Outdoor step seats for dessert

Chef's face on knife?

Fermented scraps (roots, skin, husks, etc)

Starter 1 - Fermented Cassava Bread

- whipped mushroom XO butter

Starter 2 - Red snapper cerviche

- green mango, Kaffir lime, spiced emping crisps

Spiced emping crisps for Starter 2

Starter 3- Crispy Mushroom

- Sarawak black pepper emulsion, pickled chillies, garden herb spices

Mains 1- 1/2 Kampong Chicken

- grilled snake beans, lemongrass, kenari but tonkotsu, andaliman pepper

Mains 2 - Sweet & Sour Sea Bass

- eggplant, galangal hollandaise

Activator 1 - Steamed Heirloom Rice

- roasted Koji vinegar

Sweets 1 - Mango / Yoghurt Gelato

- caramelized whey, crispy rice & cashew crumble

Sweets 2- Re-Incarnated "Chocolate" Sorbet

- miso caramel, burnt Sichuan pepper meringue

Air @ Dempsey (Menu)

AIR = Awareness, Impact, Responsibility

- farm to table restaurant + cooking school + research lab

- collaboration with Ronald Akili, founder of Potato Head

"Burn" at the bar, R&D for new cocktails

Left - Chef Will (2021 The World's Best Pastry Chef & opened Room4Dessert, Bali in 2006)

Right - Chef Matthew, chef of Amas (now-defunct Copenhagen)

Either one will be at Air and Chef Will was in the house when we visited

JB via KTM train

1) BOOK train ticket

https://shuttleonline.ktmb.com.my/Home/Shuttle

Booked on 27 March 2024 using credit card for:

- SG to JB - RM 17.85 / S$5.265 per pax

22 Apr 2024, 9.45am

- JB to SG - RM 17.85 / S$5.265 per pax

22 Apr 2024, 8.15pm

SG to JB

2) TOOK MRT & bus to Woodlands train station

- @ Marsiling MRT station, take exit C

- cross bridge to bus stop opposite exit C

- take bus 856 from bus stop 46529 to bus stop 46069 ( 3 stops)

- alight 3 stops later at Woodlands Train Station

Opposit Masiling MRT, Exit C - Bus stop 46529

Woodlands Train Station - Bus stop 46069

3) WALK along sheltered walkway to Woodlands Train Station

4) GO UP a flight of stairs to entrance of train station which opens 30 mins before train departure time

5) SCAN passport as proof of ticket (print out ticket just in case passport does not work)

6) CLEAR SG immigration

- auto gate done in less than 5 min

7) CLEAR MY immigration

- manual clearance

- announcement not to talk in hall

- probably took 10 min

8) BOARD train with free seating

- carriage stinks a bit but ok for 5 min train ride

9) ENJOY view across bridge

10) ENTER JB train station

11) WALK across bridge to City Square

- entrance to City Square Mall only opens at 10am

- if arrive before 10am, go down to street level at Jalan Wong Ah Fook

JB to SG 

12) Entrance to train station opens 30 min before departure

13) CLEAR MY immigration

14) BOARD train

15) 5-min train ride

16) CLEAR SG immigration

 

17) TOOK bus to Woodlands MRT 

- same bus stop that we arrived at (bus stop 46069)

- intended to take bus 950 back to Marsiling MRT but app says NA (prob because bus comes from JB so may just have to wait for it)

- took bus 903 to Woodlands MRT instead

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