Mustard Seed - Visit 2

Note

- @ Potong Pasir with KL, AC, S

Goodwood Butcher @ Adelaide

Goodwood Quality Meat
121 Goodwood Road
South Australia 5034

Note
- meat was ordered on Thursday morning, collected frozen on Saturday (11am) and flown off on Sunday (9am)
- meat was still frozen after 7 hour flight
- lamb rack @ A$36.kg
- Osso bucco @ A$16/kg
- T-bone steak @ A$30/kg
- Porthouse roast @ A$45/kg

Osso Bucco @ $16/kg (2 pieces of 0.9kg - A$14)

Top to bottom

- T-bone steak @ A$30/kg (0.5kg - A$15)

- lamb rack @ A$36/kg (0.8kg - A$29)

- Porthouse roast @ A$45/kg (1.7kg - A$76)

 - Osso Bucco @ $16/kg (2 pieces of 0.9kg - A$14)

Lao Ong's Bak Chor Mee @ 73 Hillcrest

Lao Ong's Bak Chor Mee
73 Hillcrest Road
Mon-Sat 7am to 2.30pm

Note
- apparently Ang Peng Siong loves the mee sua here and true enough, he was sighted during our visit
- 73 @ Hillcrest is actually a coffee shop that converts to a cafe at night (post to come)
- during the day, besides bak chor mee & mee sua served by the coffee shop stalls, there is also a  chicken soup based ramen stall that is open throughout the day

After meal thoughts
- good but pricey at $4.50 for minced pork noodle and $7.50 for mee sua
- mee sua had the nice homey taste, flavoured with sesame oil and kidney & liver without the gamey smell and the soup was savoured to the last drop
- minced pork noodle was more than competent but the chilli was a little over-powering

Recommendation
- bak chor mee / Minced pork noodle (order with chilli on the side)
- mee sua (only if you are into innards)

Bak Chor Mee / Minced Pork Noodle - $4.50

Mee Sua - $7.50

Ramen stall that opens throughout the day

Firebake @ East Coast [sourdough bread]

Firebake Woodfired Bakehouse & Restaurant

237E East Coast Road

(Corner of Jalan Stangee)

Open 8.30am to 10pm (closed on Monday)

Since - March 2017

Note

- Reservations on Chope

- Non- air condition with wood fire oven for bread baked fresh daily

- 2 mains, 1 dessert, 1 loaf, 750ml sparkling water 

- 2 pax for S$90 but paid $30 after $60 Chope vouchers

- weekday breakfast @ $4.50 ( sourdough bread, 2 eggs, kopi/teh)

After dinner thoughts

- Reasonably priced water, still or sparkling, through Scandinavian purification system and not shipped

- Loaf bread can be part eaten (toasted if preferred) at restaurant & part packed home, with 6 pcs / half loaf

- Tiny mussels came with 2 pieces of Wave sourdough bread, soft from organic white flour

- Seabass was nicely complemented by generous serving of salad & Kailan

- Marinated strawberry, small & cute, carried its natural sweetness, and not overpowered by sugar while sourdough ice cream wasn’t too different from normal ice cream, topped off by what looked like a very thin slice of toasted bread

- 8 variety of sourdough bread with different textures due to flour combinations, e.g. white, wholemeal, rye

Recommendations

- Sourdough bread, of course

- Marinated strawberry, sourdough ice cream, toasted almonds

- Sparkling water :)

Sparkling water 750ml - $1


Field - Rye sourdough bread $9 (half sliced, half take away)


Grilled mediterranean seabass, kailan, lemon caper sauce - $25


Scottish blue mussels, white wine, fresh herbs, sourdough bread - $30


Marinated strawberry, sourdough ice cream, toasted almonds - $13

Brother Bird Bakehouse @ Djitsun Mall ( Bedok)

Brother Bird Bakehouse
Djitsun Mall
Level 1
445 Bedok North Street 1
Singapore 469661

Tel: 9296 4997
FB - Brotherbird Milk & Croissants
IG - brotherbird_milkncroissants

Note:
1) mochi croissants are also available at
[ + ] Stateland Cafe - 30 Bali Lane
[ + ] CT Hub 2 - 114 Lavender Street, #01-05

2) 6 flavours which are updated weekly on FB & IG, with prices ranging from $3 to $5
3) best to call / watsapp the friendly KC (co-founder) to check availability

After-taste thoughts:
- not your usual light, flaky, buttery croissants
- flaky crisp on the outside and chewy on this inside, thus called mochi croissant, which is apparently the first in Singapore
- heavy snack which may appeal to those appreciative of food innovation, being a combination of western pastry and local kueh
- aesthetically appealing with interesting flavors to again cater to western (kinder bueno, key lime cheesecake meringue) and local (matcha, osmanthus oolong, orh nee) taste buds
- kudos to the two young entrepreneurs

Key Lime Meringue - S$4


Cross section of Key Lime Meringue



Kinder Bueno with Almonds - S$5


Cross section of Kinder Bueno with Almonds

Goldhill Hakka Restaurant @ Changi

Goldhill Hakka Restaurant
299A Changi Road
Singapore 419777
Tel: 6842 4283

Hours - 11.30am to 4pm (closed on Monday)

Note:
- only 6 items on the menu
- most tables order the Yong Tau Foo (YTF) and abacus
- YTF comes in small $6 (10 pieces), medium $9 (16 pieces) and large $12 (20 pieces) 

- overheard orders tailored with less bitter gourd and more tofu
- no carbo dish except for abacus
- small place with about 10 tables
- 3 tables occupied when we arrived at about 12pm on Sunday, fast turnover but queue built up when we drove past at 1.15pm
- 2 pax for lunch @ $21 - medium YTF ($9) + small lala ($12)

After-meal thoughts:
- was not a filling meal
- would be happy with my standard hawker YTF at Redhill food centre, in terms of quantity and taste :)

Yong Tau Foo (medium) - $9

Yong Tau Foo (medium) - $9


Lala (small) - $12

Joanna Dong “So Here I Am” concert @ Esplande Concert Hall

Joanna Dong - So here I am CONCERT

董姿彦 - 我是真的 演唱会

30 June 2018

Esplanade Concert Hall

Note

- Held at Esplande Concert Hall with capacity of 3,600 which was probably 90% occupied though it was advertised as sold out

- Concert duration from 7.45pm to 10.30pm

- Advertised as 2 hour concert with no intermission but started at 7.45pm with 1 encore of songs , followed by autograph session for New EP sold at S$30
- Stall seats (D16 & D17) were 4th from the front of stage, right in the middle, though close to stage with good view of  performer, the stage lights placed at the back of the stage facing the audience, shone right into our eyes at times.

- Mainly covers of English & Chinese pop & Jazz songs, competition songs from 中国新歌声， 2 originals (姗姗到访 + 雪下的正好）

- Fnale song was 姗姗到访 by 陈佳明 & Ruth Ling

- Second original was 雪下得正好 by Jeremy Monterio & 梁文福

- Encore song was 恋曲1990, audition song that resulted in her selection by Jay Chou 

https://youtu.be/Z3dVdn7tKCE

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REVIEW from Toggle

https://entertainment.toggle.sg/en/localbuzz/photos/all-that-jazz-and-more-at-joanna-dong-s-singapore-concert-10490268#slideshow-1

Confession: we walked into Joanna Dong’s So Here I Am showcase in the Esplanade Concert Hall on Saturday night (June 30) expecting a simple, straightforward presentation of just jazz tunes, maybe a couple of Sing! China stuff, and nothing much more.

Boy, were we glad to be proven wrong. The two-hour showcase showed hints of its cheeky, unconventional nature right from the start: when the lights dimmed, a voiceover of Joanna engaging in a light-hearted debate over concert rules and etiquette (yes, non-flash photography and videography are allowed, but, “Are you watching the concert or is your phone?”) began playing, tickling concertgoers before the 36-year-old singer even emerged on stage.

More amusing antics followed a while later when Joanna took us all on a trip down memory lane (hers, to be precise), complete with a slideshow of childhood photos and a rack of bright, sparkly clothes - the exact ones she wore when competing in various singing competitions over the years, created by her talented mother.

The concert turned into a mini stand-up comedy routine for a while at this point, especially when Joanna donned a couple of the beaded headpieces (which still looked to be in pristine condition despite being decades old) to demonstrate the rather old-fashioned dances she did back then, with the help of “the tackiest rhythm” the drummer could muster, as per Joanna’s request.

Everybody loved it.

Another out-of-the-usual-concert-box activity that took place was a brief, interactive lesson in jazz improvisation with the audience. Using the classic Chinese nursery rhyme ‘Ke Ren Lai’ (roughly ‘We Have a Visitor’) as the base song, Joanna got the crowd to sing along with her groovy-fied version - vocal runs, high notes and all.

But of course, the main event of the night was still always the music. Joanna’s set-list consisted of not just covers and reinterpretations (some of which were, like her banter throughout the night, sung in both English and Mandarin), but also a few original songs that are found on her new EP, also titled So Here I Am.

One of the tracks, as Joanna was all too happy to #humblebrag about, was composed specially for her by none other than industry giants Jeremy Monteiro and Dr. Liang Wern Fook. “I can call myself a jazz singer now because Jeremy wrote a song for me!” she gushed.

The evening of mostly fun, upbeat songs ended on an even more cheerful high when Joanna re-entered the hall from the back during the encore while singing ‘Love Song 1990’, the track that she performed during the blind auditions of Sing! China. She was even wearing the exact same light blue striped dress as back then, adding to the nostalgic factor.

What better way to show how far she’s come and to pay tribute to the moment that started it all, right?