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BATTER FLUFFY FLAPS

Venue: 89 East Coast Road #01-01 S(428790)

Contact:  6440 7071
Website: http://www.batterfluffyflaps.com/

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Oh well, another super outdated entry. But hey, what's new, right?=p

I went Long Beach @ East Coast  last year with my family, coz my dad wanted to give us a treat.

Come to think of it, I have never spent money myself at Long Beach. My first time at Long Beach was also a treat from a colleague but we went to the branch at Dempsey. Woo hoo, I <3 Long Beach! * Super bias comment*

When I go East Coast park for blading, cycling etc. I will usually past by Beach Road Prawn Mee shop, which appears to be closed all the time. Seriously, are they ever open for business?

One fine day on a weekend afternoon, we decided to make a special trip down to the shop. I dun believe it can "escape" from me! I must eat the prawn mee by hook or by crook!

Hohohoho... *evil laughter*

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Indeed, the shop was packed with customers. It was a big contrast compared to another Prawn Mee along the same stretch. I thought it's kinda silly to direct compete with someone apparently very famous liao. *Shrugged*

Ok, back to Beach Road Prawn Mee! It has a few varieties such as plain prawn mee, prawn with pork ribs mee etc. Price starting from $4.50 onwards. There is also a 五香 stall, probably under the same management. I dint tried that, but I suppose it should be pretty good since there were many who ordered the 五香.

I was surfing for makan place and chanced upon Black Earth, and off we went to check out this new kid at Joo Chiat road. =)

This was recommended in one of the chinese TV food show quite sometime ago. Well, I'm never a claypot fan ( probably because I never have a chance to taste one fantastic one) , so there isnt any motivation to drive all the way to ECP just for it. Then again, I always keep it in mind in case I run out of idea of where to dine...Keke

So after a long long time,  I finally made a visit to Claypot Fun.

The minute I walked in, it was as if I was transported back to the past, in the 60s, 70s... The place is really  retro, ranging from the wall pictures, furniture and the utensils used.  Kinda cool hor?

Before looking at the food, how about a "tour" around the resturant?

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Anyway, I'm into Korean food recently! ^__^

Loves their BBQ saba fish, the stone rice, rice cakes etc!! Haha, but one thing I really cannot tahan => Kimchi!!

Ya I know, Kimchi is sort of Korea national food, you can practically find it in all meals, breakfast, lunch & dinner, you name it. Too bad, it's not my liking, why would anyone adore spicy, sour, preserved vege?? * Blurred & Confused *

Browsed through HGW and found this shop. It was near my house ( Upper Thomson Road, changed location, please refer to address below), cheap ( avg $10 per pax with no GST & service charge), good reviews ( all the 6 reviewers in HGW gave "Definitely return to this shop" and also there was a 20% discount with OCBC credit card ( with minimum $50), which I had. And so it was a 100% match lor! Keke

The moment we stepped into the shop, a very "strong" smell welcome us. Hmm.. but you will soon get used to it.. Hahahaha. Put the distinct smell aside, the staff are friendly and the shop is clean and spacious. We were all set to order our food!

Complimentary Indian Chips

I dunno what was the actual term, but the "chips" were usually served with Briyani lor. Free one, dun ask so much! =p

Sweet Lassi

This was recommended by the staff. It was actually yogurt drink. You can choose from a range of plain, sweet, mango and salted ( ?? cant imagine what's the taste like??). I ordered the sweet lassi, as it seemed to be the safest drink of all. But then, I still find the yogurt too strong for my liking, so I guess I shall give it a miss the next visit bah!

Cheese Nann

Butter Nann

Palak Paneer

Cottage Cheese Cooked In Boiled Spinach

This came in a surprise, which eventually turned out to be a pleasant one (heng ah!!). We wanted to have some vege to go with the fish & chicken, instead we were served this greenish unfriendly looking paste. To be frank, this was really not a pretty sight and definitely dun look appetizing at all. As usual, my bf was waiting for me to be the food-tester (Sobzz). Well, it dint taste as bad as its looks, and there were also tofu cubes inside the paste. In fact, I ended up eating the nann with this greenish paste.

Curry Fish

This was slightly spicy, but was still bearable. The fish was tender and there was a lot of vege ( lady fingers, tomato, chilli and other spices) which I dun eat lah. Keke

Malai Kebab

Boneless Chicken Pieces Baked With Cream & Cheese In Tandoor

Even though the chicken was roasted, it was not dried and hard, which was good. However, you might start to feel bored after one or two pieces, coz there was no gravy to go with the chicken. Of coz, you can dip it with the other dishes that you have ordered, for my case, I dipped the chicken in the curry and the spinach paste lor.

Tirumisu

Dessert was not in the menu so you got to ask the staff what they got. Erm, the staff told me they had " Tirumisu, XXXXXX, Chocolate Cake". Really! I never bluff you. That was really what I heard!! =(

I could not catch what was the staff trying to say except for tirumisu and chocolate cake and I was paiseh to ask her to repeat in english. So I appeal to you people who have been to this shop, please let me know what other desserts they have. Keke

How much for all these??? Just slightly less than $30. Well, if not for the tirumisu, it will be just $10 for each pax. I forgot to ask the staff how much was the tirumisu before I ordered and it turned out to be the most expensive item! Arghhh.. Overall, it was a good meal and I definitely be back again ^_^

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Herbs & Spices
Venue: 1 Lorong J Telok Kurau Stall No 4 Orchard School Campus Cafe + Canteen
Opening Hours:  Mon–Fri: 11am – 3pm, 6pm – 11pm
Sat–Sun–PH: 11am – 11pm
(Closed on Wed)

Happened to past by this ice cream shop when I was actually going to another dessert => Cheesecake Cafe the other day. Decided to go back again when few days later it was featured in Today. Since FATE had decided to bring us together... so there I went lor! Keke ( Wah Kao! You are thinking rite? Aiya..it's just another excuse for sweet stuff mah!)

The shop is not quite apparent unless you really look out for it while driving along East Coast Road. There is no distinctive landmark there, but it's beside some terrace houses... hehe.. Not much help huh? Aiya, East Coast Road is just a straight road, drive straight lor.. cant find, then U-turn, then drive straight again lor... keke

Anyway, the shop was quite empty when we reached there. And not long later, the crowd just kept flowing in... Trust Me. I somehow will "attract" crowd to shop. So calling food shop owners out there! Invite me for free meal!!!!

My order: Watermelon icecream with corn flakes

This was quite good. Refreshing taste compared to the normal creamy kind and it was not that wickedly sweet. And the corn flakes made it even better! So my advice, choose mix-in that will give a crunchy texture to the ice-cream. Definitely taste better!

JW's order: Nutella icecream with Mashmallow

This will be those creamy ice-cream. Chocolately with bits of Nutella lump within the ice-cream. But the mashmallow dun blend with the ice-cream that well. Mashmallow was mashmallow. Ice-cream was ice-cream. The combination just dun gave you a complete picture.

Actually after the visit, an idea just popped up in my head. The innovative part is the mix-in. So prolly I can grab maybe a XXX brand ice-cream from the supermarket and mix in corn flakes ( and I can really pour in lotza lotza).. and TA TA!! Coz $3.80 for such a tiny cup is really not very affordable for someone who earns peanuts and eat peanuts.. =p

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ICECREAM CHEF