Char & Stewed Kitchen [Media Invite]

It was a pleasant sight to observe that Industrial Canteen is still bustling at night. Let's check out what is cooking there?

Char Stew Kitchen offers food in a unique style, they adopt the traditional use of charcoal cook method to bring out the natural flavours of the food. And the interesting part is that they are not the ones who are watching over the fire but the diners themselves.

Stall of Char & Stewed Kitchen

Enjoy a good gathering session over the open flame, making communal meal more appealing and interactive. Enjoy these Charcoal Hotpot with their popular Herbal soups in earthen clay pots. They have chicken, beef and even pig's stomach soup in their menu. Let's check it out here.

Menu

The hardworking workers were busy doing preparations.

Worker preparing charcoal

At Work

I often hear about Durian in the meal and was wondering what it tastes like. Now that I finally have the chance, I would comment that Durian in the soup actually helps in enhancing the taste and surprisingly, there is no overpowering of durian taste!

Durian Coconut & Chicken Charcoal Hotpot - $38 (Small)

The soup has a good natural sweetness from the chicken bones, carrot, dates and goji berries. Cabbages and a mixture of Chinese herbs had also taken their roles in creating pleasant sweetness in the pot. The D24 durian had added a subtle durian fragrance to our hotpot too!

Durian in the Pot

Are you game to try this bowl of Durian Coconut & Chicken Charcoal soup?

Durian Soup, anyone?

The Herbal Chicken Charcoal Soup was generally filled with Goji Berries, spring onions, a mixture of Chinese herbs (Chinese Barley, chinese yam etc) as well as chicken meat. The soup does taste good too and this style suits me.

Herbal Chicken Charcoal Hotpot - $29 (Small)

Meat in the Herbal Chicken Charcoal Hotpot

Chicken Wing with Herbs

We refilled our pots with their Peppery Chicken & Pig Stomach Broth. It was pretty peppery but addictive. No worries as you can still taste the mixture of herbs that make up the nourishing soup too. If you are also a soup lover, you will not want to miss this out.

Refilling Soup

Let's make the soup more tasty and healthier with the greens! 

Vegetables

Let's put this into the pot!

Vegetables

Pick your favourite skewers from their chiller and get your hands moving! The skewers cost $1 each and there is a minimum order of 15 sticks.

Picked from the Chiller

They are popular for their skewers pricing. Regardless of vegetables or meat, the price remains at $1. The owner stands firm on not marking up their prices.

Skewers over Charcoal

Oil and sauce were given to us to grease and enhance the flavour of the food. Do watch over the fire!

What's Barbequing?

Food cook by Charcoal is generally much tastier. We had a good time here! Looking at the price list, the cost is quite affordable too. However, be prepared to smell smoke when you are there. 

Thank you Lao Niang Agency for the invitation.

Char & Stewed Kitchen
Location: Trivex, 8 Burn Road Singapore 369977

Fuji Japanese Restaurant (Terminal 21)

Our impromptu dinner ended up in Fuji Japanese Restaurant which is about 5 minutes walk away from our hotel.

We were simply spoilt of choices for there are too many eateries around. We decided on Fuji Japanese Restaurant after a few failed attempts to enter other restaurants for the queue was either too long or there were no available seatings. 

Menu of Fuji Japanese Restaurant

The heaty day in Pattaya gave us more reasons to order the fruit frost and here we go, we had the Watermelon, Pineapple and Passion Fruit Frost.

Watermelon, Pineapple and Passion Fruit Frost

The Gindara Set can be served in Teriyaki Sauce or Shioyaki sauce. The set comes with rice, kimchi, miso soup, Gindara with Teriyaki as well as a Beancurd side. It gave me a surprise with kimchi in my meal as I thought we were having Japanese Cuisine. Afterall, it was my first experience where Japanese Restaurant serves kimchi.

Gindara Set - 770 Baht

The Gindara was yummy in its Teriyaki Sauce. The dish was accompanied by pickles as well as greens.

Gindara

My dining pal had the Tempura set that consisted of Ebi, seaweed and other assortments of vegetables. 

It came with a dollop of white radish and tempura dipping sauce.

Tempura Set - 190 Baht

Another one of us had the Tonkatsu set, the taste was ordinary with a thin layer of breaded crispy skin and juicy meat.

Tonkatsu Set - 225 Bahr

Salmon Sashimi was served with 5 slices on a plate. The slices were striking orange in colour and served with lime, wasabi and shredded radish etc.

Salmon Sashimi 三文鱼刺身 - 330 Baht

If you ask me why there are so many salmon dishes, I think my pal had been salmon too much back home. This Alsaka Salmon Roll comes in either 3 / 6 pieces order and each was decorated with a dollop of mayonnaise and fish roe.

Alsaka Salmon Roll - 280 Baht (6 Pcs）

The Aburi Salmon was what I like most out of the 3 salmon dishes order as they tasted more flavourful with the use of sauce and in its hints of charred Aburi taste.

Aburi Salmon Nigiri 烤三文鱼握寿司 - 150 Baht

After having Fuji Japanese Food, I'm kind of missing my kind of Japanese eatery dishes in Singapore.

Rating: 3 / 5

Fuji Japanese Restaurant (Terminal 21)
Location: Pattaya Sai Song Rd, Pattaya City, Bang Lamung District, Chon Buri 20150, Thailand

Ikkiro [Media Invite]

As I pushed the glass doors button and walked into Ikkiro, I immediately felt a change of mood. The environment was comfortable under its lighting with its cosy 4 seasons theme and soothing music running in the background.

Ikkiro

Spring Theme

Theme Winter

Wall

The eatery has designed a pathway from its entrance all the way to its back lending a good stroll with AI Images and decorative items along the way. 

Menu

We enjoyed the chilled tofu which was topped with katsuobushi, green onion and chilli oil.

Hiyayakko Tofu - $7

These eggs were well-seared and topped with yummy Mentaiko sauce.

Tamago Mentaiko Aburi - $9

Let’s head to the hot food. These bite-size deep fried chicken were yummy and if you are having beer, it will be a perfect combination.

Chicken Karaage - $9 (7 Pcs)

The Gyoza skin was thin and tender. Each Gyoza was filled with a mixture of vegetables and chicken.

Gyoza - $9 (6 Pcs)

Enjoy Japanese snacks like their Fried Takoyaki Balls in the sauce.

Fried Takoyaki Balls - $9 (7 Pcs)

The fried Sesame Chicken wings were yummy too.

Grilled Sirloin in cubes was so yummy and paired with a bed of beansprouts.

Beef Cubes - $16

Ikkiro’s Signature Beef Ramen can be served in either Dry or Soup, depending on diners’ preference. The slices of golden coin beef was tender and you can see the beautiful distinctive layers of the meat.  The bowl of ramen comes with spring onions, nori strips and beansprouts. If you are opting for the Beef Ramen Soup version, you get to enjoy the umami taste in the broth!

Signature Beef Ramen (Soup) - $16.90

Signature Beef Ramen (Dry) - $16.90

Ikkiro’s Pork Ramen comes in 2 versions too, Dry or Soup. Each bowl comes with smoked pork jowl, corn, spring onions and nori strips. Enjoy the well-flavoured Tonkotsu Pork Broth if you are ordering the Soup version.

Ikkiro Pork Ramen (Soup) - $15.90 

Ikkiro Pork Ramen (Dry) - $15.90 

If you prefer Rice over Ramen, do check out their Donburi. For the Donburi, there are 4 selections on the Menu according to the 4 Seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter) aligning with Ikkiro’s Theme. Let’s take a look.

Japanese Rice with smoked pork jowl and delicious Onsen egg.

The Summer Don (Chicken) was made up of Savoury minced chicken meat topped with runny onsen egg. Yuma!

While if you prefer Japanese Unagi, go for this Autumn Don. The Nihon Unagi is glazed in rich and savoury sauce, accompanied by onsen egg too.

Ikkiro Spring Don (Pork) - $15.90, Ikkiro Summer Don (Chicken) - $16.90, Ikkiro Autumn Don (Unagi) - $16.90

Into the Winter, the offer the exquisite sirloin beef paired with fragrant black truffle and onsen egg. If you enjoyed the beef cubes, this is not to be missed.

Ikkiro Winter Don - $19.90

If you want to enjoy or unwind in a restful and pleasant environment, do make a reservation with Ikkiro.

Thank you Lao Niang Agency for the invitation.

Ikkiro
Location: The Rise @ Oxley,  71 Oxley Rise, #01-03, Singapore 238698

White House Kopi Sunway Big Box

White House Kopi was one of our stopping points during our visit to Johor. We were there to check out the Sunway Big Box after breakfast and decided to have our tea time there. The environment was relatively new and spacious.

Menu

White House Kopi is represented by a cute little bee icon. They do not serve pork or lard.

White House Kopi 

Toast with peanut butter topped with slices of banana tasted good.

Banana Peanut Toast

While there are only 4 Hot & Cold Desserts available in the menu, we had them all ordered. While we were all sweating profusely, such chilling bowls of desserts were good choices. The bowl of Longan Sea Coconut was served with ice cubes and consisted of white fungus, longan and sea coconut.

Longan Sea Coconut 龙眼海底椰糖水 - RM 6.80

The weather was so hot that the bowl of Cincau Longan Ice was not enough to cool us down. However, it still aid us a little. The sweet dessert was cooling and refreshing.

Cincau Longan Ice 仙草龙眼冰 - RM 6.80 

Gingko nuts with dried longan were not too sweet and good to beat the heat.

Longan Gingko 龙岩白果糖水 - RM 6.80

If you enjoy Peach Raisin, they do have it too with Longan. 

Peach Raisin Longan 桃胶龙眼糖水 - RM6.80

We were still feeling quite hot and thirsty after the bowl of dessert, thus a glass of coffee with Gula Melaka was ordered.

Kopi

While it has a good environment with friendly staff, I believe that we will be back again for their beverages, if not their food.

White House Kopi Sunway Big Box
Location: Sunway Big Box Retail Park, Persiaran Medini 5, Sunway, 79250 Iskandar Puteri, Johor, Malaysia