Jiu Xiang Mian Jia

Looking at the signboard of Jiu Xiang Mian Jia, I was quite amazed by the number of dishes pinned on their stall front. Its extensive range ranges from Home Made noodles, Fish Soup and even Satay Bee Hoon, let alone those side dishes like their dumplings.

The Stall

While I expect Satay Bee Hoon to have the usual ingredients, they have a few variations for patrons. The Original Satay Bee Hoon with the standard ingredients like what I ordered, sliced meat satay bee hoon, sliced meat & sliced fish satay Bee Hoon & sliced fish satay Bee hoon.

Satay Bee Hoon - $5

While not all places had pig's liver included in their Satay Bee Hoon, I'm quite surprised to see the ingredients in my plate of food. The amount of peanut sauce is adequate for the plate of Bee Hoon. The nutty fragrance and aroma of the peanut together with the ingredients had made me craving for more.

Revealing of Ingredients

While this may not be as famous as the one in the vicinity, its already above the average and match our tatstebuds.

Rating: 3.25 / 5

Jiu Xiang Mian Jia 
Location: 233 Bukit Batok East Avenue 5 #01-53, Singapore 650233

The Braised House

I have been seeing Braised House all over social media and I'm glad I had finally made a trip down to savour their Braised Meals. Braised House is about a bus stop away from Kovan MRT station and perhaps will take about 8-10mins walk from the station too.

The Signature Braised Chicken was served with chopped chicken wings, Xiao Bai Cai, Shitake Mushrooms and Peanuts. 

The chilli was quite spicy but gave us a fiery kick to our dishes.,

Signature Braised Chicken - $11.50

The Signature Braised Pork bowl was served with uncut Pork Belly, Xiao Bai Cai, Ramen Egg and Mild Spicy Minced Meat. Do not judge the book by its cover, the minced pork was thoroughly braised.

Signature Braised Pork Bowl - $11.50

The pork belly not only looked well braised, it looked fatty, but it simply disintegrated once it popped into the mouth.

Pork Belly

While I cut into the ramen egg, the lava of the egg gradually flows into my bowl of rice. 

Ramen Egg

It's way too obvious that we simply could not get enough of the Pork Belly and thus we bought the Kong Bak Bao. Besides just having the fluffy soft bun sandwiching the "melt in your mouth" braised pork belly meat, it was accompanied by a big lettuce too.

Kong Bak Bao - $3.50

The staff's friendliness was commendable. 

Thanks The Braised House & Scale Micro-Influencers for the invitation.

The Braised House
Location: 1019 Upper Serangoon Rd, #01-01, Singapore 534757

Seorae (JEM)

Everytime as I pass by Seorae (JEM) during the meal time, there is a long queue form outside the restaurant without fail and this had caught my attention. 

Seorae is popular for being a pork rare-cut specialist as they introduce rare and premium pork cuts such as the Pork Skirt Meat aka Galmaegisal to Singapore. They are the largest Korean BBQ Pork Specialist Chain from South Korea with over 300 outlets globally. 

Environment

There is a limit of 90 minutes dining and let's take a look at the menu. 

Menu

The Abundance Feast offers 8 Premium Meat and of course other Signature Korean Galmaegsal for Grill as well as free flow of Banchan.

Abundance Feast

What's your favourite Banchan?

Banchan

The Abundance Feast comprises 2 platters, Prosperity Platter & Golden Platter. The difference is that the Prosperity Platter includes Beef, Pork and Chicken while the Golden Platter does not offer beef.

Abundance Platter

We chose the Propserpity Platter for there are more types of meat. Here's the 8 Premium Meat on a "8" Platter.

Pork
Signature US Pork Skirt Meat (Galmaegisal)

Premium Pork Jowl (Hangjeongsal)

Original Chestnut Pork Belly (Chestnut Pork Samgyeobsal)

Spicy Chestnut Pork Belly  (Spicy Pork Samgyeobsal)

Beef

US Primer Beef Bone-in Short Rib (LA Galbi)

Prime Beef Oyster Blade (Seorae Bulgogi)

Chicken

Garlic Chicken Thigh (Garlic Dakgalbi)

Spicy Chicken Thigh (Spicy Dakgalbi)

Prosperity Platter

Each fully-grown pig only produces 250g of this sirloin-extension, Skirt meat better known as Galmaesial in Korean. Its Juicy and tender.  This rare part was said to be reserved strictly for Korean royalties in olden days.

BBQ Starts

Seorae had marinated and massaged the Pork skirt meat for 30 minutes using their authentic Korean spices. No doubt that they are juicy, it's of lesser fat.

Signature US Pork Skirt Meat (Galmaegisal)

Adopting the use of Binchotan, generates intense consistency in the heat, ensuring that each piece of meat is grilled to perfection, allowing patrons to achieve a better texture, tenderness and smokiness. Of course enhancing the diners' experience. 

Smokiness

There are 3 compartments at the side of the BBQ stove,  with the largest containing grilled egg, followed by in noodles and the smallest with cheese.

Start The Barbecuing

Grilled Egg

Besides dabbing the BBQ meat in the 3 kinds of sauces (Ssamjang, Onion and Gochujang) given, cheese lovers can roll the eat like this on the melted cheese.

Cheese

My friend and I were fighting for the cheese and it got depleted easily as both of us were cheese lovers. For additional refills, it can be topped up at additional charges.

Meat and Cheese

Garlic Chicken Thigh (Garlic Dakgalbi) & Spicy Chicken Thigh (Spicy Dakgalbi)

Chicken

The charred edges had given the juicy meat another level of taste. 

Premium Pork Jowl (Hangjeongsal)

They changed over to a meal plate for Barbecue the pork Belly and the Beef.

Original Chestnut Pork Belly (Chestnut Pork Samgyeobsal) &

Spicy Chestnut Pork Belly  (Spicy Pork Samgyeobsal)

Let's make our own Korean Lettuce Wraps. We took the given fresh lettuce and placed the BBQ meat, preferred items and sauce, wrapped it up and pop into our mouth. The combination of savoury BBQ meat with crunchy lettuce was delicious.

My own kind of Ssambap

Here are the last two pieces of meat to Barbecue. All good things have to come to an end soon.

US Primer Beef Bone-in Short Rib (LA Galbi)

The slice of Prime Beef Oyster Blade was flavourful and yes! yummy! We enjoyed the entire BBQ session without feeling like a walking BBQ when we left as the ventilation system as well as the equipment use to withdraw the smoke was efficient.

Prime Beef Oyster Blade (Seorae Bulgogi)

Washing down the food, we were refreshed by Subak Cocktail. Subak also known as watermelon in Korean is light, fruity and perfect to paired with BBQ Food. The natural sweetness of the watermelon in combination to the mild neutral flavour of the Soju creates a delightful and easy-to-drink cocktail.

Subak Cocktail - $25.90

Food and service by the crew were friendly. Thank you Hema for the great service.

Thank you SGHappens & Seorae for the invitation.

Seorae Korean Charcoal BBQ (Jem)
Location: JEM, 50 Jurong Gateway Rd, #B1-10, Singapore 608549

Flower Chimp's Cake Explosion Gift Box

Surprise your friends or loved ones on a memorable occasion?

Discover the Cake Explosion Gift Box, which gives the recipient a pleasant surprise. It combines the joy of celebration with a delectable treat. 

It allows us to customise the contents, giving a unique and special present and bringing this gift box to your loved ones.

Pretty Gift Box

The "Explosion" Content

To elevate the excitement and the drama of the explosion, you can add various thrilling Add-Ons. These include:

• 4x extra butterflies for a mesmerizing display
• Customized pictures to make it truly personal
• Extra flowers for added charm
• Extra sweets to satisfy every sweet tooth

I had the butterflies that made me go butterflies when I opened the box, enjoying the magical experience with them flying out.

Thrilling Add Ons

Base Product

Enjoy these 3 enticing options for the Base Product Variants. 

• Rainbow Cake
• Chocolate Fudge
• Ferrero

We had the Chocolate Fudge Cake. It was adorned with colourful sprinkles in heart shapes and button form, a pack full of love.

Fudge Cake

The alternate layers of fudge and chocolate sponge cake. The fudge was rich and creamy with airy sponge cake. A true indulgence packed full of sweet thoughts.

Cross Section of the Cake

Ordering the Explosion Box in 4 Simple Steps

Step 1: Selecting Base Product

Step 2: Choose Add Ons

Step 3: Choose Delivery Time

Step 4: Delight & Surprise Your Friends

Thank you Flower Chimp for such a sweet surprise.

Besides the explosion cake, Flower Chimp is also your go-to online florist and gift shop for all of life's important occasions.

They are dedicated to bringing customers the freshest, most beautiful blooms and unique gifts. Besides that, they also offer same-day delivery.

Flower Chimp
Website

Kao Ge Yu

Located in the heart of East Village, Kao Ge Yu is a Chinese Seafood Restaurant that offers an immersive dining experience with signature-flavoured grilled fish, classic snacks, sides and refreshing drinks.

Kao Ge Yu

The restaurant offers a cozy ambiance with cute fish lanterns hanging from the ceiling and if you notice the tiles of the counters were featuring the scales of the fish.

Fish Lanterns

They also have wooden stick games like this for fun. Try your luck and pick the stick.

Sticks Game

The Golden Pumpkin Pie was served in a plate of 5. The exterior of the pie was covered by lots of sesame seeds. While the interior texture was more of a sweet and savoury mochi ball. 

Golden Pumpkin Pie 

We didn't get to taste the pumpkin flavour though. If you enjoy Mochi, you will definitely like this.

Mochi

The Mouth Watering Chicken was generous in portion and was served chilled and tender. The dish was topped with garlic, sesame seeds, peanuts, spring onions and chilli oil. It is appetizing and best for sharing.

Mouth-Watering Chicken 口水鸡

The spicy level was still acceptable for us and yes, tantalizing to our palattes. 

Tender & Mouth Water Chicken

Here comes the starring dish of the meal. 

Grilled fish Pot

For the non-spicy options, we were recommended to have Tomato or Garlic flavour Grilled Fish. We ordered the big Linbo Fish and added items like Luncheon Meat, Instant Noodle, Prawns and Oyster Mushrooms. The set is of quality and the portion suits 2-3 pax.

Linbo Fish (Big)

Although we saw that a lot of garlic had been added, it was not as garlicky as I thought. It had balanced out the sweetness of the fish well as well as the savoury soup base which we enjoyed drenching on our bowl of white rice.

Ingredients in the pot had soaked up the flavours of the broth and were yummy.

Luncheon Meat and Lotus Root

The quality of the prawns was worth mentioning. The size was big, fresh and juicy. 

Prawns & Garlic

These hand-beaten lemon fruit teas close off our meal on a good note. It was refreshingly good for both flavours.

Fresh Orange Fruit Tea 暴打鲜橙柠檬果茶 &
Lemon Passion Fruit Tea 暴打鲜柠檬百香果果茶 - $5.80 Each

Thank you The PR Salon & Kao Ge Yu for the invitation.

Kao Ge Yu
Location: East Village, 430 Upper Changi Rd, #01-69/70/71, Singapore 487048

Tai Seng Fish Soup

 Enjoy this flavouful fish soup that is made from the scratch and served with sliced fish, deep-friedfish or fish head. Like many other fish soup stall, pair it with noodles, rice to complete it as a meal. Being recommended on the Michelin guide, Tai Seng Fish Soup is a third-generation family business with its recipe passed down from their grandmother.

Tai Seng Fish Soup in Jurong Gateway

Savouring down the bowl of fresh sliced Batang fish and topping it up with additional fried egg floss at $1. The soup is clear and flavourful with Tofu, cabbages, and tomato topped with fried shallots.

Slice Fish Soup - $6

The slice of fish 

Sliced Fish Soup

The Fried Fish Soup ingredients were identical to what we had from the bowl of sliced fish soup. Perhaps the only difference is that besides the type of fish, we had also opted for a milky soup base.

Fried Fish Soup - $6

While Tai Seng prides themselves with their quality standard of fish soup, their fried fish is done without additional batter. It was prepared with the simple condiment, example salt, sugar and marinade and fried. It was tasty and the way of preparation the fried dory fish without turning soggy,

Fried Fish

While I almost mistook this fish egg as cauliflowers. The fish egg was topped up to our bowl of fish soup and we were glad that there wasn't any strong fishy taste in it.

Fish Egg

Not forgetting their home recipe Belachan that had given us a fiery kick to our taste buds. Dab your slices of fish onto it and get yourself a try to the spiciness on your tongue. Shiok! 

Potent Chilli

Thank you Tai Seng Fish Soup and Shiokafoodie for the invitation.

Tai Seng Fish Soup
Location: 130 Jurong Gateway Road, #01-211 Singapore 600130