Joie: Monthiversary dinner

J brought me for a monthiversary dinner @ Joie which is by opened by Dozo. They serve modern vegetarian cuisine with Japanese - European fusion. We selected the 7-course dinner instead of ala-carte so that we can try more dishes @ more cost-effective price. We (or rather he) paid S$68.80++ per pax.

Address

Orchard Central

#12-01

Starter dish

Assorted Platter: Raspberry sphere with biscuit, konjac jelly and seaweed tempura with wasabi mayo

Side dish

Matsutake Cake: Steamed Japanese mushroom, golden enoki and creme pattisiere, pistachio crumbs

Gratinated Champignon with Mozarella: Button mushroom gratin served with potato puree, focacia and endive. 

Cold dish
Zucchini Tower: Zucchini with cream cheese, truffle mayo with a pastry stick with a beetroot sphere on the side

Sashimi with Quail Egg: Vegetarian sashimi made from aloe vera, konjac, coconut and pear

Soup
Infusion of Truffle & Cepes

Snow Pear & Napa Cabbage Consumme

Main dish
Grill Bai-ling Steak on Pu-Ye Hot Stone: Bai ling mushroom served with mash

Truffle Risotto: Risotto served with edamamme with cream and parmesan

Dessert
Truffle Creme Brulee

Warm Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream

Drink
Ice Fruity Refresher

Ice Mallow Apple Melody

And yay we received an anniversary cake haha..

Here's our review:

• The food was very satisfying! Tasted great despite not having any meat in it!
• Super huge portion! We were so full after the soup haha
• Service was superb
• Ambience: very nice for a special occassion
• Highly recommended! :D

PetiteFreckles ♥

Celebrated My 28th Birthday @ Sufood

This year, I celebrated my birthday the vegetarian way :D

In the past year, my dad have been enthusiastically searching for vegetarian food to try. 

So I'm not surprise when Dad made reservation at Sufood, which serves Italian inspired-vegetarian set meals.

Address:
252 North Bridge Road
Raffles City
#02-19
Singapore 179103

Initially I thought it was going to be only the 4 of us but apparently my parents did invite J along and they wanted to surprise me haha my silly parents. So he came after his work and boy was I super happy! :D

 

Since mum and sis aren't big eaters, we decided to order 4 sets to share. Each set costs S$25++ per person for a 8-course meal! Super affordable right!

 

 Course 1 & 2: Sufood Appetizer and Vinegar Drink

The appetizer consists of japanese yuca root drizzled with blueberry sauce, some green onion thingy (not that sure) and a cherry tomato encased in jelly. 

 

Have a drink of the vinegar drink before starting on the next course- palate cleanser.

 

Course 3:  Starter

Rosemary breadsticks which comes with a choice of blueberry dip or mustard dip. The bread was very aromatic and I love the mustard dip :)

 

Course 4: Salads

We selected the following to try:

* Tropical Fruit Salad which came with strawberry yogurt sauce

* Summer Salad (veggie sticks with fruits) served with thousand island sauce and sesame dressing
* Mushroom Salad with vinegar dressing
* Classic Garden Salad with sesame dressing

 

 

Course 5: Soups

Clockwise direction:

* Cream of Pumpkin

* Mushroom and Pea Pottage

* Root Soup

* Cabbage and Sweet Potato Soup

 

All the soups were very flavourful, really tasted as though it was cooked with chicken or pork, very amazedddd with their culinary skills!

 

Course 6: Mains

* Macaroni Alfredo Casserole:

Baked macaroni with broccoli, tomatoes and mushrooms with alfredo sauce and parmesan cheese! A comfort food suitable for rainy seasons!

* Wild Mushroom Charcoal Tagliatelle:

My favourite mains of all! The king oyster mushroom tasted so good, resembling the texture of squid. Together with the chewy fragrant charcoal tagliatelle, O-M-G. That's what I call a matchmake in heaven ♥♥♥

* Homemade Vegetable Calazone:

Mushrooms, artichoke and broccoli cooked in pesto sauced encased in a thin crispy layer of pizza dough. Yums!!

* Star Pizza:

Toppings include oyster mushrooms (the texture was very similar to that of chicken!), cream cheese and seaweeds. Drizzled with mustard sauce.

We were super bloated by the end of the main couse hahaha.

 

Course 7 & 8: Desserts and Drinks

For Dessert we chose:

* Osmathus flower jelly

* Sesame panna cotta

* Vanilla ice cream with hot chocolate

* Banana cheesecake

 

And drinks we chose:

* The ashitaba

* Passion fruit calamansi tea

* Hot mint herbal tea

* Very berry

When I thought dinner was over, the restaurant staff surprised me with a complimentary banana cheesecake and a cute and funny birthday song! And..... J also surprised me with a cheesecake from Cedele in one of my favourite flavour- salted caramel! Super yums!

My tummy was so huge after dinner hahaha. Despite the cold rainy day, I felt super warm and fuzzy inside because I know I have such loving family and a future-husband. XOXO!

Photos credit: Sis

Review

• Food was truly awesome, you wouldn't even know that it's vegetarian. Will definitely be back for more. Have introduced a few friends to try :D
• Value-for money
• Generous food portion
• Prompt service
• Cheerful ambience

PetiteFreckles ♥

Happy Birthday, Mummy!

Brought the whole family out for dinner to celebrate Mummy's birthday. Dad felt like having vegetarian so we decided to try Classic Lao Di Fang Vegetarian Restaurant, located in Park Mall.

Address

Classic Lao Di Fang Vegetarian Restaurant

9 Penang Road #B1-12, Park Mall, Singapore 238459

You have a choice of buffet or ala-carte style, we decided on ala-carte as we weren't that hungry:

• Special mushroom soup  (S$13.80)
• Mango prawn roll            (S$16.80)
• French Bean                    (S$9.80)
• Stir fried sambal fish       (S$18.80)
• Chrysanthemum tea x 4   (S$8)
• Rice x 4                            (S$6)

Total: S$81.85 after service charge (No GST)

Verdict: 

• Soup was good and filled with lots of mushrooms and had a nice herbal taste to it
• The sambal fish was awesome, the sambal was aromatic, adequate spiciness and the texture of the "fish" was convincingly real, a MUST-TRY! But you have to eat it while it's hot or else it won't be that shiok
• You can't go wrong with french beans
• As for the mango-prawn, texture was very prawn-like, A pretty decent dish :) 
• Chrysanthemum tea was super diluted and expensive, should have ordered the organic juice instead
• Overall the portion is just right for 4 pax 
• Service was prompt and the restaurant was really clean 

PetiteFreckles ♥

Meet the In-laws Session!!

*nervous* Finally the day for both our parents to meet has arrived. After sourcing high and low for a venue, we settled for Whole Earth as my parents happened to be Vegetarian for that day and we wanted a informal yet cozy place to dine.

 

Whole Earth is one of the more well-known vegetarian restaurants in Singapore, they serve modern Peranakan-Thai vegetarian cuisine and they are located at:

76 Peck Seah St

Singapore 079331

Tanjong Pagar MRT exit A

Tel No: 63233308

Daily Opening Hours: 11.30am to 3pm and 5.30pm to 9.30pm

 

You can check out www.wholeearth.com.sg for their extensive menu. As they are highly popular, it is advisable to make a reservation before heading down.

There were 7 of us and we ordered:

1 Cold yuzu orange (S$4.50 each)

6 Lemongrass drink (S$5.50 each)

6 Brown / white rices (S$2 each)

Medium steam jade wrap (S$19)

Thai mango tamarind fish (S$18)

5 spice nhor hiang roll (S$12)

Oatmeal tofu with curry leaves (S$15)

Penang rendang (S$19)

 

Total bill: S$149.85 after Svc charge & GST

 

The oatmeal tofu with curry leaves and penang rendang are two of their Top 12 dishes. We felt that the price was slightly expensive especially $2 for white rice, but we were highly satisfied with the food quality that we swear that we will be back for more especially the penang rendang, super yums! :D The tamarind fish wasn't my cup of tea as it was really sour in my opinion, my tolerance for sour food is really low so I won't be a good judge for that dish but the family said it was nice haha.  

 

The restaurant was bustling with people and the staff were very polite and efficient :) recommended for any gathering. Except for meet the in-laws session hahaha, because they only had long tables so it was a little tough to talk and hear the conversation at the other end. J and I weren't able to hear what my parents request for, for the guo da li items and pin jin (dowry) and was worried if his parents are ok with the requests and all. But we could see them laughing and chatting so we assumed all was fine and focus on our food haha.

 

At the end of the lunch meet, my parents actually told me that they did not request any pin jin and table money from J or his parents but 四点金 (si dian jin) is a must because we are Teochew and about 10 boxes of cakes for our relatives. Hiphip hurray to my parents for loving us and understanding that couples nowadays need the angbao money received from guests to offset the banquet costs :) I'm feeling truly blessed. And I'm glad our parents seem to have gotten on fine :)

 

Credits: Photos taken and edited by Sis

 

PetiteFreckles ♥