Showing posts with label Truffle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Truffle. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Hazelnut mousse and chocolate truffle cake @ Sweet lodge

Previously this dessert house used to be Fat Mama's Dessert, but Chinese desserts were not my cup of tea so I never went in.
To be honest, FMD looked really gloomy from the outside.

Anyway, this new Sweet Lodge fares slightly better, however its menu design gave me the impression it only served Chinese desserts until I looked at it closely.

The newly decorated dessert house was brighter than the previous shop and more appealing, it had lilac benches, similar to "Ng doy tung tong" but not as purple because they had white tables as well.
The menu could have been more modern to match the decor.
It would have been helpful if it had English as well.
If you can't read English, you can simply look at the fridge.
Went at an awkard timing because the staff were having their meal, so it was an awkard timing to order.

For the western desserts, they had chocolate truffle cake, chocolate mousse, hazelnut mousse, creme brulee and various milk puddings in glass jars just like Milk top. They also had this pear thing, but I couldnt read the Chinese, so I am guessing it is supposed to be a pear tart.

I ordered the chocolate truffle cake, chocolate mousse and hazelnut mousse.
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Chocolate Truffle cake:
The chinese name for it was "ju gu lik chung low" and the English was chocolate truffle.
When I tried it, it was velvety hard and like the western chocolate truffle texture.
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Chocolate mousse:
This was quite nice and not too sweet, also velvety smooth.
I would have preferred it without the crispy flakes.
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Hazelnut mousse:
Not many places serve hazelnut mousse, so tried it as well.
Again I would have preferred it without the crispy flakes.
It would have been nice if it was topped with real crushed hazelnuts or if the mousse had pieces of hazelnuts in it.
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Overall, the desserts were Ok, and it was impressive the dessert chef was wearing formal clothing.
This new dessert shop has definately brightened Thompson Road along with Gem Restaurant opposite.

Black truffle ramen @ Yukitei

Since my last visit, there has been an improvement which was quite foreseeable.
The dining area used to be in an open area.
In the winter it would be OK, but in the summer it is quite unbearable.

As well as the open area outside, you can now dine inside where it used to be part of the kitchen.

I got the Ramen with black truffle, a new item on the menu.

Usually I prefer my noodles al-dente, but these are not the same noodles as Butao/Ippudo/HideChan.
I chose the noodles to be served softer.
For these type of noodles, I like them soft so that the soup sticks on the noodles and I can taste the soup and noodles at the same time.

When the noodles came, you could see grounded truffle and truffle oil on top of the noodles.
I put some truffle on the egg and it tasted really nice.
As well as the truffle, there were grilled Japanese mushrooms.
It was good the mushrooms were grilled because it brought out the nice mushroom aroma.
Overall I felt there was a major improvement since my last visit.
The noodles here are similar to the noodles at 魔麵 and Daruma in terms of the thick soup base and the type of noodles.
Daruma Ramen House's soup base is not as slimey and gelatinous as Yukitei. The soup here is much the same as 魔麵.
Since my last visit, there has been an improvement which was quite foreseeable.
The dining area used to be in an open area.
In the winter it would be OK, but in the summer it is quite unbearable.

As well as the open area outside, you can now dine inside where it used to be part of the kitchen.

I got the Ramen with black truffle, a new item on the menu.

Usually I prefer my noodles al-dente, but these are not the same noodles as Butao/Ippudo/HideChan.
I chose the noodles to be served softer.
For these type of noodles, I like them soft so that the soup sticks on the noodles and I can taste the soup and noodles at the same time.

When the noodles came, you could see grounded truffle and truffle oil on top of the noodles.
I put some truffle on the egg and it tasted really nice.
As well as the truffle, there were grilled Japanese mushrooms.
It was good the mushrooms were grilled because it brought out the nice mushroom aroma.
Overall I felt there was a major improvement since my last visit.
The noodles here are similar to the noodles at 魔麵 and Daruma in terms of the thick soup base and the type of noodles.
Daruma Ramen House's soup base is not as slimey and gelatinous as Yukitei. The soup here is much the same as 魔麵.
Review at 魔麵
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2177071
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Price: $78
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
MSG levels: Slight
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Food choices for Pizza Hut delivery has improved!

I hardly ever order Pizza for delivery, especially Pizza Hut because the delivery menu is limited.

This time I was surprised at the choice and it was so good that I ordered more than I intended to because the starters, pastas and desserts were sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo tempting.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Pizza Duetto $127
I ordered the duetto because you can choose two different pizza's, however one of my choices was the supreme which is not supposed to contain pineapples according to the menu.
Pizza duetto
Pizza duetto
 
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Bacon penne with truffle parsley sauce $68
This is a new pasta on the delivery menu, a nice change to spaghetti bolognaise and americana.
The sauce was really nice and strong, and there was chopped up parsley.
I would have liked it if the pasta was softer, but the sauce was nice and cheesy with a strong truffle taste.
Penne with herbs, truffle, bacon sauce
Penne with herbs, truffle, bacon sauce
 
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Russian salad (shrimp and potato) $32
This was a nice salad that would be a choice for expats because it had mayonnaise dressing and not the weird sweet chinese salad dressings.
The elements in the salad were potatoes, lettuce, purple cabbage, prawns and black olives.
Russian salad
Russian salad
 
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Golden Peach bread pudding $30
When I saw this, I was tempted to order two, and it did turn out to be delicious.
however when you take the lid off, it does not look as good as it tastes and it looks slightly different to your usual bread pudding.
The use of peach was much better than raisins.
The peach and custard sauce in the pudding tasted really nice.
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