Banana caramel delight at Passion by Gerald Dubois

This is a great place to have a light treat.



I had the banana caramel delight which was a bit like a banana cake with almonds and crushed pistachios on top.


It was soft and moist with real pieces of bananas in it and not too sweet.

Mushy rice

This is the weirdest spring onion oil I have seen.

 It was plain chicken topped with FRESHLY cut green spring onions.

The rice beneath it was mushy like congee and the sauce that was really looking forward to was tasteless.

Dude, get off ur phone at 台北狀元香滷味

Had to wait bloody ages because the woman who was cooking the food was on the bloody phone.
There was a total mix up with orders!


Basically you choose what you want with rice.
I hate the rice because it was Japanese pearl rice which is hard and heavy.
Finally tried the Taiwanese blood sausage and taro thing and they were was sweet so I didn't like it.
The tofu fared better and the chicken gizzard was not soft enough.

Thanksgiving 2014 Turkey at Blue Butcher

Every year Thanksgiving is getting better because more restaurants are serving turkey.
A few years ago it was really scarce that I had to keep an eye on the calender so I wouldn't miss it.

At Blue Butcher, they are now serving a whole turkey which is enough for 6-8 people priced at $1860 or half a turkey for $930 with homemade stuffing, mash, candied bacon, Brussel sprouts and trimmings.
Dessert is finished with a scrumptious pumpkin pie.

(All turkeys must be ordered 72 hours in advance.)

That night we had Turkey and some of their other dishes so lets start with the Turkey first.

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[b]Green Goddess:[/b]

Started off with this drink which was a concoction of cucumber, dill, Vanilla gum and citrus.
The taste of dill in the drink was surprisingly good and it was such a healthy drink.

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[b]Roast Turkey:[/b]

Now to the star of the show, the turkey was sliced surrounded by the vegetables, stuffing, mash etc.
I tried both the breast and leg which were both incredibly soft and supple but I have to admit the leg was tastier.

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[b]Pumpkin pie:[/b]

The Thanksgiving meal ended with my favourite pumpkin pie which was not too sweet with a strong cinnamon flavour to it.
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Other dishes we had:

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[b]Kurobua BBQ pulled pork sliders:[/b]

These sliders were packed with pickled chili and aged cheddar which had a tangy smokey taste.

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[b]Veal sweetbread nuggets:[/b]

The nuggets came with black truffle emulsion and lemon.

You don't often see sweetbread on the menu so this was a must order item because it is delicious.
They are similar to chicken liver which has a soft mushy yet velvety texture and with the crispy coating they taste a bit like fried pieces of chicken.

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[b]Jarred foie gras and chicken liver:[/b]

The pate was lovely and velvety balanced by the sharpness of the onions.

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[b]Macaroni and cheese with egg:[/b]

This was amazing because the cheese was rich and the addition of the half cooked egg made the macaroni tastier.

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[b]Pig belly and cheek:[/b]

The pig belly was on a bed of lentils and Granny Smith apple slaw.

It was a nice mix of pork, starchy lentils and tangy apple pieces.
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Inconsistent broth

Went here twice because the vermicelli was good but on the second visit the broth was not that good.

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[b]Vermicelli on the first visit:[/b]

The broth was strong with some yellow glistening chicken oil that had strong chicken taste.
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[b]Vermicelli on the second visit::[/b]

On the second visit, the broth was gone and soaked up by the vermicelli and it tasted bland.
The vermicelli comes with toast and egg which is weird but it is a Chinese thing.

As well as the vermicelli, I tried the macaroni cheese with tuna and spinach.
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[b]macaroni cheese with tuna and spinach:[/b]

It was Chinese style so the sauce is basically starchy creamy white gravy with Parmesan cheese sprinkled on top. Overall it tastes quite nice if you treat it as macaroni in cream sauce with canned tuna chunks!!
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[b]Instant noodles with pork chop:[/b]

The instant noodles were too sweet for my liking.
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[b]The bill:[/b] $1xx
[b]Service:[/b] OK
[b]Service charge:[/b] no
[b]Yummy factor:[/b] ok
[b]Napkins provided:[/b] yes
[b]Portion sizes:[/b] Big
[b]Noise levels:[/b] Noisy
[b]Glass of water provided:[/b] yes
[b]English Menu:[/b] Yes
[b]Air Conditioning:[/b] Yes
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Magic mushrooms

I came here especially for these magic mushrooms, they won't send you on a trip but they will sure tantalize your tastebuds.

They are basically buns filled with chopped mushrooms and truffle coated in edible brown powder to look like they were just plucked from the soil.

These buns were delicious with warm mushrooms in the middle covered in fragrant truffle sauce.

Apart from the food, this restaurant was surreal, the menu is like a catalog of pastel bowls and dishes with food.

The presentation is wonderful, food is presented like art and in a Western way.

The bowl with flies on it as part of the design will make the elderly or food inspectors look twice which they probably don't find it amusing, the same as carrying a fake gun into the airport.

Anyway, everything was good but the bill took a while to arrive because I messaged my friend who was also dining there to say bye but I was still there for quite some time.
He later messaged me to say that his bill took ages to come after requesting it too.

Chiuchow cuisine at the Miramar mall

I have always loved Chiuchow style food and there are so many variations.
At Chateh they specialise in Top Notch Chiuchow food that is affordable.

Heres what we tried
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Started off with marinated sliced goose meat, chiu chow marinated beef, Chiu Chow honeycomb beef tripe, marinated sliced cuttlefish:

The beef tripe and cuttlefish were my favourites because I liked the springy texture.
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Salted cabbage and pig's tripe soup:

This had a strong peppery taste to it.

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Stir fried cod with crispy garlic:

This was my favourite because the cod was soft on the inside with a delicious crispy coating.
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Chicken with vegetables and sichuan pepper

The chicken was tasty and not spicy at all even though there is Sichuan pepper.
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stewed roast pork with leafy mustard in pot:

This was a nice vegetable dish because it had a strong leafy taste with a slight bitterness.

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Crab with glutinous rice:

I love rice and the glutinous rice was really tasty.

After adding the sweet vinegar the glutinous rice was even moreish.
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Fried Crispy "E-Fu" Noodle Served with Sugar & Vinegar

I tried the noodles without sugar and vinegar and it tasted nice because there was some chicken stock taste to it.
It was partially crispy and partially soft on the other side but when you picked it up it was not too hard which was good.
After trying sugar and vinegar I felt that vinegar tastes better as it makes it not so greasy.
It tastes better than other restaurants because it is not that oily.
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For desserts we had Osmanthus jelly with almond pudding, almond tea with egg white and sweetened gingko with mashed taro.

Not a fan of Chinese desserts but the taro mash was nice because it was sticky, starchy and not too sweet.

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Anyway I will definitely be back!!