This post is the continuation of my escapade to Singapore during Christmas. One thing I had to try though was the taste of fine food and what a way to start with Japanese Buffet at Momiji. Lucky places were booked by my cousin that was staying in Singapore and we finally get to go in earlier than those queuing outside waiting for their turn to go and have the all you can eat offer.

As an avid fan of Japanese food, you can wonder what I would start my feast on first. Definitely sashimi.

There are oysters, salmon, prawns, tuna and whatever other sashimi one could find there. This is food haven for me. Of course, not everything was taken raw. I mean, that’s not just what all Japanese food is.

So time to indulge myself into something cooked too. Rather Half Cooked.

Oyster with Cheese, Prawn with Cheese and Xiu Mai (Chinese food???)

Though I have a complaint though. Why is this called a Seafood Steamboat?

All because they have 1 prawn and they call it the seafood steamboat. Pathetic. Nevertheless the soup was amazing.

There is also what we call Hot Plate dish. So off I went to get my Hot Plate (Teppan) Beef.

Photo is a little dark, but you get the point.

Also with the variety of fruits to clear off those toxins. There’s Dragonfruit, Honey Dew, Guava, Grapes, Jackfruit and also white chocolate dip. Savor the moment.

Finally to top it all off, this is the highlight of why eating here during dinner time is the best time. There is…….

SNOW CRAB!!!! The sight of it tells it all. It’s definitely worth coming here to eat.

See it to believe it. Look at Yen having a go at the Snow Crab.

1. Hmmm…. which one should I eat first?
2. Well, Dan which one do you think?
3. I just love the taste of the Snow crab!!
4. Ahhh… I can’t take it anymore, I am gonna have my first bite of it.

See… told ya it’s too hard to resist. Even I can’t stop eating this Snow crab after putting so much on our plate.

Now looky here. The Weird One DanielCtw‘s turn to pose with the Snow crabs before I finally devour all of them. Super greedy. Having 4 legs instead of 2 though.

How to eat the snow crab? All you need is to crack the joints. Then pull out the flesh from the legs and claw and then Voila!!! It’s out. Time for some crab feast.

Of course there are variety of food that I didn’t get to try as my mind was focused more onto the shashimi and the Snow Crab.

\\

Food like the Shishamo Syioyaki also didn’t really get to try. All in all, the food at Momiji Japanese Buffet Restaurant at POMO is one of the best I tried in Singapore.

Definitely a place worth eating.

A feast you will not want to miss it. Unlimited Serving of Snow Crab.

Momiji Details.

1 Selegie Road #03-11
PoMo Singapore
Tel: +65 6338 3122

Opens Daily: 12pm–2pm, 6pm–10pm

If you need more info do visit their website here to know more about Momiji Japanese Restaurant.

Just a week back (Ahhh… yes… the memories of the food) I was invited to had a preview and taste and a special treat from Holiday Villa Hotel & Suites located in Subang, Malaysia. Why? How?? I didn’t know until I found out that whoa…..

This was mentioned on their Facebook page. It says I won a treat by Holiday Villa Hotels & Resorts and is in for a night of great food, good company & simple fun. Here is the close up of the photo. Well, I am sure there are more to come from Holiday Villa on their Facebook page. Of course this food preview was actually a preview of what’s to be offered on the 31st December 2010.

So it was Merryn Tan, Kian Fai and THE WEIRD ONE (ME) who will be dining there and dined did we. Now enough of the talk. Let’s get on with the show, errr… I meant food.

Opps.. this ain’t food. Well, just showing the surroundings around there. Since it’s dinner time, there are lights all around.

So now we have our first food for the night…. TA DAH….

Hey, this is no food. This is merely a decoration with oranges. Not just any mere decoration. It’s made of ICE. Yes, ice that’s slowly melting due to the light shining towards it. Such excellent masterpiece.

Finally I couldn’t take it anymore and I went to have my food after the opening speech by the organizer in charge. The first thing that brought my eyes to was the pastry area. Well, since it’s a poolside dinner and the most visible ones are beside the poolside and beside where I was sitting.

Bread comes in every shape and sizes. Strange enough, I did something else instead of eating it there and then. This was what I did.

Huh? What is this shot? Before this photo, look at the right side. You’ll noticed where this shot actually came about. Yes, so I can’t resist taking weird photos.

Now being a person to start with desserts it’s kind of different. Well, one good thing is that while everyone is queuing up to get the main dish, no one will fight for the queue when you start with dessert. So that’s where I was headed.

Cakes! Yes, and it’s Chocolate too. A favorite of mine. There are so many pastries and cakes out there, it’s extremely difficult to put everything of them in this post.

Now here are somethings to note. Let’s visit the food by their locality.

ASIAN FOOD

Yes, local Asian Cuisine. You have chinese style noodles and other Asian food that day. Seeing Asian food though, there are many varieties.

One of them is an Indian Food variety. If you’re a fan of mamak food and Roti Naan or Tandoori Chicken, you’ll know what this “BIG POT” is. Yes, it’s all natural fire in there and here it is, 2 bread is being cooked on top of it. Authentic food to say the least. Fresh from the open oven.

When one say Asian Food, one cannot forget about JAPANESE FOOD.

Yes, that’s Mr Takashi making the Temaki (Hand Rolled). Te means Hand in Japanese. How to write it. 手 (Kanji) or て(Hiragana) for ‘Te‘. Yes, I was surprised. They brought in a Japanese chef to prepare their Japanese food. That’s the quality you can get from here. Now as a fan of Japanese food, you bet that I took most of the food from the Japanese food section. *Evil laughter*

Next up….

WESTERN FOOD (Sort Of)

In lieu and in the spirit of Christmas and also Thanksgiving (a few days back), we had TURKEY. Ahhh… directly served straight from the whole turkey. What can I say about this? Impressed me a lot, the meat was so tender and cooked based on the expectation I had or rather much better than I expected. Definitely had seconds for this. Though had to keep my stomach for some other food tasting.

I also had Roasted Lamb (BBQ Lamb) and we can see it being prepared directly on top of a fire. Now that’s what I call fresh meat. The person doing the cooking was patient enough with me and even made a few fire to spark off from the fire place to help me take this shot. Verdict : The meat from this was cooked well. I love lamb.

There are other meat that I didn’t get to take photos of like the Beef, Chicken and other cutlery and meat dishes. Those posted are the few notable ones. Of course with so many meat being consumed, I need to have something refreshing and what a good idea then to head on to the dessert table and have a bowl of ice ball (Ice Kacang) with lots of ingredients thrown into it.

Of course, the end result is not that presentable but what’s more important is how tasty it is. Why do I say that? Ice melts, thus I delayed my shot till later and looked what it became.

Still nevertheless, superbly refreshing and cooling and look at the amount of ingredients in it.

Last but not least, let’s have a look at another category.

SEA FOOD

Another favorite of mine, seafood. This time we have clams, prawns, fish, crab and also oyster. Just look at the amount of clams here. Hey wait.. did I say Oysters????? You bet I did.

OYSTERS!!! I still remembered I last had Oysters a year ago and this time I get to eat it again. Though I wished one had a pearl in it so I could actually get RICH something out of it.

Somehow though, I felt that I shouldn’t eat so much if not later I would have problem walking back towards the car (Experienced it before and needed someone to support me yes…. I am a glutton). So this was all I took.

Two Oysters on my plate and that’s all I had. Though now I wished I had more.

Conclusion

Finally after all these food, you must be wondering how much will all this cost actually. Well, a normal buffet dinner would cost about RM70++. Ehh?? RM70++ with Oyster and lots of other varieties. Yes, you read it right.

Of course this whole thing wouldn’t be complete with a photo of the ones who got invited to the dinner. Alas the three of us took a shot and all thanks to Merryn.

Here are their links to this food review.
Kian Fai – Sneak Peak of New Year Eve Carnival (sneaky preview of food)
Merryn – Holiday Villa Subang – New Year Eve Carnival BBQ Dinner 2010 (most food photos)

Aside from that let’s see what would be in store upcoming New Year Eve Carnival BBQ Dinner at the Pool Side. Holiday Villa is definitely going all out to ensure that their guests would splendidly enjoy their dinner.

Here are some of their categories.

The Poetic Salad

• December 19/41
• The Ocean Wave
• From the Wheat Farm
• De La Soupiere
• The Five Asian Wok
• Charcoal Griller
• The Carvery Station
• The Tandoori Clay Oven
• Thai Hot Stuff
• D’Dusun
• Sweet Agent
• The Snow

One thing though, what I had was only 85% of what December 31st 2010 had to offer. I am missing out on some of the other delicacies. Well, of course I might also be going for the New Year Eve dinner. If you would like to go too, why not? It’s only RM111++ per person for the Poolside New Year Eve Carnival BBQ Dinner. Of course if you would like to have more information on this, here is the link to their site.

Holiday Villa Hotel & Suites Subang
9 Jalan SS12/1
47500 Subang Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Tel: (603) 5633 8788
Fax: (603) 5633 7499

Upcoming Preview: The 手巻き

It was around March, where Daniel was one of those going to go for a food gathering with a bunch of bloggers at a location situated near Bandar Utama. This place is none other than Traffic D’light Cafe and invited by Feeq. It’s been quite some time since I did a food review as a previous plan was to open a new food blog with a newly acquired domain but, looks like food are here to stay.

Site note : This post will be picture hungry, so do click the read more if you want to view more photos of food. No compensation would be given for anyone suffering from Food Drooling Symptoms.

There are at least 30 bloggers there, and yes, there are many of them there and eating here and there. From here onwards, prepare for mouth watering dishes. Word of information, there will be pork dishes so it’s gonna be tasty.

Yup, the cafe is on the upper floor above Carrefour Express.

First the starters, 30 bloggers sharing few glasses of Jasmine Tea.

The Jamine Ice Tea is not too sweet, what a thirst quencher. Looks like beer though from this photo.

Next we had a combo of mixture of fruits in a drink. Now can you imagine how these 3 glasses can be tasted by 30 people? Separate glasses? Nope all from the same straw. LOL

My Turn! My Turn!

Moving on to the next starter. A dessert the locals called ABC (Air Batu Campur) or Mix Ice Ball.

Simply a relieve to have a drink of these starters when you’re staying in a hot and humid country.

More drinks to quench your thirsts. As can be seen, it’s really a food review.

The final quencher and a remarkable food of the country, it’s green, it’s icy, it’s the Chendol (cendol).

Finally some food to view.

Kerabu Sotong is basically squid with a tad bit of Mango to put that sour taste on it. A little bit spicy, it’s a Thai delicacy. If you’re into some sweet and sour light snack, the Kerabu Sotong is for you. Though you definitely got to be careful of the spiciness of this.

Next to come up, the Milk Butter Prawn dish. Hmm.. yes they did serve us 3 plates of this, only for the people to finish the prawns and not the rice. Superb and what a grand taste of butter.

Seafood done. What’s next? Chicken!!!!

Yes, one of the main dish, the Marmite Chicken served with rice. Same effect on the rest with rice, the rice didn’t get tasted. Though Daniel here had a time eating a few of the rice. The marmite chicken is practically delicious. The sauce is not too dry and with sesame seed for seasoning.

Of course, chicken dishes won’t be completed without the dish of Chicken Wings. Served with Thai Chilly and fried with their special spices, this is one dish where you can say finger licking good.

Not your average chicken, it knows how to box. Drummets served with the same chilly sauce. The chicken is so tender. Gonna have seconds.

For a group of 30 bloggers, you would think that’s more than enough to feed them. Perhaps, but it doesn’t. Especially when bloggers love and enjoy food, they just go to have more. How do they react? Here’s how.

Hitomi says, “I hungry oh, got more food or not?”

So persistent, the boss wonders how these small size people eat so much.

Boss : Okay Okay!!! Guys I want you all to cook superb dishes. The bloggers are a hungry bunch!

Oh my, I wonder what do we have upcoming next? Especially for someone like me who loves eating.

Ahhhh!! Definitely one of a kind. The gravy with prawn taste makes my mouth watered, The big sized prawns makes it delicious. For a person like me who loves to eat prawn, this is definitely one of my favorite food here.

Finally some PORK dishes.

Supreme Braised Pork, you just got to try it. I would order 2 plates of this.

With people craving for more meat, pork is the next one and yes, it’s pork rib in special sauce known only to the staffs at Traffic D’light Cafe.

More pork rib dishes. Only this time it’s in another sauce and gravy. Cooked with Fermented Beans on Pork Rib.

Another must have. The Black Bean Pork Rib is not only best when served hot, it’s tasty.

After all the meat, it’s time for some light snacks once again. My first sight of it made me think that it is French Fries but I was wrong. The next dish is ….

Salted Egg Pumpkin!!!. What glorious food I’ve tasted here. The cafe is actually newly opened about a few months back. I would definitely come back here again.

Finally it’s time to meet the bloggers. Note : Pictures below are not mine.

I thought there are 30? Yup, a few of them left earlier and as such these are just the few shots I got from other bloggers.

My reviews

I love few of the signature dishes. Food tasted good, with a few tasted superbly unique and rarely found elsewhere. Definitely a go-go.

Now talking about this. Where’s the location of the shop?

MAP:

Location:
Traffic d’light Cafe
1-10, Dataran Pelangi Utama One Avenue,
Jalan Masjid, PJU 6A,
47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

(Above Carrefour Express, 1st Floor)
(Near One-Utama Shopping Centre)

Contact No: 03-7729 3245
Email: dlight@gmail.com
Website: http://trafficdlight.com
Operation Hour: Daily from 11.30am – 12.00am

So anyone here game for another round?

I am now hungry. So hungry I wished i could eat the whole mountain of food. But with limited budget I can only eat this.

Sarawak Laksa Special was what I had for my dinner.. nice or not. Where is it located? It’s just near to where I am staying right now.

Small Talk
Valentine’s Day is just an excuse for Business Owners to earn more $$$$$$. Don’t you think so?

Haven’t been food hunting for awhile ever since I hardly contact the food hunters, so thus it’s time for me to start moving about and start finding some stuffs to eat. So then off I go to Little Vietnam, situated in Mid Valley megamall. Oh? Little Vietnam, I thought there was only Little Taiwan there at first. Now there is an eatery called Little Vietnam.

Most of my gatherings in Mid Valley is usually held at Little Penang. *huh??? Little again???* ( I am starting to think that these three are related, well maybe they are, but what the heck, let’s get back to Little Vietnam) So then, being in Little Vietnam, I was expecting Vietnamese ladies being the waitress there, and somehow they do look authentically Vietnamese. Well, good impression. So off to some Vietnamese cuisine.

When I first step into the restaurant, okay, maybe it’s rare that I go into a Vietname restaurant, I thought I could just imagine the Vietnam feeling. That I thought I was welcomed to Vietnam itself.

A little Over Exaggerated Kind of Feeling

As always, Vietnamese dishes reminds me of Beef, (don’t know why), so I proceeded to get my Vietnamese Beef dish.

Not the best of picture, but it’ll do. Not one to complaint since I was practically hungry when I finally found a place to sit down and have some food. Another 2 ordered something else, and somehow I felt that maybe I need another dish.

The Curry Chicken Rice with some Lemon Grass seems spicy enough. Though maybe not for those who are afraid of the amount of oil on the curry. Weird, how come there’s a curry chicken rice, why even order this? I thought vermicelli is one of the key dishes in a Vietnamese cuisine. Of course it is, just that most of us are too hungry. So that also concludes the last final food.

Of all the dishes, I think I love this the best. Maybe because it’s the most presentable one. Chicken Strips Fried Rice. Not bad of all the rice dish.

Conclusion, if you’re a big eater, you will never have enough if you were to order just one main dish. Due to the size of it. Of course, I could eat 2 Carl’s Junior burger, so maybe I can’t compare to how big is big. For the price, rice dishes cost about RM9.90 till RM18. I might even go back there to try the vermicelli dishes.

If you still can’t find this place, here’s the exact location.

Located on the highest floor of Midvalley (same floor with GSC Midvalley)
3rd floor, just a few walk away from GSC Cinema @ Mid Valley Megamall