Shin Nichi Japanese Restaurant @ Fusionopolis

It was a colleague's birthday and it's currently a very busy time at work, so we went somewhere near to celebrate his birthday. He suggested two places and this happened to be one of it.

The last time we came here was in August 2009! It's about a year ago! This place is still surviving.
But it recently appeared in the newspaper (replicated here at CNA's forum) saying this place is still a ghost town. It is! But on the day we ate here, it has a decent crowd. We saw there were offers, but the offers were only valid for dinner and weekends ;-(

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I can't remember who ate what, I did not manage to take photo of everyone's lunch, so here are some selected shots.

The Corn Ramen.

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This looks like spicy chicken ramen.

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The ramen was a set and it came with a dessert, this was some dessicated coconut mochi.

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And it also had sushi as sides as well.

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I had the Beef Set. It was all right. I think I prefer Korean style rather than Japanese style.
I think I have been eating too much Korean recently! haha

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The shared items, we had a cute caterpillar sushi.

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And also a soft shell crab salad. I think the salad's kinda nice!
I like the salad more than the caterpillar above! :-)




Food here OK lah. After reading the newspaper article, maybe we should 'support' them a bit. Maybe when they are less stress about getting customers, food will be even better. 


Shin Nichi Japanese Restaurant @ Fusionopolis
1 Fusionopolis Way
#02-20/21 Symbiosis
Singapore 138632

Tel: 6466 3511

Tingkat Cruise on the Singapore River

This was on Friday, 23 July, about two week ago. It was when the Singapore Food Festival was still on-going. I joined an online contest and won a pair of tickets to have the "Tingkat Cruise". The contest was organized by my mobile phone telco. If you are wondering which one, it's the green one.

Talking about cruises, I wonder how many locals take the Singapore River Cruises! We only take river cruises overseas! I have not taken the hippo or other touristy rides as well! Have you?

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Taking the cruise at night was a good idea! It's cool and you get to admire all the lights from Marina Bay Sands and the Marina Bay Financial District. You can say it's really dazzling!

Can you see the "tingkat" inside the bumboat?

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If you are wondering what is a "tingkat", it is a tiffin carrier. Here is a close up of it.
They even got us those with flowery designs!

The ones we have at home are stainless steel ones. When we were younger, I remember when we used them a lot! We used to be so green last time! Sadly everyone uses disposable plastic nowadays. (Why? It's because friends and relatives do not return your expensive tupperware or tiffin carriers! Right?!)

Oh by the way, there are now vacuum pot equivalent nowadays! It keeps your food warm / cold for a long time!

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Curious to find out what food we had?

For the top layer was "Chai Tow Kueh" (Carrot Cake) and Hae Mee (Prawn Noodles).
We the gluttons thought it was a little small in portion, but we were told it was the best around.
(Probably from the stalls that was serving food on Reed Bridge.)

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On the second layer, we had mini chicken rice balls! and 2 slices of chicken! Oh, these cute little things! The smallest chicken rice balls we ever seen! So easy to eat!

The other foil had "Soon Kueh" (Soon is chinese for bamboo. Kueh is cake, but nowadays most people use turnip instead of bamboo shoots for this snack). My Soon Kueh was packed with filling!

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For the third and bottom layer, there's a container with Tofu Skin and Barley sweet dessert.
Sorry, not my kind of dessert.

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A very interesting ride! It was not easy taking photos on a moving bumboat!

It was a comfortable ride. Gently swaying and floating around. We boarded the ride at Merlion Park and we went to Boat Quay, Clarke Quay then to Marina Bay and back to Merlion Park.

In the photo below, you can see the boat man and the guide (hidden behind the boatman).
The guide can really really talk! He talked non stop for the whole duration of the 45 minute ride. You can actually learn a lot about both olden and present day Singapore from him!

Thanks for picking me, oh my green 'star' telco!

Jumbo @ Dempsey

We came to Jumbo for dinner because our aunt who is a Jumbo Rewards card member was tempted by their Bamboo Clams offer. I think it was some half price offer. Sounds good eh? The Jumbo that's not far away in the east would be the branch at Dempsey Hill.

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Dinner started with the Crispy Baby Squid.  Baby squid always taste so good doesn't it?
We all love the crunchiness when you bite it, and the sauce overs it makes it taste even more delicious. Lovely with freshly cooked fluffy fragrant rice.

(yes, it's sinful and high in calories)

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If Crispy Baby Squid is too sinful, this next dish is for those who are determined not to fall into temptation.

This was their homemade seaweed tofu topped with enoki and shimeji mushrooms. I think there were shitake slices in it as well. I like the outer crispy layer that wraps the soft silken tofu inside.

Another dish that makes you eat lots of rice. Lovely gravy for the rice!

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Aha! The reason we were here, to have the XL sized Bamboo Clams. Bamboo Clams always go well with loads of garlic! Each of us had one and we absolutely adore it.

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We also had black pepper sliced beef. The beef was so thinly sliced and grilled, they taste wonderful, so tender! The black pepper sauce came in a separate sauce bowl. It taste nice without the sauce!

But if you want some black pepper heat, dip the beef into it. I love the black pepper sauce.

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The final main dish was the steamed cod fish. Don't you love the flaky flesh of cod fish?
Put them in your mouth and it melts and disintegrates.




As usual, we will share a few desserts here and then we are off to have more desserts at the ice cream shop opposite. (you know which ice cream chain right? hehe)


This place is usually crowded, so if you are coming, make a reservation.


Jumbo Seafood @ Dempsey
11 Dempsey Road
#01-46
Singapore 249673

Tel: 6479 3435
Web: www.jumboseafood.com.sg