Will Travel For Food: Din Tai Fung 鼎泰豐 (Tampines)

23-28 October 10

Din Tai Fung in Tampines Mall which was near my sister's place. Along with my mom and sister, we ate there again before leaving for Manila. I left SG earlier than expected, around 18 hours earlier (new flight schedule was 0010hrs) compared to the flight I originally booked. So I traveled alone, again. What's new? I'm so used to being alone. Haha. My mom followed the next day.







Preparing the XLB's



Basically, we ordered the same dishes as the last time. Like this Spicy Beef La Mien. It was so good not to order it again.


We tried this dish since my sister wanted to eat rice. I'm thinking that this was the pork chop with yang chow rice.



Two kinds of filling in the XLB. I forgot what. haha.




Xiao Long Bao soup-y goodness! :)


Din Tai Fung, i'll visit you in HK!




Din Tai Fung
Tampines Central
5 #02-01/31, Tampines Mall
+65 6787 0998
Mon-Fri: 11am - 10pm
Sat-Sun, PH: 10am - 10pm

Will Travel For Food: Tampines Mall Food Finds

23-28 Oct 10

Food Finds in Tampines Mall



Xiao Bar Wang Taiwanese Street Food Snacks selling my favorite



Spicy Chicken Chop




Each A Cup - just like our local Zagu chain, but way better; more popular than Happy Lemon. There's so much flavored drinks to choose from.



Peach Yogurt Smoothie with Tapioca balls

Will Travel For Food: Din Tai Fung 鼎泰豐 (Wisma Atria)

23 -28 October 2010

Din Tai Fung lunch on our 3rd day in SG. This branch is in Wisma Atria along Orchard Road (Orchard Turn).

Since Crystal Jade opened its doors to the public in October, people have been flocking the place thus reducing our chances to eat their "famous" xiao long bao before leaving for SG.

Having recently tasted Crystal Jade's XLB, it was a big disappointment. Sorry Crystal Jade, you should remove 'Xiao Long Bao' from your restaurant name since you DO NOT DELIVER. (Cyrstal Jade Restaurant Review to follow). You can't match the Xiao Long Bao of Din Tai Fung.

The XLB in DTF is superbly delicious. The skin was soft but not easily ruptured. The soup inside was steaming hot and was adequate for the meat that came with it. The pieces were evenly spaced on the dimsum rack to allow proper distribution of heat within the compartment (unlike in CJ where the dimsum rack is small for 5 pieces).









5 evenly spaced pieces of xia long bao in a dimsum rack



Juicy and piping hot piece Xia Long Bao doused in 70% Black Vinegar and 30% Light Soy Sauce with ginger strips.



Shrimp Dumplings


Spicy Beef La Mien

For the La Mien, the Spicy Beef Noodles was the best spicy beef noodle dish I've ever devoured. The noodles were fresh and the broth was aromatic. There were plenty of succulent tender chunks of beef in the dish, and in addition, they almost melted in my mouth, telling me that it was delicately slow-cooked. I can't explain further, but what I know is that it was heavenly. The price was quite steep, pegged at 10SGD, but it was worth it.



Din Tai Fung Menu



Because it was so good, we ate there for the second time before departing SG :)

Din Tai Fung 鼎泰豐
435 Orchard Road
#02-48/53, Wisma Atria
+65 6732 1383
Mon-Fri: 11am - 10pm
Sat-Sun, PH: 10am - 10pm

At the ridge

02- 03 April

Tagaytay Summer!

Hotel hunting and landed in TEI
Mano's for lunch
Starbucks Summit Ridge & S1 for tambay
Buon Giorno for dinner-- the "OPIUM BED"
Inuman inside and TT time

Bag of Beans for lunch
People's Park
Rowenas




complete! :))



"Sana ako na lang ulit, Popoy"


"Bakit siya pa, bakit?"

hahahahaha! :))

Photoshoot in UPd

24 March

First day of summer! and so decided to go to UPd for a "photoshoot" with fellow camera/photography hobbyists in our Med batch for a photoshoot and then isaw after!


click and zoom for large sized photos
ang daming underexposed/overexposed photos :(

Home Cooking Holiday

31 December 08

Since Noche Buena was all ordered from Conti's, I thought that preparing food for Media Noche is a good start for the year ahead. So we bought common ingredients from the supermarket and the hard-to-find-ones in Santis Delicatessen. Unfortunately, Ricotta cheese for my cannelloni was out of stock, even the deli inside SM Hypermarket doesn't have it, so i opted to use cream cheese :)) haha!


My sister and I prepared 3 dishes for new year's eve dinner! :) Yay for 2009!

1st :

Baked Spinach and Artichoke Dip
Toppped with: Mozzarella and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheeses

2nd:

Beef and Mushroom Cannelloni in 3 Cheeses (Cream, Mozzarella and Parmigiano-Reggiano)
Sauce: Béchamel sauce

3rd:

Cross Sectional View :))


Bacon Wrapped Sirloin Strips (with cream cheese-sour cream mixture), mushrooms, mozzarella cheese and asparagus stalks with "smashed" potato w/ bacon
Sauce : Tomato Basil and Cheese sauce, and Béchamel sauce


Happy new year 2009! :)
Let's begin again.

this christmas

24 Dec 08

is way better than the previous :)

Family Christmas :)

Conti's

Fooood! :) xmas eve dinner
hassle free nochebuena :))---katamaran magluto ba? hahaha! :p

Block Christmas Dinner

22 Dec 08


Block L2 reunion and Med school kamustahan
dinner at Texas Roadhouse, Serendra
inuman at Mint after :)


Great Times! :))

A Class of Its Own//

05 December 08


UERM Med 2012 batch X'mas party at Pat's house
After Exams Party

drinks drinks food and more drinks
(and music
and disco lights)



Cover


Groupmates!! :D

bacon wrapped

as usual!

cooking food :) is my favorite pastime hahaha!


Bacon wrapped-beef with asparagus and cream cheese filling; in sun dried tomato-basil sauce sitting on a potato parsnip puree


about the dish, i used:

Meat : Striploin
Puree: Potato Parsnip with Aioli
Sauce: Sun-dried tomato-basil sauce

by the way, this dish is baked without the sauce first.

pardon the presentation, i think it needs improvement diba?

blahpfft.

another dish i created and cooked for dinner :)
Salmon naman ulit pero ibang cooking style -- baked w/ cheese :p



Baked Salmon with dill, mint and salad greens in red wine vinaigrette

Som's Noodle House

23 October 08

Som's!

always wanted to go here but never had the time...so, para masulit ung break, pinuntahan ko na din to! The food there is quite cheap since most of the dishes are good to 1-2 people. The ambiance resembles that of a shanty or carinderia which is exemplified by the dining area across the street, next to Rockwell Drive. Go there early or late to avoid the influx of costumers during peak hours (lunch/dinner) because the place may get too crowded. Som's is definitely worth a try especially if you are craving for good authentic Thai food! :)
clickhereto view the full menu!

the next best thing since Sukothai closed its doors :p




Bagoong Fried Rice (P85)


Phad Thai (P150)


Thai Green Curry (P150)


Som's Noodle House
5921 Alger Street, Poblacion, Makati
otherwise known as Rockwell gilid or Backwell
(02) 757-8079