Coffee Club

Back to local offerings... well not exactly but.. hai. Looking at my xiamen food photos makes me depressed. I wanna go back one day!!! Shall look at other photos to digress...

Grilled chicken with potato wedges, complete with salad


Seafood spagetti


Beef burger (or is it chicken? can't remember).... I totally love this pic! The melted cheese looks so inviting!!!!! Until someone once said that it looks like a snake head... ???!!!!!


Salmon spagetti in creamy sauce... This will DEFINATELY make you drool...

Music Kitchen in Qingdao

It was such a nice place we just couldn't resist eating at this place since our hotel's very near to this restaurant and we pass it everyday. The name says it all... It has serene settings and looks really high class... (so is the price of the food! comparatively to others which we tried)
Surprisingly, they serve a wide range of food. At first glance, i expect western food and nothing else but NO! There's chinese and japanese food as well...
The pictures taken wasn't as good as it seems because of the dim lightings...

Here's ebi tempura...


Roasted pork with sweet and spicy sauce


Seafood spagetti!


Anyway, we caught the attention of one of the waiter cos we've been conversing in english and he kept coming over to chat with us. Here's a complimentary fruit platter 'to welcome overseas friends' (according to him!) What a nice chap... ha!

陶然居 in xiamen

Apparently, it's a well-known Chinese Restaurant in china...

Spicy chicken and yam . It's cooked to melt in your mouth the moment you sink your teeth into it. It's just soooo soft....


Spicy Beef. It's actually a cold dish though it doesn't look any bit like it.


Ha... their rice bowl which i thought was cute. It's served with 2 pieces of corn on it. Doesn't it look adorable?


Laymen term: snails!!! Cooked in si chuan style which gives the main kick actually. The restaurant was thoughtful enough to provide plastic gloves and satay stick for the customers convenience.


I love this!!! Though it doesn't look glam or appetizing but NO!!! It's really nice! I tried it the first time when i went Beijing and there it was in Xiamen again... haha... Introducing 水煮鱼!!! (which means boiled fish literally) The fish slices are boiled in water and sieved out into a serving bowl filled with cooked chilli oil. yup. The WHOLE bowl of 'sauce' is actually pure chilli oil which they used to keep the food warm. It's not really oily though. And the fish has a spicy taste which is different if stir-fried with chilli on its own.

Kuriya Japanese Restuarant

Location: Raffles City

It was pure chance that i stumbled upon the photos i took while having high tea with friends there so well...


Crepe with mango flavoured fillings in it. I love the filling. It's not too sweet and yet has a strong mango taste...


Grilled vanilla ice-cream in egg white...


Green tea moose cake

street food in Xiamen

An uncommon sight?? It's equivalent to our version of yong tau fu back here... Of course, there's such a WIDE range of choices one will end up filling the tray to its brim. Most of the food is fried, except the veggies perhaps. The sauce's spicy and hot but that's where the kick comes from. The final cooked food is served in a metal tray. We ordered di gua fen aka yam noodle (if i'm correct) in addition to the main stuff and it's really nice! The noodle's springy and thick. By the way, this store doesn't operate with a menu. Food is chosen and passed to the cook, after which the food is served and money changes hands. No questions asked about the price. Just that.


Fried fruits (in our case, we specifically wanted pears and apples only) fried in honey aka ba si. Served hot with a bowl of iced water to help separate the fruit pieces which may be sticked to one another. It's delicious! A good combination of fruits and honey.... ke


The eight treasures porridge aka ba bao zou. This is actually taken in Qingdao. The porridge is best served with sugar added to it. It's sweet and smooth.


The feast we had in Qingdao.


It was meant to be an appetizer sort of thing but i turns out to be quite large. ha... It contains red bean paste, banana and mango wrapped in dough. Delicious!


The famous peanut soup... The peanut soup is sweet and smooth. Peanut bits are so soft they don't need any chewing.

Peanuts and malted sugar wrapped in po pia skin, topped with more peanuts... It's cheap and nice! cost merely 1RMB which is equivalent to S$0.20

Fried chicken pieces bought along the streets.


One of their desserts which made all of us go crazy during our stay there. It contains qing chao aka grass jelly, peanuts, muah chee and red beans in bubble tea with milk. Got the picture? Funny combination as it sounds but it's really nice! Plus, it's served warm... ha

Azabu Japanese Restuarant

Location: Marina Shopping Centre, next to Billy Bombers


Ramen in spicy soup.
The ramen's springy and not too thick. Complete with a soup broth which is cooked to perfection... ahhh... loved it!!!

cold ramen.

Looks simple and boring BUT it's not!!! The ramen's really special and you'll love it of you like cold ramen. The sauce's really nice and it great as an appetizer..

Unagi Bento.
I love this!!! The unagi serving is surprisingly large as compared to other places... AND it arrives in one whole slice and not little pieces... The miso soup is not too salty either.


Hamburger set.
Definately must order the rice which comes with beef on it. The beef's stir-fried to perfection!!! (bowl on the left). Hamburgur's done nicely. It's soft and not oily nor salty.

Dessert: Shaved ice with vanilla ice-cream and red bean with green tea syrup

street food in Taipei

Fried oyster with egg in their night markets. Don't be fooled by the red sauce which they add on top of the omelette. It's not spicy at all. In fact, it's largely tomato-based.


I love their dumplings aka wo tie and creamy corn soup which is readily available along the streets...


Never miss the Ah Zhong mee sua in taipei cos they're very famous. There's always a long queue in the shop which moves quite fast. Located in xi men ting, turn right at the junction where you see WATSONS


Surprisingly, their western food was pretty good also. The serving's huge and tastes great as well. Here's a chicken cutlet rice, complete with soup and a complimentary cup of chilled red tea.


Baked carbonara pasta with ham and cheese..


One should never miss the beef noodles in taiwan... The noodle's soft (hand-made most of the time) and there's a generous helping of beef tendons and meat.




What's a trip to taiwan without their famous bubble tea??? They even gave extra pearls !!! ha


And their ice dessert...


Street food in taipei was exciting. There was just so much to see, so much to try, so much to experience... It was just so vibrant!




It's no takopachi here... in its place, it's quail egg....


Tried their 'tao huey' with red bean...