Not Merely Ice Cream...

That's what the title says. Even though this is a 'Ice Cream' shop but this place also sell some other small bites to go along with the 'Ice Cream' too.

3 Scoops of 'Ice Cream' 'Salted Butterscotch', 'Root Beer Float', 'Apple Yakult Yogurt' 'Salted Butterscotch' The name itself pretty much explains everything. Yes, rather than been sweet, the taste of this flavour would be salty. According to their website, the ingredients used in the process of making this flavour are pretty interesting. The texture of this flavour are pretty good too. Despite being the topmost scoop, it still can maintain the circular shape after 10 minutes or so unlike... 'Root Beer Float' This really taste like the 'A&W Root Beer Float' from back then. However, this flavour have a very very big weaknesses. It's actually melting at a very fast speed. Therefore, I would highly suggest that if you are going for this flavour, either put it on the topmost or the bottommost layer to prevent any wastage. 'Apple Yakult Yogurt' This is indeed 'Apple Yakult' flavour which is pretty refreshing. Anyway they seems to be making their own 'Ice Cream' flavours over here, since there is this consistent sound made by machinery coming from a corner of the shop. By the way, the 'Ice Cream' that they are selling over here seems to be made out of natural ingredients and stuff like artificial flavouring and colouring, or pre-mixes are not added into the 'Ice Cream' at all, which a big (+).

The name of this 'Ice Cream' place would be 'Merely Ice Cream'. It's located on level 1 of 'Sunshine Plaza'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  12:00 - 23:00 Daily
  Closed on Sundays

* Click here to find out more about 'Merely Ice Cream'.
^ Click here for the 'Facebook Page' of 'Merely Ice Cream'.
~ Click here for the list of delicacies that you can find & get in 'Sunshine Plaza'.

Not so much of Japanese but Thai...

I happen to know about this Thai and Japanese restaurant located in the town area. Being a big fan of both types of delicacies, I decided to give it a try and it ended up to be more of a Thai than a Japanese restaurant.

'Mango Salad' It's in fact a mountain of shredded mango. The overall taste of this dish is refreshing and crunchy. But where does the crunchiness comes from? On top of the shredded mango, the chef has also added a generous portion of carrots, fried shrimps, peanuts, etc... And since all of these ingredients are serve cold, this dish ended up to be pretty refreshing and it acts as 'heaven' as compared to 'hell', which is the upcoming dish.

'ZENSO Ramen' Pretty much similar to a bowl of Japanese Ramen, they are using their own mix of 'Tom Yum' soup instead of the common Japanese Pork Broth. So why do I link this dish to 'hell'? This is because, the soup is really very very spicy. The taste of it is so fiery that to some extent I almost have difficulty finishing the whole bowl of soup. (Even with the help of a glass of warm water and the refreshing plate of 'Mango Salad', my tongue felt as if it's on fire.) =.="" Ingredients like prawns, mushrooms, Japanese Ramen noodles are also added into the bowl of Ramen too. I think that the only thing that I can complain about this dish would be the portion of noodles that was given. It's definitely not satisfying enough. :(

The name of this restaurant would be 'ZENSO'. It's located on level 1 of 'Sunshine Plaza'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  1100 - 2300 Daily

* Click here to find out more about 'ZENSO'.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that you can find & get in 'Sunshine Plaza'.

Eating vegetables under the Sun?

I haven't had vegetarian Japanese food for quite some time, ever since the Japanese vegetarian restaurant (Zen) had suspended their business due to the ongoing construction works at midland plaza. Therefore when I found out about the new Japanese vegetarian restaurant, I decided to give it a try. :D

'Avocado Maki Roll' Since I haven't been drinking 'Avocado juice' for quite some time, therefore I decided to give this Sushi a go. How should I put this, although the taste of the 'Avocado' is pretty nice, but I personally don't find it strong enough.

'Shitake Mushrooms with Cheese' As compared to the sushi, this is definitely a much better choice. I think that the Japanese Shitake(mushroom) was deep-fried and prepared in the same manner as the Shitake tempura, followed by the step of putting a scoop of cheese on top of it and threw it into the microwave and let the cheese melt all over the shitake. Hence it end up to be super yummy and crunchy. As I took a bite off the Shitake, the cheese were melting inside my mouth and to some extend, the taste and texture of the cheese reminds me of a good mayonnaise sauce. This would definitely be one of the good dishes that I would highly recommend you to give it a try.

'Sashimi Set' Although it's known as a 'Sashimi Set', but frankly speaking, I think that the 'Sashimi' taste pretty bad. As for the rest of the dishes that comes with the set meal, although the 'vegetarian' Tonkatsu isn't as good as the genuine thing, but the crunchy texture and the taste were pretty acceptable. The long beans and assorted vegetables combination were pretty nice too. The not overly fried long beans are pretty crunchy and the portion that was given were pretty generous too. One thing that I loved about this set meal would be the Japanese pickles that was included in this set meal. The taste of it simply reminds me of the good old days when I'm travelling in Japan. According to my friend that was dining with me that day, some of the chef over here used to be working at the infamous 'Zen Japanese Vegetarian Restaurant' back then, which pretty much explains why the looks and the taste of the dessert, salad and miso soup look so familiar.

So where can you give all these delicious looking Japanese vegetarian food a try?

The name of this restaurant would be 'Bespoke Japanese Vegetarian Dining'(藤). It's located inside 'Sunshine Plaza'.

Notes:

• Lunch : 11.30am - 3pm
  Dinner: 5.30pm - 10pm (Daily)

* Click here for the location of 'Sunshine Plaza'.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that can be found in 'Sunshine Plaza'.

Victor HK Dim Sum

Since I haven't been eating and tasting 'Dim Sum' for a very very long period of time, therefore I decided to do a bit of snacking with my friend, since we are meeting up for dinner. :P

Left: 'Scallop, Sausage Carrot Cake with XO Sauce'(XO醬乾貝臘味蒸蘿蔔糕) Right: 'Yummy Yummy Phoenix Claws'(香辣惹味鳳爪) The look of the 'Carrot Cake' reminds me of the 'Wan Kueh'(碗糕) from 'Bukit Merah Central' that I have been eating when I was a small little kid. Since it has been covered with a layer of 'XO sauce' , therefore the taste of it is a bit salty and the texture of it is pretty soft. As for the 'Phoenix Claws', although I'm not a big fan of the 'Phoenix Claws', but I think that the taste of it is relatively normal and it's not spicy enough. (Part of the Chinese name of this dish has the word 'spicy'(辣) in it, but I think that it's not even close to spicy.)

'Victor's King Prawn Dumpling'(超級蝦餃王) Although the size of the prawns inside the dumplings were pretty big, so big that the dumplings were reflecting a orange/beige colour, but the overall taste of the dumplings isn't fantastic enough. Somehow I think that the skin of the dumplings were too thick and it will taste even much more better if it's much more thinner.

'Tasty Queen Size Siew Mai'(美味蟹王燒賣) I think that this is one of the better 'Dim Sum' over here. Although it's not really much more bigger than any other 'Siew Mai' out there, but it's pretty meaty and delicious. (I guess the word 'meaty' has explains everything. :P)

'Golden Egg Yolk Lava Bun'(黃金流沙包) This is one of the signature dish of this place and at the same time, one of my favourite dish over here. From the photos that I have taken, it might look pretty much the same as a normal custard bun, but there are lots of differences between the both of them. The yellowish looking 'Lava' inside the bun was a mixture of custard and salted egg yolk. Although the size of the buns are pretty small, but once you took a bite off one of the buns, the lava will drip onto your tongue and into your mouth and you can easily identify the taste of the 2 main ingredients. Basically, I have three words to describe the taste of the buns and that would be 'Sweet', 'Salty' and 'Sinful'.

So where can you give all these 'Dim Sum' a try?

The name of this cafeteria would be 'Victor's Kitchen'. It's located inside 'Sunshine Plaza', which is located near 'Bugis Junction'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  10:30am till all the 'Dim Sum' has been sold out
  (Which is most likely to be before 5pm)
  (Opened on Tuesdays to Sundays)

* Click here for the location of 'Sunshine Plaza'.