Dreamylodge: Mini Celebration for my gal

Friday, September 24, 2010

Mini Celebration for my gal

It was my gal's birthday today. As i was unable to take leave on this day, promised her i will give her a belated birthday celebration on Sunday. Tried to finish work early today and rush down to town to meet my gal. Decided to have a simple dinner before finding a place for cakes.

As my gal has always wanted to try Santouka Ramen after reading great reviews about it, this was our dinner place.

Spicy Miso Soup base for the birthday gal .....

and a Non-Spicy Miso Soup base for me ....

We ordered 2 additional sides to go along with our ramen. This was Young Bamboo Shoots with Char Siew. This dish can taste better if it is not very salty. For someone like me to say it's salty, you can imagine how salty it is. The char siew were quite hard as well.

The Gyoza was very nice ! The skin is very soft and the fillings inside was juicy. It was fried to perfection, at least to me. Most of the gyoza in other restaurants were over fried, hence it became hard and oily.

Tamago is always a must to go with Ramen.
The eggs here are really soft ! And it is nicer than Tampopo's

Hungry, Hungry !! Let's start eating ! =p

Suddenly, we became food critics. We were breaking up the ramen and making comparisons with Marutama's, which is our fav Ramen place so far. The noodles here were much tastier than Marutama, and the eggs were quite comparable as well. For the soup base, we prefer Marutama's.

Lastly, the char siew were a big disappointment. The char siew was big and thick as shown in the top left photo. It was a bit tough to chew too. Santouka do however offer a wide range of sides, and it look yummi-licous.

i love the gyoza here

After a little window shopping around Central, we headed to Clarke Quay for a walk before settling at Nectarie. A birthday celebration can never do without a cake !

Nice lighting and background @ the fountain .....

she's in love with the cakes here

Can i have this plssssssss ?? and this... and maybe this .... ? =p

Gal was having a hard time deciding .....

It's Pistachio White Chocolate, Brandied Cherries, Lavender & Coffee Macaroons

The two of us with our cakes. Gal was making fun of my cakes, saying it look like a face of an alien. The 2 small cherries looked like eyes and the piece of chocolate in the middle looks like the mouth.