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Friday, February 1, 2013

Dec Babies Birthday Celebration

The december babies (Kenneth, Pris & Me) met up to celebrate our birthdays together, as well as a pre-Xmas gathering with the Uni mates.

Made reservations @ Shunjuu Izakaya, a Japanese restaurant located along Robertson Quay.

Wall of fame.

Arrived early @ 7pm & we were one of the early birds.

Got a table tucked at the corner, where we have a clear view.

Miniature Xmas decorations :)

We ordered some dishes first, while waiting for the rest to make their way here.

Free entree was white cabbage and lady's fingers. I was caught by surprised that the cabbage can be eaten raw, lol! The sweet bean sauce is good for dipping, a perfect complement to the tasteless cabbage.

Shunjuu stocks some of the top nihonshu (commonly known as Sake) from all prefectures of Japan. We got the newspaper Sake (the bottle was literally wrapped up in fancy Japanese newspaper) to start the night.

Mixed Sashimi platter to start the ball rolling.

Then we went crazy from there, ordering lots of Sumiyaki, also known as Japanese Tapas, washing these down with the sake that we've ordered.

Gan-bae!

Boss EK got us cake from Laurent Bernard.

And, he only bought 1 small cake to share b/w the 3 of us. Where got like that one? So we sent him back to the shop and buy more, lol!

Ta-dah! A cake for each Dec baby :)

The small birthday cakes that we all had :) realised that this year, I've been eating a lot of small cakes for my birthday. Time to cut the sugar level, lol!

Desserts on top of the cakes. It's pretty easy to guess which is the hot favourite.

The most expensive meal in our dining history, no thanks to KKB, lol!

Shunjuu Izakaya

30 Robertson Quay

#01-15 Riverside View Condominium

Tel: 68873577

Thursday, January 31, 2013

NYE Dinner @ Serenity

Feb is just round the corner and counting down to CNY & Vday. Before ushering in 2013, we met up for NYE dinner with EK, Pris, Yaozu & Kenneth. Work ended at 3.30pm, so we went home, had a change of clothes before adjourning to Vivocity for the meetup.

Drove to Vivocity and was caught in a slight jam, as the party-goers were out in full force to attend the various countdown party. We were lucky to find a parking lot as well.

Leecher chose the place & I called in 2 weeks before to reserve a table. We were given the later seating @ 8.30pm, which was perfect for us. Serenity offers a wide variety of 42 selections of tapas for your eating pleasure.

Awards decorating the front door.

We had a quiet corner to ourselves, which was great for catching up.

*waves hi*

The rest arrived earlier before us and placed the orders. We arrived just in time for the 1st dish. Talk about perfect timing :)

A popular Spanish tapas dish, champinones al ajillo is mushrooms sauteed with garlic, olive oil, lemon juice and typically seasoned with flat-leaf parsley, salt, ground black pepper and chilli. This is a must-have for all the mushroom lovers!

"Patatas Bravas" or Bravas Potato is served in bars all over Spain. The sauce has a slight bite from the Tabasco, hence the name "Bravas" which means fierce.

Pan Con Alioli - Homemade herb bread with sun-dried tomato served with their homemade aioli sauce. This became Pris's staple for the night for she wasn't feeling well.

Serenity has more than 120 labels of Spanish wines, covering famous wine regions such as Rioja, Rueda, Torro etc. More than 60 labels are exclusive and rare Spanish wines. Having tasted mostly Australian, French & Italian wines, I must say Spanish wines need a lil bit of getting-used to, in terms of the texture and acidity level.

So, we ordered a jug of Sangria, lol, which I can relate more to. Sangria is wine fruit punch that started off as a summer drink in Spain.

Boss EK looking through the wine list for yet another bottle of wine.

Butifarra, most well-known as the name of a Spanish sausage, but it is also the name of a popular Peruvian sandwich.

Pincho Moruno de Lomo (Grilled marinated pork on skewers). Pinocho Moruno is another tapas that can be found in tapas bars all over Spain (it can be enjoyed as a main course too). Basically, a pincho moruno is a lomo adobado (pork loin with parika) that has been cut into bite-sized pieces, stuck on a skewer and grilled. Another of the must-try dish :)

Spanish garlic prawns, which goes well with a glass of white wine!

Homemade flat bread with Spanish anchovies, paprika & cheese. Chewy texture, just the way I like it.

Can never pair these 2 together, lol! They kept blocking each other from pic-taking.

Pausing for round 1. Take pictures first before gorging ourselves silly for round 2.

Paella is the traditional dish of Spain, originating from the City of Valencia. Like the Chinese, Spanish also like to eat the slightly burnt rice at the base of the pan. We ordered the Black Squid Ink Paella - which consisted of squid ink, squid, tiger prawns, capsicum and rice.

Signature Suckling Pig, also known as Cochinillo Asado. The dish came on an enormous wooden platter and swiftly portioned into smaller pieces with the use of a small plate. The piglet is so tender and can be cut with a plate instead of a knife. This is now available for both dine-in and takeaway.