Charmaine Sew: Foodventure

Foodventure: AEIOU

Jalan Besar is home to many cafes and lucky me, my office is located among them. One interesting cafe is AEIOU, you will understand once you enter. Everything seems antique in a way, mixing among greenery.

My favourite is definitely Beef Spaghetti Bolognese with Sunny Side-up available in their Weekday Set Lunch menu. Another must try will be Sriracha Chicken Thigh with Olive Fried Brown Rice, also available in their Weekday Set Lunch menu. This is by far one of the best chicken I ever had. It’s skin is crispy while the meat is tender and juicy.

While waiting for your food, there’s an area right by the entrance where they sell really cute and unique things from keychains to pillow covers.

Currently the Weekday Set Lunch menu isn't available as they're serving their Christmas menu, which you've got to try before it ends! If I have to pick one dish out of it, it would be Portobello Mushroom. It's cooked with barley risotto, that's something new and so good!

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Foodventure: Aoki Restaurant

To all Sashimi lovers out there, you have to read this. Highly recommended by Axel's friend, we went Aoki Restaurant for lunch as Axel wanted to try the popular Mazechirashi. It's a bowl of sushi rice topped with mix Sashimi which are very fresh. I am not a Sashimi person as I find it fishy and raw food are just not my thing, but Aoki changed me. The are very generous in the amount of Sashimi given, and it's being cut into small cubes which makes it more appealing to eat, as a big slice of raw fish puts me off. Fishy smell? None at all! This is definitely a must try. However do order this in advance as there's limited quantities.

I just started opening up towards Sashimi, so it's impossible for me to have a whole bowl of Mazechirashi to myself for now. Instead I turned to my comfort and favorite type of food, Udon. They use Inaniwa Udon, which is thinner than regular Udon. Their soup base is very different from all the other Udons I had, it isn't that salty which makes it the best Udon I had so far.

We were seated by the sushi counter which allows us to watch the chefs prepare Sashimi and Chirashi bowl. They are quick yet very careful with the preparation, making it very intriguing to watch. Do make a reservation as they tend to be full all the time.

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Foodventure: The Tiramisu Hero

Foodventure is back! It's been months since I've last posted my foodventures, not because I have not been trying anything new but the same old reason that I am too busy. I have been accumulating pictures of food that's really worth the try. I'm so happy my office is located at Jalan Besar which is home to many cafes. The very first cafe I went to during my first week of work was The Tiramisu Hero.

My favourite dish out of all that I have tried so far is the Aglio Olio, which I will usually replace the prawns with mushrooms. Chefchef Curry Baked Rice is another of my favourite, however I suggest sharing it with someone as the portion is quite big and the taste can be overwhelming after a few mouth. If you love anything cheesy, try Jayne Mac & Cheese. However if you can't take anything too cheesy like me, don't order as this is really cheesy. If you have no idea what to order and would like to have something simple, try their Fish & Chips. I love their Truffle Fries! Especially the sauce that comes with it for you to dip the fries in. I tried the Matcha Latte but I didn't like it as the matcha taste is quite mild plus there were lots of Matcha bits residue. If you love tiramisu and have a major sweet tooth,you will probably enjoy eating their Tiramisu which comes in a really cute jar. However the ready made ones are definitely too sweet to my liking.

They allow customization to let you create your very own Tiramisu. You can choose the alcohol, wetness and sweetness level which is a good idea as a gift for someone who loves tiramisu.

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Bangkok's Foodventure

Pratunam Street Food

Along the streets of Pratunam and Platinum Mall

Walk along the streets of Pratunam, Platinum Mall and you'll come across many different kinds of street food. One of the first street food we had during our trip was Banana prata and Egg prata with condense milk. You can choose to have the prata plain, with egg or with banana. It's quite oily but super good, definitely worth it to eat sinfully. The one we came across was located outside Platinum Mall.

We had our first dinner at some street stall outside Shibuya19 that sells Pad Thai, Tom Yum Soup, Thai Basil Chicken and more. It's really tasty and cheap, much cheaper than those restaurants we walked past.

Usually we will get wanton noodles for breakfast, there's many different stalls that sells it but we usually get it from the nearest stall to Citin Pratunam Hotel. If you love spicy food, add chilli flakes into the soup. It's best to have street food or go to local shops for breakfast rather than having breakfast buffet in the hotel, as you'll really be missing out.

Rod Fai Market (Train Market)

Srinakarin Road Soi 51 (Behind Seacon Square)

Thursday to Sunday, 7pm to 12am

I went Rod Fai Market only having shopping in mind cause I've heard how good the shopping is, but once I reached it was the food that stopped me for quite awhile. There are many food stalls there which sells delicious and cheap food. We stopped for the food for quite awhile before shopping, and bought more back to the hotel after we were done.

Platinum Mall Food Center

Platinum Mall, Level 6

One of the "must eat" whenever I travel to Bangkok is the Kway Chap at Platinum Mall Food Center. It's different from Singapore's Kway Chap as the soup is more on the sweet side. If you like soupy food, you have to give this a try.

Boat Noodles

Along canal at Victory Monument station

No regrets walking a long way and sweating under the sun to try Boat Noodles, it was delicious! It's a very small portion till I can finish it in 2 mouth, which allow us to order all different flavors to try. After trying it all, I will still stick with the most basic flavor as the rest with those fanciful names taste quite weird. There are many different stores which sells Boat Noodles and we weren't sure which is better, so we randomly picked one and it was good. I guess they're all similar, so maybe you can just pick one stall with many customers in it.

Coconut Ice Cream

Chatuchak

Finally got to try Coconut Ice Cream! It is as good as what everyone said! The ice cream has sufficient coconut flavor in it, and the coconut meat makes it even better. Definitely made us feel much better while shopping under the sun at Chatuchak. However make sure you get the authentic one as seen below (with the corn). We tried one along the streets of Pratunam (seen below, with the big coconut) and it was super disappointing, it was literally coconut and vanilla ice cream.

Thai Crispy Pancake

Inside of MBK

The cream used in this pancake is super sweet, too sweet for my liking. Unless you have a super sweet tooth, I will suggest you to just buy one and share it with a few others. I had one bite and I couldn't take more of it.

Seafood

We made some impromptu decisions during the trip, and one of it was to have dinner at a seafood restaurant recommended by our taxi driver. The seafood we had was fresh, though it was our most expensive meal but if we compare it to Singapore's price it wasn't that expensive. We had curry crab which tasted really interesting,

Som Tam Nua

392/14 Siam Square Soi 5

10.45am to 9.30pm

I will definitely go back to Som Tam Nua for dinner the next time I travel to Bangkok again. Their fried chicken is a must try! It's crispy on the outside and the inside isn't dried out, you'll know what I mean after trying it. Fried Thai-rice flour noodle was also my favorite, it's slightly spicy and with the pork floss on it makes the texture really good. We ordered this twice!

Fuji Jap

Platinum Mall, Level 6

Want cheap and tasty Japanese food? Go Fuji Jap! They have set meals in the afternoon which is very worth it. We ordered a set meal each with additional items like sushi and gyoza at a total price that's half of what we'll get in Singapore.

Mango Tango

Siam Square Soi 3

Bangkok is known for it's Mango Sticky Rice, and you'll see it from the streets to the malls and to food courts. One of the place we had it was at Mango Tango which sells many mango related desserts. The look of their desserts are very appealing, however it didn't taste as good as those we got on the streets and was quite expensive.

Oh Lok Yun

72 Charoen Krung Road

I've heard about this shop which serve traditional breakfast, how good is it and where many locals go to. It was the first shop on my list when I planned the itinerary cause I wanted to try it so badly. True enough, it is that good. It's located out of the busy streets, which makes it difficult for us foreigners to access to therefore it's best to take a cab there. The setting of the place is also very traditional, it is after all a shop that's much older than me.

Most of the people there were locals, and thankfully they have an english menu for people like us. My favourite dish was the Butter and Sugar Toast. It's so good I cannot imagine how a simple dish like this could make me go crazy over it, but it did. They do have American breakfast in their menu too, but I will suggest to just sticking to the traditional ones. It's definitely much better.

Purr Cat Cafe Club

63 Soi Sukhumvit 53, Sukhumvit Road

Thonglor has many cafes, and one of the cafes we went to was a cat cafe. The cats in there are really pretty, really cute. I'm not really a cat person but I still fell in love there. I didn't had any high expectations for the food there cause usually such places won't really serve tasty food, but they surprised me. The brownies and carbonara pasta tasted as good as they look.

After You

Siam Paragon, Ground Floor

We had to try After You after seeing so many good reviews online and from our friends. However I was really surprised cause I didn't get what was all that hype about. It does look good but after trying it, I won't think of going back again.

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March's Foodventure

D'Good Cafe

273 Holland Ave

#02-01/02

Singapore 278992

Went back to D'Good Cafe after quite a long time cause I missed their Sea Salt Maple Cheesecake. I ordered their Green Tea latte as well as Fresh Sea Prawn Arrabiata first and I loved it! I find their Green Tea Latte better than Starbucks cause it's less sweet and the matcha taste is still strong. We ordered the Triplet Cheesecake as they were out of Sea Salt Maple Cheesecake, however I didn't like it as it's too chocolaty for my liking.

Charmaine's Cooking

This holiday, I made it a point to start cooking (for real) as I was sick of having outside food all the time. Axel definitely inspires me alot cause he loves cooking so much, he'll always watch videos on how to cook various kinds of food. We've cooked quite a few dishes over at his place (actually it's just him, all I did was cut) which I honestly find it super delicious. Therefore I thought, I can do it myself too!

There's still lots of things I have to improve on, but I'm really proud of myself in doing this. At least my food are still edible and won't make you puke hahaha. I'm surprised but I find joy in cooking, even in the washing after I'm done eating. Haha. After looking at the pictures below, you probably can tell I am a huge lover of mushrooms.

Mushroom Aglio Olio