Mad for Garlic

Came to this Italian bistro which supposedly originated from Korea. They serve pasta, pizzas and steaks, and has a garlic theme for almost all its dishes.

They seemed to have a large collection of wines. Ordered a glass of red wine at $10.50.

Tried this Garlic Tower Bread, so named because when it was served it came standing upright with a heap of minced garlic. The waiter will then cut it into fours, after stuffing the garlic into the bread.

The bread was warm and crispy. The garlic had a texture like that of preserved radish sans the garlic taste. However, I'll take the usual garlic butter bread any time over this.

"Tenderloin Steak topped with Special Balsamic Sauce and Fresh Rucola." Sounds interesting, eh? Which was why I ordered this dish called Cacciattore as my main. For $32.90, I thought this was pretty small, as the tenderloin was half the height of what you get at Jack's Place.

What's worse is that even though I ordered a medium doneness, the tenderloin was still rather rubber-y in texture. Definitely not tender at all.

Although I am not sure about their pastas and pizzas, I will definitely not be coming back here again. I think I can get way better quality food at these prices.

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Jang Shou Charcoal BBQ

 

First time I managed to get a shot of fireworks with the CBD as a backdrop (not that our CBD is anywhere compared to Hong Kong). But this was not the highlight of the day...

  

We had dinner at Jang Shou Charcoal BBQ which serves Korean BBQ. Had eaten once here before and felt that the food was not bad. Menu was all ala carte, but we were served 12 side dishes although they were not refillable.

  

We ordered 2 kinds of meat - beef brisket and marinate beef ribs. The above you see is the beef brisket. It was not marinated and you had to dip into the sauce provided.

  

This was the marinated beef ribs. It was marinated in some kind of sweet sauce and was very tender.

  

We ordered a kimchi casserole, which contained cabbage, rice cake, onions, tofu, meat and sausage. The soup was a little sour but very tasty. Overall, a pretty heartening soup. Didn't had proper camera with me so did not bother to take close ups. It was more important to satiate my hunger anyway; for more detailed pictures, head to Sparkling or Still.

 

Ended the night with shots of the fireworks. I think CNY in Singapore is getting more and more boring by the year, especially since it was flooded with foods and items from East Asia, and I do not mean my beloved Japan! I foresee there will come a time when I will just go overseas during CNY.

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