Oriole's Cafe & Bar

My second visit to this place, and I decided to try some other dishes.

I went with the set lunch at $20. For appetisers, I had the smoke ocean trout salad. It was the first time I had smoked ocean trout. Essentially, it tasted like smoked salmon, however, the texture was more like that of a cooked fish.

Next was the ribeye steak. Steak was very tender and the slightly tangy sauce went well with the meat.

On the way out, we passed by Marvelous Cream and they seemed to have a new range of desserts which were soft waffles sandwiched with many different kinds of flavoured creams.

We tried the Hokkaido Caramel and Rich Milk flavour. Sorry, no pics as we devoured it quickly. However, the cream did not give me the queasy, oily feel. It was not overly sweet and the slight bitter of the caramel balanced with it overall.

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Snacks from Tohoku Fair

Bought some snacks from the Tohoku Fair at Isetan Orchard. First up, is a mix of crispy seafood. I can't remember the name of this, but it's a little sweet and salty.

Clockwise from top left:

• I think this is sort of like ikan-bilis coated with seaweed; you can actually taste the flavour of the seaweed.
• No idea what fish this is, but this is pretty crunchy. No overly fishy smell here.
• These prawns may be small, but their flavour packs a punch! The strong prawn flavour totally permeated my mouth.
• Looks like some flat fish you find in certain Chinese dishes; this is probably the least outstanding of the four.

This is Sake Toba. It's smoked and dried salmon. I love smoked stuff, and the smoky flavour here is not too light nor too strong. Even though it's dried, it is not too hard. Actually, it was still moist and flaky inside.

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