Saturday, March 24, 2007
Seafood galore!
Went for a seafood and teppanyaki buffet at United Square this evening...
The sashimi was quite fresh, the oysters very fresh, and the various other seafood good. The teppanyaki mutton was excellent - no strong smell, soft and tender, very delicious.
That's really all I need for a good buffet, you know.
But the rest of the dishes were good... and the dessert... yum yum. The only problem I had was with their soups... their shark fin's soup looked like it should have been called 'crabmeat and egg soup' and their chinese medical type soups like 'fish ginseng' were more salt water than anything else. But oh well, for such a price, you can't really expect too much. I was happy with the seafood, and that was quite enough.
after that, we headed to the german pub at the other end of the building... i will definitely visit that place more often. their prices are fairly reasonable, normal rates... like $13 for a bootle of belgium beer, so that's ok... i wun go to places where they charge something like $25 a beer. we tried about 4 bottles in all, of their belgium beer, the sweet sort with flavours like honey, passion, cherry and fruit punch. the next time i go, maybe i'll try their chocolate one... if i feel adventuous enough.
the conversation flowed between moments of silence as we stoned... and no, we didn't have deep profound discussions on evolution. just something nice and simple... where you relax after a long week... letting your brain rest. It's really nice to do stuff like that every now and then. Maybe that's why i kinda prefer such dinners to the "we're not seen each other in years!" reunion dinners coz then you'll have to find the energy to be all gay and excited and chatty. not that i wouldn't like to meet old friends... but i wish people didn't feel obliged to relate every single detail that happened to them since the last meet years ago. wouldn't it be better to just sorta like, pick up where you left off, chill, and slowly, bit by bit, let the bits of information be exchanged between sips of wine? Or with the very talkative friends, for that matter - i wish they'll learn that you dun have to fill the entire time with conversation; i'm too old for that sort of thing. I like having the, short bursts of conversation where you get all excited over something, like hugh grant, chatter on for 10-15 min... then be quiet and recharge, before you start on another 10-15 min on a great shopping trip, and so on... no endless chat, please.
lol... now where did all that come from? i dun know.... i just appreciate having a fren who'll happily pig out with me (between promises of, 'i'll go blading soon'), chat with me on mundane stuff or, once in a while, have deeper discussions with me, and basically, know how to chill.
Nis, I wanna go have brazilian meat next!
The sashimi was quite fresh, the oysters very fresh, and the various other seafood good. The teppanyaki mutton was excellent - no strong smell, soft and tender, very delicious.
That's really all I need for a good buffet, you know.
But the rest of the dishes were good... and the dessert... yum yum. The only problem I had was with their soups... their shark fin's soup looked like it should have been called 'crabmeat and egg soup' and their chinese medical type soups like 'fish ginseng' were more salt water than anything else. But oh well, for such a price, you can't really expect too much. I was happy with the seafood, and that was quite enough.
after that, we headed to the german pub at the other end of the building... i will definitely visit that place more often. their prices are fairly reasonable, normal rates... like $13 for a bootle of belgium beer, so that's ok... i wun go to places where they charge something like $25 a beer. we tried about 4 bottles in all, of their belgium beer, the sweet sort with flavours like honey, passion, cherry and fruit punch. the next time i go, maybe i'll try their chocolate one... if i feel adventuous enough.
the conversation flowed between moments of silence as we stoned... and no, we didn't have deep profound discussions on evolution. just something nice and simple... where you relax after a long week... letting your brain rest. It's really nice to do stuff like that every now and then. Maybe that's why i kinda prefer such dinners to the "we're not seen each other in years!" reunion dinners coz then you'll have to find the energy to be all gay and excited and chatty. not that i wouldn't like to meet old friends... but i wish people didn't feel obliged to relate every single detail that happened to them since the last meet years ago. wouldn't it be better to just sorta like, pick up where you left off, chill, and slowly, bit by bit, let the bits of information be exchanged between sips of wine? Or with the very talkative friends, for that matter - i wish they'll learn that you dun have to fill the entire time with conversation; i'm too old for that sort of thing. I like having the, short bursts of conversation where you get all excited over something, like hugh grant, chatter on for 10-15 min... then be quiet and recharge, before you start on another 10-15 min on a great shopping trip, and so on... no endless chat, please.
lol... now where did all that come from? i dun know.... i just appreciate having a fren who'll happily pig out with me (between promises of, 'i'll go blading soon'), chat with me on mundane stuff or, once in a while, have deeper discussions with me, and basically, know how to chill.
Nis, I wanna go have brazilian meat next!
