Wednesday, August 26, 2009

The Yummiestest Lunch...

Ever since I started working, the most expensive lunch I had during my lunch break is perhaps around $10, but most of the time it is about $3.20, because I always eat the same thing for lunch, and that is Yong Tau Hu with Chee Cheong Fun - healthy and nice and cheap! I really love it that I can eat almost everyday. Those who work around my area might know which stall I'm talking about!

But 50% of the other time, I will be having lunch during meetings (sinful stuffs like burgers), or travel to other parts of Singapore where they don't have my favourite YTH, like today. BUT today is different, because BIG BOSS treats, and BIG BOSS treats nice yummy lunchie!

Nobody (I mean colleagues) knows that I have a fetish of snapping food pictures, and hence, my pictures are kind of candid.

Lunch was at Boon Lay Raja Restaurant!

A non glamourous restarant name, but serve lip-smacking delicious food!


Cold Dish - Huge chunky lobster, Baby octopus, fish fritters and Ngoh Hiang thingy

Fried Rice - This is so much better than the "三鲜“ Fried Rice (3 types of seafood) which i had at crystal jade last week, and which I gave up eating halfway thru.

Sharksfin - I don't eat sharksfin intentionally, because its cruel. But since it is served to me on my bowl already... what can I do?! I must say that it is this type of traditional Chinese restaurant that serves real good sharksfin. I have been to wedding dinners at supposedly posh hotels, but their sharksfin are P.A.T.H.E.T.I.C. This one that I had came in pieces, together with huge chunks of REAL Crab meat from the legs... I had 2.5 bowls, because I was the youngest amongst them, and they say I still need to grow up. haha

Abalone with Kailan - I always thought that abalone is tasteless and rubbery, but wait till you try the ones in Raja... and you will know how abalone should taste like.

Roast Chicken - Tender and Juicy, and I ate most of the chicken breast which is my favourite!

Steamfish - I'm very bad at identifying the type of fish. But whatever it is, I ate just a piece of it, it is nice, but I just don't want to stuff myself silly, as I am already pretty much filled... anyway more than half was left untouched, as most of the ladies are really small eaters, and the guys... only I can eat leh...

Fried Prawns with Wasabi cream - This is somethig very special. The fried prawns are real huge and is totally green (the incredible hulk kind of green). The wasabi is very refreshing, yet it is sweet... a really lovely dish.

Yam Puree with Pumpkin Puree ( Orh nee) - I had a spoon of it, it is really nice. But I cannot eat any further. period.

Everything is really good, and hence, the yummiestest lunch I ever had during my lunch break. But it has its downside, chinese dishes are very high in sodium content, thus leaving me thirsty for the whole day.

...and I have the intention to go back to this place with my family some day.


But yummy lunch don't come cheap, but not at the expense of my pocket thou. =P



8 comments:

Las montañas said...

I see u might have intentionally captured 'watermelons' too eh? LOL

what is your rating of the food?

red fir said...

YTF with CCF... where is this place?

Anonymous said...

Lucky you! I've never seen a bill so high in all my dinning experiences. The largest bill I've seen in person is a $600+ bill, but we were celebrating a birthday and it was split among like 20+ people.

FoodieGymmie said...

LM - watermelons??? u must be "hungry". must be all ur running.

FoodieGymmie said...

ice - u r very singaporean leh. because singaporeans like to abbreviate everything and anything! ECP, ERP etc. k! back to ur qn!

The YTH CCF can be found at AFC L2, amoy food centre level 2! enjoy!

FoodieGymmie said...

skinnyplate - i wish it could be even higher! haha. but are u talking about 600USD?

red fir said...

OK, YTH CCF at AFC in CBD. LOL.

FoodieGymmie said...

ice - i guess ICE means something too? like I CAN EAT?