Happy Holidays 2008/09

The happy holidays came and went. Before I know it, it's time to get back to work. There were many gatherings during Christmas, one of the more memorable was at my place.

Heating a pre-roasted turkey in my oven, I had to squish it in as it barely fitted


"Boiled vegetables like broccoli is more healthy!", quips my friend


Boiling the pasta


Add oil while and after boiling to prevent sticking


Getting the sauce ready


The roast turkey, we had a free upgrade to a larger size


The simple spread, not too much, not too little


The must have log cake that came free as well

After Christmas and counting down to the New Year, I spent my last weekend with my partner watching Ip Man, an excellent must watch movie, and tried Sakae's Teppanyaki for the first time. While the teppanyaki did taste great, the value for money was average.

Roasting garlic and frying eggs on the pan for the garlic fried rice


We took a 2 person set, it came with some maki and sashimi


Chef in garlic fried rice action


Garlic fried rice garnished with some miniature shrimp, loads of garlic went into it that kept me awake the whole night


Grilling the rest of the items. Unfortunately, not all belonged to us, guess what is in the dome?


It is actually Chawanmushi but in an onion instead of in a tea cup


Prawns almost done


Frying of vegetables


Lots of garlic in these


Chawanmushi done


Teriyaki chicken, I ate the teriyaki cod fish before I could snap it

Overall it was an overload of garlic, giving me insomnia the entire night. I recommend those going for Sakae's Teppanyaki to go for lunch or an early dinner. Somehow we ended up having Japanese food again for lunch the following day at Sun with Moon restaurant.

A set lunch containing a mushroom fire pot, with unagi on rice



Hokkaido miso ramen set complete with corn and butter. Finally, good ramen!


Comes with these variant of gyoza as well

That ends the happy holidays for 2008/09. Oh well, back to work on Monday!