Food attack weekend

Tried Shoki Japanese Restaurant in Orchard Plaza on Friday night. Family-style restaurant, extensive menu. They do stuff from yakitori to oden to sashimi. The food in general was a little too salty for me. There was a mushroom and egg dish, kinojo tamagotoji if I remember correctly, mushrooms and half-done egg cooked in a dashi broth which went down well. Tofu steak was good, probably the best thing that night (too bad I don't really like tofu!). The highly-recommended sake kamameshi, or hotpot rice cooked with salmon, was ok; nothing to shout about. Complimentary mochi dessert with sweet red bean paste was nice. On the whole I didn't think the dinner was fantastic. Not bad, but not exactly noteworthy.

Went back to Ju Shin Jung for dinner on Saturday night without a reservation. Boy, was that a mistake! In direct contrast to the first time we went there, the tables were fully packed, waiters bustling, kids screaming and jumping in the ball pit. The staff whipped up an extra table for us though, and we had a pretty satisfying Korean BBQ. Don't have much to add to the previous review except that there was a side-dish that seemed to be stewed diced mushroom with shredded beef, yummy.

Sunday night saw us at what I think I remember as Fatty Weng's cze char outlet in Guillemard, not at the Badminton Hall but slightly further down at the corner of Guillermard Crescent (at least their chopsticks were labelled "Fatty Weng Restaurant"). We went there on the recommendation of one of Mom's friends, who said that the beef hor fun was good. Personally, I felt that the beef hor fun ($8) was only so-so, the pai kuat wong (beef rib king) was tough and salty, and the butter prawns could have been better for $20. Their deep fried soon hock ($26) was fantastic, however, and the bo choy (spinach) was done very well. Pretty ok overall, I guess.

Just saw Oishi Pizza (Map) on Shien's messenger status. Gotta remember to give it a shot sometime, it combines two of my favourite culinary categories. :D