Singapore with a Star

I love my life. I don't say it enough, being a depressive obsessive downer with a huge heart of hope is confusing so I barely know most of the time when I'm happy or sad. (Other than with Hucklebery Friend, I'm either happy or mad.)

Sumon Bhai, a famed and great musician, a warrior and also a nutter like us happened to be in Singapore literally down the road from my hotel. Although my first ever written song Duur Theke was recorded in his house 11 years ago, it's taken us this long to actually have a one on one conversation. That too in the streets of Singapore's East India.

Sumon bhai himself a Big Foodie and a brave one, even with his dietary restrictions which he upholds he encourages everyone around him to eat on his behalf (and also so he can take a tiny bite).

Afterwards we walked to the alley behind Fakruddin and met some other of his friends, sat on the streets and drank cha and golpo'd like all Bangalis should.

Thank you Sumon Bhai, my Singapore trip was extra special this time :)

Banana Leaf Apolo Reprise

Any follower of my blog (or if you've seen the top 10 restaurants label) Banana Leaf Apolo restaurant is one of my most favourite places in the world to eat. Although Singapore was not a pleasure trip for me this time round, it somehow was: for it is a land of eats.

My favourite parts of this meal are the suber uber delicious vegetables that come free with the Rice plate.

The Cabbage:

                                    I also particularly love the authentic way of walking around and piling and refilling the plates with soft white rice/ biyrani and vegetable.

Mummy preparing for the fish with her glasses

                             

                                                       And the most famous and most delicious fish Head Curry. YUM YUM YUM.

 And NOTHING is complete without their Lime Juice. OH boy, writing this post is quite torture.

 Another mention worthy item is Chicken 65.

This is my ultimate heaven though: a beautiful plate of Bhaat and Mach.

I could not help but go again the day before I left:, that day the vegetables had mixed up and had BEANS!!!

I tried another new dish called Chicken Masala but did not like it so much

 And due to some festivity we were given free cake.

 By the way it was Sunday in Little India, which meant millions of Bangladeshis milling around the area, hanging out on the fields, watching tv through store windows, singing, listening to music. Although Singaporeans may find it annoying, I thought it was nice for these overtime working employees who still managed to keep spirits high on their day off.

Sushi Tei - Singapore

thanks to my wonderful Khala i got to eat at the amazing Sushi Tei in Singapore. 
My usual love for raw fish got overpowered by this beautiful cooked dish of salmon and salmon roe:

Sashimi Salad

Roll with asparagus, salmon and other delights

Salmon Carpaccio

Tempura

THE Best Restaurant Ever!! Singapore- Banana Leaf Apolo

My dad lived in Singapore for 6 years, and he's a foodie too, so I got to eat at a variety of restaurant all around tiny Singapuura. I was 11 when he left, so I barely remember details. But there are a few places which struck me for life.

The number 1 place is Banana Leaf Apolo. Papa used to take us there All the time. In fact when we started going, it was a roadside place where locals would come and eat, from there now it's a full fledged air conditioned restaurant. They even recognise my dad's name when I mention it. The food is just Amazing, similar enough to Bengali/Indian food to feel comfortable and filling and different enough to intrigue me about the recipes.  I once took a flight via Singapore Airlines to stop in Singapore for 1 day to go eat there!


When I was in England I looked everywhere for South Indian cuisine like BLA but never found it. Most South Indian cuisines are vegetarian and consist of Dosas etc. But this is the non-veg side of South India. And ITS THE BEST:


So While the girls and the Siddiqy's went to a Japanese Buffet (which was apparently the best meal they had on the trip), I had to say no, and head to the reason of my frequenting Singapore. And you can imagine HOW hard it was to say no to Sushi Buffet! But of course, I can get sushi everywhere, this restaurant has food I could never ever find anywhere, so me and Littu Mama were off!

The Place:



The Menu:

The Free Plain Rice and Free vegetables:


Our meal: Apolo Chicken (house speciality), Fish Curry and Prawn Curry.


and the Cherry on top (I've been dreaming of this drink for so long, that I chugged it in a go.):
THE MOST AMAZING LIME DRINK EVER:



writing this blog gives me such pleasure, but also puts me in pain, as I look at the pics and wish I could have eaten just a little bit more, so I could be sick of the food, and then not have such cringing aches to eat it again.

(Note to readers: I'm a bit nuts, if you haven't noticed.)

So that concludes our couple of days in Singapore. The next day after this meal, we went hopping off to Malayseeya. Wait for it readers.

xx
moondizzy

Sushi Tei and Supermarket Sushi

One of my main reasons for doing Anything is usually related to food or music, nowadays I find it more leaning towards food.

On day 2, I hung out with the girls during their Orchard Road shopping partially because I had spotted a reputed Japanese restaurant Sushi Tei (previously googled from Dhaka) bang opposite Takashimaya. Sorry to my dear readers, We were SO HUNGRY, even I, the food blogger forgot to take pictures of the INCREDIBLE food. We had Sushi, Sashimi, Baby Oysters, Lobster, Beef Teriyaki amongst the 5 of us, and the only pictures I have to show for it are :

The Gigantic Menus covering Japanese cuisine in all directions:



And our appetiser: (salmon belly sashimi)



And the rest is history...

Okay so what I loved about both Singapore and Malayseeya was the packed ready to eat FRESH sushi and sashimi in supermarkets. What I mean is, in England and America you do get packed sushi boxes, but they are AWFUL and there's literally 2 types you can choose from and usually they are veggy and egg sushi with limited raw fish.

But this was no fake sushi, there were different assortment boxes; for 1 person, for sushi lovers, sashimi lovers, for parties...

 

Another day when I was unable to join the girls for lunch (McDonalds overeating incident), I grabbed a Salmon box in the evening when I was finally hungry.

They even sell small boxes of soya sauce, wasabi, and Even Spicy MAYOOOO


(At 2am my hunger pangs are High and I'm thinking Why did I leave??)

Full Singaporean Dinner @ Angan Bhaiya and Deborah Bhabi's

Our host in Singapore, Angan Bhaiya and Deborah Bhabi treated us to a full Singaporean dinner at his place the night we arrived. All the specialities of Singapore seemed to be there. YUM yum and yummier:



My Favourite! Chicken Satay:

Chicken and rice (you have to dip it in another sauce and soya sauce)


2 kinds of Crab:

with some Veggies and Beef

The Hit of the night: Prawns


A Moghlai Parata type stuffed with cheese/egg/meat:


I ended up only having the chicken satay and chicken and rice and one prawn. By the time I thought of moving to the other side of the table, I was completely stuffed!

This is why: (my big satay accomplishment!)