Let’s Sweets – Japanese Dessert Buffet in 60 minutes

#02-49 Bugis Junction Singapore Tel: 6338 0187
Daily: 12.00pm–4.30pm, 5.30pm–10pm

Let’s Sweets is Singapore’s first and latest dessert buffet restaurant which promises to inspire and offer sugar rush experience. A refreshing concept of Japanese dessert buffet, priced at $15.80++ for lunch and $18.80++ for dinner during weekdays. It is operated by Japan Foods Holding Ltd, which also runs celebrated brands such as “Ajisen Ramen”, "Fruit Paradise" etc

Walking into e colourful store along the counters of colourful cakes and rows of savoury items. Chefs dressed in white uniform and stood behind counters to prepare handmade crepes with ice cream and ‘dancing’ Yaki Mochi. It is an interesting item to look forward, their famous Japanese street snack, " Dancing Yaki Mochi". The rice balls are slowly and evenly toasted to give a crunchy feel on the outside with a warm and flavourful feel on the inside. These handmade Japanese Mochi are filled with five different flavours comprising of Sakura Cherry Blossoms, Red Bean, Miso, Black Sesame, Sweet Potatoes that rolled into perfect little balls.

A time limit of 60 minutes (80 minutes for dinner) reminded by a baby blue alarm clock.(stress :~( eg:- For a 60mins spread, timer will be set till 50 minutes for diner to take and enjoy the food from the buffet area and another last 10mins is for finishing up all the food on the tables and proceed to the billing.) Eating like a glutton, I got into a sugar high very quickly. And somehow everything from the crepes, chiffon, tarts and mousse tasted the same after the 6th piece.
Savouries such as Japanese Mushroom Spaghetti, Chicken Teriyaki Burger and Takikomi Rice, potato Soup was thick and creamy, with loads of ingredients. The sweet potatoes, rarely used for western soups, were a clever addition for a gentler taste. Cream puffs n mousse are ok.
My suggestion would be to include Hokkaido ice cream and increase the buffet time.
What's not so good; the desserts were mostly of mediocre standard (mass-produced). 2)jellies sucked, should improve on the flavour and quality. The heavy use of gelatin in the jellies made them too starchy.
Faved abt Rouleau au Caramel de salée (Sea Salt Caramel Rolled Cake) - personally i feel soso. Hokkaido Coffee Zenzai is another fave abt, but i cant take coffee stuff. So no comment.

But i feel 1 hoour is so rush for savoury, only 1 HOUR….mean we only can eat n can’t talk or share opinion…what’s the point of paying n can’t enjoy the food or the rest concept in a proper manner. And most of all, u see the ugly side of singaporeans being kaisu hehahahh. U are paying for indigestion!!! More for tea-session.
nt recommended, nt goin for second time too.

HTC Desire vs. Samsung Galaxy S

Frankly speaking, im sold by the sleek n sexy looks of these phones.

Dimension and Weight: Samsung Galaxy S compared to HTC Desire is appearing longer and thinner , lighter too.
Display: Both Galaxy S and HTC Desire have 480 x 800 pixels. HTC Desire is 3.7 inch AMOLED display while Galaxy S has 4 inch super AMOLED display. Both are scratch resistant n display 16M colors.
Display (Function): Auto rotation, multi-touch and proximity sensor are in common. Samsung Galaxy S has TouchWiz UI 3.0 and Swype text input. HTC Desire has HTC Sense UI and also has optical trackpad for navigation.
Sound: Both have standard 3.5mm headphone jack, play mp3s and alert via vibration. Only Samsung Galaxy S can alert using WAV.
Memory: Both have unlimited phonebook and call records, hold up to 32GB. However, Samsung Galaxy S has the internal memory size of 8/16 GB. HTC Desire makes it up by including 4GB memory included.
Camera: Both have 5 MP as well as face & smile detection and geotagging. Samsung Galaxy S can record 720p@30fps HD video, has touch focus. HTC Desire has LED light and records video at WVGA (800×480p) @ 15fps.
Video Calling: Both are able to preform the task; however HTC Desire does not have a front facing camera and Samsung Galaxy S can.
Features: Both have similar abilities such as being fast, can do messaging, browse the web
OS are the same: Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair)
Radio: Both have, Games: — untested so far –
Colors: Both have brilliant colors, GPS: Both have the ability.
Out-of-Box Playability: Samsung Galaxy S beats the HTC Desire on social integration (content aggregation), document editor, video playback and Flash support.

Pros for the Galaxy S are:
better sound quality, better music player, better video capabilities
better video capture n camera (low light conditions that require a flash aside of course)
1.8GB of app installation space, TV Out via cable, DLNA, WiFi tether
better bluetooth implementation, significantly better battery life,
supports landscape rotation in both directions
Pros for the Desire:
multicolour LED notification light, hardware keys, HTC email app better than Samsung
better browser with flashlite 4.0 (although I prefer browsing on Galaxy S cause of larger screen)
better initial setup (a lot better)

okay, seems like im goin to sided with Samsung more. mmm.. still it hard to get one cos the retailer didnt carry much stock due to overwhelming sales of iphone4 (everyone' focus). even i didnt get a glance at it.

Smartphone... ..touchscreen

Once i back in sg, i was pondering whether to change my hp. but its still fairly new, cos i just change nt long b4 i left sg and i didnt use it much in overseas.
im totally shocked by the fashion trend of ppl carrying iphone everywhere, even little kids know hw to navigate it.. amazing.. later learnt from my frnds that it was a trend in cny that every kids is playing games with that aka latest game gadget: Must have?.
There is even a saying that every mom carry iphone for her kids.. during daytime, parent usage, once they reach hm, phone become gaming station on kids hands..wow...
i was tempted by it too.. but sorted halted by e news of latest iphone4 internal antenna error. still got ppl rushing to buying/owning one, they had prebooked it way long ago.
so i wait lor..(no hurry.. lol)

oh yes, i forget there is also other smartphones around; HTC Desire, Samsung Galaxy not to forget upcoming fav brand; Nokia N8.

Finalization of ID / design

Finally, we kind of finalized our renovation design, been goin around sg for weeks, hunting good, cheap ID n looking mags for idea. My hubby and I decided to go for modern look and abit of minimist… of cos nt extreme like concrete gray flooring as we r living with my in-laws.

Simple functional kitchen design, with glass backing (which I tot is kinda cool) as for wall, simple plain white ceramics tiles will do. Flooring I opt for beige colour to match my living… dun reali like black for my kitchen… but I take black for my bathrooms. I want to have showers in both bathroom but in resale flats, seem cramped (luckily my hubby n I are abit at small size??). Living room flooring I use big homogenous tiles with a feature wall to conceal the wiring of TV. We also have false ceiling done for my new home.

Chef Daniel’s Kitchen Iluma Bugis

Chef Daniel’s Kitchen located at level 7 of the shopping mall’s Sky Garden. For just $10.50, the 3 course set lunch at Chef Daniel’s Kitchen can be one of the best value for money lunches in Singapore. Everyone starts a soup of the day with herbed bread, a main course from more than 15 choices to choose from, and a dessert of the day.

The choices for the Chef Daniel’s Kitchen set lunch are rather diversified. For a Japanese fusion meal, go for the tonkatsu don, otherwise there’s the popular grilled beef burger, fish & chips, or spaghetti. Dun be taken by the look of petite portions, u would be surprised that u wre full by the end of meal. Most of the main courses come with a helping of fries and greens and complimentary soup and dessert.

Ginger Milk Curd

Ingredients: (for a bowl)
150 ml whole milk
1 tbsp ginger juice
1 tsp sugar/sugar substitute

Method:
Grate ginger with a microplane grater and squeeze the juice through a strainer. Measure 1 tbsp and leave in a small bowl. Measure 150 ml of whole milk and add in 1 tsp of sugar or sugar substitute. Microwave on high for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes to obtain the temperature of 176f - 186f. Cooking time differs as microwave oven differs in wattage - know your microwave wattage. Stir the ginger juice, then pour the hot milk into the ginger juice and allow it to set. Curd should set in 10 minutes. A spoon rested on top of curd will not sink, then you know that the curd has set.
ENJOY

Inception

there is alot of great movies goin on this yr. gd for me; as a movie fan, i could say this movie will reali top the chart of the yr 2010. Great, may confused at first requires thinking n also at the ending... sort of let ppl anticipated if there is a sequel of it. but i rather nt. Sequel is always a poison to the box-office as it seem to lose / failed to have the initial affect n fantasy that previously able to enrapture ppl.

anyway tis movie is abt dreams... dream dream. Imagine ppl can go inside yr dream n reveal yr darkest deepest secret, absolute no privacy. if serious, it's even get u killed Woah speaking of tat, lucky its' wasnt a nightmare like em street.
while ppl may gussing over the main lead Leonardo i prefer his side kick more partner Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), it look like kenve reeves in Matrix. i also like the actress Ellen Page, she act in Juno and X-Men too. interesting refreshing cast, i should say n eeveryone had their own characters to play out, flaws n their gd points.

busy ... or lazy ...

Eversince I started work, i just too busy or... plain lazy to blog.
hehhaha need to adjust my sleep schedule. my weekends is mostly filled with appts.
Recently, my hubby n I took up hse hunting. Mostly on resale, cos i dun reali wan to stay in punggol. now all hdb new units at under BTO; means u need at 4-5yrs to complete. tat's too long for me, as me nt getting younger with the **%%## 30yrs of loan deed. I can forsee im goin to work til veri old to be done of repaying it.
Sigh, And i miss the DBSS (condo-like) ballot. Anyway, i dun think i can afford to buy also hehaa but i had to admit they r reali gd locations (mature estates).

Gods!!! i reali broke. with the coming major purchase(hse) of my life. i cant imagine the huge renovation n furnishing bills. Reali need to be veri thrifty and tighten my purse strings = i cant spurge/ or have any shopping spree for at least afew yrs in order to recoup my "blood". yucks!!!

Art piece bag, i want!!

Bilbao Bag, from Pleats Please by Issey Miyake
The Bilbao bag is not just a functional, waterproof tote that is distinctively recognisable in your hands. Personally, I find this bag a beautiful piece of art.

Apart from its geometrical structures, made up of synthetic triangle panels on mesh, the Bilbao must have been created by a visionary genius.
Technically speaking, the Bilbao bag is not from Issey Miyake per se, but falls under Issey Miyake’s secondary label Pleats Please.

As its outer surface is made up of triangles, the Bilbao has an ability to be folded in and out. From a flattened, tote shape, the triangles may be manipulated by hand and folded into each other to produce a base at the bottom of the bag, creating a rectangular or square base so as to adapt to the items you are carrying.At the same time, the handles are adjustable to your preferred length.In a luxurious yet fast-moving fashion age as ours, it is absolutely delightful to encounter a bag like the Bilbao, which is easily customizable and so ingeniously created. Personally, what is an additional exciting feature of the bag is its waterproof exterior, extremely suitable for Asian weather, which allows me to enjoy it even more than a leather bag.

I humbly suggest that you check out the Bilbao if you have not, it is an absolute favourite of mine. Bilbao belongs to the accessories range of Issey Miyake, called BAO BAO. Available at Issey Miyake, within Hilton Shopping Gallery, find the Bilbao in a variety of sizes starting at S$330.

Nando’s

Nando's is recently fave abt restaurants in sg. it originates from south africa (is i rem correctly). im nt totally unfamiliar with this name cos used to eat it in KL(famous), wonder y it took so long to shift the focus to sg.

when it open in bugis, my hubby n i went to try it out. his firsttime n my recall tasting hehahhaha. we wait for the kaisu crowd to tone down, then we went to savour it.

Rave reviews; its legendary Peri-Peri Flame-grilled Chicken and some of their popular sidelines are Mediterranean Rice and Old Style Chips. Bestseller Gourmet drinks(to me): bestseller Redbush Refresher (a combination of Rooibos Red Tea- sans caffeine, mint leaves and lemon grass) and Cape Verde Fresca (a blend of iced green tea and lime wedges).
Not to forget the ever-present bottles of Peri-Peri Sauce (Garlic Peri-Peri for the meek, Hot for the daring and Extra Hot for the audacious).

My usual is the 1/4 chicken thigh along with two side dishes; Peri-Peri fries and mediterranean rice. We also ordered the peri hummus and novo pita. Warm bread dipped in unique sauce. for me is ok still got standard, hehhhaha but not to my hubby liking.
So maybe second time, when we feel like it. NT so memorable!(added in by my hubby)