http://www.ymchee.com/ en-us 2006-01-02T01:33:37+08:00 http://www.ymchee.com/archives/000324.html Had my 2005 Christmas Eve dinner with family at Cafe Brio (Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore). This is the first time in many years that my family did not have Christmas Eve Dinner at the Shangri-La Hotel. There are two main reasons for this: the first being that the price... ymchee 2006-01-02T01:33:37+08:00 http://www.ymchee.com/archives/000323.html Just got back from dinner with family at Pantai Seafood Restaurant (#03-05 Turf City, 200 Turf Club Road, Singapore 287994). We came across a promotion in the papers for set dinner for six at S$150, with a complimentary bottle of red wine. So we decided to try it out. The... ymchee 2006-01-02T01:33:29+08:00 http://www.ymchee.com/archives/000322.html Was in Kuala Lumpur two weeks ago for a business meeting and had lunch with BL, EG, TK, and A at Melting Pot Cafe (Concorde Hotel Kuala Lumpur, 2 Jalan Sultan Ismail, 50250 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). I had a satay chicken pizza which turned out very good. The amount... ymchee 2005-12-05T15:44:54+08:00 http://www.ymchee.com/archives/000321.html Had lunch with my board members BZ, ML, and HG at Town Restaurant (The Fullerton Singapore, 1 Fullerton Square, Singapore 049178) mid October. We had a table by the window which offered a wonderful view of Singapore River. I had the lunch buffet which was high in quality. There's... ymchee 2005-11-08T10:44:23+08:00 http://www.ymchee.com/archives/000320.html Had lunch with RK and WG at Edogin Japanese Restaurant (Basement, Hotel Mulia Senayan, Jl Asia Afrika Senayan, Jakarta 10270, Indonesia). We took the lunch buffet. The spread was average, and RK said the dinner spread is much better. After a couple of rounds, I didn't find anything interesting... ymchee 2005-11-06T10:06:30+08:00 http://www.ymchee.com/archives/000319.html Had dinner with HG and CH at Nam Sing Restaurant (39-47 Soi Texas, Th Phadung Dao, off Yaowarat Road, Bangkok, Thailand) Tuesday night. We had fresh oysters, sharksfin soup, braised abalone rice, BBQ pork neck, grilled fresh water prawns, and baked sea bass in salt crust. The food is good... ymchee 2005-09-22T12:32:49+08:00 http://www.ymchee.com/archives/000318.html Was invited to a dinner reception last Monday evening by the OpenWay Group at Sirocco (1055/111 State Tower Bangkok, Silom Road, Bangkok 10500, Thailand). When I stepped out of the elevator, which opened on the 64th floor of the State Tower building, I was immediately taken aback by the... ymchee 2005-09-22T12:29:52+08:00 http://www.ymchee.com/archives/000317.html I had breakfast at Mistral while staying at the Sofitel Silom Bangkok Hotel. Mistral is a contemporary Mediterranean restaurant. I find the quality of food served at breakfast to be good. There's carved honey baked ham with roasted pineapples (my favourite), smoked salmon, eggs benedict, and a whole range of... ymchee 2005-09-22T12:19:49+08:00 http://www.ymchee.com/archives/000316.html Hotels ymchee 2005-09-22T12:10:40+08:00 http://www.ymchee.com/archives/000315.html While in Sydney for AKKI's Annual Meeting, I had dinner with HG, WG, AT, and EG at Pyrmont's Restaurant (Level 1, Lyric Theatre, 80 Pyrmont Street, Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW 2009, Australia). We had oysters to share and I had a ribeye steak as main course. The oysters were so... ymchee 2005-09-22T11:58:46+08:00 http://www.ymchee.com/archives/000314.html We spent our last night in Sydney in the Star City Hotel. This 5-star hotel is located right in Star City Casino, near Darling Harbour. The rooms are quite luxurious and comfortable and had a great view of Darling Harbour.... Hotels ymchee 2005-09-09T00:50:42+08:00 http://www.ymchee.com/archives/000313.html Was in Sydney for AKKI Annual Meeting two weeks ago and stayed in the 5-star Avillion Hotel (389 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia). This hotel has a great location. It is located right at the doorstep of World Square monorail station, and is within walking distance to most places... Hotels ymchee 2005-09-09T00:41:58+08:00 http://www.ymchee.com/archives/000312.html Had dinner with BZ and TY at Summer Palace (The Regent Singapore, 1 Cuscaden Road, Singapore 249715) Saturday night. We weren't feeling very hungry, so we just took a very light meal. Ordered the winter melon soup, the spare ribs in coffee sauce, and Hong Kong kailan with oyster sauce.... ymchee 2005-08-22T00:25:15+08:00 http://www.ymchee.com/archives/000311.html My last meal in Saint Petersburg was at Aquarel (Near Birzhevoy Most, entrance from Petrograd Side, St. Petersburg, Russia). This is a three-storey restaurant boat docked on Neva River, and with a nice view of the waters. The cuisine is fusion. The service is friendly and prompt. I had a... ymchee 2005-08-14T16:01:57+08:00 http://www.ymchee.com/archives/000310.html Was still craving for Oriental food, so I headed to Golden Dragon (61 Kronverksky Prospect, St. Petersburg, Russia) which was near the hotel I was staying in. I went in, looked through their menu for 10 minutes, and left the place without ordering anything. The menu is more Vietnamese than... ymchee 2005-08-14T15:52:34+08:00