Cliff(y) Goes Dining

Yummy 'har gow' with a heady aroma of sesame oil! Is anyone asking, "If Vietnam wasn't your holiday destination, where could it be?" After spending less than 24 hours in the capital city of Vietnam, I was back at Noi Bai International Airport to catch my next flight. Before departure, I had a quiet breakfast at Song Hong Business Lounge.

Second time's a charm? Probably not... Hello again, everyone! Hope the month of June has been great for all of you. Little did I know that I'd be flying with Vietnam Airlines again to Hanoi, which is now a Skytrax 4 Star Airline. Click here to have a quick look at what I had during my first flight with VN662 in late 2014.

Chicken rice recipe passed down from one generation to another~ Have you heard of Sin Kee? After the owner of the original stall passed away, the sons sold their late father's chicken rice recipe for a whooping S$42,800.00  a while ago. Long story cut short, after moving from one place to another and a period of latency, one of the sons reopened the stall at Holland Drive.

Yummy grilled chicken thigh to go with white wine if you fancy!  Located along East Coast Road, JAG Wine houses both a boutique wine distributor and a gourmet restaurant. In case you're wondering what does JAG stand for, it's actually the combination of the initials of the owners - Jimmy, Alan and Guna - long time friends who came together to bring JAG Wine to fruition on 13 April 2015.

How good is the award-winning black pepper crab? I've known the existence of House of Seafood for quite some time, though it was only recently that I went all the way to Punggol Settlement for the very first time. There's another branch at Petaling Jaya's 1 Utama Shopping Centre, which is the largest shopping mall in Malaysia.

How about some apricot and fig sauce on your duck confit? Situated along Bukit Timah Road is Le Rida, a restaurant that offers a curious mix of French, Middle Eastern and Indian dishes. There's also a fully-stocked bar for those who prefer to have a drink or two with light bites. One fine evening, I went there to have dinner.

Last dinner at Dome Café in Singapore... UPDATE (24/06/2019):  The café has closed down. Dome started out as a small coffee roasting business in Perth, Australia in the 1980s. Dome Cafés have been around in Singapore for more than 20 years, but there's only one branch left now at Parkway Parade. Having said that, it's been made known that the remaining branch is going to cease its operation on 23 June 2019.

I love thick Indonesian chicken congee! Here's the last post to wrap up my December 2018 food adventure series. Before flying back to Singapore, my BFF and I spent a night at J Hotel (3*) in Jakarta, Indonesia, which is located within 15 minutes from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport by car. The hotel serves buffet breakfast from 5.00am daily.

Truly 'sedap' (lit. delicious) grilled carp! My BFF and I were back in Jakarta, Indonesia for a one-day stopover after our rather short journey to the Middle East and Africa. For dinner, we wanted to have a seafood meal, so we went to a highly rated restaurant called Lembur Kuring, which is located not far from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.

Chinese dishes done right and, in fact, better than the rest! After a long enough layover to make full use of Al Mourjan Business Lounge at Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, it was time for my BFF and me to take our second last flight of the year. We boarded one of Qatar Airways' Boeing 787-8 aircraft that'd bring us back to Jakarta, Indonesia.

Truly delicious vegetable 'korma' to go with long-grain rice! Describing itself as a lounge that offers "surroundings that rival those of any 5* hotel", Qatar Airways' flagship Business Class lounge is where I spent my 8-hour layover at Hamad International Airport. Overall, I was impressed by the quality of food and beverages served.