Food, Film & Fotography.
Popped over to Central with SW before heading out for drinks after that. Wanted to eat the Marutama ramen but unfortunately the queue was so damn long. No choice had to look for alternatives. Tom Ton serves middle-priced Jap food and they specialize in black pork (kurobuta) tonkatsu.
SW had the shio kurobuta tonkatsu while I had a grilled kurobuta set (pictured). The batter on the tonkatsu (not pictured) is really light and crispy. Hallmarks of authenticity. My pork was marinated with miso, hence a tad salty but the meat was good. Juicy and fatty.
Anyway saw a lot of tables ordering the shabu-shabu set, which the waitress urged us to try next time. Looks good but unfortunately no tabenomihodai option. Hehe...
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Couldn't resist posting this iconic shot taken in Ho Chi Minh City recently.
Visa anyone? ;)
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An automated (Jap?) donut machine found in the basement of Central. Pretty cool to watch the contraption at work.
Unless you've been living in a HDB bomb shelter for the last few months, you would surely have heard of the infamously long queue at Donut Factory (basement of Raffles City). Yet another food craze in our sunny island? From my observation, previous crazes such as bubble tea and roti boy died down becoz they expanded their outlets fairly rapidly. The forbidden fruit once commoditized is worthless. There lies the ingenuity of Donut Factory. They have sticked to just having a single branch at a relatively high human traffic area. Sure, there are other donuts places around but donuts are rather distinctive and not as replicable in taste like bubble tea, for instance.
Donut mania?
Krispy Kremes have been all the rage for S'poreans when they go to places like Australia, often bringing back boxes of it. Never tried it before but the hype definitely makes me want to try it if I have a chance. They opened in Tokyo recently, around the Takashimaya Times Square building, and the queues are horrendous as well. Hmmm... and I thot Mr Donut has the best donuts. We shall see.
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