Wandering Fel

I realise that I have been living a life full of takeaway lunch and dinner boxes so I figure, why not write a review about it instead. Takeaway concept is awesome and I’m so gonna be indebted forever to the first person who making this concept popular and accepted. Especially for someone who loves watching something while eating other things, this is a lifestyle suited for me muahahaha. 

Anyway, since it seems that I have not been to Yoshinoya for ages, I was kinda tempted to see the new look of Yoshinoya outlet at Bugis Junction. The new renovated sleek look of the fast food joint seems to be accompanied with some new additions to their menu like for instance, Yoshinoya has started offering desserts such as cakes. The menu has also gone through some reformation with addition of new dishes which I have never seen before. 

Price-wise, it seems that the new menu does not come with cheap price tag but oh well, nothing is really cheap in Singapore anymore unless you are eating at hawker centre. I decided to buy Yoshinoya’s tonkatsu rice box. I don’t know Yoshinoya really have takeaway box because I always assume that they are famous for selling rice bowls instead of rice boxes but anyway, now they have it. My tonkatsu rice box came with two side dishes i.e. coleslaw and mashed potato and brown tonkatsu sauce. 

Sadly, while the box looks pretty good, the tonkatsu was overfried. I could see it immediately from the color that the tonkatsu is way way overfried. Haizz, why could not they fry a new one instead of giving me this. Thankfully, it was not that tough to bite and oh the mashed potato is pretty good. Better than the coleslaw. But then again, I am not really a fan of coleslaw. 

For the price of SGD 9.90, I don’t think I can accept the fact that my tonkatsu was clearly overfried. Especially since I can get similar tonkatsu from Saboten Express at extra SGD 1 at SGD 10.90. Hmmph. 

 I was actually planning to watch the football match between Sweden and England in Brotzeit at Westgate. But then, bae’s dad texted us saying that I could come over to their house to watch the match instead. Hmm, since the offer to sit at comfy sofa sounds too good to reject (despite the fact that I’m watching football with my uhh...potential father-in-law), I decided to OK the offer. 

This means we no longer went to Brotzeit for dinner and hence, needed to decide another dinner place pronto. That’s when it came to both of us that we have not tried the Korean diner, NY Night Market at Westgate. Whenever anyone mention night market, the image of the roadstall night market keeps flashing into my mind. The thing is, the concept of the Taiwanese or Thai night market don’t work in Singapore. So, NY Night Market is just another air-conditioned restaurant in shopping mall in Singapore. Hope that does not really disappoint your expectation. But hey, the decoration of the place seems interesting, the design of the plate is quirky and they are blasting CN Blue’s songs so all is good, right?

Right, let’s dive into what does NY Night Market serve. Since it’s night market concept with Korean twist, the dishes sold in NY Night Market are mostly finger food (e.g. Korean rice cakes, fried chicken, mac and cheese). However, NY Night Market does have heavy carbo-loaded dishes such as pasta and rice. I was so tempted to eat dak galbi pasta so I opted for Pasta de Dak Galbi while bae is more interested in eating steak. 

Although dak galbi + melted cheese + pasta sound good on paper, NY Night Market’s rendition of dak galbi is way too spicy (and pepperish) for my palate. I started to have runny nose and feels like crying (omaigat, am I eating that sadistic Korean instant noodle) after a few bites of the pasta. My bae’s steak is not that bad in term of spiciness but it feels too black pepperish for me too. I wonder how much pepper do the chefs sprinkle in the food here. If NY Night Market wants us to buy drinks, this tactic really works because we immediately made an order to buy strawberry smoothie to quench our fiery tongues. I still recall that hot feeling on my lips.

I hope the chef will use less pepper going forward but until that happen, I don’t think I’ll make a second visit to NY Night Market (hmm but then, how am I supposed to know?). LOL.