Oiishi @ HOSHI

In Singapore, we are spoilt for choice when comes to eating out selection. Albeit the vast array of cuisines available, we still stick to our favourite Japanese at most time.

We went to Hoshi Japanese casual dining, hence I put up a high Japanese bun accessorized with a girlish flower. Guess my blog weighs heavily more on foodie rather than travel and fashion. Travel blog needs effort to collate the whole events and pictures taken and it will probably takes sometime. Fashion, hmmm...will try to take complete whole body pictures in near future :)

At Hoshi, hubby with daughter. Both of them adore Japanese to the core, as much as I do.

My son tripped and hurt his lower lip while playing in school's playground.

The menu..

Hubby and my girl's order which were quite similar: Tamago (egg) udon and Kake udon

Age Dashi Tofu

Kani Karaage (soft shell crab)

Seafood Yaki soba (strir fried soba)

Mine: Chasoba with soft shell crab...

Hamachi sashimi....the best sashimi other than uni and toro, which we can't give it a miss when having Japanese.

Chawan mushi...

Acted stupid when my girl started snapping...

Bought a bunny ear hair band from Daiso with only S$2 after dinner.



Chill @ HooHa!

Tonight, hubby has dated me out for dinner, just the 2 of us. Initially, I craved for Korean, but gave up the idea in exchange for a proper steak meal over some beer. We patroned HooHa Cafe, located at 220 Pasir Panjang Road. This stretch of bars and cafes are very well- knowned among expats. Most of them like to hang out here after work. Those who want to save all the hassles from driving in heavy traffic during evening peak hours, should just go to Pasir Panjang instead.



HooHa Cafe is popular with its air flown New Zealand steak which is lightly char grilled to perfection.

The little ray of candle light, set on our table.

One of their all time fav appetizers, the creamy mushroom soup.

Crispy scallop rolls...not much of chunky scallop. Nothing to shout about.

My HoeGaarden beer in hand

Another popular appetizer: 1/2 dozen of French escargots baked in herbs and garlic

HooHa Cafe fascinates its patrons with their cozy alfresco setting under starry night sky and breezy atmosphere. Don't be surprised if you find the indoor seating is empty most of the time.

We managed to dine under full moon....;)

Happily posed with my steak meal....medium doneness....the steak was perfectly grilled with sprinkle of salt and pepper. They have 8 sauces for you to choose from, to go along with steak. I chosed lemon butter whereas hubby had mushroom sauce. The best thing was the sauces were served separately instead of drizzled onto our steaks. I prefer to nom nom on my steak plain, as sauce tends to cover up the wholesome taste of your perfect steak, which is always a NO NO for me.

Good steak only requires dash of salt and pepper, other than a perfect skill of getting the slab of meat done to ones expectations.

Hubby's 300g Ultimate Steak with ratatouile, and baked potato as sides.

This was mine: 200g Ultimate steak with mashed potato.

A simple yet satisfying dinner where you can sit back and relax in a comfortable ambience. Great for families, couples and friends.

Gingerbread man in the baking

Hmmm....weekends would probably mean more time spent with my kiddos, sending them to and fro, for their enrichment classes, music classes, and so on. So I would definitely be the busiest.

My kids have been bugging me to bake gingerbreadman cookies. The instant cookie mix has been sitting on my kitchen shelf for weeks. Thus, this morning I gave in to their nag. Had to rush down downstairs to the nearby provision shop just to get a block of butter needed for the cookies recipe.

The instant cookies mix, comes with the handy gingerbread man cutter. All you need, is just an egg and 20g of butter.

My both kids helped me in mixing the dough. After mixing, popped the mixture into fridge for 15 minutes. When the dough was set and firm, we rolled the dough on the flat surface, and cut out 6 gingerbread man cookies with the cutter. The children were having fun decorating the cookies with some colorful chocolate candies. Make sure you spread enough butter on the baking tray to easy remove the baked cookies from the tray later.

Preheat the oven at 180 degree celcius. When the cookies are ready, pop them into the oven and bake for 15 minutes.

The kids with their gingerbread man cookies, waiting for baking.

The end product...tadaahhh the freshly baked crispy gingerbread man cookies.  Just a tip to share, make sure the cookies are left on the baking tray to cool before transferring them into a container to prevent them from crack.

The cookies were a heart warming snack for afternoon tea, of course with the kiddos around. They sure love them!