Emporium Shokuhin - In depth walk-through to SG's 1st consolidated Japanese Emporium's dining concepts

Took a couple of visits and months to finally blog about my experience at Emporium Shokuhin, Singapore's 1st Japanese Emporium, hosting 8 different Japanese concept restaurants, Japanese Supermarket with a beef drying facility and LIVE seafood market. (Cute atlantic crabbies *.*)

Shan's 21st + Gyoza-ya + Chir Chir Chicken + Hospitalised + Nana Thai

Bing Go Korean Dessert House + Hot Spot Cafe Restaurant + Bbq w CBOAH

short weekly update cause I can't rmb the last time I had the whole day just lazing at home in bed watching hilarious korean variety shows (ROOMATE PARKBOM HEHE) so I am treasuring this time now! I think short and sweet posts are also preferred so I might try to keep my posts shorter as possible!

Finally had time to pamper myself this week by dying my hair an ash brown color, i would never bleach my hair again but there seems to be not that of an obvious difference from my previous hair color ._.

Finally enrolled for SIM January intake as well, heading down to the school tmrw, hopefully can go visit a cafe or smth since it has been so long since I ate brunch :( nor club, nor drank... but my complexion seems to deteriorate maybe cause I have a new bad addiction (NOTE TO SELF PLS) and I still sleep the same old unearthly hours at 5am daily tsk.

countdown to KL in four days and BKK in ten!! *.*  

since I am kinda working now I like to give my friends some small treats when I meet them so met tricia as she dyed her hair first and bought food and some taimei bbt for her did the same for the rest when I meet them too since I only have friends to dote on n love them hah

I am all my friends' best ootd taker hahaha

and my ootd for finally a bf free clique reunion dinner that evening!

selfie w trishy

I think we dyed the same shade or smth man LOL

so we went to wenmin's house (great host) - prepared the most food and went to the mart get food for our korean bbq at home which is rly comparable to the ones you pay 30 bucks for outside. Min,time for you to open a korean bbq outlet maybe?

blur selfie w tessa HAHA

slurpsss

the sauce was rly deli!

the four of us started first since we arrived first.. I started the earliest actually and ended the latest. My stomach is an bottomless pit.

my favvvvvvvvvvvv bacon wrapped enoki mushrooms.

didn't have pictures with the rest whom arrived later cause I was prolly too busy gouging myself and fingers were oily, but I have to say I rly enjoy this kind of clique time when all 6 of us gathers tgt and talk abt anything and everything!

I had like 8 mini cornettos, 3 cans of 7 ups, 1 yakult, and all the meat........

and they were like saying their each gna hire one guy esort for me if I am still single by 21st ._. so i have 5 choices and shit LOL

Saturdate w the twin! ugh, finally more ootd shots of myself cause I BARELY HAVE TIME TO DRESSUP NOWADAYS T.T

Mr bean for desserts w the twin, whom was my secret lover haha 

Another day w mom

and finally satisfied my tomyam cravings at this eatery I used to always frequent w my girls, near laselle and bencoolen, bugis area! Queue seems to get longer and crowds seems to get larger as time passes! But rly this place serves the best tomyum noodles/banmian in sg!! Their ingredients are so fresh and yummy too *.*

Hot Spot Cafe Restaurant

175 Bencoolen Street

#01-34 Burlington Square

Tel : 68357752

Dessert afterwards at this new hidden korean stall *.* Got to be one of my favorite dessert stalls from now onwards! Love everything icy cold :D

Bing Go Korean Dessert House

102 Guillemard Road #01-01

S(399719)

Tel: +65 6440 5509

12 pm - 11 pm

I think the main concept of this place is that it actually serves BingSu! The early form of desserts from the Japan Dynasty which is quite in trend in korea now I think? I always see this on my instagram feeds! Some plus points, the place actually serves some drinks which can only be found in the cafes in korea which I really wanted to try as well!

Ice Sweet Potato Latte ($5.70)

So this was the unique drink I really wanted to try and it actually turned out quite good even though I think it might be weird picturing out how a latte (non-caffeinated) might turn out to be being sweet potato flavored! Can't wait to try this out again in korea!

Injeolmi Bing Su ($9)

Their speciality bing su with soy bean powder and rice cake, comes with an additional serving of condensed milk at the side for those (me lol) who will prefer it sweeter! I really love it especially with so many yummy and chewy ricecakes inside!

Milk & Red Bean Bing Su ($9.50)

They have other flavors which I can't make my mind on deciding, will come back to try their oreo and matcha one another day, but this was good for me too! Because I love milk and icecream!! This has a little ricecakes on it too, but I think it matches the previous bing su a tad more.

their portion was actually quite intimidating (Its like almost the size of my head LOL) as I think one bowl serves two, which explains the price as well, but lucky I am the kind of person whom stomach is designed for an everlasting space for desserts no matter how full I am... I  rly loved their bingsus, but if I had to choose one between the two, I guess their traditional injeolmi one won my heart a little more.

Cafe Latte ($5.40)

Its was a hot day but i had too much cold stuff I was actually shivering alot so I ordered hot coffee for the first time in my life? LOL and it was actually good! Especially after I added the remaining of my condensed milk in it hahaha

 

I'll be back!!! I hope no one discover this place before it starts getting crowded again hahaha there is a korean bbq shop next to this dessert shop as well!

look at how dull my complexion looks ._.

freezingg

and another one of my work day when I actually got to see one of the biggest celebrity in my life - david beckham! He was like just 300 cm in front of me coming to my workplace to promote his newest (we are the first to premiere it in the world) alcohol - single grain whisky - Haig Club. Before I could secretly whip out my phone to take a decent photo, all the crowd came alr. If I could I would have just bought a bottle of his whiskey and request for a proper photo w him man *.*

you can view the video I took of him on my instagram @pinkyniakoh heh

I think I am considered super lucky to have alr seen two celebs just in a month of work in the airport.

adrupt ending hehe 

JB (Taman Sri Tebrau Hawker Centre) + Tonkichi + Poulet + Buffet Town + Tea Tozz

Back again for my 'SHORT' weekly updates! So hungry right now, always doing posts which will kill me at this timing. Literally, since there's so much foood photos in all. 

Anyways starting the post with a spam of me and wenmin's face, when we had a super impromtu trip to JB last week. REALLY NEEDA FIND A TRAVEL BUDDY SOON. Getting too bored and rotten in SG. 

The trip was super impromtu till the extend I only had my brows drawn and my hair was wet since I got woken up at dawn, so i did not even have any face makeup on; sunblock/bb cream nothing of those sort! But shades for me, cause I rely on my eye makeup and of course to block my incurable eyebags.

So off with my fattening trip with my fattest bestfriend here we goo~ first time not starting a post with my own face hahah

typical curry fish head stall I ALWAYS visit. at least ten times now,

address to this place:

LINK HERE

And I really love buying the fruits at Holiday Inn Shopping Centre. 

Daebak THUMBS UP papaya slices (sour) & mango slices (sweet)

lol and idk if I was too thirsty or what, but I found one of my fav bbt drinks there. Brand: Cool Blog.

hahaha had some volcano ice-blended flavor, should be red tea + milk tea mixed. AND IT WAS SO GOOD

I want some now.

went for a more demure design this time round. You can find the full image on my insta.

and wenmin's dior inspired nails. So prettz

and my ootd. kinda in love with long skirts. think i shall get more of em!

Dinner was settled at this area full of malaysian food, tzechars, bbq food, seafood and all the traditional hawker food you can find. Known as Taman Sri Tebrau Hawker Centre, well known to many chinese singaporeans right across the cause way at johor bahru! One of the most popular bbq seafood stalls there is called Hiang Kee Seafood fyi!

Taman Sri Tebrau Hawker Centre

Jalan Keris, Taman Sri Tebrau,

80050 Johor Bahru, Johore (hawker centre)

Drinking some drink made out of fruits called pongpong or smth hahahaha

not too bad but I rather have my sugar cane next time

awesome generous omelette which doesn't taste like singapore's the oysters seems so much more smaller and bearable in taste, and FRESH. Unlike singapore, usually I'll give the oysters one go in a plate of omelette and just leave the rest of the target to the eggs. 

the really good sambal sotong and 

stingray which can be fried with vegetables. So we had like two options of vegetables hehe. Liked the lady fingers better though.

this whole meal was only like around 20 sing?! no wonder I can gain so much weight just by going JB for half a day hahaha.

TGIF

Finally met up with one of my best bros, Jj coz he iz gonna treat me a meal & we caught a movie. Non-stop. One of the better few movies I caught in the longest time recently for now.

Actually I met him to pass him some charms before his overseas trip WHICH WAS THE MAIN POINT OF THE MEETING. but I forgot about it, so now he is in HK and I still haven't passed him.

Tonkichi

181 Orchard Road

#07-06 

Orchard Central

S(238896)

Tel: +65 6238 7976

Settled for this in town, they have many outlets, with quite affordable and generous set meals. And heard that this place serves one of the best Tonkatsu in Singapore. So why not? J wanted some jap food too so I accommodated him.

Food was okay but I guess I prefer the Tonkatsu by Ma Maison at Mandarin Gallery.

Cause I have already tried the BEST in SG which was that. So this was just okay. But ladyironchef says tonkichi is second best. So you can try this before Ma Maison's I suppose.

Haha, both have refillable sticky jap rice in their sets and cabbage. But somehow even the Ma Maison's sticky rice tasted better in my opinion too. Another difference is that Tonkichi has other jap food set choices, like ramen/rice bowls/sushi etc. So it doesn't whole-ly dedicate to tonkatsus. 

Hire Katsu Set (4pcs) ($25)

Deep fried pork fillet for Jj, no fats and stuff cause he's healthier than me but he had like 3 bowls of rice whatttttt. so much carbs!!

Rosu Toji Set ($23)

My pork loin with fats HAHA somehow I felt that fats would make the pork juicer or taste better? hahahha simmered with egg and don sauce. I love runny stuff.

Both set had appetizers, rice and miso soup!

Additional Jap Curry sauce ($7)

Typical but goes really well with jap sticky rice. ME LIKE. should be quite the generous portion for us to finish bowls of rice.......

Free juicy watermelons as dessert!

around 65 SGD for dinner. Thanks for the treat JJ HEHE.

New fav dessert place in town? Like those taiwan and blackball style. They have MANY options and allow customers to customize their orders.

Tea Tozz

Located at SCAPE

#02-09

pretty near the entrance, like some bbt outlet

Wanted to order some thai jelly pudding but it was OOS.

So here's my Milk Shaved Snow + Red bean (jj requested) + QQ Sweet potato (yummy like black ball's) + Gula Melaka Sauce

&

Lemon Melon Drink + Aiyu Jelly. Both hit the spot!

Will be back!

silly selfies cause we were slacking there.

SATURDAY

some unglams at zouk photo booth w jess & yan

With ma homie twin 

and all the girls at member's smoking room.

wenmin, weishan, me, tess and zy!~

haha jess kindly took these photos for us.

with tessa :))

and the rest of my clique who came that night. :)) Love those h2h sessions we have after liqour!

Okay, ending off with afew overdue boring updates when I went food hunting off my lists as usual.

Finally tried the mainstream

Poulet

201 Victoris Street

#04-12

Bugis +

They pretty much have outlets all over singapore, and some claim that some of the outlets serves better food.

Truffle Mashed Potato ($5.80)

One of the must order sides, esp if you think the chicken later isn't going to be enough for you. Quite a innovative idea of truffled flavored mash too! Usually isn't it truffle fries? hahahah MUST ORDER.

Poulet Roti (Half Chicken) ($15.80)

This was my main and I loved it! The creamy sauce and mushroom went so well with the roasted chicken which already tasted so flavorful. Its their signature main dish!

Lamb Shank ($15.80)

Unique choice of main dish from my partner and it tasted quite good too! :) He ordered this twice when he dined here haha.

Tiramisu ($7.80)

Suggested dessert which tasted meh to me, maybe I am not really a fan of most tiramisus, but portion is really big! Explains the tag.

Overall I thought that poulet was pretty good! Bill came up to 55 SGD. Quite affordable and convenient. Everyone should give it a try, especially if you are a meat lover! :) 

Okay and this was last week, when I died the previous night at zouk cause I vomitted hahaha so I accompanied my dad and his friends for some mainstream priced buffet at

BUFFET TOWN!
Raffles City

B1-44E

Even though I live to eat, LOL, I am not really a buffet kind of person esp after quite a not that favorable experience I had at KISEKI. And I rather visit better buffets next time by hotels? I think all the weight and calories you gain after stuffing yourself at buffets cause of the usual singaporean genes is so not worth it ya hahahaha

Overall I guess Buffet town is a better option, much wider varieties, which explains why prices are steeper per pax, but I guess their standard of food is around the same their for the similar choices they serve, between the two. Buffet town has more outlets around SG.

You can check out their website for more details

http://www.buffettown.com.sg/

Under some of the categories which I had! 

my love for fried mantous dipped in sauce.

typical laksaa

herbal soup was yum!

satayyys

Didn't really like the oysters though the queue for it was probably the LONGEST. Think I have tasted better.

prawns were good tho!

I liked the chicken wings and dory fish!!

diff choices of pastas! not too bad. had carbonara.

another long queue. I kinda like the raw ebi! (the small prawns in the middle)

heated cheese mussels which i prefer more than to the raw ones

okay prolly something I spammed the most, some grilled fish with loaaaads of like eggs inside with tempura sauce. hahaha so good but I felt so evil eating so many fish eggs :////

Not forgetting the last but not least

Waffles and ice cream will obviously be the better choice. Something which kiseki stands out for as well. Nothing ever goes wrong with this!

alright I should head to bed now. Hope you guys enjoy the post. back next week. SO HUNGRY xoxo