Lunch at Oversea Restaurant again!

yoohoo!!! I'M BACK from my cruise, teehee, had an awesome time onboard with YZ! ^_^ it's was great to get away from work and just relax and have a good time! but anyway, i'll be blogging about it soon enough once i've started editing the massive amount of pictures!

meanwhile, this entry is a continuation from the ice cream workshop entry, right after our ice cream making session, we headed for lunch just a few steps away, at Oversea Restaurant at Shaw Leisure Gallery! Fel and i have been there once before, and it was an A-MA-ZING lunch experience, you can read about the previous food tasting session we had here!

this time round, we were invited to sample a totally different selection of dishes from previously, more to 家乡小菜, or homemade fare, which were reaalllly delicious, and really made me feel like i was having a lovingly home cooked meal at home with the familiarity and comfort of simple good food!

back at Oversea Restaurant, and we were seated in the same section as previously, which is a private dining area with only two tables.

Fel and I! pretty nice lighting in the restaurant. LOL. good for camwhoring.

this time round, we had like a multitude of dishes prepared for us, (i think there were a total of 8 or 9 bloggers present) so feast your eyes on the food ahead!! :P i hope i didn't get any of the names wrong... cos there were too many dishes and they were all served one after another!!! @_@


#1 辣子鱼滑
Fish paste in chilli sauce! the first dish that arrived at our table, waiting to be devoured by an entire table of female bloggers who were all very hungry. hahaha. unfortunately, we all had to take pictures of every dish before eating them! :P this tasted like fish cake/fish ball consistency, in chilli sauce (the kind you have with chill crab..) and it was really yummy! soft with a nice chewy texture, but not too rubbery. the chilli sauce tastes super good when you drizzle it over rice!

#2 肉碎桂豆苗
String beans with minced pork, this really tastes like home! love the addition of minced pork to the beans, it gives it a fuller flavor and added to the crunchiness of the beans!

#3 百草西柚霹雳动球???
ok i am just guessing (by trial and elimination). this dish was some thai styled fish fillet with grapefruit. tangy and refreshing!

#4 肉丸豆腐
simple meat balls with tofu, served in a clay pot! i looove clay pot!!! keeps my food piping hot, just the way i like it. yummy meatballs with an awesome sauce that complemented the meatballs really well!

#5 伊班茄子
this is sautéed eggplant, which i generally don't like eggplant, but it was YUMMY! super love the texture and flavor. kind of like melt in your mouth but not slimy.

#6 菠萝云吞
fried wanton that's put in like go lo yok tomato sauce! hmm, pretty neutral about this one, cos the wanton got a little soggy by the time i got to try it!

#7 凉瓜炒爽肉
love this one, stir fried bitter gourd with pork! the bitter gourd is only slightly better, and helps to make the strong flavor of the sauce less jelat. and i love meat in general, so i love this one :D

#8 鱼汤让四宝
yong tau hu with deep fried tau kee! the soup was sooo tasty and good! much better than the average yong tau hu out there. i only got to taste like one spoonful of the soup??? cos it was finished up so fast! lol. the deep fried tau kee is served separately so you can choose to have it on its own, or put it in the soup.

#9 油浸脆草莞鱼
crispy fried carp fish with lemon grass and a super tasty sauce! the lemon grass is supposed to counteract the oiliness of the fried fish, to aid digestion and all that! i thought it was well done, crispy on the outside, tender on the inside! :D

#10 原粒面酱豆根薯仔煲
baby potatoes with tau kee (i think) awww this one is like my favorite! the potatoes were so well marinated and soft it practically dissolves in your mouth! i love potatoes! hee. reminds me of a dish my mummy cooks.

#11 咸鱼烝鸡腿
stir fried chicken thigh meat with salted fish, this one was a tad too salty if you eat it with your own, so you have to eat it with some rice! tastes really fab with rice, the salted fish flavor complements white fragrant rice perfectly, and the chicken is tender too!

#12 瓦煲番茄蛋
another favorite, clay pot tomato omelette thingy! the tomatoes are so yummy and i also love eggs to the max! can't live without eggs :P the omelette was soft and fluffy and went well with the tomatoes and sauce!

on top of the dishes that were prepared for us, we got to try TWO more, cos we were so greedy. LOL. no la. cos they thought they would let us try this dish as well, and we requested for the special order char siew that you CANNOT MISS if you visit Oversea Restaurant!!!

soft bone pork with carrots in clay pot, i don't know what's the exact name, but this one is like soft stewed pork loin with soft bones that are edible! together with carrots and onions that make the stew sweet and tasty!!! thumbs up for me!

and ultimate must order if you visit Oversea Restaurant, signature Char Siew! it's so popular you have to call in advance to make reservations for it! and it's super worth all the calories zomg caramelized goodness and melt in your mouth char siew!! don't know why that day's char siew looked darker than the previous time we had it, here. lol. or maybe just different camera ahahah.

THUMBS UPSSSSSSS all the way!!!

#珍珠雷莎汤丸
we ended off the sumptuous feast with glutinous rice balls, i was expecting them to come in a soup, but nope, they're dry and came with a peanut sugar topping!! very soft and the sesame flavor is soooo yummy.

look at the all the cleaned out plates and pots on our table. we practically finished every last morsel of food.... D: like hungry ghosts like that! but they were so good!

surprisingly, the bill came up to a very very affordable amount! as you can see, most of the dishes only cost between $9.80 to $12.80! stuffed ourselves so much, and with drinks and all that, it cost only about $20 per pax (we had about 10 persons at the table!) exclusive of our last two special order dishes, with really reasonable portions and great variety!!!

there's this window to the kitchen outside the entrance of the restaurant, look at that char siew goodness just hanging there so decadently.....

and with Fel posing at the entrance of the restaurant! :D BTW, we are both wearing the same cardigan leh can you tell!! HAHAHA. Rivera Mesh Cardigan in Rust Orange and Cherry Red!

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Oversea Restaurant (Singapore branch)

No. 100 Beach Road, #01-27 to #01-37,Shaw Leisure Gallery, Shaw Tower

Singapore 189702

Tel 6294 2638

Fax 6894 7881

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me me me. this was like day 3 or 4 of my braces btw. and i could eat that much food. i'm so amazed with myself. *shakes head*

anyway, i definitely recommend Oversea Restaurant, especially if you want to bring your parents/family out for a meal and they are more traditional (like my parents) and prefer to dine at chinese restaurants!! it's really affordable for the quality of food and the general ambience and service. but remember to call to make reservations cos they are really packed during the weekends, especially dinner time! i can't wait to go back again, honestly :P LOVE the food there!!!

once again, thank you so much to Elfaine from The Sample Store for the invitation! ^_^ as well as the great team at Oversea Restaurant for so much yummy food and utmost hospitality!!

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some instagrammed pictures from my Spongebob at Sea cruise aboard Superstar Virgo, with Star Cruises, before i actually blog about it in detail!

hee YZ and i brought along our couple wear along for the cruise, love how it looks so nautical and completely goes with the cruise theme. LOL. i think we attracted a lot of stares!

an outfit for another day, my superbly cute Polkahearts Peterpan Tee, i loooove heart prints if you can't already tell, and it goes so nicely with high waisted shorts, was wearing a pair from TCL!

close up of the heartssssss

I LOVE THIS POLAROID!!!! we took together with Spongebob and Patrick! HEE. sooo cuuteeeeee!!! super love.

and another one with the christmas tree!

brought along a straw hat. be careful with hats if you're out on the deck, the breeze can get really strong and that would be the end of your hat........

power packed breakfast (FULL OF EGGS!!!) on board!!! nom nom nom. we stuffed ourselves silly with food!

YZ with Spongebob on the christmas tree hahaha

and ending off with YZ and meeee!

had such a good time on board!!! :D happy to be back though, cos there's so much work waiting to be done (as usual) @_@ anyway, heading out for a super early Christmas party soon. bwahaha. am bringing along my "famous" Horlicks ice cream as my contribution! woooo. super #dietfail lor! :(((

update again soon! i've got another give-away coming next!!!! enjoy your Sunday night!

lunch at oversea restaurant!

imma huge fan of chinese cuisine, anything from teochew muay to dimsum to frog porridge to seafood! got invited to lunch at Oversea Restaurant for a food tasting session, and it was so so so good!!! y'know usually for "food-tasting", only very tiny portions are served huh? we were served a full 10-course meal with no expenses spared, and even got to sample their specially made mooncakes after that D:

a little background on the restaurant: it's a very popular Cantonese cuisine restaurant that originated from Malaysia and opened its first outlet in the 1970s! D: they only just opened their 1st Singaporean outlet this year, and have brought over the same dishes that's so popular in their Malaysian restaurants! Even the chefs of 20 over years of experience were brought over to Singapore to ensure that the standard of the food is as close to the Malaysian-Cantonese style of cuisine that they've been serving for decades!

so no one talks about food without the pictures, i'm gonna start with those mouth-watering pictures now :D

*disclaimer* i'm no professional food blogger, so don't mind my poor descriptions and pictures!

we had a function room specially prepared for the group of bloggers who came to attend the session, so there was complete privacy and attentive waitresses! great for family occasions like birthday gatherings and the like.

as at all typical chinese restaurants, prettily folded napkins and nicely set out cutlery and plates :D

Fel and i sat together! :S then can help each other camwhore. bwahahahaa. no la. we would have sat together anyway cos i didn't really know any of the other girls personally!

a quick look at the menu.. i'll introduce each dish one by one later!

me! wearing the rainbow stripes cardi & pretty as a cupcake romper in wine. couldn't help camwhoring abit cos they had really nice wall deco right behind us! lol :X

#1 Oversea Special Charsiew

this is the MUST-TRY dish of the restaurant! its signature charsiew that many customers actually call to make reservations for, because it sells out so quickly everyday! i can understand why, the pork soft and tender, with a sweet caramelised taste that's really melt-in-your-mouth and damn yummy! very different from the regular charsiew you find outside.

devouring charsiew. i think i had like three pieces at least? salivating now as i'm thinking about it... D:

#2 Doubleboiled Dried Seafood in Supreme Soup

the manager explained to us that this was the "little brother" of Budhha Jumps Over the Wall, HAHA. it's the same soup broth and ingredients, without the abalone! it has to be boiled for 6 hours! loved the thick and savoury soup, and this is also supposed to be very nutritious!

some of the ingredients you will find inside the soup: mushroom, dried scallop, chicken claw, chicken (very tender!), fish maw, etc.

#3 BBQ Peking Duck with Beancurd Skin Stuffing with Mushroom

this Peking Duck was quite different from the kind that you see elsewhere, (those wrapped in pastry skin sort), the manager explained to us that due to the huge amount of time and work it takes to prepare this style of Peking Duck, it's hardly found elsewhere! it comes with one layer of mantou, duck, fried beancurd skin stuffed with mushroom, then crispy duck skin!

i love Peking Duck, so this was definitely thumbs up for me! nice crispy skin and the combination of all the different textures and ingredients made it a very interesting dish to savor!

#4 Steamed Live Soon Hock Fish

steamed fish's another of my favourites! this one had a very firm, almost crunchy texture, and the fish meat was very substantial! it's wild Soon Hock fish so it's supposed to be tastier than the captive sort. and i really think it tasted better than Soon Hock fish that i've had elsewhere! it's not cheap though, at $11 per 100grams if i remember rightly.

#5 Oversea Special Baked Tiger King Prawn

another of their signature dishes, and its interesting cos it tasted similar to the charsiew with its sweet caramelized taste! this dish is baked, not grilled though! i was savouring every bite of the huge and succulent prawn!

check out how huge each prawn was!!! tiger king prawn leh, dont play play. damn nice!!

on a side note, it's quite funny how there were at least 4-5 cameras pointing towards the food at any given point of time during the session. LOL. i think the managers were quite amused!!

#6 Sauteed Pork Belly with Salted Fish

ahhhh..... salted fish and pork belly, first time trying such a combination and i lovee it! best eaten with a bowl of fragrant white rice cos it's really quite heavy on the sodium (BUT I LIKE). the pork belly sounds fatty, but it's not cos it's like a mixture of lean pork with some fats, and tastes heavenly! VVV good.

#7 Braised Homemade Beancurd with Petola

this dish looks simple, but i really enjoyed it cos i love tofu!! (i know, i love almost every kind of food. what can i say, i'm a glutton) the green pieces on top are a kind of gourd called petola, it had a slightly sweet flavour with a texture similar to cooked eggplant and went very well with the soft tofu and sauce! yummehhh.

#8 Young Kailan in 2 Ways

this is an interesting dish! we've all had kailan in oyster sauce and etc etc.. but the owner of Oversea Restoran (in Malaysia!) invented this recipe, of cooking kailan in 2 different ways: the stems are stir fried, while the leaves are fried to taste like crispy seaweed!! really very creative! silverfish is added as a topping too, so you get three different textures and tastes all in one dish of Kailan!

#9 Oversea Special Fried Rice

this is yet another popular dish on the menu, their special fried rice! unlike fried rice at other chinese restaurants, this one doesnt come with any meat at all, it's just simply fried with pieces of yam and beans!! the very special part of this fried rice is the texture of the rice, instead of just having the regular stir fried rice grains, they've stir fried it in such a way that some of the rice grains are more charred and crunchy, sort of like claypot wok hei rice! so it adds another dimension to a otherwise simple dish, and you get to crunch on extra crispy rice in every other bite! :D :D :D i loved this rice!

#10 Double Boiled Papaya with Almond Seeds with Plum Jelly

yesss.... finally! course number 10! you can imagine how full we girls were by this point. stuffed to the max, and it was only a lunch! D: i've never tasted a dessert like this before, and i really liked it! i usually dislike papaya, but this was boiled until the papaya was very very soft, and its color was almost clear! combined with the almond seeds and plum jelly in a sweet fragrant soup, i finished the whole bowl despite being so full :X

Fel & I enjoying our soup :DOMG...there goes my diet. hahahaha. and to top off the extremely sinful lunch, we still got to sample their delicious moon cakes!

moon cakes in five different flavours!!!

sesame flavour... my favorite!

dragonfruit & mango flavour!all the mooncakes were very yummy! especially the snowskin ones, very soft and not too sweet!i love the sesame one the best, but they had other interesting flavours like chocolate/coffee and green tea flavour mooncakes that i didn't try!

that concluded the end of the food tasting session! definitely exceeded my caloric intake for the day :S but well worth it!

we even got to bring home boxes of mooncakes as well!!! :D thank you Oversea Restaurant for the generosity!

Fel & i camwhoring in toilet :X

and instagram pictures!

okay. abrupt end.

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Oversea Restaurant (Singapore branch)

Address

No. 100 Beach Road, #01-27 to #01-37,Shaw Leisure Gallery, Shaw Tower

Singapore 189702

Tel 6294 2638

Fax 6894 7881

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highly recommend a visit to this restaurant with your family because your parents are sure to enjoy the cuisine here! :) i will definitely be bringing my parents there some day :D remember to call to make reservations cos they tend to be fully booked during peak hours! :D

oh, happy PH to everyone today! no PH for me, still need to go in to office later to reply to emails and verify payments and pack parcels and all that. and i'm gonna blog soon about the upcoming romper, i know everyone's eggcited and so am i!!!! caaaan't waaaaaaittttt!!!!!!!!

enjoy your day off everybardi!!!