More eating!

Food Republic at Vivocity has a stall selling home-cooked food and one of the dishes is Steamed Egg. It is a very simple dish but tastes delicious. I think it is the seasoning used in it.

Merchant Court Hotel's Ellenborough Market Cafe has a wonderful buffet to devour. It costs $36 on weekdays and $38 on weekends, excluding service charge and GST. However, a UOB cardholder can get 15% off on the total bill.

The spread is a wide one and there are Nonya dishes, international and local seafood, soups, salads and desserts. The main courses and appetizers are local in nature though. I could not resist the food and ate what I was not supposed to eat due to my flu. As a result, I overate and had to put some medicated oil on my stomach to ease the discomfort.

There are items like Chap Chye, Ayam Buah Kelak, Babi Pongteh, Ikan Tempra and Kueh Pie Tee. The accompaniments are Sambal Blacan and Chinchalok. I recommend Kueh Pie Tee as one of the must-eat items. At the seafood counter, there is food like Sashimi, Raw Oysters, Scallops, Sushi and Prawns. I skipped that counter because I am not a fan of those items. There are two types of soups: Hot and Sour as well as Mint Pumpkin Soup. I could not try the former due to my bad throat but the latter is rather tasty.

There are quite a few kinds of salads but they are mostly Western in nature. There are varieties like Couscous Salad, Pasta Salad, Potato Salad, DIY Salad with vegetables and dressings provided, Prawn and Fruit Kerabi, Broccoli Salad, White Bean Salad and Mixed Vegetable Salad. The Potato Salad is rather delicious.

The desserts are wide in range as well. There are items like Chocolate Fondue with Custard Apple, Pineapple and Honeydew pieces, Fresh Watermelon, Papaya, Apple and Honeydew pieces, Black Sesame Cake, Fruit Cheesecake, Vanilla Creme Brulee, Chocolate Fudge Cake, Durian Pengat, Assorted Cookies like Chocolate Chip, Melting Moments and Pistachio, Bread and Butter Pudding, Apple Crumble, Papaya, Chinese Almonds and White Fungus in Syrup, Glutinous Rice Balls with Black Sesame Filling in Almond Cream, Pulot Hitam and Red Bean. The Durian Pengat is supposed to be famous but I could not eat it due to my throat. The Chocolate Chip cookies were not too bad. The Papaya dessert is good too.

There are two types of appetizers: Fried Moneybags and Sweet Potato wrapped in Deep-fried Vermicelli, of which the latter is unusual. The main courses consist of White Rice, Steamed Sea Bass, Roast Duck, Mutton Curry, Stir-fried Slipper Lobster, Satay, Fried Carrot Cake and Chilled Green Tea Noodles. My recommended dishes are: Roast Duck, the Lobster dish, Satay and Fried Carrot Cake.