Amara Sanctuary Resort Sentosa Part 2

We woke up early in the morning for a swim before our buffet breakfast at the Shutters restaurant!

Shutters is an elegant all day restaurant serving contemporary Asian and Western dishes. The restaurant boasts a romantic outdoor terrace area with a breathtaking view of the Amara skylight feature and an open-concept kitchen where diners can watch the chefs work their magic.

After our heavy breakfast, we went back to our hotel room and do the necessary packing and getting ready to check out at 12pm!

I was craving for ramen, and we decided to go for Ramen Santouka, a Japanese ramen franchise located in The Central. I have been wanting to try out their ramen ever since I read many good reviews about them online. Their branch is located on the second floor, in the left corner at the front portion of the building. The joint is pretty small, but that contributes to the authenticity of the place.

Outside the shop, there are standard plastic displays of what they offer on the menu.

Most of the Japanese ramen chain provides a full jug of cold water at each table. No doubt, it was for those who cannot stomach the saltiness!

Both of us ordered their prized dish, which is Tokusen Toroniku Ramen (Pork Cheek Ramen). For soup base, I choose the Kara-Miso - Spicy Soybean Paste Flavour and Dear choose the Miso - Soybean Paste Flavour.

The noodles was springy and the pork-based soup was amazingly rich. In spite of its oiliness, richness and saltiness, I found myself slurping up almost every drop of soup!

And, guess what? I am craving for a bowl RIGHT NOW!

The prized meat cut is so soft and tender that they literally melt in my mouth!

I ordered the Tamago Koji as a side dish. I love the soft runny egg york!

The Gyozas here are well-done, as they had nicely browned bases, a soft skin and a tasty filling.

To recover from the saltiness of the Ramen, we ordered our usual drinks at Gong Cha before we headed home.

Thanks to boyfriend for the lovely getaway and once again, happy 5th year anniversary to us and many more years to come! ♥

Girls Gatherings at Timbre Art House and Meetup with Joanna

Timbre at Art House - ''Music Serenity be the River''

Timbre offers a wide range of BBQ offerings, pastas, salads, stir-fried dishes, popular pizzas as well as a wide selection of cocktails, mocktails and alcoholic/non-alcoholic drinks!

Photos courtesy of Diana

Our menu for the night:

1) Roasted Duck Pizza - Roasted duck breast, sautéed shiitake mushroom with Hoisin sauce, topped with crispy popiah skin & mozzarella cheese.

I am sure most pizza lovers have heard of their highly acclaimed Roasted Duck Pizza, and true enough, It did not fail to disappoint me! There were a chunks of tender duck meat placed atop of their extremely thin crusted, piping hot pizza!

2) Timbre Buffalo Wings - Battered chicken wings, deep-fried & topped with Timbre's devil sauce

Each one is coated in a Timbre's devil sauce, and that makes the skin of the chicken taste extremely good! The spice level is mild, I would prefer it to be spicer!

3) Louisiana Fries - Deep fried straight cut fries, topped with Cajun spiced and accompanied with Tartar sauce.

The fries are slightly crisp on the outside, soft on the inside and it goes well with the tartar sauce!

4) Stuffed Mushrooms - Mushrooms stuffed with bacon bits, herbed butter and mozzarella cheese

These savory stuffed mushrooms are flavorful and juicy!

Timbre's at Art House is a excellent place to chill and hang out with friends. The local live band plays great music and you can actually write your song delication on a piece of paper or servettes, and get the waiter or waitress to pass it to them. They will then sing and play the songs you like!

On 30th August, I also get to meet up with Joanna and it was great to catch up with her. She and her boyfriend have applied for the 5 room Punggol Waterway Terraces BTO and they got a very good queue number! I am feeling happy and excited for them because they will be staying very near to us in the near future!

We had dinner at Aoba Hokkaido Ramen, followed by Ice Cream at Gusttimo Di Roma, both located at Ion Orchard.

I love the ice cream at Gusttimo Di Roma because they are smooth and not overly sweetened! They have made their gelato healthier, in terms of fat content. Their fruits and yoghurts gelato are fat free, and the cream-based gelato are 96 per cent fat-free. You have to choose a minimum of 3 flavours and a cup size of 3 flavours Picolo cost $5.90, or 4 flavours Grande cost $7.80.

I’ll probably go back sometime for more gelato, or perhaps, try the food!

Keisuke Ebi Ramen and Americaya at Parco Millenia Walk

Parco is the newest addition to Millenia Walk and Marina Bay! They sell fashion pieces / accessories / footwear / skin care / make up and etc at level 1 and 2. The themed Japanese restaurants and supermarket are at level 3!

Love my new heels from Americaya at Parco Millenia Walk level 1! Their heels are not cheap but they are real comfty!

For dinner, we went to try out one of the themed Japanese restaurants - Keisuke Ebi Ramen.

It was actually an expensive "prawn noodles"!

Ebi Mayonnaise at $6.

Four small butterflied prawns is deep-fried and coated with mayonnaise.

Instead of standard bowls, the ramen comes in an severed tilted spheres on square black plates.

My Spicy Ebimiso Ramen with Wanton at $18.80.

Instead of the traditional collagen rich pork bones soup / miso based soup / shoyu based soup, this broth is made richly from the essence of prawns. It actually makes me feel like I am eating an expensive bowl of ''prawn noodles''.

The noodles were springy and tasty. One thing that I dislike about the soup is that they have added spring onions bits into it.

Dear's Ebi Ramen Ajitama at $16.80.

Both of us love the flavoured egg with an runny yolk in the center!

I have been wanting to try out the Ippudo Ramen at Mandarin Gallery upon hearing so many good reviews! Have anyone of you tried it before? ;)

Ramen Monster at Novena Square Velocity

It was a open concept store with brightly coloured cartoons on the wall.

Both of us choose the Tonkotsu Ramen at $7.90. We top up another $3 for Gozya and free flow of Hot / Cold Green Tea or Ice Lemon Tea. As for the noodle choices are Kyushu thinner ramen or Hokkaido thicker ramen.

The Green Tea / Ice Lemon Tea was too dilute. It was almost tasteless!

They claimed that there is no MSG added, but the soup base are way too salty!

The Gozya are mediocre.

Homemade Strawberry Yogurt Ice-cream.

Overall, it was a quiet and cozy corner for dinner and catching up with friends.

Happiness in a Box!

Thanks Dear for the colourful Macarons from Gobi~