My "date" with Charlene

"Do you like chicken or duck?" was what Charlene asked me when we were deciding where to go for lunch.
"I prefer duck," I said. And she told me she's got the perfect place to taste some. We then headed over to The Asian Kitchen at RafflesCity.
I've blogged about Lu Gang Xiao Zhen by The Asian Kitchen some time ago, and you should know that I love the food there.

Here are what we had that Saturday afternoon:

Sour Plum Roasted Duck

The duck was YUM-MEH. Only complaint - too much bones! The two of us were practically struggling with it (compromising on quality conversation), that we almost gave up on it.

Stir-fried fish with spring onion and ginger

The fish was awesome too (no bones, yay!) but I wish the taste of ginger were more apparent.

Bubble tea

The pearls were chewy - love it!

Vegetables with salted eggs, century eggs and chicken eggs

I didn't like this. It's bland. It's supposed to have three different types of eggs but all of them lost their distinctive taste. They're just kinda all mashed together. It's edible, but I've tasted better ones!

After shopping (Whee! Albeit ended up not buying anything), we headed to Mandarin Gallery (my favourite place in town) for some drinks - at Arteatiq.

Here's the drink I had - Choya with lemongrass:

I wrapped up the day by leaving home with a box of macaroons from Antoinette (you know I can't get enough of them!)

Check out Charlene's post about this here. And check out my look of the day here.

Lu Gang Xiao Zhen - The Asian Kitchen review

Taiwanese food rocks.

The last time I visited Taiwan was almost three years ago and I miss it so much. I remember telling my travel-mates "There is NEVER a bad meal in Taiwan!"

Lu Gang Xiao Zheng at ION Orchard is one of the restaurants that me and my ex-colleagues love to hang out at. It's like the place to go to when we run out of ideas on where to go.

And it's no wonder because they serve comfort food like these:

These are the three dishes that I have to order when I'm there with a bunch of friends.

The only thing that I could possibly complain about is that the price of the food is wayyyy more expensive than what you can get in Taiwan. Gosh. How I wish I can travel there again soon!

What's your comfort food?