[Restaurant week] Roadhouse & Marugoto Shokudou

Food review

Hey, I'm back with another food-related post.

Some of you might have probably seen Leo and my intensive instagram spamming 3 weeks ago (yup time flies). This is my first time participating in restaurant week and it's thanks to Lianne's recommendation and our kiasu-ism that we managed to make our reservations on the restaurantweek.sg before booking was opened to public. :3 

So just a little background, Restaurant week is a semiannual event that attracts both top restaurants/cafes and foodies to indulge in the food culture in various eateries. For me, it's just an excuse to head over to new places to try out their special food menus without feeling too guilty about being a glutton. Only 4 out of 48 weeks per year that we get to enjoy 3-course lunch/dinner at a discounted rate! The usual standard promotion pricing for lunch and dinner is $25++ and $35++ respectively. Anyway, the next restaurant week is gonna be in March, 2013! I've subscribed to their newsletter already, you should too! :)

Roadhouse

Blk 13, #01-07 Dempsey Road

Opens 10.30am - 10pm from Mon - Fri and 

9am to 10pm on Sat & Sun

American-style 50-seater dining place that serves burgers, sandwiches, pizzas and grilled meat. 

Haven't tried their eggs benny, but it's recommended on various food blogs/websites. ;)

A table for 6 for those who prefer fresh air!

Indoor contemporary interior design. Cozy and warmly-lit lighting.

Wall of Fame for those who can finish a 1kg Terminator burger!

Same concept as New York New York - if you can devour the $48 5-wagyu-patty burger and its sides within 20min, you can eat 霸王餐! ;)

My ever-so-sweet date of the night. 

Restaurant week menu.

Ordered ourselves a glass of Choc milkshake as we're slaves of chocolates and milkshakes. :3

My review: Normal choc milk blended, nothing special except for the price. :/ 

Shrimps Tostadas

with avocado, mango salsa, tomatoes, gorgonzola cheese and tertilla chips!

My review: Very spicy! Crispy crepes. 

Bacon and Chicken Poppers with Jalapeno peppers and Rosemany jus. 

My review: Love this appetizer over the shrimp one cos it's juicy and savory (and not spicy). ^^

Leonard and I ordered the same main course - The Big Apple Burger

with a thick 170g Josper Wagyu patty grilled to perfect tenderness sandwiched between homemade buns seasoned with olive oil. The grilled green apple mixed with cinnamon, caramelized onions and sundried tomatoes taste interesting but honestly mild sweetness for main course, not my cup of tea. 

Once Leo and I popped the crispy fries, we couldn't stop. 

Coleslaw was quite dry, not my type cos I like the watery and chilled type like KFC's. 

If I am to return to Roadhouse, I'm going back for the Truffle mayonnaise!

How innovative! They just made it more sinful though. 

By the way, we had to pay for this separately (not included in the dinner menu) , but rest assure cos it's not even expensive. :)

What you guys have been waiting for! Desserts!

We ordered both the dessert options on the menu as both of their names look too good to resist.

I swear their chocolate mousse is one of the richest I've tasted. I mean sometimes people do get sick of the chocolate taste if the chocolate content is too high, but this mousse tastes refreshingly yummylicious. 

Sticky date pudding with their homemade butterscotch ice cream! 

Sugar overload i promise you. The first time I tried this dessert was at Prive at Keppel Bay

and the bf and I fell in love with it immediately! Another reason why we had chosen Roadhouse was because  we already saw what was on the dessert menu. ;) 

Chop chop bringing you to the 2nd and final restaurant that we visited this restaurant week.

Marugoto Shokudo

Broadway Plaza #01-07

K sorry, ootd first. 

Sheer floral blouse in jade paired with my Bugis street pink floral shorts! 

Rare, but this shot was requested by Leo's mum. Keke.

It does seem like a family restaurant as we were welcomed by a relatively mature couple, very neatly dressed who were giving instructions to the younger servers. The restaurant is well-lit (good for photo-taking) and has plenty of authentic-looking Japanese decoration all around. And yes they have a special sashimi counter as well like how the buffet places have a sashimi counter. 

Restaurant week dinner menu, which I think is very value for money because instead of the usual 3 courses, our appetizers make up 3 dishes already. 

Hot green tea for a start.

Yup, my fetish to take photos of tissue and serviettes. 

Assorted appetizer starting with 

Deep fried Smelt. Interesting as Leo's mum was telling us how expensive this tiny eggy fishie is.

Millions of roes inside the minute tummy. Fried to the right level of crispiness. (Y)

Can see the eggies? :3 My love for eggs is indiscriminate. 

Miso cheese.

The biscuit was a bit lao hong, but I'm not sure if it's the way they planned to serve it. Very cute though.

Japanese tomatoes. 

The balanced taste of fried fish, cheese and refreshing vege gives a perfect kickstart to our dinner which we were eager for then. 

Oh yes, not to forget, sashimi! Fresh! :)

It was the first time I tried the Yellowtail. Springy and chewy, especially at the red sides. 

Thumbs up. 

Generous list of appetizers. 

Chawanmushi! Cutest bowl to keep the steamed eggs i swear. :D

Huge shrimp right at the centre sprinkled with ginormous salmon roes which burst in your mouth.

The steamed egg is slightly watery, but I have no problem with that. (Y)

Leo's mum chose the seafood hotpot, Yosenabe, just for the variety of taste that night as both of us wanted to order the same dish. We couldn't stop helping ourselves with the soup base! Awesome!

Mixed hot plate with assortment of 

Teriyaki chicken, Wagyu beef and Hamburg steak served with the corn and asparagus..

I'd unquestionably prefer the wagyu beef.
Top quality cow really, the meat is so tender and soft that it melts in the mouth. 

Leonard is THE copycat here. lol.

Dessert course! Leo got the Matcha ice cream. Nothing very special except for the red bean paste. 

I got the Strawberry tofu cheesecake! 

Super interesting. It's like they mixed tofu and cheese syrup together to come up with the fusion-taste cake. 

Small serving light dessert to end the 3-course dinner, as well as restaurant week. 

The eatery is too pretty to not take pictures of/with! 

Funny that we didn't notice that they own a REAL (and collared) 招财猫 right at their door. 

Actually I'm not too sure if it belongs to them, but it's quite a fat fluffy one. It was cleaning itself when we snap some pics of the cutie. Keke. 

Alrights, apologies for the lack of flowery writing. I'm not cut out for describing the awesomeness of food anyway. Hope you guys like the pictures though. Do watch out for the next restaurant week next year in March! :)

If you haven't seen my latest cover, it's Skyscraper by Demi Lovato. Well, i guess my blog readers would probably have seen this video since it's on autoplay. :p Here's the HD version with a bigger widget!
Enjoy~

Hearts, 

ZiweiSandy

P/s: I'll try to record a new Chinese cover as soon as I finish some important work on my lab experiment. ;) Chinese songs are my forte! So keep a lookout ya!