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Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Dinner Dates
Having two dinner dates with my boy during this long weekends - Company closed on Monday and Tuesday which is also a public holiday celebrating Hari Raya Haji.
On Sunday Night
Venue: Stellar at 1-Altitude
5-Course Dinner $160++
AMUSE BOUCHES
Miso Butterscotch Eggplant | Macadamia | Tart | Stracciatella
Chicken Skin Cracker | Lemon Myrtle Crab | Peas | Finger lime
DESSERT ART [Elegantly crafted creations specially curated by the pastry chefs at our table]
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE - Nine Layers of Chocolate | Mushroom | Salted Coffee Cream | Hazelnut Dacquoise | Nuts
PACIFIC REEF - Fremantle Octopus | Pickled Clams | Sea Herbs | Seafood Essence
INFLORECENCE & PISTA - Textures of Cauliflower | Frozen Creme Fraiche | Pistachio Emulsion | Gooseberries
OCEAN JEWELS - Murray Cod | Australian Marron | Agretti | Crustacean Sauce
BEEF X ALIUM - F1 Wagyu Sirloin | Tempura Pickled Shallot Rings | White Onion Soubise Caramel Onion Beef Jus | Poached Leeks
HEY 'MITE' - Mushroom Pebbles | ‘Vegemite’ Parfait | Caramelised Banana | Chocolate Soil | Nitro Hazelnut Malt Rocks
Damaged:$430.80 (included Cocktail 'Pure Heaven' and 2 cocktails 'Juvenile & Unrated-M')
On Monday Night
Venue: Wagyu Jin by Les Amis
Omakase $238++
APPETISER - Langoustine | Sea Urchin | Cavier | Jelly
YAKINIKU - A5 Miyazaki Beef
CHATEAUBRIAND SANDO - A5 Omi Beef (one of my favourites)
SUSHI - A5 Hida Beef
BEEF TONGUE (a la carte add-ons) - We tried both thick and thin, and preferred the thick version.
SOMEN - Caviar | Truffle
SUKIYAKI - A5 Tochigi Beef | Organic Onsen Egg | Rice | Soup | Pickles
This the best, We even added another bowl of rice for the flavourful sauce. So satisfactory.
DESSRT - Yuzu Sorbet with Cream Cheese Yogurt
The Yuzu Sake was especially made upon my request. Love it so much that I ordered one more.
Damaged: $668+
Saturday, July 17, 2021
Some more from Book Depository
Picture Book Yayoi Kusama: Covered Everything in Dots and Wasn't Sorry. by Fausto Gilberti
The Voynich Manuscript edited by Raymond Clemens
Many call the fifteenth-century codex, commonly known as the "Voynich Manuscript," the world's most mysterious book. The vellum on which it is written has been carbon-dated to the early 15th century (1404–1438), and stylistic analysis indicates it may have been composed in Italy during the Italian Renaissance. Written in an unknown script by an unknown author, the manuscript has no clearer purpose now than when it was rediscovered in 1912 by rare books dealer Wilfrid Voynich. The manuscript appears and disappears throughout history, from the library of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to a secret sale of books in 1903 by the Society of Jesus in Rome. The book's language has eluded decipherment, and its elaborate illustrations remain as baffling as they are beautiful. For the first time, this facsimile, complete with elaborate folding sections, allows readers to explore this enigma in all its stunning detail, from its one-of-a-kind "Voynichese" text to its illustrations of otherworldly plants, unfamiliar constellations, and naked women swimming though fantastical tubes and green baths.
The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black by E.B. Hudspeth
Extract from a book review:
If you go into this book blindly without reading the blurb, you may very well believe that Dr. Spencer Black was a real person who pushed scientific boundaries in immoral ways during his lifetime. While this book is a work of fiction, the biography of Dr. Black certainly is believable and historically plausible.
The biography of Dr. Spencer Black chronicles his life and career, his projects and ideas. Born in Philadelphia in 1851, he was the son of a resurrectionist–“an exhumer and stealer of corpses”, a.k.a. a grave robber. Spencer Black later became a different sort of resurrectionist from that of his father–he became “one who revives or brings to light again”. Spencer was once a highly respected doctor–a surgeon, an anatomist–who went through the best medical schools. But he was a man obsessed with the notion that humans may have evolved from mythological beasts, and that traces of our ancestry were still present in rare cases. Dr. Black lived an exciting, strange, and ultimately challenging life in which he traveled with carnivals in order to study deformed specimens after his academic peers turned on him, disgusted by his unorthodox methods and pursuits. He became estranged from his brother, and his wife spiraled into her own hell after Dr. Black’s work went irreversibly too far.
Before disappearing seemingly from the face of the Earth in 1908, Dr. Spencer Black published a mere six copies of his magnum opus: The Codex Extinct Animalia. This anatomical reference manual is the true star of the book: it showcases eleven species Dr. Black studied, some of which he very likely created himself…
The siren and harpy are my favourites.
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