Belated birthday celebration

A couple of days back, my whole family went to Vivocity to celebrate my brother's and Pam's (sis-in-law) birthday. Their birthdays fall just a week apart. So, we celebrated together. It was postponed because my dad was admitted to hospital last week because of a skin problem. Will talk more about it in another post.

But anyway, we went to Hanabi Jap Restaurant at Vivo.



It has very nice, modern, zen-like decor. The place was quite dark and I only had my handphone with me to snap pictures of the place and food.


CT, my brother, Pamela and myself had the Japanese ala-carte buffet. I decided for myself that it was ok to eat raw fish despite my pregnancy. Guess I was just finding lots of excuses for myself. In my first pregnancy, I was so obedient to refrain totally from raw fish but this time round, I felt it was ok because after all, Singapore's raw food is quite safe to consume. It's not contaminated or anything.

My parents and Vicky shared a steamboat dinner for 2. It was a 1-for-1 promotion for UOB cardholders. (usual price is 1 for $99)



The buffet was great! There were altogether 180 over dishes to choose from. Here's one side of the menu only...(didnt take the other side because it was a black background and so, it was too dark to take)



I was more interested in this section.But then again, they have so many dishes to choose from...and so we tried a lot of unusual dishes as well.



We first ordered all the dishes with a yellow crown beside the word as it is the chef's recommendation. So that was our first round of order.



We had fried shishamo (which I simply call it, "pregnant fish")



Fried squid..


and this complimentary fried ball with minced clam and lots of other stuff in it. Quite unusual but nice.



We also ordered different styles of cooking beef. I love the beef steak which we ordered about 3 portions in total.



There was also salmon soup which was really warm and soulful. It was so comforting to drink.




Off hand, I could think of a few good dishes which I also tried but didnt manage to snap pictures of it. We had pork belly with kimchi, the grilled mackerel and salmon was also very tasty. They added sakae to the salmon which gave it a very nice flavour.

All in all, we really enjoyed the food and its varieties. Though its pricey, its quite worth it for the numerous dishes to choose from and the fresh fish! Costs us $50 per person.

After the hearty meal, I went shopping with my mum while my dad and brother went to Giant. My mum was on a shopping spree. She bought clothes for me as well as for Caleb. Thanks mum!

We only reached home close to 11 plus pm. Dead beat!