[Food review] Onaka Restaurant & Wine Bar, nutritiously healthy for the better you!

We love food but how many of us are conscious of food and chooses the best for our health?

Well, I get to know that there's this restaurant encourages their customers to be more conscious and mindful of food and using only wholesome and selective organic ingredients for their cuisines.

Thanks William and Chef Benson for the invitation!

ONAKA

Optimum Nutrition And Kitchen Arts

Advocating a realistic, sensible and pragmatic approach with this tagline:

"Eat Consciously; Live Mindfully"!

Let's have a look at what I had that night!

First dish in the evening..

Asian Hummus

You get to dip with either bread or the nachos that we all love, or BOTH!

I surprisingly love the bread as it's a little crisp on the outside and soft on the inside, great for dips!



However, many of us ended up munching on the nachos, it's really yummy even on its own!Teehee!

Omega Soy Smoothies

Thick, flavourful and delicious when drinking! I literally drank all at one shot!

Omega is not only great for our body, it's great for our joints and bones too!

But do have it slowly as it might fill you up really quickly.



Bread Basket

This is definitely one of the yummilicious buns I could ever ask for because it was baked FRESH!

Onaka promote Low Glycemic food and use only whole grains and adopts a "No White Bread, No White Rice and No White Sugar" Policy!

It's warm when served, lightly crisp on the outside and soft in the inside.



You can either dip it with the olive dressing served or just indulge the bun on its own.





See how happy I am munching on those mini buns.. but I had about 2 and shy to continue because there's more than 8 of us and I couldn't keep on reaching to the bun.. oh so tempting!

(Photo credit: Debra)

Water Melon Sashimi

You must be thinking what exactly is this and how does it taste like?

This is one of the most unique dish I have ever tried so far in my life! 

I was wondering the same exact questions when this dish was served before us!

Well, This is one of the restaurant's signature dish! It doesn't taste fishy at all or rather, it's not even fish! The idea was to creating similar texture just like sashimi using watermelon.
A really unique, refreshing dish I would say.





Tofu Avo

Love your greens then you will love this dish! This is one of my favorites!

Fresh greens, rich in Vits avocado, tofu pieces and nuts are just so deliciously-fresh!

You get to taste the freshness and the crunchiness of the greens!

FYI, about 50% of the menu is Vegetarian! So healthy and yet you get to eat without feeling guilt! :)



Mushroom Tea

Yes, you heard right, it's mushroom tea... in a tea cup!

This is another really unique experience you will get when you visit Onaka.

Just take a look below and you will know. :)





Refreshing, tasty mushroom tea!



Here's our mushroom tea model, Evalee!



And myself of course!



 (Photo Credit: Debra)

Next up...

Roasted Mushroom Soba

Great smelling roasted mushrooms with soba might be new to all of us. 

This is one of the dish you will love if you like Japanese soba. 





Organic Pineapple Fried Rice with Quinoa

Flavourful and tasty pineapple fried rice that is! Using organic rice to prepare this dish is just so thoughtful! Although it's fried rice, you won't taste much of the oiliness at all.

Onaka uses all-natural ingredients without artificial additives, chemicals, colorings, flavorings, MSG, and tran-fats! And they do not use pork and lard at the restaurant!



Hot and Sour Prawns Rice Noodles

To me, this is a MUST-TRY dish from Onaka! One of their signature dish, the prawns are so fresh and chewy, the sauce taste almost like tomyam and it's really delicious! I think I can finish one plate of this by myself! hurhur~

I like the fact that you can still taste the freshness of the prawns, the mushrooms and the noodles even though the sauce is flavourful.



Just look at that... hungry now??

Pear and Salmon

 Another signature dish from Onaka, this is also quite an interesting pair. By mixing both the pear and salmon along side with other ingredients, you will be surprised how tasty this dish is.



Pumpkin Seabass

 Does it look like some soya bean cake or tempai sorta dish?



This is actually one great looking seabass dish!

The fish is fresh and I really like the generous amount of fish meat they serve in just a plate!



Duck Pancake

This is one of the raved dish from most of the blogger friends there.

The pancake was actually hand-made, combine with duck meat in between, this dish surprized all of us. You got to have it while its still warm!



48 hr Beef

For those who love beef, this is a dish not to be missed!

The effort in preparing and serving up a great beef dish is unbelievably difficult and need loads of work because you wouldn't want your beef to be tough!

I rarely take beef but this is delicious with the sauce poured over.

Next sweet treats..

Avo Choco Emotion with Cocao 7 Chocolate

 Incredibly creative! When this was served, I gradually put on a smile and eager to take photo of it already! Can you resist the cute chocolate dino and grumpy man?

Self Imaginary: Dino seems happy playing with the muddy greens, while man becomes grumpy after sliding off his banana crisp slide into the muddy green. hurhur!

It's unique pair again, with Avocado and Chocolate.

It taste like mousse cake, with the right amount of sweetness in it!

I love the banana crisp especially!



Indeed! Really happy and glad to know about Onaka!

 I will definitely be back for the Hot and Sour Prawn Rice Noodles soon! ;p

It's great to catch up with fellow blogger friends and made new friends too! :)



 (Photo Credit: William)

Parking at ARC is FREE with a min purchase of $30 on weekday evenings and FREE parking on weekends! How great!

Check out their facebook page for more info and promo:
https://www.facebook.com/Onaka.at.ARC?fref=ts

Where?
Located at 460 Alexandra Road #01-32 PSA Building Singapore 119963
Nearest MRT: Labrador Park

Operating Hours:
Mon - Fri 11:30am-10pm
Lunch (Last Order) - 2:30pm
Dinner (Last Order) - 9:30pm
Afternoon Tea - 3pm - 5pm

Saturday & Sunday Brunch - 10am - 5pm
Dinner - 6pm - (Last Order) 9:30pm

Mon - Sun (Happy Hour Promotion) - 2pm - 8pm

Tel: 6270 2012
Email: hello@onakafoods.com

Till then.

xoxo

[Food Review] Soup Broth Asia, so mouth-watering you may ask for more..

How many of you love home-cooked soup?

I love it alot and usually look forward to have it after my work or school.

It's like the best comfort food you can ever have.

For those of you love to drink soup or would prefer your meal to be light and healthy,

 look no further at Soup Broth Asia.

About soup. broth. asia.

Opened on 24 August 2010 at Raffles City Shopping Centre’s newly revamped basement level, Soup Broth Asia is the latest contemporary Asian soup concept by The Soup Spoon, a leading soup chain in Singapore since 2002.

Built on the rising popularity of soups among health-conscious customers, Soup Broth Asia dishes up an exciting variety of homemade Asian soups that are lovingly concocted by SouperChef Anna Lim. Diners can indulge in 10 different types of comforting and hearty soups from Asia such as Hainanese Festive Fish Maw, Tom Yam Talay, as well as Canton Lotus Root with Pork Rib.

The idea was first conceived in by the founders of The Soup Spoon in 2008 and they have been researching and experimenting with different ideas before unveiling Soup Broth Asia in August 2010. “With this new quick dining soup concept, we want to present the best of our delicious Asian soups and provide customers with a comfortable, modern setting to enjoy these traditional broths,” says Anna.

Unique Cooking Process

The secret of a good Asian soup lies in the stock, and at Soup Broth Asia, the soup base is prepared from ingredients slow cooked in a tilting kettle for at least eight hours to ensure a flavourful gourmet stock. 

Fresh batch of ingredients are cooked separately and these ingredients are then cooked with the gourmet stock. 

This allows the ingredients to preserve their nutritional value and remain tasty at the same time. Diners will also be pleased to see that there is a calorie count for each soup on the menu.

No MSG!

Staying true to its commitment of bringing healthier meal choices to its customers, the entire menu uses fresh ingredients and excludes the use of Monosodium Glutamate (MSG), which is commonly added in Asian meals to enhance their taste and would lead to undesired health effects over time.

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 Setting its sights on becoming the “Melting Pot of the East”, Soup Broth Asia launches its new and improved food and beverage menu. The brand’s passion for and expertise in soup has led them to create a series of three hotpot dishes inspired by unique and distinctive Asian flavours.

The Kimchi Beef Hotpot (S$16.80) 

Features succulent beef slices and Korean rice cakes simmered in a flavourful and lightly spiced kimchi stew.

Zerika -says: I love how the portion is good for 2 pax and it will be awesome if the soup base is a little more spicier. The kimchi in the hotpot is well-done, soup base is quite tasty and is suitable for people who can't take spicy. The beef is sliced in such way that it get cooks very easily so do note not to over-cook the beef otherwise it will lose the tenderness and become stiff. Overall it's still tasty! :)

Paper-Wrapped Herbal Chicken (S$16.80)

A delicately slow-cooked chicken infused in a nourishing herbal concoction made with dang gui, dang shen, red dates and goji berries.

Zerika-says: I love the tenderness of the chicken! The herbal taste has fully absorbed into the chicken and it's flavorful and tasty! This is one of my favorite dish of all and of course, if you do love it in spicy, do ask for chilli padi and soya sauce but if you prefer the original taste, it still taste flavorful! I usually like to have my meals with chilli padi. :)
The herb plus tenderness of the chicken=Wonderful!

Three-Cup Chicken Hotpot (S$13.80)

Chicken wings are seasoned to perfection before being put to simmer 
in a thick and rich homemade Three-Cup sauce with basil and dried chili.

Sumo Nabe Hotpot (S$15.80) 
A popular dish eaten by Japanese sumo wrestlers as part of their daily diets. 
Packed with ingredients such as chicken, cabbage, lotus root and carrots, this hotpot is low in calorie and nutritious with the addition of soy milk to the broth.

Zerika-says: This is definitely the highlight of the dinner at Soup Broth Asia. The soup was in soy milk base and surely, soy has very healthy benefits! It has really unique taste which the ingredients nicely compliments each other. Though this is for 1-2pax, It is still quite filling as it contains Soy. Soup base is already tasty so you don't have to add in any soya sauce or others to make the soup sweet/flavourful. One healthy choice indeed!

 **All-time favorites**

Szechuan Style French Beans

Zerika-says: Definitely my favorite! I love food which is spicy and for this dish, I think the  level of spiciness is still medium-strength. It's fresh, crunchy and the more you chew on the french beans, the flavor will fill your mouth. I love this dish!

Braised Tofu in Sambal Chilli Sauce 

Zerika-says: The braised tofu is excellent too! So soft and delicate in the inside!
This is also quite an interesting dish as all of us know that Mapo Tofu or even hotplate tofu doesn't cook with Sambal Chilli sauce and for this,they've included our favorite Sambal Chilli. You can order this with a bowl of plain rice= Splendid!

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Mango Sago Dessert

Zerika says: I totally fell in love with it's very creamy texture and the right amount of sweetness in it! 
If you do love desserts, this will definitely be the perfect end to your awesome meal at Soup Broth Asia. 

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Soup Broth Asia

Raffles City Shopping Centre, 

#B1-62, 252 North Bridge Road

Tel: +65 6338 6909

Facebook: Soup Broth Asia

Website: www.soupbrothasia.com

Email: customer@soupbrothasia.com

Opening hours: 

Sunday to Thursday 

11.00am to 10.00pm

Friday to Saturday

11.00am to 10.30pm

xoxo