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Recently, I went back to Benkei Japanese Cuisine for the Japanese food. Mr. Richard Neo greeted me when he saw me. I asked how his business has been since we last met. He said business is good and he shared there were more people coming after I wrote an article and published it on my blog.  Here is the link: http://gforce-guru.blogspot.sg/2012/08/benkei-japanese-cuisine-oishi.html Many who has followed my blog or those who spoke to me more often knew of my frequent lamentation on the quality of food when you eat out these days. Almost every food court sells the same food. It has been too commercial and higher rents and costs means more expensive food. In the old days, each hawker made their own ingredients and even sweat the small stuffs like shallots. Today everything from the "chee cheong fun", shallots, chilli, etc. are from factories. For expediency, they cook and prepare the food in advance and heat them up when you order. This is a crime for the food police. I ...

Is it true that you are what you eat? If so, then you are my everything! Just as Santa Esmeralda told us before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NahS_qrW7Bo . You see music never fails to bring us back to a certain time and place. When you listen to the above "You Are My Everything" by Santa Esmeralda, where were you and what were you doing back then? In school or serving national service? Whatever but you can be sure you are eating. In the West and some other countries, their houses and cars are cheap but food can be quite expensive so most folks will shop at the supermarkets and cook their own meals. Although ours have risen in prices, food here is relatively cheaper but we kind of got snooped by the expensive housing and cars. We tend to eat out more in our lifestyle. No point telling what everybody already knew. So sharing about a place you know but never knew they have some of these good foods or those you did not know existed is always good. Pork Rib @ Jumbo Re...