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CEIL JOVEN
This is CEIL JOVEN living in Ang Mo Kio. I am a Food WriterI like to hang out in Boat Quay, Bukit Timah, Tanjong Pagar. Japanese, Singaporean, Peranakan / Nonya are my favorite cuisines. I also love Hawker Centre, Bakery, Café and Ramen, Burgers and Sandwiches, Desserts and Cakes.
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A disappointment. Cry Apr 24, 2012   
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Categories : Taiwanese | Stall / Kiosk | Juices

The first disappointment has to be the realisation that Happy Lemon is no longer serving their drinks in their signature cup with a happy face. I definitely missed having my drink in their happy cup.

And thanks to my adventurous mood, i decided to try the Green Tea with Rock Salt & Cheese for $3.50. I have gotta agree with the earlier review that the green tea was very much overwhelmed and overtook the taste of rock salt and cheese. It tasted more like the usual green tea with milk. The drink served with no topping by default.

I could not appreciate such a taste hence this would be an exclusive experience.
Green tea with rock salt and caramel.

Green tea with rock salt and caramel.

 
 
Date of Visit: Apr 23, 2012 

Spending per head: Approximately $3.50

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Homemade Herbal Tea. Cry Feb 14, 2012   
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Categories : Singaporean | Food Court

This is a memorable dinning experience for me because i ordered this homemade herbal tea for the first time. I asked the Aunties on what does this homemade herbal tea taste like. I wanted to know whether would this taste bitter or not. She said it is more sweet than bitter with a little mint tea. It sounded nice so i decided to order it.

First sip. I did not like it. It did not have any herbal taste. It supposed to have a little mint taste as well but it does not taste like it. It tasted like the diluted sugar syrup with no distinctive taste. It tasted pretty bland other than a slight sweetness. A bad choice for me.

I might order other drinks but i would definitely skip this next time.
Homemade herbal tea.

Homemade herbal tea.

 
Homemade herbal tea at $1.60.

Homemade herbal tea at $1.60.

 
 
Date of Visit: Feb 13, 2012 

Spending per head: Approximately $1.60

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Braised pork's trotter.  Cry Jan 06, 2012   
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Categories : Hawker Centre | Bak Kut Teh

I was there on a raining afternoon after done with shopping at IKEA. I am looking to take away some foods for dinner at home later. This stall was amongst one of the stalls that still opening then.

I ordered from the Uncle for a portion of braised pork's trotter to take away. The Uncle didn't hear me correctly. He prepared a portion of the pig's organ soup instead. When it was presented to me by his assistant, i told her nicely that i ordered the braised pork's trotter and not the pig's organ soup. The Uncle overheard the conversation, he offered to change it. Such attitude of service is worth commending. I thanked the Uncle again when the assistant handed me my order.

When i gotten home and opened up the container then i realised what i had was not a complete part of the pork's trotter but bits and pieces of the meat and some skin. There was a very small egg and some broken pieces of tau kwa in it. The taste of the braised soup was overwhelmed with sweetness and not as fragrance as expected.

it seemed what they served to me was the last portion of what they had for the braised pork's trotter and to make the portion to seem a little more substantial, they added in the tau kwa and the braised egg.

I am definite this is going to be an one time off experience.
Braised pig's trotter.

Braised pig's trotter.

 
 
Spending per head: Approximately $5.00

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A bad service encounter.  Cry Dec 06, 2011   
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Categories : Bakery | Halal

I went to get a birthday cake for my Grandma's 83rd Birthday.

I wanted the Old Polar cake on the display shelf but i realised there was a thumb-sized dent right at the corner. I enquired whether they have another one. They tried to convince me to take that particular one as they left with just that. I was telling them about this thumb-sized dent but they denied it was due to pressing too hard during the process of handling that caused it. They kept insisting that it was part of the design work when applying the peanut coating.

I decided not to get that one. I will still have to get a cream sponge cake as grandparents did not enjoy those fanciful designed mousse cakes easily available in most of the bakeries. I was recommended with this particular vanilla cream cake. It looked alright at the first glance so i decided to get it.

I only realised this was not a perfect birthday cake when gotten it out from the box after the dinner. It did not even have a perfect round shaped which is the least of the expectation. At that particular part with the imperfect curve, the coating of white chocolate curls was falling off. When looked at it carefully, it has got a hole indented.

As a paying customer, i should deserved the best ever service offered to make my experience a perfect one. And this particular unpleasant incident is gonna chase me away and not returning.

It was a simple sponge cake with cream and it tasted a little too sweet to my liking.
'Fair Lady' vanilla cream cake.

'Fair Lady' vanilla cream cake.

 
The coating of white chocolate curls falling off.

The coating of white chocolate curls falling off.

 
Hole indented.

Hole indented.

 
 
Spending per head: Approximately $19.80

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A disappointment.  Cry Dec 02, 2011   
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Categories : American | Fast Food | Brunch | Kids-Friendly

After staying away from Kentucky Fried Chicken for quite a while, i have decided to give it another shot since there was an ongoing promotion. Apparently, I ended up feeling disappointed.

My 2 pieces of crispy chicken were miserably small. It might have looked acceptable in the picture but the skin and the flour basically made up the size, there was little meat underneath. My partner opted for the original chicken and it tasted much better. I suppose i should stick to original chicken from now if there is another visit.

The gravy for the mashed potato was totally disappointing as well. The taste simply out. It did not taste like i used to remember.

And, the egg tart was another disappointment. The crust was rather thick and the custard filling did not have any eggy taste.

I used to enjoy eating their chicken but not anymore
A disappointing lunch.

A disappointing lunch.

 
 
Date of Visit: Nov 29, 2011 

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