Restaurant Reviews

Ordered the pork chop olio after my friend kept singing praises about this hawker stall. First the stall front seems more open concept than others, you place your orders and pay on the spot then wait for your food to be delivered. The servers also include on old uncle who sometimes can get a little confused with what was already served and what was not. Also he almost wanted to collect money from me again But nothing to serious, its good to see the old folk probably helping out what looks like supposedly his son at the stall.

Back to the food, this $6 dish quantity delights fellow diner with its generous pasta serving. As the kitchen was open concept, i could see the pasta was cooked from precooked packets, just added to boiling water than to the flat wok for cooking with the other spices. For hawker standard i would rate it pretty well, not overcook at all. Next is the pork chop itself, served with mushroom sauce on top, the well grilled pork chop was impressive with the 1st bite. If only there was more. Its the typical flattened kind of pork shop but the degree it was grilled to was perfect. Never had such good pork chop for quite a while already. Overall a fantastic eat.

2013-06-12

SGD 6(Dinner)

Ordered the 香底米粉, its like the beehoon version of crispy seafood noodles. Looks wise can't fault it much, seems to have most of the standard ingredients like prawn, chye sim, pork, sotong, egg white etc. But in the taste department, i felt it lacking quite a bit, it was like it was just half way there, the sauce gravy is a little too bland for my liking. This ci char dish cost me $4.50.

2013-06-04

It is hard to find a place in Singapore that serves Chicken Corden Bleu. While I do have my own go-to place to settle my cravings for Chicken Corden Bleu, I am always on the search for more places; after all having a few more places to go for a dish surely is better than having less. After I found out that J’s Wok & Grill offera this dish, I had to check them out.The Beef Fillet on Toast was a start to the food disaster. It tasted rather fine, but it was not really the dish described in the menu. Sure enough, there was melted cheese in it, but the beef fillet was more like minced beef cooked in sauce and spread on a piece of bread that was still rather soft overall despite being slightly charred on the top. We only decided to order this side as it was a chef’s recommendation, however it just does not seem worthy of its title.The main star (for me at least) was the Chicken Corden Bleu, but it was another big dissapointment looming. It looked promising until I made the first cut and there was absolutely no cheese oozing out of the chicken breast. A Chicken Corden Bleu should not be called a Chicken Corden Bleu if it is just a deep-fried rolled chicken breast with little amounts of cheese. There was no ham in sight, and the cheese did appear in some parts of the rolled chicken breast but barely tasted there and was absent in the rest of the dish. For a Chicken Corden Bleu lover, it just severely lacked the excitement of getting that flowy and stringy cheese upon cutting the fried chicken breast, and the variation of flavours provided by the chicken, ham and cheese was definitely missing. The chicken was not very tender as well, which did not improve the impression of the dish. What improved the impression of the dish however was the tasty mushroom sauce which had lots of mushroom in it and was very fragrant, and the coleslaw was pretty cold which was nice.

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Merely Ice-Cream is just a clean and simple looking space with white walls and wooden furniture. The fun part is that there are slips of papers with drawings and notes under the glass top of the tables which most of them are left by customers; quite a cool and fun concept where patrons can be a part of decorating the shop.

At Merely, the staff are more concerned on you getting to enjoy their ice-cream, so do not be shy if you are the sort whom want to try all the flavours before you decide.The Bailey’s Coffee here is one of the few of this flavour that I enjoyed thoroughly. While places that usually serve both Bailey’s and Coffee seperately are fine, places that served them combined usually have coffee overpowering Bailey’s or vice versa. I liked how the one here started with a hint of coffee, and then halfway throufh the familiar flavour of Bailey’s kicks in to provide a even weightage of each flavour. Breakfast Cereal is an even more interesting flavour from the combination of milk and cereal. The result was a nice milky sensation with a hint of cornflakes. It might seem weird, but I enjoyed the serving I had. The only small problem I had with the two flavours were that though it was not very distinctive, the ice-cream felt slightly grainy from the ingredients used; fine coffee grains in the Bailey’s Coffee and fine grinded cornflakes from the Breakfast Cereal, which was fine for me.

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I quite like the char kway teow at grandma's. There is a slight wok hei taste and the noodles are all seasoned well so they are very tasty. The char kway teow also has tons of ingredients in it. However the price is quite high for the small portion given. Costing about 10 dollars for a measly plate of char kway teow seems rather expensive to pay especially when the portion is not big!

Udders serves ice cream with really unique flavours! They are really innovative and have flavours such as snickers honeycomb flavoured ice cream! The ice cream is a little too rich and cloying for my taste, but the waffles are amazing! They are really fresh and crisp and are the thick Belgium type which i really like. They have increased prices recently though!

The egg tarts here are absolutely amazing. To me it is the best I have eaten in Singapore! Definitely a lot better than other chains.

The egg tart here is not the flaky type which is crumbly sweet and fragile. The custard is only lightly sweetened such that it is not too sweet. The tart is freshly baked and served warm so it is best to eat on the spot! Even the plastic bag has condensation from the warmth of the tart!

Dairy queen is a long standing contender in the ice cream scene. The ice cream is pretty different from other types though, it is basically soft serve ice cream with tons of toppings blended into it such that they are chopped up and evenly distributed throughout. An interesting thing is that they serve the ice cream to you upside down! However I think I still prefer the taste of normal ice cream.

The mudpie here is definitely not for the calorie watcher! Its super indulgent with tons of oreos, chocolate, fudge sauce and loads of dense creamy ice cream. The mudpie has a crisp base, a thin layer of burnt caramel ice cream, followed by a layer of chocolate and cookies and cream flvoured ice cream. The whole thing is topped off with a chocolate shell with chunks of oreos embedded in it and a thick fudge sauce is poured over it! Yum!

My all time favorite cake from Coffee Bean - Chocolate of a Thousand Leaves cake! Not sure why they name this cake to that name, but I think is because there's more than five layers to the cake that's why? Anyway, I will always order this cake to go along with my coffee back then but due to disappointment with Coffee Bean (their frappe/ice blended is way tooooo sweet!) I stopped patronizing the place for quite sometime. I order this cake for dessert as we are looking for a place to sit and rest our legs after all the shopping at Vivo. Since Coffeebean has the least number of diners, we decided to take a rest there. The cake still taste good and similar from what I had before, sweet with hazelnut cream and I like the bits of wafer texture in it. One slice of the cake is full enough for 1 pax. Could be better if the cake is more moist than it it now.

Read about a good review of nydc in another blog so last V day, i suggested the hubby that we give it a try.

Didn't know they have V Date set but since it was reasonably priced, we gave it a go.

The food and drinks were good but the dessert was the BOMB!I higly recommend their chocolate cake, it was something that will make you visit nydc over and over again. Oh, not to mention the great ambiance too!

2013-02-14

SGD 30(Lunch)

So I heard so much rave about the dim sum from Victor's Kitchen especially their Liu Sha Bao. Since I was around the area, I decided to check it out. Bought myself 6 pieces of Liu sha bao to bring home and share with my family. When I reach home, the liu sha bao is still lukewarm and one bite of it.. it was heavenly! The salted egg yolk inside tasted so good! Thankfully it's not hot not my tongue will definitely be burnt. Now I understand why there's so many recommendation to it. I will definitely be going back again!

The last time my friend and I went to DOC was for dinner. But when we got there, it was closed! Heading home quite disappointed, we planned for a next trip there on a weekend.... just to make sure that it's open.We went there on Saturday, about 6pm. Sure, the cafe was still open, but the kitchen was already closed. So we just ordered the salmon quiche and apple tart. The quiche really had a strong fishy taste. It was OK. The tart was also just average. I like the ice cream though.

2013-06-15

Been to Dome at Paragon and i really liked the food and ambiance so when Dome opened at Plaza Singapura new wing, i brought my mum and my daughter there for dinner.

Anticipated long queue at dinner time so i called to reserve a table for 3 before knocking off from work. It is highly recommended to book a table if you hate waiting.

The ambiance is great and the food did not disappoint. I wish to try their baked rice and chocolate lava next time.

2013-04-26

SGD 25(Dinner)

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it’s a nice restaurant – bistro-like steakhouse is probably the best description. we got the souffle: durian-flavored, and served with mangosteen sorbet. light, mildly sweet and eggy, I think the heavy pungency was muted to suit their (likely-foreign) clientele. it might be a little too mild, actually.

the sorbet was nice but subtle too. I’m not sure it was the best combination – both the souffle and sorbet had muted profiles that disappeared into an indistinct nothingness when eaten together.

his internationally-lauded madeleines were tiny little things nestled lovingly in a cloth basket and dusted with sugar – soft and cakey. I thought them a little one-dimensional, and a tad too sweet without a cup of tea to wash down. it was a generous serving – we doggy-bagged about half and ordered the hot chocolate fondant.

their lava cake was a decent rendition. I have a suspicion that the innards of the cake aren’t uncooked cake batter – which drops it a couple points in my regard – but it was quite chocolatey and served with two scooops of delicious ice cream.

so, decent desserts, though I would still pick the wolfgang puck establishment over this. the desserts here are a little lighter on the wallet, and the portions slightly more generous – which makes it a pretty good option if you’re in the area.