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Craving for some sort of creamy spaghetti and decided upon the salmon ‘n’ mushroom pasta.Basically the name says it all, the sauce was supposedly creamy white sauce, but there was nothing creamy about it, more like watery.The smoked salmon were nice but tasted more like cooked than smoked.Mushrooms are sautéed in the spaghetti sauce thus the mushroom taste is not too strong which is good though.
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Craving for some sort of creamy spaghetti and decided upon the salmon ‘n’ mushroom pasta.
Basically the name says it all, the sauce was supposedly creamy white sauce, but there was nothing creamy about it, more like watery.
The smoked salmon were nice but tasted more like cooked than smoked.
Mushrooms are sautéed in the spaghetti sauce thus the mushroom taste is not too strong which is good though.
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2013-06-13 15 views
To all my fellow men with a sweet tooth. The ice-cream buffet at Swensons is amazing! Even though you might be regretting taking in the calories after that, you would enjoy the process of gorging on all the ice-cream and cakes you can eat! The range of ice-cream is so wide that you simply can't try everything in one sitting. Needless to say, the quality is to a certain standard (it is Swensons, after all.) The ambience is great and I would strongly recommend you people to try it at least once. I
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To all my fellow men with a sweet tooth. The ice-cream buffet at Swensons is amazing! Even though you might be regretting taking in the calories after that, you would enjoy the process of gorging on all the ice-cream and cakes you can eat! The range of ice-cream is so wide that you simply can't try everything in one sitting. Needless to say, the quality is to a certain standard (it is Swensons, after all.) The ambience is great and I would strongly recommend you people to try it at least once. It is worth it!
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2013-06-12 25 views
The best way to end a meal is with some sweet sinful DESSERTS! The banana crumble at Swensen's is good. It is very sweet so if you are not much of a sweet eater, order this to share. The crumble cake is placed on a hot pan where they have sweet caramel or butterscotch sauce poured over it and it will sizzle together with the chopped bananas. The vanilla ice cream pairs well with the hot sauce and cake.
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The best way to end a meal is with some sweet sinful DESSERTS! The banana crumble at Swensen's is good. It is very sweet so if you are not much of a sweet eater, order this to share. The crumble cake is placed on a hot pan where they have sweet caramel or butterscotch sauce poured over it and it will sizzle together with the chopped bananas. The vanilla ice cream pairs well with the hot sauce and cake.
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2013-05-29 13 views
This Swensen is much more better than some other swensen . The staff as well trained and the food taste nice as well . The portion is big enough for the price we had paid . The restaurant is a nice place to chill out . Will recommend people to try their clam choulder as the soup is unique its in a bread . After finish drinking the soup u can cut out the bread and eat it . It taste awesome !
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This Swensen is much more better than some other swensen . The staff as well trained and the food taste nice as well . The portion is big enough for the price we had paid . The restaurant is a nice place to chill out . Will recommend people to try their clam choulder as the soup is unique its in a bread . After finish drinking the soup u can cut out the bread and eat it . It taste awesome !
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2013-05-14 7 views
I met my mum after work to dine with her since its post mothers day.... I cant help it but to say that this place is really out of the way... Its at the corner past Popeyes Louisiana chicken...We were greeted at the door with the manager serving us and getting us to our seat. The crazy thing about this place is that there are a lot of mosquitoes flying around. I had to smack them over and over again.... Hmm irritating... But i would like to say this the manager has great people skills and damn h
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I met my mum after work to dine with her since its post mothers day.... I cant help it but to say that this place is really out of the way... Its at the corner past Popeyes Louisiana chicken...

We were greeted at the door with the manager serving us and getting us to our seat. The crazy thing about this place is that there are a lot of mosquitoes flying around. I had to smack them over and over again.... Hmm irritating... But i would like to say this the manager has great people skills and damn he knows how to entertain...

My mum ordered the chicken burger with egg... and i ordered my favorite mega burger.... Inside my mums burger was the chicken grilled with tomato ketchup mixed with some sauce... She liked it so that was good...

My burger consisted of a zucchini, eggplant, lettuce, ham, bacon, egg and a beef patty and then served with 2 buns on the top and the bottom.

We also ordered the mushroom soup breadbowl.... quite tasty with the sourdough bread...
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2013-05-12 7 views
Swensens is a place with food that cannot get "too bad", but this outlet really hits a pretty low for all the Swensens branches I went to. It is still average as compared to other places though. Mushroom Baked Rice was alright but not spectacular. I find that the mushrooms were a little bitter and the rice quite dry, and other than a generous amount of (bitter) mushrooms and rice and the layer of cheese, there was really nothing else. It is quite difficult to finish the whole thing, which I didn
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Swensens is a place with food that cannot get "too bad", but this outlet really hits a pretty low for all the Swensens branches I went to. It is still average as compared to other places though.
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Mushroom Baked Rice was alright but not spectacular. I find that the mushrooms were a little bitter and the rice quite dry, and other than a generous amount of (bitter) mushrooms and rice and the layer of cheese, there was really nothing else. It is quite difficult to finish the whole thing, which I didn't anyway. They could have added chicken pieces or something to make the dish more appealing.
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Mozzarella Cheese Sticks - fried and generally quite okay. I like this one but it might kill your appetite for more food cos' it is fried. The cheese inside is also not melted enough and quite difficult to bite.
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Deep-Fried Mushrooms - pretty good, definitely better than the Mozzarella Cheese Sticks.
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2013-05-12 5 views
Visited Swensen's at ION Orchard for lunch on a Friday afternoon with 3 other colleagues. Upon stepping in, we were greeted by a strange, sourish smell that was extremely off-putting. Unpleasant greeting at its best. We were quickly ushered to a seat, where the smell was worse -I must say though, that I'm really sensitive to odours and scents around me and it affects my dining experience greatly. Lunch not was so great so far.Swensens currently has this lunch promo with 1 main + 1 drink/ice crea
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Visited Swensen's at ION Orchard for lunch on a Friday afternoon with 3 other colleagues. Upon stepping in, we were greeted by a strange, sourish smell that was extremely off-putting. Unpleasant greeting at its best. We were quickly ushered to a seat, where the smell was worse -I must say though, that I'm really sensitive to odours and scents around me and it affects my dining experience greatly. Lunch not was so great so far.

Swensens currently has this lunch promo with 1 main + 1 drink/ice cream/appetiser goes for $12.90++. Really good deal if you're with a few friends and there's variety when you order different sides or desserts to share. I'm a stickler for sundaes but I passed that day because I wasn't very hungry. Instead, we ordered two sides of Deep-fried mushrooms, as well as Cheese sticks.

I chose aglio olio for my main -a vegetarian choice with mushrooms, coriander and chillis.
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The alio olio (UP $12.50 ala carte) was tasty enough for me, and the mushrooms weren't watery. The coriander gave the dish a very sharp taste but thankfully it wasn't overpowering. The spaghetti slid into my mouth effortlessly even though it wasn't too oily but when left to sit for awhile, the texture becomes clumpy...Almost similar to when you leave cooked pasta aside without mixing oil in. It's a bit sandy and I guess that didn't make it such a hit with me 10 minutes into the dish. Overall though I would say that you can get better algio olio elsewhere, but for the price and the family-friendly ambience, you could try it.
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The deep fried mushrooms were really crisp on the outside, and the mushroom chunks were of a good size such that it held the batter well, but also harmonised the juiciness of the funghi. It wasn't heavily seasoned and you can really taste the mushrooms as it wasn't drowned in thick batter.
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The cheesy sticks had loads of cheese in it, presumably mozarella as a primary cheese. When I bit into it, the cheese is stringy and chewy. The outside is crisp and warm cheese floods your mouth with every bite. Taste wise however, I'd have to say it unfortunately tasted a bit strange. I can't quite put my finger on it but there was just an odd aftertaste. Maybe this explains why I only took 1 cheesestick.

Overall, my general Swensen's experiences have been inconsistent -sometimes the food really impresses me and the desserts create reminiscent flashbacks but on the whole, the Swensen's experience has been deteriorating over the years. This lunch left me feeling that they've been missing things out over the years and the quality just isn't there anymore (perhaps relative to other places). Lack of innovation? Unabel to keep up with the times? Perhaps. Until then, I doubt I'll be going back frequently.
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soup in a bread bowl is one of my favourite comfort food! Bread bowls are not only filling it is also superr delicious when the soup is absorbed into the sour dough bread. The clam chowder is so creamy and i live the consistency of the soup. Tear off the bread after drinking the soup and you would definitely be satisfied with the soup covered bread. Milkshakes at swensens are also really great!
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soup in a bread bowl is one of my favourite comfort food! Bread bowls are not only filling it is also superr delicious when the soup is absorbed into the sour dough bread. The clam chowder is so creamy and i live the consistency of the soup. Tear off the bread after drinking the soup and you would definitely be satisfied with the soup covered bread. Milkshakes at swensens are also really great!
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Love Hurts but sometimes its a good hurt.....Well those are the lyrics to incubus "Love hurts"... This is where i first heard this awesome band and the song... Moreover, moving on to the food...My friends and i had a meet up after a loooooonnng time.... we decided to head over to Swensens to chill and have our dinner....My order was the salmon served with sauteed vegetables and mashed potatoes. A very vinegar taste to the potatoes but it was quite ok...Adds the flavor to it... I don't know if th
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Love Hurts but sometimes its a good hurt.....

Well those are the lyrics to incubus "Love hurts"... This is where i first heard this awesome band and the song... Moreover, moving on to the food...

My friends and i had a meet up after a loooooonnng time.... we decided to head over to Swensens to chill and have our dinner....

My order was the salmon served with sauteed vegetables and mashed potatoes. A very vinegar taste to the potatoes but it was quite ok...Adds the flavor to it... I don't know if they added a little vinegar to it... However, if they did... no complains...

We had dessert after that... As for me shared by 2 persons... was the gold rush... 2 scoops of ice cream... nuts and a whole load of calories.... Diabetes at its best... But it was ok... of the 10 of us... we spent approximately 179? so it wasnt too bad...
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2013-04-23 8 views
Class gathering for 35 pax. Service: good. was attentive and will top up the water jug for all.Food: the same old food and taste. Nothing fantastic or to die for. I couldnt really taste the difference between apricot mayo fish n chips and the normal fish n chips served by other restaurantsAtmosphere: Good. Monday evening was quiet and clean. Overall, is ok. Whether i will come back again? It really depends cos i think swensens need to improve on their menu and the food taste to keep up.
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Class gathering for 35 pax.

Service: good. was attentive and will top up the water jug for all.

Food: the same old food and taste. Nothing fantastic or to die for. I couldnt really taste the difference between apricot mayo fish n chips and the normal fish n chips served by other restaurants

Atmosphere: Good. Monday evening was quiet and clean.

Overall, is ok. Whether i will come back again? It really depends cos i think swensens need to improve on their menu and the food taste to keep up.
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This is my first time ordering pizza at Swensen's and I think that the pizza was quite delicious. The crust was thin and crisp which was the kind of pizza I prefer. But the pizza was very oily on top. I guess it was the cheese that resulted in the amount of oiliness. Perhaps the pizza wasn't made freshly and was heated up instead because the amount of oil is really too much. I had ice-cream buffet after my main and I was very disappointed with the ice-cream buffet. I guess this will be the last
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This is my first time ordering pizza at Swensen's and I think that the pizza was quite delicious. The crust was thin and crisp which was the kind of pizza I prefer. But the pizza was very oily on top. I guess it was the cheese that resulted in the amount of oiliness. Perhaps the pizza wasn't made freshly and was heated up instead because the amount of oil is really too much.

I had ice-cream buffet after my main and I was very disappointed with the ice-cream buffet. I guess this will be the last time having ice-cream buffet because the food of the ice-cream buffet was very disappointing. The rainbow bread was hard and stale, the cakes were passable and some of the flavours of the ice-cream were stored for so long in the freezer that ice crystals were formed on top of ice-cream. Despite having a huge variety of flavours the taste of each flavour was too subtle and wasn't too intense enough.
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Swensen's r Orchard is located at a very specific part of Ion, yet I am surprised at the number of people who manage to find their way there. To get there, you can go through Orchard Xchange. The place was packed on a weekday at dinner time and we had to wait for a table to available. I had the fish and chips and it was the usual standard, considering the crowd. Both the fries and the fish were crispy and service was prompt once we were seated.
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Swensen's r Orchard is located at a very specific part of Ion, yet I am surprised at the number of people who manage to find their way there. To get there, you can go through Orchard Xchange. The place was packed on a weekday at dinner time and we had to wait for a table to available. I had the fish and chips and it was the usual standard, considering the crowd. Both the fries and the fish were crispy and service was prompt once we were seated.
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As a kid, Swensen's was always the restaurant of choice. For a kid growing up with an increasing love for Western cuisine and the great seductive sundaes to choose from, it was really a no-brainer.Though I might have outgrown Swensen's in the past couple of years, it was still great to walk in to Swensen's at ION Orchard the other day to order classics that I grew up with.The Chicken Baked Rice was as good as I remembered, tender chunks of chicken embedded across the dish, with melted cheese ato
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As a kid, Swensen's was always the restaurant of choice. For a kid growing up with an increasing love for Western cuisine and the great seductive sundaes to choose from, it was really a no-brainer.

Though I might have outgrown Swensen's in the past couple of years, it was still great to walk in to Swensen's at ION Orchard the other day to order classics that I grew up with.
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The Chicken Baked Rice was as good as I remembered, tender chunks of chicken embedded across the dish, with melted cheese atop the rice. Pure savoury goodness. Yum! Only gripe was the price - at $13.90, it is a far cry when i last ordered the dish at a simple $9.90. Ouch!
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At the time of my visit, Swensen's was having a lunch promotion of a free sundae with every main course ordered.

I just couldn't let up on the chance at a Sticky Chewy Chocolate sundae. 2 scoops of Sticky Chewy Chocolate ice cream coated lavishly with hot fudge and sprinkled with Hershey's Chocolate Chips and a chocolate wafer to boot.

While there might be better tasting meals and ice cream out there, this lunch promotion is really hard to beat. So do hurry down!
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2013-01-20 12 views
The restaurant was located at the entrance to ION from Orchard Boulevard, next to Popeyes. The ambience was fine, as we were seated along a few sets of sofa seats facing opposite to the ice cream counter, where we see the staff in the serving of ice cream orders. It was also brightly lighted.Ordered the Breaded Chicken Cutlet, which was very good! Not only it was well deep fried and crispy, the meat was juicy and tender! It came with quite a lot of fries and coleslaw. Fries were fine and colesla
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The restaurant was located at the entrance to ION from Orchard Boulevard, next to Popeyes. The ambience was fine, as we were seated along a few sets of sofa seats facing opposite to the ice cream counter, where we see the staff in the serving of ice cream orders. It was also brightly lighted.

Ordered the Breaded Chicken Cutlet, which was very good! Not only it was well deep fried and crispy, the meat was juicy and tender! It came with quite a lot of fries and coleslaw. Fries were fine and coleslaw tasted bland but still acceptable overall.

My friend ordered the Aglio pasta. This pasta was spicy with cut chilli and mushrooms. Somehow the taste of the pasta was not there (as we still prefer those from Pasta Mania), and think the use of olive oil was limited and the pasta was quite dry and we could only taste the spiciness from the chilli. Mushrooms were a bit overcooked.

As for the ice cream, my friend overall commented that the ice cream were quite good, especially those of durian, chocolate and coconut flavours. The cakes were fine too and credit would go for the waffle with ice cream! Besides this, on the buffet spread, you could help yourself with the strawberries, sweets and candies which could be added to the ice cream or consume at your fingertips!
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Service was ok as our ice water were being refilled regularly and used plates and utensils were cleared off fast.

Value for money for the buffet? Yes, provided you are an ice cream lover with a sweet tooth! You will surely like it since you can try various types of ice cream and desserts! However, for me, I don't feel its value for money, since I can't really take in cold things (unless I go and use the special kind of tooth paste to bring down my teeth sensitivity) and even my friend who consumed that feedback that it would feel "very cold" after 2 scoops and having the desserts!
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We went down around lunchtime and the place was surprisingly empty. I ordered a chicken baked rice and as usual, I couldn't finish it owing to the large portion served. Loved the generous amount of cheese.To be honest, I have to say that the main courses at Swensen's are just average. I actually prefer the ice-creams over the main courses and they are the main attractions.Swensen's was having a promotion whereby every main course ordered comes with a free dessert of your choice from 2 sections s
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We went down around lunchtime and the place was surprisingly empty. I ordered a chicken baked rice and as usual, I couldn't finish it owing to the large portion served. Loved the generous amount of cheese.
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To be honest, I have to say that the main courses at Swensen's are just average. I actually prefer the ice-creams over the main courses and they are the main attractions.

Swensen's was having a promotion whereby every main course ordered comes with a free dessert of your choice from 2 sections so I picked a banana split. Wanted coit tower at first but it was not included
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