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This is peace_in_u living in Tanglin. I am a Admin Assistant, work in City Hall. I like to hang out in Bukit Timah, Dhoby Ghaut, Hougang/Kovan. Japanese are my favorite cuisines. I also love Café.
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Enjoy Swiss Bake Food Smile Jan 23, 2014   
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Categories : Swiss | Bakery

I was at Prudential Tower attending a health talk. From the 23th floor, I was facing the west direction. From the direction, it was the view of the People’s Park Centre.

The host had catered refreshment from Swiss Bake. I love Swiss Bake pastries and sandwiches. I was even surprised to see wrap was also offered. The interesting part is the beverage box. Swiss bake use recycled bottle and there is a opening which can be screwed cap to flow the coffee and tea into the bottle.

When the host allowed the guest to open its refreshment, I could not resist to try the wrap first. I am afraid that the wrap was wet with the meat wrapped. However, it was not, it was rolled with ham and tomato. The wrap was too big for my mouth. I still enjoyed the wrap.

The next item which I tried was the egg and salad croissant sandwich. The egg was fresh and I could smell the fresh hard boiled smell. The ingredient used made it soft to eat with the crispy croissant. The next croissant which I took was the smoked chicken salad croissant. The meat was not salty. The croissant was still crispy and could hear the cracking fracking sound of the skin.

The mini Danish was good too. I tried the banana puff and enjoyed the soft banana filling. Though the banana filling was wet, it did not moist the Danish skin. The skin was still crispy.
The Swiss food is always fine and never disappoint diner.
View from 23th floor

View from 23th floor

 
Egg Croissant

Egg Croissant

 
Mini Danishes

Mini Danishes

 
Wrap

Wrap

 
Table Setting

Table Setting

 
Beverage

Beverage

 
Assorted Sandwiches

Assorted Sandwiches

 
Wrap

Wrap

 
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Wrap,Croissant,danishes
 
Date of Visit: Jan 21, 2014 

Spending per head: Approximately $8(Dinner)

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Categories : Multi-Cuisine | Restaurant | Burgers and Sandwiches

I was at Far East Plaza and decided to revisit the Burger Bar for lunch. I have being to Burger Bar many times and noticed that the crew was not the usual one which I saw. She was a young lady serving me at the counter and a masculine man working inside the kitchen, facing the hot grilled plate.

This time I ordered Brioche Bun with lam and choices of vegetables were shredded lettuce, tomato slice and pickles and a mug of French fries. The total cost is $10.

While waiting for my lunch to be served, I watched around the environment . I noticed for every 30 minutes, there is an expectation of customers to order burger. This shows the turnover rate was moderate.

I noticed that there is an ice cream and cookies fridge. I don’t know what ice cream as there do not see any customers eating the ice cream. However, the customers will pick up a bottle of canned drink such as Coke, mineral water. The drink costs $2.

At last my burger arrived. The French Fries were long, with a length of 5 cm and thickness of 1 cm. The fries were not fried till dry. There were some flesh and potato meat to bite. When the fries dipped with Heinz chilli sauce, the taste was perfect.

The burger wonderfully looked pretty. The bun was fair and yet soft. Fair as it was not overbaked but only the bottom part of the bun. When opened to see the ingredient, the lamb, the meat portion has thickness of 1 cm. It is minced lamb with onion. When eating lamb, one can never run away the smell of lamb. The meat was soft and juicy. I am not a red meat eater yet I considered the burger was well done. The only to get rid of the smell is to spread chilli sauce on the burger.

The vegetable was generous with large portion especially the pickle. This time, I could taste the sour pickle taste. That was what I want to neutralize the heavy meat portion.

I took my time to enjoy my meal as I was not in the rush to head to any way. I took about 30 minutes to enjoy the meal.
The Store

The Store

 
The Set

The Set

 
Ice cream fridge

Ice cream fridge

 
The Fries

The Fries

 
Inside

Inside

 
After the bite

After the bite

 
Chilli Sauce

Chilli Sauce

 
Other sauces

Other sauces

 
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Lamb burger
 
Date of Visit: Jan 21, 2014 

Spending per head: Approximately $10(Lunch)

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Wonderful Dinner Smile Jan 23, 2014   
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Categories : Singaporean | Multi-Cuisine | Hotel | Restaurant | Buffet

I attended a seminar talk cum with dinner at Ritz Carlton, Millenia Walk . The dishes served were :
1)Canepes : Smoked Duck and Spinach Tart
2)Confit Salmon with Pearl Vine Tomato, Ocean Trout Roe, Micro Mixed Herbs & Korean Chilli Sauce
3)Clam Chowder with Poached Prawns
4)Baked Miso Cod and Tea Smoked Chicken
5)Duo of Royal Caraibe Dome and Ginger Flower Panna Cotta

The canapés were exciting with smoked duck with mango. It has red meat to neutralize with fruit. The spinach tart were solid yet easy to bite to fill the stomach before the late meal was served.

The appetizer was interesting. I had soft salmon with roe as topping. Then the tomato served as salad. The chilli sauce was yet a decoration the plate.

The soup was the clam chowder with prawns. It was a creamy soup yet not creamy. The prawn was sliced to half so it was easy to bite.

The cod was soft and juicy. However, the chicken was tough. I was given breast meat which I found it dried.

The dessert had two parts. It started with a chocolate dome. The chocolate was bitter. I believed dark chocolate was served and the arch was the white chocolate. The mini cup was the milky jelly. It tasted like the almond jelly with raspberry served as topping. I enjoyed the dessert.
The waitress were very active and experienced in meeting the needs of the diners. Service was good.
Canepes

Canepes

 
Starter

Starter

 
Soup

Soup

 
Main Course

Main Course

 
Dessert

Dessert

 
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Main Course
 
Date of Visit: Jan 15, 2014 

Spending per head: Approximately $60(Dinner)

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Starbuck Chinese New Year Cookies Smile Jan 23, 2014   
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Categories : American | Coffee

The Starbuck has launched its Chinese New Year cookies and I decided to sample their cookies. There are 3 types of cookies, namely Kumquat cookie, sesame pineapple cookie and pumpkin seed and kumquat cookie. Each cookie comes in different colour packaging, red, orange and burgundy red. Each box comes with 10 cookies. The slightly expensive cookie is the sesame pineapple cookie costs at $16.80 while the other 2 cookies cost $15.80. On average basis, each cookie costs $1.60.

The sampling cookies are not displayed on the store but they can be sampled upon request. I approached the crew . The crew was very polite. Not only that, the crew was generous to offer me the full size cookies.

In the store, I could only taste 2 flavours. They were sesame pineapple cookie and kumquat cookie. Both cookie has the size of $1 coin and thick of 1 cm. The sesame pineapple was coated with black and white sesame seed outside and wrapped with pineapple filling. The pineapple filling was still young and did not add must colouring. The pineapple cookie did not have must flour coating so I was consuming sesame seeds and pineapple filling. As I bite the cookie, the sesame seed crust was still crispy. This combination of pineapple cookie was unique.

The next flavor which I had tried was the kumquat cookie. It was the original shortbread cookie but it has citrus peel. As I bite the cookie, I tasted the rich tangerine. The cookie was not too rich in butter flavor.

Surprisingly, when I asked for the last flavour which was the pumpkin seed and kumquat cookie, the crew was not able to offer me as they did not have the sample in the store. I decided to move to other outlet and ask, still there was no store. I have left my contact with one of the branch manager store and hope I could try the last flavour.

Between the 2 cookies, I gave both flavour equal ranking. I like the 2 cookies.
3 Types of Cookies

3 Types of Cookies

 
Kumquat Cookie

Kumquat Cookie

 
Pineapple cookie

Pineapple cookie

 
Cut Pineapple Cookie

Cut Pineapple Cookie

 
Ingredient Used

Ingredient Used

 
Ingredient Used

Ingredient Used

 
Packaging Colour

Packaging Colour

 
The Store

The Store

 
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Pineapple cookie
 
Date of Visit: Jan 21, 2014 

Spending per head: Approximately $17(Other)

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TCC Pineapple Tarts Smile Jan 20, 2014   
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Categories : Multi-Cuisine | Restaurant

I was curious what TCC offered at the Store and went into the store to take a look. I was surprised that TCC do sell Pineapple Tarts. The tarts are unique. The crew was generous in the portion. I was offered a full piece rather than crumble one.

The tart has an unique design. It shows the picture of lovely terry bear and it is not to butterly and yet crispy. The pineapple is not too sweet nor big portion. The size of the tart is similar to size of fishball, round in shape, instead of flat.

TCC is selling the tart at $18.80 during the valid period. It comes in 2 boxes. Each box contains 10 tarts of individual packing.
The Box

The Box

 
The Cookie

The Cookie

 
The flyer

The flyer

 
The Store

The Store

 
The crew was courteous and patient to explain the details of TCC tart. The restaurant was quiet and well lighted.
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Pineapple Tarts
 
Date of Visit: Jan 19, 2014 

Spending per head: Approximately $20(Other)

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