I won the Design your Magnum voucher and visited the Magnum Singapore Pleasure Store outside City Hall MRT Station.

The store is fully air-conditoned with some dining table placed outside and 2 sofa sets and table and chairs.

The crews were young, most probably in they are tertiary students. The crew asked me for the choice of coating and 3 choices of toppings. There are great varieties of toppings to choose. I chose toppings that are fruity and healthy. I had Fortune Floss, Golden Pineapple Nuggot and Dried Cranberry to go with the vanilla flavor magnum.

Once the toppings had been chosen, I moved to the next station to watch the coating of the magnum. I chose the dark chocolate. The crew dipped the vanilla ice cream into the dark chocolate and then she was ready to spinkle the 3 selected toppings and then spread with design using white chocolate. Before the magnum was served, the crew pasted a round chocolate chip with the initial “M” representing Magnum.

I was excited to try the magnum. At the first bite, the coat was crispy and that was why some of the coating broke and dropped onto the box serving as plate. The vanilla was soft, easily to bite and together with the selected topping, I chewed more to break the toppings to fine elements.
While enjoying my Magnum, I noticed that every 5 minutes, there was expected customers to walk in to order the $7 magnum. The ambience of the Store is pleasant. Four paintings of Magnum are displayed on the bare walls which will crave for customers to seek pleasure in Magnum. The crew were polite. Upon request of plain water, they were pleased to serve and there is no charge.

I enjoyed the visit to Magnum Pleasure Store. The store will stay till 2 Feb, even 31 Jan 2014 is still operating.

I had dinner at Li Bai Restaurant at Sheraton Tower Hotel.

The first dish was the cold dish comprising suckling pig, marinated chicken with superior soya sauce, prawn salad, mini octopus and seasoned jellyfish. I would not grade the cold dish favourably. The chicken was not well marinated as it was blend. One thing for sure was that the meat was tender. What I liked from this dish was the chewy jellyfish and mini octopus.

The second dish was the thick soup of abalone, sea cucumber, fish maw and conpoy. The soup was too starchy. I couldn’t not find abalone or sea cucumber. They could be cut too fine and must have dissolved together with the soup.

The third dish was the braised baby abalone with sea cucumber and Hong Kong seasonal vegetables. The abalone was soft and easy to chew.

The fourth dish was drunken prawn. I usually eat the prawn shelf together when the shelf is soft. The prawn shelf is hard, either this tells that the prawn is big that could not consume the shelf for calcium.

The fifth dish was steamed garoupa “Hong Kong’ Style. The Garoupa was fresh and did not have fishy smell. The cook must have spicy to clear the smell.

The sixth dish was stewed Hong Kong seasonal vegetable with abalone mushrooms topped with conpoy. As we had abalone in earlier course, when it comes to abalone mushrooms, I wondered if there was too much of abalone and does not seem to be excited over the course. The vegetable was soft.

The seventh dish was steamed fragrant fried rice with dice chicken, shrimps, Chinese mushrooms and conpoy wrapped in Lotus Leaf. This is the best course. The rice is warm and there is strong aroma of lotus leaf.

The last dish was Yam Paste with Ginko nuts. I was served with big bowl of yam paste. The coconut milk did not make me fill full. I enjoyed the dessert.

I won a Spizza voucher comprising a flat pizza and a cup of coffee. When I reached the shop at Club Street, the shop did not impress me. It was a small shop. When I entered, my impression changed. The shop was well lighted and comfortable setting were arranged. There were painting and drawing done on the bare walls. The restaurant was clean and bright.

I was worried that the Manager would neglect me as I was consuming a free meal using Spizza voucher. My impression was wrong. She was helpful to guide me what to choose for the pizza as I told her that I wanted to have the pizza take away.

I ordered Sofia comprising tomato, mozzarella, shrimps, mussels, scallops, calamari fresh Basil. The pizza costs $20. While waiting for the pizza to be baked, I had my cup of coffee served as it was inclusive in the food voucher.

When the coffee was served, the display was attractive. There were 2 cubes of raw sugar and full cup of creamer placed beside the half filled coffee cup. The coffee was hot. As the milk was added, the coffee had become lukewarm. The coffee was not great as it did not have the strong coffee aroma that stirred up coffee drinker like myself.

I did not wait very long to have my pizza ready. By the time when I had finished my cup of coffee, the pizza was placed in a stable box and at the side placed the cheese and chilli powder. The pizza was tempting as I saw mussels and shrimps waiting to be served.

I took the pizza for my dinner at home. The tomato melted into the pizza. The pizza crust was hard as it was flat bread. The ingredients were visibly placed on top of the pizza. The bread was able 0.5 cm thick. It was flat, dry yet with the fresh ingredient added to the bread, the flat bread was not dry.I enjoyed the pizza.

I visited 51 Soya Bean at 313@Somerset and bought 2 bowls of soya bean curd. The 2 flavours which I bought were almond and the original flavors. I couldn’t distinguish between the 2 as they were like identical. The only difference is the aroma. The almond came with almond flavor while the original was the actual bean curd.

Both bean curd were soft and smooth. There is little syrup added and each bowl costs $1.50.
For the price of $1.50, 51 Soya Bean offers reasonable and honest price. The bean curd are made on the spot so they are fresh. I like the almond bean curd as the aroma was not strong yet pleasant. For those who do not like almond, the almond will be acceptable to them.

I tried the Pizza Hut Double Sensation Pizza, Criss Cross Fries, Truffle Mushroom baked pasta and sparkles drink Berri for my friend gathering.

The double sensation pizza was great. It was filled with cheese and stuffing. There were ham, beacon. When the cheese melted over the hot fire, the melted cheese flowed over the pizza and made the pizza very cheesy. The Criss Cross Fries were crispy. The truffle mushroom baked pasta was creamy and hot of mushroom were baked together with the pasta. The meal made complete with a glass of sparkles Berri drink to clear about the creamy texture on the mouth.

I enjoyed the wonderful meal.