To try out a special restaurant furnished like a triad, I went to Bosses located in VivoCity. It's dark and decorated in sleek black, which lives up to its name - 黑社会

FOODI am a fried-rice lover. I love to try different kind of fried rice. To taste their standard of fried rice, I ordered the Chef recommendation - Fried Rice With Seafood In Spicy X.O. Sauce. It's simply delicious! The spicy XO cause spiced up the fragrance of the dish, and I just couldn't have enough of it! My friend, on the other hand ordered the chicken chop noodle. Crispy and tender chicken, but the soup was a little bland. Not as tantalizing as the XO fried rice though.Being prawn lovers, we decided to try their egg-yolk prawn for our side dish. It comes with long bean and long thin slices of carrot which adds to its presentation. Fresh prawns and the egg yolk was good. The combination just adds ip to taste explosion! Bravo!

SERVICE
There is this crew leader/ manager who will recommend you the special or chef's recommendation when you are at a loss what to eat. He's quite friendly and really introduce quality food rather than not-as-delicious-food but cost more than it deserves.

AMBIENCE
Overlooking the coast of Sentosa, it's an ideal place to sit in during dinner where you can appreciate the evening/night scenery as you indulge in good food and dine "by the river". A romantic place for couples to dine in!

PRICE
It's abit expensice compared to normal restaurants. However, paying a little more for the quality of food, great service, and the beautiful night scenery, what's more can we expect?

To chill out on a weekday evening, I went to Max Brenner Chocolate bar - the perfect destination for awesome chocolate! FOODI ordered the desert: Chocolate Brownie with vanilla ice-cream, which send your mouth craving for another piece as the hot-cold combination compliment each other. To get a taste of warm, thick, real dark chocolate, I finished up the desertix with a cup of hot chocolate. It seems like the whole piecedark chocolate just melts entirely in your mouth, great ending to the sweet fix!

SERVICE
The service staffs are quite jovial and friendly. However, the food gets slow when it's crowded. Waiting time was extended to 10 to 15 minutes
.
AMBIENCE
Nestled in Esplanade, it has a slow and relaxed pace as you sit in the cafe, and listen as your heart keep up to soothing beat of soft rock songs. A good escape from the busy office work!

Being the sister restaurant of My Humble House, I opted for a less pricey option while savoring the sumptuous food of Tung Lok Group - Space @ Humble House.

FOODI ordered the Mama Leong's Chicken Rice, which is said to be the secret recipe of celebrity chef, Sam Leong's mother. It consists of pieces of tender chicken, fragrant rice, soup of the day, accompanied with their special chili and dark sauce. However, it taste like normal chicken rice that we usually eat in food courts/coffeeshops. The only difference is that the price was tripled. The "special works" of Sam Leong's mother cost $12. My friend ordered the clay-pot rice in consommé (something like mui fan). It consist of tofu, seaweed, egg, shrimp and crabmeat. It is tantalizing and suitable for people who dislike porridge but would prefer light something light on the stomach. This bowl of mui fan is much more worthwhile, though it also cost $12. For our side dish, we ordered tofu coated with seaweed. Crispy tofu and a touch of salt and pork floss - good combination that send your taste buds jumping for joy! This side dish is cheaper at price of $8

Ambience
I love the ambience here! It's quiet, and their special decor of the restaurant lighted up your mood and boost your appetite as you laid back, enjoying the tranquility while waiting for your food to come.

Service
Their service is generally good, though I dont really like the uniform of the waitress. It's kinda distracting when a waitress with 'spare tyre' revealed hers. Their uniform are designed in such a way that their belly buttons can be seen.

Price
The pricing is average, accounting for the fact that it is situated in Esplanade, a tourist area. However, it'd be wise to order food that are commonly seen in normal food courts/coffeshops.

Looking at my list of food vouchers, I thought it'd wise to utilise one of them before it expires. After some hesitation, my friend and I decided to have laksa dinner! In a few minutes time, we headed to Laksania situated at NEX Shopping Centre.

FOODLaksania offers a wide range of food, with a touch of their laksa. Their specialities are all the different type of Laksa, namely: Singapore Laksa, Penang Laksa, Sarawak Laksa and Kelatan Laksa. They also have Laksa Fried rice, Laksa pasta, Laksa Burger, Laksa Hotpot so on and so forth! So my friend ordered the Laksa Goreng whcih cost $7.50. It is mouth-licking good! Imagine it's dried laksa without the gravy. But still taste great! I ordered their Chef recommendation, Laksa Chicken Rice. Apart from the normal Hainannese Chicken Rice we see in normal food places, it is served in hot stone bowl, where it's pipping hot! The rice is those nasi lemak rice, and I love their chicken especially! It's so tender and tasty and with the laksa sauce on it, it's just heavenly! However, I think the sauce is too little, which makes the rice kinda dry. We ordered this Lemongrass drink to share. Quite refreshing and quenched our thirst!

Ambience
It is quite quiet here as not many people dine in Laksania. Good place to have your meal if you want to avoid the crowd.

Service
The staffs are quite kind and helpful. Despite the fact that I forgot to print out the voucher, they allowed me to use the e-voucher.

Price
It is considered cheap and good! They do not have 10% service charge unlike most of the restaurants. Worth trying!

I was attracted by the set meal promotion by bakerzin while passing by:

Appetizer + Main Course + Drink = $17.90 ++

Without hesitation, my friends and I stepped in. (The main course on ala carte menu itself already cost $14, $15)

FOOD

There was free flow of bread where customers can help themselves to it. There are sauce to go with the bread: Olive oil, vinegar. The combination just taste sumptuous!

Appetizer: Pumpkin Soup - It was rich in nutrients, and delicious. Good appetizer that set you for the main course!Main Course: Having a craving for creamy pasta, I ordered mushroom penny with cream sauce. There were many types of mushroom in the dish. It's tasty at a first few go, but after awhile, it gets kinda sick of the creamy sauce. However, I managed to finish it.

Drink: Ice Lemon Tea Desert: Price with additional add-on of $4.50.

We ordered New York Cheesecake. It was awesome! Very soft and base was crunchy. One of my favourite texture for cheesecakes! The best thing was that the cheesecake was on the house! None of us realized that until we have foot the bill and stepped out of the restaurant!

Service
The waitress was very friendly and accommodating to our request. She is very helpful to recommend and explain the different type of main course to us. Waiting time was about 10 minutes, which was quite fast. Dishes were cleared promptly once we have finished our food.

Ambience
It is considered a quiet place to chill in with your friends, as there were not many people in the restaurant. With the accompaniment of delicious food, it's not a bad place to get together with friends!