Paradise Inn is a Chinese restaurant that also serves great tea and desserts, and as they claim, they are combining the concept of Chinese classics, a teahouse and a dessert house together. That basically sums up the variety of good food served here. The ambience is also set in a rather soft mood, with not too bright lights and wooden furniture, all set up like a classic Chinese restaurant, but rather classy at the same time.

One of their main signature dishes is their "traditional double-boiled soup". Tried several soups of this category, my favourite is their pepper with pork belly soup, really seemed to be cooked well and not just quickly mixed and warmed up like some Chinese soups you can find elsewhere. A must try if you are looking for traditional Chinese boiled soups.

Another favourite dish of mine is the braised vermicelli with pork trotters. As the vermicelli can absorbs gravy very well, its is full of the fragrance and the taste of the pork trotters, but not too salty. The pork trotters are also full with fatty parts which are really fabulous, but for the ultra health conscious people, you may just leave out the fatty parts.

They also serve very nice traditional Chinese desserts. My favourite is their black sesame paste. Fully ground black sesame but not too fine and still holds the original fragrance and taste of the sesame seeds.

However, I find the price for the food being a bit too high. I guess you have to take in account of the nice ambiance and the setting of the restaurant. Not saying that it is not worth it, but probably will stop you from going really frequently unless you really like it.

Marche Restaurant really has a rather unique setting in its environment, claiming themselves to be like a Swiss marketplace. There are many "stalls" spread out around the restaurant, and you will have to walk around to see what food there is and order them. You will be given a card when you enter the restaurant, tap it whenever you order food, and only be billed when you are leaving the restaurant by the amount stored in your card.

There are a lot of different stalls separated by the different types of food, all of them Western food. One of the most unique dishes that you don't see it commonly served in most Western restaurants in Singapore is the rosti, which is actually just shredded potato pan-fried to stick together like a pancake. Special but the taste is not fantastic, as it is just plain potato, though I must give them credit for using good potatoes, but it is really not as fantastic as it seems.

The pizza is plain bad. The crust is thick, and the pizza is cold, ready made and given a slice to you when you order, making the whole thing hard and chewy like a chewing gum. Not recommended at all.

Tried several dishes on the grilled section, including lamb rack, steak, and sausage. Not bad, but nothing special about them that you can't find in any regular Western restaurant that serves steak and grilled meat. So it is not bad, worth eating, but not worth going there purposely for it.

As for the service, there isn't much service really, as you are expected to collect your own food as your order. Certain dishes that require more cooking time such as the grilled meats, you will have to go back to collect them when they are ready after a while. As such, it is totally self-service.

I would also say the price is a bit too high for the taste of the food. I would rather think that the price is not for the food, but for the unique setting and the ambience of the restaurant, so if you are there for the food only, it is not worth it, especially after a while where the sense of curiosity and specialty about the setting wears off.

My verdict: Good enough for a try, and to snap some photos at the unique design and the environment, but not so much for the food.

Skinny Pizza is really for skinny people. No kidding. Why would I say that? Because they feature pizzas so thin that even skinny people can finish a large one by themselves. This isn't an ordinary thin crust pizza we are talking about here. It is really so thin that it is essentially a large crispy cracker with toppings. It is really unlike any other pizza out there, so for that factor alone, I would say that it is worthwhile to at least go for a try.

My first time there, I was unsure of what to order, so I simply asked the waiter to recommend what's good or special. In the end I ordered the squid ink pizza (see picture), which is rather unique indeed. The crust is blue-blackish colour because it is squid ink crust, with calamari, prawns and onions as the main toppings. Rather unique really, as the juicy prawns seem to go quite well with the crispy squid ink crust. The price is $12 / $18 for a 8" / 12" pizza.

Another thing I tried is their sausage, which is really long and have to be served in a curved shape as shown in my picture. Sadly to sad, besides being long, it isn't really special, just like a normal German bratwurst sausage. So its good but not unique unlike its pizza.

One thing that I didn't find satisfying is that the pizza is so thin that it is not filling at all. As conventional wisdom would assume that a 12" pizza is enough for 2 persons, in this case it is violated. My stomach still feels rather empty after eating half a 12" cracker with toppings, if you understand my point. So I would say that it is not really worthwhile for your money if you have to order two pizzas for two persons in this case.

It is located at the basement level of Raffles City Shopping Centre, surrounded by many other restaurants. They don't have solid walls or glass panels, so basically it is an open area with barriers around it only, thus when this level is buzzing with crowd as it always does during dinner time or the weekends, it is slightly too noisy to be of my liking.

Service is good, and I will give credit to the waiter who was patient, friendly and informative.

My verdict: Good and special enough to go try it out once, after that, you can decide for yourself~

Kuishi-bo is a buffet style restaurant mainly serving Japanese dishes. There is a great variety of food to choose from, that you will probably feel lost and don't know where to start if it is your first time being there.

First of all, it is the sushi and the sashimi. Their salmon sashimi is really fresh, and it is one of the dishes that I will keep eating. The sushi is not bad either, but unless you want to stuff your stomach with too much rice, I wouldn't recommend you to eat too much of it. They have a variety of salad and appetisers too, including the japanese baby octopus. Besides the fishes, they also have a lot of raw seafood such as prawns, mussels, crabs, lobsters etc, so it is great for seafood lover!

Then there is the cooked food section, which usually includes some fried rice, fried noodles, stir fried vegetables and eggs etc, nothing really special, but mainly our staple food.

The fried food section is even better, with tempura prawns, chicken satay, chicken wings, soft shell crab and more, so indulge yourself! Not too oily and the tempura prawns are not too "flourly", and thus remains one of my top favourites as well. Japanese food such as Oden, Chawanmushi, paper steamboat, soba, various soup and porridge are also available.

They also have a Teppanyaki section, which will only be made upon order. There are clips on each table with your table number on it, so you just need to bring the clips along when you order, and the food will be served to you when it is ready. Choices are such as salmon, beef, chicken, duck etc. Everything is fabulous!

Great variety of desserts, fruits and drinks as well. A lot of cakes, waffles, chocolate fondue, marshmallows will certainly please your sweet tooth. They have many different types of tea and coffee to choose from as well.

The price may seem a little high but I would say that it is completely worthwhile for what they offer. For buffet, this is actually very cheap, and the quality of the food is not compromised either. The lunch will be 28.90 on weekdays and 32.90 on weekends, while dinner is 41.90 on weekdays and 45.90 on weekends. The dishes served for lunch and dinner is rather similar, except that the dinner has more seafood and special limited dishes of the day. So for those who will like to try it, you should go for the lunch if the dinner price is too high for you.

For those who will like to eat great food at a great price, but do not want to overeat, I would recommend you to choose the 60 minute lunch price, which is just 21.90. You can still eat everything like the normal buffet, just that you have a time limit of 60 minutes. So it is good for working adults with a limited time for lunch break as well. Just remember to watch out for the time!

Another thing, remember to make reservations if you plan to go for dinner or on weekends, because it may get very crowded, and you may need to queue for quite a while before getting in. On lunch time, there is less crowd.

My verdict: Strongly recommended, a must-try for all Japanese food lover and buffet lover!

Popeye's claim themselves to be lousiana kitchen, which is new to me because I never even know what lousiana cuisine is it. But besides the name, it is just pretty much like a fast food restaurant.

Their signature dish is of course their fried chicken, which is fabulous. The chicken is fresh and juicy, and is not too oily for the health conscious.

Another of their signature dish is their "biscuit". This biscuit isn't what the first thing that would come to your mind, it is not like a cookie. Instead it is more like a muffin on the inside but crispy on the outside, which is also slightly like a scone. Goes along well with their jam. A regular two piece chicken meal with a regular side and a biscuit is jusy 7.50.

They also offer various snacks and side dishes, such as calamari rings, onion rings, fries, mashed potato, coleslaw etc. Price for a snack bite is 3.90, while the price for a regular/large side is 2.60/3.60. You can choose which side you want to go along with your meal, and my personal favourite is their fries. They call it cajun fries, which actually has a layer of cajun seasoning on top of it, giving it a different taste from ordinary fries. If you are unsure of what cajun seasoning is, you should go and try it!

The maxi meal (my picture) is a good deal indeed. It includes one piece chicken, two piece chicken strips, two piece chicken drumlets, one biscuit, a regular side and a regular drink, for only 8.50. It is good in a sense that it has more variety and more filling with just a slightly higher price than the two piece chicken meal.

The environment is rather clean and bright, so not much to complain about or ask for in a fast food outlet. Self-service, so not much service provided, but the counter staff is rather efficient and the trays at the empty tables get cleared quite fast too.

My verdict: A must-go for fried chicken lovers!!! And try their biscuit too!