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If you see my record of bars, you’d know I love rooftop bars. Ying Yang has a surprisingly good view, given that its building is so short. The view is the surrounding towering skyscrapers built by capitalist pigs but ooh, the office lights of the late-night workers-slaves are so pretty. The ambience is great too, very relaxing, with lounge sofas, feeling like it’s by the beach. (Use imagination lah.)

The service within the bar itself was like the ambience–indolent and lazy but I didn’t care because in such a mood, everything could be slow. There was no rush for time. Besides, at least the wait staff were nice. However, the service of the Club Hotel was mixed. The first time, the hotel receptionist buzzed us up the lift (you need a hotel card to use the lift). The second time, the receptionist told us to climb the 3 or 4 storeys up and by the time we were up, we were panting.

Drinks are at cut-throat cost, $20 or so for a drink, but you pay for the atmosphere. The second time we were there, there were a group of gay angmohs with a Sarong Party Gay. Gay people are cool and cool people hang around here. So you know the price of the cocktails is justifiable.

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You’d think steaks at a kiosk should be quite cheap, right But wow! the tenderloin costs $24.90. Cut throat.

You order at the counter, find a seat and the server will bring you your food. Throw in additional $3 to get soup and soft drinks – but hey I just got off gym, and soup is cream, a no-no.Taste-wise, there was nothing to complain but texture-wise, the steak felt like it was just defrosted–you can taste the ice although the steak was hot–and the quality of the steak was very inferior, grainy. The quality made me doubt whether it was safe to eat it. (It was, nothing happened to me.)

Maybe I ordered the wrong thing. The kiosk needs to either lower the price or purchase higher quality of beef. I’d file it under “not-sure” recommendation. This kiosk may be one of those places I’d hate but will return again because bo-pian what, no choice, it’s the few and convenient steak places in Orchard.

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Hell-ow everybady, Ms Atas is back from her Europe tour! Check out my facebook constant updates from Effiel Tower, Leaning tower, etc. My Australian Boyfriend came for a visit and I wanted to bling him to a high crass place but I wanna be considerate too, and go for lunch, cheaper. I’m considerate, not cheap oooook? I iz Ms Atas, got $$. So did some prelim research on HGW and found this restaurant with high approval rate, not 100% approval but good enough, not everyone can have 100% approval rating like me.

When I was there, I was shocked. Gasp! I put my limp-wristed hand on my real boobs to clam myself down. The restaurant is situated at Singapore Hokkien Association and I thought all dialect associations are in dingy shophouses. This one so modern and so bright! Brighter than the moon moon moon. Hokkiens are as atas as Ms Atas? I don’t dink so!

The second shock I had was the decor of the restaurant. Expensive restaurants are suppose to be dark and sexy and the outside people cannot look in but this one is open concept with full-pane glass panels. OMG, I need more makeup!

The 3-course set lunch ($25++) is awwwfully limited. Appetizer: choice of soup or salad; Main: choice of fish or beef; and fixed dessert. Naturally, my Australian Boyfriend and I picked the same things because our two hearts are one.Aiyo, cannot, this simply cannot do. The mushroom soup had a thick film of oil floating on it – and its color was green. The 150days grainfed angus beef fillet was wayyyy overcooked–i requested for medium-rare–and tasted more pan-fried than grilled. The profiteroles were forgettable.

The service wasn’t top-notched. We hadn’t even finished our soup yet and the beef came. You know lah, I iz Ms Atas, got tiny mouth.

We spent $60 but there are other places which could serve better food at the same price.