The dining area is very spacious and I like the tables being spread far apart from each other, keeping small talks ”enclosed”. The decor is modern and elegant, furbished with real trees and flowers placed on every table.

Ladies are being pampered on WEDNESDAY, the chef offers a complimentary Seasonal Salad to go along with the set lunch specially created for Ladies. From my observation, the dishes are very light and healthy, emphasising more on vegetables and steaming. The special set lunch is only meant for ladies on Wednesday, Men don’t get it!

Domvs also offer a 2/3 course business set lunch which is wallet friendly, priced at $28++ and $ 36++ respectively.


Smoked ocean trout with mixed green salad

A simple mixed green salad topped with smoked ocean trout to start. The chef has kindly included more salad leaves for me.The smoked ocean trout was sliced thinly and topped it on the mixed salad leaves. I was curious to find out what was the red coloured thing that was sprinkled on the ocean trout. Was it red capers?


Pan seared garouper, black olives & capers

My mains was a Garouper fish was is a firm and meaty fish. The chef served the seared fish in a spicy tomato stew with some mixed vegetables( zucchini, carrots and bell peppers). The tomato stew is very ”home-made” and has a hint of spiciness. The fish was also served with carrot sticks, asparagus and snow peas which I requested for more greens. I like the spicy tomato stew with lots of vegetables and I love anything with tomatoes!On the other hand, I felt that the fish tasted a little fishy and does not have the sweetness of fish. This was a slight disappointment though. At least, the fish has a crispy skin and the tomato stew compensated for the slight imperfection.


Mango Charlotte with raspberry coulis & sorbet

Dessert was a choice of mango charlotte or the Earl grey chocolate fondant which I didn’t pick. The waiter reccommended something lighter, the mango mousse to end my meal . I was also told that that the mango charlotte was quite popular here , it is also available for purchase.Soft vanilla sponge with mango mousse in between the layers. The mango mousse is ok, I would prefer the mango flavour to be stronger( mangoe-y). The vanilla sponge is very soft but I felt it was a little on the sweet side.The sorbet has a mild raspberry flavour. It is advised to consume the mango mousse before reaching for the sorbet as the latter has a slight sourish taste. Not too bad, I like the berries with passionfruit puree.

Petit 4

2 chocolate cookies and peanut butter cookies. The waitress was unsure of the latter and had to double check with the kitchen. The chocolate cookies were just passable, probably it was the texture was too hard and chocolate taste was mild. I prefer Famous Amos / Amoy cookies! I didn’t try the peanut butter cookies as I am sensitive to the peanuts.

Capella is not the hotel at Sentosa but a modern Italian Dining retaurant located at Chijmes. There are quite a number of restaurants at Chijmes but surpisingly, the resturant is very quiet and hardly any customers. Well, Cityhall area has got quite a number of ”good” restaurants thus I guess it was a little difficult to attract people to come over.

The restaurant interior is not very spacious and they have a open kitchen and shadows of wine bottles in the wine cellar. I can constantly hear the chef ‘‘displaying” his skills in the kitchen such as chopping ingredients.

Capella offers a 3 course set lunch priced at $27++ and $34++ (with choice of fish )respectively. Choose from a selection of starters and mains. I felt that they are not ”flexible” enough to make changes such as choosing dishes from the ala-carte menu to substitute the mains. I do not mind paying the extra cost but they just do not allow. I decided to have 2 starters a main and skipped the dessert, with an extra charge of $10 ++.



Insalata Romana (extra $10++)


This was basically a caesar salad but I could hardly find any hard-boiled egg or bacon. It was just a simple and plain version of the caesar salad topped generous parmesan flakes. I like the home-made anchovy sauce but too much cheese makes the salad a little cloying.



Baby spinach salad with marinated cod, sundried tomatoes & kalamanta olives

Starter number 2 was the baby spinach salad accompanied by a small serving of marinated cod. I suspect it was not codfish as the texture and the taste was slightly different from cod. The chef mashed the cod and mixed it with sun-dried tomatoes and olives.The marinated cod was under -seasoned and one word to describe, ‘‘Bland”. The marinated cod has got fishbones in it and I was quite disappointed with this dish.




Pan Fried Seabass

The seabass was the ”Fish of the day”. The other options on the set lunch menu includes 3 types of pasta dishes and a meat dish. The fish is pan-fried till crispy, served with asparagus, roma tomatoes in saffron sauce.This was a lovely dish. The thin fillet of seabass is pan-fried till crispy on the outside and soft in the interior. The fish is slightly seasoned with some salt and pepper but it retains it natural flavour. The skin has a nice crisp to it, an awesome dish. The accompaniments, asparagus and roma tomatoes were excellent in terms of flavur. The lightly grilled tomatoes were juicy, bursting in flavour when I pop it into my mouth while the asparagus has a nice crunch to it.

Many of us might have heard of Culina, which is the Singapore leading purveyor of gourmet foods and wine. Culina has it’s very own restaurant, Enoteca, which means ” wine library” in Italian. Enoteca is ‘‘housed’‘ at Dempsey Hill Green, one of the food paradise in Singapore. They used to have another outlet along Bukit Timah but was closed down. Enoteca and Culina work hand in hand, using the quality products from Culina to bring out the freshest and quality assured food to the diners.

The menu is simple, with few selections of mains, appetizers, sides and desserts. They have an extensive collection of wines and a wine library in the restaurant. They serve many wines by the glass , thus wine-lovers would have the opportunity to savour many prestigious wine from all over the world.

I was interested in only the mains, the Pertuna Ocean Trout which is quite uncommon to be served in restaurants ( although I have tried it some time back). Many people thought that Salmon and Ocean Trout are the same but they are different! especially in terms of taste and texture. Ocean Trout belongs to the Salmonid family but have a fine and slightly less oily meat and the taste is less mild compared to Salmon. Ever the ”over-indulgence” in Salmon many years ago, I developed a phobia in Salmon but definitely not Ocean Trout!


Look out for the daily Chef’s special which are dishes not available on the menu. The dishes changes daily and according to availability.Enoteca introduced a Weekly 3 course set lunch priced at $30 nett/ pax. The menu changes weekly so you wouldn’t get bored having the same food. Prices here are in nett, they do not charge GST & Service charge!



Pertuna Ocean Trout with mixed seasonal vegetables and baby potatoes ($28)

The fillet of ocean was quite small but was enough to satisfy my craving. Since I didn’t want the baby potatoes, the chef kindly replaced it with rocket leaves and the portion of salad leaves and the grilled vegetables filled the plate, leaving a small fillet of ocean trout in sight.

The Ocean Trout was well-grilled with a tinge of salt, a crispy skin and soft texture. I just wished that they would serve a slightly large fillet of the Ocean Trout. ( Greedy )

The Grilled seasonal vegetables consist of my favourite vegetables such as brocolli, zucchini, squash and tomatoes, lightly grilled with tinge of salt . I particluarly like the salsa that was served on top of the fish as it has a tangy and appetising flavour.

The rocket leaves were lightly tossed in some plum dressing & cracked black pepper.




Sauteed mushrooms ($6)

I ordered the sauteed msuhrooms as a side dish but the portion was huge, enough to feed 2 pax. I could actually do a TA if I could not finish.

The sauted mushrooms were button mushrooms sliced in halve, sauteed in white wine, whole clove garlic and mugworts ( type of herb). The sauteed mushrooms were a little on the greasy side. I would prefer the garlic to be minced garlic and sauteed with the mushrooms, minced garlic produced much more fragrance and aroma. I could hardly finish the sauteed mushrooms, probably finished 1/3 of it.

Fancy a ” sky garden dining ” experience? Suntec City has a Sky Garden which housed many restaurants, sample Turkish, Thai, Vietnamese or even Swiss cuisine here. I happened to walked past Swiss culture resturant and the friendly waitress introduced the Swiss cuisine to me. I looked at the menu board and was interested to try their food.

Sits are available outside the restaurant as there isn’t any tables in the small restaurant interior.

Upon seated, the friendly waitress handed me the oven. She further explained the signature dishes and her recommendations.

Swiss culture restaurant offers award-wining cuisine at affordable prices. The must-trys are the Cheese Fondue, Chocololate Fondue and the Swiss Sausage. These 3 dishes are award-wining and has received commendations and awards.


Caesar salad topped with seared prawns ($11.90+)

I had the Caesar salad through the recommendation and chose the seared prawns as toppings (extra $4 charge). The waitress recommended the caesar salad as The Green Salad was a little boring and their caesar salad is quite popular too.The Caesar salad comes in a huge bowl of ice-berg and romaine lettuce, lots of bacon bits, mashed eggs,topped with 5 seared prawns and separate caesar dressing at the side . The lettuce were crisp and I like the bacon bits, which is made from real bacon. The Casear dressing is home-made, I can taste the strong flavour of anchovies and bits of bacon in the dressing.The prawns were lightly seasoned with some black pepper and lightly seared, the texture was bouncy and not tough.



Chilean Codfish with cajun spice & mixed herbs ($28.80+)

The codfish is supposed to be seasoned witth cajun spice & mixed herbs but I couldn’t see or detect any spice or herbs in the fish . The chilean cod is served with mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables and they kindly replaced the mashed potatoes with lots of vegetables for me.
The chilean cod was over-cooked, resulting the texture to be firm, rubbery and chewy. It reminds me of eating dried scallops. The fish was not properly de-scaled and there were some fins remaining on the skin. The fish is then served with a creamy sweet butter sauce.

They were really generous with the vegetables, serving a huge portion of carrots, brocolli and tomatoes.

I am very sure that most of the Food bloggers/ Dessert Lovers would have heard or know Canele inside out. After our lunch at The Ship Restaurant , we craved for desserts and the first thing that comes to my mind is , Canele.

We went to the nearest Shaw Centre outlet to get our dessert fix.


We are not here for the mains (just had it) and I was deciding to get the savoury (looks good too) or the Sweet crepes . Finally, we set our mind on the Foret Noire cos I ‘m a liquer sucker!

It was the first time Mum had Macarons thus I specially picked the Hazelnut flavour for her ( cos she loves nuts) . She feels that the Macaron is just too sweet for her and she could only detect sweetness rather than the flavour of hazelnuts.

My caramel orange marcaron is under the special edition. Although I knew that Macarons are made from Almond flour and being allergic to it, I decided to go against it and just try one ( just one won’t die) . The macaron shell is very crispy but the interior is soft. I feel that it was too sweet (the caramel) but I like the crispy macaron shell.

Foret Noire ( Black Forest ) $13.50++


”Dark cherry compote, chocolate ice cream and kirsch chantilly cream’.
The whole presentation of the crepe loooks lovely! As described, the crepe is thin and topped with a scoop of dark chocolate ice-cream with hint of kirsh, chocolate shards , chantilly cream and sweet cherries.

The crepe is very thin and it paired well with the chantilly cream and dark chocolate ice-cream. Both Mum & I enjoyed the dark chocolate ice-cream, it is less sweet & infused with minimal kirsh. The cherry is sweet but I would prefer to be soaked in Kirsh.

The crepes here are meant more for sharing (Huge serving ). The outlet here is busy and thus it was a little difficult to get the attention of the servers. However, I would certainly return again for my dessert fix!