Sometimes after yoga, all I want is something that fills me up just right and is healthy at the same time. Whenever this craving strikes, I'll head over the Sumo Salad @ 313 which is near my yoga centre.I'm a fan of their salads and wraps and this time, I got myself the Chicken Caesar Wrap. They sell their wraps in half which costs $3.90. The Chicken Caesar Wrap is a cold wrap, consisting of hard boiled egg, lettuce, chicken and bacon bits. I really love how there's a fair amount of each of the food groups in this wrap: carbs, veggies and protein I'll definitely continue to purchase their wraps and salads again and again and again...

I absolutely love the Marche concept which is alot like our hawker centres - you walk around the different stalls and queue up for the food you want, then bring it back to your own table. We bought a few dishes to share among ourselves.



Pan-fried Salmon: The raw salmon pieces were displayed at the seafood stall counter and the colour of the meat was nice and it looked very fresh, which was what tempted me to order it. However, once cooked, the meat was slightly dry. It might have been slightly overcooked by the chef. Also, the salmon skin could be more crisp.



Paella: Paella is Spanish rice cooked with an assortment of ingredients, and saffron. The version that Marche has is mixed paella, with red capsicums, tomatoes, celery, prawns and chicken. The paella was ok..the rice was nice and moist and mildly flavoured. The vegetables were cooked till they were soft. 



Pork Knuckle: This was huge! I think this could serve about 8-10 pax. After chopping the pork knuckle up, the pork pieces fill up 2 plates. The meat was nice and tender. However the skin could be crispier.



Vegetarian Pizza: This was quite nice with onion, tomato, capsicum and arugula/rocket leaves. The pizza base was a bit floppy, such that if you held up a slice with one hand, the pizza will droop down and the ingredients might fall out. I wish it could be crispier.

We were looking for a place to have drinks after dinner at Vivo hence we decided to see if there were any seats at Starbucks. There are two outlets at Vivo itself, one on level 1 and one on level 2. The former is the bigger one hence we headed to that and luckily, we managed to find an available table on a Friday night.

I was looking for something cold and refreshing and it seemed like their Ice-Shaken Lemon Tea was the only choice. They have it in green tea or passionfruit so I chose passionfruit.




For some strange reason, the drink was red in colour and slightly sourish, even though passionfruit is supposed to be yellow in colour and slightly sweet? Despite all those, the drink was still nice and refreshing, which was just what I needed

My friends and I decided to try out their steamboat buffet. Included in the buffet price are starters, where each person can order one dish each.



Starter - Sichuan-Style Monkey Head Mushrooms: This was not spicy at all even though it's Sichuan-style and has dried chilli stir-fried with the mushrooms. The mushroom chunks were coated with batter, deep-fried then stir-fried with cashews, sliced onion, garlic and ginger in a slightly sweet sauce. It has a very meaty texture/mouthfeel and I think even those who don't like vegetarian food will love this dish. This was extremely yummy



Starter - House Special Beef: This was equally good!!! I'm seriously impressed by their starters. Even though they said it's one serving, it's quite a lot so each starter can be shared by 2-3 people. Both starters came piping hot. The beef was tender and flavourful, really really good.



For the steamboat, we got two soup bases, Wild Mushroom Soup and Chicken Soup. The Chicken Soup was ok/normal, while the Wild Mushroom Soup had a very strong mushroom taste. Despite this, the Wild Mushroom Soup was very pleasant and unique, different from the usual chicken/pork bone soup. The only thing about the 2 soup bases is that they got extremely salty at the end after adding in all the ingredients.



At the start, they gave us a tray of many ingredients but also said that if we do not want any of that, we can just return them immediately. These consisted of things like a variety of mushrooms and vegetables, sliced fish, chicken, homemade prawn/squid balls, tofu, corn etc. For those ingredients that you want but are not there (e.g. beef, pork, mussels etc), you can simply tick them on their menu sheet and pass it to the staff. We ordered some more ingredients like marinated beef slices, sliced pork, pig stomach, pig skin, mussels, prawns, fried beancurd skin, other types of vegetables, lotus root, yam, fried mantou etc. The ingredients were all clean and fresh, and the portions aren't measly. For eg the muscles were fresh and succulent, the corn was sweet, the fried mantou remained crispy even after a while and the beef slices and chicken were really nice and tender. 

I'd also like to mention that their service is really good. They are really attentive and would refill our teapot and also our steamboat with soup without us having to inform them. When you raise your hand they will also notice you and head over to you really quickly. 

Overall this is a pretty good buffet steamboat place at a mid-range price

Whenever I walked past their Orchard Central branch I could always smell the sweet ice cream which was always very tempting. I decided to try it out since the one at Vivo is near my work place. This branch has an open sitting area within the mall, right outside Golden Village.



I chose to have the Strawberry Banana Rendezvous, which is one of their signature creations. The staff scooped the strawberry ice cream and tossed it up into the air and caught it with her scoop, before transferring it to the counter top to 'cold-fry' it. Then, she scooped up the ingredients for Strawberry Banana Rendezvous which are frozen strawberries, banana, white choc chip and graham crackers, then proceeded to chop them up and mix them in into the ice cream simultaneously.

The ingredients were fresh and the portion was generous, and the ice cream was good and not sickeningly sweet. One scoop is pretty big so it's good for 2 to share. The bad thing is the ice cream melted pretty quickly... before I had started eating it had already melted a little. My friend's waffle was also soft and not crispy at all.