Went there not long after the opening and just my luck, there was a really long queue at gong cha and they were understaffed as there's only one person taking orders and another one more making the drinks. I waited close to 25mins from queueing till getting my drink.

I ordered the $4.10 gong cha milk coffee to try, because it has a recommended sign there. But it tasted really normal, nothing extraordinary or to rave about. And I think it's too expensive, it tasted just like coffee milk tea and the price of other milk teas were just in the range of $2+ to $3+.

I love the Ban Mian here! Especially the dry one, because it is stirred fried instead of just pouring black sauce over it like other dry ban mian.

The ban mian here costs $3 and the dry one costs $3.50. Both are equally good but I still prefer to have the dry one as you can't get it at a lot of places. The portion is quite big for $3.50 and I really like the generous amount of the vegetables! The ikan bilis were also very crunchy and big! However, the minced meat can be cooked longer for a better taste. You can change ban mian to you mian noodles if you prefer noodles that are thinner, but for the verdict, I prefer the ban mian noodles for the dry one!Do give it a try if you're in the vicinity!

We went to JPOT again even though my friends and I didn't have a very good experience at the vivo outlet. Well, groupon had an offer for JPOT, $59 for $100 worth! It’s a really good deal!

This time round, we ordered ALA-CARTE instead of the set. It was definitely a better choice. We paid around $34.50 (without groupon) and we were so full! Anyway service over at Tamp 1 was so much better that I can’t find any word to emphasize that. Overall ambience was much better too, service much more efficient as well because every table uses the iPad to order which is really much quicker. The iPad is hidden in a drawer like place so you won’t find it on the table the moment you sit down. And everyone has their own pot for the steamboat!We also ordered the free flow drink for $3.80! The waiter came by with an empty cup, meaning it doesn’t matter if you pick barley or coke in the ordering form, because all of the soft drinks plus barley and Longan Luo Han are all $3.80 and free flow and you can drink any of the free flow drinks! The Longan Luo Han was really good! So refreshing and it’s free flow. There's also a sauce station where you can make your own sauce! You can either follow the recipes that's at the sauce station, or just make your own. It's quite fun to follow the recipe though!Some of my personal opinions on the food / ala-carte there;
-Soups: 3 Jpot superior broths and 1 bak kut teh ($5.80 each, refillable)
The bak kut the one tastes somewhat like the superior broth, but more peppery
- Live Prawn ($9.5)
The prawns are not alive and kicking, I guess live prawns just meant that they sedate them before it’s sent to you.
- Toman sliced fish ($7.80)
It was so good we ordered 2 plates of it. It’s the only sliced fish on the menu anyway.
- Mushrooms ($12.80)
It is a basket of assorted mushrooms. We wanted individual but after doing some mental calculations, the basket one was more worth it.
- Spinach beancurd ($4) is a fried item, for very subjective palattes.

What we ordered as well: Chicken cheese balls ($5), Marinated Chicken ($4.5) comes with a quail egg, Marinated Pork ($4.5) comes with a quail egg, Kurobuta Pork ($9.80), Prawn balls ($5.8) presented on the long tray in the picture below, Sliced sotong ($4.80), Pho ($2) and a bowl of rice ($0.80). Almost everything we ordered seems to be nice. We wanted to order this meat but it was OOS. The recomended dishes seems good as well!

Overall, we thought that the experience at Jpot Tampines 1 was definitely much better than the one we had a vivo, be it food, ambience and service.

While waiting for my friend at Tampines, I ordered a cup of hot Caramel Mmacchiato ($6.30) at Sstarbucks to chill and study. What I noticed while sipping my coffee was that the queue at the Tampines outlet is never ending! There's always a long queue, especially during noon time. I queued for 15 mins to get my coffee!

Caramel Macchiato is already a sweet coffee on its own due to the caramel, so be sure to mix it well. I didn't add any sugar but topped it with some chocolate powder instead for an extra taste!

Always wanted to try Poulet but the queue over at the Bugis outlet was so long that I never had a chance to try it! It has been opened in Jurong Point for a few months already and recently, I just had to chance to hop over to try it!

My friend went in around an early 6, there weren’t much people, surprisingly. No need to queue at all! We ordered the famed chicken, 2 bowls of mushroom soup and tiramisu! There’s not much items on the menu, not as extensive as I thought. It’s mostly meat dishes. A glass of warm water costs $0.50.

Ordering the Mushroom soup ($5.80) was a mistake though. It was really creamy and I got really sick of it after 6 mouthfuls. And the portion wasn’t small also. I wouldn't suggest you to order this if you already dislike cream-based soups in the first place.So here comes the famed Poulet Roti Half ($15.80) that Poulet is quite famous for! Sorry to fans of this, but I had the soup before the chicken came, so the taste was somewhat marred. The sauce for the chicken is pretty similar to the mushroom soup we ordered, only abit sweeter. I suggest not having the soup if you’re ordering the chicken unless you’re a big fan of creamy stuff. But I guess if I didn't have the soup before that, it would taste somewhat better. Anyway we ordered only half a chicken between 2 of us and we were already full! Lastly, our dessert: Tiramisu ($7.80)! It was the saving grace of the dinner. It was so good. For $7.80, it’s definitely worth it. And the portion is so huge that two of us were struggling to finish it. I really like the taste of it, the lady fingers were thoroughly soaked, although I would prefer it to be a little drier for my liking. Service was quite efficient when we were ordering, the food came quite fast. But when we wanted to call for our bill, we actually waited for quite a while before anyone attended to us. They were probably short handed because by the time we finished our meal, the restaurant was almost full.