My entire family visited Peach Garden to celebrate my auntie's 80th birthday. We were greeted with friendly service staff and a very grand looking restaurant.

The scenic view from the 33rd floor, where the restaurant is situated at, definitely started the dinner well. It was a breathtaking panoramic view of the skyline.

The dishes we ordered were the Sauteed Stuffed Scallops with Salted Yolk, Double-boiled Fish Maw in Chicken Essence Soup, Roasted Crispy Duck, Deep-fried Prawns in Wasabi Sauce, Steamed Soon Hock Fish in Soy Sauce, Braised Handmade Beancurd in Crabmeat Sauce and Fried Seafood Noodles in X.O Sauce.

I found every dish to be very tasty. The scallops, duck and deep-fried prawns were my favourites for the night.

Felt that the Fish Maw Soup wasn't tasty enough, the fish could have been more tender, beancurd tasted too common to me and I couldn't taste much of the X.O flavor in the seafood noodles.

My boyfriend surprised me with dinner to celebrate our third year anniversary. Made me so excited not only because it's at Raffles Hotel, but also because I've heard so much about the Bar & Billiard Room from my mum.

Apparently, she used to dine there all the time with her colleagues. But that's another story.

Anyway, I must first emphasize how good the service is here. It's the kind of service standard you will never find at just about any place in Singapore.

They were warm, welcoming, friendly and always on the tip of their toes to serve you. But then again, I did feel a little uncomfortable because it felt as though their eyes were on me at every second of my dinner there.

The food there was just as splendid. Quality is the word to describe it. Fresh and well-prepared! Some must-try's are the pasta, steak, squid and desserts (especially the tiramisu)!

I wouldn't say the spread was extensive. In fact, the salads and starters already took up half the variety of food. So I guess if you're going there, don't expect quantity.

Visited Asian Market Cafe for the first time with my boyfriend for our third year anniversary. A close friend of ours recommended the place to be good for local and Asian food.

We're both huge fans of buffets. He loves the quantity, I love the variety, and we both are constantly in search for both of that plus quality.

Our initial expectation of the restaurant was quite high because it's situated in a hotel.

However, upon stepping foot into the restaurant, we were quite surprised by the profile of diners around. They seemed under dressed (short of better words) and rather sloppy.

Thankfully, the food there saved us. The spread was extensive with all sorts of Asian food - from the cold food selection leading all the way up to desserts. We were ecstatic!

The laksa was very lemak, the popiah very smooth and full of flavor, middle-eastern food tasted very authentic, and our local food was yummy!

I love the durian paste as well, but I don't quite get the little icey bits in the paste. Otherwise, it would have been perfect. The Portuguese egg tart is a must-try too!

The service was very good at first. They were fast and responsive, and seemed happy to serve us. But at the later part of the night, it seemed like they were ignoring us and unwilling to clear our table.

Went to Quentin's for a simple Mother's Day dinner celebration last week.
I wasn't too sure it would be a good idea at first, especially with all the negative reviews I've read all over the internet. People mentioned bad service and food that didn't meet their expectations.

I guess it was a blessing in disguise. My expectations were so low that I ended up being rather pleased with the dining experience.

The food was wonderful, but indeed, the service needs some improvement.

We ordered the Chicken Devil's Curry (their much-raved about dish), which was yummy! I'm Peranakan, so the level of spiciness was okay for me. I would have loved it to be a little spicier though

We also ordered the beef steak, as recommended by the waiter. I actually enjoyed it a lot, even though I'm not very much into beef.

Then, we also had chap chye and squid ink calamari. Both were good, but nothing worth the two thumbs up.

My boyfriend and I went to River View Hotel once previously for a Chinese buffet. This time, we were caught between River Palace and River Garden Coffeehouse.

We went to River Palace at first, but they were fully occupied and did not have a table for us. So we decided to try out the River Garden Coffeehouse at the first floor of the hotel.

We thought it was reasonably priced at only $35++ for a hotel buffet.

Our first impression of the buffet was disappointment. We were not expecting such a small spread for dinner. There was a cold food section, soup, salads, dim sum, cooked food and desserts.

The one dish we loved was the lobster laksa, which was actually crayfish laksa. But it tasted better than the usual. The other food were nice, but not anything I would go back to.