My mum has been bugging me about the Afternoon Delight promotion at Kuishin Bo for quite some time now. Since the promo is only available on weekends and PH, and it was Christmas yesterday~ I brought her there to enjoy!  

The buffet is from 3.30pm-5pm at Jurong Point. I tried to call beforehand as I was unsure if booking was required, but no one picked up the phone after 5 tries in 15 mins.   So we decided to go try our luck.

We reached at 3.45pm ~ and we were just brought in straight away.  Staff! (Then I realized the phone was ringing and no one bothered about it. Now I know why no one pick up liao.

Anyway, we were late for like 15 mins and most food was gone -sweats-I went to take some sushi and soba  Decorated the dessert plate, lol~Best eclairs:Superb Chawanmushi!Cute gingerbread man deserves a praise Best Mango pudding The mochi desserts are EWWWWW. My first time trying this fish, I have no idea what it is but it's DELICIOUS.  I took like 8 pieces sorry too greedy I didn't really take a lot of pics, 'cos I was busy eating XD I have been to many buffet (and taken many pics just lazy to do review), but this is the only buffet that had me repeatedly watching out for the time. The food runs out quickly  so everyone is very alert. At about 4.15pm, the nice stuff from dessert bar ran out. I only took one mango pudding  Lucky I was smart enough to get some other desserts beforehand. Otherwise, I wouldn't have gotten to eat any. Every single one of them ran out except for those that're not very nice - like the *ahem* mochi. They also have Ginseng scallop porridge which is very nice, but I forgot to take picture heheh.

Okay so overall I think the food quality is high, but the quantity is limited. Also, you need experience to eat this buffet. 
Well... Here's my hint and tip.
1) Stock up on the NICE desserts at 4pm, or else you will have NONE at the end. 
2) Keep a lookout for the fried fish (idk the name) - it runs out quickly and there's only two rounds.
3) Grab some salad before it runs out! I didn't get a chance to try ANY salad dish at all.
4) The assorted sushis are always replenished, so get something else first, like the seaweed or chawanmushi XD 
5) Also... At about 4.45pm the ice cream were all gone and we only took one scoop of green tea ice cream  So if you want some just eat earlier.

Also, when you see the food starts replenishing, you can't take them anymore because it's for the dinner buffet at 6pm. The staff told us that at 4.30pm it's last round of change and no more after that. 

With this experience I know where to chiong the next time I come liao. 

Total bill for 2 adults was $39.78 with GST and service charge. So per head around $20.

P.s. I'm planning to try their dinner buffet with Snow Crab legs and a lot of other stuff (omg looks so delicious) so just look out for my review next time ~

Afternoon delight promotion is only at Jurong Point outlet, from 3.30pm to 5pm. Last round of change is at 4.30pm. Grab the desserts at 4pm or you will have none at the end.

We wanted to treat Grandma to a really good birthday meal this year, so my aunt suggested Canton-i, since old people normally like to eat pig and duck.

FOODThis is their famous crispy suckling pig dish - we had the smallest size one, and it was solely for the pleasure of my grandma, so I didn't get to even smell it. But it was so damn good that she couldn't stop praising the chef. If you think the mini dish (about $25) is a little too small, you can always get the half-sized one, worth $98, or one whole suckling pig, worth $198, as shown in their menu.All three images above show the famous Peking duck (my favorite!) that got me drooling all over. I swear it's that good. I ate more than half of it, ignoring my family members; pardon me for being just a little bit selfish when it comes to excellent food. All of us were going for the mushroom in this dish. It was gone in 5 mins! Lol.
Wintermelon soup, something I'll never get sick of This fish was quite average, nothing too special to rave about it though. They didn't have the Double Boiled Fungus with Papaya and Almond dessert that we wanted, so we went for mango sago instead, which was equally good.


SERVICE
The service was GREAT. They have very friendly staff who were polite and agreeable to requests such as dividing the soup into an extra bowl and having more sauce. One female staff even brought an abalone to my aunt just because she wanted to see what it looked like in tightly-sealed packaged form. Thumbs up.

The bill was around $250, slightly expensive, but totally worth it if you ever want to treat yourself once a year.

My friend and I decided to lunch at Hatched before going to gardens by the bay

Total bill was around $30.

Their menus looked really cute and creative.Smoke Royal $13
This is half an English muffin, topped with smoked salmon, poached egg and Hollandaise sauce, served with homemade mash.
It was absolutely delicious, until you get your first bite of salmon. The salmon was extremely salty. The muffin alone was not enough to cover the saltiness and I've to eat parts of the salmon with the mash and vegetables. I seriously do not recommend this dish to anyone who cannot stand saltiness. My friend took on bite of it and rejected anymore of it. Sir Benedict $13
This is half an English muffin, topped with smoked ham, streaky bacon, poached egg and Hollandaise sauce, served with homemade mash.
Now this dish, is worth ordering for two Extremely delicious and will order this again when I next visit. The bacon was awesome.

Overall view:
The dishes, although delicious, are served in very small portions. It was like half of what I normally eat in a meal. Everything on the menu is costly. So be prepared to spend some amount when you walk in.

Went to dinner at Dian Xiao Er Decided to order something special this visit~ ie. Jiangnan prawn. Pic is below as you read on.

Total bill amount was around $130 with discount.Jiangnan prawn = $20+
I was very impressed with this dish at first. BUT, it turned out to be really plain. There was suppose to be some special wine sauce on it, but there was none. You get two very big prawns on that plate, but that's it. Nothing else. Further examination of the "sauce" turned out to be soy sauce, according to my grandmother. Complete waste of money.Seafood beancurd
Delicious, and definitely worth it.Fishmaw conpoy
Nothing really special, just normal fishmaw soup.Shi Quan Duck = $20+
Very nice, excellent dish, and a must order every visit to Dian Xiao Er.

We also ordered Cod Fish ($20+) which is also one of the "Must orders" everytime you visit Dian Xiao Er However I forgot to snap a picture of it. Will do so on my next visit.

Decided to try espresSOUP for the first time, since it's conveniently located at Jurong Point
The whole bill was about $20 - 25 because of the free lunch upgrades. It's really worth it to dine on weekdays.Pumpkin soup
- My mum ordered this, and it was delicious! I finished half of it for her even after I finished my own Minestrone. It was THAT good.Hot green tea
- Served when you order an upgrade.Minestrone <3
- Totally in awe with it. The spice was just right, the taste was awesome. Half a Prawn wrap
- Finished it within seconds. I nearly forgot to take a picture, so here's a half-finished one Chicken - something soup.
- Yeah I can't remember the name of this one, but I will never order it again. The chicken meat wasn't tender enough(and they give you plenty of that), the soup was just full of spice. It's hot, hot, hot. Can that even be labelled as soup? Gosh.

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Okay, overall espresSOUP is just similar to "Soup Spoon". Nothing special to comment about it, except that it might just be a tiny bit cheaper.