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Jasminetoh
This is Jasminetoh living in Choa Chu Kang. I work in Bukit Timah. I like to hang out in Sembawang. Japanese, Chinese are my favorite cuisines. I also love Restaurant, Stall / Kiosk.
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I'll be back! Smile Jan 14, 2013   
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Categories : Italian | Japanese | Fusion | Restaurant | Pasta

The concept of The Star Vista is quite open which means it doesn't have any glass doors surrounding the mall. Hence, making it seems extremely big like a ship (think star virgo)! LOL. Restaurant is situated on the 2nd floor; from the main entrance, take the most right escalator up & you will be able to see the sign as you reach the landing.
We went to the outlet at Junction 10 and when we saw that The Star Vista has one outlet there, lunch menu has been decided. As the mall is pretty accessible & there is church service on Sundays, it tends to get quite crowded. Do take note that customers are only allowed to get a table when your entire party had arrived. sad
I had the Standard Chartered Promotion which entitles me to a pasta, salad, soup & soft drink/orange juice/apple juice for $18.80nett.
For pasta, I ordered the Hokkaido Cheese Cream Soup Spaghetti with Scallop, Corn & Potato.

 
It was DELICIOUS!! lol

Pasta: Spaghetti was springy. It wasn't too soft or too hard.
Soup: They add a slice of butter into the soup which gives it a tinge of buttery taste; enhancing the soup. Butter is 'removable'. Also, it is not soupy in the sense that half the bowl is just soup. It's more like gravy & just probably about 5 spoonful left after all the pasta and ingredients are eaten.
Advice from my friend who prefers tomato base: It is a creamy soup base so if you don't like cream, you might need to pre-empt yourself.
Ingredients: There were generous portion of salmon, bacon and crabmeat, potato, carrots, asparagus, fresh scallop, corn and a dash of cheese.

 
Salad: It was more like thinly sliced white onions than lettuce salad. I liked it because of the brown bits (which I have no idea what are they :/). Salad is quite salty probably due to the dressing. Overall, it is quite a refreshing bowl.
HINT: Tilt the bowl so the salad at the bottom won't be sitting in the saltiness.
Soup: Quite a small cup. After the saltiness of the salad, drink the soup to wash it away. Soup has a generous bits of spring onions floating at the top and small cubes of tofu sitting at the bottom.

 
Orange juice: It isn't just concentrated juice diluted in water kind. I was impressed that the orange juice has orange sacs! WOW!!lol

It was a extremely satisfying dinner and quoting Arnold Schwarzenegger.. I"LL BE BACK!!mad
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Hokkaido Cheese Cream Soup Spaghetti with Scallop,Corn & Potato
 
Date of Visit: Jan 13, 2013 

Spending per head: Approximately $18(Dinner)

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Categories : Japanese | Ramen

My husband & I chanced upon this ramen outlet at Paragon while queuing for another restaurant nearby. The price for each bowl of ramen was reasonable & it looks very appetizing. Hence, we decided to give up waiting & went in.
We were seated very promptly & our noodles were served within 10mins after orders were placed. Amazing service on a Sunday!!
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I liked the way they described each type of ramen at the top of their menu; giving us an idea of what is the soup base and the ingredients included in the particular ramen.

 
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Cha Shu Shoyu Ramen. $15.80
I was abit hesitant as this is the first time I'm trying a shoyu soup base. It turns out it is not as salty as I expect. smile
However, personally, I still prefer the chicken or pork bone broth. tongue
The noodles were springy and yummy! Usually, I'll give my husband half of the noodles but this is the first time that I don't mind adding more noodles! That shows how yummy it is!! lollol

 
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Daikokuya Tsukemen. $13.50
My husband ordered the dry ramen which comes with a bowl of soup to dip in. Interesting~mad
If you want to drink the soup, ask for clear broth to be poured in. Beware of the saltiness of the soup. I tried the soup after it was mixed with the clear broth and still finds it too salty for me. tongue
June Promotion

June Promotion

 
Currently, they are having a 2 days promotion on 1 & 2 June. The special sha shu ramen is available at 50% off!!
 
Date of Visit: May 26, 2013 

Spending per head: Approximately $17(Dinner)

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Excellent food & service Smile Feb 09, 2013   
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Categories : Chinese | Restaurant | Seafood | Roasted Meat

Went for early reunion dinner with my family of 6. Despite the long queue, we were quickly seated. lol Excellent service!
As I don't like it when picture and the actual food differs by alot, I like how their menu highlights their chef recommendation dishes by listing the ingredients used and also describing the benefits of the dish.

One of our favourite dish - Roasted Duck with Ten Wonder Herbs

 
Loved the combined taste of the duck and the herbs. It is not too herb-y and has a taste of sweet in the dish. I always pour the sauce on the rice. YUMMY!! lol

Next up - Braised Assorted Mushroom with Broccoli

 
A very healthy dish with lots of broccoli, carrots and mushroom. The sauce is also very rich but it also means it is probably full of salt.

Soup of the day - Double-boiled lotus root soup

 
This has always been their soup of the day. Sometimes I wonder if the chefs are tired of coming up with new soups. :/
The soup is quite tasty. With generous portion of the lotus root, pork with soft bone, peanuts and bits of scallop.

Another of my favourite dish - Chinese Spinach with Superior Stock

 
A dish endorsed by the National Health Board. Need I say more? The stock is super yummy and not salty at all. Which means it can be drunk on its own like soup.

Hongkong Styled Steamed Fish Slices

 
A very simple dish. Slices of fish are thick!

Roast Lamb Meat Grassland Style

 
Comes in a sizzling pan! Tasted like mogolian meat. Very tender and doesn't have the strong lamb taste. Very tasty!

Lastly, Baked Fresh Prawn JiangNan Style.

 
Gangnam style? LOL.. Although this is a chef recommendation dish, I personally won't recommend this dish. They useking prawn which was quite impressive. But, maybe due to its size and the way it is cooked, the meat was quite dry and tough. sad Not very healthy as it was cooked in butter and wine.

Overall, a lovely reunion dinner meal. I was very full after eating so many dishes so didn't have space to try their Osmanthus Jelly Dessert which looks very appealing on the menu.
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Roasted Duck with Ten Wonder Herbs,Chinese Spinach with Superior Stock
 
Date of Visit: Feb 08, 2013 

Celebration:  除夕 

Spending per head: Approximately $24(Dinner)

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Healthy fare @ reasonable prices Smile May 20, 2013   
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Categories : Singaporean | Chinese | Food Court | Rice

My family & I were deciding what to have for dinner when we saw the poster of this store. Decided to try it as it is new & it just opened on that day! Everything at the store is cooked by steaming which greatly cuts down on fat intake & retaining most of the food nutrient. Healthy eating at it's best! =D
We ordered 2 dishes & 1 bowl of brown rice.

 
Fish paste in tofu.
The entire dish is smooth & portion is quite generous.

 
Chicken with black fungus, wolfberry and Chinese asparagus.
Among the lot, this is my favourite! Super awesome taste! The excess sauce, containing the essence of chicken was poured into e soup as it is too good to waste even a single drop.

 
There was a choice between xiao bai cai & cai xin. We chose the latter.
Vegetable was delicious! As vegetables was cooked on the spot when ordered, results: no overcooked yellowish vegetables. Excellent!!
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promotion

 
They are also currently having an opening promotion: 20% off till 26 May 2013. I will be back to try all their other dishes.
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Chicken with black fungus,wolfberry and Chinese asparagus.
 
Date of Visit: May 16, 2013 

Spending per head: Approximately $5(Dinner)

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yummlicious chicken pot pie Smile May 18, 2013   
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Categories : American | Restaurant | Steaks and Grills

My friend is in love with Kenny Rogers so we went for dinner there. There was a slight queue on Friday night as the outlet was short-handed. Staffs were friendly and were trying their best to attend to all customers asap. Kudos to them! =)
Hot-just-out-of-the-oven corn muffin for each person was served super quickly after orders were placed. It gives us something to fill our hungry stomach while waiting for our mains.
I always go for the chicken pot pie whenever I go to Kenny Rogers. As always, it never fails to arose my palate! =D
chicken pot pie

chicken pot pie

 
chicken pot pie.
It comes in a bread bowl which remains extra crispy all through the meal which was fantastic!! There are chunks of chicken, potatoes & carrot in the rich creamy soup.
Together with the chicken pot pie, it comes with 2 sides which you can choose from an array of hot & cold choices. Mine were mac & cheese and potato salad.
The mac & cheese is flavourful and quantity of cheese is very generous which is a bonus!
The potato salad has big chunks of red-skin potato in cream sauce. Super tasty as well!

I will definitely be back to hopefully try other recommended dishes like their roasted chicken.
 
Recommended Dish(es):  chicken pot pie
 
Date of Visit: May 17, 2013 

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