Sides for Porridge at hotel. The bowl of worm-like side is actually a type of veg, according to the chef.
The famous Xiao Long Bao, 小龙包.
The famous Xiao Long Bao, 小龙包.
After a satisfying Saturday tea and lots of window shopping, we stopped at Suntec City's Siam Kitchen for a simple Thai meal.
Between the three of us ladies, we finished off two bowls of Tom Yam seafood soup, 1 Thai mango salad and a BBQ stingray and grilled squid.
The first two dishes satisfied our cravings for a hot and spicy dinner but the BBQ was served pretty cold, especially the grilled squid. The chilli sauce on the stingray was too spicy for us to appreciate it's real taste.
Total cost of meal = $50.60 (includes 2 servings of rice, service charge & GST)
Between the three of us ladies, we finished off two bowls of Tom Yam seafood soup, 1 Thai mango salad and a BBQ stingray and grilled squid.
The first two dishes satisfied our cravings for a hot and spicy dinner but the BBQ was served pretty cold, especially the grilled squid. The chilli sauce on the stingray was too spicy for us to appreciate it's real taste.
Total cost of meal = $50.60 (includes 2 servings of rice, service charge & GST)
Located at the ground floor of Parco Marina Bay nested a western cafe named after the Japanese Octa Hotel.
Shyan, Shin and Mum spent a great Saturday afternoon sipping tea, trying their afternoon tea set and chatting away in the nice, cosy environment.
Their afternoon tea set changes regularly and the servings come in petite bite-sizes.
Afternoon Tea Set
This is the tea set we tried:
Ricotta cheese canapés topped with sweet pears, Coffee flavoured chocolate tartlets, Orange Swiss roll, Warmed butter scones served with cream and jam, Free-flow Coffee and Tea
Rum and Raisin Parfait
Lovely ice cream parfait with rum-soaked raisins and crispy cornflakes
Address: #P1-39, Parco Marina Bay (exit Promenade MRT station)
Shyan, Shin and Mum spent a great Saturday afternoon sipping tea, trying their afternoon tea set and chatting away in the nice, cosy environment.
Their afternoon tea set changes regularly and the servings come in petite bite-sizes.
Afternoon Tea Set
This is the tea set we tried:
Ricotta cheese canapés topped with sweet pears, Coffee flavoured chocolate tartlets, Orange Swiss roll, Warmed butter scones served with cream and jam, Free-flow Coffee and Tea
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Rum and Raisin Parfait
Lovely ice cream parfait with rum-soaked raisins and crispy cornflakes
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Address: #P1-39, Parco Marina Bay (exit Promenade MRT station)
Kimly Seafood is located in one of those coffee shops in Bukit Panjang, adjoining HDB housing estate multi-storey carpark. A zi char stall with good patronage, especially during weekends.
Here are what we had for dinner today:
Stir-fried baby kailan with salted fish ($8). Simple, no frills fried greens.
Frog legs in herbal soup ($10). The kids love the soup boiled with wolfberry , red dates, pepper, young ginger and dangui.
Tofu with pickled radish (otherwise known as cai poh). Deep fried silken tofu with a thin layer of pickled radish and thick gravy. ($15)
Crabs with salted egg yolks. Creamy paste of salted egg yolks, curry leaves and chilli padi. ($36 per kg). Great dish!
We often come over for zi char meals. Their one dish meals, like seafood hor fun and fried rice, are average. Their ala carte dishes are pretty good, translating to good business.
Address: Blk 163A #01-01 Gangsa Road Singapore 761163
Tel: 6314 5436
Total cost of meal: $83.60 (including 4 plates of rice and napkins)
Here are what we had for dinner today:
Stir-fried baby kailan with salted fish ($8). Simple, no frills fried greens.
Frog legs in herbal soup ($10). The kids love the soup boiled with wolfberry , red dates, pepper, young ginger and dangui.
Tofu with pickled radish (otherwise known as cai poh). Deep fried silken tofu with a thin layer of pickled radish and thick gravy. ($15)
Crabs with salted egg yolks. Creamy paste of salted egg yolks, curry leaves and chilli padi. ($36 per kg). Great dish!
We often come over for zi char meals. Their one dish meals, like seafood hor fun and fried rice, are average. Their ala carte dishes are pretty good, translating to good business.
Address: Blk 163A #01-01 Gangsa Road Singapore 761163
Tel: 6314 5436
Total cost of meal: $83.60 (including 4 plates of rice and napkins)
After a hiatus of more than a year, Food Lingo's back with a vengeance!
With a simpler style, we will blog more often about all the yummy food In our lives....starting tonight!!
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It's Women's Only Wednesday (WOW) buffet dinner tonight at Sheraton Towers' The Dining Room, where all females get to enjoy a 50% off the usual price of $58++. That's $68.25, including tax and service charge for a table of 2 females.
The main theme is seafood, Mediterranean style cuisine and lots of choices for desserts for those with a sweet tooth.
The standard of the food is generally okay. The sashimi counter offers tuna, salmon, fresh shrimps and octopus. For the chilled seafood counter, take your pick from oysters, mussels, prawns, crayfishes and crabs.
The choices of soup yesterday was Cream of Asparagus and Lotus Root and Chicken. For salads, it is D-I-Y with fresh greens, dressings and toppings.
Also had a go at the Mediterranean hot dishes but it was the desserts that are appealing. The desserts range is reasonably good. Besides some cakes and pastries, there is the chocolate fondue, frozen yogurt and ice creams (fig sherbet and rosemary flavour) to choose from. Sadly though, the waffles and macaroons are not really up to the mark.
Reasonably good buffet meal at a 5-star hotel that does not break the bank.
Address: 39 Scotts Road, Singapore 228230
Contact no: 6839 5621
Price: $34.15, all inclusive for females (on wed), otherwise $58++
Opening hours: 7.00 to 10.00pm
With a simpler style, we will blog more often about all the yummy food In our lives....starting tonight!!
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It's Women's Only Wednesday (WOW) buffet dinner tonight at Sheraton Towers' The Dining Room, where all females get to enjoy a 50% off the usual price of $58++. That's $68.25, including tax and service charge for a table of 2 females.
The main theme is seafood, Mediterranean style cuisine and lots of choices for desserts for those with a sweet tooth.
The standard of the food is generally okay. The sashimi counter offers tuna, salmon, fresh shrimps and octopus. For the chilled seafood counter, take your pick from oysters, mussels, prawns, crayfishes and crabs.
The choices of soup yesterday was Cream of Asparagus and Lotus Root and Chicken. For salads, it is D-I-Y with fresh greens, dressings and toppings.
Also had a go at the Mediterranean hot dishes but it was the desserts that are appealing. The desserts range is reasonably good. Besides some cakes and pastries, there is the chocolate fondue, frozen yogurt and ice creams (fig sherbet and rosemary flavour) to choose from. Sadly though, the waffles and macaroons are not really up to the mark.
Reasonably good buffet meal at a 5-star hotel that does not break the bank.
Address: 39 Scotts Road, Singapore 228230
Contact no: 6839 5621
Price: $34.15, all inclusive for females (on wed), otherwise $58++
Opening hours: 7.00 to 10.00pm
Date: 14th July 2010
Venue: Clementi Arcade
Country: Singapore
Cuisine: Dessert
Heard of this ice cream cafe for quite some time and itching to go and have a try, after all, it's time we blog about some ice cream....
Junior Scoop (S$2.00 / US$1.45)
Dec had 2 servings of Mango Magic. Their promise of " mango ice cream that’s outta-this-world!" did not disappoint. Rich in mango flavour with some real fruit in it, so good that Dec requested for second helping.
Single Scoop(S$3.00 / US$2.20)
We ordered 3 single scoop ice cream: Baily's Choc-Chip, Hazelnut Heaven (not in the photo), Cha- Earl Grey.
Excerpts from their website: "Bailey's® Choc Chip - a light coffee ice cream with a strong dose of Bailey's® Irish Cream, cha – savour the flavour in this earl grey tea sherbet, Hazelnut Haven - a must-have for Nutella© fans. Mmmm…" All 3 flavours taste great, but cha's taste is more to the subtle side so with other strong tasting flavours, it does not really stand out among the crowd.
Special Set (S$5.50 / US$4.00)
Consists of either one waffle or brownie with a single scoop ice cream. We chose waffle with a single scoop of Salty Mister Brown. The description from their website introduce Salty Mister Brown as "a rollercoster flavour ride with this sweet-salty-chocolatey concoction". It comes as a surprise; we never thought ice cream that is saltish can taste so good, so good that it comes up joint top with Mango Magic as our favourites of the day.
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Address: 41 Sunset Way, #01-04 Clementi Arcade, Singapore 597071
Tel: (+65) 6463 3365
Operating hours: Mon-Thu 11am - 9pm, Fri & Sat 11am - 10pm, Sun 2pm - 9pm, Closed on selected public holidays
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Total Cost of Meal (3 Adults & 2 Children) = S$18.50 / US$13.45
Rating = 4.5/5
Flip: Salty Mister Brown and Mango Magic (joint tops)
Thumbs Up = Dec had fun watching the ice cream making process
Venue: Clementi Arcade
Country: Singapore
Cuisine: Dessert
Heard of this ice cream cafe for quite some time and itching to go and have a try, after all, it's time we blog about some ice cream....
Junior Scoop (S$2.00 / US$1.45)
Dec had 2 servings of Mango Magic. Their promise of " mango ice cream that’s outta-this-world!" did not disappoint. Rich in mango flavour with some real fruit in it, so good that Dec requested for second helping.
Single Scoop(S$3.00 / US$2.20)
We ordered 3 single scoop ice cream: Baily's Choc-Chip, Hazelnut Heaven (not in the photo), Cha- Earl Grey.
Excerpts from their website: "Bailey's® Choc Chip - a light coffee ice cream with a strong dose of Bailey's® Irish Cream, cha – savour the flavour in this earl grey tea sherbet, Hazelnut Haven - a must-have for Nutella© fans. Mmmm…" All 3 flavours taste great, but cha's taste is more to the subtle side so with other strong tasting flavours, it does not really stand out among the crowd.
Special Set (S$5.50 / US$4.00)
Consists of either one waffle or brownie with a single scoop ice cream. We chose waffle with a single scoop of Salty Mister Brown. The description from their website introduce Salty Mister Brown as "a rollercoster flavour ride with this sweet-salty-chocolatey concoction". It comes as a surprise; we never thought ice cream that is saltish can taste so good, so good that it comes up joint top with Mango Magic as our favourites of the day.
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Address: 41 Sunset Way, #01-04 Clementi Arcade, Singapore 597071
Tel: (+65) 6463 3365
Operating hours: Mon-Thu 11am - 9pm, Fri & Sat 11am - 10pm, Sun 2pm - 9pm, Closed on selected public holidays
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Total Cost of Meal (3 Adults & 2 Children) = S$18.50 / US$13.45
Rating = 4.5/5
Flip: Salty Mister Brown and Mango Magic (joint tops)
Thumbs Up = Dec had fun watching the ice cream making process
Date: 7th July 2010
Venue: East Coast Park
Country: Singapore
Cuisine: Korean
A hearty meal to celebrate a milestone in our 'blogging career'. Today's the day we submit our site to 2 search engines, Google and Yahoo!, at 10.28am for the search engines to start crawling our blog. We decided to give ourselves a pat on our back for what we have done so far.
Ju Shin Jung serves Korean Charcoal BBQ, or rather, they used to serve food cooked over charcoal grill.Today the meat and veggies are grilled using the electric grill at each table.
We ordered 2 meat (marinated chicken and unmarinated pork) at S$22(US$15.90) /200g serving and these will come with a spread of standard side dishes of the day. The grilling of the food is done by the staff of JSJ, who will come by your table and check on your food on the grill and cut them into bite-size morsels when done.
Just look at the number of side dishes they serve. Amazing. There is kimchi, lettuce with chili, lettuce with 'thousand-island'-like dressing, mashed potato (that taste slightly sweet) and octopus in chilli sauce with carrot and cucumber. There is also one serving of toufu with bean paste chilli and cold vegetable appetizer.
The lettuce with chilli may not look good at first sight but taste the best out of all the sides.
Each of us is served a shallow bowl of cold sea kelp soup and fresh onion appetizer, thinly sliced onion lightly soaked in slightly sweet soy sauce. There are 2 dipping sauces for each patron. One is a thin soya sauce, that goes well with marinated meats. The other is coarse salt with oil (smells like sesame oil), that goes well with unmarinated meats.
Leafy vegetables for you to wrap the grilled meat in, with some bean paste chilli; whole chili and garlic as well if you are game enough for it.
Complementary plain water and tea. The 2 little coils in the little dish are wet tissues. Pour some water onto them and they will swell to actual size before use. Try them as they charge you S$1 each.
The sumptuous spread for just the 2 of us.
Dessert is 2 pieces of heart-shaped watermelon and a small serving of sweet cold cinnamon tea with 2-3 pine seeds flowing on the surface, to aid digestion. Love the aroma and taste.
Kimchi Soup (Big) (S$14.00 / US$10.15)
As if the spread is not enough, we cannot resist but ordered a large kimchi soup. Each of us gets 2 small bowls of soup, and there is no other word to describe the soup but good.
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Address: 1018 East Coast Parkway #02-01 Singapore 449877 (they have a branch at west coast as well)
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Total Cost of Meal (2 Adults) = S$72.97 / US$52.85 (incl service charge & tax)
Rating = 4.5/5
Thumbs Up = Good variety of side dishes
Thumbs Down = We left too much carbon footprint on earth by not finishing the food
Venue: East Coast Park
Country: Singapore
Cuisine: Korean
A hearty meal to celebrate a milestone in our 'blogging career'. Today's the day we submit our site to 2 search engines, Google and Yahoo!, at 10.28am for the search engines to start crawling our blog. We decided to give ourselves a pat on our back for what we have done so far.
Ju Shin Jung serves Korean Charcoal BBQ, or rather, they used to serve food cooked over charcoal grill.Today the meat and veggies are grilled using the electric grill at each table.
We ordered 2 meat (marinated chicken and unmarinated pork) at S$22(US$15.90) /200g serving and these will come with a spread of standard side dishes of the day. The grilling of the food is done by the staff of JSJ, who will come by your table and check on your food on the grill and cut them into bite-size morsels when done.
Just look at the number of side dishes they serve. Amazing. There is kimchi, lettuce with chili, lettuce with 'thousand-island'-like dressing, mashed potato (that taste slightly sweet) and octopus in chilli sauce with carrot and cucumber. There is also one serving of toufu with bean paste chilli and cold vegetable appetizer.
The lettuce with chilli may not look good at first sight but taste the best out of all the sides.
Each of us is served a shallow bowl of cold sea kelp soup and fresh onion appetizer, thinly sliced onion lightly soaked in slightly sweet soy sauce. There are 2 dipping sauces for each patron. One is a thin soya sauce, that goes well with marinated meats. The other is coarse salt with oil (smells like sesame oil), that goes well with unmarinated meats.
Leafy vegetables for you to wrap the grilled meat in, with some bean paste chilli; whole chili and garlic as well if you are game enough for it.
Dessert is 2 pieces of heart-shaped watermelon and a small serving of sweet cold cinnamon tea with 2-3 pine seeds flowing on the surface, to aid digestion. Love the aroma and taste.
Kimchi Soup (Big) (S$14.00 / US$10.15)
As if the spread is not enough, we cannot resist but ordered a large kimchi soup. Each of us gets 2 small bowls of soup, and there is no other word to describe the soup but good.
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Address: 1018 East Coast Parkway #02-01 Singapore 449877 (they have a branch at west coast as well)
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Total Cost of Meal (2 Adults) = S$72.97 / US$52.85 (incl service charge & tax)
Rating = 4.5/5
Thumbs Up = Good variety of side dishes
Thumbs Down = We left too much carbon footprint on earth by not finishing the food
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