My Review

 Argh... How to choose between eating more or eat better? It's difficult!  If ” Ala Carte “, I get to choose what I want to eat, and how much I set aside. But typically, I will spend more than buffet. Because I go for what I want to eat, without giving myself a strict restrain on the pricing. If " Buffet ", I will tend to overeat. Because I will want to try everything in small portions. Once I am done with a round of food tasting, I will go for more on those which I really enjoyed. Which I will ended up overeating because I just can't stop myself from going for more. Especially since it's buffet and in order not to have food wastage, I will make sure to clear up all the food. So conclusion is... NO CONCLUSION ！ Most of the time, I will go for steamboat buffet because of the cost (fixed price) and wide selection (I can try all sort in small portion). As compared to ala carte, I normally will end up with a billed amount that's slightly above my or...

Had a piece of brownie at home. Had a block of viennetta ice cream (Chocolate flavor) at home. I took both together and what a nice combination! A nice brownie ice cream. Tasted superb! (Reminded me of mudpie!) I paired it off with a cup of hot Lavender Earl Grey tea. The chocolate somehow brought out the aroma of the Earl Grey while there was still the lingering fragrance of the Lavender. It was such a great match. What a nice high tea time within the comfort of my home!

Wasn't open till 12pm exact. A couple was earlier than us. Not sure how long they waited, but they were clearly upset that the restaurant had no staff at the counter minutes before 12pm. At least the food was all ready when they opened the doors. Compared to other hotel buffets, the dishes available is lesser than expected but my friend commented that it had more interesting dishes. (He is one who had been to many buffets.. well...compared to me) The service is good though. The staffs were friendly and prompted in helping to clear the plates. Complimentary cold/warm water and hot teh tarik were provided.  Service: 4.5 out of 5 . Despite they didn't have any staff waiting outside the counter before 12pm, once it was 12pm, service received was great. Location: Walkable distance from Tanjong Pagar MRT but a bus ride and alight at the opposite of M Hotel is even close than the distance from MRT station. Food: 4 out of 5 . Th...

Cost: $9   - Salted Egg Yolk Chicken Burger  - Salt & Pepper Crab flavored Twister Fries  - Banana Pie  - Coke  Salted Egg Yolk Chicken Burger Salted Egg Yolk Chicken Burger (Burger Bread View) Salted Egg Yolk Chicken Burger (Salted Egg Yolk View) By the time I get to eat it, the salted egg yolk was a bit dried up. The taste of the salted egg yolk was still surprisingly obvious (as I had the Manhattan Salted Egg Yolk Dory Fish and the salted egg yolk paste was quite flat). Chicken was crispy, plenty of vegetable, bread was bread. After the first few bites, I found it a bit too plain and I added in the MacDonald's Garlic Chilli Sauce. Although it tasted better but the salted egg yolk was covered up by the chilli. For those who prefer salted egg yolk, don't add in other sauce. Salt & Pepper Crab flavoured Twister Fries  Sorry, no photo as I was too focus on the burger and the banana pie.  The twiste...

One of the food to recommend and commonly found in almost every food court/hawker centre would be Yong Tau Foo. Have it for a heavy breakfast or lunch or dinner, it's a "any time can eat" choice. There is a wide variety of ingredients from fried to non fried, vegetables, beancurd stuffed with fish/seafood fillings, ngoh hiang, fishball, tofu, hotdog, etc etc Basically the stall will have the food laid nicely at their front counter/rack. With a bowl and a tong, just grab the ingredients (usually I stopped at their minimum number of pieces needed to ordered). I always ordered it with yellow noodle without any soup or gravy and add on a lot of sweet sauce. But at times when I craved for hot and spicy, I will go for curry/laksa base.  Previously, the stalls I visited would scald the ingredients in hot water. The fried items turned soggy after that. But nowadays, the fried items are separated from the non-fried ones. And some stalls actually re-fried those fried ite...

Taste:  5 out of 5.  -  Chocolate Avalanche : Presentation was so beautiful and cute. When I cut a portion of the cake, a smooth running  chocolate started to ooze into the glass ball below. Quickly took a snapshot, I pushed the cake and biscuit down into the glass ball to eat it together with the ice cream. The chocolate was warm and  concentrated with  a well-balance sweetness and goes very well with the orange  tangy ice cream. The biscuit that remained crispy even when soaked in the chocolate and ice cream. The only thing I need to complain is... It's NOT ENOUGH for me! It's just so nice to eat. Service: -    Friendly and fast. Didn't take long for the dessert to be served. Waitress was very detail. For every dessert, she personally gave the instructions from how we can get a better photo to the steps for eating the dessert. Location : Located at the Rangoon road, it is still a distance from Farrer Park MRT. Look up for t...

Started with my craving for churros.. It was difficult to find in the past and I could only find them at selected cinema popcorn store. It seems to be in trend now! So here I come... Churros 101  (The 2 images on the right side from the top of the picture) - Cream Cheese Churro - Dark Chocolate Churro Taste:  4.5 out of 5.  - Cinnamon Churros : Realized there was a difference in length (it was longer than the churros with fillings). Better to have a drink to go along for this. It made me felt thirsty because of the sweetness and the oil/heat. Texture is a bit overcooked (quite dark color) -  Dark Chocolate Churro & Cream Cheese Churros :  My last purchase for the Dark Chocolate Churros was a disappointing less than 20cm in  length.  Not sure if it's supposed to be that length or I was shortchanged. The first time I tried the same thing, it was way LONGER. Anyway, I still recommend to go for the churros with fi...

spicy hot wings   chicken cordon bleu   German  bratwurst and cheese sausage   Seek asylum D'Lover Taste: 5 out of 5 -> Spicy hot wings  (served with garden salad) : 6 pcs in total, served with salad. Can choose to have the sauce on the side for your own dipping and we opted for it. Don't worry if you are not a spicy stuff lover because it ain't that spicy. The sauce felt like assam + tomato (Pardon me if it's not assam). But have it plain without any sauce, the freshly cooked/fried wings is good enough as the wings were served hot and crispy but not too oily. With the sauce, it is a new kind of taste which doesn't burnt the tongue or stomach and still give you plenty of space for your mains. -> German  bratwurst and cheese sausage (served with garden salad and choice of fries/rice or potato salad) : It's hard to go wrong with this dish and their accompanying sauce brings the  German  bratwurst to a better level of t...

Taste : 5 out of 5. -> Tea: I had the usual Earl Grey while my partner went for the 1837 Black Tea. Both tea fragrance smelled great. The tea was smooth and served at the perfect temperature that doesn't burn our tongue. -> Muffins: I am not a muffin lover but we went for the muffins. The chocolate muffin was towards a brownie texture where the chocolate melts in my mouth. The sweetness is well-balanced. I liked it a lot!! The muffins are served with a small servings of their tea jelly and a whipped cream. I finished off the butter/vanilla muffin with the tea jelly. I would HIGHLY recommend their tea jelly! I liked it so much that I immediately purchased a bottle after my high tea. But it is indeed a pricey item (SGD $19 for a bottle) Service : 4.5 out of 5. There is only one person who does the ushering. When seated, the waiters were very efficient. Location : Take the Circle Line and alight at Promenade and head to the basement 2 of The Shoppes at Marina Bay...

Sushi Tei Tamagoyaki (Can't remember the exact name to it) Taste : 5 out of 5. Tamagoyaki - This is one of the basic Japanese dish that SHOULD NEVER go wrong AND it didn't go wrong so yeah. This is nice! Potato Coquette - This is one of the basic Japanese snacks which can hardly go wrong (unless served cold). Chicken Don: The sweet sauce quantity was proportional to the rice and ingredients. Meat is soft and quantity is enough to cover the bowl.. (but the bowl is not very big). Tasted even better with Shichimi (7 flavor chili pepper) Tempura Don: This was during the period where I was SOOOoo into tempura don. The portion is decent but not recommended for the big eater unless with side dishes. The sweet sauce quantity was proportional to the rice and tempura. The tempura items was enough to go with the rice. The tempura was crispy on the outside, and the thickness/meat still retain it's fragrance and of the right texture. Service: 5 out of 5. So far, S...

Cross Bridge Vermicelli  Szechuan Chilli Chicken Cube Pumpkin with salted egg york Taste: 4.5 out of 5. -> Cross Bridge Vermicelli : There were different  sets to choose from. We opted for the one with vegetable and meat. The noodle seemed like the thick rice noodle while I was expecting the thin version. The bowl was huge and the soup was hot, but not piping hot... (I want it to be piping hot).  It was bland with a lot of vegetables. Didn't add any condiment since our side dishes was spicy. ->Szechuan Fried Chicken Cube: Lived up to it's name. It is spicy. Compliments well with the vermicelli. -> Pumpkin with salted egg york: It was a bit soggy when served. Not sure if it's meant to be. Can taste the pumpkin and a bit of salted egg. Portion seemed a bit too little (for me since I am a big eater) Service: 5 out of 5. The waitress was very detail in the orders. She checked with us if we wanted the vermicelli set to be served with everythi...

Location : Refer to the description below the pictures   Mango Bingu -  Chicken Up  @ Jurong East MRT Taste: 5 out of 5. Served with whipped cream, it doesn't look like what is shown in their picture. BUT, the finely shaved ice is great. Melts in the mouth and no lumpy ice. A pity it was mango with whipped cream, mango chunks and mango syrup. But for the price, what's more can I ask for. Service: 4.5 out of 5.   For this Bingsu, it was fast unlike my subsequent visit at Chicken Up.  Location : Located at the 1st floor of Jurong East MRT station. Cost : $3.50 @ Qoo10 discount   Mango Bingu -  JIJIM @ Westgate Basement Taste: 4 out of 5. Wanted to impress someone with the fine shaved ice. Had my expectation up since I tried the bingsu @ Chicken Up. However, it wasn't as good. There were still small lumps of ice and it was a bit too sweet. Apart from the shaved ice, there were a scoop of mango ice cream and a lot of m...

Location : Tim Ho Wan @ Westgate What I ordered Signature Char Siew Pork Bun Braised Beancurd Every month special: Salt and Pepper Dory Fish Fillet  Osmanthus with Wolfberries Jelly  Taste:  5 out of 5  (Excellent). Everything served are hot (except the dessert which is supposed to be cold). Taste just right. Serving is good for me since my dining partner is a small eater. Service:  4.5 out of 5. The staffs are fast and their dish serving is quick.  Location:  Alight at Jurong East Mrt and proceed to the 1st level of Westgate. Cost:  Around SGD $30+ for the above. Must know :  There are many outlets apart from Westgate. Find them here . They have a special menu which featured seasonal dishes which changes every month.  When it first open in Singapore, the queue is terribly long. So.. Order takeaways! But the price is different from the dine in menu and not all items at the dine in menu are availabl...

Went to try Tonkatsu Ma Maison @ Westgate by chance and after that, I just can't stopped craving for more. After my visit to the outlet at Westgate, I went on to try the outlets @ Chijmes and Mandarin Gallery. What I ordered Tonakatsu - Ma Maison @ Westgate - Jurong East (Highly recommended) Taste: 5 out of 5  (Excellent). Soup served is hot and taste great. Multigrain rice or white rice to choose from (I recommend to opt for multigrain rice). Tonkatsu served is crispy on the outside with not too thick or thin meat. Service: 5 out of 5  (Excellent). The number of staffs seemed limited but they maintained their efficiency in providing service. When my rice/soup/cabbage/tea is almost finished, they quickly came to ask if refill is needed. Location: Alight at Jurong East Mrt and proceed to the 5th level of Westgate, it is just next to the Kids playground. Cost: Around SGD $27 for a tonkatsu (pork loin) 160grams. Must know :  The set comes with ...

Continued my eating spree in the lunch hours. The hot weather forced us to seek shelter in the airconditioned shopping mall @ 100AM. Came to this store  Tsujiri  which take prides in bringing the best quality green tea (matccha). Majority of their items are beverages but the roll cake caught my attention.  Hojicha Roll Cake Ever since I tried Hojicha, everything related to Hojicha will immediately get my attention. If I remembered correctly, there was a label saying this roll cake is a limited quantity item. I bought it almost immediately.  A plus factor for the roll cake, it came with (I assumed) matccha whip cream and red bean. It helped to "up" the roll cake's value. Cake texture is compact. The red bean added sweetness to it. The whip cream is light on taste but it turned watery. The presence of Hojicha is minimal.   Cost : Approx.  $5+  (Can't remember the exact cost) Quantity : Good Visual:...

Went to Tendon Ginza Itsuki  on a weekday and joined the queue at 11.20am. Afternoon operation starts at 11.30am till 2.30pm. The staff/chef came out to take order at around 11.25am. Had to decide on the spot between the 2 set as they need to prepare. With a price difference of $1, I opted for the Special set which had prawn, chicken on top of the pumpkin, baby corn, etc etc which I remembered from the internet menu it was priced at $13.90. We were given a seat at the corner table and ordered green tea. With no menu found anywhere, I just assumed green tea would be the least pricey drink.  This bowl of cabbage was the free flow side served in Tendon Ginza Itsuki. Seemed pretty similar to normal cabbage, not spicy or sour just mild sweet and crunchy at room temperature or slightly cold and mixed with other vegetables. I had a small serving of this and stopped to save space for the main dish later. After waiting for roughly 10-15 mins, our ...