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ladyironchef's Reviews

       11 Dec 2008 at 1:41 am
    Category: American, Steakhouses
    His Food Blog His Food Blog says:

    Located in the district of Orchard Road, this award winning steakhouse is the first of its franchise outlets outside of United States.

    Since it’s opening in 1997, Black Angus has been in the business of satisfying the local market’s craving for a good beefy US steak – with the meat and other ingredients imported directly from the US. Styled like a US steak diner, there are even some tables fashioned after cubicle boxes, giving added solitude and comfort to diners. Dining al fresco is another dining alternative.

    What one will love about Black Angus is that with every order of their steak, it is served with Crispy Haystack Onion String, Fresh Vegetable and your choice of Potato – accompanied by starter of choice like the Stuart’s Steak Soup, Baked Potato Soup, Garden Salad, or Coleslaw. Intense is the word best used for the steak soup – as chunks of beef cubes seeks to add to the already flavourful soup. Not forgetting the generous amount of meat within marks the start of a hearty dinner.

    My dining partner, being a potato lover naturally indulged in the potato soup – completed with a dollop of cream, and some sprinkle of bacon bits, cheddar cheese and spring onions. HFB had a spoonful of it but didn’t exactly took to it – he found it too starchy to stomach.

    10 oz Rib-eye Steak @ $39.90 was pretty affordable and value-for-money if you ask me. Serving of the steak was liberal and this is definitely the place to be if one is looking for a good cut of US prime steak.

    It was thick, juicy and has a good beefy taste to it. Steak was well rested and came medium-rare but HFB would preferred a slightly more charred-grilled finishing to his steak.

    Special mentioned goes to the onion string that is really well deep-fried and really delectable. HFB really enjoyed this side!

    You can view all the photos here.


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       10 Dec 2008 at 2:01 pm
    Jeslyn Tee Jeslyn Tee says:

    Well... won't comment on the ice cream since for such ice cream retail, the taste and price are the same every where. Staffs are quite ok though I've encountered better staffs who are friendlier. However the place is real small and cramp. Many of the times I went, there were no seats. Except for once we went when the shop is near closing.

    Better to purchase the ice cream and eat walking around rather than wait for seats to be cleared and tables wiped.
    And due to the low number of staffs at each outlet, this outlet was no exception. The speed of clearing tables wasn't there and a few times, customers have to push away the used cups and spoons or throw the used utensils away to use the tables.


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       08 Dec 2008 at 2:35 am
    Category: Deli and Cafe
    bossacafez bossacafez says:

    i went there for their weekend buffet lunch on two occassions and was pleasantly suprised at the quality choice of spread. this stylish restaurant was previously known as the coffee garden and is designed by adam tihany, a famous interior designer & architect. it's situated at the basement (lower lobby) of shangri-la hotel, tucked amidst lush greenery & the hotel pool. totally dig the ambience coz its so fresh, modern & futuristic, plus there's an adjorning bar which serves very expensive cocktails, imo (between $13-$17 per drink). there are 16 buffet stations which has its own individual theatre kitchenette which i think is totally cool.

    food-wise, expect high end stuffs like baby lobsters, tiger prawns, mussels, chilled crabmeat verrine appetizers, oysters which are freshly shucked infront of you, hence the perpetually long queue at the seafood bar. then there is the smoked bbq ribs, sausages, lamb navarin, seafood bouillabaisse, lobster bisque, chicken coq au vin, beefballs in tomato sauce, truffle risotto, pizza, lobster bisque. the sushi bar has a good selection of sashimi, chawanmushi, sushi/maki and the indian/chinese section with various types of fluffy briyani, curries & dim sum.

    what i love most must be the desserts, which made up of a good selection of shooter glass verrines, entremets/cheesecakes, strawberry shortcake, vanilla bean creme brulee, macarons (but i don't find them good. the whole thing's soft and is similar to bakerzin's in terms of texture). the vanilla bean ice-cream is really good, so is the blueberry ice-cream that's chock full of real blueberries, and not essence or blueberry pie filling. of coz, you may like their chocolate fountain too which is much bigger compared to that of many buffet places :p

    the weekend lunch is $47 per person (15% off for UOB credit card holders).
    not cheap but its definitely a good experience. they don't call it the "mother of all buffets" for nothing!

    for a more detailed review & pics, pls visit my blog @ http://bossacafez.blogspot.com/2008/09/line-buffet-shangri-la-hotel.html


    Rating given:Rating: 4 out of 5Rating: 4 out of 5Rating: 4 out of 5Rating: 4 out of 5Rating: 4 out of 5

    1104. Seventh Heaven   
       08 Dec 2008 at 2:08 am
    bossacafez bossacafez says:

    if you're into gourmet chocolates, you would probably hv heard of the more "upmarket" brands like valrhona, amedei, michel cluizel, godiva etc. and seventh heaven, an ice-cream cafe that uses amedei toscano 70% in one of their ice-creams is a place that i'm really curious about.

    located at 10, raeburn park, its the former old gan eng seng school and presently the marketing institute of singapore. the place is really really "ulu" and even on a saturday afternoon, the place looks really deserted. but of coz, their quality ice-cream made up for everything.

    we ordered 2 of the sampler platter @ $13.90 each and each platter comes with 3 ice-creams of our choice. we had the amedei choc, chocolate & whisky, macha green tea, lychee martini, butterscotch & pecan as well as irish cream & liqueur. its pretty interesting that if you choose the flavors yourself, the platter is $13.90, but if you let them choose, it's just $10.50. so probably they might just choose the cheaper flavors for you, hence the cheaper price.

    we also ordered the warm molten choc cake which comes with a scoop of 3-bean vanilla ice-cream, $7.80. their full ice-cream menu include flavors like :

    Blackforest
    Butterscotch & Pecan
    Chocolate
    Chocolate & Whiskey
    Chocolate & Coffee Crunch
    Creamy Espresso
    French Vanilla
    Green Tea
    Irish Cream & Liqueur
    Lychee martini
    Mango
    Peanut Butter

    overall i must say i enjoyed their ice-cream alot, which is creamy yet light. the strong liqueur taste is also present in flavors which has liqueur in them but the best must be the lychee martini ice-cream coz it's really really fragrant and tasted exactly like my favorite lychee martini from new asia bar @ equinox. their vanilla bean ice-cream tasted somewhat weird tho' and i was disappointed. not your usual vanilla bean ice-cream, this uses 3 types of beans (i think maybe madagascar bourbon, tahitian & probably java vanilla)? it just tasted minty and has the aftertaste of....medicated oil. i think they've definitely overdone it. the molten choc cake served in a ramekin was also not technically a cake but a warm molten mousse. pretty salty too, think they must hv added too much salt or baking soda haha.

    i personally wouldn't travel all the way there just to eat ice-cream since they don't really hv much on their menu. but if i'm near that area, i wouldn't mind dropping by again to try the rest of their flavors.


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       08 Dec 2008 at 1:45 am
    bossacafez bossacafez says:

    7 of us stepped into this patisserie on a scorching tues afternoon. i was actually more attracted towards the ambience after seeing the pics on my friend's blog coz the place looks really nice. and the good thing about going in a relatively large group is the ability to get to try different types of desserts at a go. we had :

    parfait of dark & white choc, $7 - dark and white chocolate mousse covered with ganache. once again i thought it was badly done and it reeks strongly of whipping cream. reminds me of the emilie i had at twelve one.

    caramelized bananas & white choc, $7. this is actually quite good, with visible specks of vanilla bean in the mousse, caramelized bananas with crunchy feuillitine-like base.

    pistachio white choc which is pistachio creme brulee between vanilla sponge and raspberry jam, $7.50. this was a disappointment tho'. the pistachio tasted nothing like it but the texture is more of a pandan-kaya texture not unlike the pandan cake from bengawan solo. makes me miss the nikita from obolo and mistral from twelve one more.

    tiramisu, $7. tasted ordinary, but once again, there was no liqueur taste inside! alot of places don't do tiramisu well and i can safely say i can do a better job (and i did).

    dark choc opera, $7 - dark chocolate layered with coffee cream, espresso and almond sponge. definitely the worst of the lot, tho' it doesn't look like. it was dry, and the coffee buttercream tasted weird. one of my friend even commented that it tasted like kikkoman soy sauce LOL!

    granny smith apple crumble, $6. taste was ok but the texture was pretty dry. would be better if there's a scoop of ice-cream to go along with.

    chocolate terrine with coconut mousse, $6 - light coconut mousse infused between dark chocolate and rolled into chocolate sponge. taste was ok but definitely wasn't memorable. probably becoz i only had a tiny bit, i didn't think it resembles coconut or anything.

    overall, i think i'll just give about 4.5/10 for the desserts. some of them were dry and really reminds me of my 2nd trip to twelve one on a weekday afternoon, where the cakes were probably leftover from the previous weekend. there was also a promotion - 1/2 price for sliced cakes with every drink ordered from 12-3pm on weekdays but they werent really transparent about it. had to ask (read : beg) for it.

    for a more detailed review, pls visit my blog @ http://bossacafez.blogspot.com/2008/12/nectarie-le-dessert-patisserie.html


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       08 Dec 2008 at 12:58 am
    Category: Japanese
    Nemesis Nemesis says:

    Been to this Japanese Food Bazzar a couple of times, Basically I would say that this place's concept is quite similar and in some ways identical to that of Marche's. Only difference would be that this places serves mostly Japanese food instead of Western, which suits me fine.

    I have tried the egg omelette, seafood pizza, sashimi, grilled food ( squid, bacon and asparagus on skewer, beef on skewer, fried vegetable,etc). And I must say that they taste much much better than those I have eaten before at Marche's. It is likely due to the sauces that they used in teh grilling. As for the sashimi, it is fresh and melts in your mouth. But the price is a bit steep for only a few slices of the sashimi. But I personally feel that it is worth the money.

    It can get quite crowded on weekends and as such the waiting time for your fo dcan get a bit long as well as the queuing up time to get into the restaurant. Therefore do be prepared to wait. All in all, this is a great place to eat when you are with a big group of friends. But do watch your orders to avoid racking up a hefty bill.


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       08 Dec 2008 at 12:37 am
    Nemesis Nemesis says:

    Was at this outlet of the Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe at Plaza Singapura a couple of weeks ago. Ordered the prok floss fried rice, beef horfun as well as the deep fried spring rolls. Inaddition , ordered two drinks, namely the Honey Green Tea and Iced Lime Tea. For the drinks, felt that they were a bit tad too sweet. So had to ask the waiteress to add more ice to the drinks to dilute them to make them more drinkable.

    As for the food, the pork floss rice was quite average, with the amount of pork floss deemed to be quite measly. As for the beef horfun, it was ok but the taste was not really superb. At best, it was comparable to those you eat at hawker centers. The only good thing was perhaps the spring rolls, which were considered the best amongst the three dishes.

    To conculde, the food there is only average and does not justify the slightly high price. Unlikely to go back there again in the near future


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       08 Dec 2008 at 12:13 am
    Category: Bakeries
    Nemesis Nemesis says:

    This shop is at the basement of Tampines Mall, loacted just opposite the NTUC Fairprice supermarket. It sells nice cakes such as chocolate truffle, Tiramisu, Banana chocolate cake and many more, It also sells nyona kuehs and cookies during festive seasons. Everytime I go there, I never fail to buy some back for my family. And everytime the quality of the cakes have never failed to impress me. The cakes are neither too sweet nor too creamy for those who are more health conscious and yet like to eat cakes.

    The prices are quite affordable and if you wanna try the cakes, they have samples or you can buy a single slice of the flavour you want before buying one log of the cake. In addition, if you are a SAFRA member,you can get 10% off the total bill. All in all, this cake shop though having a limited selection of variety of cakes, is one that is worthwhile to pay a visit to.


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       07 Dec 2008 at 11:52 pm
    Category: Buffet, Fusion
    Nemesis Nemesis says:

    Been to this cafe a couple of times for their dinner buffet. The spread was quite pleasant, with sashimi (tuna, salmon), nice fried stuff and teppanyaki (beef, pork, prawns, mushrooms, etc on a skewer). In addition, on weekends, there is also Bejing duck served at the hot dishes counter, which tasted very nice. That was my favourite dish, as well as the sashimi, which was very fresh.

    The service there was very good as well with the staff being attentive and helpful whenever you need them. Overall, I would say that this is a relatively nice place to have a meal, though the spread may be slightly lesser as compared to other places and the also being in a hotel, the price may be slightly higher as well. Still, I would recommend people to go there to have a try and see for yourself if you like it.


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       07 Dec 2008 at 11:51 pm
    Category: Deli and Cafe, Desserts
    bossacafez bossacafez says:

    i've been to canele 5 times and prior to that, the first 3 times i felt didn't quite make it. was only after about 1 year later i went for my 4th & 5th. i feel that they've improved, or maybe it was just a matter of ordering the right/wrong desserts. i had :

    le royale - chocolate mousse 66% layered with hazelnut feuillitine, almond success (not sure what almond success is. in my opinion its some kind of almond paste/marzipan) and chocolate genoise with rum. i like this alot, tho' its really sweet and i can hardly taste any rum. the feuillitine is really crunchy and overall, its very fresh.

    cafe caramel - milk chocolate coffee mousse, chocolate genoise with expresso, salty caramel and hazelnut feuillitine. this is nice but quite dry and the layers fell apart easily but overall its not too bad.

    tarte au citron - lemon tart with meringue topping & candied lemon peel. the lemon was really subtle but quite good, however i'm not really comfortable with eating raw meringue.

    macarons (violette, bergamote, salted caramel, pistachio, feuillitine choc), $2.30 ea - feuillitine choc, violet & bergamote macarons. so far i've tried macarons from there, bakerzin, twelve one & amande, a little heartland bakery in toa payoh and i must say the ones from canele are by far the best among the lot. crisp on the outside, and chewy on the insides. my favorite must be the salted caramel macaron, its really good!

    am definitely going back again to try their other desserts, and i think by far the branch at raffles city has the best ambience!


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