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       29 Jul 2008 at 10:11 pm
    Category: Buffet, Japanese
    sakurrin sakurrin says:

    Went to the AMK k box often and chance upon to see this sushi restaurant. What makes my eyes brighten up is the 99 cents sushi per plate that they offer.

    However, the service attitude is terrible! Everytime we tries to order something which is not on the belt , we did not get anyone attending to us ! We need to get out of our sits and approach the staffs !

    Nevermind about that as we thought the value of food will cover the our unhappiness . It became worst when we went to try out the $9.99 buffet (included one free drink ) which is only available for MON - FRI 2-7pm .

    We went there straight away after our lesson and when we reach there it is 1.45pm . I remembered clearly that we asked them if we could go in early and just sit there patiently to wait for the time without ordering ANY food .The Manager reject my offer and insist we can only went in when it is 2pm.
    We had no choice but to go to the nearby AMK library.

    Finally, 2 o 'clock arrived . All of us walk towards the suki sushi with our HUNGRY stomach, feeling exhausted ! As soon as we sat down , i tried to grab a few plates of sushi but i was stopped by my friends as they said it is better to let the staff know that we are having buffet .

    So i walked toward the counter and asked them if i need to inform them first or inform them when we paid for the sushi.I was told that we can tell them when we pay for our bills.

    HOWEVER , i was totally furious when another staff came to us and said we need to pay for the drinks as we did not inform them we were having buffet. I was baffled by his words and tried to reason out with him .

    TO CUT SHORT , we still paid extra for our drinks and our buffet bills so end up we have two drinks.

    To summerise my review , i will never stepped into the suki sushi for this worst eating experience i ever had!


    Rating given:Rating: 1 out of 5Rating: 1 out of 5Rating: 1 out of 5Rating: 1 out of 5Rating: 1 out of 5

       29 Jul 2008 at 8:55 pm
    Category: Hawker Centres
    sakurrin sakurrin says:

    I went to source out more food in AMK and came acrossed this place , it was quite errie at first as the hawker centre was a combination of food stall and market . Hence, at about 6.30 pm, this stall was the only stall that operated !
    i ordered three ingredients with a rice which cost me only $2.30 !!! As i try the ingredients although is was vegetarian but it taste exactly like the meat in the dumpling !


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

       28 Jul 2008 at 12:57 am
    Category: Cosmetics
    fin1710 fin1710 says:

    I like M.A.C cosmetics and though their products are considered quite expensive, I don't really have a choice when it comes to foundation and concealer. I can only use what is best for my oily skin.

    I have been using M.A.C Lightful and their eye concealer for years. I find that they are the ones I am most satisfied with so far.

    The staff in M.A.C VivoCity are very helpful. They would not bother me if I don't need help. When I need help, they would come to me and help me choose suitable products for my skin. Then they would ask me to sit down while they remove my make up and apply their testers for me. They'd also give recommendations or opinions when needed.

    I was asked to leave my details down so that when I return in future, they would be able to check the tone/colour of the cosmetics I'd bought in the past in case I forget.

    I'd definitely return, but I really hope they will not increase their prices so soon....

    My eye concealer:
    Select Cover-up - $27

    My foundation:
    Lightful Protective Foundation (refill) - $60


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

       28 Jul 2008 at 12:01 am
    Category: American
    zihui zihui says:

    Because of how "ulu" the place is, I was pretty surprised yet glad to see that Blooie's isn't that unheard of after all. I'd say it's well-snugged in a corner of the east side of Singapore. And gave the impression of them trying to be like little America! Albeit a little too little. Perhaps being inexperienced in nightlife, I felt like I was in a foreign land with the "dim lighting and dark wood", as quoted from above.

    My experience there was fine as I was with a company of 2, before the crowd came. First of all, I'd say this place is not so much recommended for big groups due to the lack of space and seats. Furniture is arranged to meet the diner's maximum capacity so yes, I can imagine it would be pretty hard to move around later into the night.

    Main courses at Blooie's seems generally ok to me. We had:
    Seafood Pasta - $17 with Marinara sauce and choice of penne or spaghetti. There were 3 good-sized mussels that was cooked (I'm not a semi-cooked/raw-shell-meat person) just well and easy to remove from the shell. Juicy and chewy, rather fresh to the tastebuds. Along with a few slices of fish, squids and prawns. Excess toppings of onions and capsicums, not my idea of tasty-food nor acceptable amount. Nonetheless, I would say this is something you can try!

    Mushroom Cheese Bacon Burger - $15 (I can't remember the exact name) with no mushroom. The kitchen was nice to cut our burger into 3 even portions for easy divide of food. However, the mushrooms did not seem to have been divided equally as out of the 3, 2 slices had no mushrooms, unfortunately. The beef patty was pretty dry and disintegrated under the slicing of my knife. Apart from that, bacon was tasty and pleasant to the tastebuds, along with what little cheese was left.

    From what my friend says, the chef's recommendations are safe to try (which was what we had). From the 2 dishes we ordered, I'd agree with her. Besides, the portions are pretty large and price is good.

    Apart from that, alcoholic drinks are at lower price at happy hour, form 4pm - 8pm. Just an idea of what the price is like:
    Frozen Margarita (with choice of fruit flavour) @ $8.80
    Vodka lime/lemon etc @ $8 (instead of $12)
    Even when it's not happy hour, drinks there seem to be relatively cheaper too. Along with the available televisions that seemed to play on sports channels, it could be a nice place to chill for sports fanatics.

    No doubt it's a pub, it doesn't come across as a sleazy place despite being hidden in a corner away from others. It seems to me that many expats visit the place with their children. Has to be rather decent and suitable for a night out with your family members. It kinda reminds me of Hog's Breath, but way better than that.

    For the price and portion of food, and of course relatively acceptable quality of food, I'd say this place is ok to go again (maybe at a later time, just to see if it's really a decent place, perhaps). But definitely not an awesome, jaw-dropping chill-out pub nor restaurant. Acceptable, yes.


    Rating given:Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5

    1355. Outback Steakhouse   
       27 Jul 2008 at 11:33 pm
    Category: Steakhouses
    feizhu feizhu says:

    I realise that I've never written anything about Outback Steakhouse despite quite a few visits to to the restaurant both in Singapore and overseas, so here goes. Popped by with my gf on a not so quiet Thursday evening.

    The interior is cosy and cheerful with wooden booth seats for extra privacy. Signs and stickers adorn the wall with overhanging lamp shades for a casual laid back atmosphere. Interestingly, while Outback is supposed to embody the spirit of the Australian outback - rugged, friendly and casual, this successful chain actually started out in the US and the owners have never stepped foot into Australia! So much for authenticity I guess.

    Complimentary Bread & Cheese Fries - The complimentary bread was relatively huge and came served on a cutting board with a knife and butter. I thought it was rather average tasting though.
    I'm a sucker for fries and cheese so anything that combines these two ingredients together works magic for me. It definitely helped that the fries were chunky and crispy while the cheese was thick and had lots of bacon chips in it.

    Prime Minister's Prime Rib - At 8oz, this is one of the smaller prime ribs that I've had (I usually prefer a 10oz or 12oz). Slow roasted in an oven, the medium rare rib was succulent and tender but I did find it a little too fatty. It could have done with a dash of salt and pepper as well to complement the natural beefy taste of the rib. There's an option to add on homemade mushroom sauce or peppercorn sauce, but at $6.90 a pop, I'd rather pass.

    Sizzling Chicken - The sizzling chicken had me salivating at the fragrance it emitted at the table. However I did find this dish a little lacking. The boneless chicken came across as a tad too dry though still reasonably fibrous. Nothing special but still very palatable.

    Chocolate Thunder from Down Under - Warm and rich chocolate sauce drizzled over soft and moist pecan brownie with a nice smooth scoop of vanilla ice cream. Whats not to like?However, at $15.90 for this dessert, I had expected a humongous slab of brownie topped with yet another humongous scoop of ice cream, enough to stuff 2 people. What I got was really disappointing, size wise. To be fair, the brownie and ice cream was bigger than usual, but only by that much. A very nice and sinful dessert!

    $111 for 2 pax is certainly on the high side for a hearty but relatively unimpressive dinner. Food quality is above average at best but what I like is the casual setting and friendly service. Soft drinks are free flow if you order a glass, so please don't spend unnecessary money by ordering 2 glasses when you can order 1 glass to share, alongside free ice water.

    See all my pictures here.


    Rating given:Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5

    1356. Marriott Hotel   
       27 Jul 2008 at 9:39 pm
    Category: Hotels
    His Food Blog His Food Blog says:

    This is one of my fav "hidden find" especially on a busy weekend evening. As we all know, orchard road is usually packed with crowds especially at all the coffee joints and chill out cafe - therefore Marriott Hotel enables me to chill away at night with my friends away from all the buzz. At the same time, it also provides me with good service and delicious looking pastries.

    My all time favourite would have to be their New York Cheesecake with Strawberry Jam. Light and not too sweet, the jam goes is also well paired with the cake.

    Go along with a pot of Earl Grey and what you get is a relax and chill out environment at similar cost.

    You can view the all photos and other reviews @ His Food Blog.


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

       27 Jul 2008 at 9:23 pm
    Category: Hawker Centres
    fin1710 fin1710 says:

    The first thing I'd think of is this noodle stall when I go to Seah Im Food Centre. This is the stall I miss ever since I left my previous workplace in Harbourfront. I used to frequent this stall for their tomyam noodle, and last week I went back again, the noodle was still as good!

    The business owners of this stall were always polite. I'd never seen them shout or get agitated.
    Their queue was often long during office lunch hours. People would queue up for their delicious lor mee, duck noodle, and prawn noodle for $2.50/$3, and tomyam noodle for $3.50/$5.

    My favourite would be the tomyam noodle. Really like the soup and ingredients inside. The noodles were cooked just nice.

    Would definitely return for it.


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

    1358. Ice3 (Ice Cube)   
       27 Jul 2008 at 6:37 pm
    Category: American, Desserts
    His Food Blog His Food Blog says:

    It was one of those occasion that I travelled all the way down to Serangoon Gardens for desserts. It was the first time I visited Ice³(Ice Cube) and it didn't exactly WOW me.

    Firstly, it was noisy and packed with kids on a weekend such that we have to end up sitting on the high chairs at the bar top table that were uncomfortable to sit on, although we did eventually managed to find a table.

    4 of us have a dessert each and ordered Apple Crumble w Cinnamon Ice Cream & Caramel Syrup, Choc Brownie w Choc Ice Cream, Choc Fudge & Choc Chunks, Waffle w Vanilla Ice Cream & Choc Fudge and Rum & Raisin Ice Cream on Oreo Crust w Raisins, Almond Flakes & Butterscotch Syrup.

    To be honest none of the dessert won me over except for their signatured Rum & Raisin Ice Cream on Oreo Crust w Raisins, Almond Flakes & Butterscotch Syrup. The ice cream was fully flavoured with Rum and the topping of 'REAL' Raisins sealed the deal (Not that I am a big fan of raisins though). Coupled with a nice Butterscotch Syrup at the top and you have an award winning deserving dessert!

    You can view the all photos and other reviews @ His Food Blog.


    Rating given:Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5

       27 Jul 2008 at 6:18 pm
    His Food Blog His Food Blog says:

    Upon hearing that the one of the oldest hotels in Singapore will make way for the new Bugis MRT station for Downtown Line by the end of December, HFB cannot help but make his way to the quaint 7th Storey Hotel to sample their popular Hainanese Charcoal Steamboat and inimitable, or so they say, Hainanese Chicken Rice.

    A reservation for two was made a day before the dinner, but even then I was told that only tables on the outside (or back lane rather) was available – is the food really that great that business is so fantastic, or are Singaporeans just like me curious to have a last experience of their food?

    We ordered the standard steamboat set for 2 ($29.00), which consist of Vegetables (Bao Pek, Cabbage, Tang ‘O’, Golden Mushroom, Button Mushroom and Abalone Mushroom), Seafood (Sliced Fish, Sea Cucumber, Cuttlefish and Home Made Fishball, Prawns), Meat (Sliced Chicken, Fishball with Meat Stuffing, Fish Maw with Meat Stuffing), Yam and Tofu, and additional orders of Sliced Beef ($9.80) and my all time favourite steamboat item – Cockles ($6.80)!

    Do not be deceived by the portion of the beef though as we realised it was stacked on top of a pile of veggies below. With no MSG added in the soup, customers start off with a clear, almost tasteless soup base – similar to Japanese and their Shabu Shabu hotpot – no fanciful Tom Yum, or what not flavours that one gets nowadays from novelty steamboat places.

    But this sits in totally fine with me as it enables me to taste the natural freshness of the ingredients provided without the encumbrance from the soup. At the end of it all, one also usually gets a nice tasty soup base concocted from the essence of the ingredients, unlike those that comes with strong flavours to begin with, and way too salty for consumption towards the end. We also ordered a small portion of Steamed Chicken ($11.80) and a bowl of Chicken Rice ($0.80) to share.

    One would probably like the fact that the skin doesn’t come across as excessively oily, but taste wise it didn’t exactly wow me – it kinda lacked flavour and wasn’t as tender compared to the many I have tasted.

    However, what did won my heart was the rice itself – it was fully flavoured with ginger and garlic (more so the former) and wasn’t overcooked – just the way I like it ‘al dente’ style – with a bite to each grain. Overall, I paid $58.20 (with a 10% discount) inclusive of taxes and miscellaneous which was pretty expensive if you ask me. The ingredients were fresh but wasn’t exactly of high quality and portion was small. Also the chicken was disappointing.

    Whatever that is worth, is probably the experience knowing that this place will be demolished soon – so catch while it last!

    You can view the all photos and other reviews @ His Food Blog.


    Rating given:Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5

    1360. PastaMania (West Mall)   
       25 Jul 2008 at 12:04 am
    Category: Italian
    Jeslyn Tee Jeslyn Tee says:

    Place is rather small and cramp. Went with a group of 7 people but 2 of us went to get seats. We stood there where the plate says to wait for seats but we stood there for very long but no service crew even stop to ask us anything.

    We had to stand in front of the crew to stop her and ask her for seats. She ask us to wait but we saw that since the service is like that, we decided to combine tables by ourselves and sit down.

    Mushroom soup tasted blend and its garlic bread was tasteless and not even crispy like what it was in other branches. Looks like the garlic sauce on the bread was too little or the flavor just wasn't enough.

    I ordered Mediterranean Linguini. Linguini was under cooked and very hard. Its sauce was too little so by the time I start to eat, the pasta was quite dry. Vegetables in the pasta was also not fresh as they tasted sour.


    Rating given:Rating: 2 out of 5Rating: 2 out of 5Rating: 2 out of 5Rating: 2 out of 5Rating: 2 out of 5

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