Mushroom and steak sandwich. The mushroom looked a bit erm.... wormy but the sauce for the mushroom was flavorful and real tasty though the cut of the steak was not so good though the crispy bread was totally awesome.
Chicken dumpling soup. Though it doesn't taste really that nice but it was the best among the soups that we ordered that day. Soup made of Cordyceps (I guessed) and other herbs together with dumplings with chicken meat filing. Chicken meat was plain in flavor together with the soup that was also plain in flavor summarizes into ... oh well, you got the idea. Its a tad ex too... being $5 for a small bowl with 2 dumplings.
Pasta dishes were nice and rated higher than average in comparison to those I've eaten. But there's nothing special worthed a mention cept that the amount of garlic in their cream-sauce types of pasta was a huge heap.
Flaky pizza. Husband commented that the crust of the pizza taste and feels like curry puff skin. (Thats why its called flaky pizza ba) He didn't like the pizza's crust but finds the filing very nice. I didn't had a taste of it but it seems like the dressing of the salad was great enough to make my husband eat the greens though he hates to eat vegetables.
Desserts were the best of the lot. We were having a headache trying to choose what to order.
I would recommend this Warm chocolate cake to people but provided you like the combination of dark chocolate and orange. The portion was big though compared to its creme brulee etc but one can gag from eating so much dark chocolate cake at once. The orange slice and vanilla ice cream seems to be there to lessen this effect. I was oohhing and ahhing when I ate this and they wanted to box me in the head. Lolx...
First time I've been there and we walked from Paragon to Plaza Sing. I've heard about Giraffe and read its review so I was rather interested in going there for drinks. The atmosphere down stairs was very good though we pampered kids prefer sitting indoors as we were sweating ourselves silly and there weren't any seats down stairs.
The deco upstairs disappointed me though. It looks like a wilderness wannabe that failed. Especially the uniform of the service crew there. The top was still fine but the pants made me think that they wore sleeping clothes to work. Untidy was the word.
Ordered Chamomile tea, San Miguel and grape Cosmopolitan. At first the San Miguel tasted like a plainer Tiger (That's not their fault). Then dirty cups and plates were used for Dephil's Chamomile Tea changed quickly on request. No honey was served with the tea too though available on request. I was rather happy with my Grape Cosmo. Prices seems to be lower than other pubs with an extensive menu to choose from.
It closes rather early too. The counter closes at 1am and the area upstairs closes at 1230am. I do hope it can close later especially on a Saturday night which we usually will go to a late night cafe/pub and sit there to talk/eat/drink.
I love making my own popiahs! My grandma used to host Popiah party for us. As we grow up, everyone is too busy with work and stuff, we've not have any popiah party for long time. Now I've found the place to go for our next family dinner! Village Wok serves DIY Popiah Set! How cool is that? The set comes with all the necessary condiments, ingredients and the power chili. Love it! The popiah skin was neither too thin nor thick, just nice to wrap up all the yummy ingredients without having to worry that the skin will give way when bitten into.
Dishes ordered include the Village Smoked Chicken with BBQ Pork, Deep Fried Crystal Prawns in Light Wasabi Sauce, XO Crispy Tofu, Brinjal in BXO Sauce, Vegetarian Ee Mee and Pulat Hitam with Coconut Gelato ice-cream.
The Smoked Chicken served with their special ginger dip was quite tasty. Personally would prefer the meat to be softer thou. But still passable.
Wasabi prawns is deep fried and topped with very light wasabi sauce. As a fan of wasabi, this would attract me more if the sauce was more powerpack. This dish is best eaten while its still hot. The outer fried layer become slightly tough when I had my second piece when the dish has cooled off.
XO Crispy Tofu was good. Homemade tofu was soft and the XO sauce served on the side adds flavor to it. Simple yet tasty.
Fried Brinjal with Crispy Squid is not a vegetable which most would enjoy. But the ones at Village Wok managed to convince my friend to give it a go. He quite enjoyed it and even had quite a few pieces. Their special BXO sauce gives this purple vegetable a new life. The sauce was sweet and the crispy squid topping gives it a crunchy texture.
The Vegetarian Ee Mee was nice. There was plentiful of golden mushrooms which give the dish more texture when chewing the noodles. Sauce was not too thick nor saltish. Just nice to my liking.
The lunch ended with a refreshing glass of pulut hitam (black glutinous rice) with gelato coconut ice-cream. It gave a beautiful closure to the meal. Will surely order this when I return.
I was told that they've a special dish - Cold Crab with Special Vinaigrette Sauce. We'd wanted to try it, but this is a by-reservation-only dish. Must remember to place my order the next time I go. It looks pretty good. And Village Wok creates and uses only their own in-house brand of sauces and dips.
Went dinner with my friends at Hachi Tei Japanese Cuisine 2 weeks ago. My friend had been raving for many years. It was till that very night that I (finally) dine there.
Hachi Tei was once featured on Sunday Times some years ago, I think I read about it but never tried them out. Previously Hachi Tei was situated at #B1-27 China Square Food Centre until China Square Food Centre owner, Wah Khiaw Developments transformed it into an office block. So it moved to the current new location in May 2008.
The new place gives me a very homely and cozy feel, the Japanese songs playing in the background further enhance the atmosphere. I'm not sure why, when I dine at Hachi Tei, I just don't feel that I'm dining in Singapore, I feel that I'm dining in Taiwan. I'm not sure why I have that feeling. I think must be the super friendliness of the lady boss Cherine as she really do communicate with her customers.
We ordered Chirashi Don ($12.00), my friend always order Chirashi Don whenever he visits Hachi Tei. He told me that once I tried it, I would not order other items anymore.... Teriyaki Chicken Don ($7.00). I didn't ask whether it's nice... but I do find the serving pretty small. Sashimi Set ($15.00) I always love sashimi, that's why I ordered sashimi set. I loved the 'shiok shiok' feeling of dipping sashimi in the sauce with lots of wasabi and little soy sauce. By the way, the sashimi are really fresh!!
Nevertheless, it was an enjoyable dinner. Nice atmosphere, yummy food, no GST and service charge, reasonable cheap prices. I'm surely going back again. By the way, my friend treated me that night. Hahahaha.....
Very very new blogstore with very very few items for sale.
Items are all imported either from Japan or Korea, and therefore the prices are of the middle to high range. However, the products look like they are made of high quality materials. So if anyone is looking for stuff that would probably last longer under heavy usage and you don't really mind the extra costs, do consider purchasing from this blogstore.
Photos of products are well taken, the layout of the entire blogstore and all the entries are very neatly and well done.
I especially love the header banner with the blinking stars (very nicely designed!) and the image of balloons floating into the blue sky! It gives me a very fresh and uplifting feeling and it really adds optimism to the overall package. Love it!
Please bring in more products so that online shoppers can have more variety!
The layout is simple and clean-cut, just like the accessories sold there. I believe the blogshop is rather new and therefore there aren't many entries and accessories.
What's there, however, is nice and easily matchable with everyday casual clothes.
One of the pieces that caught my attention was 'Ophelia'. Its a long necklace and the pendant is made up of a jade donut, a very pretty butterfly charm and some glass beads. Wendy (the owner of the blogstore) manages to add youth and elegance to the jade piece and shows that jade is not simply for more matured ladies! Very impressive!
But does $28 really cover the cost of the jade? I'm not really sure if its even real jade because a piece of genuine jade of that size would surely cost quite a bit more?
Generally a nice blogstore to view. Only a few pieces of accessories that made me stop scrolling and stare at them for awhile, but i think its good enough considering there isn't that many accessories to begin with. Keep up the good work and keep making more accessories!
My first impression, or rather, the first thought that ran through my head when i landed on this blogstore was "Oh mannn. Headache, headache!"
While it might be a unique concept (I have yet to come across another blogshop that put the photos of their accessories up quite the same way...), it is really a major headache when you're browsing through a full page of all those sketchy cut-out pictures! (refer to submitted pictures... *editted* photos removed on request of blogstore owner)
I always think that while creativity is highly crucial, the basis of presentation is still neatness. You have to be neat and keep things tidy in order to sell stuff!
The way she does it, she doesn't highlight her accessories. At least not to me. The sketchy-ness appears somewhat amateur-ish to me, and it becomes quite an eyesore after awhile.
Another thing i don't understand- Is there really a need to use a hole-puncher to punch such a huge hole through the guitar picks? Isn't there some hole puncher that allows accessory-makers to punch tiny holes that allow the rings and joints to fit through nicely? The "gaping hole" is quite unsightly.
I feel that the pricing system is rather inconsistent. Some items are well-priced and worth paying but i can't say the same for others.
Some of the wireworks aren't very well done too. But its room for improvement, so its ok. I believe the owner of this blogstore has a vision and she's able to visualize amazing things in her head, but perhaps she still lacks the skills to translate it into reality. Keep working at it, though! You'll get there! Oh and the layout can be further improved too, please!
Nice music though.
Visit the blogstore if you want. The accessories are alright and definitely not hedious... But you might wanna be warned about the impending headache you might be experiencing.
Dim sum was on the cards again and this time it was at Peach Garden at OCBC building. Peach Garden appealed with its location, promise of a great view as well as its stellar reviews for dim sum.
Perched on the 33rd floor of OCBC building at Chulia Street, Peach Garden offers a birds eye view of the surrounding area if you manage to get a window seat of course. The interior oozes class with its traditional Chinese wooden decor complete with thick carpets for that touch of exclusivity.
Appetiser - This was really weird tasting to me because it had cordyceps in it, which reminded me of maggots. I shall not attempt to elaborate more.
Steamed Siew Mai with Phoneix Prawn - A staple in any dim sum offering, the siew mai was quite different in the sense that there was alot of prawn in it and though fresh, it overwhelmed the taste of the pork. I'm not really complaining though. What I didn't appreciate was the prawns not being fully de shelled, with the tip still showing. I guess the purpose was to show that it was a whole prawn in the siew mai.
Steamed Fresh Prawn Dumpling - You can't really go wrong with Har Gao and Peach Garden wasn't just about to challenge that notion. The skin, though a little too thick for my liking, was rather chewy and enveloped a dollop of nice crunchy prawns.
XO Carrot Cake - Okay this wasn't exactly very good, with the carrot cake a tad too soft and salty. Portions were very small as well for the price ($8). On the upside, it wasn't too oily and came across as rather fragrant.
Baked Spare Rib with BBQ Sauce - I've actually eaten this quite a few times from Peach Garden so it was no surprise that it was good as I remembered it to be. Crisp along the edges with a nice sweet aftertaste from the BBQ sauce while succulent and naturally sweet on the inside. But at $7 a pop, I don't exactly find it value for money.
Steamed Rice Roll with Prawn & Steamed Rice Roll with Char Siew - I hate to say this but both the steamed rice rolls aka chee cheong fan, were substandard. For one, the cheong fan's texture tasted rather coarse, not silky and smooth as I would have expected. To put it in perspective, there are a lot of hawker stalls out there that sell the same quality of chee cheong fan.
Boiled Porridge with Century Egg and Pork - The porridge was salty and between the 8 of us, we almost couldn't finish 4 bowls of it. That probably says alot. And strangely enough, the pork tasted more like chicken.
Steamed Xiao Long Bao with Conpoy - Average average average. The final verdict that most of us handed down. The skin was a tad too dry and thick while the juice within wasn't flavourful enough. Probably the only saving grace was that the pork taste wasn't too overwhelming.
Baked Mini Egg Tart - Flaky with a nice and not too sweet custard filling, the mini egg tarts were rather decent but not outstanding. For one, the crust was tasteless and at $1.30 each, its a total rip off.
Steamed BBQ Pork Bun - I personally thought that the flour was a little too thick for the bun, which made it quite a chore to eat. The char siew filling was decent though but it wasn't enough to make me write this dish off.
Steamed Yolk Cream Bun - A signature dish of Peach Garden and rightly so. The delicious smooth molten custard gushed out as soon as an opening was made in the moist bun skin, making for a messy but delightful dish. However, as with the BBQ pork bun, I did find the flour a little too thick as well. One thing I also found lacking was the presence of egg yolk sediment in the molten custard, which would have given it a slightly salty taste and a rougher texture. But all in all, an excellent eat nevertheless.
Baked BBQ Pork Pastry - After the excellent BBQ pork pastry aka char siew sou I had at Yan Ting, nothing else comes close. And Peach Garden's rendition was in no position to contest that claim. Though decent, the char siew did seem a tad too sweet for my liking while the pastry came across as flat.
An uninspiring dim sum session for 8 cost to the tune of $178 after a 15% discount. Service overwall was rather terrible save for a few rather nice gestures by 2 ladies who I presume to be the owners. Prices are still rather reasonable and if you can look past the hits and misses and generally slightly above average dim sum, you will probably like Peach Garden. As for me, I'll be happy to stick to my regular haunts.
Nothing much spectacular about this blogshop. Its not good but its not bad either. Therefore the 3 stars.
Adelin's accessories are pleasant to look at and very practical too. All of them are basic and simple pieces that can be worn with everyday clothes, even jeans and t-shirt. Actually, maybe even t-shirt and shorts and slippers. Hehe.
Certain materials Adelin uses are without a doubt rather unique (that bead thingy in the E089 earrings) but the overall design of the accessories isn't that spectacular. But that just means room for improvement!
The prices of her accessories are very affordable! If i was to buy something from the site, i would NOT think twice because the price is justifiable.
First impression of the site was pretty good. Nice header banner and tabs for easy navigation. But when i scrolled further down, i was sorely disappointed.
Ever experience the feeling of being "cheated"? Like when you see something so awesome from the outside that you feel like checking it out inside, but when you go in, you wanna go back out again.
Thats what i felt like after i scrolled down the page.
I just don't get what's going on! I feel like there's simply no concept or theme for any of the pieces of accessories, and i simply can't find any tinge of character in the accessories.
Most of them are bordering visually-tormenting. Perhaps its my individual taste, or maybe it could be my high expectations, but really, i can't find anything i'm remotely interested in owning from this blogstore!
The pictures i have submitted are what i consider to be the best pieces of accessories i can find from that blogstore, and frankly speaking, i don't really like any of it.
I can't comment on their service and after-sales service because i don't even want to buy anything from there.
Visit them only if you think i'm being overly critical.
1=SGD 0.0587
Mushroom and steak sandwich. The mushroom looked a bit erm.... wormy but the sauce for the mushroom was flavorful and real tasty though the cut of the steak was not so good though the crispy bread was totally awesome.
Chicken dumpling soup. Though it doesn't taste really that nice but it was the best among the soups that we ordered that day. Soup made of Cordyceps (I guessed) and other herbs together with dumplings with chicken meat filing. Chicken meat was plain in flavor together with the soup that was also plain in flavor summarizes into ... oh well, you got the idea. Its a tad ex too... being $5 for a small bowl with 2 dumplings.
Pasta dishes were nice and rated higher than average in comparison to those I've eaten. But there's nothing special worthed a mention cept that the amount of garlic in their cream-sauce types of pasta was a huge heap.
Flaky pizza. Husband commented that the crust of the pizza taste and feels like curry puff skin. (Thats why its called flaky pizza ba) He didn't like the pizza's crust but finds the filing very nice. I didn't had a taste of it but it seems like the dressing of the salad was great enough to make my husband eat the greens though he hates to eat vegetables.
Desserts were the best of the lot. We were having a headache trying to choose what to order.
I would recommend this Warm chocolate cake to people but provided you like the combination of dark chocolate and orange. The portion was big though compared to its creme brulee etc but one can gag from eating so much dark chocolate cake at once. The orange slice and vanilla ice cream seems to be there to lessen this effect. I was oohhing and ahhing when I ate this and they wanted to box me in the head. Lolx...
Rating given:
First time I've been there and we walked from Paragon to Plaza Sing. I've heard about Giraffe and read its review so I was rather interested in going there for drinks. The atmosphere down stairs was very good though we pampered kids prefer sitting indoors as we were sweating ourselves silly and there weren't any seats down stairs.
The deco upstairs disappointed me though. It looks like a wilderness wannabe that failed.
Especially the uniform of the service crew there. The top was still fine but the pants made me think that they wore sleeping clothes to work. Untidy was the word.
Ordered Chamomile tea, San Miguel and grape Cosmopolitan. At first the San Miguel tasted like a plainer Tiger (That's not their fault). Then dirty cups and plates were used for Dephil's Chamomile Tea changed quickly on request. No honey was served with the tea too though available on request. I was rather happy with my Grape Cosmo. Prices seems to be lower than other pubs with an extensive menu to choose from.
It closes rather early too. The counter closes at 1am and the area upstairs closes at 1230am. I do hope it can close later especially on a Saturday night which we usually will go to a late night cafe/pub and sit there to talk/eat/drink.
Rating given:
DIY Popiah anyone?
I love making my own popiahs! My grandma used to host Popiah party for us. As we grow up, everyone is too busy with work and stuff, we've not have any popiah party for long time. Now I've found the place to go for our next family dinner! Village Wok serves DIY Popiah Set! How cool is that? The set comes with all the necessary condiments, ingredients and the power chili. Love it! The popiah skin was neither too thin nor thick, just nice to wrap up all the yummy ingredients without having to worry that the skin will give way when bitten into.
Dishes ordered include the Village Smoked Chicken with BBQ Pork, Deep Fried Crystal Prawns in Light Wasabi Sauce, XO Crispy Tofu, Brinjal in BXO Sauce, Vegetarian Ee Mee and Pulat Hitam with Coconut Gelato ice-cream.
The Smoked Chicken served with their special ginger dip was quite tasty. Personally would prefer the meat to be softer thou. But still passable.
Wasabi prawns is deep fried and topped with very light wasabi sauce. As a fan of wasabi, this would attract me more if the sauce was more powerpack. This dish is best eaten while its still hot. The outer fried layer become slightly tough when I had my second piece when the dish has cooled off.
XO Crispy Tofu was good. Homemade tofu was soft and the XO sauce served on the side adds flavor to it. Simple yet tasty.
Fried Brinjal with Crispy Squid is not a vegetable which most would enjoy. But the ones at Village Wok managed to convince my friend to give it a go. He quite enjoyed it and even had quite a few pieces. Their special BXO sauce gives this purple vegetable a new life. The sauce was sweet and the crispy squid topping gives it a crunchy texture.
The Vegetarian Ee Mee was nice. There was plentiful of golden mushrooms which give the dish more texture when chewing the noodles. Sauce was not too thick nor saltish. Just nice to my liking.
The lunch ended with a refreshing glass of pulut hitam (black glutinous rice) with gelato coconut ice-cream. It gave a beautiful closure to the meal. Will surely order this when I return.
I was told that they've a special dish - Cold Crab with Special Vinaigrette Sauce. We'd wanted to try it, but this is a by-reservation-only dish. Must remember to place my order the next time I go. It looks pretty good. And Village Wok creates and uses only their own in-house brand of sauces and dips.
Rating given:
Went dinner with my friends at Hachi Tei Japanese Cuisine 2 weeks ago. My friend had been raving for many years. It was till that very night that I (finally) dine there.
Hachi Tei was once featured on Sunday Times some years ago, I think I read about it but never tried them out. Previously Hachi Tei was situated at #B1-27 China Square Food Centre until China Square Food Centre owner, Wah Khiaw Developments transformed it into an office block. So it moved to the current new location in May 2008.
The new place gives me a very homely and cozy feel, the Japanese songs playing in the background further enhance the atmosphere. I'm not sure why, when I dine at Hachi Tei, I just don't feel that I'm dining in Singapore, I feel that I'm dining in Taiwan. I'm not sure why I have that feeling. I think must be the super friendliness of the lady boss Cherine as she really do communicate with her customers.
We ordered Chirashi Don ($12.00), my friend always order Chirashi Don whenever he visits Hachi Tei. He told me that once I tried it, I would not order other items anymore.... Teriyaki Chicken Don ($7.00). I didn't ask whether it's nice... but I do find the serving pretty small. Sashimi Set ($15.00) I always love sashimi, that's why I ordered sashimi set. I loved the 'shiok shiok' feeling of dipping sashimi in the sauce with lots of wasabi and little soy sauce. By the way, the sashimi are really fresh!!
Nevertheless, it was an enjoyable dinner. Nice atmosphere, yummy food, no GST and service charge, reasonable cheap prices. I'm surely going back again. By the way, my friend treated me that night. Hahahaha.....
Rating given:
Very very new blogstore with very very few items for sale.
Items are all imported either from Japan or Korea, and therefore the prices are of the middle to high range. However, the products look like they are made of high quality materials. So if anyone is looking for stuff that would probably last longer under heavy usage and you don't really mind the extra costs, do consider purchasing from this blogstore.
Photos of products are well taken, the layout of the entire blogstore and all the entries are very neatly and well done.
I especially love the header banner with the blinking stars (very nicely designed!) and the image of balloons floating into the blue sky! It gives me a very fresh and uplifting feeling and it really adds optimism to the overall package. Love it!
Please bring in more products so that online shoppers can have more variety!
Rating given:
A very nice and simple blogstore.
The layout is simple and clean-cut, just like the accessories sold there. I believe the blogshop is rather new and therefore there aren't many entries and accessories.
What's there, however, is nice and easily matchable with everyday casual clothes.
One of the pieces that caught my attention was 'Ophelia'. Its a long necklace and the pendant is made up of a jade donut, a very pretty butterfly charm and some glass beads. Wendy (the owner of the blogstore) manages to add youth and elegance to the jade piece and shows that jade is not simply for more matured ladies! Very impressive!
But does $28 really cover the cost of the jade? I'm not really sure if its even real jade because a piece of genuine jade of that size would surely cost quite a bit more?
Generally a nice blogstore to view. Only a few pieces of accessories that made me stop scrolling and stare at them for awhile, but i think its good enough considering there isn't that many accessories to begin with. Keep up the good work and keep making more accessories!
Rating given:
My first impression, or rather, the first thought that ran through my head when i landed on this blogstore was "Oh mannn. Headache, headache!"
While it might be a unique concept (I have yet to come across another blogshop that put the photos of their accessories up quite the same way...), it is really a major headache when you're browsing through a full page of all those sketchy cut-out pictures! (refer to submitted pictures... *editted* photos removed on request of blogstore owner)
I always think that while creativity is highly crucial, the basis of presentation is still neatness. You have to be neat and keep things tidy in order to sell stuff!
The way she does it, she doesn't highlight her accessories. At least not to me. The sketchy-ness appears somewhat amateur-ish to me, and it becomes quite an eyesore after awhile.
Another thing i don't understand- Is there really a need to use a hole-puncher to punch such a huge hole through the guitar picks? Isn't there some hole puncher that allows accessory-makers to punch tiny holes that allow the rings and joints to fit through nicely? The "gaping hole" is quite unsightly.
I feel that the pricing system is rather inconsistent. Some items are well-priced and worth paying but i can't say the same for others.
Some of the wireworks aren't very well done too. But its room for improvement, so its ok. I believe the owner of this blogstore has a vision and she's able to visualize amazing things in her head, but perhaps she still lacks the skills to translate it into reality. Keep working at it, though! You'll get there! Oh and the layout can be further improved too, please!
Nice music though.
Visit the blogstore if you want. The accessories are alright and definitely not hedious... But you might wanna be warned about the impending headache you might be experiencing.
Rating given:
Dim sum was on the cards again and this time it was at Peach Garden at OCBC building. Peach Garden appealed with its location, promise of a great view as well as its stellar reviews for dim sum.
Perched on the 33rd floor of OCBC building at Chulia Street, Peach Garden offers a birds eye view of the surrounding area if you manage to get a window seat of course. The interior oozes class with its traditional Chinese wooden decor complete with thick carpets for that touch of exclusivity.
Appetiser - This was really weird tasting to me because it had cordyceps in it, which reminded me of maggots. I shall not attempt to elaborate more.
Steamed Siew Mai with Phoneix Prawn - A staple in any dim sum offering, the siew mai was quite different in the sense that there was alot of prawn in it and though fresh, it overwhelmed the taste of the pork. I'm not really complaining though. What I didn't appreciate was the prawns not being fully de shelled, with the tip still showing. I guess the purpose was to show that it was a whole prawn in the siew mai.
Steamed Fresh Prawn Dumpling - You can't really go wrong with Har Gao and Peach Garden wasn't just about to challenge that notion. The skin, though a little too thick for my liking, was rather chewy and enveloped a dollop of nice crunchy prawns.
XO Carrot Cake - Okay this wasn't exactly very good, with the carrot cake a tad too soft and salty. Portions were very small as well for the price ($8). On the upside, it wasn't too oily and came across as rather fragrant.
Baked Spare Rib with BBQ Sauce - I've actually eaten this quite a few times from Peach Garden so it was no surprise that it was good as I remembered it to be. Crisp along the edges with a nice sweet aftertaste from the BBQ sauce while succulent and naturally sweet on the inside. But at $7 a pop, I don't exactly find it value for money.
Steamed Rice Roll with Prawn & Steamed Rice Roll with Char Siew - I hate to say this but both the steamed rice rolls aka chee cheong fan, were substandard. For one, the cheong fan's texture tasted rather coarse, not silky and smooth as I would have expected. To put it in perspective, there are a lot of hawker stalls out there that sell the same quality of chee cheong fan.
Boiled Porridge with Century Egg and Pork - The porridge was salty and between the 8 of us, we almost couldn't finish 4 bowls of it. That probably says alot. And strangely enough, the pork tasted more like chicken.
Steamed Xiao Long Bao with Conpoy - Average average average. The final verdict that most of us handed down. The skin was a tad too dry and thick while the juice within wasn't flavourful enough. Probably the only saving grace was that the pork taste wasn't too overwhelming.
Baked Mini Egg Tart - Flaky with a nice and not too sweet custard filling, the mini egg tarts were rather decent but not outstanding. For one, the crust was tasteless and at $1.30 each, its a total rip off.
Steamed BBQ Pork Bun - I personally thought that the flour was a little too thick for the bun, which made it quite a chore to eat. The char siew filling was decent though but it wasn't enough to make me write this dish off.
Steamed Yolk Cream Bun - A signature dish of Peach Garden and rightly so. The delicious smooth molten custard gushed out as soon as an opening was made in the moist bun skin, making for a messy but delightful dish. However, as with the BBQ pork bun, I did find the flour a little too thick as well. One thing I also found lacking was the presence of egg yolk sediment in the molten custard, which would have given it a slightly salty taste and a rougher texture. But all in all, an excellent eat nevertheless.
Baked BBQ Pork Pastry - After the excellent BBQ pork pastry aka char siew sou I had at Yan Ting, nothing else comes close. And Peach Garden's rendition was in no position to contest that claim. Though decent, the char siew did seem a tad too sweet for my liking while the pastry came across as flat.
An uninspiring dim sum session for 8 cost to the tune of $178 after a 15% discount. Service overwall was rather terrible save for a few rather nice gestures by 2 ladies who I presume to be the owners. Prices are still rather reasonable and if you can look past the hits and misses and generally slightly above average dim sum, you will probably like Peach Garden. As for me, I'll be happy to stick to my regular haunts.
See all my pictures here.
Rating given:
Nothing much spectacular about this blogshop. Its not good but its not bad either. Therefore the 3 stars.
Adelin's accessories are pleasant to look at and very practical too. All of them are basic and simple pieces that can be worn with everyday clothes, even jeans and t-shirt. Actually, maybe even t-shirt and shorts and slippers. Hehe.
Certain materials Adelin uses are without a doubt rather unique (that bead thingy in the E089 earrings) but the overall design of the accessories isn't that spectacular. But that just means room for improvement!
The prices of her accessories are very affordable! If i was to buy something from the site, i would NOT think twice because the price is justifiable.
A pleasant blogstore to browse.
Rating given:
First impression of the site was pretty good. Nice header banner and tabs for easy navigation. But when i scrolled further down, i was sorely disappointed.
Ever experience the feeling of being "cheated"? Like when you see something so awesome from the outside that you feel like checking it out inside, but when you go in, you wanna go back out again.
Thats what i felt like after i scrolled down the page.
I just don't get what's going on! I feel like there's simply no concept or theme for any of the pieces of accessories, and i simply can't find any tinge of character in the accessories.
Most of them are bordering visually-tormenting. Perhaps its my individual taste, or maybe it could be my high expectations, but really, i can't find anything i'm remotely interested in owning from this blogstore!
The pictures i have submitted are what i consider to be the best pieces of accessories i can find from that blogstore, and frankly speaking, i don't really like any of it.
I can't comment on their service and after-sales service because i don't even want to buy anything from there.
Visit them only if you think i'm being overly critical.
Rating given: