Went there for the first time on Valentine's Day because my boyfriend made a reservation there.
I believe they are best known for their pastries, so i went there with an expectation.
My boyfriend and i had a couples set dinner and it consisted of 6 courses. Generally, the presentation of the food was simple and clean-cut. Adequate, but not visually very enticing. The main course came in a rather small portion. It filled me up nicely (because i'm a small eater who is never able to finish my food!) and i enjoyed it thoroughly!
The desert was the best, in my opinion. Chocolate love pastries. It was basically chocolate mousse contained in a white chocolate "tube" which had colourful pictures printed on the walls. Very simple, yet very pretty! In the middle was a cavity that held raspberry sauce! It was a little too sweet, but i liked it alot nevertheless, given my sweet tooth!
The service of Ricciotti is also great. As my boyfriend and i chose to sit outdoors, it was very windy and our candle kept going out! The staff who was on duty outside was consistently very prompt in relighting the candle, even though i'd expect it to be rather tiresome having to do so ever so often! It just goes to show that they will do their best to uphold the image of Ricciotti.
Furthermore, the staff provided a special polaroid-taking service on that day for couples! I thought that was a very nice touch on top of everything else.
Ricciotti is situated at Riverwalk, next to Home Club. Do drop by and visit it!
Went to La Mian & Xiao Long Bao from Crystal Jade @ Jurong Point last weekend with my parents!
Was surprised that they had renovated, although it appeared too dark upon entering, very much different to its past bright concept!
Order the Saliva Chicken La Mian for myself, surprisingly it has the Chinese taste, very original taste. Despite being cold noodles, I'll give it a thumbs up! very tasty.
As usual, the xiao long bao was ordered, reached the usual standards!
Customer service was good as whenever my cup of chinese tea is emptied, the waitress will come to fill it up!
When you're in Genting Highlands, finding good food to eat could be a major problem as you could not rely on fast food all the times and the food court's food are kinda crappy! Thus, you would have to patron one of the restaurants, however most of their prices are on the high side unless you had made a big win in one of the casino!! Despite not winning anything from the casino, I decided to dine at Restoran Good Friends on my second night stay!
It was crowded as usual, maybe many people won tons of money from the casino. I gave myself just minimum pampering by ordering just the cheaper and simple food instead of those food for the high rollers!!! I ordered the following:
Pork ribs old cucumber soup - tasted okay but it's kinda oily!! Roasted chicken with cashew nuts - just like the photo shows, look and taste good! Kai Lan with garlic - not bad, but the garlic not enough lei!! Foo Yong Egg - this one tasted well and it goes well with the chilli sauce!! Plain rice - of course all these need to go with some plain rice, tio bo?
However I discovered something interesting on my table, it might not be interesting for fellow Malaysian as this feature could be found in other restaurants. Nevertheless, it very innovative as it used broadband frequency to activated the waiters and waitresses for the above mentioned services. It's very effective as I tried pressing it a few times and the waiter/waitress came to my table within a minute!!!
Maybe Singapore restaurants should try this to make away the problem of waving your hand and none of the waiter or waitress could see you!!!
Located at 60 Jalan Mempurong, Singapore 759058, off Sembawang Road. It should consider as a rural part of Singapore as it is so deep inside Sembawang, luckily I got the driving instructions.
I decided to give Sembawang Eating House (Seafood Restaurant) a try even though the price looked pricey but there are still those common zi-char items at reasonable prices.
There's preserved vegetable while waiting for food to arrive, I ordered Sambal kang-kong, Fu-rong egg and Fried bean-curd.
Well, the food that I ordered tasted reasonably ok, except the kang kong was a bit oily, the egg salty but the fried bean curd tasted very nice!! Actually I ordered another hotplate beef which did not arrived, luckily it didn't came as I can't finish the food and need to tak-pao home!
My virgin trip to Hotpot Culture was with a bunch of mad Yebbers! The company certainly made the entire experience a great one. That aside... let's take a look at the restaurant itself.
Not too hard to realise that this is a steamboat restaurant but they give each patron their own little pots and soup of choice. There are 5 to pick from and I picked Chicken Soup. Sadly the Kimchi one seemed nicer but my throat was acting up again so Chicken it was for me. But the Chicken stock had very little taste and only started having some taste after I threw some chicken bits in.
For the steamboat there was enough variety for me though more would have been nice. But there was quite a bit of cooked items though. I thought it's quite special for a steamboat place to have so many cooked items. I liked the cooked items, especially the rojak chicken!! haha but it was a terror on my weak throat. Nonetheless i had a good share of that!
I think the best part was the chocolate fondue which they also have! Usually such places only serve fruit for dessert so this is a really nice conclusion to the dinner. :)
We dropped by at Charles Stefano at parkway after recommendations from another friend. It’s in a prominent area, right in the centre of near the escalator so there’s no way you can miss it.
It’s one of the few places (if not the only one) that sells stainless steel jewellery. I’m sure everyone’s heard of gold and silver… but this one is stainless steel. It feels more solid and nice to hold in comparison to silver. And it doesn’t tarnish like silver does. However, the designs are much chunkier. But some of the designs have Cubic Xirconia and diamonds on them which is a nice touch to the more expensive range.
We were very undecided when we got there as we didn’t even planned to get a pair of rings. But the lady was very patient with us, letting us try 10 designs and different sizes before we chose the ones we wanted. She also patiently offered advice on what sizes we should take to avoid discomfort.
We paid $40 for our pair of stainless steel rings.
I was very satisfied with the service and will probably head there to buy if I had to get a gift for my younger, funkier friends.
The cakes are of huge potion. These was 4 of us and we share 2 cakes which was enough to fill our 4 stomach…
Food Ordered: Carrot Carrot One of the best carrot cakes I have had. The texture was just right. It wasn’t hard like some but soft and spongy enough with the cream (whatever u call it ) on top. Highly recommended.
Mashmallow chocolate cake It is a just another dessert cake. Nothing special about it but it is rich.It is very rich in chocolate.I can’t really taste the sweetness of the mashmallows which is really weird. Pasta Pasta had lotsa of rockets on top..which I like. I thought it was quite unique as one wouldn’t normally find that much veg on a pasta
Ambience is good. We had chosen to sit outside the café instead of in the shop. The lighting is brighter. Although u are sitting in the midst of all shop, surprising it was not noisy. Maybe because we had gone on a weekday instead of the ends. The service was excellent with a little pot of water to refill our glasses of water.
Da Dong is a traditional Cantonese Restaurant suitably situated in the heart of Chinatown. A part of the Fatty Weng group, this restaurant has been operating for many decades.
There was some attempt to design the place like a old teahouse but I do think it looks like they are on a tight budget. They also tried to maximize seating space by having the tables quite close to each other. Occasionally when you stand your seat might just bump into the guy behind you which was quite irritating at times.
Food we ordered: Raw Fish Salad extra fish ($28) Quite obviously this is a seasonal dish – the Yu Sheng. It wasn’t very special, tasted the same, though it wasn’t overly sweet which was good. The staff said all the well wishes while preparing the dish which was a nice gesture. The additional plate of fish was quite pathetic (in terms of quantity).
Soon Hock Fish ($42 – seasonal) According to my dad, the fish-lover, it’s about 600g which is pretty small but reasonable for 5 people who have other dishes also. It was fried so I couldn’t really tell the freshness. The sauce it was doused in was regular. Nothing special and doesn’t quite justify the price.
Salad Prawns ($20 – s) There were only a few. It was quite nice but there was too much mayo on some which made it disgustingly sweet.
Peking Duck ($33) It was very small. They cut it up in front of us and served us the skin wrapped in the Popiah skin. There were only 7 pieces of those and there weren’t very big. The plate of duck meat that came after that was quite substantial tough.
Har Gao – Prawn dumpling ($2.50) The skin was a little too thick and dry. The prawn was quite fresh though. Reasonably good I guess. Chicken feet ($3.20) I didn’t taste this dish so I can’t say for sure. But my mom enjoyed it very much.
Including Chinese tea, rice, peanuts and towels, the total came up to $165 for the 5 of us. I think it was a tad ex, considering we didn’t eat much at all.
Unless necessary I don’t think I will be back at all.
Montreux Bistro is newly open about 1 month ago. It was a cake house along East coast road. I have always been an avid fan of their Chocolate Truffle cake. It is a must for any of my family members’ birthday. Now that this bakery has opened a café, nothing could stop us from trying it out. It’s a small café in black and white decor. A café that you could have a simple afternoon weekend lunch in.
We had :
Montreux Steak Sandwich ($14.90) Marinated Sirloin on Toasted Ciabatta with mustard, lettuce, tomatoes, onions and melted cheese. Served with Wedges We had changed the beef to chicken. They were very flexible and did the change without fuss. Thus, there might be a change in the actual taste of the recommended dish . We were told that if it were beef then it would taste spicier. In this case, it was sweeter. Your average dish really. It had relatively good taste but wasn’t exceptional in any other ways.
Cilantro Prawns Cesar salad ($8.90) Romaine lettuce Cesar dressings topped with cilantro pesto infused tiger prawns. Served with garlic bread Good combination of the pesto with the tiger prawns. The crunchy succulent prawns goes very well. The bread is too bland in taste for my liking. But I will definitely come back for more salad.
Mango Tofu (s$7.50) This was one of the recommended desserts. It had a very refreshing taste with the citrus sauce. At first I was quite skeptical about this recommended dessert as I am not a fan of Mango desserts. I think it is hard to find good mango desserts, as they always taste very artificial. That said, this is a fantastic dessert. Really very good. The raspberry and the blueberry brings out the taste of the tofu very well. I would come back for more. Brandy Cherry Black Forest (s$4.50) Just your average black forest cake. I would say the amount of cherry u find in the small portion is generous.
Service was excellent. We were there on a sat afternoon. Inclusive of a latte and a peach soda, we paid s$50.05 in total. I found it reasonable, taking into consideration the food and service. I would recommended for desserts. Because they are so well presented and it taste good..
American brownie It’s just your regular brownie. There’s nothing special about it at all. I found it a bit dry even.
American carrot cake It was light and fluffy but the cream on top is not enough. The taste of the cake is not strong enough for my liking. Dark chocolate truffle This is the most recommended cake in the shop. Indeed it is the best out of all the 3 cakes I tasted that day. It is soft and was made with rich dark chocolate. However it wasn’t extraordinary.
Shepherd’s pie (beef) It would have been one of the best if it were hot enough. When it was served it was warm, lukewarm I should call it. Thus, it turns cold very fast. While eating the pie, the top part of the pie turn hard and stiff. The filling tasted good on the 1st bite but it wasn’t nice after that.
2 scoops of ice cream – banana chocolate & nutty nuts They say the ice cream is made of natural ingredients, but it didn’t taste that way.
The service was fantastic. The staff was nice enough to let me try a lot of the flavours of the ice cream. I tried the royal chocolate-it reminds me of the old magnolia ice cream before it was revamped. I tried many man flavours. In the end I chose the above flavours, the combination I chose was quite nice in fact.
We didn’t really have a great time sitting there as we were disturb by the 2 little flies bugging us as we were enjoying our cakes. The price was really reasonable. We paid $10.60 for the above.
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Went there for the first time on Valentine's Day because my boyfriend made a reservation there.
I believe they are best known for their pastries, so i went there with an expectation.
My boyfriend and i had a couples set dinner and it consisted of 6 courses. Generally, the presentation of the food was simple and clean-cut. Adequate, but not visually very enticing. The main course came in a rather small portion. It filled me up nicely (because i'm a small eater who is never able to finish my food!) and i enjoyed it thoroughly!
The desert was the best, in my opinion. Chocolate love pastries. It was basically chocolate mousse contained in a white chocolate "tube" which had colourful pictures printed on the walls. Very simple, yet very pretty! In the middle was a cavity that held raspberry sauce! It was a little too sweet, but i liked it alot nevertheless, given my sweet tooth!
The service of Ricciotti is also great. As my boyfriend and i chose to sit outdoors, it was very windy and our candle kept going out! The staff who was on duty outside was consistently very prompt in relighting the candle, even though i'd expect it to be rather tiresome having to do so ever so often! It just goes to show that they will do their best to uphold the image of Ricciotti.
Furthermore, the staff provided a special polaroid-taking service on that day for couples! I thought that was a very nice touch on top of everything else.
Ricciotti is situated at Riverwalk, next to Home Club. Do drop by and visit it!
Rating given:
Went to La Mian & Xiao Long Bao from Crystal Jade @ Jurong Point last weekend with my parents!
Was surprised that they had renovated, although it appeared too dark upon entering, very much different to its past bright concept!
Order the Saliva Chicken La Mian for myself, surprisingly it has the Chinese taste, very original taste. Despite being cold noodles, I'll give it a thumbs up! very tasty.
As usual, the xiao long bao was ordered, reached the usual standards!
Customer service was good as whenever my cup of chinese tea is emptied, the waitress will come to fill it up!
Rating given:
When you're in Genting Highlands, finding good food to eat could be a major problem as you could not rely on fast food all the times and the food court's food are kinda crappy! Thus, you would have to patron one of the restaurants, however most of their prices are on the high side unless you had made a big win in one of the casino!! Despite not winning anything from the casino, I decided to dine at Restoran Good Friends on my second night stay!
It was crowded as usual, maybe many people won tons of money from the casino. I gave myself just minimum pampering by ordering just the cheaper and simple food instead of those food for the high rollers!!! I ordered the following:
Pork ribs old cucumber soup - tasted okay but it's kinda oily!!
Roasted chicken with cashew nuts - just like the photo shows, look and taste good!
Kai Lan with garlic - not bad, but the garlic not enough lei!!
Foo Yong Egg - this one tasted well and it goes well with the chilli sauce!!
Plain rice - of course all these need to go with some plain rice, tio bo?
However I discovered something interesting on my table, it might not be interesting for fellow Malaysian as this feature could be found in other restaurants. Nevertheless, it very innovative as it used broadband frequency to activated the waiters and waitresses for the above mentioned services. It's very effective as I tried pressing it a few times and the waiter/waitress came to my table within a minute!!!
Maybe Singapore restaurants should try this to make away the problem of waving your hand and none of the waiter or waitress could see you!!!
Rating given:
Located at 60 Jalan Mempurong, Singapore 759058, off Sembawang Road. It should consider as a rural part of Singapore as it is so deep inside Sembawang, luckily I got the driving instructions.
I decided to give Sembawang Eating House (Seafood Restaurant) a try even though the price looked pricey but there are still those common zi-char items at reasonable prices.
There's preserved vegetable while waiting for food to arrive, I ordered Sambal kang-kong, Fu-rong egg and Fried bean-curd.
Well, the food that I ordered tasted reasonably ok, except the kang kong was a bit oily, the egg salty but the fried bean curd tasted very nice!! Actually I ordered another hotplate beef which did not arrived, luckily it didn't came as I can't finish the food and need to tak-pao home!
Rating given:
My virgin trip to Hotpot Culture was with a bunch of mad Yebbers! The company certainly made the entire experience a great one. That aside... let's take a look at the restaurant itself.
Not too hard to realise that this is a steamboat restaurant but they give each patron their own little pots and soup of choice. There are 5 to pick from and I picked Chicken Soup. Sadly the Kimchi one seemed nicer but my throat was acting up again so Chicken it was for me. But the Chicken stock had very little taste and only started having some taste after I threw some chicken bits in.
For the steamboat there was enough variety for me though more would have been nice. But there was quite a bit of cooked items though. I thought it's quite special for a steamboat place to have so many cooked items. I liked the cooked items, especially the rojak chicken!! haha but it was a terror on my weak throat. Nonetheless i had a good share of that!
I think the best part was the chocolate fondue which they also have! Usually such places only serve fruit for dessert so this is a really nice conclusion to the dinner. :)
More Photos here
Rating given:
We dropped by at Charles Stefano at parkway after recommendations from another friend. It’s in a prominent area, right in the centre of near the escalator so there’s no way you can miss it.
It’s one of the few places (if not the only one) that sells stainless steel jewellery. I’m sure everyone’s heard of gold and silver… but this one is stainless steel. It feels more solid and nice to hold in comparison to silver. And it doesn’t tarnish like silver does. However, the designs are much chunkier. But some of the designs have Cubic Xirconia and diamonds on them which is a nice touch to the more expensive range.
We were very undecided when we got there as we didn’t even planned to get a pair of rings. But the lady was very patient with us, letting us try 10 designs and different sizes before we chose the ones we wanted. She also patiently offered advice on what sizes we should take to avoid discomfort.
We paid $40 for our pair of stainless steel rings.
I was very satisfied with the service and will probably head there to buy if I had to get a gift for my younger, funkier friends.
Rating given:
The cakes are of huge potion. These was 4 of us and we share 2 cakes which was enough to fill our 4 stomach…
Food Ordered:
Carrot Carrot
One of the best carrot cakes I have had. The texture was just right. It wasn’t hard like some but soft and spongy enough with the cream (whatever u call it ) on top. Highly recommended.
Mashmallow chocolate cake
It is a just another dessert cake. Nothing special about it but it is rich.It is very rich in chocolate.I can’t really taste the sweetness of the mashmallows which is really weird.
Pasta
Pasta had lotsa of rockets on top..which I like. I thought it was quite unique as one wouldn’t normally find that much veg on a pasta
Ambience is good. We had chosen to sit outside the café instead of in the shop. The lighting is brighter. Although u are sitting in the midst of all shop, surprising it was not noisy. Maybe because we had gone on a weekday instead of the ends.
The service was excellent with a little pot of water to refill our glasses of water.
Rating given:
Da Dong is a traditional Cantonese Restaurant suitably situated in the heart of Chinatown. A part of the Fatty Weng group, this restaurant has been operating for many decades.
There was some attempt to design the place like a old teahouse but I do think it looks like they are on a tight budget. They also tried to maximize seating space by having the tables quite close to each other. Occasionally when you stand your seat might just bump into the guy behind you which was quite irritating at times.
Food we ordered:
Raw Fish Salad extra fish ($28)
Quite obviously this is a seasonal dish – the Yu Sheng. It wasn’t very special, tasted the same, though it wasn’t overly sweet which was good. The staff said all the well wishes while preparing the dish which was a nice gesture. The additional plate of fish was quite pathetic (in terms of quantity).
Soon Hock Fish ($42 – seasonal)
According to my dad, the fish-lover, it’s about 600g which is pretty small but reasonable for 5 people who have other dishes also. It was fried so I couldn’t really tell the freshness. The sauce it was doused in was regular. Nothing special and doesn’t quite justify the price.
Salad Prawns ($20 – s)
There were only a few. It was quite nice but there was too much mayo on some which made it disgustingly sweet.
Peking Duck ($33)
It was very small. They cut it up in front of us and served us the skin wrapped in the Popiah skin. There were only 7 pieces of those and there weren’t very big. The plate of duck meat that came after that was quite substantial tough.
Har Gao – Prawn dumpling ($2.50)
The skin was a little too thick and dry. The prawn was quite fresh though. Reasonably good I guess.
Chicken feet ($3.20)
I didn’t taste this dish so I can’t say for sure. But my mom enjoyed it very much.
Including Chinese tea, rice, peanuts and towels, the total came up to $165 for the 5 of us. I think it was a tad ex, considering we didn’t eat much at all.
Unless necessary I don’t think I will be back at all.
Rating given:
Montreux Bistro is newly open about 1 month ago. It was a cake house along East coast road. I have always been an avid fan of their Chocolate Truffle cake. It is a must for any of my family members’ birthday.
Now that this bakery has opened a café, nothing could stop us from trying it out. It’s a small café in black and white decor. A café that you could have a simple afternoon weekend lunch in.
We had :
Montreux Steak Sandwich ($14.90)
Marinated Sirloin on Toasted Ciabatta with mustard, lettuce, tomatoes, onions and melted cheese. Served with Wedges
We had changed the beef to chicken. They were very flexible and did the change without fuss. Thus, there might be a change in the actual taste of the recommended dish . We were told that if it were beef then it would taste spicier. In this case, it was sweeter. Your average dish really. It had relatively good taste but wasn’t exceptional in any other ways.
Cilantro Prawns Cesar salad ($8.90)
Romaine lettuce Cesar dressings topped with cilantro pesto infused tiger prawns. Served with garlic bread
Good combination of the pesto with the tiger prawns. The crunchy succulent prawns goes very well. The bread is too bland in taste for my liking. But I will definitely come back for more salad.
Mango Tofu (s$7.50)
This was one of the recommended desserts. It had a very refreshing taste with the citrus sauce. At first I was quite skeptical about this recommended dessert as I am not a fan of Mango desserts. I think it is hard to find good mango desserts, as they always taste very artificial. That said, this is a fantastic dessert. Really very good. The raspberry and the blueberry brings out the taste of the tofu very well. I would come back for more.
Brandy Cherry Black Forest (s$4.50)
Just your average black forest cake. I would say the amount of cherry u find in the small portion is generous.
Service was excellent. We were there on a sat afternoon. Inclusive of a latte and a peach soda, we paid s$50.05 in total. I found it reasonable, taking into consideration the food and service.
I would recommended for desserts. Because they are so well presented and it taste good..
Rating given:
American brownie
It’s just your regular brownie. There’s nothing special about it at all. I found it a bit dry even.
American carrot cake
It was light and fluffy but the cream on top is not enough. The taste of the cake is not strong enough for my liking.
Dark chocolate truffle
This is the most recommended cake in the shop. Indeed it is the best out of all the 3 cakes I tasted that day. It is soft and was made with rich dark chocolate. However it wasn’t extraordinary.
Shepherd’s pie (beef)
It would have been one of the best if it were hot enough. When it was served it was warm, lukewarm I should call it. Thus, it turns cold very fast. While eating the pie, the top part of the pie turn hard and stiff. The filling tasted good on the 1st bite but it wasn’t nice after that.
2 scoops of ice cream – banana chocolate & nutty nuts
They say the ice cream is made of natural ingredients, but it didn’t taste that way.
The service was fantastic. The staff was nice enough to let me try a lot of the flavours of the ice cream. I tried the royal chocolate-it reminds me of the old magnolia ice cream before it was revamped. I tried many man flavours. In the end I chose the above flavours, the combination I chose was quite nice in fact.
We didn’t really have a great time sitting there as we were disturb by the 2 little flies bugging us as we were enjoying our cakes.
The price was really reasonable. We paid $10.60 for the above.
Rating given: