I don't have the exact address of this food outlet, but it is located at the basement of Plaza Singapura, just when you enter the building from the MRT station.
I was in a rush and was looking for somewhere for a quick meal. This lady gave me this piece of paper showing a list of promotional items and set meals. The price seemed relatively reasonable, plus they assured that food would be ready very soon. So I decided to eat there.
Indeed the food came very soon. But I was quite disappointed. I ordered fish and chips. There were 2 small pieces of fish fillet that was over-cooked. And it looked like those fish fingers that you can get from the frozen food section of NTUC. The two pieces of fish fillet could be just slightly over the size of a palm. There were more fries visible on the plate than fish. I paid $9.90 for that and a bowl of soup.
I was browsing through the menu and I realized that the food there were really expensive, if the portion served were to be all the same as what I ordered. Everything was over-priced. No quantity, no quality. I told myself then, I won't come back here to eat again.
I have passed by this cafe many times, both the one at NAC and Tampines Mall. We won’t be surprised if we see the one at NAC packed all the time. Hey, it’s town after all right! But the one at TM is empty. Good thing it’s air-conditioned, if not there’s a high likelihood they smack flies most of the time.
Decided to try the food there today after checking out the menu. Didn’t look too pricey, so well, let’s give this place a chance yea. Walked in and saw someone eating fried rice. Looked good. But I wanted to order a set lunch that came with a dessert. I asked if I could change my dessert to something else. They said that I could, but I need to pay extra - even if it meant that I asked for something the same price!
Eventually I got myself a bowl of Crispy Chicken Noodle (or something like that) with soup. It cost me $6 I think, out of which the 2 small pieces of chicken they served could have cost them only 30c. You know, the sort you get from NTUC in a packet? The soup was quite blend. On the whole, it was quite plain other than for the chicken I had. And to think this cost me $6 when I think hawker centres have better noodles at $3 :s
Dorothy Perkins is just like Topshop I must say. I used to get the impression that DP sold plus size clothes while topshop was like the smaller-sized-clothes version of DP. But I was wrong because DP actually has clothes ranging from sizes 6 to 16 or so. However, maybe because DP is kinda popular among many people, most of the time it's quite hard to find clothes size 10 and below.
I wouldn't say that the pricing of the items here are all right. As a matter of fact, I'd say that for some stuff the price is kinda steep. For instance, I was eyeing this long skirt that could be worn as a dress too. I feel that it was very ordinary but I was surprised that it costs $69! Kinda steep I'd say.
Nonetheless, I do agree that because of the place being less crowded, it does make shopping here more enjoyable. It's not exactly the same for all outlets. Parkway is one of the more spacious outlet, unlike the one at Plaza Singapure for example. Service here is fine too. Perhaps people staying in the east would prefer to shop at this outlet, instead of having to go all the way to town. But I think the items sold at various outlets might vary slightly as I could not find a particular item at the Parkway outlet, after seeing it at PS.
We all hear so much about the Swedish meatballs and, well basically Ikea Tampines' restaurant. What about it being bigger, with more tables and food and stuff. Well, I really don't know if it really is that great after all.
To begin with, I must say that they put their creativity into good use when thinking of how to make dining more convenient. As it happens for many when ordering food, usually one tray is not enough to hold all our plates and Ikea has a solution to this. If we can use trolley when shopping for groceries, why not the same for food? With it being my first time there, I was really impressed by the three-tier trolley.
To make dining more enjoyable, Ikea has kindly offered to push your trolleys back for you after you've ordered your food. However, I feel that the place is shorthanded and there are constantly trolleys around that gets in the way.
So, after getting a table, I went to order my food. Despite the horribly long queue, I was surprised to be out of it real soon. The concept of taking your own food and having to make minimum orders was quite a smart idea as the queue moves faster this way.
I ordered their Spaghetti with meatballs ($7 ) and a poached salmon ($6.50). Price sounds fine, but I must say the servings are really small and the quality of the food is not that great after all. The meatballs are actually.. no big deal. It does not go well with the spaghetti, and it does not have any unique taste (or so I was expecting). Kinda overrated I'd say. The side dish for the salmon was bad, literally. The broccoli looked like some withering old plant (you won't want to see it, what more eat it); the potato was really hard.
Having to wait 20min for a table just for this (apart from the free flow of drinks that could be a plus point).. nah, not worth it..
A little bit of everything.
That's what I'd use to describe this place. They have a little bit of many different styles of food.
From outside, this place looks like a Western dining place. Something like.. Breeks!. But when you take a look at the menu, they have different types of dishes. Very much like a fusion of Italian, Indonesian, Western etc.
I really like their Calamari rings. It is served with a Thai sauce that is sweet and a little spicy, and has a fragrance that comes from, I think, lemongrass. And better still, it cost only $3.90! I thought that was a really good price!
But other than that, I thought that the other things that I tried, such as the Belado Chicken and the Chilli Crab pizza, were not that great. You could make the pizza yourself and the Belado Chicken seemed like a $10 Nasi Lemak..
Being a calamari-fan, I would definitely be extremely biased if I said that this place was good and definitely worth going..
1=SGD 0.0587
I was in a rush and was looking for somewhere for a quick meal. This lady gave me this piece of paper showing a list of promotional items and set meals. The price seemed relatively reasonable, plus they assured that food would be ready very soon. So I decided to eat there.
Indeed the food came very soon. But I was quite disappointed. I ordered fish and chips. There were 2 small pieces of fish fillet that was over-cooked. And it looked like those fish fingers that you can get from the frozen food section of NTUC. The two pieces of fish fillet could be just slightly over the size of a palm. There were more fries visible on the plate than fish. I paid $9.90 for that and a bowl of soup.
I was browsing through the menu and I realized that the food there were really expensive, if the portion served were to be all the same as what I ordered. Everything was over-priced. No quantity, no quality. I told myself then, I won't come back here to eat again.
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Decided to try the food there today after checking out the menu. Didn’t look too pricey, so well, let’s give this place a chance yea. Walked in and saw someone eating fried rice. Looked good. But I wanted to order a set lunch that came with a dessert. I asked if I could change my dessert to something else. They said that I could, but I need to pay extra - even if it meant that I asked for something the same price!
Eventually I got myself a bowl of Crispy Chicken Noodle (or something like that) with soup. It cost me $6 I think, out of which the 2 small pieces of chicken they served could have cost them only 30c. You know, the sort you get from NTUC in a packet? The soup was quite blend. On the whole, it was quite plain other than for the chicken I had. And to think this cost me $6 when I think hawker centres have better noodles at $3 :s
Disappointing..
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I wouldn't say that the pricing of the items here are all right. As a matter of fact, I'd say that for some stuff the price is kinda steep. For instance, I was eyeing this long skirt that could be worn as a dress too. I feel that it was very ordinary but I was surprised that it costs $69! Kinda steep I'd say.
Nonetheless, I do agree that because of the place being less crowded, it does make shopping here more enjoyable. It's not exactly the same for all outlets. Parkway is one of the more spacious outlet, unlike the one at Plaza Singapure for example. Service here is fine too. Perhaps people staying in the east would prefer to shop at this outlet, instead of having to go all the way to town. But I think the items sold at various outlets might vary slightly as I could not find a particular item at the Parkway outlet, after seeing it at PS.
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To begin with, I must say that they put their creativity into good use when thinking of how to make dining more convenient. As it happens for many when ordering food, usually one tray is not enough to hold all our plates and Ikea has a solution to this. If we can use trolley when shopping for groceries, why not the same for food? With it being my first time there, I was really impressed by the three-tier trolley.
To make dining more enjoyable, Ikea has kindly offered to push your trolleys back for you after you've ordered your food. However, I feel that the place is shorthanded and there are constantly trolleys around that gets in the way.
So, after getting a table, I went to order my food. Despite the horribly long queue, I was surprised to be out of it real soon. The concept of taking your own food and having to make minimum orders was quite a smart idea as the queue moves faster this way.
I ordered their Spaghetti with meatballs ($7 ) and a poached salmon ($6.50). Price sounds fine, but I must say the servings are really small and the quality of the food is not that great after all. The meatballs are actually.. no big deal. It does not go well with the spaghetti, and it does not have any unique taste (or so I was expecting). Kinda overrated I'd say. The side dish for the salmon was bad, literally. The broccoli looked like some withering old plant (you won't want to see it, what more eat it); the potato was really hard.
Having to wait 20min for a table just for this (apart from the free flow of drinks that could be a plus point).. nah, not worth it..
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That's what I'd use to describe this place. They have a little bit of many different styles of food.
From outside, this place looks like a Western dining place. Something like.. Breeks!. But when you take a look at the menu, they have different types of dishes. Very much like a fusion of Italian, Indonesian, Western etc.
I really like their Calamari rings. It is served with a Thai sauce that is sweet and a little spicy, and has a fragrance that comes from, I think, lemongrass. And better still, it cost only $3.90! I thought that was a really good price!
But other than that, I thought that the other things that I tried, such as the Belado Chicken and the Chilli Crab pizza, were not that great. You could make the pizza yourself and the Belado Chicken seemed like a $10 Nasi Lemak..
Being a calamari-fan, I would definitely be extremely biased if I said that this place was good and definitely worth going..
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