UNO Beef House is one of my favourite place for western food! I believe they are famous for their steaks, but since I'm no steak lover I can't give any steaky recommendations.
But their fish & chips and chicken chops are excellent! Portion is large and prices are reasonable (around $4.50 and above).
It helps that they are so near my home. :) Highly recommended if you happen to be free to drop by.
I totally agree with Natsu, the queuing system at IKEA Restaurant & Cafe made me felt like I was in National Service again! Queuing up and picking up food along the way just feels so much like NS.
In case you are wondering, no that is not a compliment. :)
The food is pretty decent, but the price is a little on the high side. I tried their Chicken Chop Rice.
Finally, getting seats might prove to be difficult with the amount of people there. So be prepared to spend a little time waiting.
This is not a copy of Aroy Thai as we thought. We were wondering how come the prices are so much cheaper compared to Aroy and discovered that it was Ah Loy and not Aroy.
Food is above average. So far we have been there twice and they have a wide selection of items all at reasonable prices. A plate of Phad Thai is about $3 which makes it even cheaper than some mass produced Phad Thai found at some food courts...so it definitely a must try for Phad Thai lovers.
They have all the regular Thai fares and must say that the portions are tasty and just right for 2 persons. The total bill came up to be less than $20 for 4 dishes and dessert. So it really is budget. Also they do not charge GST and Service charge.
What's more, Tom's Palette is just next door, so you can hop to the next shop to get your home made ice cream after a hearty meal.
Was at Millenia Walk with two girlfriends and I wanted to try out Abof, but the price was alittle high for a casual dinner. So we went to Bab Noodle. Although the name suggested that they serves noodle, but I saw my rice on the menu. To change the rice to noodles is an additional $2. Shouldn't they call it Bab Rice then?
Anyway, the 3 of us ordered 2 starters to share and a main each with iced lychee tea for all of us. There were 3 lady staff at work. And as it was late already, the place was rather empty. We were given all the attention we needed. So this was great. Except for my missing straw in my drink, and the fallen spoon from my table. Other than that, the service was great.
Now the food... the starters - Pidan with cold tofu and Seafood tofu were great! Love the taste. As for the main, I was contemplating between the Sukiyaki Beef Set and the Stew Beef with Karrage Chicken Set. I asked the lady who took our order which she recommends, and Sukiyaki was her choice. So I gave that a try. The serving was rather big for me. I was too full only half way through the set. But then the main problem came when I reached home couple of hours later... yap... had a "blasting" time in the loo... perhaps its the beef. As there were some that I thought looked weird. Or again, might be due to the combo of food I had for dinner. Lucky for me, I feel better now after the blasting.
Total spent by the 3 of us was $58.40.
For the service and attention, I give 2 stars and for the value-for-money set meals I'm giving another. Not going to rate the food as my experience was probably uncalled for.
Page One at Vivo is a moderate-sized bookstore with split levels. The higher section is for the Chinese books and the lower one for English.
Variety - They sure cramped a whole lot of books in this place. All the shelves are well filled from top to bottom. Some of the shelves are unusually high and they have little ladders at strategic places. I, being quite short, didn't notice the ladders at first and was jumping for some of the books on the higher shelf. I enjoy many sections in a bookstore and certainly appreciated how they had such a large Chinese section. Their books range from the recently published to those that look really before my time.
Service - Although the staff looked really busy and it's hard to find one standing around, they have people manning information counters well-placed around the store. Just approach the counters and someone would lead you to the right place. That's good service. I also noticed one of them tending to a lady patiently, offering additional information and his opinion on some of the books, which is beyond what I would expect.
Layout - Horrid really. The shelves are not neatly placed and have a certain "design" to them. The signs to the various sections are painted on the pillars and are not pointing in any obvious direction. Some steps are not easily seen and could cause a fall or two. Thank goodness for the staff or I wouldn't have found what I needed.
All in all? I like bookstores and this is one I like but I wish I needn't spend time trying to find my way about the place.
I always wanted to try this restaurant because it looks interesting. So, I went with my Dear there for dinner a couple of weeks ago, and very disappointed with the food quality.
Firstly, the drinks: I ordered hot green tea and my Dear ordered English tea. They served the ‘hot’ green tea (which is warm not hot) in a ’soup bowl’ (maybe be interesting to some pple) and my dear’s English tea, they never give him a teaspoon to stir in the sugar. Can’t possibly asked him to use the spoon in the sugar pot rite?
Secondly, the sushi: The ingredients are fresh, but the rice are not well made; in the sense that it was not properly shaped. The rice fall apart easily. :(
Thirdly, the tori karage: It’s a bit too oily, tough.
Fourth, the chicken wings: Crispy but too salty.
Fifth, the chawanmushi: They should not use SPRING ONIONS. Their taste are overpowered. There are nothing much in the chawanmushi. No crabmeat stick, only a traces of fish cake and 2 small bits of shrimp. Not much taste also. It’s a TOTAL DISAPPOINTMENT.
Sixth, my Main dish - Shoyu Ramen: The soup base is fine. Not too salty. The ramen are well cooked. So, what is wrong with this dish? The Char Siu. VERY FATTENING. I can see mostly FATS, no much meat. They are tough. Not those that melt in the mouth kind even though they have so much layer of FATS.
Seventh, my dear’s Main dish - Tori Fried Rice: The miso soup is ok. The rice was fried with garlic. Dried, but oily. Very oily. Not much taste, the only flavour are the slight garlicky taste and the Fried Tori.
We finished all the dishes, not becoz they are delicious, its becoz we were too HUNGRY.
When we made payment at the counter, then we saw that they, as a Japanese Restaurant, is famous for their claypot Laksa! o.O SURPRISE!!!!!!
What a pleasant surprise, when I discovered the good food and excellent service at Hog's Breathe Cafe yesterday. It was my birthday, so the good stuffs were definitely welcomed!
I had their Atlantic Salmon with fries and salad. The portion is huge and it's very nice! I tried their Chicken Tender too, which is just as good.
The prices are fairly reasonable for their portion. At the end of the meal we were really really full!
Geylang is full of durian shops and sometimes it can be very intimidating to walk up to one and eat there, especially with the slew of bad reviews and experiences that we have heard about, like getting charged $100 over for a few durians.
So at first we were all skeptical about this shop since we tried a few and most of them just wanted to push the expensive ones to us. But this turned out to be the best experience in eating durians at Geylang.
We started out asking for the 3 for $20 (D24) durians and in the end ordered 6 durians. The "meat" looks just right and we just could not wait to get a taste of it. Perhaps you can judge for yourselves from the pictures above. Note : We did not have to select it ourselves. He selected it for us and we were thoroughly satisfied with his selection. He even asked us if we wanted the sweet or bitter type? We opted for a mix of both.
The stall owner is especially friendly. He provided us with free mineral water and waited patiently while we were waiting for our kaki to arrive. We started out with 3 durians for 8 persons and he did not show any sign of irritation (as to why we ordered so little). Guess he knew that we could not stop at 3. In the end we ordered 6 and tar pao another 6. So he must have been happy.
This is one durian stall with a service oriented boss. When he noticed one of our kaki not digging into his durian (not a durian lover), he went to grab a basket of rambutans and chikus and gave it to us FREE!
Again we were skeptical. Is it for real? But in the end he did not charge us for it. It really is free. Perhaps there were a few "ang mo" in our kaki but I do not think it is because of that. He was friendly from the start.
Before we left, he gave us his name card. His name is Sam. So the next time we have a craving for durians, we will surely remember Sam. Recommended AAA triple rating.
And I'm not talking about chains like Mrs Fields and Famous Amos, those are just too sweet for my liking. Neither are they able to tweak their recipes to reduce the tons of sugar they put in.
So it is a great to find an independent shop like Wooden Spoon which makes uniquely great muffins that are moist, dense but fluffy and full of flavor. Plus, it tastes of less sugar and more of the ingredients. The sweetness comes mainly from natural ingredients like raisins and bananas, just the way the health conscious would like them. No more having to deal with muffins loaded with tons of sugar! Another feature I like is the absence of the paper cups, so no more peeling off those cups and you can just eat everything.
Particularly, their banana walnut muffins, when broken open, reveals the generous amount of banana mashed into the little package, like banana walnut bread.
Also try the scones. Bite onto the crunchy exterior to reveal the buttery and soft insides with a zap of natural sugar from the raisins baked into it. Goes perfectly with your favorite warm, caffeine-laced drinks.
Besides their muffins and scones, Wooden Spoon also makes a variety of cookies, brownies, cakes and so on. However, note that everything here is produced in limited numbers and they will close shop once everything is sold out. It was already closed when I came by just past 6pm on a weekday. So if you are interested, do come by earlier for a true homemade fix.
Imagine dining more than 100m above Orchard Road and going round and round. We thought that we would suffer from indigestion after this merry go round but that did not happen. The revolving concept was pleasant and not dizzifying.
Service is excellent here with the staffs very accomodating to our requests. We came up at about 6:30 when the sun was still shining and stayed till after 9pm, when the city lights provided a nice backdrop to our dining experience.
Reservations were made 1 week in advance and meals were also ordered then. So when we were shown to our tables, there was nothing else for us to do but to enjoy the ambience and scenery.
We order 2 main courses and dessert and the ambience coupled with the warm atmosphere just makes the meal taste better. I must say that the staffs here went to great lengths to make sure that we had an excellent experience. The details that they paid attention to was something that we did not expect. Surely a place to plan your next special event. This meal costs us $120 but it was well worth it. And did I forget to say that there were also singers going round to the tables to sing a song for you. Be kind and choose a song that does not require much vocal exercise.
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UNO Beef House is one of my favourite place for western food! I believe they are famous for their steaks, but since I'm no steak lover I can't give any steaky recommendations.
But their fish & chips and chicken chops are excellent! Portion is large and prices are reasonable (around $4.50 and above).
It helps that they are so near my home. :) Highly recommended if you happen to be free to drop by.
Rating given:
I totally agree with Natsu, the queuing system at IKEA Restaurant & Cafe made me felt like I was in National Service again! Queuing up and picking up food along the way just feels so much like NS.
In case you are wondering, no that is not a compliment. :)
The food is pretty decent, but the price is a little on the high side. I tried their Chicken Chop Rice.
Finally, getting seats might prove to be difficult with the amount of people there. So be prepared to spend a little time waiting.
Rating given:
This is not a copy of Aroy Thai as we thought. We were wondering how come the prices are so much cheaper compared to Aroy and discovered that it was Ah Loy and not Aroy.
Food is above average. So far we have been there twice and they have a wide selection of items all at reasonable prices. A plate of Phad Thai is about $3 which makes it even cheaper than some mass produced Phad Thai found at some food courts...so it definitely a must try for Phad Thai lovers.
They have all the regular Thai fares and must say that the portions are tasty and just right for 2 persons. The total bill came up to be less than $20 for 4 dishes and dessert. So it really is budget. Also they do not charge GST and Service charge.
What's more, Tom's Palette is just next door, so you can hop to the next shop to get your home made ice cream after a hearty meal.
Rating given:
Was at Millenia Walk with two girlfriends and I wanted to try out Abof, but the price was alittle high for a casual dinner. So we went to Bab Noodle. Although the name suggested that they serves noodle, but I saw my rice on the menu. To change the rice to noodles is an additional $2. Shouldn't they call it Bab Rice then?
Anyway, the 3 of us ordered 2 starters to share and a main each with iced lychee tea for all of us. There were 3 lady staff at work. And as it was late already, the place was rather empty. We were given all the attention we needed. So this was great. Except for my missing straw in my drink, and the fallen spoon from my table. Other than that, the service was great.
Now the food... the starters - Pidan with cold tofu and Seafood tofu were great! Love the taste. As for the main, I was contemplating between the Sukiyaki Beef Set and the Stew Beef with Karrage Chicken Set. I asked the lady who took our order which she recommends, and Sukiyaki was her choice. So I gave that a try. The serving was rather big for me. I was too full only half way through the set. But then the main problem came when I reached home couple of hours later... yap... had a "blasting" time in the loo... perhaps its the beef. As there were some that I thought looked weird. Or again, might be due to the combo of food I had for dinner. Lucky for me, I feel better now after the blasting.
Total spent by the 3 of us was $58.40.
For the service and attention, I give 2 stars and for the value-for-money set meals I'm giving another. Not going to rate the food as my experience was probably uncalled for.
Rating given:
Page One at Vivo is a moderate-sized bookstore with split levels. The higher section is for the Chinese books and the lower one for English.
Variety - They sure cramped a whole lot of books in this place. All the shelves are well filled from top to bottom. Some of the shelves are unusually high and they have little ladders at strategic places. I, being quite short, didn't notice the ladders at first and was jumping for some of the books on the higher shelf. I enjoy many sections in a bookstore and certainly appreciated how they had such a large Chinese section. Their books range from the recently published to those that look really before my time.
Service - Although the staff looked really busy and it's hard to find one standing around, they have people manning information counters well-placed around the store. Just approach the counters and someone would lead you to the right place. That's good service. I also noticed one of them tending to a lady patiently, offering additional information and his opinion on some of the books, which is beyond what I would expect.
Layout - Horrid really. The shelves are not neatly placed and have a certain "design" to them. The signs to the various sections are painted on the pillars and are not pointing in any obvious direction. Some steps are not easily seen and could cause a fall or two. Thank goodness for the staff or I wouldn't have found what I needed.
All in all? I like bookstores and this is one I like but I wish I needn't spend time trying to find my way about the place.
Rating given:
I always wanted to try this restaurant because it looks interesting. So, I went with my Dear there for dinner a couple of weeks ago, and very disappointed with the food quality.
Firstly, the drinks:
I ordered hot green tea and my Dear ordered English tea. They served the ‘hot’ green tea (which is warm not hot) in a ’soup bowl’ (maybe be interesting to some pple) and my dear’s English tea, they never give him a teaspoon to stir in the sugar. Can’t possibly asked him to use the spoon in the sugar pot rite?
Secondly, the sushi:
The ingredients are fresh, but the rice are not well made; in the sense that it was not properly shaped. The rice fall apart easily. :(
Thirdly, the tori karage:
It’s a bit too oily, tough.
Fourth, the chicken wings:
Crispy but too salty.
Fifth, the chawanmushi:
They should not use SPRING ONIONS. Their taste are overpowered. There are nothing much in the chawanmushi. No crabmeat stick, only a traces of fish cake and 2 small bits of shrimp. Not much taste also. It’s a TOTAL DISAPPOINTMENT.
Sixth, my Main dish - Shoyu Ramen:
The soup base is fine. Not too salty. The ramen are well cooked. So, what is wrong with this dish? The Char Siu. VERY FATTENING. I can see mostly FATS, no much meat. They are tough. Not those that melt in the mouth kind even though they have so much layer of FATS.
Seventh, my dear’s Main dish - Tori Fried Rice:
The miso soup is ok. The rice was fried with garlic. Dried, but oily. Very oily. Not much taste, the only flavour are the slight garlicky taste and the Fried Tori.
We finished all the dishes, not becoz they are delicious, its becoz we were too HUNGRY.
When we made payment at the counter, then we saw that they, as a Japanese Restaurant, is famous for their claypot Laksa! o.O SURPRISE!!!!!!
Rating given:
What a pleasant surprise, when I discovered the good food and excellent service at Hog's Breathe Cafe yesterday. It was my birthday, so the good stuffs were definitely welcomed!
I had their Atlantic Salmon with fries and salad. The portion is huge and it's very nice! I tried their Chicken Tender too, which is just as good.
The prices are fairly reasonable for their portion. At the end of the meal we were really really full!
Definitely must re-visit. :)
Rating given:
Geylang is full of durian shops and sometimes it can be very intimidating to walk up to one and eat there, especially with the slew of bad reviews and experiences that we have heard about, like getting charged $100 over for a few durians.
So at first we were all skeptical about this shop since we tried a few and most of them just wanted to push the expensive ones to us. But this turned out to be the best experience in eating durians at Geylang.
We started out asking for the 3 for $20 (D24) durians and in the end ordered 6 durians. The "meat" looks just right and we just could not wait to get a taste of it. Perhaps you can judge for yourselves from the pictures above. Note : We did not have to select it ourselves. He selected it for us and we were thoroughly satisfied with his selection. He even asked us if we wanted the sweet or bitter type? We opted for a mix of both.
The stall owner is especially friendly. He provided us with free mineral water and waited patiently while we were waiting for our kaki to arrive. We started out with 3 durians for 8 persons and he did not show any sign of irritation (as to why we ordered so little). Guess he knew that we could not stop at 3. In the end we ordered 6 and tar pao another 6. So he must have been happy.
This is one durian stall with a service oriented boss. When he noticed one of our kaki not digging into his durian (not a durian lover), he went to grab a basket of rambutans and chikus and gave it to us FREE!
Again we were skeptical. Is it for real? But in the end he did not charge us for it. It really is free. Perhaps there were a few "ang mo" in our kaki but I do not think it is because of that. He was friendly from the start.
Before we left, he gave us his name card. His name is Sam. So the next time we have a craving for durians, we will surely remember Sam. Recommended AAA triple rating.
Rating given:
What's after donuts?
How about homemade muffins and scones?
And I'm not talking about chains like Mrs Fields and Famous Amos, those are just too sweet for my liking. Neither are they able to tweak their recipes to reduce the tons of sugar they put in.
So it is a great to find an independent shop like Wooden Spoon which makes uniquely great muffins that are moist, dense but fluffy and full of flavor. Plus, it tastes of less sugar and more of the ingredients. The sweetness comes mainly from natural ingredients like raisins and bananas, just the way the health conscious would like them. No more having to deal with muffins loaded with tons of sugar! Another feature I like is the absence of the paper cups, so no more peeling off those cups and you can just eat everything.
Particularly, their banana walnut muffins, when broken open, reveals the generous amount of banana mashed into the little package, like banana walnut bread.
Also try the scones. Bite onto the crunchy exterior to reveal the buttery and soft insides with a zap of natural sugar from the raisins baked into it. Goes perfectly with your favorite warm, caffeine-laced drinks.
Besides their muffins and scones, Wooden Spoon also makes a variety of cookies, brownies, cakes and so on. However, note that everything here is produced in limited numbers and they will close shop once everything is sold out. It was already closed when I came by just past 6pm on a weekday. So if you are interested, do come by earlier for a true homemade fix.
Rating given:
Imagine dining more than 100m above Orchard Road and going round and round. We thought that we would suffer from indigestion after this merry go round but that did not happen. The revolving concept was pleasant and not dizzifying.
Service is excellent here with the staffs very accomodating to our requests. We came up at about 6:30 when the sun was still shining and stayed till after 9pm, when the city lights provided a nice backdrop to our dining experience.
Reservations were made 1 week in advance and meals were also ordered then. So when we were shown to our tables, there was nothing else for us to do but to enjoy the ambience and scenery.
We order 2 main courses and dessert and the ambience coupled with the warm atmosphere just makes the meal taste better. I must say that the staffs here went to great lengths to make sure that we had an excellent experience. The details that they paid attention to was something that we did not expect. Surely a place to plan your next special event. This meal costs us $120 but it was well worth it. And did I forget to say that there were also singers going round to the tables to sing a song for you. Be kind and choose a song that does not require much vocal exercise.
Rating given: