This is a Korean mini-mart situated in a neighbourhood shopping centre. There’s food as well as stationery, toiletries.
I like to go there to buy Korean Cellophane Noodles (the “dong fen” that we have, but Korean’s one is made of tapioca) as they have various packing sizes (300g, 500g, 1kg) as well as different brands (although I always take the cheapest one). They not only have the same kim chi brands that you can get at Cold Storage or Isetan Orchard, but also some other brands, although is generally those few types of veg. For instant noodles, they do have A LOT , and they also sell some at individual packs. From the normal kimchi flavour soup-based noodles, to the cold noodles (soup-based or dry-based), just that the pricing is also definitely higher than the normal ones you can get at NTUC. If you like the road-side “fried nian gao”, they have the frozen white nian gao (roll-shape or flat-shape) where you can buy and fry it yourself.
The only bad thing is, the food stuff does not come with English on how to cook, nor does it have the pictures (like Jap food stuff) where you can roughly guess the steps. Pricing wise, probably because they offer things that are not widely distributed in Spore, some of the prices are pretty high one, probably making up of Korean retail price cross-border transport margin price.
Initially, I took ANA purely for the fact that the price is cheaper than JAL and have fewer restrictions on flight changes. But after the return trip to Sapporo (Hokkaido) via Tokyo, my impression of ANA is now very good.
On the flight out of Singapore, I was a bit annoyed when I saw a catalog onboard that says that they serve instant noodle and rice balls etc, at a small fee. Later when I saw an air stewardess serve a small bottle of red wine (around 300ml) to another passenger, I thus thought that it would be at a fee. But apparently it is not. For this (the small bottle), I thought it was a better touch to the heart than SQ where they serve from the big bottle. But of course, the small bottles also meant that it is a specially-bottled drink, which may (or may not) be of a lower quality than the big bottles.
On the flight out of Tokyo Narita Airport, I was quite touched when I saw that the dessert was a small cake that says “Merry Christmas” – it was Christmas Eve when I board the plane. And the onboard entertainment displayed “Happy Holidays” at the end, when we were waiting to get off the plane.
But I must say that their onboard entertainment selection list is not as good as SQ, but still better than certain airlines where I am forced to watch through the whole movie without pause, rewind and forward.
It is a high class restaurant within a university campus. Do not expect cheap prices. Minimum price to pay for a decent meal is $10
We ordered a set package for 4, despite being 5 persons in total. Damage is $60 .
The food is quite tasty, and the staff are quite diligent in making the dining table clean. They will replace your plates after a dish of prawns, so that you wont have to eat the next dish together with a sea of prawn shells.
Though diligent, they can also be quite forgetful in remembering your special orders.
Meanwhile, Sun Asian Bistro is a good place for good classy food within university campus.
I went to a few Cafe Cartel branches, but so far I find the ambience at Marina Square the best. Though it can get crowded at times, but the situation there can never get as rowdy as Tampines Mall or Plaza Singapura.
For students who have limited savings to spend on restaurants, Cafe Cartel is a good choice as they offer huge servings of food for the low price. Of course, do not expect 5 star rating for the food. They can fill your stomach, but wont satisfy the thirst for great food.
All time favourite is the St Louis pork ribs. $11 and you get meat, salad, fries, unlimited bread and cold water.
Honey Pork Ribs is recommended if you do not like so much sauce on your ribs. $13
I used to like Cafe Cartel's bread and they are crispy when served fresh. However, I noticed that their standard plunge greatly as the bread taste more like sponges nowadays.
They used to have pork ribs promotion, where you can get the 7th one free.
The crispy pork ribs taste horrible. Too oily.
They have 50% off cakes and drinks after 9pm. Nice promo, but too bad their cakes tasty horrible. too much sponge, too dry.
Beware that at cafe cartel, you might end up serving yourself, as the staff are not that efficient topping up your water.
Fisherios is famous for beer fish and chips (cost $7.90 each). If you are used to Ikea Fish and Chips, the one from Fisherios might seem too small a serving. The beer flavour is not very strong too. Tartar sauce is provided, and you can always ask for more.
The kitchen place is open concept. You can see the staff preparing your food as you wait at the table. There is only one bar table, so do not choose this place if there is a huge group of you dining. Seating is on first grab first seat basis. No staff will be stationed to get you your seats.
There is escargots too, but it doesn't look that appealing to me.
On the whole, only try this place if you want a change of dining place once in a while.
I like to go there to buy Korean Cellophane Noodles (the “dong fen” that we have, but Korean’s one is made of tapioca) as they have various packing sizes (300g, 500g, 1kg) as well as different brands (although I always take the cheapest one). They not only have the same kim chi brands that you can get at Cold Storage or Isetan Orchard, but also some other brands, although is generally those few types of veg. For instant noodles, they do have A LOT , and they also sell some at individual packs. From the normal kimchi flavour soup-based noodles, to the cold noodles (soup-based or dry-based), just that the pricing is also definitely higher than the normal ones you can get at NTUC. If you like the road-side “fried nian gao”, they have the frozen white nian gao (roll-shape or flat-shape) where you can buy and fry it yourself.
The only bad thing is, the food stuff does not come with English on how to cook, nor does it have the pictures (like Jap food stuff) where you can roughly guess the steps. Pricing wise, probably because they offer things that are not widely distributed in Spore, some of the prices are pretty high one, probably making up of Korean retail price cross-border transport margin price.
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On the flight out of Singapore, I was a bit annoyed when I saw a catalog onboard that says that they serve instant noodle and rice balls etc, at a small fee. Later when I saw an air stewardess serve a small bottle of red wine (around 300ml) to another passenger, I thus thought that it would be at a fee. But apparently it is not. For this (the small bottle), I thought it was a better touch to the heart than SQ where they serve from the big bottle. But of course, the small bottles also meant that it is a specially-bottled drink, which may (or may not) be of a lower quality than the big bottles.
On the flight out of Tokyo Narita Airport, I was quite touched when I saw that the dessert was a small cake that says “Merry Christmas” – it was Christmas Eve when I board the plane. And the onboard entertainment displayed “Happy Holidays” at the end, when we were waiting to get off the plane.
But I must say that their onboard entertainment selection list is not as good as SQ, but still better than certain airlines where I am forced to watch through the whole movie without pause, rewind and forward.
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We ordered a set package for 4, despite being 5 persons in total. Damage is $60 .
The food is quite tasty, and the staff are quite diligent in making the dining table clean. They will replace your plates after a dish of prawns, so that you wont have to eat the next dish together with a sea of prawn shells.
Though diligent, they can also be quite forgetful in remembering your special orders.
Meanwhile, Sun Asian Bistro is a good place for good classy food within university campus.
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For students who have limited savings to spend on restaurants, Cafe Cartel is a good choice as they offer huge servings of food for the low price. Of course, do not expect 5 star rating for the food. They can fill your stomach, but wont satisfy the thirst for great food.
All time favourite is the St Louis pork ribs. $11 and you get meat, salad, fries, unlimited bread and cold water.
Honey Pork Ribs is recommended if you do not like so much sauce on your ribs. $13
I used to like Cafe Cartel's bread and they are crispy when served fresh. However, I noticed that their standard plunge greatly as the bread taste more like sponges nowadays.
They used to have pork ribs promotion, where you can get the 7th one free.
The crispy pork ribs taste horrible. Too oily.
They have 50% off cakes and drinks after 9pm. Nice promo, but too bad their cakes tasty horrible. too much sponge, too dry.
Beware that at cafe cartel, you might end up serving yourself, as the staff are not that efficient topping up your water.
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The kitchen place is open concept. You can see the staff preparing your food as you wait at the table. There is only one bar table, so do not choose this place if there is a huge group of you dining. Seating is on first grab first seat basis. No staff will be stationed to get you your seats.
There is escargots too, but it doesn't look that appealing to me.
On the whole, only try this place if you want a change of dining place once in a while.
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