This is a little stall selling chiffons and cupcakes very near my office. Sometimes if I forget to bring my breakfast to work, I'd buy chiffons and cupcakes from here.
The chiffons and cupcakes are said to be free of preservatives, and contain lesser sugar.
Chiffons sell between $1.20 to $1.60. I forgot how much the cupcakes cost but should be around the same price.
They don't taste too sweet and they are very soft.
There are many flavours to choose from - orange, banana, cheese, chocolate, oreo, strawberry yoghurt, blueberry, coffee etc. (many more other flavours)
I wouldn't rate it as excellent now because I find it too expensive :P
Emperor's Soup - a restaurant headed by Executive Chef Edmond Lui, whose stellar resume includes a decade of service at Pine Court, stints at Marina Mandarin, Lei Garden and the now defunct Boulevard Hotel. Purportedly well versed in the art of high end Cantonese cuisine, Chef Lui aims to offer restaurant quality food at neighbourhood prices.
Nestled in the former seedy neighbourhood of Joo Chiat just down the road from Canton Wok and Joo Heng, Emperor's Soup occupies a small unit space that probably seats about 30 pax, so if you are coming on weekends for dinner, a reservation might be a good thing to have. The interior is simply done up with red curtains and wooden racks exhibiting replica Chinese antiques and ornaments. Instrumental Chinese music wafts through the air from a portable stereo system located near the entrance to the washroom.
Double Boiled Shark Bone Soup with Mushroom and Bamboo Shoots & Fish Maw with Sea Cucumber and Shark's Fin Broth - At first glance, I thought the bowl holding the milky broth would be the shark bone soup but it turned out to be the shark's fin broth, which was really quite a deviation from the norm, especially when the shark bone soup turned out brownish in colour. This non milky shark bone soup is definitely a first for me and it tasted exactly like shark's fin soup but much starchier. Very average if you ask me.
The averageness carried on to the shark's fin broth, which came across as a little too milky for my liking. I couldn't actually make out any sea cucumber so either they missed it out or I wasn't looking hard enough.
Soft Shell Crab with Minced Pork - I honestly didn't quite take to this dish although I must admit that the soft shell crab was quite well fried. The minced pork or 肉松 was crispy and not too sweet as well but personally I found it overly oily from the amount of oil the deep fried batter absorbed. Sans the oil, I would probably have liked it a whole lot more.
Superior Bird's Nest with Fresh Milk - I thought I had landed myself a bargain at $8 for superior bird's nest. But as the adage goes, you get what you pay for. Served atop a bed of egg white cooked with milk, the bird's nest was barely a teaspoonful which wasn't even sufficient to gauge the quality of it (not that I know much about differentiating the various grades of bird's nest). One peeve I have with this dish was the raw fishy smell that emitted from the egg white, although the egg white came across as rather bland.
Fried Crispy Duck - I must say that the crispy duck was quite decent, crisp on the outside yet tender on the inside. It tasted uncannily like KFC's original chicken except that this was duck. What I liked about the duck was that it tasted fresh. No traces of reused oil which is prevalent in a lot of such deep fried dishes. It also helped that the duck was boneless.
Steamed Beancurd and Scallop in Black Bean Sauce - Smooth quivery beancurd topped with thinly sliced scallops and covered with a mild black bean sauce. The verdict? Decent enough but would have been better if the scallops actually had some taste in them.
A slightly above average meal set the 2 of us back by almost $75, which doesn't quite equate value for money. Service was decent though. To be brutally honest, I didn't feel like an emperor after the meal, more like a pauper really. So much for the name.
A long long time ago, we have A & W for our fix of waffles and root beer floats. Now that they are gone, Waffletown seems to be the only substitute for A & W. Located in Balmoral Plaza at Bukit Timah, the place is actually quite accessible because its only about ten minutes walk away from Newton MRT. Taking a bus from Orchard road takes a mere ten minutes too.
Offering the same “American” style of fastfood, even the seats are “A & W”-like. There’s seats outside if you prefer to seat in their “al fresco” area, otherwise go on in to their air-conditioned areas inside.
The place is a let-down though, the seats are all right, just like your fastfood restaurant chain. But i find the interior to be a little shabby. Actually i am saying this because i felt that Waffletown has great potentials but the management somehow don’t seem to be too bothered about business.
To prove my point, look at the first picture, they took some ugly shots of their food and post it at their entrance. The unglam shots are not even their focus which is waffles. Instead the shots are pictures of some totally unrelated food like black pepper steak, fish and chips, grilled fish.
Single scoop chocolate chip waffle ($3.70)
As the name Waffletown imples, its a place for waffles after all. Thus selections for waffles are aplenty, with your plain waffles at $2.50, there’s ham waffle, sausage waffle, turkey bacon waffle, and of course ice cream waffles.
At $3.70 for a single scoop ice cream waffle, its really a steal though. Even Haato which has one of the cheaper waffles around, are selling at $6 for their single scoop waffles. But then again you can’t compare it this way because the ice cream at Haato are gelato, while the ones here are the normal ice cream.
Single scoop raspberry waffle ($3.70)
The raspberry ice cream is really nostalgic, remember the raspberry ice cream which we buy from the motorcycle uncle when we were young? Its exactly the same one! My friend says that raspberry flavor is still available at supermarket, but i can’t seem to find it.
But i can conclude that at the waffles are definitely better than Gelare. That one is expensive, normal days single scoop waffle is almost ten bucks, and their waffle isn’t even good.
2 Pc Fried Chicken set ($6.70)
The two piece fried chicken set at $6.70, prices are comparable to KFC, but the chicken is slightly better. For one, the chicken isn’t as oily as KFC’s, and nowadays KFC standards really are not consistent. The coleslaw and potato here are at most average, with the chicken faring better.
Total bill is $14.1 for 2 waffles and 2 piece fried chicken. Although the place can’t really substitute A&W which is deep in our heart, but it can be a replacement for now, until someone brings back A&W. I won’t say the waffles are that excellent, but at $3.70 they are really worth the price, and their fried chicken is all right if you dislike KFC.
You are always welcome to visit http://www.ladyironchef.com/2008/07/02/waffletown for a full-up on this trip. Whatever written herein are my genuine feelings expressed in words. Food, my dear, is what they call an adventure!
Had a dinner there with my family. The crowds there are mostly families, since it's a neighbourhood area.
Considering the crowd there, the service staff were still not bad. Not too slow.
I like it that I could just order by clicking at the computer beside the table. Need not wait for the staff to come and take order.
We took some sushi from the conveyor belt like lobster salad sushi, chuka kurage sushi, salmon skin sushi etc. All tasted not bad. Oh yeah, not forgeting the free flow preserved ginger :P
We also ordered from the menu:
Fried tofu - $2.99. Kind of expensive for 2 pieces of tofu. But I think everywhere else is about the same.
Chicken katsu cheese - $6.99. Would recommend this. kind of different. I like the thick cheese :) Abit of crisp on top.
Salmon sashimi (we ordered 3 plates) - $4.99. My family's all-time favourite. Salmon sashimis are thick and fresh. Taste shiok with the lemon, and also with the light soy sauce and wasabi.
Kimuchi ramen - $8.99. Would also recommend this for those who like kimchi. The soup is tasty. I also like the chicken and the egg in it.
Overall we spent around $80 for 5 people.
We were all satisfied with the meal. So it's quite good. Will go there again for family dinner. =)
Opened since September 1995, Michelangelo's is the flagship restaurant of Chef Angelo Sanelli's Michelangelo's Restaurant Group. It is strategically located in Holland Village, which is an expatriate enclave, with its sister restaurants Bentfork Cooking School, Original Sin and Sistina Ristorante in close proximity. Zambuca Italian Restaurant and Bar at Pan Pacific Singapore also fall under the same group.
Having my office strategically located around Holland Village area really spoil us for choice when it comes to lunch. But of course, going to nice restaurant usually occur on special restaurant, that is for a birthday celebration & another colleague's farewell.
I guess the best picks in an Italian restaurant is pasta and there's acctually a handful of choices to pick from. Set lunches are available as well, as $25 , which came with either a soup of the day or a mushroom with egg kind of appetiser (sorry, didn't note down the exact name of it). I ordered the latter and it was pretty good, with huge chunks of mushrooms and it went perfectly well with the watercres and venegar dressing. However, choice of main course for the set was very limited, with either one type of pasta or another beef cheek dish. Mine was the pasta, serving was not very big, just nice for my small appetite. The set meal was then completed with a chocolate mouse with jelly and a cup of coffee. Somehow, I do find the combination of sweet chocolate mousse with citrous jelly a bit weird.
But well, considering that a typical main course on the ala carte menu goes in the range of $20 , the set meal is pretty worth it. It'll be even more of a good deal if you have an AMEX card or Citibank card because there's a 1-for-1 promotion for set lunches with AMEX card and for Citibank card, it's a 1-for-1 promotion for selected ala carte main course during lunch hour. But mind you, both card can't be used at the same time.
Other than the food, service was really good. My glass was constantly topped up with iced water!
I took my graduation photos there after going through all the reviews. The boss is very friendly and the photo-taking session went quite well.
I took up the promotion only to top up for more photos to be processed. However, the same amount of money could be used elsewhere with makeup for the ladies included.
The plus point of this studio is that it has a wide range of universities graduation gowns. Touch ups are added by request. The range of frames could be more modernised if possible.
I have tried Spizza both in the restaurant itself and via the home delivery a few times.
Definitely things taste better when just out of the oven.
However, I think the delivery is also not bad. I ordered delivery for Mother's Day~And my mom liked it alot. As we all agreed, we'd prefer ordering from Spizza than others like Pizzahut and Canadian Pizza.
I have tried ordering delivery for the following:
Item Name: Adriano
Item Description: Smoked Salmon With Onion Rings And Capers
Item Price: $11
I love the smoked salmon...tasty~~woot! They come in big pieces too~
Item Name: Claudia
Item Description: Tomato, Bell Peppers, Zucchini, Eggplants, Artichokes, Mushrooms
My mom wanted something with more vegetables. She was satisfied with this pizza and enjoyed it.
Item Name: Juliana
Item Description: Tomato, Mozzarella, Cooked Ham, Pineapple
This is like our usual Hawaiian pizza. It's nice too~
The customer service staff answering the hotline are also friendly, patient and polite. They wld give recommendations and wait patiently for my decisions on the phone.
Personally I love tomyam. So I would definitely order Sen Lek Tom Yum Talay - Stick Noodles with Seafood in Tom Yum Soup.
The soup is great. The spicyness and the sourness is just right. Authentic tom yam soup...the clear type. I like~~
The prawns taste fresh and "bouncy". haha...
I've also tried the Khao Phat Supparod Talay - Thailand’s Pineapple Rice Fried with Seafood. It's good too. But they can do better with more taste in the rice.
As a side dish, I've tried Pla Muek Tod Krob - Thai Fried Squid. Not too bad, quite tasty, the but the squid is kind of tough to chew.
The place itself is quite cramp. I dislike the seats - not comfortable enough. The staff there (even the supervisor) are also quite noisy, especially at the counter.
I find the prices not really worth it too. Quite expensive.
$15 per pax. Normal soft drinks cost around $1 or $1 plus each.
I have eaten here 3 times. The standard is still good.
The variety is not bad. The foods to choose from are fresh and they include seafoods like clams, mussels, crabs, prawns, etc. A few types of mushrooms like clamshell mushroom, enoki (golden needle mushrooms), straw mushroom, wood ear, oyster mushrooms etc. And some other vegetables, fishballs, sotong balls, crabmeat, egg...etc etc.
There are 5 soups to choose from - si chuan, fish, chicken, mala, and tom yam. You can choose a maximum of 4 types of soups. My all-time favorite is tom yam!! They will come and refill your soup and soup paste anytime.
You can also choose the level of spicyness.
The soups are very nice and tasty. (I am drooling now...)
The service is also very good. Staff are attentive, patient and friendly.
The place itself is quite ok. You can sit in the air-conditioned indoors, or can sit outdoors.
One thing I don't really like is that I tend to become very thirsty after eating. Guess it's the msg??
Yayhayy~~Finally went into this shop to try their desserts. To my surprise, their desserts did not disappoint me. I read that this shop is from Taiwan. I'd tried a few shaved ice desserts elsewhere but they disappointed me alot. Compared to what I'd eaten in Taipei some years ago, those shaved ice desserts I tried in Singapore really sucked- quantity too little, used artificial syrup, no fruits at all, not worth the price totally.
But hey! So glad to go into this shop~~They have real fruits on the desserts! And not just a few pieces!
Tried 2 of their desserts only. Wish I could try more. But nevermind, I will return soon!
Ice Blended Fresh Mango Sherbet- $4.50
Damn nice!! Sherbet made of fresh mango! Fresh mango toppings! And the iceblended ice itself is made of mango!
Super Fresh Strawberry with Sherbet and Milk Shaved Ice- $6.50
Sherbet made of strawberry! Fresh strawberries as toppings! Milk shaved ice...But I find it not milky enough. These lost a little to the ones I had eaten in Taipei, but still nice! =)
And also, the atmosphere is quite peaceful because of it's location I guess.
The service is not bad. Staff are attentive.
***Update: Tried Fresh durian and fresh mango and mango sherbet with milk today~~!!! Tasted heavenly!!! So shiok!!! I ordered large size for $8.50.
1=SGD 0.0587
This is a little stall selling chiffons and cupcakes very near my office. Sometimes if I forget to bring my breakfast to work, I'd buy chiffons and cupcakes from here.
The chiffons and cupcakes are said to be free of preservatives, and contain lesser sugar.
Chiffons sell between $1.20 to $1.60. I forgot how much the cupcakes cost but should be around the same price.
They don't taste too sweet and they are very soft.
There are many flavours to choose from - orange, banana, cheese, chocolate, oreo, strawberry yoghurt, blueberry, coffee etc. (many more other flavours)
I wouldn't rate it as excellent now because I find it too expensive :P
Rating given:
Emperor's Soup - a restaurant headed by Executive Chef Edmond Lui, whose stellar resume includes a decade of service at Pine Court, stints at Marina Mandarin, Lei Garden and the now defunct Boulevard Hotel. Purportedly well versed in the art of high end Cantonese cuisine, Chef Lui aims to offer restaurant quality food at neighbourhood prices.
Nestled in the former seedy neighbourhood of Joo Chiat just down the road from Canton Wok and Joo Heng, Emperor's Soup occupies a small unit space that probably seats about 30 pax, so if you are coming on weekends for dinner, a reservation might be a good thing to have. The interior is simply done up with red curtains and wooden racks exhibiting replica Chinese antiques and ornaments. Instrumental Chinese music wafts through the air from a portable stereo system located near the entrance to the washroom.
Double Boiled Shark Bone Soup with Mushroom and Bamboo Shoots & Fish Maw with Sea Cucumber and Shark's Fin Broth - At first glance, I thought the bowl holding the milky broth would be the shark bone soup but it turned out to be the shark's fin broth, which was really quite a deviation from the norm, especially when the shark bone soup turned out brownish in colour. This non milky shark bone soup is definitely a first for me and it tasted exactly like shark's fin soup but much starchier. Very average if you ask me.
The averageness carried on to the shark's fin broth, which came across as a little too milky for my liking. I couldn't actually make out any sea cucumber so either they missed it out or I wasn't looking hard enough.
Soft Shell Crab with Minced Pork - I honestly didn't quite take to this dish although I must admit that the soft shell crab was quite well fried. The minced pork or 肉松 was crispy and not too sweet as well but personally I found it overly oily from the amount of oil the deep fried batter absorbed. Sans the oil, I would probably have liked it a whole lot more.
Superior Bird's Nest with Fresh Milk - I thought I had landed myself a bargain at $8 for superior bird's nest. But as the adage goes, you get what you pay for. Served atop a bed of egg white cooked with milk, the bird's nest was barely a teaspoonful which wasn't even sufficient to gauge the quality of it (not that I know much about differentiating the various grades of bird's nest). One peeve I have with this dish was the raw fishy smell that emitted from the egg white, although the egg white came across as rather bland.
Fried Crispy Duck - I must say that the crispy duck was quite decent, crisp on the outside yet tender on the inside. It tasted uncannily like KFC's original chicken except that this was duck. What I liked about the duck was that it tasted fresh. No traces of reused oil which is prevalent in a lot of such deep fried dishes. It also helped that the duck was boneless.
Steamed Beancurd and Scallop in Black Bean Sauce - Smooth quivery beancurd topped with thinly sliced scallops and covered with a mild black bean sauce. The verdict? Decent enough but would have been better if the scallops actually had some taste in them.
A slightly above average meal set the 2 of us back by almost $75, which doesn't quite equate value for money. Service was decent though. To be brutally honest, I didn't feel like an emperor after the meal, more like a pauper really. So much for the name.
See all my pictures here.
Rating given:
A long long time ago, we have A & W for our fix of waffles and root beer floats. Now that they are gone, Waffletown seems to be the only substitute for A & W. Located in Balmoral Plaza at Bukit Timah, the place is actually quite accessible because its only about ten minutes walk away from Newton MRT. Taking a bus from Orchard road takes a mere ten minutes too.
Offering the same “American” style of fastfood, even the seats are “A & W”-like. There’s seats outside if you prefer to seat in their “al fresco” area, otherwise go on in to their air-conditioned areas inside.
The place is a let-down though, the seats are all right, just like your fastfood restaurant chain. But i find the interior to be a little shabby. Actually i am saying this because i felt that Waffletown has great potentials but the management somehow don’t seem to be too bothered about business.
To prove my point, look at the first picture, they took some ugly shots of their food and post it at their entrance. The unglam shots are not even their focus which is waffles. Instead the shots are pictures of some totally unrelated food like black pepper steak, fish and chips, grilled fish.
Single scoop chocolate chip waffle ($3.70)
As the name Waffletown imples, its a place for waffles after all. Thus selections for waffles are aplenty, with your plain waffles at $2.50, there’s ham waffle, sausage waffle, turkey bacon waffle, and of course ice cream waffles.
At $3.70 for a single scoop ice cream waffle, its really a steal though. Even Haato which has one of the cheaper waffles around, are selling at $6 for their single scoop waffles. But then again you can’t compare it this way because the ice cream at Haato are gelato, while the ones here are the normal ice cream.
Single scoop raspberry waffle ($3.70)
The raspberry ice cream is really nostalgic, remember the raspberry ice cream which we buy from the motorcycle uncle when we were young? Its exactly the same one! My friend says that raspberry flavor is still available at supermarket, but i can’t seem to find it.
But i can conclude that at the waffles are definitely better than Gelare. That one is expensive, normal days single scoop waffle is almost ten bucks, and their waffle isn’t even good.
2 Pc Fried Chicken set ($6.70)
The two piece fried chicken set at $6.70, prices are comparable to KFC, but the chicken is slightly better. For one, the chicken isn’t as oily as KFC’s, and nowadays KFC standards really are not consistent. The coleslaw and potato here are at most average, with the chicken faring better.
Total bill is $14.1 for 2 waffles and 2 piece fried chicken. Although the place can’t really substitute A&W which is deep in our heart, but it can be a replacement for now, until someone brings back A&W. I won’t say the waffles are that excellent, but at $3.70 they are really worth the price, and their fried chicken is all right if you dislike KFC.
You are always welcome to visit http://www.ladyironchef.com/2008/07/02/waffletown for a full-up on this trip. Whatever written herein are my genuine feelings expressed in words. Food, my dear, is what they call an adventure!
Rating given:
Had a dinner there with my family. The crowds there are mostly families, since it's a neighbourhood area.
Considering the crowd there, the service staff were still not bad. Not too slow.
I like it that I could just order by clicking at the computer beside the table. Need not wait for the staff to come and take order.
We took some sushi from the conveyor belt like lobster salad sushi, chuka kurage sushi, salmon skin sushi etc. All tasted not bad. Oh yeah, not forgeting the free flow preserved ginger :P
We also ordered from the menu:
Fried tofu - $2.99. Kind of expensive for 2 pieces of tofu. But I think everywhere else is about the same.
Chicken katsu cheese - $6.99. Would recommend this. kind of different. I like the thick cheese :) Abit of crisp on top.
Salmon sashimi (we ordered 3 plates) - $4.99. My family's all-time favourite. Salmon sashimis are thick and fresh. Taste shiok with the lemon, and also with the light soy sauce and wasabi.
Kimuchi ramen - $8.99. Would also recommend this for those who like kimchi. The soup is tasty. I also like the chicken and the egg in it.
Overall we spent around $80 for 5 people.
We were all satisfied with the meal. So it's quite good. Will go there again for family dinner. =)
Rating given:
Opened since September 1995, Michelangelo's is the flagship restaurant of Chef Angelo Sanelli's Michelangelo's Restaurant Group. It is strategically located in Holland Village, which is an expatriate enclave, with its sister restaurants Bentfork Cooking School, Original Sin and Sistina Ristorante in close proximity. Zambuca Italian Restaurant and Bar at Pan Pacific Singapore also fall under the same group.
Having my office strategically located around Holland Village area really spoil us for choice when it comes to lunch. But of course, going to nice restaurant usually occur on special restaurant, that is for a birthday celebration & another colleague's farewell.
I guess the best picks in an Italian restaurant is pasta and there's acctually a handful of choices to pick from. Set lunches are available as well, as $25 , which came with either a soup of the day or a mushroom with egg kind of appetiser (sorry, didn't note down the exact name of it). I ordered the latter and it was pretty good, with huge chunks of mushrooms and it went perfectly well with the watercres and venegar dressing. However, choice of main course for the set was very limited, with either one type of pasta or another beef cheek dish. Mine was the pasta, serving was not very big, just nice for my small appetite. The set meal was then completed with a chocolate mouse with jelly and a cup of coffee. Somehow, I do find the combination of sweet chocolate mousse with citrous jelly a bit weird.
But well, considering that a typical main course on the ala carte menu goes in the range of $20 , the set meal is pretty worth it. It'll be even more of a good deal if you have an AMEX card or Citibank card because there's a 1-for-1 promotion for set lunches with AMEX card and for Citibank card, it's a 1-for-1 promotion for selected ala carte main course during lunch hour. But mind you, both card can't be used at the same time.
Other than the food, service was really good. My glass was constantly topped up with iced water!
Rating given:
I took my graduation photos there after going through all the reviews. The boss is very friendly and the photo-taking session went quite well.
I took up the promotion only to top up for more photos to be processed. However, the same amount of money could be used elsewhere with makeup for the ladies included.
The plus point of this studio is that it has a wide range of universities graduation gowns. Touch ups are added by request. The range of frames could be more modernised if possible.
Rating given:
I have tried Spizza both in the restaurant itself and via the home delivery a few times.
Definitely things taste better when just out of the oven.
However, I think the delivery is also not bad. I ordered delivery for Mother's Day~And my mom liked it alot. As we all agreed, we'd prefer ordering from Spizza than others like Pizzahut and Canadian Pizza.
I have tried ordering delivery for the following:
Item Name: Adriano
Item Description: Smoked Salmon With Onion Rings And Capers
Item Price: $11
I love the smoked salmon...tasty~~woot! They come in big pieces too~
Item Name: Caligola
Item Description: Crispy Calamari With “Pizzaiola” Sauce
Item Price: $11
Yup quite nice, crispy outside, tender inside.
Item Name: Claudia
Item Description: Tomato, Bell Peppers, Zucchini, Eggplants, Artichokes, Mushrooms
My mom wanted something with more vegetables. She was satisfied with this pizza and enjoyed it.
Item Name: Juliana
Item Description: Tomato, Mozzarella, Cooked Ham, Pineapple
This is like our usual Hawaiian pizza. It's nice too~
Item Name: Lasagna
Item Description: Traditional Beef Lasagna
Item Price: $16
Quite nice too.
Item Name: Spaghetti & Penne
Item Description: With Bolognese
Item Price: $16
Nice...
The customer service staff answering the hotline are also friendly, patient and polite. They wld give recommendations and wait patiently for my decisions on the phone.
Rating given:
I have been here twice and I find it average.
Personally I love tomyam. So I would definitely order Sen Lek Tom Yum Talay - Stick Noodles with Seafood in Tom Yum Soup.
The soup is great. The spicyness and the sourness is just right. Authentic tom yam soup...the clear type. I like~~
The prawns taste fresh and "bouncy". haha...
I've also tried the Khao Phat Supparod Talay - Thailand’s Pineapple Rice Fried with Seafood. It's good too. But they can do better with more taste in the rice.
As a side dish, I've tried Pla Muek Tod Krob - Thai Fried Squid. Not too bad, quite tasty, the but the squid is kind of tough to chew.
The place itself is quite cramp. I dislike the seats - not comfortable enough. The staff there (even the supervisor) are also quite noisy, especially at the counter.
I find the prices not really worth it too. Quite expensive.
Rating given:
$15 per pax. Normal soft drinks cost around $1 or $1 plus each.
I have eaten here 3 times. The standard is still good.
The variety is not bad. The foods to choose from are fresh and they include seafoods like clams, mussels, crabs, prawns, etc. A few types of mushrooms like clamshell mushroom, enoki (golden needle mushrooms), straw mushroom, wood ear, oyster mushrooms etc. And some other vegetables, fishballs, sotong balls, crabmeat, egg...etc etc.
There are 5 soups to choose from - si chuan, fish, chicken, mala, and tom yam. You can choose a maximum of 4 types of soups. My all-time favorite is tom yam!! They will come and refill your soup and soup paste anytime.
You can also choose the level of spicyness.
The soups are very nice and tasty. (I am drooling now...)
The service is also very good. Staff are attentive, patient and friendly.
The place itself is quite ok. You can sit in the air-conditioned indoors, or can sit outdoors.
One thing I don't really like is that I tend to become very thirsty after eating. Guess it's the msg??
But overall, I will definitely go back again :)
Rating given:
Yayhayy~~Finally went into this shop to try their desserts. To my surprise, their desserts did not disappoint me. I read that this shop is from Taiwan. I'd tried a few shaved ice desserts elsewhere but they disappointed me alot. Compared to what I'd eaten in Taipei some years ago, those shaved ice desserts I tried in Singapore really sucked- quantity too little, used artificial syrup, no fruits at all, not worth the price totally.
But hey! So glad to go into this shop~~They have real fruits on the desserts! And not just a few pieces!
Tried 2 of their desserts only. Wish I could try more. But nevermind, I will return soon!
Ice Blended Fresh Mango Sherbet- $4.50
Damn nice!! Sherbet made of fresh mango! Fresh mango toppings! And the iceblended ice itself is made of mango!
Super Fresh Strawberry with Sherbet and Milk Shaved Ice- $6.50
Sherbet made of strawberry! Fresh strawberries as toppings! Milk shaved ice...But I find it not milky enough. These lost a little to the ones I had eaten in Taipei, but still nice! =)
And also, the atmosphere is quite peaceful because of it's location I guess.
The service is not bad. Staff are attentive.
***Update: Tried Fresh durian and fresh mango and mango sherbet with milk today~~!!! Tasted heavenly!!! So shiok!!! I ordered large size for $8.50.
Rating given: