I love their their portobello mushroom burger, crisscut fries, onion rings & of course their DIY ice lemon tea!
Yes, they serve very huge burgers which I can't finish by myself. Haha.... They are very generous with their mushrooms & it goes really well with the melted cheese. Yummy! Their fries are large and crispy too, especially their onion rings which is definitely worth a mention. In the thin crust of flour is not more flour but real onions! An of course fast food should come in a set. So the drink comes in free flow where the cashier will just give you an empty cup upon ordering. Then you can proceed to the drinks counter to get your drinks. I like their ice lemon tea as it is home-brewed tea & you can add the lemons, sugar syrup & ice according to your preference. My favourite task is to add as much lemon into it as possible. Haha....
Though it's fast food, it's worth the sins to have it sometimes. Haha....
Somehow, I feel that their standard has dropped or probably I've ordered the wrong dish that day. I was browsing through the the menu for the oven-baked & the dish 'Posh Spice' just caught my eye as it's spicy pasta/rice dish topped with mushrooms (my favourite!) and lots of cheese. Hehe... But then, after eating it, I didn't quite like it. The pasta came with a cream base sauce & had mayonaise in it. In the end I could not finish the pasta.
Another thing to note about this outlet is that their eating area is just next to kitchen. So you'll have the smell of cooked food after dining in there. Service was average, need to wave a few times to get their attention.
Well, I think I'll go back again for my favourite mushroom madness pizza & the mushroom attack sphagetti but not their Posh Spice anymore.
This is a bakery that my colleagues & I will never miss whenever we go Holland Village for lunch. The very first bread I bought from the bakery was their wassant & even till now, it remained as one of my favourites. More breads have been added to my favourites list since then. Haha....
Ok, start off with the wassant. It comes in 2 flavours, chocolate & custard. The wassants are sold in a pack of 10, costing $5, and it's really up to your preference whether you want all 10 to be chocolate or custard ones or a mix of the 2 flavours. So what's so special about their wassants? I think it's the soft texture of the bread and the rich chocolate/ custard taste which make them taste so good. As it is made up of a layer of bread rolled up into a small bun, I enjoy eating by unrolling the layers. Hee hee...
Besides their wassants, I like their Brazillian cheese (which some said it tasted like spoilt bread. Oh no! It doesn't!!), milk pan (rich creamy filling!) & blueberry cheese. But the cost of their bread is definitely on the higher side. Yet I've never walked out of the shop without spending like 10-20 bucks on just bread & not even my lunch yet. Haha...
Their service is also excellent. Very friendly staff who greet you very warmly.
Sometime back Defector and I were at Far East Plaza (FEP), after hours of shopping, we decided to "re-fuel" at Hans.
So here goes my review..
Service staff: What service? Pushing/dragging the chairs, gives customers "black face" aka the attitude look. If they were some kids maybe I could understand but they are aunties that looks like they are going to scold us if we were to ask her anything at all.
Service staffs looks very unwilling to serve: 3/10
Food: If they serve food as good as Hans at Bukit Merah, I could try to bare with their "I-hate-you-don't-you-dare-come-near-me" look. But from the menu, I ordered a couple of items, all of them were either "sold out" or they "don't have". (eg congee, mango smoothie, wholemeal bread for my ham sandwich.)
I end up having strawberry smoothie and a plain bread ham sandwich. My food is pretty average to me but Defector seems to enjoy his beef noodle a lot. Maybe I did order the "wrong food".
People has different taste buds, maybe I'm a little more picky. 7/10 since Defector likes his noodle.
Overall: I cannot stand the air-con, I think it's spoilt. One moment it's too cold, the next it's so freaking warm! and the place is so messy and quite poorly lit too.
Room for improvement. 6/10.
In case you still don't know.. I LOVE TO EAT! I eat a lot and I love good food.
I heard of some places that serves crappy Korean food.
But I really like this place.. The food is nice and it's not too expensive to go there once in a while..
Defector and I had dinner there many times in the past 2 years. We normally order either set A or Set B. (for 2-3 person).
The food taste great.
The Ginseng Chicken soup is fantastic!
The beef (can choose between a few types of meat) & chicken is nice.
The side dish rocks.
and I like the rice too!
For a meal like this (Set A), it cost us about $39.60 (including 10% service charge).
Some super plus points: Out of all the places I've visited, this place deserves service charge the most! They have nice staffs and they are pretty fast (We don't have to wait too long even when it's peak dinner hour.)
The delicious side dishes or some called it appetizers are refillable. I totally adore those properly cut and piled kimchi (their kimchi are very good), crunchy cucumbers and their super-addictive anchovies!
The chopsticks are flat and made of metal. hahas. I find them really cute and surprisingly easier to use. :)
This is a newly opened outlet of The Mind Cafe, in fact, it was only opened on last Friday. This probably explains why I didn't see the typical weekend crowd typical of the other 2 outlets when I went on last Sunday.
Since there's 6 of us, we took up the sixers' package which includes 6 drinks, 3 snackers & 2 munchies and 2 hrs of boardgames. Heez...
So what games did we play? As most of my friends were 1st-timer in boardgame, the staff recommended some beginners' games such as Jurassic Jumble to us. It was fun! But if you are a more`experienced boardgamer, you can always try out intermediate or advanced games which requite more thinking & strategies. Some of my faourite games played include Coda, Abalone & Taboo.There's in fact too many games for you to choose!
On the overall, I like the place for its service & helpful staff as well as the entire experience in the boardgame cafe. It's definitely a great place for group gatherings!
I have already been to a couple of Sushi Tei outlets but I still like this outlet the most. The reason being that it consists of 2 storeys, with the upper storey more cosy & comfortable for casual dining as you will need to remove your shoes before sitting at the table. Furthermore, there's also more pfrivacy for bigger groups on the upper level as there's partitions separating the tables.
Coming to their food. For their rice & noodles, I find them quite normal, nothing very special. It is in fact their sushi & other side dishes which attract me so much.
Their sushi are very fresh and among all, my favourites include Golden roll and the umagi. The Golden roll is basically sushi rice wrapped around a big fried prawn and then topped up with mango slices. Sweet & a little sour taste from the mango plus the crispy,succulent prawn. Gd combination! As for the umagi, or I simply call it the eel omelette, I like the combination of the sweetness from the sweet omelette & that of the eel. I find it quite special.
They will also come up with various season promotion. Like for now, they have this Hokkaido promotion where they serve hairy crab. So if you are interested, you can look out for their various promotions at different times of the year.
On the overall, what makes my colleagues & I go back for so many times is not just the food but the service as well. We do not have to wait very long to be served & the waitresses are prompt in refilling our green tea. It's a great experience dining there!
Been to Hog's Breath several times, and by-far still one of my favourite restaurants. They have very interesting pictures such as : " 4 out of 4 pigs agree, eat more beef!"
Their steak is a must-try for anyone craving for a hearty meal. I normally order Text-Mex Combo ($26.00), which includes: Chicken or chunky Beef chimichanga and a grilled sirloin steak on Cajun rice. Topped with cheese sauce and tomato salsa. Served with a salad garnish and Hog Tail fries.
Generous food portion whereby i usually cannot finish.. Ambience is cosy and comfortable and can be booked for birthday party etc. I celebrated mine with about 10 other friends, and all left the place happy and satisfied. Staffs are no doubt friendly..
They do have other branches at Holland V and Vivo city. Do give it a try..
Been to Tampines Ikea for more than 3times and their Swedish Meatballs are my favourite! I didnt really mind the crowd because it still short. Ordering was of no hassle since everything is laid there for the staff to dish out. The only problem was probably getting a table at certain times. Apart from the crowd at peak hours, i think most of the time ALOT of people forgot to clear their own table after a meal or they simply cant be bothered. It is probably a bad habit of us, since everything is cleared for us in eg. foodcourt.
I remember reading somewhere at the restaurant that appeals to customers to help clear their cutlery after meals (or was it place it at the cleaning station?) but i guess most people either ignore or simply forget. They do have a few staff helping to clean but with the crowd, they simply are not able to clean everything on their own..
So the next time you are there, maybe we can help by clearing our own dishes :) You are not only helping the staff but also the people waiting to sit at your table! :D
Dropped by Epicurious, one of the lesser known outfits dotting Roberton Quay, for a late dinner. Interestingly, the word epicurious stems from the words epicure, which is used to describe someone with refined taste, especially in food and wine and curious.
Occupying just a small unit along the bustling Roberston Walk, Epicurious does mostly al fresco seating with the exception of 3 small tables in its tiny interior which seem to suffer from cooling problems (read. Where's the airconditioning?) The al fresco area has big blower fans to cool the area though, which is probably why people usually choose to sit outside instead of inside (from my observations).
Epicurious Burger - Read many good things about the burger so thought I would give it a shot with the works ($4 for an addition of egg, cheese and bacon) First looks, it didn't come across as impressive as the one from Wild Rocket, especially in the size department. Taste wise was pretty decent though. The beef patty could have been a little less cooked but still managed to retain its juiciness and taste. Add the egg, cheese and bacon in and you get one hearty burger. I didn't like the bread though, which was a little too toasted, rendering it hard. The accompanying fries were just overfried and too salty.
Herb Roasted Half Chicken - The chicken was nice without being too strong on the herbs, a bane that most such dishes suffer from. However, the portions could have been bigger and I personally would have liked it to be a little more sour so as to bring out the contrast.
Hazelnut Cheesecake - Interestingly, the hazelnut cheesecake came topped with strawberries. That aside, it was actually quite good, with the cheese relatively light and airy without being too overwhelming. The base was a concoction of dark chocolate and orange peel, which was certainly something different.
$55 for 2 mains and 1 dessert might seem to be pushing the boundaries for reasonable pricing. But food is pretty decent and the place is rather cosy with good service. Worth a visit if you are in the vicinity and dont want to bust your budget dining at the fancier outfits.
I love their their portobello mushroom burger, crisscut fries, onion rings & of course their DIY ice lemon tea!
Yes, they serve very huge burgers which I can't finish by myself. Haha.... They are very generous with their mushrooms & it goes really well with the melted cheese. Yummy! Their fries are large and crispy too, especially their onion rings which is definitely worth a mention. In the thin crust of flour is not more flour but real onions! An of course fast food should come in a set. So the drink comes in free flow where the cashier will just give you an empty cup upon ordering. Then you can proceed to the drinks counter to get your drinks. I like their ice lemon tea as it is home-brewed tea & you can add the lemons, sugar syrup & ice according to your preference. My favourite task is to add as much lemon into it as possible. Haha....
Though it's fast food, it's worth the sins to have it sometimes. Haha....
Rating given:
Somehow, I feel that their standard has dropped or probably I've ordered the wrong dish that day. I was browsing through the the menu for the oven-baked & the dish 'Posh Spice' just caught my eye as it's spicy pasta/rice dish topped with mushrooms (my favourite!) and lots of cheese. Hehe... But then, after eating it, I didn't quite like it. The pasta came with a cream base sauce & had mayonaise in it. In the end I could not finish the pasta.
Another thing to note about this outlet is that their eating area is just next to kitchen. So you'll have the smell of cooked food after dining in there. Service was average, need to wave a few times to get their attention.
Well, I think I'll go back again for my favourite mushroom madness pizza & the mushroom attack sphagetti but not their Posh Spice anymore.
Rating given:
This is a bakery that my colleagues & I will never miss whenever we go Holland Village for lunch. The very first bread I bought from the bakery was their wassant & even till now, it remained as one of my favourites. More breads have been added to my favourites list since then. Haha....
Ok, start off with the wassant. It comes in 2 flavours, chocolate & custard. The wassants are sold in a pack of 10, costing $5, and it's really up to your preference whether you want all 10 to be chocolate or custard ones or a mix of the 2 flavours. So what's so special about their wassants? I think it's the soft texture of the bread and the rich chocolate/ custard taste which make them taste so good. As it is made up of a layer of bread rolled up into a small bun, I enjoy eating by unrolling the layers. Hee hee...
Besides their wassants, I like their Brazillian cheese (which some said it tasted like spoilt bread. Oh no! It doesn't!!), milk pan (rich creamy filling!) & blueberry cheese. But the cost of their bread is definitely on the higher side. Yet I've never walked out of the shop without spending like 10-20 bucks on just bread & not even my lunch yet. Haha...
Their service is also excellent. Very friendly staff who greet you very warmly.
Rating given:
Sometime back Defector and I were at Far East Plaza (FEP), after hours of shopping, we decided to "re-fuel" at Hans.
So here goes my review..
Service staff: What service? Pushing/dragging the chairs, gives customers "black face" aka the attitude look. If they were some kids maybe I could understand but they are aunties that looks like they are going to scold us if we were to ask her anything at all.
Service staffs looks very unwilling to serve: 3/10
Food: If they serve food as good as Hans at Bukit Merah, I could try to bare with their "I-hate-you-don't-you-dare-come-near-me" look. But from the menu, I ordered a couple of items, all of them were either "sold out" or they "don't have". (eg congee, mango smoothie, wholemeal bread for my ham sandwich.)
I end up having strawberry smoothie and a plain bread ham sandwich. My food is pretty average to me but Defector seems to enjoy his beef noodle a lot. Maybe I did order the "wrong food".
People has different taste buds, maybe I'm a little more picky. 7/10 since Defector likes his noodle.
Overall: I cannot stand the air-con, I think it's spoilt. One moment it's too cold, the next it's so freaking warm! and the place is so messy and quite poorly lit too.
Room for improvement. 6/10.
Rating given:
In case you still don't know.. I LOVE TO EAT! I eat a lot and I love good food.
I heard of some places that serves crappy Korean food.
But I really like this place.. The food is nice and it's not too expensive to go there once in a while..
Defector and I had dinner there many times in the past 2 years. We normally order either set A or Set B. (for 2-3 person).
The food taste great.
The Ginseng Chicken soup is fantastic!
The beef (can choose between a few types of meat) & chicken is nice.
The side dish rocks.
and I like the rice too!
For a meal like this (Set A), it cost us about $39.60 (including 10% service charge).
Some super plus points:
Out of all the places I've visited, this place deserves service charge the most! They have nice staffs and they are pretty fast (We don't have to wait too long even when it's peak dinner hour.)
The delicious side dishes or some called it appetizers are refillable. I totally adore those properly cut and piled kimchi (their kimchi are very good), crunchy cucumbers and their super-addictive anchovies!
The chopsticks are flat and made of metal. hahas. I find them really cute and surprisingly easier to use. :)
Rating given:
This is a newly opened outlet of The Mind Cafe, in fact, it was only opened on last Friday. This probably explains why I didn't see the typical weekend crowd typical of the other 2 outlets when I went on last Sunday.
Since there's 6 of us, we took up the sixers' package which includes 6 drinks, 3 snackers & 2 munchies and 2 hrs of boardgames. Heez...
So what games did we play? As most of my friends were 1st-timer in boardgame, the staff recommended some beginners' games such as Jurassic Jumble to us. It was fun! But if you are a more`experienced boardgamer, you can always try out intermediate or advanced games which requite more thinking & strategies. Some of my faourite games played include Coda, Abalone & Taboo.There's in fact too many games for you to choose!
On the overall, I like the place for its service & helpful staff as well as the entire experience in the boardgame cafe. It's definitely a great place for group gatherings!
Rating given:
I have already been to a couple of Sushi Tei outlets but I still like this outlet the most. The reason being that it consists of 2 storeys, with the upper storey more cosy & comfortable for casual dining as you will need to remove your shoes before sitting at the table. Furthermore, there's also more pfrivacy for bigger groups on the upper level as there's partitions separating the tables.
Coming to their food. For their rice & noodles, I find them quite normal, nothing very special. It is in fact their sushi & other side dishes which attract me so much.
Their sushi are very fresh and among all, my favourites include Golden roll and the umagi. The Golden roll is basically sushi rice wrapped around a big fried prawn and then topped up with mango slices. Sweet & a little sour taste from the mango plus the crispy,succulent prawn. Gd combination! As for the umagi, or I simply call it the eel omelette, I like the combination of the sweetness from the sweet omelette & that of the eel. I find it quite special.
They will also come up with various season promotion. Like for now, they have this Hokkaido promotion where they serve hairy crab. So if you are interested, you can look out for their various promotions at different times of the year.
On the overall, what makes my colleagues & I go back for so many times is not just the food but the service as well. We do not have to wait very long to be served & the waitresses are prompt in refilling our green tea. It's a great experience dining there!
Rating given:
Been to Hog's Breath several times, and by-far still one of my favourite restaurants. They have very interesting pictures such as : " 4 out of 4 pigs agree, eat more beef!"
Their steak is a must-try for anyone craving for a hearty meal. I normally order Text-Mex Combo ($26.00), which includes: Chicken or chunky Beef chimichanga and a grilled sirloin steak on Cajun rice. Topped with cheese sauce and tomato salsa. Served with a salad garnish and Hog Tail fries.
Generous food portion whereby i usually cannot finish.. Ambience is cosy and comfortable and can be booked for birthday party etc. I celebrated mine with about 10 other friends, and all left the place happy and satisfied. Staffs are no doubt friendly..
They do have other branches at Holland V and Vivo city. Do give it a try..
Rating given:
Been to Tampines Ikea for more than 3times and their Swedish Meatballs are my favourite! I didnt really mind the crowd because it still short. Ordering was of no hassle since everything is laid there for the staff to dish out. The only problem was probably getting a table at certain times. Apart from the crowd at peak hours, i think most of the time ALOT of people forgot to clear their own table after a meal or they simply cant be bothered. It is probably a bad habit of us, since everything is cleared for us in eg. foodcourt.
I remember reading somewhere at the restaurant that appeals to customers to help clear their cutlery after meals (or was it place it at the cleaning station?) but i guess most people either ignore or simply forget. They do have a few staff helping to clean but with the crowd, they simply are not able to clean everything on their own..
So the next time you are there, maybe we can help by clearing our own dishes :) You are not only helping the staff but also the people waiting to sit at your table! :D
Rating given:
Dropped by Epicurious, one of the lesser known outfits dotting Roberton Quay, for a late dinner. Interestingly, the word epicurious stems from the words epicure, which is used to describe someone with refined taste, especially in food and wine and curious.
Occupying just a small unit along the bustling Roberston Walk, Epicurious does mostly al fresco seating with the exception of 3 small tables in its tiny interior which seem to suffer from cooling problems (read. Where's the airconditioning?) The al fresco area has big blower fans to cool the area though, which is probably why people usually choose to sit outside instead of inside (from my observations).
Epicurious Burger - Read many good things about the burger so thought I would give it a shot with the works ($4 for an addition of egg, cheese and bacon) First looks, it didn't come across as impressive as the one from Wild Rocket, especially in the size department. Taste wise was pretty decent though. The beef patty could have been a little less cooked but still managed to retain its juiciness and taste. Add the egg, cheese and bacon in and you get one hearty burger. I didn't like the bread though, which was a little too toasted, rendering it hard. The accompanying fries were just overfried and too salty.
Herb Roasted Half Chicken - The chicken was nice without being too strong on the herbs, a bane that most such dishes suffer from. However, the portions could have been bigger and I personally would have liked it to be a little more sour so as to bring out the contrast.
Hazelnut Cheesecake - Interestingly, the hazelnut cheesecake came topped with strawberries. That aside, it was actually quite good, with the cheese relatively light and airy without being too overwhelming. The base was a concoction of dark chocolate and orange peel, which was certainly something different.
$55 for 2 mains and 1 dessert might seem to be pushing the boundaries for reasonable pricing. But food is pretty decent and the place is rather cosy with good service. Worth a visit if you are in the vicinity and dont want to bust your budget dining at the fancier outfits.
See all my pictures here
Rating given: