Had walk past this place a lot of times and finally walked into it for dinner last sunday. A few changes from the old one.
Once I walked into it, I jz have this feeling of warm and cosy. The uniform on the waiters and waiteress also looked very good. One main change, instead of the normal paper card they passed to customer in the past, now they use a plastic card and it works like a ez link card, wireless contact.
The place is quite small but they managed to seat a lot of people as well. The only bad thing is the toilet is outside the restaurant, so whenevr wanna to go to toilet can either pay ur card bill then go to toilet then come in with a new card or can leave ur identification and card at the door, then come back and contiune.
Now come the food, I have to say that in general the food is better than last time. They still have stalls offering differernt food. I think due to the fact that it is now not under frachise, but the main Marche HQ took over the management. So what food I have.....
1. Rosti. My fav. It is thick and crispy. It is a prefect match with sour cream. You can add smoked salmon or susages or stired fried mushroom, which I did.
2. Vegetables. In the past, used to be you can pile all the vege you wanna then they will cook it in front of you. Now different, buffet style. They cooked the food and put it in a big wok. So you can choose to have a small, middle or big plate, then you can pile as much as you want. There is 4 types of vege to choose from and all hot and tasty. I had mushroom and the german sour vege (Hee... Forgot the actual name alr)
3. Pork Knuckle. It is huge, crispy and juicy. I loved it as well. You jz have to eat it. At the same stall, they also got roasted chicken as well, Kenny Roger style.
4. Drinks. They sell a variety of drinks, juices, beer and acholic drinks. We got root beer and I got myself a apple cider which is good. Hee.....
5. Desserts. They got cakes, pudding, crepes and lots and lots of bread to choose from. In the end, we are attracted by the strawberry cake and starwberry cheesecake. Both were good, especially the strawberry cake with so many strawberry on top. It is also very cheap selling @ $4.80 per piece.
The service there is good and tentive. They also cleared the plates very fast as well.
I think I will go back very soon to taste the rest of the food that I did not tasted. The price is cheap as well, only about $25 per person.
This jap restaurant hides in the building in AMK Central (in front of the market). In fact, it is so well hidden that everyone would jz walked past it. Reason being, it is inside the building and the rest of the building looks empty.
Once there, same as other jap places, all the waiters and waitress would shout their greetings in the air.
The deco of the place is ok same as other sushi places but they played those 90s english songs. Haa....
The service there was quite prompt as there are more servers than those waiting to be served.
The main highlight of this place is all sushi at selling at 99 cents per plate. Cheap leh. Haa.... That is the main reason y we are there in the first place.
So sushi on plain colored plates are 99 cents and the rest ate fro $2.99 onwards. The sushi variety is quite a lot, however find that the rice they use are not that good and they tend to break into half when picked up. For the fired stuff like fired tofu and dumplings, they came hot which means they are made when ordered. Good.
For the raw stuff like salmon slices etc, according to my colleagues, they are fresh and good. Ended up calling a lot. Haa...
I also tried their teryaki chicken bento. It came hot adn I can see the chef preparing it as well. Haa... But then it fall short of my expectation. The chicken is rather tasteless on its own, the omelette is ok. Well jz say it is not one of the best I tasted.
So overall, the place is for a quick fix for sushi and it is cheap as well.
Step into Eden Cafe, and its homeliness is the first thing that hits you. Friendliness is next, as Clement and his team greeted us with their warm smile and polite gestures. Service like this is getting hard to come by on our little island! The cosiness of the cafe makes it the perfect place for a quiet evening dinner.
I'm a fish lover, but only if they have no fishy stink and no fish bones. So, Clement recommended me their Ginger Leak Snowfish, which is a made-to-order dish. I was swept off my feet! It has zero fishy stink and fish bones. Unlike regular fishes, the snowfish does not split into bits as you cut it. And most importantly, it tastes really good! It is covered in a special sauce which has peanuts in it for that nice crunchy bite.
My friend tried their famous Black Sesame Mushroom Pasta. The pasta is home-made and is dark in colour. As Clement said, this dish is pretty subjective. Some people might love it, while some might really hate it. I guess I belong to the latter, while my friend belongs to the former, as she loves black sesame. Being one of Eden Cafe's famous dishes, I'm sure there are more people who love it than otherwise. A truly unique dish that you can't find anywhere else!
Finally, we had their Lily Citron Jello. It is a jelly kind of dessert that is stuffed with grapes and topped with fresh yogurt and yummy strawberries. It is as healthy as how good it tastes!
Eden Cafe also serves many kinds of floral teas and floral cuisine. All very healthy food that I want to try one day.
Eden Cafe is definitely a 5-star. I'm already salivating right now over the thought of the Ginger Leak Snowfish!
Astons Prime is a recently opened upmarket version of Aston Specialties, catering to the more well heeled with a wider selection of premium meat available and reservations of course.
Located just a stones throw away from the original Astons Specialties, Astons Prime sits along the row of shophouses near the junction of Joo Chiat Road and East Coast Road. The interior is simply furnished and can probably seat up to about 30 people. There are corner booth seats for 2 pax which are a must if you wish to have more privacy. Pity there are only 2 of those seats though and I wasn't fortunate to get one of those even during lunch.
When a place claims to serve up its own homemade garlic spread, my expectations go up a notch because I like my garlic spread a lot, probably more than most people. Sadly, Aston's spread didn't even come close to meeting my expectations. For one, it was rather bland and didn't exactly jell in well with the bread, which incidentally, wasn't tasty nor was it served warm.
Chicken Quesadilla - Interestingly, biting into the Chicken Quesadilla was akin to eating roti prata with bits of chicken and BBQ sauce. The paper thin crust was a little crispy and flaky with a rather miserable filling of chicken. Not that I'm saying that its not good, but for almost 8 dollars, I'd rather order something else.
Fillet Mignon - Notice that the fillet mignon comes in 2 variations, the New Zealand fed and the Australian fed. I'm guessing the Australian one is better because of its superior pricing. But then again, I didn't get to try the New Zealand variant, so I'm really in no position to comment.
My Australian fed fillet mignon was small (they are all 8oz by the way, which is about 250g) but good. I wouldn't go so far as to say that it was excellent as I've definitely tried better but this one was really in a league of its own. Medium rare, succulent and sweet. Only gripe I had was that the meat slab was too thick which resulted in the exterior being a little too charred. I did like the accompanying sauce though, which tasted like it had a little bit of cheese in it.
$70 for 2 pax for lunch is rather expensive honestly, but good steak comes at a price unfortunately. Service is excellent and there is no service charge or GST which kinda sweetens the deal a little. I see potential in this place, but it would be nice to have a larger slab of meat for the same price, please?
Sakae must be quite good, if not why is there always such a long queue outside? Well, I guess it's just because they have fast and relatively cheaper japanese food? Nonetheless, I joined the queue too.
I don't think there's much you can say about their service when you virtually talk to no one. Even orders are placed through the computer. The only time someone comes is when they have your orders.
Their food is average. I like the Fried Tofu as the skin was really crispy and the tofu was very soft. (Though I don't quite know the difference between that and Agedashi Tofu.) However, the plates of sushi that were on the conveyor belt were disappointing. The rice was rather dry and it didn't taste good at all. Felt like it was left on conveyor belt for a long time. I ordered the teppanyaki beef too and asked for it to be done medium rare. However the beef came out plain and very difficult to chew.
Not everything is bad, but I guess this just wasn't one of those "good" days..
Indian fast food! (I don't know if it's North or South though, I don't know how to tell the difference.)
When we talk about "fast food", we normally think of KFC, Macs etc. Maybe this is like the very common indian fast food restaurant. But I'd say they have way better service and food than KFC/ Mac (ok, price is way higher too..).
When I stepped into the restaurant and looked at the menu, I felt rather weird because the waiter was standing in front of my table waiting to take orders. But being my first time there, I was totally at lost! I didn't know how to order at all! One of the waiters then brought a photo album over to my table to make it easier for us to order (I think he realized our dilemma, especially after we took so long..). When we finally made our choice, I felt abit embarrassed that we took so long. But it was good to see that the waiter still took down your orders very patiently. I must say they are good sales people too! They ask if you wanna try anything else and all, without sounding pushy at all. In fact, you'd feel totally comfortable with the way they recommend other dishes for you to try and all.
I like the service here. They also make sure that their customers are enjoying their food and do go to tables once in awhile to ask if they enjoy their food. It's almost like the service you get at 5-star restaurants! (I'm not kidding..)
Food wise, I think I don't really know if it's good or not as I don't have any basis of comparison. I felt that the Tandoori Chicken tasted a bit like Satay but it went well with this green sauce thing. I liked the Pepper Chicken Masala. It goes very well with this dosa-like thing (I really don't know what they're called). But the chicken was very little. Nonetheless, it tasted good!
On the whole, I had a great time there even though I don't quite know what I was eating half the time! But the service and the food was good. I would love to go back another time, but after finding out how to order. Haha..
I was walking around during the afternoon when I saw this Raja Inn eating place. I was there at the time where they have the porridge buffet. I went in to check out the dishes before grabbing the seats.
What's the important thing when eating a buffet is the price. For the porridge buffet the price is $5.90 for adult and $4.90 for child. Not very pricey quite reasonable. They have over 20 dishes for you to choose from!The buffet is from 11.30am to 2.30pm so for people who are working there sure can give this place a try during their lunch time.
The dishes there are quite tasty. They have my all time favouite salted duck egg,sausages,chicken,beef,salted veg and many other types of veg.Those who have a larger appetite there's rice for you too.
For dinner they have Indon-Chinese Steamboat. Saw this on their menu awaiting to try it some time soon.Heard that it's nice too.
So if you happen to be at tiong bahru be sure to drop by and try the buffet!
Lee and Ong clinic the dental clinic where I first put on my braces. It's at Far East Shopping Centre in town area. I got to know this place by randomly surfing on the internet. Many people must be wondering that it's quite expensive to get your braces done there. It's not true. My whole package cost me $3500 for the normal traditional kind. It's actually an attractive price. I've asked places from the east (Tampines) and west (jurong) and their prices can go up to $4000.Which is very costly.
They do accept monthly installments. You can discuss with them what kind of payment or amount you're comfortable with.
My package includes extraction,photography of the structure of the gum. Many clinic don't actually add this in the package. The doctor and nurses are friendly too. So everytime I visit my orthodontist he doesn't give me the chills.
The waiting time can be quite long if you're working and only can visit the clinic in the evening. But not too worry! There's beverages like cup noodles,biscuits,fruits juices,coffee,tea and water there to help you quench your thirst and hunger. All on the house!
There's a portable vcd at the back where you can watch documentary on your teeth care and stuffs. I haven't tamper with that yet. Magazines and newspaper are there for browsing purposes.
The clinic is cosy which helps to soothes the nerves if you're there to extract your wisdom tooth and is tremblingwith fear.
So if you think that you haven't visited your orthodontist regularly or those who wishes to visit one. I recommend this place. If you find the branch in town to far or inconvenient there's another branch in Teck Whye Lane.
Remember with a clean and bright smile it'll bring you a long way!!!
I've been there often recently.Though there's no cinema there or other form of entertainment I can spent about 4 hours just shopping.
Many people will find it inconvenient to get there thru public transport. It's about 5mins walk from Jurong East Mrt. However, if you are lazy there's free Shutter Bus Pickup Point from: Jurong East MRT, Clementi MRT & Boon Lay MRT. You can surf their website for more details as well.
What shops are exciting there? For fashion there's Adidas,
Aries, Baleno,Bata,Bossini,BYSI,City Chain,DMK,Esprit Outlet,F.O.S,Fox,G2000,OP etc...
There's many stores just to shop and with your CapitaCard there's instant rebate where you earn as you shop.
For every Singaporeans favourite the time to eat. There's a wide range of food and beverage stores available there for your dining pleasure! Ajisen,All Time Favourites Kopitiam, Andersen's of Denmark, Bali Thai, Burger King,Coffee Club, Fish & Co.,Four Leaves Bakery Caf' Restaurant , Ichiban Sushi, Long Beach IMM Seafood Restaurant ,Long John Silver's, MOS Burger, Pepper Lunch, SECRET RECIPE, The Cafe' Cartel Wan Chai Hong Kong Tea Room etc..
There's just so many stores to select from in just another one roof.
If you're looking to stock up for the week or during the holidays there's Giant. Another Megamart where you can get all and what you need at a reasonable price.
So if going to town or staying in the East is boring drop by IMM and discover it,and find out if you like it there or not.
Be sure to shop till you drop and spent several hours there!Great place to go definitely enjoy the time I spent there!
Today marks the beginning of my makan sessions with a group of like minded food enthusiasts from various forums. Our choice of dinner venue was Astons Specialties at East Coast Rd. This joint has been highly recommended by many seasoned foodies and expectations were high as we made our way there at about 2000hrs. There was quite a queue of people waiting to get in and although I had made a reservation on Wednesday, there was no record of my name to be found, which naturally left me furious. Astons admitted that it was error on their part and although we had to wait for about 25mins for a table, credit has to be given to them for trying to get us a table ASAP. One thing I noticed about the place was that it was actually quite small and squeezy. There were barely 10 tables around and air conditioning was poor. They could well do with more powerful air conditioners or an air curtain at the entrance to prevent the cool air from rushing out.
Food wise, I shared the Wagyu beef promotion @ $38.90 for a 200g cut and the Ieat Super Burger with a friend. Both were done medium rare. According to them, the wagyu was supposed to have a marbling score of 5/6, which was pretty decent for the price. The wagyu came with 2 sides (I chose fries and pasta salad) which was pretty uninspiring. The pasta salad was almost tasteless and the fries were thin and had the same seasoning as that of Botak Jones fries. The wagyu was quite good though. Soft, juicy and tender. Every mouthful is greeted with a burst of flavour that slowly seeps down your throat. Not as good as the Kobe Beef I had at Keyaki, but certainly in a league of its own. Pity about the small 200g portion though. The accompanying mushroom (with garlic?) sauce was nice too, but I found it a tad too salty. The Ieat burger scored high salivation marks for its appearance. Toasted bun atop bacon strips, deep fried onions, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, a slab of chopped sirloin and drenched with BBQ sauce. However, the taste was short of expectations. The chopped sirloin was quite tasteless and dry and not to mention a little too soft. The bacon strips were nicely grilled though and that was just about the only consolation I had from the burger. At $12.50 for the burger, I guess it was pretty reasonable.
It cost us about $210 for 8 pax. On my part I paid about $27/- which I feel was reasonable for the quality of food. However Astons didn't quite measure up to my expectations probably because I had hyped myself up to be expecting something out of this world, only to be brought back down to earth. Nevertheless, a good eat, with reasonable pricing. Please note that the wait for food can be quite long especially when its full, which is most of the time in the evenings. A worthy contender to Botak Jones. Having no GST or service charge is definitely a plus!
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Had walk past this place a lot of times and finally walked into it for dinner last sunday. A few changes from the old one.
Once I walked into it, I jz have this feeling of warm and cosy. The uniform on the waiters and waiteress also looked very good. One main change, instead of the normal paper card they passed to customer in the past, now they use a plastic card and it works like a ez link card, wireless contact.
The place is quite small but they managed to seat a lot of people as well. The only bad thing is the toilet is outside the restaurant, so whenevr wanna to go to toilet can either pay ur card bill then go to toilet then come in with a new card or can leave ur identification and card at the door, then come back and contiune.
Now come the food, I have to say that in general the food is better than last time. They still have stalls offering differernt food. I think due to the fact that it is now not under frachise, but the main Marche HQ took over the management. So what food I have.....
1. Rosti. My fav. It is thick and crispy. It is a prefect match with sour cream. You can add smoked salmon or susages or stired fried mushroom, which I did.
2. Vegetables. In the past, used to be you can pile all the vege you wanna then they will cook it in front of you. Now different, buffet style. They cooked the food and put it in a big wok. So you can choose to have a small, middle or big plate, then you can pile as much as you want. There is 4 types of vege to choose from and all hot and tasty. I had mushroom and the german sour vege (Hee... Forgot the actual name alr)
3. Pork Knuckle. It is huge, crispy and juicy. I loved it as well. You jz have to eat it. At the same stall, they also got roasted chicken as well, Kenny Roger style.
4. Drinks. They sell a variety of drinks, juices, beer and acholic drinks. We got root beer and I got myself a apple cider which is good. Hee.....
5. Desserts. They got cakes, pudding, crepes and lots and lots of bread to choose from. In the end, we are attracted by the strawberry cake and starwberry cheesecake. Both were good, especially the strawberry cake with so many strawberry on top. It is also very cheap selling @ $4.80 per piece.
The service there is good and tentive. They also cleared the plates very fast as well.
I think I will go back very soon to taste the rest of the food that I did not tasted. The price is cheap as well, only about $25 per person.
Rating given:
This jap restaurant hides in the building in AMK Central (in front of the market). In fact, it is so well hidden that everyone would jz walked past it. Reason being, it is inside the building and the rest of the building looks empty.
Once there, same as other jap places, all the waiters and waitress would shout their greetings in the air.
The deco of the place is ok same as other sushi places but they played those 90s english songs. Haa....
The service there was quite prompt as there are more servers than those waiting to be served.
The main highlight of this place is all sushi at selling at 99 cents per plate. Cheap leh. Haa.... That is the main reason y we are there in the first place.
So sushi on plain colored plates are 99 cents and the rest ate fro $2.99 onwards. The sushi variety is quite a lot, however find that the rice they use are not that good and they tend to break into half when picked up. For the fired stuff like fired tofu and dumplings, they came hot which means they are made when ordered. Good.
For the raw stuff like salmon slices etc, according to my colleagues, they are fresh and good. Ended up calling a lot. Haa...
I also tried their teryaki chicken bento. It came hot adn I can see the chef preparing it as well. Haa... But then it fall short of my expectation. The chicken is rather tasteless on its own, the omelette is ok. Well jz say it is not one of the best I tasted.
So overall, the place is for a quick fix for sushi and it is cheap as well.
Rating given:
Step into Eden Cafe, and its homeliness is the first thing that hits you. Friendliness is next, as Clement and his team greeted us with their warm smile and polite gestures. Service like this is getting hard to come by on our little island! The cosiness of the cafe makes it the perfect place for a quiet evening dinner.
I'm a fish lover, but only if they have no fishy stink and no fish bones. So, Clement recommended me their Ginger Leak Snowfish, which is a made-to-order dish. I was swept off my feet! It has zero fishy stink and fish bones. Unlike regular fishes, the snowfish does not split into bits as you cut it. And most importantly, it tastes really good! It is covered in a special sauce which has peanuts in it for that nice crunchy bite.
My friend tried their famous Black Sesame Mushroom Pasta. The pasta is home-made and is dark in colour. As Clement said, this dish is pretty subjective. Some people might love it, while some might really hate it. I guess I belong to the latter, while my friend belongs to the former, as she loves black sesame. Being one of Eden Cafe's famous dishes, I'm sure there are more people who love it than otherwise. A truly unique dish that you can't find anywhere else!
Finally, we had their Lily Citron Jello. It is a jelly kind of dessert that is stuffed with grapes and topped with fresh yogurt and yummy strawberries. It is as healthy as how good it tastes!
Eden Cafe also serves many kinds of floral teas and floral cuisine. All very healthy food that I want to try one day.
Eden Cafe is definitely a 5-star. I'm already salivating right now over the thought of the Ginger Leak Snowfish!
Rating given:
Astons Prime is a recently opened upmarket version of Aston Specialties, catering to the more well heeled with a wider selection of premium meat available and reservations of course.
Located just a stones throw away from the original Astons Specialties, Astons Prime sits along the row of shophouses near the junction of Joo Chiat Road and East Coast Road. The interior is simply furnished and can probably seat up to about 30 people. There are corner booth seats for 2 pax which are a must if you wish to have more privacy. Pity there are only 2 of those seats though and I wasn't fortunate to get one of those even during lunch.
When a place claims to serve up its own homemade garlic spread, my expectations go up a notch because I like my garlic spread a lot, probably more than most people. Sadly, Aston's spread didn't even come close to meeting my expectations. For one, it was rather bland and didn't exactly jell in well with the bread, which incidentally, wasn't tasty nor was it served warm.
Chicken Quesadilla - Interestingly, biting into the Chicken Quesadilla was akin to eating roti prata with bits of chicken and BBQ sauce. The paper thin crust was a little crispy and flaky with a rather miserable filling of chicken. Not that I'm saying that its not good, but for almost 8 dollars, I'd rather order something else.
Fillet Mignon - Notice that the fillet mignon comes in 2 variations, the New Zealand fed and the Australian fed. I'm guessing the Australian one is better because of its superior pricing. But then again, I didn't get to try the New Zealand variant, so I'm really in no position to comment.
My Australian fed fillet mignon was small (they are all 8oz by the way, which is about 250g) but good. I wouldn't go so far as to say that it was excellent as I've definitely tried better but this one was really in a league of its own. Medium rare, succulent and sweet. Only gripe I had was that the meat slab was too thick which resulted in the exterior being a little too charred. I did like the accompanying sauce though, which tasted like it had a little bit of cheese in it.
$70 for 2 pax for lunch is rather expensive honestly, but good steak comes at a price unfortunately. Service is excellent and there is no service charge or GST which kinda sweetens the deal a little. I see potential in this place, but it would be nice to have a larger slab of meat for the same price, please?
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Rating given:
Sakae must be quite good, if not why is there always such a long queue outside? Well, I guess it's just because they have fast and relatively cheaper japanese food? Nonetheless, I joined the queue too.
I don't think there's much you can say about their service when you virtually talk to no one. Even orders are placed through the computer. The only time someone comes is when they have your orders.
Their food is average. I like the Fried Tofu as the skin was really crispy and the tofu was very soft. (Though I don't quite know the difference between that and Agedashi Tofu.) However, the plates of sushi that were on the conveyor belt were disappointing. The rice was rather dry and it didn't taste good at all. Felt like it was left on conveyor belt for a long time. I ordered the teppanyaki beef too and asked for it to be done medium rare. However the beef came out plain and very difficult to chew.
Not everything is bad, but I guess this just wasn't one of those "good" days..
Rating given:
Indian fast food! (I don't know if it's North or South though, I don't know how to tell the difference.)
When we talk about "fast food", we normally think of KFC, Macs etc. Maybe this is like the very common indian fast food restaurant. But I'd say they have way better service and food than KFC/ Mac (ok, price is way higher too..).
When I stepped into the restaurant and looked at the menu, I felt rather weird because the waiter was standing in front of my table waiting to take orders. But being my first time there, I was totally at lost! I didn't know how to order at all! One of the waiters then brought a photo album over to my table to make it easier for us to order (I think he realized our dilemma, especially after we took so long..). When we finally made our choice, I felt abit embarrassed that we took so long. But it was good to see that the waiter still took down your orders very patiently. I must say they are good sales people too! They ask if you wanna try anything else and all, without sounding pushy at all. In fact, you'd feel totally comfortable with the way they recommend other dishes for you to try and all.
I like the service here. They also make sure that their customers are enjoying their food and do go to tables once in awhile to ask if they enjoy their food. It's almost like the service you get at 5-star restaurants! (I'm not kidding..)
Food wise, I think I don't really know if it's good or not as I don't have any basis of comparison. I felt that the Tandoori Chicken tasted a bit like Satay but it went well with this green sauce thing. I liked the Pepper Chicken Masala. It goes very well with this dosa-like thing (I really don't know what they're called). But the chicken was very little. Nonetheless, it tasted good!
On the whole, I had a great time there even though I don't quite know what I was eating half the time! But the service and the food was good. I would love to go back another time, but after finding out how to order. Haha..
Rating given:
I was walking around during the afternoon when I saw this Raja Inn eating place. I was there at the time where they have the porridge buffet. I went in to check out the dishes before grabbing the seats.
What's the important thing when eating a buffet is the price. For the porridge buffet the price is $5.90 for adult and $4.90 for child. Not very pricey quite reasonable. They have over 20 dishes for you to choose from!The buffet is from 11.30am to 2.30pm so for people who are working there sure can give this place a try during their lunch time.
The dishes there are quite tasty. They have my all time favouite salted duck egg,sausages,chicken,beef,salted veg and many other types of veg.Those who have a larger appetite there's rice for you too.
For dinner they have Indon-Chinese Steamboat. Saw this on their menu awaiting to try it some time soon.Heard that it's nice too.
So if you happen to be at tiong bahru be sure to drop by and try the buffet!
Rating given:
Lee and Ong clinic the dental clinic where I first put on my braces. It's at Far East Shopping Centre in town area. I got to know this place by randomly surfing on the internet. Many people must be wondering that it's quite expensive to get your braces done there. It's not true. My whole package cost me $3500 for the normal traditional kind. It's actually an attractive price. I've asked places from the east (Tampines) and west (jurong) and their prices can go up to $4000.Which is very costly.
They do accept monthly installments. You can discuss with them what kind of payment or amount you're comfortable with.
My package includes extraction,photography of the structure of the gum. Many clinic don't actually add this in the package. The doctor and nurses are friendly too. So everytime I visit my orthodontist he doesn't give me the chills.
The waiting time can be quite long if you're working and only can visit the clinic in the evening. But not too worry! There's beverages like cup noodles,biscuits,fruits juices,coffee,tea and water there to help you quench your thirst and hunger. All on the house!
There's a portable vcd at the back where you can watch documentary on your teeth care and stuffs. I haven't tamper with that yet. Magazines and newspaper are there for browsing purposes.
The clinic is cosy which helps to soothes the nerves if you're there to extract your wisdom tooth and is tremblingwith fear.
So if you think that you haven't visited your orthodontist regularly or those who wishes to visit one. I recommend this place. If you find the branch in town to far or inconvenient there's another branch in Teck Whye Lane.
Remember with a clean and bright smile it'll bring you a long way!!!
Rating given:
I've been there often recently.Though there's no cinema there or other form of entertainment I can spent about 4 hours just shopping.
Many people will find it inconvenient to get there thru public transport. It's about 5mins walk from Jurong East Mrt. However, if you are lazy there's free Shutter Bus Pickup Point from: Jurong East MRT, Clementi MRT & Boon Lay MRT. You can surf their website for more details as well.
What shops are exciting there? For fashion there's Adidas,
Aries, Baleno,Bata,Bossini,BYSI,City Chain,DMK,Esprit Outlet,F.O.S,Fox,G2000,OP etc...
There's many stores just to shop and with your CapitaCard there's instant rebate where you earn as you shop.
For every Singaporeans favourite the time to eat. There's a wide range of food and beverage stores available there for your dining pleasure! Ajisen,All Time Favourites Kopitiam, Andersen's of Denmark, Bali Thai, Burger King,Coffee Club, Fish & Co.,Four Leaves Bakery Caf' Restaurant , Ichiban Sushi, Long Beach IMM Seafood Restaurant ,Long John Silver's, MOS Burger, Pepper Lunch, SECRET RECIPE, The Cafe' Cartel Wan Chai Hong Kong Tea Room etc..
There's just so many stores to select from in just another one roof.
If you're looking to stock up for the week or during the holidays there's Giant. Another Megamart where you can get all and what you need at a reasonable price.
So if going to town or staying in the East is boring drop by IMM and discover it,and find out if you like it there or not.
Be sure to shop till you drop and spent several hours there!Great place to go definitely enjoy the time I spent there!
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Today marks the beginning of my makan sessions with a group of like minded food enthusiasts from various forums. Our choice of dinner venue was Astons Specialties at East Coast Rd. This joint has been highly recommended by many seasoned foodies and expectations were high as we made our way there at about 2000hrs. There was quite a queue of people waiting to get in and although I had made a reservation on Wednesday, there was no record of my name to be found, which naturally left me furious. Astons admitted that it was error on their part and although we had to wait for about 25mins for a table, credit has to be given to them for trying to get us a table ASAP. One thing I noticed about the place was that it was actually quite small and squeezy. There were barely 10 tables around and air conditioning was poor. They could well do with more powerful air conditioners or an air curtain at the entrance to prevent the cool air from rushing out.
Food wise, I shared the Wagyu beef promotion @ $38.90 for a 200g cut and the Ieat Super Burger with a friend. Both were done medium rare. According to them, the wagyu was supposed to have a marbling score of 5/6, which was pretty decent for the price. The wagyu came with 2 sides (I chose fries and pasta salad) which was pretty uninspiring. The pasta salad was almost tasteless and the fries were thin and had the same seasoning as that of Botak Jones fries. The wagyu was quite good though. Soft, juicy and tender. Every mouthful is greeted with a burst of flavour that slowly seeps down your throat. Not as good as the Kobe Beef I had at Keyaki, but certainly in a league of its own. Pity about the small 200g portion though. The accompanying mushroom (with garlic?) sauce was nice too, but I found it a tad too salty. The Ieat burger scored high salivation marks for its appearance. Toasted bun atop bacon strips, deep fried onions, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, a slab of chopped sirloin and drenched with BBQ sauce. However, the taste was short of expectations. The chopped sirloin was quite tasteless and dry and not to mention a little too soft. The bacon strips were nicely grilled though and that was just about the only consolation I had from the burger. At $12.50 for the burger, I guess it was pretty reasonable.
It cost us about $210 for 8 pax. On my part I paid about $27/- which I feel was reasonable for the quality of food. However Astons didn't quite measure up to my expectations probably because I had hyped myself up to be expecting something out of this world, only to be brought back down to earth. Nevertheless, a good eat, with reasonable pricing. Please note that the wait for food can be quite long especially when its full, which is most of the time in the evenings. A worthy contender to Botak Jones. Having no GST or service charge is definitely a plus!
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