I went to peach garden for a family dinner and though we had a great deal of ala cart buffet at S$ 39 buy 3 get 1 free, for a table of 12, we still paid about S$460 with no beer, just the buffet...
Everything was good, selection plentiful and we've got one set of the peking duck free which is quite yummy. Each were entitled a bowl of sharks fin which came in many colours. Why i say so, each flavor has got a different colour. I ordered the crab meat one, and its slightly reddish, while the fish bone a marrow one was milky white.
Dishes are sized according to the table size, however we always asked for a smaller dish just so that we will not end up wasting food. If we liked it, we order a 2nd or 3rd helping. For the entire dinner this is what we ate
1) Fried Fish (2 orders) - nice and crispy
2) Steamed Fish (2 orders) - in soy sauce more of a hongkong style
3) Wasabi Prawns (2 orders) - crispy and creamy
4) Black Pepper Prawns (2 orders) - fresh prawns fried with shells
5) Stewed Pork in Meichai (1 Order) - Pork soft and yummy
6) Braised Beef Tendon (1 Order) - Soft yet smelt like stewed pork
7) 3 eggs spinach (1 Order) - this took slightly longer to arrive i wonder why, spinach is yummy.
8) Braised Tofu (2 Orders) - Tofu is fried with a smooth thick sauce over it.
9) Fried Fish with pork floss (2 Orders) - Fish is crispy and light with a generous pork floss topping.
10) Fried Ee Foo Noodles (1 Order) - Noodle over done, bloated and not yummy. This dish is badly done.
11) Fried Hor Fun (1 Order) - Noodles too sticky and not properly done
12) Fried Rice (1 Order) - Ingredients ample and simple and light, tasty yet healthy.
The choice of desserts are plentiful and almost everything is yummy... We had many servings each.
1) Mango Dew with pomelo - Very yummy, slightly acidic yet is super nice
2) Passion Fruit Ice Jelly - Jelly is QQ and dessert sweet... just hope they gave more.
3) Black Glutinous rice - Comes with a ball of coconut ice cream... extremely nice and balanced taste.
4) Almond cream - Yummy, balanced and sweet
5) Longan and Red Dates soup - Loads of longan... yummy!
Service is pretty good, staff attentive and restaurant is busy. Located about 5 mins walk away from the Novena MRT and you have to cross the road.... Its quite a hassle to cross this road. Great experience, food is okay only for the price. I still feel a little over priced even with the 3 free 1 promo.
After reading the review from Natsu, I went especially to try the Ramen and of course the free flow Eggs.... Was so excited, I brought along all mine Kakis and proceeded on a wednesday evening to bugis.
I must say the place is easy to find and rather spacious despite the small shop front. The restaurant is pretty long and casually decorated with a traditional Japanese style to it. As we arrived, we were shown into the restaurant, at this time 7pm the restaurant is still pretty empty with only about 5 tables taken up. We were each given a slip of paper to fill in our orders and a menu that is very limited in choice, just some side dishes but loads of flavoured Ramen roughly categorised into the 4 seasons, Winter, summer, autumn and spring as well as a KING...
We each decided which Ramen type we wanted to try and chose the strength of the soup... The stronger the broth the saltier the soup, as such most of us picked natural, add on sides if you would like, an additional $1 for a slice of seaweed, $2 for an egg, etc... As we completed our orders, we were quickly served water (i appreciate that), self grinding sesame (terribly aromatic) and a container of seasoned bean sprouts...
A table full of whatever Jap seasoning is available for us to add that extra punch.
The noodles arrived shortly and all four seasons tasted different yet distinct in its own way. We ground our sesame, i must say pretty fun and added that into our noodles and it made it more yummy. The noodles were properly cooked and broth very tasty, though it felt natural is still too salty for me. We have loads of bean sprouts as it was crunchy and very appetizing and the free flow EGGS were amazing.
The eggs were not HUGE eggs but rather of a smaller size but so well-cooked, i never had a better boiled egg. The egg white is springy and soft yet the yolk is totally cooked. I had 2 of the eggs while my friends had more than 2 because its totally too delicious. The entire meal was very enjoyable and service is fast. Food is delicious and the ramen is priced affordable. Ambience is nice, very jap style and environment comfortable. Good for dates and great for big groups, however do note that they only allow entry for complete groups, as such when u see a long queue outside, don't frat coz maybe it s just incomplete groups waiting, so do proceed to the door and ask the staff...
I went for the Clarins Beauty Talk with the OCBC credit card mailer and boy did I not had a wonderful time... While I emailed to make the appointment, the reply was quick and for a slot of max 4 persons, i managed to secure 2 at the time and day of my liking. Its not for free of course, yet its extremely worth it because the amount paid can be fully redeemed with purchase of any product.
I was excited when I approached the counter with my friend for the beauty-talk. We had to make payment first which was quick and were issued vouchers of the entire sum we had paid, then we were offered to seat at a private corner while the friendly staff chat up with us on the daily skin problems we face. After making a mental note on our issues and skin type, we proceeded to start the beauty-talk because the others were late. I silently appreciated this professional act. The staff introduced their beauty analyst who brought with her a large tray of clarin product and offered us disinfected hair bands. This is a hands-on session and we could use all the product available.
We eagerly put on our hair-band and the analyst sprayed a perfume like alcohol sanitizer on her hand while she explained the use of it. Smelled really nice and we felt like princesses. She worked on my friend's face while I work on my own imitating her actions as she knowledgeably explained the functions and ingredients of the products. I love the mask, though we only tried on half our face. The mask is light and foamy yet creamy. Its goes thick yet light on our faces and after we cleaned it off, our skin felt tighter and perkier... Its good result for one application.
As we kind-of completed our applications of the various pampering products, Our faces felt essentially moisturised, light and gives off a pinkish glow. We were also given a starter set that comprises of travel sized items as well as generous set of test packets of their latest anti-aging range of serum and day and night creams. We were wooed to buy more of their products however as we rumbled on the current products we were using, the friendly staff was not overbearing nor insistent about our purchase. We each used up the coupon to purchase some daily products and happily headed home. Though we didn't give them a BIG SALE (as the products are moderately higher priced), the staff were still friendly and professional, as such, i'm sure to go back and give them more business. Excellent character and sales attitude. I am impressed.
The products were great in texture and do really made a difference to my skin, though I'm the regular combination skin with many other issues due to my laziness. I'm gonna try the stuffs in my goodie bag and be sure to go back for more...
I've had a great experience and its totally worth it. The money I used to buy the products, I get a free comprehensive hands-on on most of the products on top of that a very fruitful goodie bag... I'm simply aesthetic....
If you enjoy looking pretty and making other's pretty then the MAKE UP FOREVER ACADEMY have courses to offer you to learn the art of using cosmetics to create illusions. I feel honoured to be invited to attend their open house during the SG Night Festival and am even more excited to see their products.
I was admiring the awesome glittering tattoo on the lady's face when she greeted me at the door with the warmest smile I've ever seen. While I step inside, I am amazed by the rows and rows of cosmetic products in a huge array of colours, hues and textures. The staffs mostly dressed in black, with the most flawless made up faces and funky tattoos happily introduced their products to me. The products are made in a few range, one for normal, another for artistic expressions like body arts with options of high glittering colours and luminous colours. Yes you heard me its luminous and not fluorescent, though they do have fluorescent hues, its the luminous that AWED me.
I was later invited upstairs to view their exhibits whereby mannequins are painted with luminous cosmetic products in the most intrinsically mesmerizing design styles. Its an exceptional experience as we entered a dark dark room, only illuminated by UV tubes of a dark blue hue and the body art of the mannequins simply light up the spaces around them. It looked fantastic, every theme on the mannequins are carefully chosen and expressed in the most illustrative manner. Check out also your teeth and eyeballs, they too glows in this light wave.
After a tour of the exhibits, we headed back down and got ourselves a cool tattoo in luminous body paint. A further explanation of the different courses they offer like bridal make-up courses, diploma courses in make-up, body painting and many other beauty related courses are also available and scheduled.
The visit ended with a good tone and by their individual made up faces as well as their demo of the products, I could find their proficiency in using these professional make up tools and products as such if I have any friends who is interested to learn the art of using cosmetics, I am sure to ask them to take up a course here.
The range of the products is pretty comprehensive and location really good, near to Armenian street and facilities complete.
Discovered another kampong style of dining… This place is situated in the middle of nowhere and can be easily missed as part of an industrial area. When we reached, it was crowded with diners laughing and enjoying their meals.
We glanced and realised that almost every table ordered similar dishes. So we decide to try based on their popularity.
Stir Fried Sambal Sweet Potato Leaves – The sambal was spicy with generous amount of dried shrimps and shallots. It was fried with good wok hei that the vegetables did not turn out yellowish or soggy.
Dried Hor Fun – Recommended by their staff. Surprised it was not oily at all. The noodles were mixed with lots of lettuce and bean sprouts with bits of crispy pork lard sprinkled on top of it. A must try for all diners…
Three Cups Chicken – The drumsticks were marinated with 3 different seasonings but none of the staff knew exactly which seasonings. Friends were fast to add that basil leaves played a big part in the flavouring. Well, the chicken skin was crispy and the meat was soft which made it easier to bite
Salted Egg Yoke Crayfish – The best dish that we have taken. Most crayfish looked big with the shell on but the actual meat to be eaten was miserable. So technically speaking, we actually paid more for the shells. With no expectations, we took our share and were quietly fumbling how to remove the meat. Then, suddenly there were “ wah…not bad….wow… “ We realised that it was not that difficult to remove the meat and when detached from the shell, it was chunky and moist. Initially, we could not see clearly the portion of meat as the batter had covered most parts of the crayfish. Thumbs up to the chef for cleverly camouflaging the main star.
We were satisfied and while waiting to settle the bill, we saw a few groups of golfers and their families sitting down to order their usual dishes. From the look of it, this place must be popular for their food, affordable prices and hard to find kampong styled environment.
The signature green and white cubic table cloth brings back fond memories of celebration lunches and dinners when I was just a little girl. I appreciate the thought of keeping all the Jack's Place restaurants simply designed using natural materials and colours.
When I get to visit Jack's Place during lunch, I will definitely get the SET LUNCHES... because its of a very good value and portion is just right for the big eater me. There's the standard executive set lunches with choices like deep fried dory fish, ribeye steak, t-bone steak or steak and chicken combo while they also do have daily specials for all 7 days of the week featuring real nice sirloin steaks and etc. The daily set lunch menu are different for every outlet, so do identify your favourite set lunch outlet.
For a mere S$12.80, you can get a soup of the day with garlic bread, a main course, a dessert and coffee or tea. Upgrades are also available for drinks, soup and sides, however the standard set works for me.
The soup is a cream of mushroom and its rather watery with bits of mushroom inside, it tasted a tad too salty for my liking however it is clouded with a thick aroma of chicken and mushroom. Garlic bread is ever so crispy and yummy. My main is the fish and chips, fish fried till crispy and juicy inside. I simply enjoy the salad that comes with the fish and chips, concoction of fresh veg and dressing is yummy, juicy and refreshing as compared to the fried fish. Dessert is a light cream cheese cake which is surprisingly yummy and light and i had some singapore blend red tea which tasted extremely local.
I love the baked potato, but I didn't have any, perhaps the next round. The service is prompt though the place is pretty crowded, I get the staff's attention quite easily. The restaurant's location is quite good, next to the restroom and seating arranged in a good manner where everybody gets ample space.
Quite a good environment, value for money food and pretty good service. I enjoyed my lunch :)
Friends were raving about this particular wonton noodle stall which was previously located at Dunman Road Hawker Centre. They have now moved to Tanjong Katong Road.
Upon arrival, we were greeted by the staff who politely inquired the number of diners. He also briefly explained that we need to fill up form for the order, walk to pay at cashier and wait for the food to be served.
Before we could start talking and taking photos, our food was brought to our table. We noticed that the noodles looked quite plain with some vegetables and char siew.
Advised by friends that it was best to taste the noodles without their homemade fiercely hot chilli sauce, we started to toss and mixed the small portion of gravy at the base of the bowl.
Surprisingly, the noodles were not soggy or lumpy. The texture was springy, fresh and blended well after the tossing. The wantons were well wrapped with flavourful minced meat and the char siew were less fatty with slight burnt portion. It was yummy… We were also warned about the super hot chilli sauce. We tried a small spoonful and indeed, it was hot as we began to perspire after the second mouthful.
Another interesting item that we noticed was a container of fried lard placed at one corner for diners to add to their noodles. And it was free flow for all diners together with topping up of hot soup.
After tasting the wonderful soft and silky wanton, we decide to order another plate of fried wantons. The skin was thin, crispy and the meat mixture was balanced – not too salty, oily or dried after deep fried.
When we finished, we noticed a big board explaining the history of this shop since 1950s where the noodles cost just $0.30 a bowl. We were very impressed by the efforts made by the predecessors of this owner who have brought us childhood memories where noodles were sold on push cart with clicking of bamboo sticks to announce their arrival.
I had a staycation recently at Amara Sanctuary Resort (Sentosa). The price was reasonable. About $280 plus per night for a deluxe room.
The room is quite big with separate bath tub, and standing rain shower. Their toiletries are good too - the SPA type. The hotels will provide kacang and signature drinks to welcome you at the lobby. At certain hours, they will have ice cream too.
The roof top pool is quite small. There is no baby pool, so I have to bring my baby to the jacuzzi pool. There was no pool towel or service staff at the pool area.
The breakfast at their all day dinner restaurant - Shutters, was good. A lot of variety to choose from - Tim Sum, porridge, local delights (prata, nasi lemak), western dishes (waffle, wide bread and cheese selections).
What I do not like is that they only have 2 service lifts and they have to do their lifts maintenance at the same time on a Saturday night. So, we have to walk up the stairs to our room. Luckily it's on the 3rd floor and not the 4th.
This La Mian Restaurant is owned by Gao Ji Food Chain.
I ordered from their Lunch Special - $5.90 for selected noodles with upgrade of 1 appetizer and drinks at $3.90 :
La Mian with Crispy Fried Chicken Chop and Dumplings with Hot and Sour Sauce, plus a Plum Juice.
The noodles are Q and just right, not too hard or soft. But the Crispy Fried Chicken Chop is a failure. It's too oily and thin. It's like eating the batter only. The Dumplings with Hot and Sour Sauce are good though. The dumplings are full and the meat are juicy. The sauce is just right. Not too spicy. As for the Plum juice... just the normal plum juice, nothing special.
My first time trying Keisuke's ramen. I was attracted by the 4 seasons' theme soup base.
To my surprise, they give free hard boiled eggs and seasoned bean sprouts! My hubby loves eggs, so he whack almost the whole bowl of eggs. While for me, I am a bean sprouts lover, so I had like half of the bottle of the seasoned bean sprouts (very well seasoned).
I had the Autumn ramen while my hubby had the Summer ramen. Mine - the soup base is Shoyu Tonkotsu. Very oily. Luckily, I had the bean sprouts to balance the taste. I also grind in the sesame to add the nutty taste.
My hubby's ramen was Spicy Shoyu Tonkotsu. Really spicy!
For the free eggs and bean sprouts, I will be back to try other seasons. :)
1=SGD 0.0587
I went to peach garden for a family dinner and though we had a great deal of ala cart buffet at S$ 39 buy 3 get 1 free, for a table of 12, we still paid about S$460 with no beer, just the buffet...
Everything was good, selection plentiful and we've got one set of the peking duck free which is quite yummy. Each were entitled a bowl of sharks fin which came in many colours. Why i say so, each flavor has got a different colour. I ordered the crab meat one, and its slightly reddish, while the fish bone a marrow one was milky white.
Dishes are sized according to the table size, however we always asked for a smaller dish just so that we will not end up wasting food. If we liked it, we order a 2nd or 3rd helping. For the entire dinner this is what we ate
1) Fried Fish (2 orders) - nice and crispy
2) Steamed Fish (2 orders) - in soy sauce more of a hongkong style
3) Wasabi Prawns (2 orders) - crispy and creamy
4) Black Pepper Prawns (2 orders) - fresh prawns fried with shells
5) Stewed Pork in Meichai (1 Order) - Pork soft and yummy
6) Braised Beef Tendon (1 Order) - Soft yet smelt like stewed pork
7) 3 eggs spinach (1 Order) - this took slightly longer to arrive i wonder why, spinach is yummy.
8) Braised Tofu (2 Orders) - Tofu is fried with a smooth thick sauce over it.
9) Fried Fish with pork floss (2 Orders) - Fish is crispy and light with a generous pork floss topping.
10) Fried Ee Foo Noodles (1 Order) - Noodle over done, bloated and not yummy. This dish is badly done.
11) Fried Hor Fun (1 Order) - Noodles too sticky and not properly done
12) Fried Rice (1 Order) - Ingredients ample and simple and light, tasty yet healthy.
The choice of desserts are plentiful and almost everything is yummy... We had many servings each.
1) Mango Dew with pomelo - Very yummy, slightly acidic yet is super nice
2) Passion Fruit Ice Jelly - Jelly is QQ and dessert sweet... just hope they gave more.
3) Black Glutinous rice - Comes with a ball of coconut ice cream... extremely nice and balanced taste.
4) Almond cream - Yummy, balanced and sweet
5) Longan and Red Dates soup - Loads of longan... yummy!
Service is pretty good, staff attentive and restaurant is busy. Located about 5 mins walk away from the Novena MRT and you have to cross the road.... Its quite a hassle to cross this road. Great experience, food is okay only for the price. I still feel a little over priced even with the 3 free 1 promo.
Rating given:
After reading the review from Natsu, I went especially to try the Ramen and of course the free flow Eggs.... Was so excited, I brought along all mine Kakis and proceeded on a wednesday evening to bugis.
I must say the place is easy to find and rather spacious despite the small shop front. The restaurant is pretty long and casually decorated with a traditional Japanese style to it. As we arrived, we were shown into the restaurant, at this time 7pm the restaurant is still pretty empty with only about 5 tables taken up. We were each given a slip of paper to fill in our orders and a menu that is very limited in choice, just some side dishes but loads of flavoured Ramen roughly categorised into the 4 seasons, Winter, summer, autumn and spring as well as a KING...
We each decided which Ramen type we wanted to try and chose the strength of the soup... The stronger the broth the saltier the soup, as such most of us picked natural, add on sides if you would like, an additional $1 for a slice of seaweed, $2 for an egg, etc... As we completed our orders, we were quickly served water (i appreciate that), self grinding sesame (terribly aromatic) and a container of seasoned bean sprouts...
A table full of whatever Jap seasoning is available for us to add that extra punch.
The noodles arrived shortly and all four seasons tasted different yet distinct in its own way. We ground our sesame, i must say pretty fun and added that into our noodles and it made it more yummy. The noodles were properly cooked and broth very tasty, though it felt natural is still too salty for me. We have loads of bean sprouts as it was crunchy and very appetizing and the free flow EGGS were amazing.
The eggs were not HUGE eggs but rather of a smaller size but so well-cooked, i never had a better boiled egg. The egg white is springy and soft yet the yolk is totally cooked. I had 2 of the eggs while my friends had more than 2 because its totally too delicious. The entire meal was very enjoyable and service is fast. Food is delicious and the ramen is priced affordable. Ambience is nice, very jap style and environment comfortable. Good for dates and great for big groups, however do note that they only allow entry for complete groups, as such when u see a long queue outside, don't frat coz maybe it s just incomplete groups waiting, so do proceed to the door and ask the staff...
#freeeggs #ramen #best #japanese #freeflow #freebeansprouts #fourseasons
Rating given:
I went for the Clarins Beauty Talk with the OCBC credit card mailer and boy did I not had a wonderful time... While I emailed to make the appointment, the reply was quick and for a slot of max 4 persons, i managed to secure 2 at the time and day of my liking. Its not for free of course, yet its extremely worth it because the amount paid can be fully redeemed with purchase of any product.
I was excited when I approached the counter with my friend for the beauty-talk. We had to make payment first which was quick and were issued vouchers of the entire sum we had paid, then we were offered to seat at a private corner while the friendly staff chat up with us on the daily skin problems we face. After making a mental note on our issues and skin type, we proceeded to start the beauty-talk because the others were late. I silently appreciated this professional act. The staff introduced their beauty analyst who brought with her a large tray of clarin product and offered us disinfected hair bands. This is a hands-on session and we could use all the product available.
We eagerly put on our hair-band and the analyst sprayed a perfume like alcohol sanitizer on her hand while she explained the use of it. Smelled really nice and we felt like princesses. She worked on my friend's face while I work on my own imitating her actions as she knowledgeably explained the functions and ingredients of the products. I love the mask, though we only tried on half our face. The mask is light and foamy yet creamy. Its goes thick yet light on our faces and after we cleaned it off, our skin felt tighter and perkier... Its good result for one application.
As we kind-of completed our applications of the various pampering products, Our faces felt essentially moisturised, light and gives off a pinkish glow. We were also given a starter set that comprises of travel sized items as well as generous set of test packets of their latest anti-aging range of serum and day and night creams. We were wooed to buy more of their products however as we rumbled on the current products we were using, the friendly staff was not overbearing nor insistent about our purchase. We each used up the coupon to purchase some daily products and happily headed home. Though we didn't give them a BIG SALE (as the products are moderately higher priced), the staff were still friendly and professional, as such, i'm sure to go back and give them more business. Excellent character and sales attitude. I am impressed.
The products were great in texture and do really made a difference to my skin, though I'm the regular combination skin with many other issues due to my laziness. I'm gonna try the stuffs in my goodie bag and be sure to go back for more...
I've had a great experience and its totally worth it. The money I used to buy the products, I get a free comprehensive hands-on on most of the products on top of that a very fruitful goodie bag... I'm simply aesthetic....
Rating given:
If you enjoy looking pretty and making other's pretty then the MAKE UP FOREVER ACADEMY have courses to offer you to learn the art of using cosmetics to create illusions. I feel honoured to be invited to attend their open house during the SG Night Festival and am even more excited to see their products.
I was admiring the awesome glittering tattoo on the lady's face when she greeted me at the door with the warmest smile I've ever seen. While I step inside, I am amazed by the rows and rows of cosmetic products in a huge array of colours, hues and textures. The staffs mostly dressed in black, with the most flawless made up faces and funky tattoos happily introduced their products to me. The products are made in a few range, one for normal, another for artistic expressions like body arts with options of high glittering colours and luminous colours. Yes you heard me its luminous and not fluorescent, though they do have fluorescent hues, its the luminous that AWED me.
I was later invited upstairs to view their exhibits whereby mannequins are painted with luminous cosmetic products in the most intrinsically mesmerizing design styles. Its an exceptional experience as we entered a dark dark room, only illuminated by UV tubes of a dark blue hue and the body art of the mannequins simply light up the spaces around them. It looked fantastic, every theme on the mannequins are carefully chosen and expressed in the most illustrative manner. Check out also your teeth and eyeballs, they too glows in this light wave.
After a tour of the exhibits, we headed back down and got ourselves a cool tattoo in luminous body paint. A further explanation of the different courses they offer like bridal make-up courses, diploma courses in make-up, body painting and many other beauty related courses are also available and scheduled.
The visit ended with a good tone and by their individual made up faces as well as their demo of the products, I could find their proficiency in using these professional make up tools and products as such if I have any friends who is interested to learn the art of using cosmetics, I am sure to ask them to take up a course here.
The range of the products is pretty comprehensive and location really good, near to Armenian street and facilities complete.
Rating given:
Discovered another kampong style of dining… This place is situated in the middle of nowhere and can be easily missed as part of an industrial area. When we reached, it was crowded with diners laughing and enjoying their meals.
We glanced and realised that almost every table ordered similar dishes. So we decide to try based on their popularity.
Stir Fried Sambal Sweet Potato Leaves – The sambal was spicy with generous amount of dried shrimps and shallots. It was fried with good wok hei that the vegetables did not turn out yellowish or soggy.
Dried Hor Fun – Recommended by their staff. Surprised it was not oily at all. The noodles were mixed with lots of lettuce and bean sprouts with bits of crispy pork lard sprinkled on top of it. A must try for all diners…
Three Cups Chicken – The drumsticks were marinated with 3 different seasonings but none of the staff knew exactly which seasonings. Friends were fast to add that basil leaves played a big part in the flavouring. Well, the chicken skin was crispy and the meat was soft which made it easier to bite
Salted Egg Yoke Crayfish – The best dish that we have taken. Most crayfish looked big with the shell on but the actual meat to be eaten was miserable. So technically speaking, we actually paid more for the shells. With no expectations, we took our share and were quietly fumbling how to remove the meat. Then, suddenly there were “ wah…not bad….wow… “ We realised that it was not that difficult to remove the meat and when detached from the shell, it was chunky and moist. Initially, we could not see clearly the portion of meat as the batter had covered most parts of the crayfish. Thumbs up to the chef for cleverly camouflaging the main star.
We were satisfied and while waiting to settle the bill, we saw a few groups of golfers and their families sitting down to order their usual dishes. From the look of it, this place must be popular for their food, affordable prices and hard to find kampong styled environment.
Rating given:
The signature green and white cubic table cloth brings back fond memories of celebration lunches and dinners when I was just a little girl. I appreciate the thought of keeping all the Jack's Place restaurants simply designed using natural materials and colours.
When I get to visit Jack's Place during lunch, I will definitely get the SET LUNCHES... because its of a very good value and portion is just right for the big eater me. There's the standard executive set lunches with choices like deep fried dory fish, ribeye steak, t-bone steak or steak and chicken combo while they also do have daily specials for all 7 days of the week featuring real nice sirloin steaks and etc. The daily set lunch menu are different for every outlet, so do identify your favourite set lunch outlet.
For a mere S$12.80, you can get a soup of the day with garlic bread, a main course, a dessert and coffee or tea. Upgrades are also available for drinks, soup and sides, however the standard set works for me.
The soup is a cream of mushroom and its rather watery with bits of mushroom inside, it tasted a tad too salty for my liking however it is clouded with a thick aroma of chicken and mushroom. Garlic bread is ever so crispy and yummy. My main is the fish and chips, fish fried till crispy and juicy inside. I simply enjoy the salad that comes with the fish and chips, concoction of fresh veg and dressing is yummy, juicy and refreshing as compared to the fried fish. Dessert is a light cream cheese cake which is surprisingly yummy and light and i had some singapore blend red tea which tasted extremely local.
I love the baked potato, but I didn't have any, perhaps the next round. The service is prompt though the place is pretty crowded, I get the staff's attention quite easily. The restaurant's location is quite good, next to the restroom and seating arranged in a good manner where everybody gets ample space.
Quite a good environment, value for money food and pretty good service. I enjoyed my lunch :)
Rating given:
Friends were raving about this particular wonton noodle stall which was previously located at Dunman Road Hawker Centre. They have now moved to Tanjong Katong Road.
Upon arrival, we were greeted by the staff who politely inquired the number of diners. He also briefly explained that we need to fill up form for the order, walk to pay at cashier and wait for the food to be served.
Before we could start talking and taking photos, our food was brought to our table. We noticed that the noodles looked quite plain with some vegetables and char siew.
Advised by friends that it was best to taste the noodles without their homemade fiercely hot chilli sauce, we started to toss and mixed the small portion of gravy at the base of the bowl.
Surprisingly, the noodles were not soggy or lumpy. The texture was springy, fresh and blended well after the tossing. The wantons were well wrapped with flavourful minced meat and the char siew were less fatty with slight burnt portion. It was yummy… We were also warned about the super hot chilli sauce. We tried a small spoonful and indeed, it was hot as we began to perspire after the second mouthful.
Another interesting item that we noticed was a container of fried lard placed at one corner for diners to add to their noodles. And it was free flow for all diners together with topping up of hot soup.
After tasting the wonderful soft and silky wanton, we decide to order another plate of fried wantons. The skin was thin, crispy and the meat mixture was balanced – not too salty, oily or dried after deep fried.
When we finished, we noticed a big board explaining the history of this shop since 1950s where the noodles cost just $0.30 a bowl. We were very impressed by the efforts made by the predecessors of this owner who have brought us childhood memories where noodles were sold on push cart with clicking of bamboo sticks to announce their arrival.
Rating given:
I had a staycation recently at Amara Sanctuary Resort (Sentosa). The price was reasonable. About $280 plus per night for a deluxe room.
The room is quite big with separate bath tub, and standing rain shower. Their toiletries are good too - the SPA type. The hotels will provide kacang and signature drinks to welcome you at the lobby. At certain hours, they will have ice cream too.
The roof top pool is quite small. There is no baby pool, so I have to bring my baby to the jacuzzi pool. There was no pool towel or service staff at the pool area.
The breakfast at their all day dinner restaurant - Shutters, was good. A lot of variety to choose from - Tim Sum, porridge, local delights (prata, nasi lemak), western dishes (waffle, wide bread and cheese selections).
What I do not like is that they only have 2 service lifts and they have to do their lifts maintenance at the same time on a Saturday night. So, we have to walk up the stairs to our room. Luckily it's on the 3rd floor and not the 4th.
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This La Mian Restaurant is owned by Gao Ji Food Chain.
I ordered from their Lunch Special - $5.90 for selected noodles with upgrade of 1 appetizer and drinks at $3.90 :
La Mian with Crispy Fried Chicken Chop and Dumplings with Hot and Sour Sauce, plus a Plum Juice.
The noodles are Q and just right, not too hard or soft. But the Crispy Fried Chicken Chop is a failure. It's too oily and thin. It's like eating the batter only. The Dumplings with Hot and Sour Sauce are good though. The dumplings are full and the meat are juicy. The sauce is just right. Not too spicy. As for the Plum juice... just the normal plum juice, nothing special.
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My first time trying Keisuke's ramen. I was attracted by the 4 seasons' theme soup base.
To my surprise, they give free hard boiled eggs and seasoned bean sprouts! My hubby loves eggs, so he whack almost the whole bowl of eggs. While for me, I am a bean sprouts lover, so I had like half of the bottle of the seasoned bean sprouts (very well seasoned).
I had the Autumn ramen while my hubby had the Summer ramen. Mine - the soup base is Shoyu Tonkotsu. Very oily. Luckily, I had the bean sprouts to balance the taste. I also grind in the sesame to add the nutty taste.
My hubby's ramen was Spicy Shoyu Tonkotsu. Really spicy!
For the free eggs and bean sprouts, I will be back to try other seasons. :)
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