Cafe Cartel has been in Siglap for a long time... 6-7 years maybe. It's a permanent fixture now. They've recently adopted a 10% service charge (across all outlets) and started to serve the customer, instead of having the customer go pay at the counter. (I prefer the old system actually)
These are my usual orders: Pork Ribs, Chicken Lasagna, Aloha Soda.
I love the Aloha Soda. But well it's the only drink which has remained constant. Due to the change of servers all the time, the blended drinks tend to taste different every time my friend orders them.
The food portions have gotten a little smaller. But still sufficient for one person. The fries that come with the Pork Ribs... have been reduced to about less than 20 bits. But it's the kind I like the fat sort.
The cakes are pretty good. They go half price after 9 every night so that's a good thing if you love cakes.
All in all, I still frequent the place, but it's not really worth the price. 2 people for about $30 ...
Giraffe is situated at Istana Park, right opposite Plaza Singapura. It's a glass building amongst all the greenery. Needless to say it has fantastic ambience with great music playing, perfect for a romantic meal or a chill-out with friends.
The first level is the bar with wine, spirits and some finger food. From what I know, the drinks are fine, but don't get the finger food.
Head to the second floor for the dining area. The servers are all smiley and look welcoming. There are seats inside and outside so you can choose. They have some sofa seats and regular dining ones. :)
They basically serve up international cuisine. We picked quite a bit and enjoyed all. Food was a tad oily for my taste. But they change their menu so couldn't get the exact names of the dishes we had anymore. In the middle of our meal, we decided to change to indoor seats... This was the only glitch in the meal where the servers took very long to respond to us and to help us move in. Other than that, all was fine.
We spent about $40 for the 2 of us so that's pretty regular. :) Good Stuff
This Wanton Noodle is CHEAP CHEAP... $2-$2.50 a plate and the portion is not tiny. Value for money really.
The noodles are cooked just right, slightly chewy. Not for people who likes theirs soft. The char siew is a very wierd red colour but it tastes good. I've yet to eat large fatty bits there. The char siew is always fresh and chewy.
The service is ok, I guess. They're fast. But don't expect any smiles or anything... it's strictly business.
The bad part would be having to find the place itself and not much parking space. :P
Beadyplace is a a blogshop which has been around for more than a year. It's established a good clientele base with many regular customers purchasing from it on a frequent basis.
It boasts a variety of accessories in various styles. In fact there are always some items in each update that are absolutely unique. Even I myself cannot remake them. (Yes I own this blogshop.)
The price range is between $5 - $30, which is dirt-cheap for something unique and handmade. I provides personalised service such as remaking in a different colour or giftwrapping and providing cards.
The only flaw would be that updates are so far apart...
Dimly lit by oil lamps in disguise of church bulk candles, road lamps and the moonlight, Jazz music, chill ambience.
Food is not too expensive, though the place looks expensive. No smoking area, nice chatting and chillout places, cocktails there are alotsa varieties, even the juice are pretty looking.
When I think of Timbre, I smell their Thin-crust Pizza. Leave your Pizza Hut Thin Crust Pizzas behind, go to timbre! I usually order their Mushroom Thin Crust. It's portabello mushrooms and lots of cheese that doesn't get you sick of but craving for more.
Tuborg's a really bad beer, don't bother to get the bucket.
Sometimes Timbre gets over crowded and that's not very cool.
The weather may be hot but when you get into timbre, surprisingly it is not as hot outside. Pray it doesn't rain, there are parts with no shelter.
Second floor of Wala will need you to be extremely legal to get pass the 'bouncer'. I always get Vodka Extra Lime there, some fries.
Gotta looooove Shirlyn Tan and The Unexpected...the occasionally singing-while-drumming Brandon Khoo. I guess their music draws the crowds. I am only there when they are there.
On bad point is that the upper floors always gets over crowded and there weren't enough seats. They may wanna consider to get a bigger space ;)
Other than that, the atmosphere is rather cool, and best of all, the TOILET is clean heh.
UPDATE: Went for another time... This time I had more bucks and ordered more...wings and fries, many baileys with milk, and this something new I tried called Appletiser and Grapetiser. It looks like white wine and red wine respectively...
The waiter there so so funny because Shirlyn thought I was drunk and the waiter told her I was drunk on the non-alcoholic Appletiser.
After when I left, the cheeky bartender treated me to another Tuborg...(though I hate Tuborg...)
Try not to go California Fitness during peak hours. The gym will be so full that you will have a hard time finding lockers, toilet will not be as clean as before.
Other than that, the equiptment there are pretty well, better than most condo and Sports Council's gym, than the other competiton gyms too.
Includes a steam room and a sauna in the ladies' room, complete with a vainity top with hairdryers, cotton buds, ear buds, lotion and tissues...
The showers have shampoos, conditioners and shower gel affixed, towels and workout towels provided too.
Water coolers are there too!
Workout courses are there for registering (FOC), trainers there to guide you upon appoinment too.
However the lockers do not have locks, you'll need to bring one on your own. Lockers have 2 hangers as well. Tall enough to keep your dress as it was.
You just have to be a member to get all of these :)
Independent music event by the late Wayne Thunder and young Sabrina.
Featuring the best few pioneering and new local bands of Singapore, naming Fored Vomit, Humback Oak, Great Spy Experiment, West Grand Blvd, Astroninja-AllStars (NEW!), confetti and lightsticks, moshing, headbang, surfing were observed!
Sponsors includes Canon's bullet time cameras for slick and sharo footages to be made into DVDs, Gibson's Epiphone Les Paul guitar for Lucky Draw prize.
Video footages and photos of Wayne's life and people he impacted touched many hearts...
Sound was pretty good there, Air-con was powerful enough to keep the place cooling, second storey balcony allowed top view of stuff...
Entrance easy to control, unfortunately, The Pavillion was a transparent Fish Tank which allowed others to see through from the outside rather than to pay to get in.
Art Friend is a good place to go to when looking for materials for art works or projects. I like this place because they have a wide variety, and it actually gives me more inspiration on the spot when I see the many things they have there.
However, although this is the biggest branch, it is also the most crowded one. The crowd is due to the fact that many people shop there, however it is also due to the poor organization of the shelves in the store. It has quite a big shop space, but the shelves are arranged in such a way that there is not much walking space to accommodate to the crowd they meet each day.
I feel that the shop is under-staffed too. Either that, or they are really unfriendly. Each time you ask for help from one of those working there, they seem to be always on the move looking for something or moving things. As a result, they give you'd feel like you've got a very half-hearted answer from them, which actually is quite annoying. Not only that, there is always a very long queue at the counter. With such good business, I feel that they should open more counters, or the queue would actually be blocking the way of many others. Also, it could be quite a turn off to have to queue so long.
1=SGD 0.0587
Cafe Cartel has been in Siglap for a long time... 6-7 years maybe. It's a permanent fixture now. They've recently adopted a 10% service charge (across all outlets) and started to serve the customer, instead of having the customer go pay at the counter. (I prefer the old system actually)
These are my usual orders: Pork Ribs, Chicken Lasagna, Aloha Soda.
I love the Aloha Soda. But well it's the only drink which has remained constant. Due to the change of servers all the time, the blended drinks tend to taste different every time my friend orders them.
The food portions have gotten a little smaller. But still sufficient for one person. The fries that come with the Pork Ribs... have been reduced to about less than 20 bits. But it's the kind I like the fat sort.
The cakes are pretty good. They go half price after 9 every night so that's a good thing if you love cakes.
All in all, I still frequent the place, but it's not really worth the price. 2 people for about $30 ...
Rating given:
Giraffe is situated at Istana Park, right opposite Plaza Singapura. It's a glass building amongst all the greenery. Needless to say it has fantastic ambience with great music playing, perfect for a romantic meal or a chill-out with friends.
The first level is the bar with wine, spirits and some finger food. From what I know, the drinks are fine, but don't get the finger food.
Head to the second floor for the dining area. The servers are all smiley and look welcoming. There are seats inside and outside so you can choose. They have some sofa seats and regular dining ones. :)
They basically serve up international cuisine. We picked quite a bit and enjoyed all. Food was a tad oily for my taste. But they change their menu so couldn't get the exact names of the dishes we had anymore. In the middle of our meal, we decided to change to indoor seats... This was the only glitch in the meal where the servers took very long to respond to us and to help us move in. Other than that, all was fine.
We spent about $40 for the 2 of us so that's pretty regular. :) Good Stuff
Rating given:
This Wanton Noodle is CHEAP CHEAP... $2-$2.50 a plate and the portion is not tiny. Value for money really.
The noodles are cooked just right, slightly chewy. Not for people who likes theirs soft. The char siew is a very wierd red colour but it tastes good. I've yet to eat large fatty bits there. The char siew is always fresh and chewy.
The service is ok, I guess. They're fast. But don't expect any smiles or anything... it's strictly business.
The bad part would be having to find the place itself and not much parking space. :P
Rating given:
Beadyplace is a a blogshop which has been around for more than a year. It's established a good clientele base with many regular customers purchasing from it on a frequent basis.
It boasts a variety of accessories in various styles. In fact there are always some items in each update that are absolutely unique. Even I myself cannot remake them. (Yes I own this blogshop.)
The price range is between $5 - $30, which is dirt-cheap for something unique and handmade. I provides personalised service such as remaking in a different colour or giftwrapping and providing cards.
The only flaw would be that updates are so far apart...
Rating given:
Dimly lit by oil lamps in disguise of church bulk candles, road lamps and the moonlight, Jazz music, chill ambience.
Food is not too expensive, though the place looks expensive.
No smoking area, nice chatting and chillout places, cocktails there are alotsa varieties, even the juice are pretty looking.
:)
Rating given:
When I think of Timbre, I smell their Thin-crust Pizza. Leave your Pizza Hut Thin Crust Pizzas behind, go to timbre! I usually order their Mushroom Thin Crust. It's portabello mushrooms and lots of cheese that doesn't get you sick of but craving for more.
Tuborg's a really bad beer, don't bother to get the bucket.
Sometimes Timbre gets over crowded and that's not very cool.
The weather may be hot but when you get into timbre, surprisingly it is not as hot outside. Pray it doesn't rain, there are parts with no shelter.
Margaritas are pretty good there too.
Nice hangout ;)
I just will go there just for the pizza hahaha.
Rating given:
Second floor of Wala will need you to be extremely legal to get pass the 'bouncer'. I always get Vodka Extra Lime there, some fries.
Gotta looooove Shirlyn Tan and The Unexpected...the occasionally singing-while-drumming Brandon Khoo. I guess their music draws the crowds. I am only there when they are there.
On bad point is that the upper floors always gets over crowded and there weren't enough seats. They may wanna consider to get a bigger space ;)
Other than that, the atmosphere is rather cool, and best of all, the TOILET is clean heh.
UPDATE:
Went for another time...
This time I had more bucks and ordered more...wings and fries, many baileys with milk, and this something new I tried called Appletiser and Grapetiser. It looks like white wine and red wine respectively...
The waiter there so so funny because Shirlyn thought I was drunk and the waiter told her I was drunk on the non-alcoholic Appletiser.
After when I left, the cheeky bartender treated me to another Tuborg...(though I hate Tuborg...)
Rating given:
Try not to go California Fitness during peak hours.
The gym will be so full that you will have a hard time finding lockers, toilet will not be as clean as before.
Other than that, the equiptment there are pretty well, better than most condo and Sports Council's gym, than the other competiton gyms too.
Includes a steam room and a sauna in the ladies' room, complete with a vainity top with hairdryers, cotton buds, ear buds, lotion and tissues...
The showers have shampoos, conditioners and shower gel affixed, towels and workout towels provided too.
Water coolers are there too!
Workout courses are there for registering (FOC), trainers there to guide you upon appoinment too.
However the lockers do not have locks, you'll need to bring one on your own. Lockers have 2 hangers as well. Tall enough to keep your dress as it was.
You just have to be a member to get all of these :)
(gotta be at least 21 :) )
Rating given:
ROCK FOR WAYNE 2007
Independent music event by the late Wayne Thunder and young Sabrina.
Featuring the best few pioneering and new local bands of Singapore, naming Fored Vomit, Humback Oak, Great Spy Experiment, West Grand Blvd, Astroninja-AllStars (NEW!), confetti and lightsticks, moshing, headbang, surfing were observed!
Sponsors includes Canon's bullet time cameras for slick and sharo footages to be made into DVDs, Gibson's Epiphone Les Paul guitar for Lucky Draw prize.
Video footages and photos of Wayne's life and people he impacted touched many hearts...
Sound was pretty good there, Air-con was powerful enough to keep the place cooling, second storey balcony allowed top view of stuff...
Entrance easy to control, unfortunately, The Pavillion was a transparent Fish Tank which allowed others to see through from the outside rather than to pay to get in.
Rating given:
Art Friend is a good place to go to when looking for materials for art works or projects. I like this place because they have a wide variety, and it actually gives me more inspiration on the spot when I see the many things they have there.
However, although this is the biggest branch, it is also the most crowded one. The crowd is due to the fact that many people shop there, however it is also due to the poor organization of the shelves in the store. It has quite a big shop space, but the shelves are arranged in such a way that there is not much walking space to accommodate to the crowd they meet each day.
I feel that the shop is under-staffed too. Either that, or they are really unfriendly. Each time you ask for help from one of those working there, they seem to be always on the move looking for something or moving things. As a result, they give you'd feel like you've got a very half-hearted answer from them, which actually is quite annoying. Not only that, there is always a very long queue at the counter. With such good business, I feel that they should open more counters, or the queue would actually be blocking the way of many others. Also, it could be quite a turn off to have to queue so long.
Rating given: