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This is a good althernative to the noisy seafood places at East Coast. The Big Splash itself is a much better dinner option if you ask me, with better parking options too.
730pm on a Sunday night was crowded. They do not take reservations so we had to get write down our names and contact numbers and the staff will call you when your table's ready. The system seems to be a bit messy though, with people going off to 'take a walk' after leaving their details and not answering their phones when called. Under-staffing also seems to be an issue here.
Claypot rice with mushrooms and chicken ($16.80) - the menu says its for 2pax but it is sufficient for 3 smaller eaters actually. I'm not sure if they actually cook the rice from scratch in the claypot itself as it didnt quite have the fragrance that it was supposed to have. Topped off with a handful of half mushrooms with thick chicken strips. It doesnt come with the dark sauce but instead light soya sauce. When asked, the staff just said their version is like that. The taste was really only so so, nothing too spectacular.
Spinach in soup ($6.00) - Generous serving of spinach claypot in what seemed like very bland stock (not tasteless but something very watered down). Healthy but can be more tasty I guess.
Lotus root and pork rib soup ($5.80) - Disappointing as it tasted watered down too.
Prawn gyoza ($6.00) - we odered this from the neighbouring Yoshimaru Ramen Bar which is helmed by the same management, while waiting for our proper food to arrive, which took almost 45 mins. 6 small sized gyozas nicely browned the prawn bits could have been bigger.
Food wise, I feel it is nothing fantastic. But the place itself is a refreshing change from the usual noisy packed seafood crowd.
Login to add your comment. Or, Register for an account now. It's free!Fail man this place.. To think Wong Ah Yoke put it as the best budget find in 2009. OMG!
05 Jan 2010 at 11:39 pm
He did??? Doesnt quite cut it leh haha.
06 Jan 2010 at 9:04 am
Wanted a nice quiet lunch / brunch place after the holiday craze and a friend recommended this. The place was strangely quiet at about 1230pm on the 2nd day of the New Year but just as well.
I like the decor of the place, furnished in wooden tables and chairs with some comfy sofa seats as an alternative. Menu was quite comprehensive with additional brunch options. We had:
Bubbles & Squeak ($14.80) - I have no idea why its called what its called. It was onions, mushrooms, and potato cakes, and 3 patties of it. The description says its 'pancakes' and technically its not wrong but still I found it a little misleading. Not too bad for the taste with the cakes nicely browned outside and the insides still hot and fresh, but can be less oily as the otoil gets to you after 3 patties of the same thing. Served with a side of salad.
Blueberry Pancakes ($13.80) - Nice! 2 pieces of fluffy pancakes with real blueberries, so you get the natural sweetness of the berries on top of the aroma of the pancakes. Served with 2 short sausages which was quite bland actually.
Americano ($4.50) - They didnt have this on the menu, only the ready brewed coffee which I didnt want. It took some effort before the clueless staff understood what I wanted: Expresso with hot water.
Pomegranate tea ($4.50) - Light and very fragrant, a very good alternative to coffee!
The place started to fill up about 1pm onwards but generally still a getaway from the usual Taka crowd. Good place to catch up with friends but beware of clueless staff. Worth a place to revisit as the cupcakes on the shleves looked very very tempting~
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This was my first visit to Aston after hearing so much about it. No doubt I did not have steak which was what they are famous for, but I'm writing this review based on what I have. I still feel that as a restaurant you should take care of your other dishes as well.
This outlet feels like a family place and packed with families and students on a Saturday evening. I was seated next to a group of 10 students on an outing so was rather noisy.
Minestrone ($3.50) - didn't have this but heard it was diluted and not good.
Clam chowder ($3.50) - thick creamy but bland. I found chicken instead of clam. Hmmm. Both soups came really lukewarm and we asked to heat it up. The staff said he needed to check with the manager (???). When they returned the 2nd time, it was still lukewarm. We gave up.
Spinach salad ($6.90) - Really just spinach leaves anda few sundried tomatos on top (we had asked to replace bacon bits with it), nothing else. The balsamic vinegrette was okay but too tart for my liking.
Chicken provanacle ($10.90) - I forgot to take pics of this but no loss. A cut of chicken laced with mushroom sauce, accompanied by wedges and buttered mushrooms (you could choose any 2 side dishes from a list). The chicken came with too much, and wedges served cold. The mushrooms were not too bad though.
It may be forgivable to neglect your non-famous dishes a little but I think serving hot soup should be a basic. Not going back there, even though prices are really attractive.
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Picked this for a family dinner and was quite surprised that it was not packed on a Sunay night. It was a bit chilly maybe because of the small crowd at about 6pm but that also meant I had a staff standing right beside our table trying to look inconspicious while waiting for us to need his service.
I have to say I can't remember the exact names of the dishes but these are what the 4 of us had:
Spinach tofu with mushrooms - homemade tofu with a layer of spinach on top, covered in stir fried mushrooms and sauce. The tofu was quite nice and not too soft, with the mushrooms adding a bite to the dish.
Fried kailan and mushrooms - Didn't know if the kailan was the main thing or mushrooms, but this was the best dish of the evening. Kailan was done just crunchy and mushrooms sauce was a very nice savory addition to the greens. Alongside it was a basket of beehoon filled with deep fried mushroons, a nice treat to the stir fried ones. Nicee~
Seafood beehoon soup - clear warm stock filled with loads of bee hoon and diced everything: green beans, prawns, squid, etc. I like it for the fact it was comfort food. Its a huge portion for 1 order (the pic shows individual bowl after they've portioned it out)
Curry crab - the biggest disappointment of the evening. It was one M-size crab drowned in heavy curry. I have to admit we ordered it due after much persuasion and recommendations by the staff, but it turned out to be a strange combi on the palette. Maybe I didn't like the too-strong taste of the coconut milk but it wasn't my cup of tea. It came with a plate of oily garlic bread which was not good either.
Service was okay, and nothing exceptional. This was definitely a much better choice than the other side of east coast where jumbo and gang was though, less quiet amd I'm quite sure the prices are about the same. The location's good mostly for those who drive as parking's typically not an issue.
Saw that they have an ala carte buffet lunch at $26.80 per pax (if I remember correctly), but not sure what's on the lunch menu. They had a 10% with DBS / POSB cards that night so that's a bonus.
They also have quite a number of private rooms so good for corporate guests too.
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Spotted this place while trawling HGW for a National Day eve dinner; it sounded like an excellent choice to avoid the ION crazy crowd downtown and traffic snarls.
Far East Square is really quiet during weekdays :I A pity coz I think there are some really nice places for food. The small eatery was not packed at all on the evening, and throughout dinner there were including us 5 tables filled.
A menu without pictures and without the name of the place is something I don't see everyday; but it actually kind of makes the place seem more authentic :D
The set dinners were the orders of the day, I deliberated for abit and decided on the udon and sushi set. And my goodness the portions were really huge!
Udon & sushi set ($20) - Half udon, sushi, salad, chawamushi, mixed tempura, fruits. *pant* I felt the sushi rice was a little dry and hard, everything else was quite tasty, albeit a little too much carbs in this particular set.
Things I didn't get to taste was chicken teriyaki set, katsu set, and cold tofu. But it all looked quite good. we tried, but we really couldn't finish what was on our table.
Service was okay, nothing much to fault. Still feel its quite a pity for the place to be so empty on a weekend though. Prices are not cheap as per say but with the amount of food they give, its more than value worth.
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09 Aug 2009 at 11:22 pm
Erm haha....you say leh??
15 Aug 2009 at 12:18 am