hburn10's Reviews
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Service was really haphazard and tables almost elbow-to-elbow unless you manage to grab 1 of the 2 the couch seats by the window facing Selegie Road.
Menu was bright and cheery, with most items under $10. A small order chit and a pen is placed there for your FYI.
Plain fries ($4.90) - We decided on 'plain' instead of 'spicy'. It came in a small portion of slightly thick chips that didn't quite taste freshly done.
Grilled chicken in black pepper sauce ($7.90) - Same chips accompanied by a slab of chicken half-doused with what tasted like watered-down mushroom sauce. No hint of pepper at all, although it tasted okay. The handful of canned-peach and apple cubes was quite a nice contrast though.
Seafood Combo ($18.90) - assortment of seafood rolls, prawn toast, and butterfly prawns. Your average deep fried appetizers with the seafood rolls a little more memorable.
Other things I didn't try were Mad-thai curry chic on rice ($8.90) and some chicken drumstick thing.
Fare was really quite average western stuff, but I think sometime places like Billy Bombers serve the equivalent with much higher prices. For a quick and affordable western fix, I'll return.
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Was recommended this place and I have to admit the chef's affiliation with Iggy's did slant my decision to go for the place. After all, its Iggy's right. Wrong.
At least the place was prominent enough, right next to TCC. The warm lightings and casual settings looked inviting enough, but the table that was reserved for us seemed like the polar's bear favorite spot; it was absolutely freezing!
Menu was smaller than I expected, but it made selection easier. I decided not to have soup and went for something which I later found out was quite a staple in other french places:
Poached egg ($12) - stir fried mushrooms below a nicely poached egg. The mushrooms tasted quite nice actually at 1st bite but later became an overload of salt on my palettes.
Salmon ($28) - for non-red meat and non-pork eaters like me, there's actually very little to choose from. The fish was came in a surprisingly big chunk ontop of asparagus and mashed potato (at least I remembered so). The only thing I remembered was the nicely crispy salmon skin but everything else was quite bland.
The other items that occupied the table were foie gras, lobster bisque, beef rossini etc, all of which were not fantastic according to what I hear.
To avoid yet another disappointment, we had to adjourn elsewhere for dessrts :D
Service was actually quite haphazard, but at least the lady who cleared my plate took the initiative to ask me if the fish was okay when she saw 1/4 uneaten. Because of a generously-careless gesture at the end, we walked away feeling sort of compensated for the disappointing quality of food. But that being said, I'm still not coming back.
The question of the night was: why were there malay staff when they have pork items on the menu? We never got to find out.
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30 Jul 2009 at 10:40 am
ok found it. Its at http://www.yebber.com/review/lentrepot/ :D
30 Jul 2009 at 10:41 am
Oh different entry huh. Uh oh.
15 Aug 2009 at 12:18 am
Needed a midday snack before I head home and heard my friends talk excitedly about this new place at The Central ~ But this place is a little hard to find if you're not familiar with the place: you should head out towards the bus stop along Eu Tong Sen Street and turn left --> its right beside Club Marc.
Its a much bigger place than I expected, and the place was very empty at 5pm on a weekday. There's 2 counters: 1 for cakes which didn't register much and another longish counter for bread~
I remembered reading about its raisin cream cheese, so I bypassed most of what's on display and bought 1 of that. Not very impressive outlook I must say, and erm, not very impressive taste actually :I I mean the bread was extremely thin and light and plenty of cream cheese filling dotted with raisins. But I failed to taste what's the 'wow' about it.
Sorry~
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29 Jul 2009 at 10:00 pm
The bun was $1.30 I think. I didnt get to try the rest!
15 Aug 2009 at 12:19 am
Chanced upon this very unique placing while exploring Orchard Central on a Sat night. The whole set up of the place makes you take a 2nd look at it, with its colourful dress up and cheery staff, plus its right there where the escalator ends.
A comfy place with a chill-out vibe, but unfortunately the much talked-about alfresco seating only applies if you order alcoholic drinks. Dessert was obviously in the plan:
Chocolate mud pie ($6) - very good and dense bitter chocolate that comes in a rectangle, horribly caloric I can imagine.
Cafe latte ($4.50) - average latte in a long glass.
The place is very comfortable for big groups to chill out and chat. Strangely empty on a Saturday night but I rather it remain this way than become packed like any other Bakerzin or Canele.
They have a small little section for retail of B&J products so shopaholics try their hand at it too.
Obviously worth another try at its extensive dessert menu :D
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29 Jul 2009 at 10:03 pm
Yes, go try!!
15 Aug 2009 at 12:19 am
Had the opportunity to come here for a lunch meeting, but that means I didn't get any shots of what I ate or glimpse of how much it was :I
Simple dining chairs accompanied by mostly square tables occupied the basic-decorated place. Service was polite but can be inconsistent: our meeting kept being interrupted either by staff too eager to clear our plates or us trying to catch their eyes for top-up of water and the bill.
For such a nondescript place, the food I have to say was really good and totally changed my opinion of hotel F&B outlets serving local food, most of which I've tried are yucky and overpriced.
Here' what my boss ordered:
Stir fried long beans - came hot off the wok with just the right amount of crunch, topped with excellent shrimp paste.
Rendang beef - I am very sensitive to the 'beefy' smell but this announced itself only after my 2nd piece. Very tender and clean of whatever smell I didn't like - now one of my favorite beef dish!
Onion prawns - Generous sized prawns stir fried with onion strips in a tomato-ish sauce. Good!
Otah - Surprisingly average; and I would have liked chunkier pieces of fish in it instead of a fine mash.
Assam Fish Head - Came in a huge portion served in a buffet-style ware, this was simply excellent with rice. Very fresh fish, plenty of lady fingers, and a whole lot of the spicy-tangy sauce kept me happy.
(the names of the dishes may not be what is reflected on the menu because I didn't get to see the menu at all...)
The serving of rice was big but I finished everything :D Was sniffing my nose throughout lunch because of all the spices but it was worth every bit of it. I kept myself balanced with a side order of a young coconut.
Came to know that the place is more known for its nasi lemak, assam laksa etc....that will be my order on my next visit :D
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