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Settled here for a post-lunch chit chat, and also given that some of the guys weren’t terribly full by lunch at Chef Daniel’s.
The place was quite nicely filled up without being crowded on a Saturday afternoon and we managed to snag a nice corner seat for 5pax.
Seafood pizza ($16.80) – We picked pizza because the thin crust will not fill us up too much but still be a good snack. Plus we saw a 1-4-1 pizza for Citibank card holders. This was quite nice and the crust thin but not too crispy, only that they could be more generous with the seafood for the price.
Teriyaki chicken cheese pizza ($12.80) – Good choice, with the lean chicken slices complimenting the cheese very well surprisingly.
Earl Gery ($5) – Dilmah early gery; nothing to complain about but a nice touch with the cookie.
Service was okay and generally a very good place to chill and people-watch at the same time. Will be coming back!
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Picked this place for a birthday lunch as suggested by the birthday girl and boy. I have heard about this place but never got around to trying it until now, and I didn’t even know what cuisine it was and went along thinking: Chef Daniel can’t be too wrong.
Perched on the rooftop of the 7th floor of Iluma, the place was not packed at all for a Saturday lunch. I think more publicity can be done about the place in fact. The interior of the place was brightly lit thanks to the glass panelling. The place had quite a nice intimate feel despite the brightness and I liked the whole set up which felt a little like fine dining.
With quite a sorry selection of ala carte, we settled for the Executive Set Lunches which was priced at $16.50 per person with an option to add another $2 for coffee / tea / soft drinks. Between the 5 of us, we had 3 types of main courses.
Bread – served complimentary, the focaccia was warm and pleasantly, but thought it was too dense for my liking.
Soup of the Day – the cream of mushroom was quite good and not overly thick, which was quite good for soaking the bread in.
Sautéed prawns on spaghetti – served with roasted eggplant, mushrooms & zucchini – The pasta was al dente and served in big portion which I couldn’t finish. The tomato sauce was alright and prawns quite fresh.
Grilled salmon mentaiko – served with teriyaki sauce & fettuccini – didn’t try this but it looked okay to me.
Grilled sirloin steak – served with roasted vegetable and potatoes – didn’t try this as well but my friends did complain about it either.
Dessert of the Day – it wasn’t explained to us what was, but it turned out to be not bad. It was alternate layers of hazelnut, custard, and chocolate and on the side were lychee balls with liquid centres which I thought was quite interesting. It would have been better if they explained the item to us though, such a waste of the delightful dessert.
Pricing was very affordable; I was expecting the meal to be more costly.
But service seems to be an issue here which needs to be bucked up. When we arrived, we were informed that the soup of the day is clam chowder, but when it came, it was cream of mushroom. When I enquired, I was told that it was just changed, and that within a span of maybe half hour. I’m not sure if there was any miscommunication but if the soup had really changed halfway, they could have informed us prior. What is some of us are allergic to mushrooms?
Bread was also served to sporadic tables (not sure how they ‘chose’) so we had to ask for some after seeing ourselves being by-passed a few times.
And I get quite annoyed when something as basic as coke / coke light is served flat. It happened to the whole table and we found out that they had taken the drink from a pitcher which was being used for a company lunch. The company lunch had free flow of coke / coke light and thus was pre-poured into the pitcher instead of fresh from the can. We asked to change it, and they did, but it still came back flat. The server insisted that it was fresh from the can, which I suspect not (if it was, then its time to change your cans). Eventually, I changed mine to coffee instead.
Apart from the service issues, the value for money set lunch and food will make me want to come back, when I have the chance that is.
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Thanks to the kind people at Regent, I had the opportunity to try their buffet lunch on a weekday afternoon with a friend of mine.
On a normal Tuesday afternoon 12pm, I arrived to see 2 big groups waiting outside the restaurant as the staff was doing their last checks. I silently hoped that was a sign that the food was good. More trickled in thereafter and I was very surprised that the place has such a crowd on a nonchalant weekday.
Private rooms are available while the general area were all big tables and comfy chairs, some of which had natural sunlight in air-conditioned comfort thanks to the glass panels separating the dining area and the adjourning poolside.
Food wise, I was honestly not expecting such an extensive spread. The buffet was very well spread out which didn’t feel like a squeeze even with the crowd.
Bread – the grissini was very good and the rest of bread looked good but I didn’t try as I wanted to save the stomach space for other stuff.
Cheese – A good variety of cheese which will probably attract genuine cheese lovers. The few that I tried were good, and also plenty of honeys to pair them with.
Appetizers – a comprehensive selection although the ones I tried have more misses than hits. The mushroom salad was too bland for me and the smoked salmon and seared tuna only average.
Pastas / meat – the 2 pastas I tried were very good! – a broad flat green pasta in tomato sauce with wild pork and penne in tomato. I didn’t try any meat but I saw whole roasted chicken and tenderloin, which comes complete side sauces. I thought the grilled vegetables were very nicely done, with asparagus and zucchini retaining their crunch and had that smoked flavor at the same time. But the cream of mushroom was disappointingly bland though.
Chinese – the chinese section was surprisingly good. They had a pumpkin crabmeat soup which tasted like sharks fin soup without the sharks fin; it was excellent. The seafood in the sambal seafood was very fresh; the sambal nicely spicy and fragrant which I imagine will go very well with plain rice. The sweet and sour pork was terribly addictive. They also had an interesting deep-fried scallop with banana (yes I know it sounds strange) which was quite a tasty combination to my surprise: the scallop was big and very fresh; the banana not overly mushy, and the batter crunchy although abit oily. The prata was too oily for my liking, but the accompany curry chicken was good.
Desserts – honestly, nothing from the dessert section made a deep impression; although they were not bad. Selection ranges from mousse, cakes, choux puffs, tiramisu, gelato (pistachio, vanilla, chocolate, cookies and cream) with toppings etc.
I like them having some of the chefs at the stations, and the shaving of the parma ham on the spot was pretty neat. There isn’t so many places I see with their variety of olive oil / vinaigrette and honeys for the cheese as well.
Service was pretty good, with staff quite efficient with refilling of water and clearing of plates. No big issue here.
At the total bill of $91 for 2pax which I saw, the quality and quantity of the food makes the buffet quite value for money in my opinion, although there were some misses as well.
This is a good business lunch venue, and also evident by the many business groups during my lunch. I would imagine that dinners here will have a rather different ambience. Would not mind recommending this for sure.
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Another family dinner, and italian. Have passed by this quiet little eatery a few times but never got around to trying it until today. On a Monday night, we arrived at 7:30pm with no reservations and there were no tables. Argh. Fortunately, a table of 4 left early and we were quickly seated, otherwise we would have needed to sit at the bar area, in a straight row of 5 chairs. Sounds so silly for a family dinner. I didnt expect it to be so crowded to be honest, especially not a Mon night.
Chicken wings ($8) - came in a nice small basket, fresh from the fryer, and quite a tasty light marinade although I'm not sure what was it. But the crunch didnt quite remain when left out for a bit.
Garlic bread ($5) - 4 slices of lightly buttered bread with a hint of garlic. Nice but not excellent.
Wedges ($8) - Nice crunch and not oily.
Family XXL size pizza ($50) - my ambitious dad ordered this humongous thing which we struggled to finish. You can choose 2 flavours if you oder this size: we picked Margherita (Mozzarella “di bufala”, tomatoes, basil & oregano) and some chicken and red onions thingy. The crust was one of the best I ever had, with some ends of it really biscuit-like. The margherita was good although a bit plain for some, and the chicken went very well with the red onions. To minimize sloppiness, the huge thing is cut into squares instead of the usual triangles which I thought was quite smart of them. It could have easily fed 7-8 people too (we had 5).
Water was refilled quickly and service was smiley, efficient, and really quite good. We were seated right at the door and yet didnt feel any accidental bumps which always happen at other places when you get the wrong table. Excellent pricing too.
For a nice bustle and yet excellent pizza, this is definitely one of the places I would recommend. And I just found out that they're under Les Amis. Well done!
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Came here for a family dinner highly recommended, supposed to a 'favourite italian restaurant', so there were high hopes. Very high hopes.
I thought it was cute of them to have a sliding door instead of a swinging one. They also seat you at the high chairs at the bar if you're not ready to be seated at the dining area yet. Staff was friendly and not snooty which is always a plus.
It was a rare evening so we were quite ambitious in ordering:
Complimentary bread - Rectangular pieces of fresh foccacia bread done beautifully. Served warm with a superb vinegrette dip. We asked for some salsa for my mum which they didnt have but they had the chef do a small bowl just for her. Nice~
Capesante (S$34) - Hokkaido Scallop with Cauliflower Cream & “Avruga” Caviar - 3 fresh good sized scallops that had a very nice smokey flavour. The caviar provided an interesting contrast but didnt remember too much of the cream.
Bufala (S$24) - Buffalo Milk Mozzarella with Basil, Italian Cherry & Ox Heart Tomatoes - very light and very fresh cheese but it got quite jer lat as no one wanted to share it. The tomatoes were very good!
ZUPPA DEL GIORNO (S$16) - Soup of the Day - it was cream of caulifliower which tasted surprisingly light and no hint of the very raw vege taste too, well done!
LINGUINE (S$30) - Linguine with Crab Meat and Vodka Sauce - didnt try this but the dish was only half finished at the end of the dinner.
SPAGHETTI (S$30) - Spaghetti with Seasonal Seafood & Fresh Tomatoes - I know I probably shouldnt have ordered such a common dish but I was tempted by the seafood. While the seafood was fresh and pasta executed al dente, I felt je lart halfway through and couldnt continue.
RISOTTO MARE (S$34) - Seafood Risotto Cooked in Lobster Consommé - huge portion this is. I had only 1 bite which tasted good but it was essentially the same as my Seafood spaghetti.
MERLUZZO (S$46) - Oven Baked Atlantic Cod with Wild Mushroom "Guazzetto" & Thyme - had a small piece which tasted okay although I think the generous serving will be more than enough for 1 person.
Meat of the Day ($70) - Tenderloin with potato medallions - it looked quite plain to be honest. I dont take red meat but according to my bro it was excellent. The potato medallions were very good though.
TIRAMISU’ (S$16) - Tiramisu with Homemade Lady-Finger Biscuits, Licorice Scented Mascarpone Cream - looked very promising but too dry.
Service was good, with staff being attentive and yet not intrusive throughout the dinner. The place is terribly good for a date I think. Go there to impress but sadly the food seemed to have taken a hit accordingly to my sister who is a regular there. My personal opinon is the food doesnt justify the price, which came up to about $440 in total. Without alcohol.
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Managed to squeeze in a 530pm dinner on a Sunday and thought it was a good chance to try this as I've seen the incessant queues to dine here - an opportunity to kill my curiousity about the place too~
Plain udon in soup - nothing exciting but doesnt border on bad as well.
Spicy tuna and beancurd sushi - The presentation was what caught my eye but the taste was disappointing. The rice was alright actually but the beancurd was way too dry and the tuna was averge - the whole combination just didnt work for me.
Seafood salad - fresh greens served with seafood - and by that they meant salmon sashimi, tuna(?) sashinmi, crab sticks. Nothing fancy except that it came really chilled and the seaame dressing was nicely tangy.
Salmon spring roll - good for those who want to avoid carbs as this is similar to a vegetable roll but with salmon. Not too bad but the roll itself was a little soggy.
Tamago with salmon - They have a selection of tamago dishes which looked quite attractive and it tasted quite good, with the tamago freshly grilled and still warm when served.
Deep fried soft squid - disappointing soggy and bland batter.
Staff looked very hurried because ofthe incessant crowd but no wrong orders and no grumpy faces, so kudos to them. I feel people queue more for the prices than its food as some promotional items can go as low as $0.40 per piece but personally I wouldnt brave the queue again.
Oh, for a minimum spending of $10 per person, they'd also waive the $1 per green tea and wet towel charge. Nice touch.
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Decided to trust my friend's recommendation against a bad experience a few years back, plus heard they had renovated and all that and thought they deserved a 2nd chance.
I think having a 1-4-1 buffet dinner thingy with UOB and DBS cards is part of their efforts at getting the crowd in and it seems to work. The place was completely full on a Wednesday night by 7:30pm and the age group varies by quite a bit.
Bread / Soup - various kind of bread which remained largely untouched for some reason. I tried a plain roll but it was cold and hard. There were 2 soups that night - winter melon with chicken and cream of celery, obviously out to please both asian and western palettes.The winter melon was very good actually, clear and tasted like what a double boiled soup should taste like. The cream of celery was not too thick which I liked, but no hint of celery at all (??).
Appetizers - roasted chicken salad, ham salad, chilli mussels, jellyfish etc - the roasted chicken salad was very lean but the others were average. There was also a salad bar which I didnt try.
Seafood - they only had cold prawns that night which I'm not sure if that's the usual spread, but they were quite fresh and refilled quite regularly.
Japanese - salmon sashmi and assorted sushi - sashimi slices were generous; didnt try the sushi though.
Mains - pasta, potato balls, stir fried veg, grilled fish, fried rice, fried black pepper kwuey teow, back pepper crab, kebab - most of the mains were asian dishes and were popular with the kwuey teow being the best. Most went for the crab but it was too messy an affair for me. The chicken for the kebab was nice, and the pasta alio olio was surprisingly not bad being a buffet item. One of my friends absolutley loved the grilled fish.
Noodle station - a live noodle cooking station where you cook your noodles, add soup and condiments youself, that comes complete with a electronic screen showing looping cooking instructions. Self cooking so often has people hovering and miling around, so I skipped it.
Desserts - assorted kueys, fruit tarts, ice cream, waffles and crepes, complete with multiple choices of toppings. The waffles and crepes were quite nice especially when its hot off the cooking plate (chef does it on the spot), but ice creams were normal.
Coffee / Tea - a coffee machine to get your caffaeine fix plus a good variety of tea bags to choose from. Not bad!
Yusheng - A self-service concept where you assemble your own yusheng. Quite fun, plus the ingredients were fresh as well.
I was happy that I gave this place a shot as I think that it is more than worth it with the 1-4-1 promotion, but the full price of $54 per pax would have been atrocious for the variety and quality. We each paid $31 and was all quite satisfied with dinner. Would be keen to come back and see what they offer non-CNY.
But where you're seated plays a part in the experience as well. I was unlucky enough to be seated at the table closet to the entrance of the restaurant and had to bear with people taking shortcuts tp get out: bumping into my seat then and trying to wedge their way through.
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Decided that I should finally try for on a Sunday early dinner.
The place was barely filled at 530pm and staff were very effiicent to seat us and offer water. We noticed the huge size of the pizza and decided to have only 1 to share plus a starter:
Macademia Roasted Pumpkin ($18) - Spicy roasted butter pumkpin on a crushed macademia nut crust. Served with crumbled french goat's cheese fresh basil and a light mustard dressing - it came in a big round almost biscuit-thin crust and generous toppings. The pumpkin was good and not over cooked and the nut crust was delicious! A pleasant surprise that they also had a few whole macademia nuts too. The goat's cheese was not cumbled very evenly though so some slices you taste none while you get a heady mouthful with others. Mustartd dressing was good and I love the slightly bitter taste of the heap of fresh arugula leaves.
Truffle Fries ($7) - Looked quite good and hot from the deep fryer when served, with a strong distinctive truffle aroma. But it was way too oily and I feel that fries sometimes needs to retain that certain element of the 'potato' feel which this one didnt have because it was too skinny and crunchy.
Although I do also feel that pizza doesnt feel like pizza without a proper crust (the modesto's kind, not pizza hut), I guess this is a fresh take on pizza that will sit well with some and not others. But warning though - big eaters may not feel full without the usual carbo pizza load.
Service was good and all smiles, nothing to fault. I also realized that they promote recycling alot - the tables and chairs looked re-made from recycled materials, the table stande was an old album cover, and the feedback forms printed on a small piece of paper and stuck on old magazine pages. Good job!
Their other stuff including slider, pastas, and desserts looked very tempting - for my 2nd visit! Worth a visit if you like; just skip the truffle fries.
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This is the only place I know that sells a Kronenburg tower! At $60 / $65, it is definitely within the reasonable range. The jugs at $30 / $32 each are not too bad either, although some may argue that Tiger jugs are cheaper.
They have food stalls that you can pick from too - FatBoys and Thai corner which I've tried. I recently tried the Thai finger food:
Mini chicken wings ($10.50) - very tasty and really lives up to mini but I didnt expect the portion to be so small. Not value for money in my opinion.
Calamari ($10.50) - A little too soggy for my liking, and again a very small portion for what they charge.
Here, you go and pick what you like, pay, then bring a number tag back with you and your food will be served, which was quite quick the few times I went. But I will try other stuff the next time.
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A nice cosy spot for coffee and desserts amongst the mad crowd of NEX (plus Starbucks and Spinelli is perpetually crowded).
Mont Blanc ($6) - my personal favorite but have tasted more bad than good versions. This was not too sweet and quite good, and I love the chestnut bit on top!
Yuzu cake ($6) - A strange texture like some kind of very firm tofu. I felt the taste of the yuzu was not very obvious but no doubt a refreshing change for dessert, especially after dinner.
Coffee ($4) - surprisingly good coffee for a 1st visit.
Service is efficient and all smiles. I spotted chocolate cake, strawberry shortcake, green tea cakes on display - which looks like their worth a return visit!
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