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Time Flies... My lovely guinea pig is already coming 2 years old... and is still a bachelor. While looking around for a beautiful girlfriend to share his bachelor pad with, I could not but browse at every Pet Lovers Centre. Reason being, they are just everywhere.. Conveniently located at many shopping spots, you can never miss them. Most importantly, they have a good supply of small pets almost at every stall.
I compared the prices of pet supplies and find them priced quite reasonably. On top of that, for a mere $50 of purchase and above, you could get their free delivery.... Thats a super great service they offer... imagine lunging a 35litre of Cats Litter walking around. Its a physical and emotional disaster.
They do have some pretty good promos around sometimes for 20% discount on food and necessity. I am also impressed services they offer. They have a vet like staff in almost every outlet that sells live animals and they are knowledgable as well as helpful. I get most of my know how to take of my GP from them.
If you need a pet... This is a place you can go to... Healthy pets and fresh supply of goods... with free delivery.....
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Had the luxury of 2nights for a wedding, and with Hyatt points, I just needed to top up $60 per night to upgrade to the grand deluxe suite, which they call a "junior suite", on level 20 of the hotel and allows you access to the Grand Club Lounge which serves refreshments and bites during certain hours.
I'll talk about the rooms first -
Club Deluxe King - at 54 sqM, the room feels bigger than it is, with a nice separate working living room from the bedroom and bathroom. It was spanking clean and very well maintained, including the small minor things like bathroom tiles. Nothing to fault on cleaniness, comfort, and style. The bed was big enough for 3pax actually.
Grand Duplex Suite - the 128 sqM suite is divided into 2 floors, with the living, meeting, and kitchen areas below and the bedroom, master bathroom, and separate make up area on top. Similarly spanking clean with ultimate comfort in mind. But it comes with an extremely narrow staircase which only makes for 1 way traffic.
Grand Club Lounge - Only accessible via a stairway from the 20 floor and was a much bigger area than I expected. It was quite empty most of the time, and the bites served during the evening was not too bad, although I think the Club Lounge at Conrad Singapore serves better food. Service was okay, although I felt the staff tended to attend to non-Chinese more.
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I was abit let down by the service throughout the stay as I thought well, its Hyatt. When I arrived, my taxi was packed with luggages and wedding stuff but no one came forward to help me with the things; only 1 doorman approached, took the stuff only to place them on the floor beside the departing taxi. ???!!!. I ended up lugging all the things from thedriveway to the hotel lobby myself. The same thing happened when we returned to the hotel the 2nd night, at almost 2am. We had numerous packs of things with us, including one huge wedding gift but no one came forward. I had to gesture them to bring a trolley, then 1 staff slowly strolled out with no trolley in hand.
During the 2nd day, we were running out for the wedding proper at 3pm and because we knew we would be back very late, we called for an extra bed to be put in while we're gone so the extra guest can rest immediately after we return without having to wait. At 2am, we opened the door, and no extra bed. We called again to ask for it, then after 15mins, 2 staff rang my door, and I thought oh good, the bed's here. Nope. I opened the door only to have them ask me what was it I needed. I couldnt believe it. I told them about the bed, and just had to call to scream at the concierge because I was in absolutely no mood to be nice at 2am.
Something else very irritating to me happened on the 3rd morning too. We were moving loads of the wedding stuff from the deluxe to the suite coz it was all on the same floor, just on different ends of the floor. My siser's mother in law is Causasian and was walking in front of me, both of us struggling with as much stuff on our hands. One senior staff saw us, and smiled politely to her and asked if he can help her with the things, which she declined. Then, he took a look at me then turned away without even mustering a smile, I caught more of a disdain than anything. It was very iritating to have hotel staff practice blantant discrimination like this but I was in a hurry to finish moving our staff.
Didnt have time to try the room service, pool, gym but I'm sure they are quite nice. But I do really think they should brush up on their service.
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Definitely me and my wife's favorite steak place. It's so worth it (price and taste wise) that on a particular month, we went to eat there every sunday. That's 4 times in one month. Even now with the economic slowdown and all, we still go there like 2-3 times/ month.
Word of caution though, the queue can be very long during lunch or dinner time. So coming at 2pm-5pm is very advisable to avoid queuing for too long although there maybe a short line of queue still.
Ordering the meal of your choice is very simple, pick one of the main dishes and it will come with 2 choices of hot or cold side dishes. My favorite which is also my wife's favorite is the New York Strip medium done. The portion is bigger than the prime sirloin. That's why we always opted for the New York Strip. =)
Waiting time for the food is quite reasonable which is 5-15 minutes ( can be more if you come at peak hours ). You can always order the mushroom soup as an appetizer while waiting for the main dish to come.
Dishes we usually order : 2 New York Strips, 2 Soups, 1 ice water, and 1 soft drink. The bill came around 35-38 dollars. So very reasonable for 2 big steaks. =)
Overall astons is somewhat quite good for me as price and taste wise is very reasonable. So for all of you that has not try astons, please do so. Totally worth your money. Go Try it, it's a must
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Nice light chinese food!
Nice of them to not have a minmum spending for their private rooms for a weekday dinner when most other hotels have. I didnt like the idea of having to hit a minimum amount even before I see what I like on the menu, so plus points for them!
It was a family dinner for 12pax and the round table was just about nice enough for us, although the table usually accommodates 10pax. Service was quick and efficient as well, so no complaints.
We decided on the $68 per pax set menu to make things easier for everyone:
Steamed crabmeat and minced shrimp dumpling in egg white souffle & Golden-fried duck with portugese sauce wrapped in crispy filo pastry - Presented very nicely on a 3-compartment long plate with a cute flower in between. The dumpling was excellent wiht the seafood fresh and crunchy, and paired very well with the egg white souflle which was really chinese chawamushi, only lighter. The duck was good with no gamey taste and not tough at all; the pastry was freshly and not a hint of staleness at all. My European side of the family liked this immensely.
Corn and chicken soup - We replaced the black chicken soup with this as was afraid that the european guests will not take to it. Very good chicken soup and lots of corn to keep the soup crunchy. Some found the consistency too gooey but I thought it was nto too bad.
Baked chicken roll with onion marinated with lemongrass sauce - Nice lightly marinated chicken roll (which was actually fresh chicken meat) on a bed of crunchy onions and a silver of veg. The onions could have been sauteed more as not many people like onions the crunchy. Again, the meat tasted like fresh chicken instead of frozen meat.
Sauteed cubes of sea perch with pine nuts and vegetables served in a golden nest - This tasted alot like cod for some reason. The veg are corn and cubes of bell peppers which provided some colour, but a pity that the pine nuts were over-roased which made them quite bitter. The nest of vermicilli was good too, though I felt it can be more crispy.
Steamed mian xian noodle with river king prawn in chinese wine broth - super duper light 'main course' for a chinese dinner which managed to be flavourful and satisfying at the same time. The broth did taste of the wine and the prawn was huge.
Red date paste in crispy filo pastry served with pineapple sauce - The pastry was okay, but I left the paste alone as am not a big fan of dates and the smell and taste was quite overwhelmimg for me.
Was a good experience as I didnt have very high hopes when I went. But it scored quite well on every aspect! Maybe I'll try the dim sum the next time :D
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Don't know why the Vivo City and Raffles City outlets have not been listed but that's why I am writing this under the Orchard Central outlet.
5 girls and 1 guy on a 5pm weekday means the place was not too packed for our big group. We were greedy and ordered 5 tarts ($6.50 per tart) to share with drinks of course:
Strawberry mont blanc - The mont blanc could have been more, although the taste blended very well with the berries. The taste of the nut did not come through as being very obvious admist all the cream.
Blueberry - Topped off with real blueberries and blueberry jelly cubes. The jelly were a nice touch and something different to the otherwise boring tart.
Chocolate banana - Anything chocolate must be more popular than the rest of the flavours. The banana slices were thankfully not too mushy and the chocolate actually provided a but more flavour than the rest of our choices. A good match I think!
Mango - A little too stingy with the mango cubes and slices.
Mixed fruit - mixed fruit is well, mixed fruit. Some mango, kiwi, banana, strawberry, blueberry.
It did feel like it was not too sinful a dessert break, maybe becasue of the very light Japanese cream. But after a while, they all started to taste the same except for the chocolate banana. I liked the tart base too, very fresh and light.
My earl grey was okay, but they dont serve honey, only sugar syrup. And I think having wrong orders is really not forgivable when we were the 2nd occupied table. But for girls, this is an outlet to feel like having your cake and eating it too. Literally.
With drinks, the total bill for 5 tarts and drinks came up to $78 which I didnt expect. But I guess it could have been alot more expenseive than say canele.
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Came here for a leisure weekday lunch and it was not packed at all, with a few tables looking like business lunches and corporate partners instead of your usual family crowd. Thus place was nice and quiet, and probably felt more upmarket than its counterparts at Central and Wheelock.
The place can be quite hard to find for 1st timers: its not visible from the main courtyard. You'll have to access it by climbing up a fleet of stairs near Insomnia, right smack in the middle of Chijmes.
Gyoza - 6 compact pieces of the dumplings decorated with a veg on top, all on a hot plate. Very nicely grilled and served very hot, although I though the gyozas could have a but more bite than just all meat. The slightly tart sauce that came with it perked up the dish though.
Salmon roll - Cute presentation of the rolls, and salmon was very fresh although nothing excellent. Quite a mouthful for me though, but some people call it value for money.
Deep fried squid - this is on their seasonal menu, although I couldnt figure out why squid was seasonal. Small portion of bite-sized squid (note: not the rings) nicely batetred and deep-fried. A very morish snack to accompany the meal.
Hotpot rice set (seafood) - My weakness for seafood made me order this. The set came with chawamushi, miso soup, pickles, salmon sashimi, fruits, and green tea ice cream. The chawamushi was studded with ednamame peas and had ginko nuts and chicken in it. Quite heavy for me compared to normal steam egg. I had expected the hot pot to give the rice some fragrance but it did not, disappointingly. There seem to be also not much taste, except for the soya sauce that was mixed into the rice.
The seafood had half a prawn, fish roe, fish, scallops, and salmon. It looks like a luxurious combi but somehow I felt the seafood and the rice didnt gel together and tasted like they were separate components instead. The scallops and salmon was not cooked although the idea was for them to cook themselves within the heat of the pot; and I had to send it back to get them to grill it again. I can understand if salmon was not cooked thoroughly, but scallops???
Green tea ice cream - This was part of the set and was the highlight of the lunch for me. Served very chilled in a chilled porcelain bowl, it was one of the better ones I've tried so far. Smooth with just the right amount of 'grainy' feel to taste home-made and very macha than commercial green tea.
Green tea - Probably made from the same green tea leaves or mix, but I had to highlight that they apparently make their own blend for the tea, and it did taste so.
Service was not too bad, perhaps given that there were plenty of staff to handle the half occupied place. Requests for tea refill, side plates were answered quite quickly.
I actually didnt know how much was the bill as it was a treat, the amount spent is an estimate based on what I remember from the menu. The quality I think can still be improved, but because I like the place, I'll return to try their other stuff.
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Not a buffet I would pay to return to
My first visit to MBS and I was quite excited to try what they are capable of in terms of food. It was a casual business lunch so buffet at Rise sounded like the best option to suit everyone's tastes.
Rise is located right smack in the middle of the high-ceiling Marina Bay Sands hotel lobby and very open-concept, so much so that you may walk right past it thinking it was the hotel lounge. Seatings are elevated and plenty of lush to also provide a sense of privacy from the lobby traffic. Remember to ask the cab to stop at the hotel lobby if applicable as it can be a fair walk if they drop you off at the Casino lobby instead.
Staff was eager to please although a bit clueless. We arrived early at 11:45am and asked if the buffet is ready. Staff said oh the buffet starts at 11:30am, to which we asked if it means we can go get the food already. He then said he needed to re-confirm the timing and come back to us. Huh??
The set up and variety looked promising, but unfortunately, the key word was 'looked'.
Soup & Bread - 3 varieties: tomato, mushroom, beef. I only tried the mushroom and found it quite good; I could taste actual chunks of mushrooms in it but after a few spoonfuls it started to be a little salty.
Cheese - A suprisingly better than expected selection of cheese, something I dont see alot at buffet lunches. The few I tried tasted too strong for me but taste is subjective of course.
Starters - normal items like salad leaves, potato mayo, sausage and potato salad etc.
Seafood - 4 varities: prawns, crabs, scallops, mussels (which I didnt try). The small-medium prawns were not chilled enough although it was buried under ice, and came without the heads. It did not have that sweet crunch of really fresh prawns either and was really just okay. The crabs had the same problem. I was quite disappointed as I had expected more out of MBS quality. The only plus point is when a staff saw me struggling with the crab claw, he offered to take it away to crack it for me.
Sashimi - I only tried the salmon but it too was served not chilled enough. I wonder if its the ice they are using????
Hot food - Nothing wow thus I didnt try alot. It was more common fare like dim sum, noodles cooked to order, pasta, sweet sour chicken, mushrooms, kailan etc.
Desserts - A big selection and I tried a few but was not wowed. Fruit tarts, chocolate cakes and mousses, bread butter pudding, biscotti, madelines, and mango pomelo dessert. Plenty of fruits though.
Coffee and tea is included in the buffet and you can take your pick of earl grey, english breakfast etc. We asked if only normal coffee is included or can we have cuppucino lattes etc; and they needed to check again. Turned out to be only normal coffee, FYI.
Ambience is nice and airy with a very alfresco feel, and although it is situated in the hotel lobby, it wasn't too noisy. You can spot business guys in suits or families on a weekday leisure post-casino meal.
I had expected better from MBS actually. I do agree that variety is good but sometimes I prefer quality more than quantity. And none of the items stood out. The host paid for all of us which was good, as this is one buffet I will not pay to return to. For the same price, there are definitely better buffet options out there.
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Have heard about the long queue at the outlet at Central so was quite curious to try and new outlet at Cuppage. Having the 1-4-1 coupon from 8Days helped of course.
They don't take reservations so had to leave my name at 7pm on a weekday evening for an indoor seating. Small seating as well so the place fills up quite quickly.
Tonkusen Toroniku ($16.80) - this came with 3 choices of soup base: shio (salt), miso, or spicy. I picked the shio after reading up prior to my visit and found it very nicely balanced, with just the right amount of fragrant but not overbearing milky porky broth. Didnt taste like there was an overkill of salt as well.
The ramen itself was a bit thinner than most but had the right amount of spring in it and thankfully not overcooked.
The supposedly highlight of the dish was the pork cheeks which came on a side plate, as with all the garnishes. Clever of them. It was the first time I had pork cheeks and my first piece tasted wonderfully tender and rich. But the salt quantum and fatty bits took a toll on me a few pieces later, with me carefully scrapping off the fats for the last few and ultimately not finishing it.
I had a taste of the spicy base also, which I thought was quite good as it had the fragrance of the bean paste. Nice.
Despite the pork cheeks being overly salty, I will still pick this over Ippudo in general. Better soup and better ramen :D
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Many food lovers always like to go Holland Village as it has always been one of the popular dining spots in Singapore that has so many different restaurants. I recently came to know that Mykii restaurant actually serves brunch on weekends. It wasn’t even on my list of Brunch Places in Singapore when I had compiled it back then.
Breakfast at Mykii Brasserie Cafe is available on weekends from 11.30am – 4pm, and there are three brunch menus to choose from: Hearty Deluxe ($38), Gourmet Chic ($28) and Classique ($28). We had a Hearty Deluxe brunch set which came with a starter of homemade bread & muffin/scone/cupcake, Mykii Brunch platter, a choice of main course, dessert, coffee/tea and fruit juice. I know, that’s quite an handful isn’t it? In addition to that, we shared another Gourmet Chic brunch set which was essentially about the same as the Hearty Deluxe brunch set – less the main course.
Most of the time, I prefer to order from the ala carte menu, rather than having a brunch buffet. There’s no need for so much variety for breakfast, I’m a cereal-eggs-pancakes-desserts kind of guy. I like to keep brunch simple – nothing too heavy.
The scones are sturdy, yet crumby, hard on the outside yet so moist inside, it’s the type that I will love to have every morning. On the other hand, the Oreo cupcake was just okay, very sweet and a little too dry. The homemade bread, however was excellent. While waiting for the food to come, we couldn’t help but spread the room-temperature butter onto the bread and wolfed down two slices each.
The Eggs Benedict was more than just a pretty face. The magical combination of eggs and bacon always works. While the holladaise sauce wasn’t as buttery as I would like it to be, it’s just assuring to have Eggs Benedict for breakfast.
Mykii’s Brunch platter consisted of French chipolata sausage, grilled fresh tomatoes, streaky bacon with farmhouse eggs. For the eggs, we chose to have the ocean’s catch omelette with squids and prawn with a tangy thai-sweet chili mayonnaise. Hearty and satisfying, this is my classic interpretation of a big breakfast.
By the time the Iceland Smoked Salmon Sandwich arrived on our table, our stomach was already almost filled to the brim. I had no idea why it was named the Iceland smoked salmon sandwich, but I do know for a fact that the fries that accompanied the sandwich were delicious. It was nicely cut, and had a great potato taste. They were also light and not too salty; we finished every fry without feeling guilty.
If you have been around for some time, you will know that I have always been against the marriage of chocolate and banana. There are plenty of different options like orange chocolate and chocolate mint, but yes, I do not like chocolate banana.
The Chocolate Banana cake here did not change my opinion of the popular dessert, but at least it wasn’t that bad. For one, the bulk of the cake was chocolate ganache and only a thin layer was the banana component. I have nothing against banana, but chocolate banana doesn’t work for me.
I was elated when the dessert menu had a choice of Sweet Morning Platter, which was petite old English pancakes with pear compote, smoothie shooter, and vanilla bean gelato. When the dessert came, the size of the pancakes caught us by surprise. Again, I blamed myself for not reading the menu carefully, petite old English pancakes.. Yes it’s petite, small, tiny or whatever vocabularies you can think of.
Well, it wasn’t too bad. It’s pancakes, you know – pancakes always taste good. The slightly sourish smoothie shooter provided a good counterbalance to the sweet duo of pear compote and ice cream. Ooh, there’s vanilla beans! Perfect. Just the way I wanted to end a good and hearty brunch.
Compared with the other brunch places in Singapore, Mykii probably won’t be among my favorites, but that’s not because it’s not good. The food was pretty decent, not top-notch, but good enough. Their brunch menu really spoils me with so much food, and I’m very sure that my stomach will hold a protest very soon if this goes on.
Actually come to think of it, the beautiful part about breakfast food is the simplicity of it. Having a cup of coffee while reading Sunday Times, beginning breakfast with starter-eggs-mains-desserts, and most importantly, having it with your favorite person – what more can you ask for?
Go and have a good breakfast today! Weekends are meant for brunch.
Long story short, if you like my review please do come by ladyironchef . . . for the delicious in you
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Finally finally finally had the chance to be around the area at 530pm on a weekday! Tropped up, saw no queue, and so so inside we went.
Shrimp cake spring roll ($6) - this really didnt have any 'cake' as in 'crab cake' but was more of prawn paste in deep fried spring roll. Nicely fried, and the spring roll was lighter than typical, which was a bonus. It could have came with a better sauce than bottled chilli sauce though, as I felt as the run of the mill sauce destroyed the dish.
Karakamen ($17) egg ($2) - "Spicy Tonkotsu Ramen served with minced pork and spicy paste". Tried the soup, and it tasted like dan dan mian. The egg that cost $2 was also overcooked; the yolk was not runny at all. Disappointing.
Shiromaru Classic ($15) - "Original recipe tonkotsu soup served with thin noodles, Rosu chashu (Pork Loin), cabbage, kikurage & scallions". Ordered this because it was the classic dish. Didnt realise it came with ginger too, I had to take it all out because I'm not a ginger person. The broth was alot creamier than expected, with a delicate but obvious porky taste; a tad more salt and I would have found it too salty. The creamy texture made the soup quite je lart for me, and I couldnt finish it, although it was probably bursting with collagen. Luckily the thin noodles was not overcooked. The chashu was also mostly lean with a tiny bit of fat trimmings.
I thought the visit would explain the hoo-haa and the neverending long queues on nights and weekends, but I didnt quite get it. Perhaps the hype surrounding this place is too big for their own good, as I went to expect a drama moment when I took my 1st spoonful of the broth. It was not that bad, but it is not something I will brave the queue for either.
Service was typical Jap polite service and smily staff, so bonus points for them. But still not going to be on my return visit list anytime soon.
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