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Had eaten a couple of times at this outlet in the past before its recent renovation. So far, I would say that my experiences there had been quite pleasant.
When I am there, I always like to go for the Quarter Chicken, coupled with mashed potato (I like the gravy!!), the Macroni and Cheese and either corn nibblets or the muffins. But sometimes the muffins may be slightly off standard, too sweet for my liking. So I guess it depends on luck. haha.
Neverthless, I think the size of the serving is value for money. However, one thing bad is that perhaps a queue can be formed up quite easily since everything is self-service. So when I see that a queue is forming up, I would turn back cos' I noe that to get a table may not be that easy during those peak hours.
And I must say that after the renovation is done, it does seem to be more spacious and more trendy in a way. Will find one day to try out this revamped Kenny Rogers
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Had seen the transformation of this flea market from the early 1980's to the present days. I remembered vividly when I was young, there were a lot of shophouses in the places where it is all being fenced up now.
And the reason why this place was known as the Thieves' Market was that in the beginning most of the goods sold here were acquired through illegitimate means. The name also had a double meaning as the items purchased here were considered a great steal. Probably because of the abundant choice of goods, the thieves market was colloquially referred to as Robinson petang, meaning "evening Robinson", a cheeky reference to the large Robinson Departmental Store, except this market catered to the poor man.
In the past, alot of shops were selling things like second hand audio systems, video players, cassette tape players, cassette tapes, those big black music discs ( I think its called 黑胶带）that were played on a gramaphone, etc. There were also a lot of people selling clothes, "masak" (toys), shoes, housewares such as bamboo poles and stuff.
But then in the mid 1980's or early 1990's, all the shophouses had been demolished and the shop owners had to either wind up their businesses or continue peddling their goods by the roadside, which is what we see nowadays.
And nowadays, the variety of goods had also changed quite a fair bit. While some things like the big black music discs still can be found, you can also find people selling those rings having huge gemstones or jade, for the uncles. There are also ppl selling old notes and coins, second hand bicycles (which are still in good condition), handphones (no contract but nt really that cheap either thou u can bargain over here), old clothes, CDs and VCDs of those old shows and songs (be it Chinese,English or other lanaguages).
Not forgetting also are keyboards, printers, home use phones, clothings, fans and the fans' blades,etc.
Of course now, I think most of the items sold here wouldnt be stolen goods, but rather discarded by people whom have deemed them to be useless and have been refurbished by the peddlers here and resold them for a small sum of money.
This place is a favourite sight of interest for tourists and you can always see tourists riding on trishaws coming from the Rocher Centre and taking a tour veryday, though they dnt normally go into the lanes cos' its simply too crowded.
So even though I have already shifted house, I still go back and walk around whenever I am popping by Sim Lim Sq, just to reminisce the old times, where a part of history still is evident. And I can see some familiar faces whom have been there for the past one to two decades.
So do go down and take a look. Who knows you can get a good bargain there for something that you have been searching high and low for? But if you are planning to go on a Saturday or Sunday, do note that the crowd can be quite packed. Especially on Sundays, where there will also a mini food bazzar for the Indian community nearby.
And to end off your trip there, you can just take another 5-10 mins walk to Blk 27 for the famous laksa. (",)
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Well I was living in Kelantan Road for the past 26 yrs before I shifted house. As such, I had tasted this famous laksa since young I would say. It started from a push cart stall, which was probably before I was born, then shifted to a coffee shop in a shophouse (just opposite Stamford Primary, where now people collect and sell old cardboard), which had since been demolished, then to blk 31 under the Multi-Storey Car Park to the present location. But before I shifted hse, they were still operating two stalls in both blk 31 and blk 27. So perhaps now to cut costs,they have only one left at blk 27.
From only 50 cents a bowl to the present 2 dollars per bowl, I would say that the flavour of the gravy is still the same, though the quantity also more or less remained, perhaps with a couple more cockles.
This laksa I guess was even more famous than Katong laksa during its mayhem days in the past. It was known then as "kor Kor" laksa. The reason was that the bowls used were those chinaware type of bowls having the picture of a cockerel on it I was told. Nt sure if that's the truth though.
Eating the laksa requires nothing more than a soup. WIth each scoop of the laksa, you will find a mixture of cockles, thick bee hoon, gravy, beansprouts and corriander. That taste was simply superb. And even though I am not one who has a particular crave for laksa, I nvr fail to empty the whole bowl, gravy included whenever I eat at the stall or packet home.
So do give it a try and you will see the difference between it and Katong laksa
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Had been to this eatery twice in the past one month. The first time round, I was there with a fren. We were looking for something to eat when we walked past this place. As we were in the mood for pizzas, we decided to take our meal there.
There were 3 sizes of pizzas available: Regular, medium and large. The small was cut into 4 slices, medium 6 slices and large 8 slices. The best thing was that for the medium and large-sized pizzas, you could actually order 2 different flavours in one pizza. This was good as it allowed patrons to have a taste of different flavours in just one pizza instead of two. So me and my fren ordered two flavours: Chicken Royale & The Carnivore.
The Chicken Royale ingredients consisted of Creamy sauce, chicken, onions, green capsicum, pineapples, mozzarella, cheddar while The Carnivore ingredients were BBQ sauce, chicken, ground beef, beef bacon, turkey ham, beef pepperoni, prawns, squid, mozzarella.
The taste was quite good, and the crust was thin and crispy and we left the shop feeling quite satisfied.
The 2nd time round, I decided to bring my gf to eat at the same place as I felt that she would like it. So again we ordered the same combination for the pizza as well as a seafood platter as an appetizer. The pizza was still as good as the previous time while the platter was good but nothing fantastic to comment abt.
Therefore, I would say that the place is well worth the money and do be mindful that cos' the place is quite small, you may have to wait a while before getting a seat. Reservations can be made, but as I did nt get a namecard from the shop, it is nt reflected in the biz info as yet. Will try to update it soonest possible. Meanwhile do drop by and check out the place.
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Ice Cream Chefs ... located along East Coast Road... How could I not visit this place?! It's a quaint little joint located near where Jackie's Bowl used to be.
Initially I'd thought the ice cream would be made on the spot ... haha the bimbo I am...
The ice cream is displayed like normal. There are many flavours to choose from including special ones like Chocolate and Hershey's, Nutella Delight, Mrs Smith, etc. The ice cream is made from real ingredients... not just flavouring. There's real durian meat in the Durian Decadence flavour.
And The really special thing they'd do for you is CUSTOMISE your ice-cream. You can add Loacker's wafers, Oreos... into your ice-cream!! You can even mix flavours...
One large pint will cost $9.50. Two pints was nice for 3 people who loved ice cream.
I think it's worth a try. The quality is pretty good and it's great fun! The ambience is very casual with music from the radio in the background. You can choose to sit inside or outside... total seating area for about 20 people .
Will definitely be back!
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Salute to the man behind this.
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After a hard day’s work at my Conference, my Dear came over to meet me at Suntec. He insisted on trying New York New York, so we went there for dinner on the Full Moon night (yes, the mid-autumn festival night).
We were starving.
We ordered the Spicy Buffalo Wings. Crispy, not so spicy. Seasoning is so-so.
We saw the “fried mushroom” on the menu. As mushrooms lovers, we wont miss this dish. They use Golden mushrooms and Shitake. The batter is too thick. The Golden mushrooms are not suitable for frying as they are too tough. If you are not careful, you might be choke by a bunch of the fried Golden mushrooms.
My main dish is the chicken chop. The seasoning is not very appealing to me. The sauce is good though.
I like the penne creamy pasta with roast chicken that my Dear ordered. The sauce is thick, the taste is just like the Pasta de Waraku’s. I dun really like their chicken. Not nice. :p
Maybe they are no good with Chicken.
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My Dear & I decided to try out their branch at Thomson.
We cannot decide which appetizer to order, so we went for the Glutton’s Platter. We like the chipolata, chix wings and the wedges. The rest - onion rings and chix nuggets - CANNOT MAKE IT. Onion rings were too oily and the Chix nuggets too hard. The chipolata are chewy; the chix wings marinate is good - got the old primary school canteen chix wings taste; the wedges are fried just rite. The sauce is a mix of french onions with mayo. Nice!
Their salads are fresh and crunchy (as usual!). :)
I ordered Chicken Ballotine instead of my fren's recommendation of chicken cordon bleu. I like the chicken thigh roll with braised mushroom stuffing.
Dunno why my Dear like to order this Chicken baked rice. It’s not very nice. He said is not as good as the one he had at Purvis Street.
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The one thing good about this outlet is that it isnn't that crowded, attributed by its location which is nt very accessible if you are taking public transport.
Therefore, you can expect a shorter queue as well as avoiding seeing or hearing the famous statement such as "Despite doubling our staff and increaing our production efficiency , we may nt be able to serve you promptly as desired, blar blar blar", by another donut franchise. Haha.
As for the donuts themselves, the flavours are more or less the same as that of Donut Factory. And as what Dilly had mentioned, they put their donuts out on display, thu making them cold and not so visually appealing as seeing it coming fresh out of the oven.
Overall, the donuts are just so-so and the only plus point is being the relatively shorter queue.
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Had been to this cafe once with my friends. That was my first time eating there though I had walked past it several times while strolling along Singapore River.
Me and my friends ordered a couple of dishes to share among us. Our order included Fritto Misto (a seafood platter with crab cakes, prawn tails), Pollo E Peperoni pizza (consisting of tomato, mozzarella, chicken, bell pepper and basil) and Al Crudo pizza ( consisting Rucola, Parma Ham, Tomato and Mozzarella Cheese). The taste of the platter and pizzas were really quite nice. The crust of the pizza were not too thick and were done crisp and not heavy on the flour. The ingredients were fresh and juicy.
The cafe is famous for its wide range of desserts such as homemade gelato, pastries and celebratory cakes. So we decided to try some of the pastries out. We ordered a total of 5 different pastries, which is called Pasticceria in Italian.
They were Diplomatica, Musa, Cassata Siciliana, Soffiato , and Tiramisu. All of them really tasted good and nt very sweet as well. Recalling all thi smakes me drool!! *Slurp*
So for those who are more health conscious. do not worry!!!
There are many more different types of pastries that I will go back to try as well as the gelato. All in all, I would recommend this place for people who have a weakness for nice pastries.
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