Brown Sugar

Mushroom Sphagetti (3/10)

The pasta was not well-cooked. My mouth was aching after the continuous chewing. The sauce was good though, but it doesn't help much. :P

Wagyu Burger



Their signature - Molten 100% Valrhona Chocolate Cake (8/10)

BBQ Chicken

Can you believe my hub wanted to try the food here (even though we have had our meal at Mr Chicken Rice), just because it 'uses 100% olive oil'?

"It's healthier" he said.

*face palm* relatively speaking, maybe yes. But Fried Food? Healthy?



Fried Chicken (7/10)

Anyway, it was so-so only. Nothing fanciful. The olive oil thing was probably used to reduce the guilt. :P



Place
1 Pasir Ris Close #02-121/122,
E!Hub, Downtown East

Fish & Co

Garden Salad (8/10)



New York Fish & Chips (8/10)

They offered so many types of fish & chips in their latest promotions. For a moment, we couldn't decide which to choose!




Place
AMK Hub
#02-03

Barcelos Flame Grilled Chicken

There were queues everywhere.

We spotted this as we walked along to search for a less crowded restaurant. Hungry, we knew we shouldn't look further.

1/4 Chicken - Mild Peri; with Coleslaw (5/10)



Wedges (7/10)



Chicken Pitta Pocket - Tangy Lemon (8/10)



View from our seats



Service

The ordering process took quite long because the trainee was quite blur. They don't have this and they don't have that and the cashier guiding the trainee was rather unfriendly. The waiter serving the table was friendly and helpful but very inexperienced. He came back three times to me, each time asking a different question (need a glass? ice? straw?). I would have preferred he asked or did all these at one go. Oh well, at least he made an effort!

Place
Vivo City, Level 2
Unit 91-93

Cafe Cartel

I never thought I would be giving Cafe Cartel another chance again but my hub suggested that we give it a try. Perhaps that was really an isolated case or have they made efforts to improve since?

Whatever the case, I enjoyed my meal this time round.

Soup of the day (7/10)



Country Chicken Stew (8/10)



Waffle and Ice cream (8/10)



Place
Junction 8, Bishan
#01-33

Griller

I am not surprised to read bad reviews about this restaurant, because I too, had tasted really bad food here before. And it was on the occasion when I suggested to dine there in an outing. I was a bit embarrassed by the lousy recommendation that I have made back then. :P

Maybe 'inconsistency' is a better word to describe the food here, for all the food were to my liking on my previous visit.

Drinks (8/10)



Mushroom Soup (8/10)

There are whole mushroom chunks (not bits) in the soup - quite uncommon for a reasonably priced restaurant like this.



Caesar Salad (7/10)



Pizza

Chicken Steak (9/10)

Place

Tiong Bahru Plaza

#04-04/05/06

Hip Diner Asia

Cream of Chicken (8/10)



Chicken (8/10) and Steak

Tender chicken we have here!



Dory fish and sausage (8/10)

It looked and tasted a lil bit like *white* carrot cake. :P



Milkshake (Strawberry and Chocolate) - (8/10)

Guess which is for my hub and which for me? ^^

Price
$55.08
$20+ for soup, main, two sides and 1 milkshake! - Citibank promotion

Place
Orchard Cineleisure
#01-06

Seasons Reasons

Autumn Passion (9/10)

All the goodness in one jar! :)



Pasta Goreng? (8/10)

I thought that was a nice try to 'goreng' pasta. A tad dry though.

The Grill @ Hill Crest

Many people who have tasted wagyu beef go gaga over it. I wanted my hubby to try it too.

After weighing the pros and cons (Les Amis Au Jardin was wayyy beyond my budget) and a few rejects because some restuarants were not opened on Sundays, I settled for 'The Grill @ HillCrest', just a few steps away from our favourite Fish & Chips restaraunt - Greenwood Fish Market.



When we were shown the menu, we were told that they don't have this, they don't have that. Just when I was about to scratch my head and ask myself what lousy restaurant I have found, I was told that this is actually the last day of operation before they close for renovations. Ahh... that makes sense not to order too much food then.

Bread (8/10)



Nice. The butter that were served were exceptionally rich and creamy. Butter will never taste the same again! kekeke ^.^

Mushroom Cappuccino (9/10)



Unlike the one I had at New York New York, the added cappuccino 'effect' worked much better. At least, it blended in well and didn't taste like it was a deliberate addition. There were hardly any mushroom chunks in the soup, but this can be easily overlooked by the great taste of this soup.

Mushroom springroll & Salad (9/10)



I should have taken a picture of what's inside! Perhaps I was enjoying the sauced contents inside the crispy pan fried springroll so much that I have forgotten all about it.

Seabass with Asaparagus (5/10)




I didn't like the seabass because it has a fishy smell. Surprisingly, my hub doesn't find so.

Crispy oven baked Cod Fish with red wine sauce (8/10)



I have asked for the red wine sauce to be placed separately. I took a bite without the sauce and it was already so good. The fish itself, as bland as it looked, was actually quite flavourful with a tinge of sweetness in it. The sauce, on the other hand, looked like it would enhance the taste of the fish, but didn't.

After we were done with the main course, my hub asked if I wanted to have dessert. Knowing that the cake will be coming up anytime, I came up with the excuse that I am too full to have any dessert (which is somewhat true too).

I waited and waited, but the cake didn't come. I started to wonder if they have forgotten about my plans when I made the reservation over the phone.

Came the waiter with the dessert menu, making recommendations to my hub. I was like, 'noo.... please don't ask him to order the dessert'. It was at this moment when the waiter look down at me and winked at me with a smile. That was when I was assured that everything was going as planned. Phew!

Still, there was quite a long wait after that. My hub kept asking me to finish my juice so that we can call for the bill. I said ok and sipped my drink slowly, while glancing at the glass window reflections to look out for signs of the cake.

Finally, they came with the complimentary birthday cake and birthday song. My hub thought that it was for the table behind him. When asked why, he replied he didn't see me walking up to the counter to make this arrangement. *slaps forehead* Of course, I won't do that. It will be too obvious, isn't it? There's such a thing call phone lor. hehz...

I am glad they manage to surprise him.



I was surprised too! By the extra effort they made in writing 'Happy birthday, blah blah blah' beside the cake. :)

Service

The service was exceptionally good. Very friendly group of staff that makes you feel at home the minute you enter the restaurant.

Price
$138 (the same amount as nogawa!)

Place
2 Greenwood Avenue

Mcgriddles Sausage & Egg

Sometimes, you just want to try out that new product even before getting the facts right on what you will be getting.



Mcgriddles Sausage & Egg (6/10)

Fans of Mac's hotcake would probably love this...

... for they are nothing more than sausage and egg sandwiched between two slightly sweetened hotcakes. My hub love it. =/

If there's any Mac breakfast that I have enjoyed most in my life, it has to be the sausage biscuit! Alas, they stopped selling this about 2 decades ago.

The last time I had that was in the US few years ago. I would kiss anyone who can prepare an authentic, hot sausage biscuit for me now. o_O

Sausage biscuit (10/10)




*sings* 'Nothing compared to youuuuu'

New York New York

Mushroom Cappuccino Soup (7/10)




Caesar Salad (7/10)




Some Supreme Beef Burger




Crazy Dog (7/10)

I said no when she asked if I wanted any mustard. Obviously she didn't registered it in. :P

Price
$45

Place
AMK Hub
#B1-25/26

Seafood Harvest

I like the 'open concept' feel.



Cream of Mushroom (8/10)



Garlic Bread (5/10)



Too garlicky and no crisp to it.

Grilled Chicken and fish (6/10)

Bland.

Fatty chicken skin

Wah... so glad that I sliced this piece of fat off.

Warm Salad with "Fish & Chips" (6/10)

I had enough of Fish and Chips after my last experience at Manhattan. This was my hub's. Too batter-y.

Mango Swiss Roll (9/10)



This was as good as it looked. Fluffy and not too sweet. The light but nice aroma of the mango-flavoured swiss roll still lingers. Yumsss...

Price
$40.90 for 2 set meals that comes with soup, dessert and drink

Place
Bugis Junction
#02-49

Manhattan Fish Market

As with New York New York, our curiosity were aroused. Is the food really that good? Are the people at the queue know what they are in for? Or are they just waiting to find out?

At 2 plus in the afternoon, we managed to get a seat without having to queue. The restaurant was still quite packed even at this off-peak hour.



Cream of Mushroom (7/10)



Not rich enough for me.

Manhattan Caesar Salad (6/10)



So far, no other caesar salad beats my caesar salad at Spizza. None.

Fish and chips - Butter Cod (5/10)



Sorry to the many fans of Manhattan fish and chips out there. This is just my personal opinion. The fish and chips here doesn't work for me.

I ordered (presumably) the best type of fish available, butter cod, so that I can do a comparison with Greenwood. It seems like that was absolutely unnecessary. This fish and chips isn't anywhere near the standard of Greenwood. It was too oily for me and my poor stomach. I felt very nauseous for the rest of the day. ;P~~

Grilled Norwegian King Salmon Fillet



Took a bite. I didn't like it. Maybe it's just me, since I don't like salmon in the first place... maybe it's not. My hub had thumbs down for this too. :P



"Me and my old crab lives here!" This little sign on the wall did amuse me a little. kekeke

Price
$40.60

Place
Plaza Singapura
#06-07