BBQ Chicken is located in Cineleisure basement, where Cafe Cartel used to be. They pride themselves in deep frying chicken in 100% olive oil, which is supposed to be healthier, but I have my doubts.
Of course, being located in somewhere frequented by youngsters (not that I'm old), the pricing is fairly reasonable, though it's much more pricier than KFC or Macs.
We tried the Ginseng Flavoured chicken The set lunch is $15 after extra charges, for 2 pieces of good sized chicken, fries and coleslaw, and it came with corn soup, a free drink and a scoop of ice cream.
The chicken has exceeded my (low) expectations, and I would even say that it's pretty good! It's the kind that's just cooked, extremely tender, juicy and bursting with yummy chicken juices. It's also sprinkled with ginseng flavoured powder, giving it a unique Korean taste.
In terms of taste, the ginseng powder could be more generous - the ginseng powder is pretty sparse, and while eating the chicken, I'll sometimes hit a spot with lots of powder, and at others, there's no ginseng taste at all.
The coleslaw beats KFC's hands down cos it's so much fresher, doesn't have that weird stale cabbage smell and has huger cabbage pieces instead of cabbage bits.
I actually went back for dinner the same day because I was watching an evening movie and after I told my friends about my lunch, they all wanted to try the Ginseng Chicken too! Hope the olive oil doesn't clog my arteries :S
We actually wanted to try Brown Sugar, but then unfortunately, it was fully booked the day before. But it was a blessing in disguise, and we have now found a new place for affordable and good food.
It's a pretty hard to find (for 1st timers) location, but it's wedged between 2 japanese restaurants, along the river, and quite near to butter factory. Actually, most of us were stumbling around Robertson Quay before finally finind it. The parking's pretty insane on weekdays too - all parallel and no lots, and the pier carpark was full.
Soup of the day - Mushroom Soup $5. Though the soup wasn't the memorable kind, the best part of it was the cheesy garlic bread. The delicious freshly baked bubbly cheese smell made everyone salivate. The mushroom soup itself was pretty creamy, with lots of mushroom bits and onions, worth the $5 since it's a good sized portion.
Vietnamese Bolognaise, spaghetti with minced chicken, chillies and lemongrass. It's a refreshing change for normal spaghetti, the lemongrass, chillies and piquant fish sauce went really well with shaved parmesan. At $16, it's a good sized portion with lots of minced chicken.
We also had the Grilled king salmon fillet ($20). For the side dishe, we chose ratatouilee (since nearly everyone watched the show and wanted to try it) but it was not really to our liking cos it was pretty soggy. The salmon didn't dissappoint - it was juicy and tender, and completely not dry.
Desserts was the Apple Crumble, topped with a huge scoop of vanilla ice cream. It's a steal at $7, and the portion will put other dessert stores to shame. Though the crumble layer is pretty thin, the whole bowl is full of delicious chopped green apples, for a healthy finish to the meal.
Chocolate mousse ($7) This is intensely chocolatey, and has a slightly powdery/grainy texture. It's very delicious - and it's like eating a whole bar of delicious cold chocolate, but minus the sore throat after that, since it doesn't leave that sticky, sensation you get after eating one too many chocolate bars.
Overall, Epicurious is a pretty good place to chill and have a relaxing dinner - in fact, I returned for teatime desserts the next day to have more apple crumble, and to sample the Pandan Panna Cotta, which wasn't as memorable as the apple crumble.
No reviews?! I was randomly checking restaurants that I've visited and stumbled across Blue Lobster. Blue Lobster specializes in seafood, and it's well worth the long trudge from my house. It's located along the same row of shops as Gourmet Plus.
The Lobster Thermidor is supposed to be a hot seller, but it costs a hefty sum (around 60 bucks or thereabout), which I was unwilling to part with (since there was set lunch). On Thursdays, freshly shucked oysters go for a mere $1 per piece, but then when we were there for lunch, there weren't any oysters cos the supply hadn't arrived.
We had the 3 course set lunch, which included a soup, main, dessert.
Mushroom Soup with White Truffle Oil. The soup is packed with generous amounts of mushroom and the aromatic truffle oil goes really well with the soup. There is also a small serving of caramellized onions, which tastes great with their soft foccacia bread.
My crab meat Aglio Olio was pretty oily, with tasty morsels of crab and tongue numbing chilli padi for a spicy zing. But I must say that I regretted ordering this when the chargrilled fish came.
Grilled Hoki (Fish of the day) is extremely fresh, juicy and lightly grilled. It's exactuly how I like my fish to be done, just slightly dressed with a bit of sauce, but not too much that it masks the freshness of the fish. It was fantastic, and probably one of the best (cooked) fishes I've had. I couldn't really tell if it was pumpkin or sweet potato mash, but it was a intersting change to the usual boring mashed potatoes. It was slightly creamy, not too starchy.
For dessert of the day, we had Raspberry Parfait - it's like a non-meltable ice cream which has the texture of mousse and filled with crunchy nuts.
The interior of the restaurant is simple, and service is quick and efficient. Our water was topped up constantly, and the waiter (who recommended the fish) came to ask us how we liked it - he was as pleased as punch when we said the fish was great, since he was the one who recommended it.
My friend told me about Persimmon when it first opened, but I'm pretty wary about fusion foods since I've had a few bad experiences in the past. Persimmon was having a DBS 1 for 1 lunch offer, so I decided to take the opportunity to go down to try the lunch - at least, if the food didn't agree with me, I wouldn't bee so sad since I'll be paying half price.
We chose the 3 course set lunch ($28 ), and ended up paying a very affordable $32 for 2 people.
For starters, we had the Crabcake, which was sweet and juicy crab claw meat with an asian marinade consisting of chillies, garlic, ginger and spring onion. Eaten together with the mango and lotus salsa, the combination went incredibly well.
The Chicken Salad is their signature dish and its not to be missed. The goodness of Hainanese chicken without the guilt. The salad greens were tossed with the delicious chicken gravy, and blended with potent garlic chilli. Chicken rice herbs (parsley and spring onion) were also mixed in with the musclun greens, and the rice crisps gave the salad a crunchy texture. Of course, there were delicious shreds of chicken to complete this hearty salad.
For the mains, I highly recommend the Linguine Laksa-leaf pesto. It's an exciting change from the usual basil leaf pesto. Best of all, the laksa leaf is so aromatic that one whiff of it leaves me salivating. The distinct flavour of the laksa leaf is melded with butter, cream and white wine, giving a delicious blend of East meets West. Every mouthful of this linguine was a delight, and we polished off the whole plate of al dente linguine easily.
We also had the Fisherman's Pie, but it was outshone by the lingiune. I didn't really like this dish because it was too spicy for me. It's an interesting twist to the normal puff pastry soups, as a golden orange curry is hidden under layers of fluffy and decadently rich puff pastry.
For desserts, we had the 8 Treasures Ice Kachang Sundae. Although it's called Ice Kachang, there weren't any icy bits inside. Instead, it was lucious layers of young coconut ice cream drizzled with rose syrup to give it a hint of pink. It was daintily decorated with red dates and golgi berries. Under the white folds of coconut sundae, there were sweet juicy bits of persimmon and red beans.
The Fruit Crumble has chunks of apple and persimmon hidden underneath a layer of crumble. The banana ice cream perched over the steaming hot crumble was bursting with flavour, and the banana taste was very strong. It's a perfect way to round up a delicious meal at Persimmon.
Persimmon also has other interesting desserts, which unfortunately, I was unable to try. They have pandan creme brulee as well as Panna cotta with coconut cream and gula melaka. Such exciting dessets - I must hurry back to try them all before the offer is up :)
Best of all, the service was quick friendly and efficient, with iced water being topped up whenever I downed a cup (since the fisherman's pie was spicy). Persimmon is a perfect place to have a lazy lunch, in the quaint Tiong Baru estate.
The restaurant itself faces the main road, with ample lighting and yet gives off a relaxing vibe. The decor is simple, in muted blacks and whites, with mosiac floor tiling. I would definitely return to this restaurant to have a refreshing meal.
My main course was the Oven roasted French quail stuffed with duck Foie Gras and wild mushrooms, mashed potatoes and brown jus ($32). It was a generous portion of wobbly Foie Gras cooked and stuffed into pigeon with tasty mushrooms. The pigeons was tender, though some work was needed to debone the bird. The mashed potatoes were extremely creamy.
The main course that I tasted and liked the most was the Boston lobster and scallops risotto with fresh herbs and lobster emulsion ($36). Like most well executed seafood dishes, the sweetness of the lobster was infused into the risotto, and the whole dish was bursting with flavour.
For dessert, we tried the French “Tiramisu†pink sponge biscuits soaked in Champagne fresh strawberries and raspberries ($14). It was a interesting change to usual brown and white layered tiramisu as this was pretty in pink and white, with luscious layers of cream cheese.
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Of course, being located in somewhere frequented by youngsters (not that I'm old), the pricing is fairly reasonable, though it's much more pricier than KFC or Macs.
We tried the Ginseng Flavoured chicken The set lunch is $15 after extra charges, for 2 pieces of good sized chicken, fries and coleslaw, and it came with corn soup, a free drink and a scoop of ice cream.
The chicken has exceeded my (low) expectations, and I would even say that it's pretty good! It's the kind that's just cooked, extremely tender, juicy and bursting with yummy chicken juices. It's also sprinkled with ginseng flavoured powder, giving it a unique Korean taste.
In terms of taste, the ginseng powder could be more generous - the ginseng powder is pretty sparse, and while eating the chicken, I'll sometimes hit a spot with lots of powder, and at others, there's no ginseng taste at all.
The coleslaw beats KFC's hands down cos it's so much fresher, doesn't have that weird stale cabbage smell and has huger cabbage pieces instead of cabbage bits.
I actually went back for dinner the same day because I was watching an evening movie and after I told my friends about my lunch, they all wanted to try the Ginseng Chicken too! Hope the olive oil doesn't clog my arteries :S
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It's a pretty hard to find (for 1st timers) location, but it's wedged between 2 japanese restaurants, along the river, and quite near to butter factory. Actually, most of us were stumbling around Robertson Quay before finally finind it. The parking's pretty insane on weekdays too - all parallel and no lots, and the pier carpark was full.
Soup of the day - Mushroom Soup $5. Though the soup wasn't the memorable kind, the best part of it was the cheesy garlic bread. The delicious freshly baked bubbly cheese smell made everyone salivate. The mushroom soup itself was pretty creamy, with lots of mushroom bits and onions, worth the $5 since it's a good sized portion.
Vietnamese Bolognaise, spaghetti with minced chicken, chillies and lemongrass. It's a refreshing change for normal spaghetti, the lemongrass, chillies and piquant fish sauce went really well with shaved parmesan. At $16, it's a good sized portion with lots of minced chicken.
We also had the Grilled king salmon fillet ($20). For the side dishe, we chose ratatouilee (since nearly everyone watched the show and wanted to try it) but it was not really to our liking cos it was pretty soggy. The salmon didn't dissappoint - it was juicy and tender, and completely not dry.
Desserts was the Apple Crumble, topped with a huge scoop of vanilla ice cream. It's a steal at $7, and the portion will put other dessert stores to shame. Though the crumble layer is pretty thin, the whole bowl is full of delicious chopped green apples, for a healthy finish to the meal.
Chocolate mousse ($7) This is intensely chocolatey, and has a slightly powdery/grainy texture. It's very delicious - and it's like eating a whole bar of delicious cold chocolate, but minus the sore throat after that, since it doesn't leave that sticky, sensation you get after eating one too many chocolate bars.
Overall, Epicurious is a pretty good place to chill and have a relaxing dinner - in fact, I returned for teatime desserts the next day to have more apple crumble, and to sample the Pandan Panna Cotta, which wasn't as memorable as the apple crumble.
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The Lobster Thermidor is supposed to be a hot seller, but it costs a hefty sum (around 60 bucks or thereabout), which I was unwilling to part with (since there was set lunch). On Thursdays, freshly shucked oysters go for a mere $1 per piece, but then when we were there for lunch, there weren't any oysters cos the supply hadn't arrived.
We had the 3 course set lunch, which included a soup, main, dessert.
Mushroom Soup with White Truffle Oil. The soup is packed with generous amounts of mushroom and the aromatic truffle oil goes really well with the soup. There is also a small serving of caramellized onions, which tastes great with their soft foccacia bread.
My crab meat Aglio Olio was pretty oily, with tasty morsels of crab and tongue numbing chilli padi for a spicy zing. But I must say that I regretted ordering this when the chargrilled fish came.
Grilled Hoki (Fish of the day) is extremely fresh, juicy and lightly grilled. It's exactuly how I like my fish to be done, just slightly dressed with a bit of sauce, but not too much that it masks the freshness of the fish. It was fantastic, and probably one of the best (cooked) fishes I've had. I couldn't really tell if it was pumpkin or sweet potato mash, but it was a intersting change to the usual boring mashed potatoes. It was slightly creamy, not too starchy.
For dessert of the day, we had Raspberry Parfait - it's like a non-meltable ice cream which has the texture of mousse and filled with crunchy nuts.
The interior of the restaurant is simple, and service is quick and efficient. Our water was topped up constantly, and the waiter (who recommended the fish) came to ask us how we liked it - he was as pleased as punch when we said the fish was great, since he was the one who recommended it.
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We chose the 3 course set lunch ($28 ), and ended up paying a very affordable $32 for 2 people.
For starters, we had the Crabcake, which was sweet and juicy crab claw meat with an asian marinade consisting of chillies, garlic, ginger and spring onion. Eaten together with the mango and lotus salsa, the combination went incredibly well.
The Chicken Salad is their signature dish and its not to be missed. The goodness of Hainanese chicken without the guilt. The salad greens were tossed with the delicious chicken gravy, and blended with potent garlic chilli. Chicken rice herbs (parsley and spring onion) were also mixed in with the musclun greens, and the rice crisps gave the salad a crunchy texture. Of course, there were delicious shreds of chicken to complete this hearty salad.
For the mains, I highly recommend the Linguine Laksa-leaf pesto. It's an exciting change from the usual basil leaf pesto. Best of all, the laksa leaf is so aromatic that one whiff of it leaves me salivating. The distinct flavour of the laksa leaf is melded with butter, cream and white wine, giving a delicious blend of East meets West. Every mouthful of this linguine was a delight, and we polished off the whole plate of al dente linguine easily.
We also had the Fisherman's Pie, but it was outshone by the lingiune. I didn't really like this dish because it was too spicy for me. It's an interesting twist to the normal puff pastry soups, as a golden orange curry is hidden under layers of fluffy and decadently rich puff pastry.
For desserts, we had the 8 Treasures Ice Kachang Sundae. Although it's called Ice Kachang, there weren't any icy bits inside. Instead, it was lucious layers of young coconut ice cream drizzled with rose syrup to give it a hint of pink. It was daintily decorated with red dates and golgi berries. Under the white folds of coconut sundae, there were sweet juicy bits of persimmon and red beans.
The Fruit Crumble has chunks of apple and persimmon hidden underneath a layer of crumble. The banana ice cream perched over the steaming hot crumble was bursting with flavour, and the banana taste was very strong. It's a perfect way to round up a delicious meal at Persimmon.
Persimmon also has other interesting desserts, which unfortunately, I was unable to try. They have pandan creme brulee as well as Panna cotta with coconut cream and gula melaka. Such exciting dessets - I must hurry back to try them all before the offer is up :)
Best of all, the service was quick friendly and efficient, with iced water being topped up whenever I downed a cup (since the fisherman's pie was spicy). Persimmon is a perfect place to have a lazy lunch, in the quaint Tiong Baru estate.
The restaurant itself faces the main road, with ample lighting and yet gives off a relaxing vibe. The decor is simple, in muted blacks and whites, with mosiac floor tiling. I would definitely return to this restaurant to have a refreshing meal.
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I had the Warm goat cheese salad with celeriac rémoulade, baby spinach and tomato confit ($15). Its a small portion of goats cheese, melted and runny at the sides, on top of celeriac, which is a crunchy root vegetable with a faint wasabi-ish aftertaste. It goes very well with the creamy goat's cheese. (the first picture in the side is labeled wrongly - it's the goats cheese).
My main course was the Oven roasted French quail stuffed with duck Foie Gras and wild mushrooms, mashed potatoes and brown jus ($32). It was a generous portion of wobbly Foie Gras cooked and stuffed into pigeon with tasty mushrooms. The pigeons was tender, though some work was needed to debone the bird. The mashed potatoes were extremely creamy.
The main course that I tasted and liked the most was the Boston lobster and scallops risotto with fresh herbs and lobster emulsion ($36). Like most well executed seafood dishes, the sweetness of the lobster was infused into the risotto, and the whole dish was bursting with flavour.
For dessert, we tried the French “Tiramisu†pink sponge biscuits soaked in Champagne fresh strawberries and raspberries ($14). It was a interesting change to usual brown and white layered tiramisu as this was pretty in pink and white, with luscious layers of cream cheese.
For variety, try the dessert platter, which comprises of a variety - Warm chocolate cake, profiterole, gingerbread, crème brulée, strawberry sorbet ($28)
Of course, the portion is pretty big - and good to share amongst 2-3 people. It comes with their popular chocolate profiterole drenched in decadant chocolate sauce, warm creme brulee with a caramellized top, gingerbread and tangy strawberry sorbet for a cool and sweet finish to the meal.
We were fortunate to get a corner table in the aircon dining area and all of us enjoyed our meal.
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