I was hunting for some guilt-free dessert at the newly renovated Bugis which was called iluma in the past and on the cinema level, I found this BerryLite- 100% fat free frozen yoghurt. On careful consideration between the next door ice-cream parlour and its delectable creamy ice-creams and the 100% fat-free frozen yoghurt. I chose the later as I feel that we should also make the healthier choice when given a choice.
I love the setting of the place, seats are plenty with retro couch seats by the windows available as well as a good selection of international magazines with sports, travel and fashion available. They have these really cute white lamp-post they emit a pinkish hue which I feel its really interesting. The whole place is decorated with good information on the frozen yoghurt that we are going to order portrayed in a fun and joyous manner and I felt really GUILT-FREE...
So I went ahead and ordered the largest cup-size of the 3 sizes available (Blind Date (S), Hook on it (M), I LOVE IT (L)) and you could choose between Plain yogurt or flavored ones which is about 30cents more. The flavors available to me on this day that I went are: cheesecake, mango and blueberry acai. Of course choose the Highest Antioxidant One- the blueberry acai. You have a good selection of fresh and healthy toppings as well such as fresh pomegranate, aloe vera and many other fruits and nuts. For me, I'm the Plain Jane! I feel that a good cup of frozen yogurt needs no condiments. And so there I am tasting my cup of blueberry acai frozen yoghurt without frills...
I was pretty shocked by my first mouthful. The yogurt is creamy but not sweet at all.. Matter of fact, its sourish in a very fruity way and gives me impression that I am drinking some very concentrated freshly crushed blueberry and acai berry juice. That very same acidic experience when you drink non-diluted freshly squashed fruit juices. I cannot but got to browse at the information on the wall of the frozen yogurt and I agree with a few things like, no sugar added to enhance taste, live cultures to aid digestion.
The surprise is when I get home, I get the very active bowel movement feeling and did what i need to do by my shiny white throne, which is the same feeling I had when I at one time ate one whole box of fresh blueberries. Its not the allergic reaction but the after consumption of highly anti-oxidant fruit reaction. My friend who also had the same yogurt had the same reaction. So both of us agree that this yogurt is indeed the REAL THING...
The real, no frill, healthy, 100% natural frozen yogurt.. I would suggest go for the super high anti-oxidant POTENT Blueberry Acai flavor. Its yummy, natural and full of goodness!
Get prepared to be smacked by whiffs of horse sweat at The Singapore Polo Club. I was there with a few friends hoping to catch some good old POLO action and boy did we enjoy ourselves.
The Verandah is an alfresco dining area where you can enjoy the vast greenery, bask in a cool evening sun and watch the games on the field. They have a good selection of premium wines which are not too costly, chilled to its best and they also have a good range of snacks and finger food to choose from.. Premium ingredients are used and I always feel that the quality of the food could usually judged by the basics served.. Meaning.. if you wanna know if the expensive stuffs are good.. you go for the cheap ones first.. like french fries, onion rings and the other regular stuffs.. I mean if these basic regulars are not done well, then don't expect the difficults like roast pork or premium steaks to taste as good.
But, their fries, calamari, onion rings tasted delicious. I say this not because I am too high on wine or too hungry. The fries is crispy and juicy yet not oily, calamari is of a good bite size, not too dry and the batter is well seasoned with a pinch of pepper, onion rings are crispy and sweet.
They also have a good range of mains to choose from. Like beef stew, Ox tail which is flavorful with a good portion, burgers which is superbly huge and extremely yummy. Salmon fillets, seafood platters, beef steaks which are carefully prepared and tasted fresh, sweet and served in a good portion. I mean they have to serve them in a good portion as the polo players must be really hungry after the game.
Dessert is great as well, though not many choices available. Theres always movenpick ice-cream if you really crave for something sweet yet you do not want a proper dessert. Beers on the tap include the all time favorite Stelle Artois and Kilkenny.
The location and setting is excellent especially with the games going on from late afternoon till dusk while you sip your sweating bottle of chilled wine, tucked comfortably at the corner with a gentle breeze in your face, accompanied by your beloved friends chit-chatting about nothingness while watching cute strong men in horses, galloping around playing the manly chauvinistic game of POLO... I mean what could be better then this!!!
I was most impressed not just by the cute strong muscular polo chaps but by the after game cultures.. After walking the horses back, the players and their family members will hang by the field, patching back the divots or holes in the ground and unevenness on the fields together, chit-chatting, playing and having a great time while maintaining the ground for the other players.. Its courtesy and a good time to bond with friends and other players. Some bring their dogs which most definitely had a great time running the VAST field pretending they are one of the stallions.
If you wanna find a knight in a white stallion... Look NoWhere Else!! Find it NowHere!
Mondays to Fridays, open to public and Tues and Thurs, sometimes Friday you might get to see the games... be a damsel and get whiffed off by some horse sweat smelling knight in a white stallion...
Oh yeah! the horses looked great.. matter of fact I took some picture of the horses butt... because I could never get them to face me..... they are always too fast too fast toooo fast......
Biggest Burgers I've ever come across in a fast food joint. I was always impressed by the quantity and quality of the food served in Carl's Junior. There I was taking an early long brunch break on a rainy working day, what caught my eye is the S$7.90 great promotional lunch which included a selected burger of your choice, medium fries and refillable medium sized drink. It was really a good deal, judging by the size of the burger and fries.
I guess the burger is about one and a half times larger then the regular burgers we eat in other similar joints. Its more of the gourmet burger type with huge succulent beef patties, choice vegetables, onions and cheese.. I especially enjoy the chilli burger. This chilli i mean is not the spicy hot red chilly but the mexican ground beef chilli sauce. I find it rather flavorful and extremely appetizing. The chips are great as well; fresh, juicy and not overly littered with salt, crispy on the outside yet not dry on the inside.
I love the refillable self-serve drinks bar also. I think the concept is great and they have a good choice of carbonated drinks as well as ice-tea in which slices of lemons are available at the side for your own adding pleasure. Next to the self-serve drink bar is the self-serve condiment and salsa bar where you can find a good variety of pickles, chopped salsa and salsa sauce as well as chilli sauce and ketchup for your personal seasoning pleasure.
I love the fact that they provide serviettes on the table from a dispenser. I mean it could be rather messy eating a huge burger and as much as we save the trees with lesser consumption of tissues and paper, we also appreciate the use of recycled materials for these serviettes.
I was most impressed by the attentiveness and service of the staff in this outlet. The tables were cleared promptly and tray removed as and when the customers do not want them anymore. I was also impressed by the management team of this outlet. While I was there, the outlet do look a little short staffed and 2 gentlemen in smartly ironed shirts were doing some administrative work, however as the crowd picked up, they rolled up their sleeves and moved around the tables to clear the rubbish, deliver food and say HI and GOODBYE to the customers. I was both touched and impressed...
This is definitely a great place to hang out with your friends for a long chit-chat while you enjoy the always yummy cheesy fries, Oreo Ice Cream or the forever enjoyable HANDMADE MILK SHAKES which i find particularly delicious for a dessert. The choice seats I would say is by the ceiling high windows where the benches are well cushioned and natural sunlight streaming in while you are cooled by the air-conditioning of the mall.
Value Food, Choice Ingredients, Great Service and Cute Staff.....
A real interesting hang out place. Kungfu paradise at the newly renovated bugis which used to be called iluma is now frequented by many especially youths and hip-adults. They serve the standard char chan teng kind of food like curry rice, baked pasta, coffee and french toast. They taste like the usual however I really love the kungfu boy mascot...
They also do have some really funky drunks n desserts to choose from. If you visit this outlet I will recommend sitting by the full sized glass window seats. First the cushion is comfy and you will get to see shoppers walking around. The other seats I find are a little too noisy and not good for chit chat with friends. Oh yah... I tried their french toast and they served it to me with a huge full bottle of maple syrup. I really love the generosity however, service is almost nonexistent as I think the place might be too big to notice who needs what....
Great concept and nice place but nothing in the menu is exciting....
The wheelhouse serves the bestest fish and chips i've ever eaten. The Fish is huge and fried with a good batter. Crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside and not oily, served with a generous side salad and lots of pipping hot fries and good size of tartar sauce.
If you happen to be there, also a must try is the thai fried fish.. The serving is sooo huge and good for two. The meaty fish is fried till its sooo crispy that you could laterally eat all its fins and bones. Paired with a tasty sauce and some rice as well as the famous thai mango salad... its simply delicious carp.....
If fried food is not your kind of food, you may also go for the local delicacies like Hor Fun or Fried Noodles, Fried Rice, etc.. The other die die must try is the Lamp Stew.. Succulant lamb braised in a thick savoury stew eaten with some bread and a little bit of potato mash.. The lamp simply melts in your mouth and the stew leaves a sweet aftertaste and does not have the muttony taste at all. I love the vegetables like potato, carrots, turnip cooked in the stew best.. It fully absorbs the yumminess of the stew and is soft and creamy when chewed on.
I also love the butter / garlic naan , chicken curry, beef curry and mutton curry.. Its nice... and a type of comfort food for me. The indian spices are generous and very tasty... However, go with some water instead of sweet juices or wine or pair it with some yoghurt.. That is how i think goes well with a good naan and curry dishes.
After Dinner, have a good glass of wine or beer and start having their wonderful desserts. Choose from a light slice of strawberry short cake or tiramisu or even local desserts such as the chendol and the oh sooo funky bobo cha cha! The Old School Sago with gula melaka and coconut cream is simply DIVINE!!! A really old school dessert and their serving portion is sooo good.. I love the chewy sago and the Carmella taste of the gula melaka topped with creamy coconut milk....
If desserts are too heavy, opt for a good scoop of movenpick ice-cream, smooth, simple and calorie mindful. The Wheelhouse also serve a good variety of buffet, international choices of food, eat till you drop with a salad bar, juices and ice-cream.
Set by the swimming pool, a level below the lobby, the wheelhouse also serves snacks and smoothies for the good afternoon after swim recharge.. I'm most amused by the waiter.. which still wears a BOWTIE... and I find that really cute.. Its more of a homely, easy going setting.. Expect service with a smile and expect local style serving attitude.. It somehow feels extremely singaporean dining in this place. I love the ambiance, the food, the friendliness and the price is reasonable.
Great place to dine out at however you really need to be brought in by a member... Or be a member today!
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I love the setting of the place, seats are plenty with retro couch seats by the windows available as well as a good selection of international magazines with sports, travel and fashion available. They have these really cute white lamp-post they emit a pinkish hue which I feel its really interesting. The whole place is decorated with good information on the frozen yoghurt that we are going to order portrayed in a fun and joyous manner and I felt really GUILT-FREE...
So I went ahead and ordered the largest cup-size of the 3 sizes available (Blind Date (S), Hook on it (M), I LOVE IT (L)) and you could choose between Plain yogurt or flavored ones which is about 30cents more. The flavors available to me on this day that I went are: cheesecake, mango and blueberry acai. Of course choose the Highest Antioxidant One- the blueberry acai. You have a good selection of fresh and healthy toppings as well such as fresh pomegranate, aloe vera and many other fruits and nuts. For me, I'm the Plain Jane! I feel that a good cup of frozen yogurt needs no condiments. And so there I am tasting my cup of blueberry acai frozen yoghurt without frills...
I was pretty shocked by my first mouthful. The yogurt is creamy but not sweet at all.. Matter of fact, its sourish in a very fruity way and gives me impression that I am drinking some very concentrated freshly crushed blueberry and acai berry juice. That very same acidic experience when you drink non-diluted freshly squashed fruit juices. I cannot but got to browse at the information on the wall of the frozen yogurt and I agree with a few things like, no sugar added to enhance taste, live cultures to aid digestion.
The surprise is when I get home, I get the very active bowel movement feeling and did what i need to do by my shiny white throne, which is the same feeling I had when I at one time ate one whole box of fresh blueberries. Its not the allergic reaction but the after consumption of highly anti-oxidant fruit reaction. My friend who also had the same yogurt had the same reaction. So both of us agree that this yogurt is indeed the REAL THING...
The real, no frill, healthy, 100% natural frozen yogurt.. I would suggest go for the super high anti-oxidant POTENT Blueberry Acai flavor. Its yummy, natural and full of goodness!
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The Verandah is an alfresco dining area where you can enjoy the vast greenery, bask in a cool evening sun and watch the games on the field. They have a good selection of premium wines which are not too costly, chilled to its best and they also have a good range of snacks and finger food to choose from.. Premium ingredients are used and I always feel that the quality of the food could usually judged by the basics served.. Meaning.. if you wanna know if the expensive stuffs are good.. you go for the cheap ones first.. like french fries, onion rings and the other regular stuffs.. I mean if these basic regulars are not done well, then don't expect the difficults like roast pork or premium steaks to taste as good.
But, their fries, calamari, onion rings tasted delicious. I say this not because I am too high on wine or too hungry. The fries is crispy and juicy yet not oily, calamari is of a good bite size, not too dry and the batter is well seasoned with a pinch of pepper, onion rings are crispy and sweet.
They also have a good range of mains to choose from. Like beef stew, Ox tail which is flavorful with a good portion, burgers which is superbly huge and extremely yummy. Salmon fillets, seafood platters, beef steaks which are carefully prepared and tasted fresh, sweet and served in a good portion. I mean they have to serve them in a good portion as the polo players must be really hungry after the game.
Dessert is great as well, though not many choices available. Theres always movenpick ice-cream if you really crave for something sweet yet you do not want a proper dessert. Beers on the tap include the all time favorite Stelle Artois and Kilkenny.
The location and setting is excellent especially with the games going on from late afternoon till dusk while you sip your sweating bottle of chilled wine, tucked comfortably at the corner with a gentle breeze in your face, accompanied by your beloved friends chit-chatting about nothingness while watching cute strong men in horses, galloping around playing the manly chauvinistic game of POLO... I mean what could be better then this!!!
I was most impressed not just by the cute strong muscular polo chaps but by the after game cultures.. After walking the horses back, the players and their family members will hang by the field, patching back the divots or holes in the ground and unevenness on the fields together, chit-chatting, playing and having a great time while maintaining the ground for the other players.. Its courtesy and a good time to bond with friends and other players. Some bring their dogs which most definitely had a great time running the VAST field pretending they are one of the stallions.
If you wanna find a knight in a white stallion... Look NoWhere Else!! Find it NowHere!
Mondays to Fridays, open to public and Tues and Thurs, sometimes Friday you might get to see the games... be a damsel and get whiffed off by some horse sweat smelling knight in a white stallion...
Oh yeah! the horses looked great.. matter of fact I took some picture of the horses butt... because I could never get them to face me..... they are always too fast too fast toooo fast......
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There I was taking an early long brunch break on a rainy working day, what caught my eye is the S$7.90 great promotional lunch which included a selected burger of your choice, medium fries and refillable medium sized drink. It was really a good deal, judging by the size of the burger and fries.
I guess the burger is about one and a half times larger then the regular burgers we eat in other similar joints. Its more of the gourmet burger type with huge succulent beef patties, choice vegetables, onions and cheese.. I especially enjoy the chilli burger. This chilli i mean is not the spicy hot red chilly but the mexican ground beef chilli sauce. I find it rather flavorful and extremely appetizing. The chips are great as well; fresh, juicy and not overly littered with salt, crispy on the outside yet not dry on the inside.
I love the refillable self-serve drinks bar also. I think the concept is great and they have a good choice of carbonated drinks as well as ice-tea in which slices of lemons are available at the side for your own adding pleasure. Next to the self-serve drink bar is the self-serve condiment and salsa bar where you can find a good variety of pickles, chopped salsa and salsa sauce as well as chilli sauce and ketchup for your personal seasoning pleasure.
I love the fact that they provide serviettes on the table from a dispenser. I mean it could be rather messy eating a huge burger and as much as we save the trees with lesser consumption of tissues and paper, we also appreciate the use of recycled materials for these serviettes.
I was most impressed by the attentiveness and service of the staff in this outlet. The tables were cleared promptly and tray removed as and when the customers do not want them anymore. I was also impressed by the management team of this outlet. While I was there, the outlet do look a little short staffed and 2 gentlemen in smartly ironed shirts were doing some administrative work, however as the crowd picked up, they rolled up their sleeves and moved around the tables to clear the rubbish, deliver food and say HI and GOODBYE to the customers. I was both touched and impressed...
This is definitely a great place to hang out with your friends for a long chit-chat while you enjoy the always yummy cheesy fries, Oreo Ice Cream or the forever enjoyable HANDMADE MILK SHAKES which i find particularly delicious for a dessert. The choice seats I would say is by the ceiling high windows where the benches are well cushioned and natural sunlight streaming in while you are cooled by the air-conditioning of the mall.
Value Food, Choice Ingredients, Great Service and Cute Staff.....
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They also do have some really funky drunks n desserts to choose from. If you visit this outlet I will recommend sitting by the full sized glass window seats. First the cushion is comfy and you will get to see shoppers walking around. The other seats I find are a little too noisy and not good for chit chat with friends. Oh yah... I tried their french toast and they served it to me with a huge full bottle of maple syrup. I really love the generosity however, service is almost nonexistent as I think the place might be too big to notice who needs what....
Great concept and nice place but nothing in the menu is exciting....
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If you happen to be there, also a must try is the thai fried fish.. The serving is sooo huge and good for two. The meaty fish is fried till its sooo crispy that you could laterally eat all its fins and bones. Paired with a tasty sauce and some rice as well as the famous thai mango salad... its simply delicious carp.....
If fried food is not your kind of food, you may also go for the local delicacies like Hor Fun or Fried Noodles, Fried Rice, etc.. The other die die must try is the Lamp Stew.. Succulant lamb braised in a thick savoury stew eaten with some bread and a little bit of potato mash.. The lamp simply melts in your mouth and the stew leaves a sweet aftertaste and does not have the muttony taste at all. I love the vegetables like potato, carrots, turnip cooked in the stew best.. It fully absorbs the yumminess of the stew and is soft and creamy when chewed on.
I also love the butter / garlic naan , chicken curry, beef curry and mutton curry.. Its nice... and a type of comfort food for me. The indian spices are generous and very tasty... However, go with some water instead of sweet juices or wine or pair it with some yoghurt.. That is how i think goes well with a good naan and curry dishes.
After Dinner, have a good glass of wine or beer and start having their wonderful desserts. Choose from a light slice of strawberry short cake or tiramisu or even local desserts such as the chendol and the oh sooo funky bobo cha cha! The Old School Sago with gula melaka and coconut cream is simply DIVINE!!! A really old school dessert and their serving portion is sooo good.. I love the chewy sago and the Carmella taste of the gula melaka topped with creamy coconut milk....
If desserts are too heavy, opt for a good scoop of movenpick ice-cream, smooth, simple and calorie mindful. The Wheelhouse also serve a good variety of buffet, international choices of food, eat till you drop with a salad bar, juices and ice-cream.
Set by the swimming pool, a level below the lobby, the wheelhouse also serves snacks and smoothies for the good afternoon after swim recharge.. I'm most amused by the waiter.. which still wears a BOWTIE... and I find that really cute.. Its more of a homely, easy going setting.. Expect service with a smile and expect local style serving attitude.. It somehow feels extremely singaporean dining in this place. I love the ambiance, the food, the friendliness and the price is reasonable.
Great place to dine out at however you really need to be brought in by a member... Or be a member today!
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