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Porridge ranges from $4 onwards, which i feel is rather pricey, given that it's not filling. The chicken porridge i got was okay, very homely but what I didnt like was that the chicken felt fatty. Hygenic la, I would say. By that i mean "clean-tasting".
The yu sheng ($5-6, cant rmb) is gorgeous. Thinly sliced fish with crunchy veggies..beats sashimi flat down!!
The durian cheong fun is a sight to behold and an even more luxurious dish to savor. The cheong fun feels like a firm durian 'skin' and the whole thing..is just beautiful. words cannot describe it. really, its not as weird as it sounds!! And at $5 (thereabouts), its definitely more than worth it (:
Login to add your comment. Or, Register for an account now. It's free!i have tried the durian one before... kinda weird frankly. prefer to eat the real fruit
26 Nov 2009 at 11:03 pm
the key here is caution: what feels like creamy bliss now will later congeal in your stomach to result in a mega lactose overload. my trick is to mix creamy with sour -> alternate scoops of sherbet and classic/chocolatey/cremay ice cream (:
their selection of cakes are a die-die-must avoid. other than the chocolate truffle, i find the rest rather..bad. i had high hopes for the cream cheese carrot cake but it simply disappointed.
the chocolate fountain is heavenly. dip the chocolate cream puffs into the waterfall of chocolatey goodness and you get a beautiful profiterole! other than this treat (which is quite expensive elsewhere), there's the usual fruit and marshmallow you can enjoy.
i loved the waffles. crispy edges with soft centres, goes perfectly with a scoop of vanilla and hot fudge. the mini pancakes/hotcakes should be given a miss. rather hard, when i went for one.
their ice creams were..good. i mean, its swensens! i went for my usual fave, lime sherbet, soursop, sticky chewy chocolate, rum&raisin, the usual suspects which never fail to disapopint
what i loved was their wide and thoughtful selection of toppings. they really had everything! from the healthy dried apricots and raisins, to the decadent mini oreos, to lush red bean, blueberry, and the even more sinful butterscotch, hot fudge..super spoilt for choice!!
Login to add your comment. Or, Register for an account now. It's free!I agree with the cakes part. Couldn't make myself to finish the cakes :(
31 Jul 2010 at 12:20 pm
but the food proved me wrong (:
i had the bibimbap ($5.50) which had lots of lovely lettuce, seaweed, carrot and beansprouts inside. what i was rather unhappy about, though, was the fact that there was NO MEAT inside. a bit..cheat my money.
the set meal($5) is quite good though. get to pick two veg and one meat with rice and soup (my dad said it was hot water with seaweed).
the kimchi soup set was interesting. strangely, the kimchi was more salty than spicy-sour. we felt like we were eating spicy kiam chye more than anything else. but this didnt make it any less shiok (: again, no meat in this dish.
overall, quite an authentic korean meal.
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the staff here are friendly and grandmotherly, feels more like a warm family joint than an upmarket hongkong cafe in a shopping centre right smack in the cold biz district.
try the salted-egg coated pumpkin fries , interesting taste (: abit oily, a bit soggy, but interesting. strangely addictive!
the claypot rice with salted fish, chicken and chinese sausage is gorgeous. a die-die must order at streets, to me. just try not to put all the black sauce they give you..because it will give you an unpleasant sodium rush. but its nothing the sour plum drink won't cure (: the fun part is smashing the sour plum and stirring the residue around. not the most appetizing looking, but still a treat!
the shui jiao mee soup ($5.80) boasts of clean-tasting chicken soup, springy noodle and shui jiao that has absolutely slurpable skin and generous ingredients. my favorite, by far.
the ee-mee is nothing to shout about. so no picture.
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basically just to share (i find all this stuff super interesting) utility to a customer aka ME comprises of place, time, product and possession value.
PLACE.
sakura is located in clementi woods park. pretty ulu unless you drive. parking lots are available opposite the restaurant. if cabbing, tell the taxi driver that it's beside the japanese primary school.
toilets are gross.
the buffet spread spans over 2 levels. this sounds impressive, but its tiring having to climb up and down to get your food.
very cramped. looks a bit lc.
PRODUCT.
27.80 per person for sun night dinner.
i'll intro you to the entire buffet spread cos this is the kind of thing i like to do haha. didnt bother to take pictures cos i think the food will look better than it tastes in the pics.
japanese
sashimi is bad. salmon one is ok, but the rest look stale and taste even worse. sushi is reasonable (tried the unagi one)
salad
salad bar is interesting, i would say. i enjoyed my plate of crisp lettuce, seasoned seaweed, olives, corn and kidney beans. they have some stupid things which only makes them look lc. like chopped sausage salad, mixed veg (the frozen diced carrots, peas, corn kind) salad, cocktail salad (tinned fruit). but got boiled prawn, scallop so got a bit of redemption.
(i call it the) economic rice section
the thai style beancurd was hard but salvaged by the sweet sauce. eefu mee is fab. best i've ever had! stir fried black pepper beef is overly-tenderized. sharksfin soup--> STARCHfin soup. sweet&sour fish is bad. some other things like cabbage roll, nonya dishes, chilli prawn, thai fish cake, stir-fried broccoli, beancurd roll, etc were there but i didnt think they'd be of that great quality. my grandma's friend likes the sakura fried rice tho!
fried oily grease section.
potato wedges, curry puffs, breaded scallop, samosa, spring roll. yucks. didnt touch.
dim sum.
lor mai kai (looked good), siew mai, har gow (essentially siew mai with a prawn. soggy, but i like it soft, so ok for me), char siew sou in a pasar-malam style oven, char siew pau.
local delights.
kueh pie tee was good. kong bak pau (replaced with chicken), laksa (parents said it was weak), roast duck (ok only), hainanese chicken.
bbq section.
satay (chicken & mutton), mushroom fishcake, unagi, otah..cant rmb the rest. unagi sauce tasted diluted.
grill station1
clams in bamboo (spicy), cream fish (no good), sambal sotong, spag bolo (not bad!), some oyster/mussel things..
grill station 2
lamb chop (good), mango dory fillet (good), salmon fillet (a bit hard, but not bad), chicken chop (looks 'cartoonic'), beef.
western section
grilled cheese prawns (cheese tastes like it comes from a squeezy bottle), tobiko-mayo baked scallops (bad, had to choke it down), few flavors of pizza incl tuna, tamago, seafood and chicken ham tacos (unappetizing looking), cream of mushroom soup
dessert station
oreo cheesecake (no cheese taste), choc truffle (good), mint choc cake (weak choc cake, mint flavoring), strawberry choc cake (cough medicine taste, yucks.) mochi (advice: scoop out the cream inside and put in ice cream!!), durian puff (good!), durian pengat, waffles (not freshly made), small round blueberry pancake thing, jap-style dango (mochi balls on a stick), dorayaki, variety of fruits (watermelon, kiwi, pineapple, melon, orange, love the grapes), huge selection of ice cream
drinks
had a hot drinks dispenser which was quite cool (mocha, cappucinco, milo, teh tarik, green tea, etc). cool drinks incl soft drink station, blackcurrant drink, iced flavored teas
TIME
they forgot my reservation. had to waste time haggling for a good seat. im sure this is not what time means, but they wasted my time which got me irritated.
POSSESSION
irrelevant here. but to make another 'no-link' statement, i got irritated on the stupid pegging system that i have to use to possess the food item i want. basically each table is given a few miserly clips, and you have to go to the counter and put a clip on the item you want.
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