A big thinks to the teacher for organising this wonderful gathering in Beach Culture @ Watercross in Pasir Ris. How long has it been since we the bunch of us from 4L last met? Probably not long ago when the teacher is holding her wedding ceremony. =) I am really glad that after 9 years, there is still a strong bond staying within the core group of our class and we still frequently meet up and update each other. Hopefully, this bond and class spirit will continue for the many years to come
Beach Culture @ Watercross.
The whole shop is separated into 2 sections - an indoor air-conditioned room which has a nice ambient setting completed with soft lighting and an open air dining should you want to experience some refreshing sea-breeze and relax your evening away. The only complain I had with the shop setup was the rather old and dull ceiling in the air-conditioned room. Everything was nice and cozy in the room, comfortably relaxing in the couch provided, that is at least until you lift your head and catch a glance of the ceiling. The scene before your eyes will surely kill off some of your mood. =p
For the food wise, the class ordered a seafood platter and for me, a combo meal fit for 2 consisting of 1 slab of steak, 1 stack of lamb and 1 serving of chicken meat. I am not particularly impressed with their cooking as I feel that all the meat served are below standard. The steak was pretty raw when I ask for a medium well done. The stack of lamb meat was pretty hard. The only consolation was their chicken serving, which was manageable. However, how bad can a chicken meat goes?
The only recommendation I could give was probably their seafood platter. The calamari ring they served was the biggest size I have ever seen so far. One bite through them could send your taste bud tinkling. For their beverage section, happy hour was until 8pm, which is a draw as most of the alcohol was quite reasonably priced and customers would look forward to ordering them to go with their meals.
Rate 4/10
(I am not going to recommend them until they improved the quality of their food. For the price I pay, I deserved better stuffs.)
It has been quite a long time since I last visited this restaurant, maybe some 1 year ago. Feeling the urge of eating something healthy for a change, my gf and I decided to give this restaurant a chance to redeem itself (I remember the last time round, they serve us super hard rice!!) and head in to settle our lunch. We ordered their set meal for two, which came with a special promotion to get one of the dish for just only $1. =)
The Soup Restaurant speciality dish (picture provided): Samsul Ginger Chicken is indeed mouthwatering. The juice of it is not in its chicken, but in the sauce they provide in the middle of the dish! The chicken slices are good, but they are not that great. Their meat are tender and not really hard (they give me chicken breast meat, though for the price I pay, I would have expected thigh meat / drumstick meat) =p. For the sauce, I have no idea how they made it, but it contain a well proportioned chicken oil mixed with blended ginger. Placed it into the cabbage leaves they provide, wrap it into a roll and put the whole chunk into your mouth. All you have to do is slowly bite it and let all the juices flow out!! Extremely fattening, I know, but irresistible!!
Second dish: Steam "San Yu" Fish Slices. The fish slices are all well marinated and cooked to just the correct perfection. They are solid and tender, though I feel that this dish is still lacking a bit of flavour. A good dish though I would not say that they are the best I have ever eaten.
The $1 that we ordered: Clay-pot Sea Cucumber.
This dish is slowly brewed with the wings of the ducks and sea cucumber, together with the "tau key" and some vegetables that I do not know the name of. A great combination of ingredients that will leave you wanting for more. A recommendation by me is to eat this dish together with the gravy and rice. Definitely a steal given that this dish only cost $1!!
Third dish: Fried Batry Kai Lan with Tong Kwal I find this dish a bit weird as they attempt to stir-fry this dish together with Tong Kwal. Maybe personally, I am uncomfortable with the slight bitter taste of the Tong Kwal that are found together with the Kai Lan. Well, overall, I find this dish to be just ok.
An overall view of our lunch (picture provided). Extremely satisfying! =)
To celebrate my Dad's birthday, at my mom recommendation, we three decided to try out the buffet at this restaurant. The concept is similar to the Noble House buffet that I had went before with my class, though the price is much cheaper here. For a weekend, it typically cost $27.80 and you can order all you want with the selection given on the menu. All right, here are some of the good food recommendation given by me:
2. Sharkfin Crabmeat Soup The soup is tasty and they give you a generous portion of crabmeat. Add it together with vinegar and pepper... heavenly! Definitely worth a try.
6. Salmon Shashimi Another definitely must eat!! Not because they are especially nice, but because this shashimi are usually quite expensive outside, so..must eat back some of money we are going to pay later right? =p
8. Bamboo Fungus with Chicken Mushroom Soup The soup are richly tasty and the ingredients generously given in each bowl. Though for a buffet, drinking soup is considered quite a waste of valuable stomach space, but the dish is pretty good to not give it a try.
11. Diced Chicken with Szechuan Sauce The diced chicken flesh are cooked to just the right moment such that they are extremely tender and chewy. Stirred fried together with the onions, I find that the whole dish is similar to the taste of gong bao chicken. I would have re-order this dish again to have a second go at it if not for the so many varieties on the menu that I have not tried out yet.
19. Stir-fry Beef with Black Pepper Sauce Traditional dish that is available at a lot of places. The only difference that makes this restaurant stands out is the tenderness of the beef slices that they used. I have no idea how did they do it but it is the most tender beef slices that I have ever eaten before. Definitely a must try!!
25. HK Baby Cabbage with Minced Garlic The thing that I liked about this dish is the tenderness of their baby cabbage. You can put the whole cabbage in your mouth and savour the moment when the sauce oozes out andat the same time, slowly chew your vegetable. A good dish to try!
33. Mapo Beancurd The best dish in the whole of the restaurant menu. The beancurd are cooked together with a generous selection of minced meat, carrot cubes and corn seeds. The whole sensation of chewing all the beancurd and minced meat together in one's mouth are simply unforgettable.
To sum up your buffet, there is also a assorted selection of ice-creams that have the flavours of mango, chocolate, raspberry and yam. Indeed, I find it quite worth the money paid to enjoy the dishes that I have eaten so far.
Sambal Sting Ray has always been one of my favourite dish and I have search through quite a lot of places in Singapore in the hope to find a shop that could at least cook a stingray properly. The meat much be tender, not too charred, dry or hard. The chilli is another ingredient that must be made to the perfection. For one, the chilli cannot be too spicy or else you will be eating the chilli and not the stingray, and the combination of the chilli and the stingray must be able to bring out the freshness of the meat and the unique sambal taste of the sweet and spicy chilli to leave you craving for more. All these, I have finally found in Rong Guang BBQ Seafood in Ulu Pandan.
Sambal Sting Ray ($14) It is only to worthwhile to order the biggest version to make your money worth. It will come with 2 huge slabs of stingray, spring onion, lime and their unique Sambal Chilli. For the other smaller version, they will normally come with only a slab of the stingray, which is much smaller comparatively (and definitely not satisfying). This is the best stingray I had ever tried before and they always never disappoint me whenever I go back.
Herbal Chicken ($12) Time to try out their other dishes. I pick this herbal chicken because it has been eons since I last ate one and mainly from what I see, other people at the tables seems to be eating this. This can only tell me one thing. The food is good!! Well, they did not disappoint me again. When the chicken arrive, immediately, I can smell the fragrant aroma of the herbs they used. The soup that came with the chicken was thick with herb flavour. Simply sedep!!! The chicken was tender and soft and I did not stop attacking the chicken until it has only been left with bones. =p
Pardon me for not knowing earlier, but I only realised the existence of Aston's in The Cathay when I am looking around for the motorola shop nearby. *tsk*tsk* Being a fan of the Katong branch and it has been ages since I last went there, I immediately hit the sack and went straight in with my gf for lunch.
I ordered the double up chicken for $10.40, which I feel is already value for money. It came with 2 fantastic slab of chicken, which was grilled till tender and soft. Mix it together with the sauce served, simply sedap!! For the iced lemon tea served at $2.80, I feel that the lemon given was too small. I expect a much bigger slice of lemon, to make at least my drink an iced lemon tea and not ice tea.
For the ambience of the shop, I find it is just average. The seating area inside the shop, to me, was just too small. I prefer to sit and dine outside, where the weather is nice, and there is a large space to sit around and not constantly being stared at by the people queuing outside. Service wise, the waiter and waitress was pleasent and polite and the nice lady boss (in-charged) behind the cashier constantly ask the customers for their feedback on the food served and where they could improve further. This is an excellent system set up to make sure that there will be continual improvement in their food and service. =)
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Beach Culture @ Watercross.
The whole shop is separated into 2 sections - an indoor air-conditioned room which has a nice ambient setting completed with soft lighting and an open air dining should you want to experience some refreshing sea-breeze and relax your evening away. The only complain I had with the shop setup was the rather old and dull ceiling in the air-conditioned room. Everything was nice and cozy in the room, comfortably relaxing in the couch provided, that is at least until you lift your head and catch a glance of the ceiling. The scene before your eyes will surely kill off some of your mood. =p
For the food wise, the class ordered a seafood platter and for me, a combo meal fit for 2 consisting of 1 slab of steak, 1 stack of lamb and 1 serving of chicken meat. I am not particularly impressed with their cooking as I feel that all the meat served are below standard. The steak was pretty raw when I ask for a medium well done. The stack of lamb meat was pretty hard. The only consolation was their chicken serving, which was manageable. However, how bad can a chicken meat goes?
The only recommendation I could give was probably their seafood platter. The calamari ring they served was the biggest size I have ever seen so far. One bite through them could send your taste bud tinkling. For their beverage section, happy hour was until 8pm, which is a draw as most of the alcohol was quite reasonably priced and customers would look forward to ordering them to go with their meals.
Rate 4/10
(I am not going to recommend them until they improved the quality of their food. For the price I pay, I deserved better stuffs.)
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The Soup Restaurant speciality dish (picture provided): Samsul Ginger Chicken is indeed mouthwatering. The juice of it is not in its chicken, but in the sauce they provide in the middle of the dish! The chicken slices are good, but they are not that great. Their meat are tender and not really hard (they give me chicken breast meat, though for the price I pay, I would have expected thigh meat / drumstick meat) =p. For the sauce, I have no idea how they made it, but it contain a well proportioned chicken oil mixed with blended ginger. Placed it into the cabbage leaves they provide, wrap it into a roll and put the whole chunk into your mouth. All you have to do is slowly bite it and let all the juices flow out!! Extremely fattening, I know, but irresistible!!
Second dish: Steam "San Yu" Fish Slices.
The fish slices are all well marinated and cooked to just the correct perfection. They are solid and tender, though I feel that this dish is still lacking a bit of flavour. A good dish though I would not say that they are the best I have ever eaten.
The $1 that we ordered: Clay-pot Sea Cucumber.
This dish is slowly brewed with the wings of the ducks and sea cucumber, together with the "tau key" and some vegetables that I do not know the name of. A great combination of ingredients that will leave you wanting for more. A recommendation by me is to eat this dish together with the gravy and rice. Definitely a steal given that this dish only cost $1!!
Third dish: Fried Batry Kai Lan with Tong Kwal
I find this dish a bit weird as they attempt to stir-fry this dish together with Tong Kwal. Maybe personally, I am uncomfortable with the slight bitter taste of the Tong Kwal that are found together with the Kai Lan. Well, overall, I find this dish to be just ok.
An overall view of our lunch (picture provided). Extremely satisfying! =)
Rate 8/10
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2. Sharkfin Crabmeat Soup
The soup is tasty and they give you a generous portion of crabmeat. Add it together with vinegar and pepper... heavenly! Definitely worth a try.
6. Salmon Shashimi
Another definitely must eat!! Not because they are especially nice, but because this shashimi are usually quite expensive outside, so..must eat back some of money we are going to pay later right? =p
8. Bamboo Fungus with Chicken Mushroom Soup
The soup are richly tasty and the ingredients generously given in each bowl. Though for a buffet, drinking soup is considered quite a waste of valuable stomach space, but the dish is pretty good to not give it a try.
11. Diced Chicken with Szechuan Sauce
The diced chicken flesh are cooked to just the right moment such that they are extremely tender and chewy. Stirred fried together with the onions, I find that the whole dish is similar to the taste of gong bao chicken. I would have re-order this dish again to have a second go at it if not for the so many varieties on the menu that I have not tried out yet.
19. Stir-fry Beef with Black Pepper Sauce
Traditional dish that is available at a lot of places. The only difference that makes this restaurant stands out is the tenderness of the beef slices that they used. I have no idea how did they do it but it is the most tender beef slices that I have ever eaten before. Definitely a must try!!
25. HK Baby Cabbage with Minced Garlic
The thing that I liked about this dish is the tenderness of their baby cabbage. You can put the whole cabbage in your mouth and savour the moment when the sauce oozes out andat the same time, slowly chew your vegetable. A good dish to try!
33. Mapo Beancurd
The best dish in the whole of the restaurant menu. The beancurd are cooked together with a generous selection of minced meat, carrot cubes and corn seeds. The whole sensation of chewing all the beancurd and minced meat together in one's mouth are simply unforgettable.
To sum up your buffet, there is also a assorted selection of ice-creams that have the flavours of mango, chocolate, raspberry and yam. Indeed, I find it quite worth the money paid to enjoy the dishes that I have eaten so far.
Rate 8/10
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Sambal Sting Ray ($14)
It is only to worthwhile to order the biggest version to make your money worth. It will come with 2 huge slabs of stingray, spring onion, lime and their unique Sambal Chilli. For the other smaller version, they will normally come with only a slab of the stingray, which is much smaller comparatively (and definitely not satisfying). This is the best stingray I had ever tried before and they always never disappoint me whenever I go back.
Herbal Chicken ($12)
Time to try out their other dishes. I pick this herbal chicken because it has been eons since I last ate one and mainly from what I see, other people at the tables seems to be eating this. This can only tell me one thing. The food is good!! Well, they did not disappoint me again. When the chicken arrive, immediately, I can smell the fragrant aroma of the herbs they used. The soup that came with the chicken was thick with herb flavour. Simply sedep!!! The chicken was tender and soft and I did not stop attacking the chicken until it has only been left with bones. =p
Rate 8/10 (I fully recommend this place)
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I ordered the double up chicken for $10.40, which I feel is already value for money. It came with 2 fantastic slab of chicken, which was grilled till tender and soft. Mix it together with the sauce served, simply sedap!! For the iced lemon tea served at $2.80, I feel that the lemon given was too small. I expect a much bigger slice of lemon, to make at least my drink an iced lemon tea and not ice tea.
For the ambience of the shop, I find it is just average. The seating area inside the shop, to me, was just too small. I prefer to sit and dine outside, where the weather is nice, and there is a large space to sit around and not constantly being stared at by the people queuing outside. Service wise, the waiter and waitress was pleasent and polite and the nice lady boss (in-charged) behind the cashier constantly ask the customers for their feedback on the food served and where they could improve further. This is an excellent system set up to make sure that there will be continual improvement in their food and service. =)
Overall, I rate it:
Rate: 3/5
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