Food here was surprisingly similar to Crystal Jade's La Mian Xiao Long Bao. Went for my brother's birthday, and we decided to try 2 kinds of la mian with several dishes with the 4 of us. The onion oil la mian didn't taste like there was any onion in it, just salty. My mum's seafood fried la mian was better (according to them).
Our salt fried french beans turned out to be deep fried instead of stir fry, which I feel they should mention in the menu! The wasabi prawns was okay, but a little expensive with 5 pieces for $18. Their supposedly stuffed chicken wing with diced abalone and glutinous rice didn't awe us either, plus we couldn't find the abalone!
Overall, I'd thought the food would be better. Ambience was nice though, with the plushy black sofa seats to sink in. If you are like me, who was dying to try it after spotting the very cool decor, you can try your luck at the other dishes I suppose. Maybe it was just my choice of dishes huh.
And if you are intending to surprise a birthday boy / girl with an after-meal cake, please make it explicit to the staff that it is supposed to be a surprise, as the over zealous supervisor demonstrated by bringing my cake out on his own and then asking the whole table if he should starting placing the candles already.
Had lunch there with my colleagues today as we needed a quiet place for lunch. The first time few weeks back we wanted to go there, but a less-than-enthusiatic wait staff curtly told us:"we don't have set lunches. If you want set lunches, you can go next door", which was Jerry's BBQ and Grill.
Today the service was much better, although they still don't have set lunches. For a place with such a reputation, I actually find it quite unforgiving for them to serve cold run-of-the-mill plain crusty bread.
The main courses we had were so-so, with the spinach pasta and baked seafood pasta in tomato sauce tasting only so-so. The vongole was better as it was cooked just al dente with fresh clams. But alas, the mushroom risotto I had was just plain bland. Perhaps they meant to showcase the taste of the mushrooms, but the mushrooms needed to be r-e-a-l-l-y outstanding for that to happen. Sadly, they were not. Bland rice bland mushrooms with parsley = bland bland lunch. My colleague kept topping hers with salt just to liven up her tastebuds abit. Didn't stay for any dessert or coffee / tea in the end.
I went away disappointed, because I thought the food would match its reputation. Or maybe I was expecting too much huh. Probably won't be going back anytime soon.
Read about Aerin's and decided to pop by to have a taste. And it was the right choice after all!
Was feeling greedy and oredered two starters, two mains, and 1 dessert for the two of us. The spinach salad was probably one of the best in town: tangy balsamic dressing over a generous heap of baby spinach with pine nuts as crunchy twist. I normally do not take bacon, but eveything tastes so good together that I actually did not mind the bits. The pumpkin soup was good stuff, especially when you are hungry: a swirl of warm gooey orangey comfort food.
For mains, my boyfriend's ribeye steak was done just right (i took a bite okay) with the sides of wedges and asparagus as its highlights while my spaghetti prawns was acutally just okay, but kudos to the fresh prawns and sun dried tomatos that added a nice contrast to the pasta.
Our dessert was the star of the dinner: the apple and rhubarb pie. It was superb! Apples, rhubarbs (don't ask me what is is...I don't know~~), and raisins cooked to perfection encrusted in a fresh-from-the-oven, soft, and buttery pastry shell. I always steer away from puff pastry as they are typically too oily and left out too long, resulting in a bad aftertaste. I prefer apple pie with short crust pastry too usually. But Aerin's is really very good!
Was stuffed, so didn't manage to try their coffee. But this is a place I'd definitely patronize again, even if its just to have dessert. With the nice natural lighting from the glass roofing above, it makes for a nice 'alfresco' feeling too :)
Decided to have my birthday dinner at Mezza9 since I've not been there for a while. I still like their ambience and service, which was still good since my last visit.
For 4 of us, we ordered the Vietnamese paper springrolls and the yakitori for starters; then crispy noodle lobster, a meat platter for 2, and grilled prawns for mains. The springrolls was good, but yakitori was disappointing, the standard has dropped tremendously since I last had it.
For the mains, the noodle was HUGE... it could have fed 3 of my mum. Presentation was good,but I have to say the taste was nothing to scream about, and possibly correct to say that it was not worth the price. For $73, think you might be better off trying their other starters. Grilled prawns was fresh but normal, which was the case with most of the meats in the platter. One thing worth mentioning though was their sausage which came with the platter..it was absolutely amazing, probably the best sausage I have had so far :)
We were too full to have their dessert platter which was quite a pity. Some may find it pricey at $16 per person (and min. of 2 pax per order, which will cost u $32 for the platter). But I believe it will be much worth it than the mains. An excellent cure for dessert fanatics.
If you let the staff know you are celebrating your birthday, they'll kindly present you with a complimentary slice, brought to your table by staff singing their very own (and rather strange) version of "Happy Birthday".
Overall, I do think that the quality of food does not really justify the price tag. Probably will be better off coming here for desserts than food.
Decided to avoid the dinner queues and poped into Breeks on Fri (14 Dec)...bad choice. Was a fan of their original restaurant at the old Marina Square (the ala carte one, not their buffet restaurant), but was severly disappointed.
My friend ordered the chicken pattie and cookies cream milkshake, while I ordered the seafood marinara. Both main courses were bad, with the chicken pattie rather petite and tasteless, and the pasta quite ghastly. Dont know how they managed to make a tomato-based pasta horrible in taste, but perhaps something to do with the less-than-fresh seafood used. The milkshake was run-of-the-mill (if they had made THIS horrible, I have nothing to say)
The best part of the meal was the criss-cut fries we ordered as a side. Not excellent as it was served warm (should have been hot) and slightly soggy (should be crunchy), it was, in comparison to the rest we ate, the 'star' of the meal.
Cafe itself is very noisy, I can't even get my words across to my friend without shouting.
Do not go there. Money will be better spent anywhere.
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Food here was surprisingly similar to Crystal Jade's La Mian Xiao Long Bao. Went for my brother's birthday, and we decided to try 2 kinds of la mian with several dishes with the 4 of us. The onion oil la mian didn't taste like there was any onion in it, just salty. My mum's seafood fried la mian was better (according to them).
Our salt fried french beans turned out to be deep fried instead of stir fry, which I feel they should mention in the menu! The wasabi prawns was okay, but a little expensive with 5 pieces for $18. Their supposedly stuffed chicken wing with diced abalone and glutinous rice didn't awe us either, plus we couldn't find the abalone!
Overall, I'd thought the food would be better. Ambience was nice though, with the plushy black sofa seats to sink in. If you are like me, who was dying to try it after spotting the very cool decor, you can try your luck at the other dishes I suppose. Maybe it was just my choice of dishes huh.
And if you are intending to surprise a birthday boy / girl with an after-meal cake, please make it explicit to the staff that it is supposed to be a surprise, as the over zealous supervisor demonstrated by bringing my cake out on his own and then asking the whole table if he should starting placing the candles already.
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Had lunch there with my colleagues today as we needed a quiet place for lunch. The first time few weeks back we wanted to go there, but a less-than-enthusiatic wait staff curtly told us:"we don't have set lunches. If you want set lunches, you can go next door", which was Jerry's BBQ and Grill.
Today the service was much better, although they still don't have set lunches. For a place with such a reputation, I actually find it quite unforgiving for them to serve cold run-of-the-mill plain crusty bread.
The main courses we had were so-so, with the spinach pasta and baked seafood pasta in tomato sauce tasting only so-so. The vongole was better as it was cooked just al dente with fresh clams. But alas, the mushroom risotto I had was just plain bland. Perhaps they meant to showcase the taste of the mushrooms, but the mushrooms needed to be r-e-a-l-l-y outstanding for that to happen. Sadly, they were not. Bland rice bland mushrooms with parsley = bland bland lunch. My colleague kept topping hers with salt just to liven up her tastebuds abit. Didn't stay for any dessert or coffee / tea in the end.
I went away disappointed, because I thought the food would match its reputation. Or maybe I was expecting too much huh. Probably won't be going back anytime soon.
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Read about Aerin's and decided to pop by to have a taste. And it was the right choice after all!
Was feeling greedy and oredered two starters, two mains, and 1 dessert for the two of us. The spinach salad was probably one of the best in town: tangy balsamic dressing over a generous heap of baby spinach with pine nuts as crunchy twist. I normally do not take bacon, but eveything tastes so good together that I actually did not mind the bits. The pumpkin soup was good stuff, especially when you are hungry: a swirl of warm gooey orangey comfort food.
For mains, my boyfriend's ribeye steak was done just right (i took a bite okay) with the sides of wedges and asparagus as its highlights while my spaghetti prawns was acutally just okay, but kudos to the fresh prawns and sun dried tomatos that added a nice contrast to the pasta.
Our dessert was the star of the dinner: the apple and rhubarb pie. It was superb! Apples, rhubarbs (don't ask me what is is...I don't know~~), and raisins cooked to perfection encrusted in a fresh-from-the-oven, soft, and buttery pastry shell. I always steer away from puff pastry as they are typically too oily and left out too long, resulting in a bad aftertaste. I prefer apple pie with short crust pastry too usually. But Aerin's is really very good!
Was stuffed, so didn't manage to try their coffee. But this is a place I'd definitely patronize again, even if its just to have dessert. With the nice natural lighting from the glass roofing above, it makes for a nice 'alfresco' feeling too :)
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Decided to have my birthday dinner at Mezza9 since I've not been there for a while. I still like their ambience and service, which was still good since my last visit.
For 4 of us, we ordered the Vietnamese paper springrolls and the yakitori for starters; then crispy noodle lobster, a meat platter for 2, and grilled prawns for mains. The springrolls was good, but yakitori was disappointing, the standard has dropped tremendously since I last had it.
For the mains, the noodle was HUGE... it could have fed 3 of my mum. Presentation was good,but I have to say the taste was nothing to scream about, and possibly correct to say that it was not worth the price. For $73, think you might be better off trying their other starters. Grilled prawns was fresh but normal, which was the case with most of the meats in the platter. One thing worth mentioning though was their sausage which came with the platter..it was absolutely amazing, probably the best sausage I have had so far :)
We were too full to have their dessert platter which was quite a pity. Some may find it pricey at $16 per person (and min. of 2 pax per order, which will cost u $32 for the platter). But I believe it will be much worth it than the mains. An excellent cure for dessert fanatics.
If you let the staff know you are celebrating your birthday, they'll kindly present you with a complimentary slice, brought to your table by staff singing their very own (and rather strange) version of "Happy Birthday".
Overall, I do think that the quality of food does not really justify the price tag. Probably will be better off coming here for desserts than food.
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Decided to avoid the dinner queues and poped into Breeks on Fri (14 Dec)...bad choice. Was a fan of their original restaurant at the old Marina Square (the ala carte one, not their buffet restaurant), but was severly disappointed.
My friend ordered the chicken pattie and cookies cream milkshake, while I ordered the seafood marinara. Both main courses were bad, with the chicken pattie rather petite and tasteless, and the pasta quite ghastly. Dont know how they managed to make a tomato-based pasta horrible in taste, but perhaps something to do with the less-than-fresh seafood used. The milkshake was run-of-the-mill (if they had made THIS horrible, I have nothing to say)
The best part of the meal was the criss-cut fries we ordered as a side. Not excellent as it was served warm (should have been hot) and slightly soggy (should be crunchy), it was, in comparison to the rest we ate, the 'star' of the meal.
Cafe itself is very noisy, I can't even get my words across to my friend without shouting.
Do not go there. Money will be better spent anywhere.
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