Family favourite but not mine~ Popped in for an early dinner on Saturday at about 6pm, and the place was buzzing with families and kids. I'm not a fan of Swenson's but my friend's little girl wanted to try, although this is a bit deviant from the normal Swenson menu.
They have a salad bar :D Reminds me of places like Sizzler but this is much smaller in terms of variety. An ala carte salad bar buffet will cost you $11.30 but if you order a main from the Grill, Wharf, or Farm selection, the salad bar comes along with it. A rather good deal I think.
Salad bar ($11.30) - mixed greens with thousand island dressing, mashed potatoes ham, thai tang hoon salad, fried wanton skin, coleslaw, were the items I tried. Average at most, with the tang hoon being the best. The fried wantons added a nice crunch though.
Jumbo chicken frank ($13.90)- disappointing. Although big in portion, the sausage used was not fragrant enough, and the bun was oily. Ugh. They had tomato sauce and melted cheese on top, which made it taste like pizza. The mustard sauce didn't help much. The meslcun salad on the side was basically a few tatters of leaves and lacking a dressing. The wedges was cold and tasteless.
Omelette ($5.90) - this is in the kids menu, my friend's little girl ordered one for herself and we ordered one to share. Turned out to be a bad topping to an already unsatisfactory dish. Served cold and without any hint of ham nor cheese as reflected in the menu. The harsh browns and mashed potatoes that came along with it was...sigh...
Grilled seafood combo ($28) & Sausage combo ($17.90) - my friends had these so I can't comment on taste. The seafood looked okay enough, but the sausage was pathetically small in portion.
Service was nothing to complain about, and our water was refilled constantly without us having to ask. No ambience to speak of, as although the sofas are quite nice to sit on, the place is full of weekend families, kids, and babies in prams.
If I had a choice, I'd probably not come here again as the same amount of moolah I spent can get me better food. If I had no choice, I'll just take fries or salad bar~
Nice quiet dinner spot~ I have never been to this part of the road, let alone dine in Gallery Hotel. Armed with the Singapore Women's Weekly 1-for-1 main voucher, i made a trip down with a girlfriend last Thursday.
The lift at the lobby takes you straight to the 4th floor, where Zenden is. You actually step out of the lift right to the restaurant entrance because there's no doors to the place.
Soft jazzy music compliments the dimly-lit interior, and the best seats are the ones right next to the glass panes, although the bright lamps on each of these tables tend to make the seats slightly warm.
Menu is actually a clipboard with the different pages clipped on. Smart move I thought, as changes to the menu can be done quite easily in this case.
Bread (complimentary) - normal soft white rolls, served warm and with butter.
Baked scallops & prawns ($22) - it came with mushroom risotto and a few pieces of asparagus. The seafood was very fresh and came in a generous portion. There was also this crab/lobster bisque-like kind of sauce that came with the rice: not bad, but have it while its hot. The asparagus was too old though, I poked it aside after my 1st bite.
Flambe Tenderloin ($28) - my friend ordered this as there is something rather attractive about flambe dishes (we think). The 2 pieces of small tenderloin was done rather nicely, and it was fun watching the service staff cook it in front of you. Apparently the taste is not bad. The sauce that accompanied the beef was extremely salty however, really really salty. There was also this square of alternate layers of potatoes and cheese, baked, and very good!!. Its a french thing supposedly but I don't know what it's called.
Thick cut fries ($5) - technically we didn't order this, as my friend has requested for her side of mashed potato to be changed to this. Not bad actually, although it wasn't served hot enough for me.
Vanilla ice cream - this sweet surprise was served to us at the end of the meal, a scoop for each of us. Your normal King's ice cream, but still a nice touch I thought.
Quality of food exceeded my expectations to be honest; I had expected lesser fare from a hotel 'coffeehouse'.
Service needs to be much improved though. The place was a tad understaffed, with some of them disappearing at times, leaving only 2 staff throughout the restaurant. Very hard to get staff's attention, and I realised some of them had the tendency to walk backwards (i'm not kidding!) while looking at things or mumbling stuff, which makes getting to them even harder!
We wanted to change our main course to those under the flambe section after they took our orders so we asked a staff if he can check if they've already started preparing our orders, and if not, we would like to change our choices. He smiled sheepishly, asked us to wait a minute, then asked someone in a jacket which we assumed is the supervisor or captain to come over. So we repeated our request; he walked off to the kitchen for a while, then walked away to do other stuff. So we were puzzled, not sure if it meant yes or no??? So we asked him again, to which he said okay, and brought us the menus. We deliberated over it, then finally when I wanted to place my new order, the same guy told me: oh, im sorry, I think the chef has already started to prepare your order". Eh???
Finally, we realised they had no idea of what we were talking about just now, at all! I never did find out what he went over to the kitchen for, but we were just amused~~
Service aside, the prices here are very reasonable for a hotel, mains between $12 - $28 and desserts around $6-8. Will be a possible dinner option if I'm in the vicinity :D
Confused menu~ I walked out of the place with my tastebuds confused actually. Went for a food outing with LIC and a whole lot of other people for a Saturday lunch, but er i guess my tastebuds didnt really agree with the menu.
Buffet line -this is part of the $20nett per pax buffet spread of appetisers and desserts which we had too, on top of our special set menu. Tried the mushroom soup and DIY rojak: mushroom soup was more the Chinese kind than western style, with a very strong taste of the dong gu. Rojak was okay, and I have to mention that their ingredients were very fresh. I didn't actually try the desserts coz there were already 2 disapproving faces before I made my way there haha.
Hainanese chicken rice salad with crabcake - best dish of the day. The dish contains all the flavours of chicken rice without the calories, to quote the owner, and bingo! Poached chicken strips with crunchy greens and a slightly spicy dressing, topped with puffed rice. It was thumbs up all round the table. Crabcake was nice and deep fried nicely, was good altho the salad was much more interesting to us :D
Laksa pesto pasta and Ba Bao risotto - liked the pasta more than the risotto. Al dente pasta with (i think) too much pesto but still nice. The ba bao risotto tasted of only truffle haha, it way overwhelmed whatever else of the 7 ingredients. I later found out it had 3 mushrooms, two nuts, chinese sausage, parmesan cheese in it.
Tenderloin with otah and balamic carrot cake - the strangest dish of the day :I I passed my tenderloin to the happy Leroy at my table so can't comment on that. The carrot cake....sigh....was chao sng. Or so we thought. Because there was no print out menu of what we were having, we all seriously thought it was chao sng. Until the owner came over and explained, then came the voices of "ooorrhh". But still, we felt this dish was seriously confused. The otah was served in a creme brulee dish but a bit watery, and also salmon with green curry, which tasted almost exactly like the otah.
Fruit tart - store bought tartlett which was way too sweet. Nothing fusion about this. Disappointing.
I concluded that perhaps I like less confusing food haha~ Quality of food was below my expectations, and I feel the $20nett we paid for per pax was, although the quantity was good, quality-wise was not. Don't understand the food? Its fusion la.
Still a good family spot~ Came to realise Crystal Jade is still one of the safest bet for a family dinner, it can never go too wrong~ These dishes may be very familiar but I'll still run through some of them la:
Deep fried beancurd with pepper and salt ($6) - very delectable squares of fresh toufu coated in a cripsy batter with salt & pepper, served with the insides still soft and hot. Yum~~
Fried rice with dried canpoy and carb meat ($11.50) - tastes much better than it looks, with obvious crab meat pieces and plenty of wok hei.
Stew Chicken Claypot ($13.80) - thisis called San Bai Ji on the menu, and my favourite dish here :D Fragrant pieces of fresh chicken stired fried with onions and sitting in a deelish dark brown sauce. Quite a waste of the sauce if you dun have rice to mop it up though.
Deep fried garlic prawns ($18) - the pricest thing we had. Think cereal prawns but substitute the cereal for garlic. Nice initially but the rawness of the garlic gets to you after a while. Prawns were less fragrant than I thought as well, maybe I was distracted by the mountain of garlic on the plate.
Baby Kailan stir fried with garlic ($9.80) - Disappoiting especially for crystal jade standard. Although crunchy, the greens were absolutely tasteless :(
There were other stuff which was run of the mill like dumpling noodies and congee with preserved egg & meat. No ambience to speak of, because its afetrall a family place. Noisy family chatter with avergae service, but if you're like us seated right in a corner it can sometimes be hard to catch the staff's attention.
Oh, and their 'pickles' served when you are seated has been changed to endamame :D
The bill came to about $133 for the 7 of us, which was quite reasonable for the variety we had.
Tiny dessert hole~ The 7 of us seated in here took up almost half of the seating here. This place is really tiny and the tables are elbow-unfriendly :I was after dinner so we decided to share these:
Triple chocolate cheese cake ($8) - not as jelat as I thought it will be; and the cheesecake and chocolate were nicely proportioned. Nothing spectacular though.
Foret Noire Log cake ($7.50) - I have to admit I ordered this because it looked so cute :D Cute aside, this is rather good. A very nice spin on the black forest; and the brandied cherries on the inside cuts the richness of the chocolate very nicely.
Crepes Exotique ($12.50) - crepes with bananas and a sorbet on top. drizzled with chocolate. The bananans were, well, just bananas. I couldnt make out what flavour the sorbet was but I think it had mango and passionfruit stuff in it. Taste for price, I think this is not worth it actually.
Cannele ($1.50) - I lurve caneles, so ordered one for them to try. But erm apparently, this rum vanilla concoction is an aquired taste, and my sis, dad, and auntie all havent acquired it yet.
Coffee macaroon ($2.30) - my little bro tried this so I can't quite comment on it.
We all had different verions of coffee: ice mocha, americano, cappuncino. I had the latte but the coffee was disappointingly thin with badly-foamed milk. Ugh.
The bill was $62 for 7 of us, which was avergae I feel. But I'll definitely not have coffee here again. I'll go back to Nectarie for that.
Bistro Senso...makes sense~ Decided to go there precisely because they were offering a 50% off ALL ala carte items. EVERYTHING, except drinks but good enough for me :D
Since the big wheel stopped turning, business here has been really really, really.....bad. Choosing a Monday evening made the isolated place seem really sad, with a few specks of people strolling around and F&B service staff either earnestly standing outside trying to grab your attention with promotional flyers or chatting amongst themselves to kill time.
2 girls with a huge appetite to try out this less costly version of Senso made us order a starter, 2 mains, 3 desserts, and of course coffee.
Salad nicose ($12) - Chose this over calamari because we thought since we are bingeing, we might as well err on the healthier side (haha). The tossed combination of the tuna, beans, greens, and eggs were surprisingly good, especially paired with the slightly tart vinegrette dressing. Good start to the evening.
Crab ravioli ($18) - Pieces of fat and flavourful parcels tossed with fresh tomato sauce and seafood bits. The pasta tasted home-made (although I can be wrong) and the seafood very fresh.
Pizza Parma Rucola($18) - I'm always distracted my this favourite when choosing pizza, and I lost again, haha. Classic italian style with parma ham and rucola greens on top. The plain carbo base went very well with the salty ham, but the greens looked a bit limp I thought.
Creme Brulee ($8) - I don't usually order this but since well its 50% anyway. Plus the pastry counter looked really unattractive. Creamy sweet gooey stuff, but they should have burnt the top layer a bit more.
Tiramisu ($8) - came in a mini tower form on a big plate. Tasted better than it looks but still the sponge fingers were too dry; it was also too soft and not chilled enough.
Panna Cotta ($8) - Came in a cute martini glass but strangely green in colour. There was no flavour so we didnt know what the colouring was...maybe it was just a visual thing. Usual stuff.
Coffee ($3) - So many places do coffee so badly I just had to ask them to please make sure mine was pressed properly. Didn't disappoint me in the end.
Latte ($4.50) - Didn't try this but shouldn't be too bad given the quality of the coffee.
Quality of the food surprised me, given the fact that they have probably not had a customer for a very very long time. Throughout my dinner, there was at max 3 tables including us (we were the first to walk in and last to step out).
Service was friendly and attentive, and they kept coming over to ask how's the food. Ambience was actually quite nice; you can see the sea through the glass panels at the side, and if you choose alfresco, it's actually right under the wheel. Quite a romantic vibe if you go with the correct person.
If not for the walking distance, I would really love to come back a few more times. To take advantage of the 50% while it lasts. Not sure when, but it will be as long as the big wheel doesn't start I believe. So go soon!!
The bill came up to $79, but with the 50% off food items, we paid only about $50 for 2 persons. Very worth it I feel :D
The Singapore Flyer is touted as the world’s largest observation wheel, even higher than London Eye. Our nation’s pride. Minor breakdowns before were already ominous signals that a catastrophe will happen one day. Alas, the dreadful thing finally struck. How the mighty has fallen. The management should have already looked into and made backup plans, but it failed anyway. Now, time for us to do some self-reflections and damage-recovery.
While the flyer remains closed for investigations, the ones to suffer the backslash are the restaurants and other tenents. Senso Bistro, is coming up with a 50% promotion off all their a la carte menu from now until the flyer starts operating (date unknown yet).
The natural vibe of the restaurant, with its simple layout and decorations, provided a good place for either a causal lunch, or nice dinner without burning a hole in the pocket.
Not to mention there’s also al fresco dining, which would be ideal for dinner, with the sea breeze and eating under the stars making it a romantic affair.
The waiter kindly asked us whether we’ll like some garlic bread ($4) while waiting, but he failed to mention it’s not free. Naturally when he offered us bread i thought it was complimentary. There’s no free lunch in this world. All right, it’s not so much about the money, we are talking about principle, like shouldn’t they at least inform us the bread wasn’t complimentary? Next time, don’t be shy, ask!
With ten selections to choose from the Pizze menu, we were spoilt for choices. To be on the safe side, we went for the popular Hawaiian ($18 before 50% discount). The paper-thin pizza was huge, with eight slices easily filling up the four of us. The ingredients of pineapple, cooked ham were very generous. The only gripe? I lamented the fact that the pizza did not have enough mozzarella cheese. Still, with the promotion, it’s definitely a steal at just under ten bucks. It made the one I’ve at Galbiati looked pathetic.
Grilled tuna loin coated in fresh herbs. The Tonno ($24 before 50% discount) was a disappointment really. The fish was over-cooked, making the meat too dry and hard. I liked the side vegetables that came with it, lightly stir-fried, the greens were crunchy and fresh.
When asked to choose between the T-bone steak and veal loin, the manager recommended the latter for the delicate taste and tender texture. Veal loin is the meat of calves, and at Bistro Senso, the pan-fried veal loin scaloppine ($24 before discount) can be done in three different methods. Ours were ‘alla Pizzaiola’ with tomato and mozzarella cheese. The whole taste was like having a steak-pizza. A refreshing combination, but the meat was not tender enough, and came across as too tough. And since we had pizza already, now i’m wishing i chose the other method of breaded and golden crispy instead.
And how can we not have any pasta from an Italian bistro? The Ravioli ($18 before 50% discount) was essentially lobster and crab pasta served with assorted seafood ragout in tomato and basil sauce. This was actually my first time having a ravioli pasta. The tomato and basil sauce was flavourful and strong in taste. The prawns and squids were fresh, but to be frank, I didn’t quite enjoy ravioli. I still preferred my pasta to be spaghetti or linguine. Personal taste.
I was eagerly anticipating the desserts, well most people would find tiramisu ($8 before 50% discount) boring and chose some other interesting options. But there was no way I’m going to miss out trying the popular Italian dessert from an Italiano joint. The mascarpone cream was too light, and the espresso taste was not strong.
Another famous Italian dessert, Pannacotta ($8 before 50% discount). The bouncy texture was evident, but i couldn’t figure out what’s in the double cream flan. The raspberry coulis did provided a contrast with the pannacotta.
The last one, Creme brulee ($8 before 50% discount). The oven-baked egg custard of the Italian dessert did taste rather like our Chinese egg tarts. The caramelised sugar on top of the dessert wasn’t burned enough, and lacked the torched burnt taste.
Total bill was $65.91 for 4 person after a 50% discount. Although i wasn’t very impressed with the food, but with the promotional prices, the food is really cheap! The pizzas and pastas are like 9 bucks each, and the main course 12 bucks. The soothing ambience with the inexpensive price means that you should visit Senso Bistro before the Singapore Flyer reopens. Talk about patriotism, and national pride.
You are always welcome to visit ladyironchef for a full-up on this trip. Whatever written herein are my genuine feelings expressed in words. Food, my dear, is what they call an adventure!
Situated at United Square, one can locate Fiesta Brasilia hidden at the corner on the basement level beside Brauhaus Restaurant & Pub and McDonalds.
Started by one of co-founders of Brazil Churrascaria along Sixth Avenue and his partner, what sets this restaurant apart from the rest of the Brazilian meat buffet outlets is their casual setting and festive atmosphere, although a nice private dining area is also available.
Dinner was kick-started by the Cheese Bread, which was something different and interesting – it had a nice cheesy flavour accompanied by a lovely chewy texture. Only drawback was that it was served cold – perhaps so that one can enjoy the cheesy taste better.
HFB found the Pumpkin Soup to be mild-flavoured, and also thought it was strange it inclined towards saltiness rather than sweet-flavoured, but he truly enjoyed the accompanied Garlic Bread which he thought was crustily delicious.
HFB then proceed for some salads, and cooked items that also included pasta that one can be ordered off the pasta bar. Voiced your pasta and sauce selection to the chef behind the counter and it will be served right to your table once it is prepared.
While the Cream Sauce Pasta was nothing memorable, the Tomato-based version came al dente and the sauce was surprisingly not too bad amidst the lacked of ingredients.
The first item off from the Passadors, or meat-wielding waiters in Portuguese, was the Snow Fish. The snow fish has a nice firm texture and HFB readily indulged in the nicely charred exterior. However, one had to be careful while eating it as it contains bones within.
The Roast Chicken was a joy to behold – the meat was succulent and the crispy layer of skin was something to die for – this is a MUST TRY!
The Tenderloin wrapped with Bacon though could be better executed – the meat was slightly tough – similar to my experience with Vibe.
The Roast Lamb though was something out of the ordinary with a hint of peppermint flavour, although one may find it slightly gamy.
HFB was pretty impressed by the Rump Steak; known to shrivelled when roasted or grilled, it was surprisingly juicy despite it’s lacked of fats.
A few tiny shaves of Honey Roasted Ham revealed a nicely roasted exterior and a sweet tasty bite – something comfy from everyone’s favourite ham.
The Baby Beef, which HFB assumed it to be from a baby calf, was just as brilliant – it was scrumptiously moist and tender and HFB would definitely have more of it if it weren’t for the fact that there was still the Topside Beef Steak to go.
Medium rare was the way the topside beef was prepared and the requested thinly sliced beef was deftly carve from the skewer. It was truly a nice piece of meat to savour and HFB definitely didn’t regret one bit to save some space in his tummy for it.
There were a couple of meats to go but one surely could not leave this place without having the Mövenpick Ice Cream and Cheese Platter served at the dessert corner.
And if you are above 18, do also give the Caipirinha, Brazil’s national aperitif a try! Made with Cachaça, Sugar and Lime – have a few sip and enjoy a festive mood with the passadors who will not hesitate to swap their skewers for some percussion instruments and a douse of samba music.
Fiesta Brasilia is definitely the place for a fun, loud and crazy night out with your peers!
My dad brought me to this place. Its situated in the junction between the new (JP2) and old (JP1), at the basement.
Its looks just like any other jap restaurant, however, I was surprised after I stepped in.
Busy and noisy as usual with the loud welcomes and grateful Goodbyes..... However, I find this restaurant pretty interesting. They do have some seats in the front and as you walk further in, there are a couple of tables of actual tappenyaki setting. The japanese looking china man did an excellently good job in contributing to the jap feel of the place with their stern and clean looking faces as well as steady nimble hands.
We set down and I ordered a teriyaki chicken set meal. Dad ordered a seafood meal, which interestingly comprises of 3 medium sized prawns, some nice fleshy scallops as well as salmon fish and some squid.... All set meals come with miso soup, some veg, garlic rice and oranges which are ooohh so sweet.
In order to keep ourselves clean, the waiters put on these neat looking paper aprons on you the moment you are seated. I am pretty delighted with this gesture. The cooking was entertaining and interestingly they serve all their food on top of garlic bread..... which i felt was fun and yummy.
The garlic bread tastes great and there was no sense of hush in the shop.... The omelates or pizzas they call were great too.... They come in a few flavours, such as seafood, chicken, etc and have a good serving of cabbage which is healthy by me. Really hearty and looks yummy. The other stuffs on the menu are great too and price is average.
I reappeared smelling ok and no stains on my white polo... So i give this shop 4 thumbs up. I'm definitely going back to try again. :) See you there......
We walked along the narrow street, wondering where was our destination. The road seems so distant, the future so vague. Just like the route we took, there’s much hurdle to be clear. At long last, we arrived, Dim joy.
Culture of all walks of life, our very own roots. Dim Joy offers a perspective much more than just eating dim sum. Its about the art of appreciating dim sum, the approach in understanding our culture. I like the small details they look into, like how they have tiny notes on the teapot to teach people about the correct method of teapot refill, like how they print their own manuals on the chopstick cover to educate about chopstick etiquette. Small little things like these, make a whole lot of differences.
Nestled in a shop house on neil road, the restaurant quaint and tranquil environment made me feel at home upon entering. There wasn’t much people on a weekday lunch, we had the whole lovely place to ourselves. This is just a place where you can seat down and chill for the whole day.
The simplistic approach to the chief, King shrimp har gao ($4). The whole taste was very subtle, the prawns were fresh, but the skin was again, too thick. While it wasn’t fantastic, dim sum just isn’t dim sum without har gao.
There wasn’t much difference with the Barbecued pork & celery in rice rolls ($5) too. It was way too short if i were to compare it with elsewhere. There was also the option of having the rice rolls in claypot, but i dismissed it as gimmick. I wanted a good steamed and savoury rice roll in light sauce.
There were bits of char siew which could passed off as bacon strips. And we were wondering how cool it’ll be if there’s bacon rice rolls. Nonetheless, the taste was again, very subtle and tame if i may just use the word. I didn’t quite enjoy the celery within too.
I was eagerly anticipating the Honey-syrup char siew bun ($3). With such a sweet name, we were like bees attracted to the beauty of the honey pot. The white pillowry bun was soft and fluffy, very good! But the char siew fillings could be better. While its sweet with honey-syrup infused, the fillings were too little, and i’ll preferred it to be more moist, like their char siew sou.
There is also Siew mai ($3.50 for 4), another dim sum staple. Chewy, shrimpy and not too oily. Value for money definitely, and its the only one that comes two by two. The ratio of shrimp to pork outnumbers greatly, with only a small portion of lean pork meat.
I always choose Pan-fried radish cake ($3) over its steamed cousins. I love the slightly charred surface of the carrot cake, but this one wasn’t charred enough. Well unlike most carrot cakes which are very filling, this one wasn’t very starchy, and had a different taste from the ones which i tried before. The jury’s out on this, you need to make your judgement.
Personally, i ain’t a big fan of the beancurd skin roll ($4.50) but my companion wanted to try this, so here we go. Instead of the typical prawn fillings, this one was all about mushrooms. The skin was a bit raw, and taste almost like beancurd, well it’s made from beancurd after all. The wholesome, vegetarian fillings within the beancurd skin roll didn’t work for me. But my companion rather enjoyed her helpings.
Now, my choice. The char siew so ($3.50) bears a great resemblance to our festive pineapple tarts. Golden brown in colour, with the buttery egg-graze taste on the pastry. While it didn’t come in the form of my favourite flaky skin, Dim Joy’s rendition was unique in its own right.
This time, the sweet honey infuse char siew fillings were more generous, and it was very moist within the pastry. But the char siew did lacked certain texture, and given time to improve, it’ll be better.
We were half-decided on ordering the Custard bun ($3) since we heard it wasn’t that good. But we decided to try for ourselves, taste after all is a very subjective thing. The vital factor for a good custard bun, the oozing out of the golden custard fillings. This one did, the molten custards flowed out of the bun, just like the lava erupted from a volcano. The salty egg yolk taste wasn’t strong enough, the bun was soft but, there’s some fine particles which we guessed was course sugar not dissolved properly. I had the best, and the worst before, this one would be good given some minor tweaks.
While i know Lingnan is an area in China, i couldn’t see the link what the place got to do with the Lingnan egg tart ($3.50 for 4). The best part about Dim Joy during weekend was there wasn’t much people around, so everything was made freshly, rather than pre-made. We waited 25 minutes just for the egg tarts to come out freshly baked. The egg fillings were nice and wet, but the pastry lacked the buttery undertone.
Total bill was $42.35 for 2 person. I must say, with 9 dim sum between us, the prices are fairly reasonable given the standards of the dim sum. I’ll definitely make a perennial visit again, and for that, See you there! And just for some background information, Michelle Saram’s the partner behind Dim Joy.
It also helped that Dim Joy served dim sum throughout the day, even during dinner. Most places don’t serve dim sum at night, so it’s a nice place if you are craving for dim sum after the sun set. I heard they are packed during weekend, so avoid the crowd come on the weekdays instead.
You are always welcome to visit ladyironchef for a full-up on this trip. Whatever written herein are my genuine feelings expressed in words. Food, my dear, is what they call an adventure!
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Family favourite but not mine~
Popped in for an early dinner on Saturday at about 6pm, and the place was buzzing with families and kids. I'm not a fan of Swenson's but my friend's little girl wanted to try, although this is a bit deviant from the normal Swenson menu.
They have a salad bar :D Reminds me of places like Sizzler but this is much smaller in terms of variety. An ala carte salad bar buffet will cost you $11.30 but if you order a main from the Grill, Wharf, or Farm selection, the salad bar comes along with it. A rather good deal I think.
Salad bar ($11.30) - mixed greens with thousand island dressing, mashed potatoes ham, thai tang hoon salad, fried wanton skin, coleslaw, were the items I tried. Average at most, with the tang hoon being the best. The fried wantons added a nice crunch though.
Jumbo chicken frank ($13.90)- disappointing. Although big in portion, the sausage used was not fragrant enough, and the bun was oily. Ugh. They had tomato sauce and melted cheese on top, which made it taste like pizza. The mustard sauce didn't help much. The meslcun salad on the side was basically a few tatters of leaves and lacking a dressing. The wedges was cold and tasteless.
Omelette ($5.90) - this is in the kids menu, my friend's little girl ordered one for herself and we ordered one to share. Turned out to be a bad topping to an already unsatisfactory dish. Served cold and without any hint of ham nor cheese as reflected in the menu. The harsh browns and mashed potatoes that came along with it was...sigh...
Grilled seafood combo ($28) & Sausage combo ($17.90) - my friends had these so I can't comment on taste. The seafood looked okay enough, but the sausage was pathetically small in portion.
Service was nothing to complain about, and our water was refilled constantly without us having to ask. No ambience to speak of, as although the sofas are quite nice to sit on, the place is full of weekend families, kids, and babies in prams.
If I had a choice, I'd probably not come here again as the same amount of moolah I spent can get me better food. If I had no choice, I'll just take fries or salad bar~
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Nice quiet dinner spot~
I have never been to this part of the road, let alone dine in Gallery Hotel. Armed with the Singapore Women's Weekly 1-for-1 main voucher, i made a trip down with a girlfriend last Thursday.
The lift at the lobby takes you straight to the 4th floor, where Zenden is. You actually step out of the lift right to the restaurant entrance because there's no doors to the place.
Soft jazzy music compliments the dimly-lit interior, and the best seats are the ones right next to the glass panes, although the bright lamps on each of these tables tend to make the seats slightly warm.
Menu is actually a clipboard with the different pages clipped on. Smart move I thought, as changes to the menu can be done quite easily in this case.
Bread (complimentary) - normal soft white rolls, served warm and with butter.
Baked scallops & prawns ($22) - it came with mushroom risotto and a few pieces of asparagus. The seafood was very fresh and came in a generous portion. There was also this crab/lobster bisque-like kind of sauce that came with the rice: not bad, but have it while its hot. The asparagus was too old though, I poked it aside after my 1st bite.
Flambe Tenderloin ($28) - my friend ordered this as there is something rather attractive about flambe dishes (we think). The 2 pieces of small tenderloin was done rather nicely, and it was fun watching the service staff cook it in front of you. Apparently the taste is not bad. The sauce that accompanied the beef was extremely salty however, really really salty. There was also this square of alternate layers of potatoes and cheese, baked, and very good!!. Its a french thing supposedly but I don't know what it's called.
Thick cut fries ($5) - technically we didn't order this, as my friend has requested for her side of mashed potato to be changed to this. Not bad actually, although it wasn't served hot enough for me.
Vanilla ice cream - this sweet surprise was served to us at the end of the meal, a scoop for each of us. Your normal King's ice cream, but still a nice touch I thought.
Quality of food exceeded my expectations to be honest; I had expected lesser fare from a hotel 'coffeehouse'.
Service needs to be much improved though. The place was a tad understaffed, with some of them disappearing at times, leaving only 2 staff throughout the restaurant. Very hard to get staff's attention, and I realised some of them had the tendency to walk backwards (i'm not kidding!) while looking at things or mumbling stuff, which makes getting to them even harder!
We wanted to change our main course to those under the flambe section after they took our orders so we asked a staff if he can check if they've already started preparing our orders, and if not, we would like to change our choices. He smiled sheepishly, asked us to wait a minute, then asked someone in a jacket which we assumed is the supervisor or captain to come over. So we repeated our request; he walked off to the kitchen for a while, then walked away to do other stuff. So we were puzzled, not sure if it meant yes or no??? So we asked him again, to which he said okay, and brought us the menus. We deliberated over it, then finally when I wanted to place my new order, the same guy told me: oh, im sorry, I think the chef has already started to prepare your order". Eh???
Finally, we realised they had no idea of what we were talking about just now, at all! I never did find out what he went over to the kitchen for, but we were just amused~~
Service aside, the prices here are very reasonable for a hotel, mains between $12 - $28 and desserts around $6-8. Will be a possible dinner option if I'm in the vicinity :D
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Confused menu~
I walked out of the place with my tastebuds confused actually. Went for a food outing with LIC and a whole lot of other people for a Saturday lunch, but er i guess my tastebuds didnt really agree with the menu.
Buffet line -this is part of the $20nett per pax buffet spread of appetisers and desserts which we had too, on top of our special set menu. Tried the mushroom soup and DIY rojak: mushroom soup was more the Chinese kind than western style, with a very strong taste of the dong gu. Rojak was okay, and I have to mention that their ingredients were very fresh. I didn't actually try the desserts coz there were already 2 disapproving faces before I made my way there haha.
Hainanese chicken rice salad with crabcake - best dish of the day. The dish contains all the flavours of chicken rice without the calories, to quote the owner, and bingo! Poached chicken strips with crunchy greens and a slightly spicy dressing, topped with puffed rice. It was thumbs up all round the table. Crabcake was nice and deep fried nicely, was good altho the salad was much more interesting to us :D
Laksa pesto pasta and Ba Bao risotto - liked the pasta more than the risotto. Al dente pasta with (i think) too much pesto but still nice. The ba bao risotto tasted of only truffle haha, it way overwhelmed whatever else of the 7 ingredients. I later found out it had 3 mushrooms, two nuts, chinese sausage, parmesan cheese in it.
Tenderloin with otah and balamic carrot cake - the strangest dish of the day :I I passed my tenderloin to the happy Leroy at my table so can't comment on that. The carrot cake....sigh....was chao sng. Or so we thought. Because there was no print out menu of what we were having, we all seriously thought it was chao sng. Until the owner came over and explained, then came the voices of "ooorrhh". But still, we felt this dish was seriously confused. The otah was served in a creme brulee dish but a bit watery, and also salmon with green curry, which tasted almost exactly like the otah.
Fruit tart - store bought tartlett which was way too sweet. Nothing fusion about this. Disappointing.
I concluded that perhaps I like less confusing food haha~ Quality of food was below my expectations, and I feel the $20nett we paid for per pax was, although the quantity was good, quality-wise was not. Don't understand the food? Its fusion la.
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Still a good family spot~
Came to realise Crystal Jade is still one of the safest bet for a family dinner, it can never go too wrong~ These dishes may be very familiar but I'll still run through some of them la:
Deep fried beancurd with pepper and salt ($6) - very delectable squares of fresh toufu coated in a cripsy batter with salt & pepper, served with the insides still soft and hot. Yum~~
Fried rice with dried canpoy and carb meat ($11.50) - tastes much better than it looks, with obvious crab meat pieces and plenty of wok hei.
Stew Chicken Claypot ($13.80) - thisis called San Bai Ji on the menu, and my favourite dish here :D Fragrant pieces of fresh chicken stired fried with onions and sitting in a deelish dark brown sauce. Quite a waste of the sauce if you dun have rice to mop it up though.
Deep fried garlic prawns ($18) - the pricest thing we had. Think cereal prawns but substitute the cereal for garlic. Nice initially but the rawness of the garlic gets to you after a while. Prawns were less fragrant than I thought as well, maybe I was distracted by the mountain of garlic on the plate.
Baby Kailan stir fried with garlic ($9.80) - Disappoiting especially for crystal jade standard. Although crunchy, the greens were absolutely tasteless :(
There were other stuff which was run of the mill like dumpling noodies and congee with preserved egg & meat. No ambience to speak of, because its afetrall a family place. Noisy family chatter with avergae service, but if you're like us seated right in a corner it can sometimes be hard to catch the staff's attention.
Oh, and their 'pickles' served when you are seated has been changed to endamame :D
The bill came to about $133 for the 7 of us, which was quite reasonable for the variety we had.
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Tiny dessert hole~
The 7 of us seated in here took up almost half of the seating here. This place is really tiny and the tables are elbow-unfriendly :I was after dinner so we decided to share these:
Triple chocolate cheese cake ($8) - not as jelat as I thought it will be; and the cheesecake and chocolate were nicely proportioned. Nothing spectacular though.
Foret Noire Log cake ($7.50) - I have to admit I ordered this because it looked so cute :D Cute aside, this is rather good. A very nice spin on the black forest; and the brandied cherries on the inside cuts the richness of the chocolate very nicely.
Crepes Exotique ($12.50) - crepes with bananas and a sorbet on top. drizzled with chocolate. The bananans were, well, just bananas. I couldnt make out what flavour the sorbet was but I think it had mango and passionfruit stuff in it. Taste for price, I think this is not worth it actually.
Cannele ($1.50) - I lurve caneles, so ordered one for them to try. But erm apparently, this rum vanilla concoction is an aquired taste, and my sis, dad, and auntie all havent acquired it yet.
Coffee macaroon ($2.30) - my little bro tried this so I can't quite comment on it.
We all had different verions of coffee: ice mocha, americano, cappuncino. I had the latte but the coffee was disappointingly thin with badly-foamed milk. Ugh.
The bill was $62 for 7 of us, which was avergae I feel. But I'll definitely not have coffee here again. I'll go back to Nectarie for that.
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Bistro Senso...makes sense~
Decided to go there precisely because they were offering a 50% off ALL ala carte items. EVERYTHING, except drinks but good enough for me :D
Since the big wheel stopped turning, business here has been really really, really.....bad. Choosing a Monday evening made the isolated place seem really sad, with a few specks of people strolling around and F&B service staff either earnestly standing outside trying to grab your attention with promotional flyers or chatting amongst themselves to kill time.
2 girls with a huge appetite to try out this less costly version of Senso made us order a starter, 2 mains, 3 desserts, and of course coffee.
Salad nicose ($12) - Chose this over calamari because we thought since we are bingeing, we might as well err on the healthier side (haha). The tossed combination of the tuna, beans, greens, and eggs were surprisingly good, especially paired with the slightly tart vinegrette dressing. Good start to the evening.
Crab ravioli ($18) - Pieces of fat and flavourful parcels tossed with fresh tomato sauce and seafood bits. The pasta tasted home-made (although I can be wrong) and the seafood very fresh.
Pizza Parma Rucola($18) - I'm always distracted my this favourite when choosing pizza, and I lost again, haha. Classic italian style with parma ham and rucola greens on top. The plain carbo base went very well with the salty ham, but the greens looked a bit limp I thought.
Creme Brulee ($8) - I don't usually order this but since well its 50% anyway. Plus the pastry counter looked really unattractive. Creamy sweet gooey stuff, but they should have burnt the top layer a bit more.
Tiramisu ($8) - came in a mini tower form on a big plate. Tasted better than it looks but still the sponge fingers were too dry; it was also too soft and not chilled enough.
Panna Cotta ($8) - Came in a cute martini glass but strangely green in colour. There was no flavour so we didnt know what the colouring was...maybe it was just a visual thing. Usual stuff.
Coffee ($3) - So many places do coffee so badly I just had to ask them to please make sure mine was pressed properly. Didn't disappoint me in the end.
Latte ($4.50) - Didn't try this but shouldn't be too bad given the quality of the coffee.
Quality of the food surprised me, given the fact that they have probably not had a customer for a very very long time. Throughout my dinner, there was at max 3 tables including us (we were the first to walk in and last to step out).
Service was friendly and attentive, and they kept coming over to ask how's the food. Ambience was actually quite nice; you can see the sea through the glass panels at the side, and if you choose alfresco, it's actually right under the wheel. Quite a romantic vibe if you go with the correct person.
If not for the walking distance, I would really love to come back a few more times. To take advantage of the 50% while it lasts. Not sure when, but it will be as long as the big wheel doesn't start I believe. So go soon!!
The bill came up to $79, but with the 50% off food items, we paid only about $50 for 2 persons. Very worth it I feel :D
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The Singapore Flyer is touted as the world’s largest observation wheel, even higher than London Eye. Our nation’s pride. Minor breakdowns before were already ominous signals that a catastrophe will happen one day. Alas, the dreadful thing finally struck. How the mighty has fallen. The management should have already looked into and made backup plans, but it failed anyway. Now, time for us to do some self-reflections and damage-recovery.
While the flyer remains closed for investigations, the ones to suffer the backslash are the restaurants and other tenents. Senso Bistro, is coming up with a 50% promotion off all their a la carte menu from now until the flyer starts operating (date unknown yet).
The natural vibe of the restaurant, with its simple layout and decorations, provided a good place for either a causal lunch, or nice dinner without burning a hole in the pocket.
Not to mention there’s also al fresco dining, which would be ideal for dinner, with the sea breeze and eating under the stars making it a romantic affair.
The waiter kindly asked us whether we’ll like some garlic bread ($4) while waiting, but he failed to mention it’s not free. Naturally when he offered us bread i thought it was complimentary. There’s no free lunch in this world. All right, it’s not so much about the money, we are talking about principle, like shouldn’t they at least inform us the bread wasn’t complimentary? Next time, don’t be shy, ask!
With ten selections to choose from the Pizze menu, we were spoilt for choices. To be on the safe side, we went for the popular Hawaiian ($18 before 50% discount). The paper-thin pizza was huge, with eight slices easily filling up the four of us. The ingredients of pineapple, cooked ham were very generous. The only gripe? I lamented the fact that the pizza did not have enough mozzarella cheese. Still, with the promotion, it’s definitely a steal at just under ten bucks. It made the one I’ve at Galbiati looked pathetic.
Grilled tuna loin coated in fresh herbs. The Tonno ($24 before 50% discount) was a disappointment really. The fish was over-cooked, making the meat too dry and hard. I liked the side vegetables that came with it, lightly stir-fried, the greens were crunchy and fresh.
When asked to choose between the T-bone steak and veal loin, the manager recommended the latter for the delicate taste and tender texture. Veal loin is the meat of calves, and at Bistro Senso, the pan-fried veal loin scaloppine ($24 before discount) can be done in three different methods. Ours were ‘alla Pizzaiola’ with tomato and mozzarella cheese. The whole taste was like having a steak-pizza. A refreshing combination, but the meat was not tender enough, and came across as too tough. And since we had pizza already, now i’m wishing i chose the other method of breaded and golden crispy instead.
And how can we not have any pasta from an Italian bistro? The Ravioli ($18 before 50% discount) was essentially lobster and crab pasta served with assorted seafood ragout in tomato and basil sauce. This was actually my first time having a ravioli pasta. The tomato and basil sauce was flavourful and strong in taste. The prawns and squids were fresh, but to be frank, I didn’t quite enjoy ravioli. I still preferred my pasta to be spaghetti or linguine. Personal taste.
I was eagerly anticipating the desserts, well most people would find tiramisu ($8 before 50% discount) boring and chose some other interesting options. But there was no way I’m going to miss out trying the popular Italian dessert from an Italiano joint. The mascarpone cream was too light, and the espresso taste was not strong.
Another famous Italian dessert, Pannacotta ($8 before 50% discount). The bouncy texture was evident, but i couldn’t figure out what’s in the double cream flan. The raspberry coulis did provided a contrast with the pannacotta.
The last one, Creme brulee ($8 before 50% discount). The oven-baked egg custard of the Italian dessert did taste rather like our Chinese egg tarts. The caramelised sugar on top of the dessert wasn’t burned enough, and lacked the torched burnt taste.
Total bill was $65.91 for 4 person after a 50% discount. Although i wasn’t very impressed with the food, but with the promotional prices, the food is really cheap! The pizzas and pastas are like 9 bucks each, and the main course 12 bucks. The soothing ambience with the inexpensive price means that you should visit Senso Bistro before the Singapore Flyer reopens. Talk about patriotism, and national pride.
You are always welcome to visit ladyironchef for a full-up on this trip. Whatever written herein are my genuine feelings expressed in words. Food, my dear, is what they call an adventure!
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Situated at United Square, one can locate Fiesta Brasilia hidden at the corner on the basement level beside Brauhaus Restaurant & Pub and McDonalds.
Started by one of co-founders of Brazil Churrascaria along Sixth Avenue and his partner, what sets this restaurant apart from the rest of the Brazilian meat buffet outlets is their casual setting and festive atmosphere, although a nice private dining area is also available.
Dinner was kick-started by the Cheese Bread, which was something different and interesting – it had a nice cheesy flavour accompanied by a lovely chewy texture. Only drawback was that it was served cold – perhaps so that one can enjoy the cheesy taste better.
HFB found the Pumpkin Soup to be mild-flavoured, and also thought it was strange it inclined towards saltiness rather than sweet-flavoured, but he truly enjoyed the accompanied Garlic Bread which he thought was crustily delicious.
HFB then proceed for some salads, and cooked items that also included pasta that one can be ordered off the pasta bar. Voiced your pasta and sauce selection to the chef behind the counter and it will be served right to your table once it is prepared.
While the Cream Sauce Pasta was nothing memorable, the Tomato-based version came al dente and the sauce was surprisingly not too bad amidst the lacked of ingredients.
The first item off from the Passadors, or meat-wielding waiters in Portuguese, was the Snow Fish. The snow fish has a nice firm texture and HFB readily indulged in the nicely charred exterior. However, one had to be careful while eating it as it contains bones within.
The Roast Chicken was a joy to behold – the meat was succulent and the crispy layer of skin was something to die for – this is a MUST TRY!
The Tenderloin wrapped with Bacon though could be better executed – the meat was slightly tough – similar to my experience with Vibe.
The Roast Lamb though was something out of the ordinary with a hint of peppermint flavour, although one may find it slightly gamy.
HFB was pretty impressed by the Rump Steak; known to shrivelled when roasted or grilled, it was surprisingly juicy despite it’s lacked of fats.
A few tiny shaves of Honey Roasted Ham revealed a nicely roasted exterior and a sweet tasty bite – something comfy from everyone’s favourite ham.
The Baby Beef, which HFB assumed it to be from a baby calf, was just as brilliant – it was scrumptiously moist and tender and HFB would definitely have more of it if it weren’t for the fact that there was still the Topside Beef Steak to go.
Medium rare was the way the topside beef was prepared and the requested thinly sliced beef was deftly carve from the skewer. It was truly a nice piece of meat to savour and HFB definitely didn’t regret one bit to save some space in his tummy for it.
There were a couple of meats to go but one surely could not leave this place without having the Mövenpick Ice Cream and Cheese Platter served at the dessert corner.
And if you are above 18, do also give the Caipirinha, Brazil’s national aperitif a try! Made with Cachaça, Sugar and Lime – have a few sip and enjoy a festive mood with the passadors who will not hesitate to swap their skewers for some percussion instruments and a douse of samba music.
Fiesta Brasilia is definitely the place for a fun, loud and crazy night out with your peers!
You can view all the photos here.
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My dad brought me to this place. Its situated in the junction between the new (JP2) and old (JP1), at the basement.
Its looks just like any other jap restaurant, however, I was surprised after I stepped in.
Busy and noisy as usual with the loud welcomes and grateful Goodbyes..... However, I find this restaurant pretty interesting. They do have some seats in the front and as you walk further in, there are a couple of tables of actual tappenyaki setting. The japanese looking china man did an excellently good job in contributing to the jap feel of the place with their stern and clean looking faces as well as steady nimble hands.
We set down and I ordered a teriyaki chicken set meal. Dad ordered a seafood meal, which interestingly comprises of 3 medium sized prawns, some nice fleshy scallops as well as salmon fish and some squid.... All set meals come with miso soup, some veg, garlic rice and oranges which are ooohh so sweet.
In order to keep ourselves clean, the waiters put on these neat looking paper aprons on you the moment you are seated. I am pretty delighted with this gesture. The cooking was entertaining and interestingly they serve all their food on top of garlic bread..... which i felt was fun and yummy.
The garlic bread tastes great and there was no sense of hush in the shop.... The omelates or pizzas they call were great too.... They come in a few flavours, such as seafood, chicken, etc and have a good serving of cabbage which is healthy by me. Really hearty and looks yummy. The other stuffs on the menu are great too and price is average.
I reappeared smelling ok and no stains on my white polo... So i give this shop 4 thumbs up. I'm definitely going back to try again. :) See you there......
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We walked along the narrow street, wondering where was our destination. The road seems so distant, the future so vague. Just like the route we took, there’s much hurdle to be clear. At long last, we arrived, Dim joy.
Culture of all walks of life, our very own roots. Dim Joy offers a perspective much more than just eating dim sum. Its about the art of appreciating dim sum, the approach in understanding our culture. I like the small details they look into, like how they have tiny notes on the teapot to teach people about the correct method of teapot refill, like how they print their own manuals on the chopstick cover to educate about chopstick etiquette. Small little things like these, make a whole lot of differences.
Nestled in a shop house on neil road, the restaurant quaint and tranquil environment made me feel at home upon entering. There wasn’t much people on a weekday lunch, we had the whole lovely place to ourselves. This is just a place where you can seat down and chill for the whole day.
The simplistic approach to the chief, King shrimp har gao ($4). The whole taste was very subtle, the prawns were fresh, but the skin was again, too thick. While it wasn’t fantastic, dim sum just isn’t dim sum without har gao.
There wasn’t much difference with the Barbecued pork & celery in rice rolls ($5) too. It was way too short if i were to compare it with elsewhere. There was also the option of having the rice rolls in claypot, but i dismissed it as gimmick. I wanted a good steamed and savoury rice roll in light sauce.
There were bits of char siew which could passed off as bacon strips. And we were wondering how cool it’ll be if there’s bacon rice rolls. Nonetheless, the taste was again, very subtle and tame if i may just use the word. I didn’t quite enjoy the celery within too.
I was eagerly anticipating the Honey-syrup char siew bun ($3). With such a sweet name, we were like bees attracted to the beauty of the honey pot. The white pillowry bun was soft and fluffy, very good! But the char siew fillings could be better. While its sweet with honey-syrup infused, the fillings were too little, and i’ll preferred it to be more moist, like their char siew sou.
There is also Siew mai ($3.50 for 4), another dim sum staple. Chewy, shrimpy and not too oily. Value for money definitely, and its the only one that comes two by two. The ratio of shrimp to pork outnumbers greatly, with only a small portion of lean pork meat.
I always choose Pan-fried radish cake ($3) over its steamed cousins. I love the slightly charred surface of the carrot cake, but this one wasn’t charred enough. Well unlike most carrot cakes which are very filling, this one wasn’t very starchy, and had a different taste from the ones which i tried before. The jury’s out on this, you need to make your judgement.
Personally, i ain’t a big fan of the beancurd skin roll ($4.50) but my companion wanted to try this, so here we go. Instead of the typical prawn fillings, this one was all about mushrooms. The skin was a bit raw, and taste almost like beancurd, well it’s made from beancurd after all. The wholesome, vegetarian fillings within the beancurd skin roll didn’t work for me. But my companion rather enjoyed her helpings.
Now, my choice. The char siew so ($3.50) bears a great resemblance to our festive pineapple tarts. Golden brown in colour, with the buttery egg-graze taste on the pastry. While it didn’t come in the form of my favourite flaky skin, Dim Joy’s rendition was unique in its own right.
This time, the sweet honey infuse char siew fillings were more generous, and it was very moist within the pastry. But the char siew did lacked certain texture, and given time to improve, it’ll be better.
We were half-decided on ordering the Custard bun ($3) since we heard it wasn’t that good. But we decided to try for ourselves, taste after all is a very subjective thing. The vital factor for a good custard bun, the oozing out of the golden custard fillings. This one did, the molten custards flowed out of the bun, just like the lava erupted from a volcano. The salty egg yolk taste wasn’t strong enough, the bun was soft but, there’s some fine particles which we guessed was course sugar not dissolved properly. I had the best, and the worst before, this one would be good given some minor tweaks.
While i know Lingnan is an area in China, i couldn’t see the link what the place got to do with the Lingnan egg tart ($3.50 for 4). The best part about Dim Joy during weekend was there wasn’t much people around, so everything was made freshly, rather than pre-made. We waited 25 minutes just for the egg tarts to come out freshly baked. The egg fillings were nice and wet, but the pastry lacked the buttery undertone.
Total bill was $42.35 for 2 person. I must say, with 9 dim sum between us, the prices are fairly reasonable given the standards of the dim sum. I’ll definitely make a perennial visit again, and for that, See you there! And just for some background information, Michelle Saram’s the partner behind Dim Joy.
It also helped that Dim Joy served dim sum throughout the day, even during dinner. Most places don’t serve dim sum at night, so it’s a nice place if you are craving for dim sum after the sun set. I heard they are packed during weekend, so avoid the crowd come on the weekdays instead.
You are always welcome to visit ladyironchef for a full-up on this trip. Whatever written herein are my genuine feelings expressed in words. Food, my dear, is what they call an adventure!
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