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Yes. It's popcorn!
So before the start of our show, my partner & I decided to buy some popcorn. Many times, we walked past this little shop, which purely sells popcorn, located in a conspicuous corner at the basement level of The Cathay. This time round, we finally bought a small packet of caramelised popcorn which costs $5.50 (if I remember correctly). Actually, there are other flavours of popcorn as well. I remember seeing an interesting flavour, sour cream. So far, I have only eaten potato chips with sour cream but not popcorn with sour cream. So I was pretty keen to try it. Will probably do it next time then. Haha... Oh yah, the popcorns come in 2 package size. The popcorns have already been pre-packed in clear plastic bag and sealed up. Upon purchase, the staff will put the packet of popcorn into a cute pink box (picture). Nice packaging!
It looked good on the outside but how about its taste? In the first place, I am not a person with sweet cravings but I find the sweetness of their popcorn acceptable. It was impressive that the coat of caramel was quite even on every pieces of popcorn. Unlike some popcorns where there's bits of sugar unevenly coated on the popcorn. What's more, this popcorn has a strong buttery taste and it kind of balance up with the sweetness from the caramel.
So next time when you are catching a movie at The Cathay, you can consider getting your popcorn from here. It's definitely worth a try!
Login to add your comment. Or, Register for an account now. It's free!Ohhh! I saw it too! Must try the next time I'm there!
16 May 2008 at 12:54 am
Just like other restaurants located at Rochester Park, Da Paolo Bistro Bar was housed in one of these bungalows. Since it was just a stone's throw away from my office, we conveniently walked over for our lunch yesterday.
We took up the set lunch menu, which comes with a starter, main course, dessert and tea/coffee to complete the meal. The choice of main course can either be the pasta ($24 per set lunch) or fish/meat of the day ($32 per set). There were about 10 types of pasta for you to choose from but the fish of the day was just limited to seabass with garlic and baby spinach and meat was tenderloin steak with mashed potato. Starter came with a generous choice of salads and soup, and dessert fixed as apple crumple.
Here’s my choice!
Starter: Insalata con salmon affumicato
Wild rocket with black olive and cherry tomato tossed in olive oil & vinegar and two huge slices of smoked salmon. Sounds like a normal smoked salmon salad? No no. With a squeeze of lemon onto the salad, it tasted really good. The more I ate it, the hungrier I got. But it was definitely a good start to get my stomach prepared for the upcoming main course.
Main course: Tenderloin steak with mashed potato (I don’t remember the exact name for it, sorry.)
I requested the steak to be medium-rare done. Sad to say, it was more of medium done and the steak was a little too tough for my liking, although I do like the a little charred outer layer of the steak. However, what made up for it was it mashed potato which was smooth and creamy. Eat it together with the sauce, it is simply yummy!
Dessert: Apple Crumble
Like I’ve mentioned earlier, the dessert wasn’t a choice but fixed in set lunch menu. But anyway, it was a generous slice of apple crumble serve with a small scoop of vanilla ice cream. The huge chunks of apple taste good, though a little too sweet for me. Probably because I was given the middle slice of the apple crumble (without the crust), I find the apple crumble a little too soft & soggy.
On the overall, the dining experience was good. Excellent service, as for food wise, there were hits and misses. Well, since it’s a free lunch I can’t complain too much as well. Haha.. So I'll give 3.5 stars now.
With the wide choice of pasta in the menu, I’ll probably try the pasta next time.
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Login to add your comment. Or, Register for an account now. It's free!I MUST check out rochester park vacinty one fine day! But its just sooo far lah! But if someone's treat, I'll sure go lah! HAHA! *sniggers*
15 May 2008 at 12:17 am
Wahaha...I offer to be your tour guide. But meal must be provided! lol
15 May 2008 at 8:40 am
rochester park got min jiang woohoo
15 May 2008 at 8:57 am
The club was big, though second to their 2-storey outlet at Suntec City. The layout of the whole place was pretty much similar to that of Great World City's but here is definitely alot more spacious than Great World. Without any windows overlooking the view outside (just roads & flats anyway), the place was nicely done up with big mirror walls. Most of the equipments are new and have been neatly arranged accordingly.
There were 3 studios, 1 for spinning, another one for mind & soul classes and the last one for high-intensity exercise. All three will not very big, but good enough to hold a class of 30-40 people.
Not forgetting the toilets. At least for the ladies, it was huge & spacious! The individual shower room was big too!
I totally love this outlet and will try to attend more classes here!
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Don't judge by the size of this shop. I was surprised by the variety of food that's available on the menu. Besides having a good variety of pizzas, there's pasta and bake rice as well. We were so spoilt for choice! We finally settled on a BBQ chicken personal pizza ($6.80) and a chef's favourite personal pizza ($8.80). Being a big chilli lover, I requested for "4 chilli" for the spicyness (I think the most spicy was "5 chilli") of my chef's favourite pizza. Haha
All you have to do is to write down your order on the memo, go to the cashier and make payment. Oh yes! This shop doesn't charge service charge :)
The pizza was soon served to us, piping hot! One bite on the pizza was good enough to draw the conclusion. GOOD!!!! The crust was thin & crispy and their generous amount of cheese and toppings just make it perfect. Oh yes, the "4 chilli" really made the pizza very spicy but I enjoyed every single bite of it. The 4 slices for the personal pizza was just enough to satisfy my hunger that day. But if you are a big eater, that's definitely not sufficient.
The bill came up to $17.50, which includes the 2 pizzas and a drink and i find it pretty reasonable.
I'll be back again!
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My friends and I wanted to find a place to sit down for a chit chat and also to have some ice cream dessert after a not-satisfying meal. Decided on this place as there are small round tables for us to crowd around to chit chat as well for an ice cream.
Having sat down, my friends and I looked through the menu but because one of my friends and I would need to rush off soon, we decided to get a scoop of ice cream each to be taken away. But then, we were told by their waitress that if we were to take away our orders, we could not occupy the seats meant for dine-in customers only. At that point, my friends who were still at the table were still deciding on their orders. Even though I told them this, my friends were still being chased out of their seats.
What I noticed was that none of the waitress was willing to serve me at the cashier before my friends got chased out. I can't help but wonder if it's because they wanted to make sure that my friends were successfully chased out of the place before they can accept my payment as for take away orders. Just for that 10% service charge & 7% GST, this was what they did to their customers? That's very wrong of them!
Login to add your comment. Or, Register for an account now. It's free!Quite alright lah, I've seen a customer get in a shouting match with the waitresses there before. When he threatened to speak to their manager, one just retorted, "Go ahead lah, scared of you arh?"
02 May 2008 at 3:45 pm