Sushi tei, Tampines One August 9, 2009
Posted by ferreroroche in restaurant review.Tags: ichiban boshi, sushi tei, tampines one, uniqlo
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I stay on the other end of the island, so I did not visit the new Tampines one till about two weeks ago.
I bought some stuff from the hyped up UNIQLO, but i find their jeans does not suit my thunder thighs and a lot of them are too low waisted. I wonder why the queue for it is still so long. yeah I agree that their stuff is quite good quality but their stuff are not cheap either.
Other shop that interest me is the bread shop opposite the sake shop, I cannot remember the name already because by the time we went back there, it was already closed so I cannot vouch for the taste. All in all, nothing new about Tampines one I feel, just uniqlo and the same old shops are around.
but This is my first time eating at sushi tei, and I LOVE IT. I think its the best jap food I eat before.
just yesterday, I ate at Ichiban Boshi in Great World city, but their sushi is just normal and other things also taste normal.Thus I never do a review about Ichiban Boshi
well sushi tei in tampines one has 2 storeys, we are quite lucky to be seated in the quiet corner in the second storeys, away from the hustle and bustle of a busy Jap restaurant (always busy, not sure why Singapore is so fascinated with Japanese food, it was not the case in Indonesia, in fact my family do not really fancy Japanese food except for my sister as her BF is a jap food lover and he is always recommending me many jap places when I am back) but thats a story for another time when I am more free to do restaurant review for Jakarta’s food!
anyway we love sushi tei so much we decided to make the card (membership card of some sort, costs $80 but gives u back in the forms of vouchers and discounts)
anyway we shall let the pictures do the talking yeah
our table and the very nice romantic lighting, I really like the ambiance in this restaurant.
Assorted Salmon Sushi all very good and fresh
Lobster sushi, taste really good and crunchy
Curry rice, it was quite small serving of the meat, so this one a little bit not value for money, I guess we should order their sushi as our carbo when we eat there again
supposedly this is the paper hotpot, but I am not complaining, a big bowl of everything which always warms me and makes me feel healthier eating so much vegetables??
the bill for all the food comes up to around $55, quite reasonable I feel?
yesterday also spent the same amount at ichiban, though more filling, I feel like the quality at sushi tei is way better, and they have another branch at Paragon, Takashimaya, and Vivocity (should be the outlet I will visit the most often)
McDonald’s Cinnamon Melts July 17, 2009
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Mcdonald’s Cinnamon melt $2.50
very very sweet, strong cinnamon smell but not cinnamon taste
Hard Rock Cafe, Changi Airport T3 July 10, 2009
Posted by ferreroroche in Singapore Travel, restaurant review.Tags: changi airport, hard rock cafe, terminal 3
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On the afternoon of my Penang trip, I had lunch at Hard Rock Cafe. This is only my second meal at Hard Rock cafe. Due to their global presence, to me they have this overpriced air around them.
The first time I had a Hard Rock Cafe meal is at KL Bukit Bintang. But I have no memory of it except that it was just normal western food and that its expensive.
well, actually we have many choices for lunch that day, initially I thought that MrK wanted to have lunch at Popeye’s, our favourite Chicken joint. but he said that can be had anytime since they are not at the transit area.
So we wanted to eat at the new T3, so we walked there. on 3rd level near the movie theatre supposedly had Gelare’ Cafe something we never had before, but we walked up and down that alley all we see is like Lerky Thai, Prima Taste, Ajisen, all the normal usual stuff. wasted quite alot of time
so we headed downstairs n saw Hard Rock Cafe with all their guitars and merchandise (yes they sell merchandise too, changi airport specials.)and this big poster saying 3 course lunch at 12.50 nett. so, thats even cheaper than then the food like Burger King upstairs. So we asked about soup of the day, and dessert of the day cos we dun want any scoop of ice cream crap as dessert.
anyway their answers were satisfactory so we had lunch there.
BTW, Tuesday is their steak day (one of the most anticipated) and Thursday is baby ribs day.
when I was there it was breaded fish day.
Service was excellent. the right course come at the right time.
The soup of the day is Corn Cream, I love it the cream not too thick, and I am a Corn lover so yeah.
WE also ordered an appetiser, potato skin, it was alright but it was filling. so we had no space for gelare but
the food was wonderful
and especially dessert, yeah I am a sucker for sweet things. Its blackforest cake and its really nice!
the bill come up to about 50 dollars but I think its quite good considering the food quality. I love their fries too. and we changed the drink to a Celine Ice TEA. and it taste really good.
well pictures for ya.
final verdict: Recommended, now i gotta see if the one in town also has the same good deal, cos I heard there is credit card promos too.
I have more post of my short adventure in T3 coming up soon.
Penang with Jetstar (3) July 7, 2009
Posted by ferreroroche in Malaysia travel, Penang with JETSTAR, food, restaurant review.Tags: cendol, claypot briyani, dajie desserthouse, Goddess of Mercy temple, kapitan, Kuan Yin temple, little india, masjid kapitan keling, penang
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After last night usual Malay/Chinese fare,
we should eat Indian food today, we have it for brunch!
at the famous KAPITAN claypot briyani place. Ask any local about the best Indian food, their answer will be little India (DUH! in singapore too right, race course road for the best Indian FOOD) and then of course, we ask where in little India, and most will point you towards Kapitan
Here is their outlook, right in the corner from Little India,
probably because its easy to find, bright big red signboard (No one wants their guests to be stranded and hungry, as the saying goes, a hungry man is an angry man!) and of course they serve good food! and Look at their extensive menu!
actually we wanted to try their prata/roti canai as the Malaysians called it (supposedly very good) but they run out already and will only start making again at 4pm
so we just “settled” with their Tandoori set and of course their claypot briyani!
total bill (RM18.7) inclusive of Ice TEH (tea with milk and brown sugar, taste very refreshing ) and the traditional Mango LASSI
The food here is absolutely SUPERB! I will return again for their prata and more claypot briyani, it was simply the best briyani I have eaten, and usually briyani gives me stomachache, ever since secondary school I avoid eating briyani, but this one is served with grilled chicken, so the taste was different and the rice in claypot is absolutely flavourful
the Tandoori set also good, the chicken is full of flavour, moist and tender! and their bread, taste as good as the bread I ate at Prego!, with the curry or the sauce given, they are just fantastic
Definitely 5 stars for food!
after the satisfying brunch, we walked round little india a bit more.
Little India in Penang is not as happening as the one in Singapore, just the blaring Bollywood music indicate you r indeed in Little india, the usual Jasmine and spices smell is not as obvious. In fact, the streets are quite empty, perhaps its still early in the morning.
but of course, there is the street hawkers peddling the usual mind boggling varieties of Vadai, and other Indian snacks
after all the food, we walked over to the Goddess of Mercy temple. this temple, not to be confused with the Kuan Yin temple or the Kek Lok Si, which also worship Kuan Yin (Goddess of Mercy), yes Penang has many Kuan Yin temples, but this one near Little India is particularly special, it was mainly dedicated to the Goddess of Sea “Ma Chor Poh” as well as Kuan Yin
more information, you can read here.
as its quite a special place, many people can be seen praying here!
MrK haggling for the best jossticks, and then praying!
More pictures of the temple
It was a particularly Hot DAY! all the josssticks burning just adds to the temperature, so we need to cool and just across the road, we find this, Da Jie Desserthouse
I had the See KoR Thng (similar to Chng Thng) , MrK the Cendol! (RM 5)
Of course we walked further, along the way is whole road full of money changers, everyone in Jln Masjid Kapitan Keling is a money changer, AWESOME!, there is at least 100+ money changers in that road alone, not counting the ones in inner alleys ( I spot several)
and One cant miss the building in which the road is named after, the Masjid Kapitan Keling (Masjid=Mosque in Malay).
this building is Persian inspired, and the huge clock tower is awe inspiring, and I am sure when it was prayer time, it will be filled with people, luckily we are there on Thursday and not Friday!
I shall end the post here, it is getting too long
well one last look at the mosque, from another angle
The Mussel Guys, VivoCity July 3, 2009
Posted by ferreroroche in restaurant review.Tags: mussel guys, restaurant review, sentosa, vivocity
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the reasons why I love VivoCity
1> its so near school
2>it has all my favourite stores like Tangs for Mac, other skincare stuff, tangs studio, fashion stores: Zara, Mango, F21 (i tried it on the store n search for it online 
), Topshop, La senza and for accessories and shoes like Charles and Keith, Aldo, pedder red, etc etc
3> it has good cinema, GV and lastly it has great view and Sentosa express!
BUT,
Its not a food destination, at least for me. While it has the usual stuff of fast food to fine dining, nothing really makes me wanna go vivo to eat that. Everytime I visit Vivo, always finding it hard to eat n would usually eat elsewhere first before going over.
last Friday, we had made reservations to eat at the Rasa Sentosa Resort, but we went out quite late so decided against going to Sentosa. So we decided to just eat at vivo n then catch Transformers (love love Megan Fox!)
n as usual we had a hard time deciding.
we do not want to go to fine dining eg crystal jade or tung lok etc. btw, come to think of it, I am quite lucky to have tried most of the food outlet in vivo, from the high end Crystal Jade, Tung Lok, Imperial Treasures, Brotzeit, Modestos to the usual Carl’s Junior, Long John Silvers, Kim Gary HK restaurant, Superdog, Kolo mee, Dian Xiao ER (one time we go dian xiao er crazy and eat here weekly), White Dog cafe, Terra cafe, Godiva, Starbucks and Coffee Bea, Garuda Padang cuisine
even the Kono Pizza at GV itself, and the dessert stall.
yeah vivo is our hangout indeed!
well I will slowly write the reviews of these places, but most of them i visited like a year plus plus ago, the fact that I did not revisit them means they are not value for money.
when I eat I always look out for of couse taste and second most important factor has to be price.
If its an expensive place, I always make sure to do some research online first to see whats the best thing to eat.
well after arguing for so long, we decided to eat at Dian Xiao Er, its been months since we have been there, partially cos its expensive and also bcos we wanted to try other foods
so we decided to eat at mussel guys
we ordered their set meals, comes with soup and scoop of ice cream as dessert.
MrK ordered their Wild mushroom spaghetti in cream sauce set with their soup of the day which is cream of mushroom. Yeah I think he OD on cream cos we also ordered their creamy mussels
I ordered the pan fried salmon with honey and aromatic rice.
then there is some credit card promo 1-for-1 mussels. so we ordered their 350gr Belgian mussels and their creamy mussels.
well cos they called themselves mussel guys, their mussels is indeed very good. the creamy mussel sauce was really good, but the belgian ones were ok too, but I would definitely reorder their creamy one, cos the belgian one is more expensive n its not even justifiable. well we just love Cream.
the mussels were done just right and served in a heavy steel big bowls, maybe so that u dunno whats their real weight is, maybe is less than 350gr? I dunno
but their set meals were overpriced and not nice. if i revisit, i AM just going to order their mussels. save my calories n get good deals.
I didnt get their soup of the day, I “top-up” to their french onion soup which was quite salty though i feel its better than their cream of mushroom that MrK had.
the aromatic rice was just like normal chicken rice with less garlic and the salmon was not bad but at 15.90++ it was overpriced i feel.
MrK spaghetti taste a little bland to me.
only their mussels is good enough for a re-visit.
I shall end the post here.
well I know i am updating my blog like crazy nowadays. thats because i need to write my thesis but I am super lazy!! so I wrote my blog instead and write as much as i can before my IA started and I will be too tired to write. and I will just schedule them to publish itself like maybe 2x a week?
oh well pictures then, shall explain themselves rite,
well i know the pictures are blur but these are the mussels. I didnt take a pic of the main courses cos they were just normal, nothing unusual.
some might hate the QuadCam lomo style photos, but i love it. I mean I dont have a big DSLR, and even if I have, i am not going to take up food photography cos I cant imagine myself carrying so many things. Already I am carrying like at least 5-6 gadgets in my handbag everytime I go out, so yeah its heavy and my BFF is not a bag carrier! 
so sorry if pics are blur, cos they were taken using the limited 2.0 mp iPhone camera.
Prego, Fairmont Singapore June 30, 2009
Posted by ferreroroche in Anniversary Celebrations, Singapore Travel, restaurant review.Tags: fairmont singapore, italian food, prego, raffles city, raffles the plaza, westin
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Each month, given our limited budget, I usually (yes, sometimes i go crazy!) only eat at expensive places once or twice a month.
this month, WE decided to visit Prego at Fairmont Singapore (formerly known as Raffles the Plaza) because of 2 things
1> I love the real Italian pizza (those thin crust kind) and hate the pizza hut kind (bread kind which is thick)
a little OT: I have been to Italy, specifically Rome and Florence, but I didnt eat any pizza cos I was on tour and was on very tight schedule. REALLY have to go back there and do a slow, my own Angels and Demons tour of the churches. and of course visit Milan and Venice! but I did try pizza when i was in Amsterdam, that was the moment of my revelation of the real italian pizza, which is the uber thin and crispy crust
2> we have 50% off because of some credit card deals
well the total bill comes up to almost 90 bucks even after disc, but we did order quite a bit.
here are some pictures, yes i know its in wrong order.
their service is impeccable , the right course comes at the right time and there was no pileup of food at any time unlike in some other places.
well to be honest, first time eating in hotel ala carte. usually we only do buffett there. of couse Swensens at the Park Hotel in Orchard (prev called crown price hotel) doesnt count rite? plus its closed now due to renovations. maybe Swensens wont be there anymore next time.
but after reading mixed reviews on the food, we decided to take the plunge
and we are dead!!! yes the food is really bad!
their highly raved tiramisu, most of the reviews I read is saying that its the best tiramisu! but I have eaten better ones. nicely decorated with a Prego logo on top of the tiramisu itself! but really not worth the 15 bucks each. quite small serving too
My main course, Ravioli with Lobster and crab sauce.
I hate it, it sucks and its bloody expensive. While I know from watching all those travelogue that ravioli just means dumpling. I didnt expect it to be like this. plus there was only 3 pieces and cost like 35 bucks! the ravioli i expect is like small and many, just like 5x bigger than the normal macaroni and not 500x bigger n yet it sucks
The bottom 2 pic is the pizza. when we visited the restaurant, they had run out of pork, and thus their famous parma ham. so we ordered their mushroom pizza.
I forgot what mushroom its called. but I remember it was smelly! n we cant even eat much of the pizza so we pack it home.
my companion’s main course. Creamy spaghetty with bacon and ham, but since there wasnt any pork, they replaced with chicken. and it was very bland! really no taste at all
our soups, I had the carrot soup, and my companion the mushroom soup. very big serving. I was almost full after the soup. and the mushroom soup is really quite bland.
I think the best item is their complementary bread. super ironic i know It comes warm and the bread itself is really soft and fluffy yet the outer part is really crispy! and with the dip (it cost $3!!) it was really good. almost as good as a meal already!
well, needless to say, even if they increase the disc or have any kind of promo, we would not consider this place anymore.
SUN NUS Bistro, NUS Kent Ridge Campus June 10, 2009
Posted by ferreroroche in restaurant review.Tags: NUS kent ridge, Singapore, Staff club, Sun bistro, YIH
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from the people who brought you MegaBites in Science and the new Jap food stall in Engineering canteen Techno Edge, they also run this bistro at the staff club (opp YIH)serving chinese and western food.
Staff are entitled to 10% disc on ala carte order.
I had the cheapest stuff on the menu ($6.90 before taxes) for a bowl of braised ee fu noodles.
Sorry no pictures cos i was there with my lab mates, cant really be trigger happy. and did not try what my lab mates order. but they have an extensive sze char style menu ( chinese home cooking style kind of food involving fish, meat , veg etc). western menu of burgers, sandwiches and pasta.
their sandwiches look the most interesting and good, but i had limited money on that day so i did not order them
their decor is really superb, and have 2 private dining area.
on friday lunch time when i visited, they are almost full house.unbelieveable considering the price they r charging , the 6th of us spent 53 plus bucks after discount (one of us is staff )
and we order very little because of the expensive food. like just one portion and soup for some, others just order tofu with rice (vegetarian menu is very limited)
and had plain water for drinks
ps: they charge for towel and pickles and they also charge service charge and GST (something a little bit absurd cos we are in school)
btw they are overlooking the pool so the view is quite nice.
but really thumbs up for decor, food quality is OK, but u can get better value elsewhere i feel
Izumi Japanese Restaurant, Jurong Country Club June 10, 2009
Posted by ferreroroche in restaurant review, twitter.Tags: food, izumi japanese restaurant, japanese, jurong country club, Singapore
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Last Thursday, I had dinner in Jurong Country Club, located just behind Singapore Science Centre. Mr K had been raving about this place as having authentic, fresh and nice Jap food. Plus I never been to a country club before and to me, country club has this ‘atas’ (exclusive) feel. Like its members only and I am not one, so can I eat at that place kind of thought
but, you can eat at this place so long as you have the money!
located just beside the swimming pool, the restaurant gives free ice cream, coffee and tea.
their menu has no pictures!! giving me a hard time to decide, thats why most patron just chose their set meals (from $15-22 a set)
that night, MrK and I had warm green tea for drinks, for mains MrK had the eel and tempura set, while i have the silver cod fish set with sweet sauce.
both were quite good though servings were not that generous.
we end the meal by having chocolate, chocolate chip, raspberry, chocolate mint ice creams
and no, we did not finish all the ice cream, well at least i didnt
anyway spent around $48 that night, quite reasonable for a Jap dinner i think.
pics by Iphone (1 our table facing the swimming pool 2 MrK ’s set dinner 3 the interior of the restaurant)
Banyan tree bintan May 11, 2009
Posted by ferreroroche in Indonesia Travel, hotel review, iphone, restaurant review.Tags: banyan tree, bintan, ferry, indonesia, kelong restaurant, nirwana gardens, saffron
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Thursday and Friday on 7 n 8 may I went to bintan and stayed in what can be considered the best hotel there the banyan tree bintan. I stayed in the valley villa their cheapest room! But it can cost more than 400 use a night. Thankfully room was free. It’s really paradise there. The beach was pristine sand was soft. Really will return someday not sure if other parts of bintan beaches will be so nice but banyan tree bintan is truly a different place. The room is designed for 2 person everything came in doubles like double sun bed double sink n even 2 working tables
Lastly they also have 2 pools the beach pool n the spa pool
I also had opportunity to try the spa. My first spa experience ever truly relaxing and nice. It’s a massage therapy actually so never tried the whole works but I think it’s gonna be as great if not better
We were supposed to get yoga too but my travel companions were lazy
We had dinner in kelong restaurant in nearby nirwana gardens hotel normal seafood n it’s expensive
But everything in bintan is expensive n for lunch on Friday we had it at saffron in banyan itself and cost is crazyly expensive but it’s quite worth it
All the beach picture u see r snapped from inside saffron cos I am lazy to upload pic taken with my real camera when u was walking on the beach.
In all we spent more than 700 sgd for just 1 nite n 2 meals for 3 person in 1 room
Spa n room was free so those money is mainly food n ferry fees as well as other transport incidentals
Pictures taken using iPhone
MOF Japanese cuisine April 5, 2009
Posted by ferreroroche in food, restaurant review.Tags: MOF, review, dessert, restaurant, food
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MOF recently opened a dessert only branch near MrK house in Choa Chu Kang’s Lot 1 mall
MOF has been my favourite place for desserts especially their macha (green tea) stuff
MOF actually stands for Minister of Food
but price is a bit steep, usually 8-10 bucks for one dessert
but its nice so I try to afford it like once in two months
here is some of the nice pictures
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these were taken from their nice Bugis Junction outlet. I am very lazy to take out my camera with me nowadays but I think i will do so more to blog more
cos I found an easier way to upload pics fast
