Food for thought

This post is at least 3 months post dated. :) But fret not because pictures shall do the talking.
Was out with the girls for a small short gathering. Chose this place because some filming took place here and i super like the show.

Food for thought. Located right opposite the new dblo. Who would have known its also a hidden gem?

Menu was slighly skimpy though.

Fast Food Style? So that dont have to clean the tables?


Tables look simple but good enough. A pity cos no back rest. The whole colour theme of the restaurant was well integrated and matching.

The pasta section was ok ok.... I ordered Garlic Prawns with Corriander Linguine.

Min ordered the Prawn and Calamari Risotto

Ok, this is jus about the girls

SOrry hui, this is not edited.

Ok, this will agar tell you how long ago this gathering was.

But the main focus is the menu k....

Had English Breakfast.

Here comes my pasta.

The pasta was al dente, topped with corriander rather than cooked with it. Hardly tasted any corriander. Garlic strong was well balanced with the olive oil fragrance.

Prawns were big and crunchy.

This is hui's half breakfast. Eggs were runny and slightly on the buttery side. Bacon was crispy and had all the oil off from it. I like it but its not her type of bacon.

Mel had this wonderful thing. Pancake with gula melaka, topped with chocolate chips and whipped cream. The gula melaka melted and soaked the pancakes sweet while the choco chips provided the aromatic cocoa fragrance and the cream adding another layer of texture. Yummy.

Min's Risotto. Was ok, not too thick nor runny. Ingredients were generous.

Potato gratin for hui was yummy, serving was a bit too big for her to finish. topped with cheese that filled to the brim and the creamy potato. A recommendation to share if not it'll be slightly too thick to finish.

The only concern i had was the amount of oil left over from my pasta. Towards the last few mouths oil starting coating my mouth. Didnt like the feeling.

Auntie note: Tea can be refilled with hot water over and over again. Good choice if you are not after their fatty milk shakes.

8 Queen Street

T: +65 6338 9887

F: +65 6338 1080

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Opening Hours: Mon - Sat 9am - 10pm(Last orders from kitchen 8.50pm)Sun 9am - 9pm(Last orders from kitchen 7.30pm)

TCC!

The new love, whats more? It opens till late. Friday night chill out location.


The all time favourite. Baked rice with lobster bisque. The rice is not wet and mushy but moist soaked with the lobster bisque. The cheese manage to blend well with the special sauce and give a fine chewy texture. The seafood taste was overwhelming and is suitable for those who like seafood. Plus the 2 huge clams was succulent but would make you ask for more.
The garnishing however was bitter. Anyone knows the name for the vege?




The menu manage to carefully describe the dish so perfectly. But I felt the dish fell short of my expectations. Pasta did not soak up the sauce which was too runny had little texture. It was tomato sauce with water. Not much taste. Jus some garlic to lift the taste. The soft shell crab was normal but turned soggy very quickly.

Some parts of the crab was slightly burnt. :(

Pan fried dory with penne. This was better. Dory was fried crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Additional bread crumbs on the outside for the extra crunchy feel. I didnt like penne because it was not the traditional noodles shape and size but each time i tried penne it was a surprise.

Hawaiian like seafood baked pasta was well done as well. Slightly on the wet juicy side, the fail proof combo or ham, pineapple and cheese placed on pasta couldn't be better. Plus the bonus prawns and mushrooms, texture was further enhanced.

Last but not least, the legendary mudpie is yums. For a non coffee lover like me, the slight coffee taste was an enhancer for the chocolately mudpie, the base was rather hard but chewy enough to let another layer of mudpie get stirred up in the mouth. Plus the generous oreo shavings, was more than sinful. A very wise advise, please do not attempt to swallow this alone. You wont want to end up with a sore throat the next day.

Aunty note: Free membership, please do apply

I received a call from TCC Tamp 1 outlet informing that i am the top 10 spenders for the month and is lucky to receive 2 cathay movie tickets. I'm LOVING it.

Miss Ong's bday at orchard area

To celebrate Miss Yu fan's Bday, we had a small lunch at Somerset 313!



They are having a set lunch promotion now. Prices are over here. Each set is inclusive of a ceasar salad and coffee or tea.

The interior was fine. Woody woody de country homely style.

They served us complimentary food. Bread with some tomato dips. Was normal.

First up we had mushroom soup. A tad too salty. Mushroom bits were visible and it was fresh and creamy yet not too thick. The yellow trail is actually olive oil. Effort put in.

Ceasar salad was ok, fresh greens, crunchy and moist. Dressing was not too thick. But a pity that too much cheese was added. Slightly on the salty side.

The best we had for the meal was calamari. The calamari was similar to fish and co's. Well marinated with flavourful batter. Coated evenly and fried till crispy. Effort seen from the greens added to the calamari even though it had totally no business to be there.

I had tea definitely. Aromatic.

Another good dish, the garlic bread. Looks hard and burnt. But tasted great and soft! The herbs added blended well with the garlic. The butter was fragrant and well roasted till flowy.

We had this weird curry puff looking thing. It is another version of a pizza. The crust tasted like normal crust of a normal pizza.

Cut it open and loads of surprises.

Ham, Mushroom, Cheese and some chicken bits.

New and fresh way of eating but not much taste. like can taste the flavours of the individual ingredients seperately.

Miss Loong had Allo scoglio. Which is actually seafood spag with cherry tomato sauce. BUT! why only got sotong? Plus, do you see tomato sauce? We clarified with the staff and they confirmed with the kitchen that we had the right order.

The spag was al dente, the herbs was a good match to the seafood. Something puzzling is that the pasta is spicy. No mention of it being spicy on the menu at all.

Mine was the Maiale Linguine.

Pork chop was hard like rubber. Very difficult to cut.

Tomato sauce was salty and nothing delicious.

The meal was ok, nothing much to wow over.

Service was quite slow as it wasn't even half filled on a weekday afternoon. We had to ask for our plain water 3 times before it came. But staff was friendly and served us smiling.

Auntie note: If you want to try the food here can come during lunch time for their promotion. Other than that not worth your penny.

313 Orchard Road #01-16/17/18 http://www.hungrygowhere.com/search_results.php?f_name=313 Singapore

We proceeded to ION after that for some shopping and finally Ice cream!

Gusttimo at ION.

Rather expensive for an ice cream cafe. 3 flavours in a cup ranges from $6.60 to $7.20 depending on whether you order their premium or seasonal flavours.

We had on the left:

Vanilla cake: Sweet tasting vanilla with a tinge of alcohol after taste.

Tiramisu: coffee taste a bit strong to my liking.

Strawberry milk: tasted like strawberry milk. Smooth and silky with strawberry aroma floating through your nose.

Flavours on the right:

Dark chocolate: Very bitter

Green tea and red bean: Nice combi. Green tea was concentrated and brought out by the red bean's husky taste. They even added some choco chips in it

Panna cotta with macademia: Panna cotta perfect. Sweet and milky but i don like nuts inside my ice cream!!!!!

Yummy loves after a long walk.....

And lastly, the 3 of us.

Auntie note: We were happily chatting over ice cream when a drop of water fell from the air con and landed in our ice cream. I went to the counter to feed back and they gave me a new cup. (the manager wasn't very happy though)

Gusttimo di Roma ION Orchard

2 Orchard Road #01-17 ION Orchard

With a pinch of salt

I heard from some of the customers saying that this is the place where they shot the current 7pm show "my hand in yours". The pastry shop of the daughter. (YES! I saw it on tv today!) Many negative comments that i read from some of the famous forums and sites. So i decided to be the judge myself.
Interior looks good. With baby blue walls and some real sweet pictures hanging.

And the test began when we had no seats, there was no one greeting us at the door after 2minutes, we sat on the outside and no one gave us the menu after 5 minutes. I was cool with it, i took the menu myself and shifted to the inside seats upon seeing people leaving. Not long before we made up our minds and decided what to order. I manage to get the attention of the waitress only after 10 attempts. It was obvious they were understaffed. 2 waitress for a full house. The lady boss, open your eyes please. The waitresses are so busy they forgot that they told me to hold on and simply went to attend to other customers. Food ordering made me lose my patience already. But it was redeemed when we had a game of Uno.

Simply add on $3.50 to upgrade your main to a meal. Its inclusive of Either a soup or salad, plus desert for the day. We all had it. Salad was normal, fresh greens with thousand island. Nothing should go wrong.

Soup was okay, just normal. Not too thick not too watery. But we can't really tell what was the soup.

Prices of mains ranges from 9.90 to approx 14.90 for the expensive ones.

My main: Sissy Crab Linguinie.

It was bad. Pasta was tough, sauce was like tomato sauce and crab wasn't crispy at all. I like soft shell crabs but definitely not this.

Mr Lee's main: Aglio Olio.

Same thing, Pasta too hard. Not much ingredients. Nothing special...



Had other mains like baked rice which was slighly better and carbonara which was yucky as well. But the reason i chose this place to dine in was definitely the desert. My favourite creme caramel.
Soft yet tender. Creamy yet smooth. Tinge of sweetness lingers in your mouth even after you swallow. The burnt caramel was fragrant and melted right in my mouth. Slightly cold to intrigue your senses. It was perfect.

Auntie note: Free parking at the back of the restaurant.

Do upgrade your meal for the desert as it is super worth it.

Water is served in a jug for you to refil it on your own so don't need to feel paiseh unless you can finish up the whole jug!

With A Pinch Of Salt

297 Tanjong Katong Road
Tel: +65 6348 2297
Opening hours
Daily11am – 11pm