尚苑 My Dining Room Cantonese Cuisine @ Suntec City Mall

 Tried a Hong Kong-styled cuisine 6-course meal for 2 person with my hubby at My Dining room, a newly opened Cantonese restaurant located on the second level of Suntec City Mall.

The interior decorations of the restaurant is really chic and fancy!

Meal includes:

 Fish slices stewed with beer in hot stone pot

Pan-fried Japanese king scallop

Pan-fried Kurobuta Pork

Poached vegetables in Superior soup

Whole abalone with noodles

Chilled mango sago with pomelo

Overall, we loved the food here! The service are prompt, staff is friendly and attentive.

Rise & Grind Coffee Co. @ Bukit Timah Plaza

First time visit Rise & Grind Coffee Co yesterday. It is located at Bukit Timah Plaza.

The atmosphere is comfortable, it feels casual and cosy.

The menu look delectable with a decent variety of options and the prices did not look like they are going to burn a hole in our pockets. No GST and Service Charge!

We ordered:

Seafood Tom Yum Pasta (S$17)

Chilli Crab Pasta (S$16)

RGC Honey Wings (S$9)

Overall, we really enjoy our meal here. Service is good and efficient. 

Highlander @ Chijmes

Celebrated my hubby's birthday at Highlander (Chijmes).

Chijmes is an interesting concept. They converted a former church into an interesting array of bars and restaurants. Everything shielded from all traffic. The scenery is peaceful.

Highlander is located on basement level. This bar restaurant has both an air-conditioned and outdoor al fresco comfortable seating. Also, there's a live band in the evening start from 9pm to 11pm.

Here's what we ordered:

Pineapple Juice

Cranberry Juice

Highlander Sampler Platter
(Haggis, Scotch Eggs, Tatties Socines, Pork Sausages, Crispy Whitebaits, Kipper Toasties)

Rib Eye Steak (well done)

Scottish Salmon


Overall, the food is nice, good ambience, awesome live band and we had a very enjoyable night. :)

Concetto by Saveur @ The Cathay

Supposedly planned heading to 18chef having dinner on Friday but at the end we change our mind after pass by this restaurant call Concetto by Saveur.

Concetto by Saveur, an Italian dining concept that replaces the former premises of Billy Bombers. It's located next to Starbucks at The Cathay. The atmosphere here is comfortable, simple interior design and laid back feel.

The place is simply decorated with cement floor, cement seat by the wall and plain white chair.

For starter, we ordered Mushroom Soup (S$5.90).

For main course, my hubby ordered Pollo Ollo (S$16.90) a pan-seared boneless chicken; stuffed with mushroom duxelle; served with fork mashed potato, shimeiji & cognac cream sauce. The chicken was tender and juicy.

As for me, I got the Salmon (S$18.90) served with pearl cous cous, oyster and pickled shallots.

Overall the food is good, cheap and affordable. Total we spent S$55 (inclusive 10% service charge & 7% GST). Even though the portions look small but we felt stuffed and it's value for the price you pay.

Ambush @ Jem

Headed over to Ambush for dinner with my stepson and brother-in-law at Jem Shopping Centre. Reached at about 7:30pm on a Monday night and there wasn't a queue. Got served to our seat right away.

Ambush is a restaurant that serves casual European cuisines. Its located on the 4th floor of Jem Shopping Centre.

The food menu is presented in a form newspaper format with four full pages of the food.

We placed our orders and serving was within 20 minutes time.

My brother-in-law ordered Chicken Schnitzel (S$17.50), a deep fried breaded chicken breast served with creamy sauce mushroom sauce, sauerkraut & fries. According to my brother-in-law, the deep fried chicken breast was so hard to cut it off. Was quite disappointed...

My stepson had the Italian Pasta Mixed Seafood (medley of prawns, white clams & mussels) with Marinara Sauce (S$12.80) and he love it as pasta is always his favorite dishes.

For the pasta, you could choose the type of pasta you wanted - spaghetti, linguine or penne. My stepson chose linguine as spaghetti was run out of stock that night.

I got myself a Filet De Saumon En Croute De Sesame (S$17.80). The salmon was rather dry still reasonably tasty, nothing extraordinary.

Overall, not a decent dining experience. The service staff was friendly but we took a very long time to attract their attention to order the food and pay the bill.

Dolce Tokyo @ 313 Somerset

Went to Dolce Tokyo on Saturday afternoon with my stepson after watching How to Train Your Dragon 2 movie. 

The cafe is situated at level 3 of 313 Somerset shopping mall, its in between lowrys farm and uniqlo. The place was not crowded so we managed to get seats immediately.

Dolce Tokyo is a Japanese-Italian fusion restaurant. 'Dolce' means 'sweet' in Italian, and true to its name, Dolce Tokyo serves variety of Japanese Desserts!

We ordered:

Ice Matcha Latte (S$7.50)

Cookies & Cream Shakes (S$7.90)

Smoked Salmon Spaghetti (S$14)

Essential British (S$17)

(Combination of baked beans,Chorizo Sausages, Scrambled Eggs on mash potatoes drizzled with brown sauce and cheese on toast)

The presentation its quite unique, served on chopping board.

Homemade Creme Brukee & Gelato (S$10.90)

Mixed Berries Pancake with Maple Syrup (S$20)

The total bill came to about S$90.98.

Overall, the ambience of the cafe is pretty good, peace and quiet, perfect for a chill session! But price is slightly too steep.

Poulet @ Westgate

Feeling hungry when shopping at Westgate while browsing at which restaurant to dine, and saw this restaurant name Poulét so decide to give it try.

Poulét is one of the latest French casual dining in Singapore.

As usual, everywhere is long queue during dinner time.

The open concept kitchen.

The Menu

Prawn Fritters - S$7.80

Fried Prawn Fritters served with Sweet and Spicy Sauce.

Country Side Mushroom Soup - S$5.80

Braise de Canard - S$15.80

Braised Duck Leg in Sweet Wine Sauce on Baby Spinach topped with Cranberry and Glazed Shallot. The meat was tender and taste good.

Poulét Roti - S$S$15.80 for half

The restaurant signature dish. Poulét, pronounced "poo-lay", means chicken in French. The chicken is brined for a full day in a traditional recipe then placed in the rotisserie for a slow roast until the skin tans to a golden brown. They also added their homemade Mushroom Chardonnay Sauce.

Overall, Poulét is an affordable french restaurant that serves portions that are just right.

Dome Cafe @ Plaza Singapura

My hubby and I were at Plaza Singapura looking for a cosy place for simple dinner before went for our movie date on Friday night. We walked passed this restaurant call Dome Cafe where there is no long queue so we decided to dine there. We didn't get to wait long as it was less crowded and we soon ushered to our seats. It is conveniently located at level 3 Plaza Singapura new wing.

 

The Menu

We ordered:

Mushroom Soup (S$6.50)

Iced Early Grey Lychee (S$5.50)

Hot Chocolate (S$5.80)

Fish & Chip (S$16.50)

Porcini Mushroom Chicken (S$16.50)

The total bill came to about S$59.75

Overall, the food is nice. Service was prompt. Cosy ambience.