Empire State @ Causeway Point

Met up with my hubby for dinner yesterday at Causeway Point. As both of us have not tried Empire State, we decide it out.

 There is no queue at there, therefore we straight away got our seats.

Empire State, a restaurant that serves western cuisine. There are a lot of varieties on their menu such as spaghetti, burgers, sandwiches, pizzas, soups and desserts!

The cute menu

Here comes the drinks!

For him

Root Beer Float (S$7.90)

with vanilla ice cream

For me

Wild Berries (S$6.50)

I ordered Baked Salmon comes with smashed potato and salad. Mash potato is smooth and creamy. The salmon taste great. It was cooked just nice, and the sauce was well-balanced that enhance the overall flavor

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Baked Salmon (S$16.90)

Served with seafood sauce, mesclun salad and smashed potato

For hubby, he ordered Steak (well done) & Fries. The steak is tender. 

Steak & Fries (S$22.90)

Grilled rib eye served with brown sauce and fries

There is 10% discount for OCBC credit card holders. Total bill we paid S$57.42 after discount.

Overall, the food was not bad and price is reasonable.

Alfresco Wine and Dine @ Kuching, Sarawak

Hey everyone! I'm back once again! After taking a long break during my final exams, I decided to take a trip back to my hometown in Sarawak, both to pay my folks a visit & also to celebrate my best friend's birthday!

I booked this place before leaving from SG, in order to ensure that we will have good seats. Going there on a weekday, it is not crowded. Furthermore, the place itself is quite easy to locate. You will be able to see it's main signboard from outside the shopping centre itself. The name of the shopping centre is Hock Lee Centre.

The place itself serves more of a pub and wine place, than a place for dinner. They also provide KTV services, but that is very common in most pubs anyway. The internal design is very much like an open-concept kitchen where you can observe a great view of the chef preparing the food while you enjoy your current dish.

Above is just a quick view of what the pub area looks like.

Moving on to the actual dishes, my friends ordered the same dish, which was the chicken chop & mushroom sauce. The portion is rather huge because it consists of 3 slices of chicken, which they can't finish. But with its price of just RM15 per plate, this dish is definitely a huge bargain for foreigners or anyone with a huge appetite. The meat itself is really tender, and juicy. They also served with the mash potato as a side on the dish, and the portion is really huge for us ladies as well.

And for myself, I decided to go with the Poached Salmon and this one, I also didn't finish. The salmon itself is truly fresh! Like it was alive before they actually kill it for cooking. When it comes to seafood, the most fresh ones are those that are prepared immediately after killing. 

On a whole, we ladies definitely enjoyed a great time chilling out there for almost 3 hours. We arrived around 7.30pm and left around 10.30pm. Guessed the crowd wasn't huge because it's still early for most people looking for a drink past midnight. Generally, the place is definitely worth visiting again!

In all, 5 of us only spent a total of RM131 including drinks. There's no GST or service charge like in Singapore!

Nana's Green Tea @ PS!

Hmm, initially, my hubby & I wanted to try out the new japanese restaurant that served collagen. But shockingly, when we were there, the waiting list was so looooonnngg, the waitress told us we have to WAIT 2 Hours! With not much options available, since its Friday evening, and most places are packed with crowd, we decided to go to Nana's Green Tea instead. It's not our first time dining at this place.

The very first time we tried something at this place was back when it first opened in JCube @ Jurong East. Back then, it was just a small cafe, serving crepes, and desserts. And I absolutely fell in love with the crepes. They were opened for only a really brief period before they shifted to Plaza Singapura. And now, they have transformed their business into a casual dining environment with a change in their food menu as well. At the current moment, they are no longer serving the crepes, but when we last checked with them, they said that the crepes menu is still in their "storeroom" somewhere, and they might bring it back, but not too sure when. My guess is this, if they bring back those crepes, I think no one is going to order the main courses that much anymore! Hahaha! But that's just how I feel.

 

The new setting was really nice! Especially the design of the tables. You can notice the design on the right side of the photo where the lady is seated in the background.

Today, we decided to order something a little different, including the dessert and the side orders. And I must tell you, the side order tasted better than it looks in the photo!

This Prawn & Broccoli Salad was absolutely MOUTH-WATERING!!! I initially thought of going for something else, but my hubby suggested that we go for the salad instead, less fried food since we have been feasting quite a lot lately. And the mayo was not too over-kill, and it tasted just nice.

My hubby was hungry, like REALLY HUNGRY, so he went ahead to order the Chicken Cutlet Curry Don. It was quite main stream, but still tasted nice. The meat was chunky, thick, and generous.

 

OMG! Isn't that delicious or what!

Moving on, I ordered the Salmon & Maguro Don, which is salmon, my favourite, Tuna, and the Nori sauce. Quite frankly, I'm not sure what they put into the sauce, but it tasted amazing! I fed my hubby with all the preserved ginger (because ginger contained a chemical that helps to relieve muscle aches, and he sure looked like he needed lots of it!)

And on to the dessert portion!!! Well, its probably considered a drink, but with the matcha ice cream included, its hard to differentiate anymore! So, my hubby decided today that he wanted to go for something more sinful, but not so sinful! Haha!! WTH.

That's the matcha shiratama float, which contains matcha latte, topped with matcha ice cream and mochi! And when we finished our main course, and I started my matcha float, he already finished his drink/dessert! Haha!!!

Personally, if u ask me, I will say that the drinks are truly the main attraction at Nana's Green Tea! Green Tea contains many awesome benefits, and weight loss is one of them. Besides, Matcha green tea is one of my favourite tea!

Hopefully, they will come out with the crepes again soon! I am dying to go for the broccoli and prawn crepe! And...maybe other choices of ingredients in those crepe as well!

That's all from me! I'm signing off here.