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.

Paradise Dynasty (乐天皇朝) @ Westgate

Had my dinner with my hubby few weeks ago at Westgate Paradise Dynasty restaurant. Our first attempt dining at Paradise Dynasty. Nicely decorated, oriented setting and cutlery.

Paradise Dynasty is a casual dining restaurant offering both northern and southern Chinese Cuisine. The restaurant is known for its colorful Xiao Long Bao with different flavors.

The menu offering to me is very similar to Din Tai Fung except for the Flavored Xiao Long Bao.

 Mixed Dumpling (皇朝小笼包) (8 pcs) - S$13.80

The colorful xiao long bao is very creative and definitely a must try! You have to eat this in order: original (pork), ginseng, foie gras, black truffles, crab roe, cheese, garlic and Szechuan. We only go for the original flavor, the other flavors are just weird! Ding Tai Fung better in my opinion.

Chilled Assorted Eggs Loaf (三色玛瑙蛋) - S$6.00

Wok-fried Rice with Shrimp (雪菜虾仁炒饭) - S$10.80

Fried Rice in Shanghai Style (上海炒饭)- S$10.80

Sweet and Sour Fish with Mixed Fruit (鲜果糖醋鱼片) - S$14.00

Sauteed Spinach with Minced Garlic (蒜耳清炒菠菜 ) - S$10.80 

Chilled Mango Pudding - S$4.50

Chilled Aloe Vera and Onmanthus Jelly in Honey Lemon Juice - S$3.50

Our total bill came up to S$100.05 for two person for a meal of 9 dishes and tea. Staffs were well-trained, services was friendly and prompt.

Generally, all the dishes are not too bad. I think it depends on your taste bud then.

Bon Apetite!

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.

Jack's Place @ Jem

Happy Chap Goh Meh & Happy Valentine's Day!

It was Valentine's Day, so my hubby & I decided to go somewhere nearby to celebrate. So we landed in Jack's Place @ Jem. The restaurant is located at level 4 of Jem.

Jack's Place is known for their steaks. One of the oldest brand of family steak house in Singapore.

As it's a Valentine's Day and Friday, most of the restaurant are full with long queue. We queued for like 1 hour before we seated. The place was very crowded with limited seat place.

Both of us ordered soup as a starter.

My hubby ordered Lobster Bisque. Generous portion of lobster meat given. Delicious!

For me, I had Tomatoes Gazpacho Caliente Soup which comes along from the Valentine's Set.

For the main course, my hubby ordered Steak & Chicken Combo. My hubby is a steak lover and therefore always ordered beef whenever we dined at western restaurant.

The steak & chicken combo arrived on a sizzling hotplate along side with cauliflower, baked potato and sambal sauce.

Frankly speaking, the steak & chicken was very thin and furthermore with sambal sauce?! Weird!

For me, I ordered the Valentine's Set Pan-roasted Game Hen "Osso Buco" with Grilled Sea Prawn, Onion Smashed Potatoes & Spring Garden Green Peas & Carrots. The Valentine's Set comes along with Garlic Bread, Mango, Peach & Tomatoes Gazpacho Caliente Soup, Complimentary Sweet Treat for the Ladies and Coffee/Tea.

Look's how huge portion is the chicken! Well, I definitely couldn't finish all of it so my hubby finished the chicken breast and I took the drumstick and chicken wing. hehe.. :)

Overall, I find the foods here are average price and quality. Service are rather slow too. The environment is just normal. Would not revisit this place because of their food quality and the cramped space inside.

The meals cost S$90++ for two people. I rather pay more and go elsewhere to eat!

LEE's Taiwanese @ JEM

Initially I wanted to try out Miam Miam at Westgate the new shopping mall opening at Jurong East since I'm gotta watch movie together with my hubby at Jcube. However, most of the restaurant at Westgate are still under renovation. So, at the end we decided to go to LEE's Taiwanese at JEM.

The restaurant was designed with the traditional lanterns hanging on it ceilings.

The menu is quite limited.

 My hubby ordered the Premium Set Meal (S$17.90) and I got a Deluxe Set Meal (S$15.90). Both set comprised of 1 main, 1 side dish and a drink.

Baby Bak Choy (烫青菜) with minced meat on top

Salt & Pepper Chicken (盐酥鸡) 

Tasty and crunchy! Highly recommend side dish!

Pork Chop Rice (炸鸡排饭)

 For my hubby, he had this pork chop rice which is similar to Shihlin's XXL Crispy Chicken.

Braised Minced Pork Rice (卤肉饭)

Simple and yet delicious dish! Love the pickled cucumber!

Total bill for the night S$40.95.