High Society @ The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands

Another dinner date with my hubby. :)

Happens to see an online deal from Groupon, an European Fusion Cuisine at High Society Cafe and Restaurant so we decided to give this restaurant a try. Friday night around 7.30 we were shown to our table in the elegant surroundings of this establishment.

High Society, a cafe / modern restaurant that is part of That CD Shop which is conveniently located at The Shoppes, Marina Bay Sands.

Classy decor with dim lights,  nice ambience, crystal chandeliers, luxe and cosy furnishings.

Assorted display of cakes

The Menu

We had Onion Soup as starter, follow by the Classic Fish & Chips and Cajun Spring Chicken as main.

Starter:

Soup of the day: Onion Soup

The Mains:

Classic Fish & Chips

Norwegian Haddock in Tempura Batter with French Fries & Tartar Sauce & Hand Made Coleslaw

Cajun Spring Chicken

Pan-Seared Half-Baby Chicken served with Bordeaux Sauce, Asparagus, Carrot Puree, rosemary tomatoes & baby potatoes

The Desserts:

Greentea Cupcake & 3 different flavor of Macaroons (Chocolate, Coconut & Coffee)

Overall, the food is average and the service is alright too. This would be a better place just to have tea and chit-chat, not for serious food.

Bliss House @ Clarke Quay

A new cozy dining place Bliss House Theme Restaurant found at The Central Clarke Quay. The restaurant serve up some innovative modern-European food in a beautiful garden setting. 

It was such a pretty place like walk through into a secret garden, filled with flowers, green carpet grass and white furniture which me & my girl friend are absolutely adore and we just couldn't stop taking photos! Here's the photo below we would like to share with all!

This is the entrance to the restaurant. Flowery theme with so many roses decoration! Sweet!

After walking through the main entrance, we were greeted by a fairy tale scene. My favorite part! *scream* A horse carriage with decorated floral all over.Very romantic and pretty place for photos!

A smoking water fountain and an absolutely charming little bridge that bring you across to a magical place.

An overview inside of the restaurant.

 Ok! Let's move on to the food!

*PS. The lighting in the restaurant is kind of dim though, so apologies the poor lighting in my photos especially the food. It was too dark to be seen without flash. 

Appetizer / Starter! 

Pan-Seared Buffalo Mozzarella Blanket 

with Prosciutto on Arugula Topped with Olive Tapenade

 

The wrapped was a bit salty and oily yet delicious!

Pan Seared U.S Diver Scallop

  Onion Confit with Caviar & Garlic Prawns on Semi Sundried Tomato Puree 

 

The prawns and scallop were all very huge! We just loved how generous the portions were.

Main Course 

Chilean Cod

Marinated with Yellow Bean Paste accompanied with Potato Gratin, Eggplant Caviar & Carrot Puree drizzled with Veal Jus top with Avruga Caviar

I ordered this cod fish and were pleasantly surprised that the fish was so soft & fresh! The fish was taste so good together with the sauce and I even finished it all! Yummy!!

Scaloppini of Kurobuta Pork

With Porcini Mushroom & Veal Jus top with Crispy Potato Wafer

The portion was pretty big and I have to share with my friend to finish the dish. haha

Dessert

Sticky Date Pudding With Butterscotch Sauce

 This dessert is actually not a pudding at all, it's look like some yummy chocolate cake... and come with vanilla ice cream with almond chip.

 Traditional Italian Style Homemade Tiramisu

Dusted with shaved Valhorna Dark Chocolate

Me & my girl friend loved this Tiramisu so much! The texture was very soft and not overly sweet. We both like the sesame biscuit, adds on to the flavour.

Our total bill came up to S$151.80 (inclusive 7% GST & Service Charge) for 2 person. The service is decent, and we certainly liked the ambiance. An excellent place for birthday celebration, wedding celebration, anniversary and etc.. 

Love the restaurant theme very much, definitely will re-visiting again! 

Authentic Italian Cuisine @ Pasta Inc

Wow! It's been awhile didn't hunting for a nice food as couldn't found a good deal and also I'm packed with a lot of personal matters. Well, recently finally got the opportunity purchase a deal S$38 per pax for a 4 course set meal deal (worth S$80) offer from StreetDeal.sg and enjoy it with my best friend last night.

The restaurant was located at Keong Saik Rd which is only 3mins walk from Outram Park MRT Station. Stepping in, the decor was classy and posh with nicely furnished and the waiters are friendly. What I like is the lighting of the restaurant which is quite easy on the eyes.

The voucher set-menu (S$38) includes:

For the starters:

BISQUE DI ARAGOSTA

Homemade Lobster bisque soup 

The soup was taste good with few small pieces of lobster meat.

 PROSCIUTTO CON MELONE

Parma ham wrapped around wedges of sweet rock melon

First time eating a parma ham wrapped in melon and I must say it was taste a little strange personally! The combination of the soft saltiness of ham and sweet rock melon melted into each other like lock and key.

For the main course (pasta):

PENNE SALSICCIA

Penne with Italian pork sausage in spicy tomato sauce

 For my friend, she choose this penne pasta with spicy tomato sauce which is not really spicy at all. The penne pasta was chewy and the sausages was tender.

FETTUCCINE CARBONARA

Fettuccine with bacon and onion in cream sauce with egg yolk

As for me, I had the fettunncine pasta with cream sauce and the sauce was creamy, rich and mouthwatering. The pasta was done just right, soft enough but still bouncy.

 

For the side course (meat/fish):

FILETTO DI SALMONE

Pan seared salmon in lemon pesto sauce

The salmon itself is truly fresh! Taste amazing with the lemon sauce.

POLLO ALLA PARMIGIANA

Pan fried breaded chicken topped with parmeson and mozzarella

The chicken is very well-done and the meat is juicy.

For the dessert:

Almond Vanilla Ice Cream & Tiramisu

Finally, came to the dessert! The tiramisu was too soft and moist but the alcohol was evident throughout the entire slice. For the vanilla ice cream, it taste refreshing with the almond chips.

Overall, the food was fantastic, the ambience was cosy and great, good for dates and gathering, and the service was helpful.

Dim Sum Buffet @ Bugis Junction

So, after months of craving for Dim Sum, plus I'm about to fly off for a week to visit my family in my hometown, my hubby & I decided that its time to go for our favourite food of ALL TIME!!! Wait for it.....DIM SUM!!!

The place at Bugis is called Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant. It's really quite easy to find. Its on the 2nd level in bugis junction itself, where all the restaurants are located. The seats are quite limit, so if you are not going there with a voucher (like we did), its going to be quite hard to find a seat/table. I recommend making reservation at least 1 day prior.

First impression, the service was rather bad! We were there for 10 minutes, waiting for our seats, and the front desk lady, a.k.a also the waitress, didn't even bother to help us find a place to sit. Instead, we had to wait till about 90% of the restaurant was emptied before we could go in. It was really odd, perhaps because of the limited space.

So, we decided to look at the menu, and wanted to order something different. That's the point of food exploration isn't it! It's to trying something that you cannot find some place else. And the Pork Ribs with Apple Juice was absolutely mouth watering! From the picture above, you notice the small cubes of apples, and it tasted absolutely marvelous!

Some of the more standard dim sum includes the pork ribs in preserved bean, which is also one of our favourites, but not the most! We'll leave the best for last. Moving on....

The Steam Siew Mai definitely tasted different from others we ate from many places we have been to! Seriously, I'm not sure what they have put into it. On the outside, it looks the same, but when you put it into your mouth, the flavours just explode!

And on our second round of orders, we decided to order this glutinous ball with wild mushroom. We have seriously never seen anything like this before. My hubby even made a funny comment that the entire thing looked like an alien egg! Lolx!!!

On the very first bite, we can't really figure out what we were eating, as it tasted rather strange. BUT....from the 2nd bite onwards, it tasted like heaven on earth! It's definitely a must try!

You must be thinking, why the hell would we order this Pan-Fried dumpling, which we can easily find at any hawker centre for $8/plate, with 20 pcs! And this is only 5!!!

But, before you jump to any conclusions, we will tell you this. The inside is not made of vege & minced pork! Rather, it was chicken! And we were totally surprised by the new take on the food!

Finally, on to our favourite dish! My favourite dish!!! I decided to order the chicken feet!!!!! I never eat dim sum without ordering one of this!! And my oh my, this chicken feet looks huge! Bigger than many other normal restaurants! And juicier as well! I had like 2-3, and my hubby had the rest!

We also decided to try the Smoked Duck, which has been marinated so that it will taste a little salty. And the slices was generous! The chef made each slice so thick, when you chew on it, you can actually feel the meat slipping in your mouth.

We ordered this Egg white with Crab Meat, but somehow it tasted quite salty, so we didn't really like it that much. Let's move on.

Looking at the signature shanghai style dumplings, they were mouth watering! My hubby was so hungry, when he took his first bite, the soup from within the dumpling splurt out! To really enjoy this delicacy, you really have to eat it with the vinegar! IT is totally amazing!!!!

For desserts, my hubby decided to order something familiar to his taste buds, and that was the longan with almond jelly!

And since I was feeling quite heaty lately, with ulcer in my mouth, I decided to try something that is cooling, which is the doubled boiled white fungus! It wasn't too sweet, and tasted just nice.

In conclusion, my hubby & I aren't designed for buffets. Therefore we didn't order too many things on the menu, but generally, I think this one was considered mission accomplished!

Using the voucher, we managed to save up to roughly $30+, and only end up paying $11.75 for the service charge and GST. If you are dining there without the voucher, you will probably need to spend about $50+ for 2 person, and depends on how much food you order. Try not order too much, as wastage of food is subjected to charges.