Sunday, April 06, 2008

Singapore : Food Court Outside Allson Hotel In Bugis

One of the thing that we like about Singapore (as tourist) is getting basic stuffs and food is not a problem at all.

As you know, we went to Singapore a few weeks ago. On the first night after we arrived and as soon as we checked into our room, my husband went for a walk to find the nearest 7-11 convenience shop.

At 10 p.m.

In less than 30 mins, he came back with some magazines and packets of food.

In 30 mins!

Apparently, our hotel was connected to another hotel called Allson Hotel on Victoria Street via the second floor and outside this other hotel was a 7-11 store on one side and a food court on the other side.

Because this food court was so close by, we regularly bought food from here for tea time snacks and the one Indian food stall there served dishes that suits my taste bud - even Eu loved their Garlic Naan bread (even though she hates garlic). My husband also bought me Bak Kut Teh from one of the stall here but it was terrible - all I could taste was white pepper.

This place seemed to be packed every night and I like the Four Faced Buddha altar that is in front of the food court - which on this trip we saw two.

The only time when we actually went there to eat was on Easter Sunday after Church. The place was empty and some of the stalls were closed as this is a 24 hours joint and I supposed, those are the night time operators.

The stall that we picked specialises in "Specialty Noodle" which my husband ordered. But we didn't see what was so special about it except that it came with huge fish balls. I ordered the "Laksa" and I thought it was good but my husband thought the coconut milk overpowered the rest of the taste.


This place also have dim sum stall and one stall looks like it serves the full range of a typical Chinese restaurant. I don't know if I overlooked it, but I didn't see any stall that sell chicken rice or herbal soup here.

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Saturday, March 29, 2008

Singapore : Bugis Village Hawker Food

Because we made it a point to return to our hotel in the late afternoon to let the kids rest, we usually have our dinners around the surrounding Bugis area.

One of the evening, we walked along Queen Street towards Bugis Village and saw a few open air food courts. But the one we chose to dine at was at the side of the largest street shopping in Singapore, Bugis Street.

Outside this building was another Four Faced Buddha Altar (which interest me) and a Mitsubishi Evo IX (which interest my husband).


Interesting sights for me and him at Bugis

As for the foodcourt, I was surprised that it was pleasant and cool inside despite it being open air. It was also good as it was not too busy and if there is one thing that I dislike about Singaporean food court is that, you have to wait in front of the stall for your food to be cooked.

And only once was I told to take-a-seat-first-and-I'll-send-the-food by the hawker.


I had my only Singaporean chicken rice here and also something which I am very fond of lately - chinese dumpling! The stall where I got mine sell theirs at $4 for 10 pcs. I didn't really fancy the sourish mango sauce but the dumplings were delicious enough and panfried just the way I like it.

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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Singapore : Japanese Food at Yoshinoya

Because we knew that we'd have a problem getting food for Qi in a Japanese eatery, we ended up with only ONE Japanese treat throughout our whole trip.

And it was not even one of those proper Japanese restaurant with sushi train but rather a fast food corner at Plaza Singapura called Yoshinoya. I read that this is a big chain which originated from Japan and has 13 outlets in Singapore alone!

Their recommended dish is their beef bowl selection but my husband ordered their Chicken Teriyaki and Salmon and I (having discovered the one Japanese food I do enjoy) had their plate of Gyoza.

The teriyaki looked good enough and the kids sure enjoyed it.

I was happy with my Gyoza too although I would prefer them to be fried a little longer. The ginger sauce was a bit too exotic for me though.

However, they are good for snacks and at the time when we were there, past 9pm, it was still busy with patrons.

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Singapore : Royal @ Queens Room Service

I guess we are not a family of adventurous diners because after 6 days of Singapore food courts and restaurants, Eu's remark when she saw our simple home-cooked dinner the first night after we came home summed up our feelings.

"What lovely food!"

It's not that we didn't enjoy eating out.

In fact, I had looked forward to checking out our hotel's in-house dining and on one rainy evening, I very gladly rang Room Service for their "Lamb Chop" and "Fish Congee".

The porridge was nothing much to look at and the lamb chop was not that much better. As you can probably tell from the picture, it was dry.

I guess with many nearby eateries (2 food courts less than 200m away), room service is not one of their strong point.

But Royal @ Queens was good in all other ways though.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Singapore : Tony Roma Again

When my husband was in Singapore a few weeks ago, I was not surprised when he and his gang went to Tony Roma's.


For some reason, this place is becoming one of the must go eatery whenever he is in Singapore - although after our last trip there, I think I've had enough of it to last me several more years.

This time they went to the Orchard Road branch.


From the pictures that he took, the beef steak did look very succulent. During the days when I could still eat beef, I prefer mine medium rare too.

I thought the sound of mushroom burger was not so appetizing, but it actually looked quite interesting in the picture. And the chicken dish just looked like any other chicken dish.

Of course, being all guys, bottles of beers made an appearance.

But I am still not convinced enough to make my way to this place in our future (and unknown) visits to Singapore. Besides, there is another place called the Hog's Breath (weird name, I know) which I am more keen to check out.

I found a review of the Hog's Breath Cafe in Australia by Kokadoodle and although he said that the Singapore's branch supposedly did not have quite the same standard - who knows maybe my standard is lower?

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Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Singapore : Ichiban

Of course, hubby will not miss going for a Japanese food when he was over at Singapore last week. But since he was only there for one day, he only managed to check out the Ichiban Sushi.

Here, hubby thinks he has found the origin of our Brunei Excapade.

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Friday, May 25, 2007

Singapore : Barnacles Sentosa

During out trip to Sentosa Island during our Singapore trip a week ago, we dropped by the Rasa Sentosa Resort for lunch since we just finished touring the Underwater World and it was on the next block.

Silly us, we didn't know that the restaurant was at the beach front and so we struggled uphill towards the main entrance of the resort (which was 5 floors up!)

Hubby spotted a Mini parked at the front and being car-crazy, insisted that I snap it up (luckily it wasn't a Ferrari or he'd be drooling all over it already!). FYI, the Mini is sold for $100K-$140K in Singapore (I know, for that TINY car?! I often wondered myself). In Brunei, we don't get it new but my walking-car-encyclopedia said that we get second hands from Singapore and is sold on the market here for around $40K. Still so (ridiculously) expensive, even for Brunei car market standard!

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Saturday, May 19, 2007

Singapore : Raku Ninja

We came across Raku Ninja Restaurant as we were walking along the Singapore CityLink. I was glad to find it because it was past noon and I didn't pack Qi's lunch so we were desperate for a place that serves food for her.

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Thursday, May 17, 2007

Singapore : Chinatown Food Street

The last time we went to Singapore, hubby dragged us over to the Smith Street a.k.a Chinatown Food Street for dinner. Although I liked how the buildings around this area looked like, all restored and beautified, the food street itself did not impressed me.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Singapore : Furama Room Service

One thing about travelling with kids is that eating is no longer a case of whatever and whenever.

Meal time is fixed and the menu can't be too adventurous (Eu complains on the slightest taste of pepper!). And trying to eat at restaurants with two toddlers can be a test of patience with one kid fond of climbing out of her high chair (Qi) and one kid fond of playing drums with the chopsticks/singing with gusto/exaggerated chatting (Eu).

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