Monday, July 30, 2007

Red Canopy

A few weekends ago I managed to coaxed hubby to try out a new place called the Red Canopy Cafe at Batu Bersurat.

When we arrived the place was deserted so we picked one of the nice cubicle which even has a curtain door for privacy. The decor was contemporary but the thing that caught my eye was the huge flat screen TV which was playing some South American and Middle Eastern video clips. But the special thing about it was, the restaurant menu and dishes kept appearing on the screen so even if you don’t want to watch the clip, looking at the nice pictures of the curry and burger on the TV were sure interesting.

As for the menu itself, it was huge and thick! They have nearly everything from western to asian to even Latin inspired selections :

After much flipping back and forth, we finally decided on :

Croquette
Chicken Cordon Bleu
The Red Canopy speciality burger

I think if you like a lot of choices when it comes to food, this is the place as we got quite a headache figuring out which to order!

 

We thought that the food was alright, the prices reasonable and the ambience cosy. Except perhaps the TV volume could be lower.

There was a guy who came in earlier than us and had a plate of succulent looking steak. We’d definitely try one of their steaks next time!

Posted by Jewelle Tan at 08:05:10 | Permalink | Comments (2)

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Singapore : Lau Pa Sat

Built in 1894, Lau Pa Sat is the largest remaining Victorian filigree cast-iron structure in Southeast Asia. Located in the heart of Singapore’s business district, the former wet market has been restored and is now a favourite food centre of the locals, offering a wide and affordable variety of local food.

This place was a mere 20-25 mins walk from M Hotel and with the nice sidewalk with ramps, it was not a problem for the stroller.
 
 
It’s an open air food court but the architecture of the whole place was really beautiful. They seems to have all kinds of food, from Japanese to western to pastries, which kind of annoyed me a little bit because I cannot make up my mind. That is until I saw …
 

The watercress soup from this place was my first herbal dish in Singapore and I began to look for herbal dishes in all the food courts that we went throughout the whole trip. I absolutely love herbal dishes and I am so happy this kind of dish was widely available in Singapore.
 
At night, a short stretch of road was closed up and the hawkers set up tables. I heard the satay here are good but we didn’t get to try it. 
 
Posted by Jewelle Tan at 12:43:38 | Permalink | No Comments »