Showing posts with label Boat Quay/Clarke Quay Area. Show all posts
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Saturday, September 22, 2007

Provence


Provence

It may be called Provence, but its European breads are given a Japanese twist. Owned by qualified Japanese baker Yoshiaki Matsumoto, 36, the bakery employs seven Japanese and local bakers in its kitchen behind. It uses high-quality wheat imported from France, and every loaf is measured, mixed, kneaded and finished by hand.

The Petite Provence at Central Shopping Centre has less variety - just cream & choco wasant and petit chocolat chocolat. Just 50 cents each and you can finish a single one in 2 bites.

The Provence at Holland Village has walnut raisins, chocolate twist, koshi an pan, milk bun, light pound cake, cheese bun, cream cheese seasame, walnut cream cheese and chocol & cream wassant.

Our advice is to call ahead and reserve the buns/wassant and collect it later. Else be prepared to have them tell you “Sorry, we ran out!”.
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Monday, September 3, 2007

Ellenborough Market Cafe


Level 1, Swissotel Merchant Court Hotel
20 Merchant Road
Tel: 6337 2288
Opening Hours: 7am to 10.30am (breakfast), Noon to 2.30pm (lunch) & 6.30pm to 10.30pm (dinner)
Website:http://www.swissotel.com/singapore-merchantcourt/z963/dining_01.html

Located on level one, this cafe is reminiscent of a traditional eatery in the early days of Singapore. Enjoy a delectable selection of all-time local favourites and international cuisine. The Ellenborough Market Cafe is synonymous with Peranakan cuisine - a cuisine so unique, one can only sample it in this part of the world. Choose to dine indoors, surrounded by old-world charm, or dine al fresco-style by the riverside promenade.

Must try items at this buffet is definitely the durian pengat (a sweet concoction of durian mousse) and their slipper lobster in black bean sauce. Don’t forget to try the kueh pie tee (bite sized “top hats” filled with turnip, egg, and prawn with sweet chili sauce (optional)) which is freshly made on the spot (meaning they put the ingredients into the kueh pie tee on the spot; not cook the ingredients on the spot).

Price is:-
  1. Lunch: $26.90+++(adult) and $17.90(child)
  2. Dinner: $32.90+++(adult) and $19.90+++(child) (weekdays)
  3. Dinner: $33.90+++(adult) and $20.90+++(child) (weekends)
  4. Please click here to see the cafe’s latest promotion.
  • If you pay using UOB credit card, you get one free with every 3 paying adults (valid for buffet dinner from Monday to Thursday only) and one free with every 3 paying adults (valid for buffet breakfast and lunch from Monday to Sunday).
  • If you pay using HSBC credit card, you get 15% off food bill. Valid until 31 December 2007.
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Lotus Thai Viet

They are all outlets at food courts of this restaurant called Lotus Thai Restaurant. What I do recommend here is their good value for money pineapple rice (only S$4 for a portion) & their mango salad (S$3.50).

You can also opt for their pineapple set (for S$6) which comes with the normal portion of the pineapple fried rice, a small dish of mango salad and a bowl of tom yam soup. I find the tom yam soup (clear one) not that spicy. They do place a bowl of their chilli padi, normal cut red chillies and chilli powder outside their stalls so you can help yourself.

I’m disappointed by their olive rice though. It doesn’t really give a tasty flavor, so I would avoid it if I were you.

  • If you have the kopitiam card, you get 10% discount.
  • Add $0.20 for take-aways.
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Saturday, September 1, 2007

Riverside Indonesian Restaurant



#01-04 Riverside Point
Tel: 6535 0383/6735 7544
Website: http://www.riverside.com.sg/
Opening Hours: Noon to 3pm, 5.30pm to 11pm


For S$10 (excluding all taxes) per pax, you can have 6 dishes served with free flow of white rice. Some sample dishes are charcoal grilled snapper fish/cuttlefish/chicken (restaurant specialities), kangkong belacan, etc. For the full list of items, please click here. Please note that you can get this super value meal if you have a minimum of 4 persons or you pay the price for 4 persons even if 2 are eating.

But if you don’t like sweet stuff, ask the restaurant not to dip the food into the sweet black gravy.

They also have an outlet @ Plaza Singapura’s Kopitiam (Level 6, Stall 10) (see my other entry on this).
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House of Sundanese


This has remained one of my most favourite Indonesian restaurant. When your order has been taken, you will be given a small basket of emping (slightly bitter crackers made from Buah Melinjo) . Ask for the restaurant’s sambal belacan (a malay style chilli mixed with belacan) and dip the emping into it. But be careful, their sambal belacan is spicy!

One dish that I must have when I am there is their Ikan Gurame Goreng (literal translation is fish gurame fried). The gurame fried to perfection and is very crispy and tastes superb with the restaurant’s sambal belacan and warm rice.

Another dish that I love is their taupok goreng isi. What this dish is they take the fried taupok (bean curd skin) and stuff them with scallops, prawns and mushrooms and deep fry the taupok.

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