Monday 21 December 2015

Sum Yi Tai @ Boon Tat Street

Sum Yi Tai (Third mistress in Cantonese) situated around Boon Tat Street has 3 storeys high and each level having different dining concept. My friends make a reservation at the rooftop. Upon reaching, with the  Cantonese oldies background music and the decoration, it make you feel like you were at Hong Kong. We ordered a Hibiki Whiskey and some snacks to go along. The snacks were signature fried carrot cakes with XO sauce, fried ginger chips, salted egg prawns and sauteed Kai Lan. Overall, the ambience was great with great companion. The food and drink was pretty decent. Will try the second floor for the next visit.






Prima Tower Revolving Restaurant

One of the old and only other revolving restaurant in Singapore is Prima Tower Revolving Restaurant. It is situated just before Vivocity. Upon reaching, unless you can find a carpark, otherwise is valet parking. There are 2 lift access to the restaurant. The lift is very old has those mouldy smell. You have to climb a few more flight of stairs before reaching the restaurant so diner with old folks and young toddlers do take note. My first time there and is my mother-in-law birthday so thought of bringing her to somewhere near her house at the same time a nice restaurant serving chinese food. The movement of the restaurant is very slow and you cannot feel it and it will take around 2 hours for one round (estimated). The view was great as you can see the PSA and Sentosa Island. We ordered some dim sum which includes siew mai, har gow, carrot cake, chicken feet, xiao long bao dumplings, liu sha bao, black pepper duck meat bun, egg white with crab meat and seafood yee mee. All the food was nice except the carrot cake. The only negative was the shortage of man power and slow service. Overall, a restaurant with great view and great food. Recommended!
Reservation is strongly encouraged at weekends. 
















Shukuu Izakaya @ stanley street

An Izakaya (居酒屋) is a type of informal Japanese drinking establishment that serves food to accompany the drinks. They are casual places for after-work. There is a newly opened (less than 6 months) Izakaya at Stanley street called Shukuu Izakaya. So far, I have visited twice and both visits leave good impression either with the food or the service. It is opened by a group of young local Singaporean. Their service was excellent and attended our request with sincere. The beer cost around $5.50 which was relatively cheap. The must order food was squid ink batter squid tempura. (very special as my first time seeing tempura in black colour skin) The squid taste great as well. Another dish was the parmesan chizu chips paired with cherry tomato and honey, nice combination taste. Next, the mini negitoro don was heavenly. One of my friends not a fan of negitoro, after eating it became her favourite dish of the night. They do served good yakitori and the cold yuzu soba was worth mentioning. So far all the dishes I had was very special and taste great. The price is a bit on the high side just to take note but I felt is worth it. The owner will personally attend to customer request and give advice for the ordering of food. Will revisit again for sure. 


















Lime @ Park Royal Pickering

The festive period is here again and is time to enjoy and indulge. I went to Park Royal hotel the Pickering, Lime, for a long lunch buffet. The festive menu consist of International and Peranakan cuisine buffet. Let me bring you through what are the different stations: Cold sashimi (salmon, tuna, ika, smoked salmon, yellowtail and smoked snowfish) and sushi maki. Seafood on the rock: Oysters, poached prawns, scallops, mud crabs and mussels. As for the cooked food, they have malay and indian cuisine (satays and roti prata), chinese dim sum (steamed xiao long bao dumplings and fried char siew shu). Live and DIY station includes: lobster egg benedict and foie gras. Local delights: char kuay teow, hor fun and bee hoon. Kueh Pie Tee and Rojak DIY. There are Spaghetti as well. Roast meat section includes beef, lamb, roast duck, honey ham and turkey. There are variety of cheese and crackers and different type of salad and dressing section which I always does not fancy much. Lastly we come to the dessert section. They have plenty of dessert to choose with cakes, mousse, durian pengat, creme brulee, bread pudding, nonya kueh and many more. They also have a chocolate and orange fondue for fruits and marsh mallow lovers. With the good quality of food and some really nice live station and plenty of food variety except for seafood choice, the price of $78++ is quite decent. Recommend to visit as it has long dining hours and reservation during festive period is encouraged.