Tim Ho Wan @ Plaza Singapura

Finally I tried Tim Ho Wan at Plaza Singapura a few weeks ago. After hearing about the long queues and the craze during weekend, I am in fact a bit worried. I try to reach there around 11 and there were only a few people in front of me. But within 15 mins, the queues stretched to the second row. So, please try to be early during peak hours. I ordered the 4 heavenly King (Crispy Char siew bun, carrot cake, sponge cake and chu chang fen), glutinous rice wrapped with lotus leaf, Har gow, siew mai, beancurd skin roll, fried spring roll with crab egg white and osmanthus jelly for dessert. Overall, I loved the char siew bun, my favourite, chu chang fen was pretty good. Surprisingly, the sponge cake was not bad and the rest of the items were decent. Probably I will visit again at other outlets where there are less queues if I craved for dim sum. 

http://www.timhowan.com/

JJ Thai @ Sembawang Shopping Centre

Another Thai restaurant at the north side, JJ Thai. It is located opposite sembawang shopping centre, just beside the famous bai mi fen. I had been there for 3 times and each time, I tried different dishes. A must order is the steamed fish with lemon sauce, prawn cake and tom yum soup. During weekend, it has started to attract crowd so try to be early to avoid long queues. Overall, the dishes taste great and nice. The spicyness of the food also quite acceptable for me. Another nice place for Thai food. Recommended!

https://www.facebook.com/JJThaiCuisine?rf=888240291193803

Anti:Dote @ Fairmont Hotel

This post will be an relaxing afternoon tea at Anti:dote at Fairmont hotel. The seating was from 3 to 5 pm. It had 2 choices of afternoon tea set: The anti:dote tea and oriental tea. The anti:dote tea come with a black truffle scrambled eggs and the latter come with a mixed steamed and fried Hong Kong dim sum. We had one type each so we can enjoy both. The tea was from TWG and there were around 10 to choose from. Here come the black truffle scrambled egg with 2 bread sticks. The truffle taste was just nice and we finish it with seconds. Next, the dim sum were carrot cake, siew mai and seafood roll. I personally prefer the Hong Kong dim sum than truffle egg. The main highlight was the high tea drawer set. I am sure all high tea lover will be thrilled by the design and the presentation. The first drawer consists of smoked salmon and ikura roe sandwich, boston lobster roll, iberico ham quiche, confit duck rillette and chicken tikka. On top of the drawer, my favourite lychee macaron, cheese cake, chocolate pralines, chocolate coated strawberry and some other pastries. There were scones in the second drawer and butter cookies for takeaway in the third drawer. Overall, it has a nice ambience and the food is good. Recommend!

http://www.fairmont.com/singapore/dining/antidote/

 

Seasonal Taste @ The Westin Singapore

Another colleague farewell dinner. I decided to try the buffet at Seasonal Tastes at Westin Singapore. It take us some time to locate the hotel as it was our first time there. There were some construction going on around the area. It was at level 32. The view was stunning and the seat was very comfortable. The buffet spread consists of many variety and the walk way was spacious for the diners. The staff were attentive and polite. Let go straight to the food. The seafood spread were lobster, poached prawns, mussels, scallops and oysters. The lobster and oyster were fresh and sweet. There were many different type of hams and salami. There were DIY salad station which you can make your own salad. Another DIY station was Korean bibimbap. Some of the starters were quite interesting. The live station was laksa and it was good. There were sashimi: salmon, tuna and octopus. Some highlight of cooked food were: roast beef, pork ribs and roast sea bass. The whole sea bass were placed there and you can choose your favourite parts. Lastly, the dessert spread was able to satisfy your palette. I will definitely go back again as the buffet spead was nice and ambience was great. Wish her all the best. 

http://www.thewestinsingapore.com/en/seasonaltastes