Canton Paradise @ StarVista

All day dim-sum menu
Even though we were sitting somewhere in the middle of the restaurant, away from the entrance, we were feeling quite hot in the middle of the meal.
The serving of the food was very fast, such that we were unable to match with our speed of eating, making some steam dishes very cold in the end.

 Wonton soup was so-so

 Porridge ok

 By the time i tried this, was way too cold.

 Char siew bun was good

 Egg tarts were yummy

Newly open Dian Xiao Er @ J8

Good points

• Very friendly staff;
• Aircon was just nice unlike previous tenant;
• Yummy chilli

Improvements:

• Rice with soup was served a good 8 mins before any dish was ready. By the time the first dish arrived, both rice and soup were cold. At least the waitress was alert and changed the soup for us.

• Our dining table was unbalance and shaking when we had dinner. We informed the staff but no action was taken. Given that it is new, we are quite disappointed

 

Points to note:

• Water is chargeable
• Wet tissue is chargeable
• Tea is $2.20 per pax
• Peanuts is $2.00 per plate
• All subject to 10% service charge and 7% GST. Equivalent to additional 17.7%.

Dining in Singapore no longer has free supply of water and wet tissue. Inflation!!!!

Duck salad from Beng Thin

A truly unique appetizer with rock melon, honeydew, cucumber, peanuts, honey...

 

Grub @ Bishan Park

A very cozy eating place right in the middle of the lovely Bishan park.
Bishan Park is very well maintained and spans across quite a big area from Bishan Road (which is one street from CTE AMK 1 exit to Upper Thomson Road.
Grub is situated on the park which is nearer to upper thomson side.

Verdict: Food is average, not especially delicious. Had better waffle before. Come for the different feel of the environment.
No queue if you are willing to sit non-aircon alfresco dining. Come early if you want indoor seating.

Cafe O at IMM

Seating capacity was not full on a weekday lunch time although queue was considered long with about 6 persons in front.
Airconditioning in the dining area was pretty strong.
The price for a set is quite standard, $4.80. If I recalled correctly, it is $4.80 per plate. Coffee/tea is $1.80 I think. Overall, I like the chilli best. The cucumber slices were thick. The ikan kuning meat was very hard. I would prefer the nasi lemak selling at Red Ginger located in the same mall.

Set with otah

Set with fish

Coffee

Dining

Beng Thin Hoon Kee Restaurant - hokkien cuisine

The family has been eating at this restaurant since many years ago.
In the early 1970s, it even had catering to home.
Anyway, we are frequent visitors to the OCBC branch until a few years back they opened another outlet at Toa Payoh. It is more convenient for us at TP and lesser crowd. We did notice that for the same dish, TP portion is much lesser. However, the TP branch had since cease operation in 2013. So now we are back at OCBC carpark.
Do call in advance to make reservation on weekend as it is usually quite packed.
If you don't mind eating early, between 6-6:30pm you can get prompt service.

Our fave dish, we always ordered a medium size for 3 pax

Roast chicken

Garlic fry kailan

Another classic hokkien dish - braised pork in steamed bun

How it should be eaten

Lunch @ Changi Airport Swensen

The menu here is slightly different from the other outlets.
They have a few more varieties of local delights catering to tourists.

Very expensive Chicken Rice compared to what you can get from coffeeshop

Claypot laska also another expensive dish