Pizza Bar @ Chip Bee Garden

30 January 2013

Chip Bee Garden has always been a very favorite part of Holland that I really love.  It is located opposite the over-rated Holland Village and has an entrance that is directly linked to the Holland Village MRT entrance. The whole stretch of Chip Bee is filled with eateries offering different cuisines.  You can find vegetarian, Thai, French, Western, Italian and Japanese all at Chip Bee Garden.  And Pizza Bar by the Dao Paolo group just tops my list in Chip Bee Garden.

So for the meet-up session with Abigail and Sock Leng, I purposely dragged them all the way to Chip Bee Garden for  a good and peaceful night.

Menu for the night:

Meatballs in tomato sauce $12

Berry Merry salad $20

Chicken Lasagna $21

Americana which is their version of the Hawaiian pizza $23

Lemon tart $12

Tiramisu $13

A bottle of Syrah Aquilae Bottle $75

Photo taken from google map.

Abigail & I

I know you guys are probably expecting more pictures.  But I was so exhausted last night that I stopped picking up my camera as soon as the lasagna was served.  All I wanted after that was food and quality gossip time with my girlies.

Total damage for 3 - $207.15

Pizza Bar

Holland Village

44 Jalan Merah Saga #01-46

Singapore 278116

www.dapaolo.com.sg

Majestic Bay & IndoChine @ Gardens By The Bay

29 January 2013

Having won the $100 from the SPH write up, I decided to use the prize money for another meal with the ladies. I picked another dim sum place called the “Majestic Bay Restaurant”, located at Gardens by the Bay.

It only took about 15 mins by car to get there from our office, followed by a good 7-minutes walk from the car park to the restaurant which is located beside the entrance of the flower dome.

Initially we wanted to order the ala carte dim sum but we were told that each basket has only 4 servings and there was no option to top up for a 5^th serving.  As there were 5 of us and since I was not in the mood to argue, I chose the set menu which consists of 5 dim sum, a vegetable in superior broth, the soup of the day, a lobster noodle and dessert.

To our surprise, the siew mai and har gao actually arrived with 5 pieces per basket.  It made us wonder why the waitress wasn’t able to accommodate our earlier top up request.  Nonetheless we began eating heartily but to our disappointment the taste of the food does not warrant a second visit. We left the place after leaving some feedback with the waitress.

在新加坡最好的就是节日多，刚送走了圣诞节，华人新年就要到了。家家户户已挂上了新年的装饰

Total Damage for 5 Pax: $164.80

Verdict 2/5

Majestic Bay

18 Marina Gardens Drive #01-10

Tel: 6604 6604

 

As it was still early we proceeded to Indochine which is located on the SuperTree for drinks. The cover charge for the afternoon is $10 for a glass of coffee, tea, mango/pineapple juice or fruit punch OR $18 for a glass of wine or draft beer.  If you are there for food as well, the cover charge is waived.

While we were enjoying the breeze and the lazy afternoon, my phone rang with an unfamiliar number.  Unexpectedly, it was the manager of Majestic Bay calling to ask about our visit. He sounded really apologetic and said that I should call and ask for him if I were to go back again.  He promised that everything will be up to standard.  He seemed so sincere that I couldn’t bear to tell him that today would be my first and last visit.

Coffee with a million dollar view

It felt like a teh – tarik cup

Coming back to IndoChine.  Personally the coffee and the canned juices are not worth the $10 cover charge.  But if you factor in the peaceful scenery, coupled with the nice and relaxing breeze $10 seems like a small price to pay to end the lunch on such a sweet note.

Verdict 4/5

SuperTree by IndoChine

18 Marina Gardens Drive

Gardens By The Bay

#03-01

Tel: 66948489

www.IndoChine-Group.com

Benjamin Browns @ Forum The Shopping Mall

29 January 2013

About 2 weeks ago Liteng and I popped over to Forum The Shopping Mall to look for Pearly for lunch at this relatively new café called Benjamin Browns (BB).

BB used to be a shoe boutique but the bosses decided to transform it into an F&B outlet. While we were there we bumped into Ivy, an old friend of Pearly’s.

Fries with hollandaise dip and truffles mayonnaise

Royal Breakfast

Aglio Olio

French toast

Cream brulee

Coffee

Verdict 2.5/5 but because Pearly paid for the lunch so i brought the verdict up to 4/5!

Benjamin Browns Bistro & Bakery

Forum The Shopping Mall