Mozza @ MBS with Lynda, Diane, Huifan & Andrea

18 February 2013

I have been to Mozza a few times already but this visit was made for the sake of Lynda and Diane who have not tried Mozza before despite the rave reviews they heard.  So for our CNY meetup, instead of eating the usual traditional Chinese fare, we went there for some pizza.

Although our dinner reservation was made for 7.30pm, we were not seated immediately as the waiters were still cleaning the table.  The place was as crowded as the last time I was there.

I quickly volunteered to order the food as the 4 of them didn’t seem to know what they wanted.  I settled for 2 portions of Diavola Wings $18 each portion, Pork Meatballs Alforno $17, Benno Pizza $35, Salame Pizza $29 and Funghi Pizza $30. Grapefruit soda, Lurisia Chinto, Lurisia Gazzosa, Lemon Soda $8 each and a Raspberry Tea $6.

Gift from Diane

In my opinion, the pizza was still as good as I remembered.  But the side dishes are expensive and unnecessary.  When I return for my 4^th visit I would just go straight for the pizza and soda, and nothing else.

Verdict 4/5

Total damage for 5: $217.75

Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd

Pizzeria Mozza

10 Bayfront Avenue

Early Valentines Day with Mr Guan @ Catalunya

13 February 2013

This year Mr Guan and I decided to spend Valentine's Day earlier so here we are at Catalunya, a new spanish restaurant which overlooks the MBS for Lunch.

Outfit of the day:

Dress: ASOS

Clutch: Prada

Belt & Bracelet: Hermes

Shoes: Stuart Weitzman

Upon pushing the heavy door, you are welcomed into a circular bar counter. The place is decked with big wooden furniture and pretty decorations. I couldn’t wait to try the food. Before the food was served, I told myself that if the food was awesome that I would definitely return with Mako, Adeline, Louise, Karen and Pikling on Valentine's Day itself.

I ordered an array of tapas for the lunch as the main all seemed a little too heavy.  And instead of ordering Spanish red wine to go with the tapas, I opted for cocktails instead.  The first cocktail I had is called Singapore Sour.  Mr Guan had the Kumquat cocktail to celebrate the Chinese New Year.  The cocktails are priced at $20 and $24 which is the average price of a cocktail in most other restaurants. A must-have at Catalunya are the Marinera mussels.  The taste and portion far exceeds the pricetag of $14

Escalibada – foie gras with eel

Singapore Sour

Bikini – ham & truffle sandwich

Cod Fritters – too salty

Pasians Favourite

Calamari – squid was fresh and patty was crispy

Suckling Pig – the meat was really tender but the skin was not as crispy as those served in Chinese restaurants, and after chewing the meat was a little too gamey for my liking.

Stairway to Heaven

Total Damage for 2 - $198.91

Verdict 4/5

Catalunya

82 Collyer Quay

Singapore 049327

Xin Cuisine Chinese Restaurant @ Holiday Inn Atrium

8 February 2013

Today the office ladies and I decided to have a good lunch to start our CNY holidays.  We chose XIN CUISINE at Holiday Inn Hotel because I heard some pretty good reviews about it.  

We also learnt something new from Hwee Hong who said that the Holiday Inn used to be called “or-por-li”.  Everyone was trying hard to figure out what English word that was.  It turned out that it was actually Hokkien for “black glass”.   We were all like “-_-“”.

The hotel’s car park is really narrow so if you guys are driving a big car, so please be extremely careful.

Upon entering the lift, I did not have a good feeling as well as it pretty old.  XIN is located on level 4 of the hotel.  While I have to admit I was rather impressed with the entrance of the restaurant, I was pretty upset with the service standards.  We were informed that we couldn’t have 7 portions for each of the dimsum which was totally unacceptable to me.  But after reasoning it out with the waitress and I managed to get my way =).

I shall now let the pictures do the talking.

I am so happy that i can once again fit into my tailored shirt.

Abigail, late.

And she says she wasnt too late.

Scallop porridge

Har Gao with green onion, I simply hated it.

Char siew bao which was too sweet

Prawn chee cheong fan

Chicken feet

 Pork Ribs

Oyster Veggie

Panfried carrot cake

Custard bun

Sesame ball with liquor chocolate filling

Lime sorbet with aloe vera & Mango pudding

The overall experience for me wasn’t a pleasant one. The only thing I enjoyed was the company. In my opinion the food was only of edible standard and the poor service just made the experience worse.

This is a place that I will not visit again.

Verdict 2.5/5

Xin Cuisine Chinese Restaurant

317 Outram Road

4F Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium

Tel: 67317173Fax: 67338932