High Tea Dim Sum at Cassia Capella Sentosa

High Tea Dim Sum at Cassia Capella Sentosa

It had been a long time since I am free on a Saturday for high tea.We decided to try out Cassia at Capella high tea, we made our reservation when we were on our way there haha. The last time I am here with Ashley for lunch was great so I decided to come back and try their high tea which is from 3-5pm.

Photo at Capella Lobby...my outfit of the day..

Taking a shot at this beautiful decorated restaurant.

We were given 2 choices of the menu...western or Chinese style. We chose the Chinese style. The High Tea is charge at $39.90++ per pax.

The dim sum was serve in 3 tier "take-away" basket..

First tier...Deep fried Vietnamese rice roll, Deep fried Bean-curd roll with goose liver, Baked Black Pepper Beef pastry.

2nd tier....Steamed Lobster Dumpling with gold flake!! , Steamed Crystal Dumpling with vegetables and lily bulb, steamed vegetables dumpling with black fungus and mushroom.

Last tier, Mini abalone on the Siew Mai....the abalone was yum, Kurobuta Pork with Truffle Char Siew Bao, Pan fried Traditional Pork Bun.

3 piece dessert...the green liquid is cream of avocado..very refreshing, Salted Egg Custard Bun and Baked Custard Pastry.

The dim sum was very dedicate thou only one pieces each but at the end of the course I was full. My partner think otherwise. That's why guy do not appreciate high tea haha ...food is too little for them. 

I will definitely return to the place again for the dim sum high tea...love the food...love the ambience..note: if you are driving do ask for complimentary car park coupon. The car park charges at Capella is $8 for the first 2 hours. 

Total Damage : $ 95 + $10 (entrance to Sentosa)

Ended the day with photo-shoot at Hort Park.... 

Paris Travel Blog by Maggie

Paris by Maggie

It had been quite sometime since I last travel with Ashley. the last trip is 4 yrs ago at London and Netherlands. This time, we had a new travel buddy Lynda.

Ashley and Lynda had book their tickets earlier on SQ, (I decided to join them last minute) , I would be flying a different flight from them. I took Qatar airline which is cheaper than SQ while I put myself on the waiting list on SQ Business return flight which I change using miles. Very luckily, I manage to get the return flight on SQ so I be back together with Ashley and Lynda.

I had never took Qatar airline before but I heard the airline is rank one of the top airline in the world, so I guess it should be on par with SQ if not better. Qatar Airline transit in Doha while SQ fly direct to Paris. Doha Airport is very modern so stopping over there was comfortable.

And guess what I am upgraded to business class for the flight from Doha to Paris FOC

Bincho @ Hua Bee @ 78 Moh Guan Terrace

Recently I have been super lazy to blog.  So let me pick up the pace again by starting on my first post of 2014.  Here's my take on Bincho at Hua Bee.

After celebrating Valentine's day together last year, I decided to organise it again this year but as V-Day happened to be on the last day of CNY, we decided to postpone it.

The coffee shop where Bincho is located houses a mee pok stall by day and the whole place transforms into a Japanese restaurant by night. Now let the photos do the talking.

The bar area

My Fav: Stingray Fin $10

I wish they had Japanese draft beers instead of the imported Japanese beer which do not even taste half as nice. $18

Mako is so not done with Japanese food too (despite having just returned from Hokkaido).

Scallop and Salmon sashimi $30. The scallop sashimi was so sweet and definately comparable to the one in Hokkaido. (PS. I will attempt to blog on the Japan trip soon ya =p)

Silver fish cracker

Fish cake with ginger dressing $18

Chicken karaage with yuzu dressing

On the house: chicken pate with bread

Grilled scallop, last one available for tonight $30

Grilled Squid

Grilled chicken wings. These were so so tasty!

 A highclass veggie platter.

Red fish $20

Desserts $8 each with an extra complimetary scope.

Missing Pikling

Verdict 4/5

This is definately a place where I would return for another visit. We had an array of ala carte snacks plus 1 beer plus 1 720ml sake ($110) plus a coke plus 2 sake mojito ($23 each) and the total bill came up to $650. Although I find that the prices are slightly on the higher side, the service and the freshness of the food justifies it.  You definately have to come once to try it out for yourself.

Ashley's travelogue 2013 - Paris

Dear All, sorry for the mega delay for the Paris posting. I have been in a serious post-Paris coma ever since I've been back. I miss the cool breeze, I miss the sight seeing, I miss the oysters, I miss the pastries, I miss the night scenery so much. Even though we were there for a good 7 days, just Paris, yup, just Paris. There were still things that I wanted to do. I wanted to sit in a horse carriage, snuggle under a blanket and tour around the iconic spots. I wanted to have a picnic below the Eiffel Tower. I wanted to take a walk along Siene River. I wanted to sit in a café as I watched the world go by.

Back to the post.

Packing for Paris was tough,  especially because I visited in Fall.

Crystal Jade Steamboat @ Zhong Shan Mall

Crystal Jade Steamboat Restaurant @ Zhong Shan Mall

Recently, we have been quite addicted to steamboat. To our joy, we found that Crystal Jade had also joined in on the recent Steamboat craze! There is a Crystal Jade Steamboat Restaurant outlet at Zhong Shan Mall which is one of my favourite hideouts as the mall is very quiet and it is really easy to find a parking space. 

The steamboat here is in a set and ala-cart style. The price is quite reasonable, starting at around $28.90++ per set for two. Soup is inclusive.

There were also other side dishes if you preferred to try something else.

The comprehensive sauce section. There were so many sauces to choose from and best of all, the sauces were absolutely FOC!

Arrival of our food...

Instant noodles go really well with the Ma La Soup. The Mala soup here was more towards the "numb" side rather than spicy. The herbal soup was average.

The fried bean curd skin on the top left hand of the photo went very very well with the soup. We ordered 3 plates of this. They only had one selection for the fish which was carp. I really dislike the taste of carp..it is way too fishy for my liking. 4 of us could not finish this one small plate of fish. That alone can probably give you an idea about how fishy it was. We were glad that we did not order the carp fish set steamboat....Phew!!

 

At 10pm, they have a supper dim sum menu that you can order from. The restaurant is open till late, and it is a really good place to hang out at night if you feel like having supper.

Overall: The total bill was $178.65 for 4 pax which worked out to be around SGD 45 per pax. Even though the food was quite average, the service was good. The price ranges around the same as Hai Di Lao per pax. However, if I was to compare the two restaurants, I would definitely choose Hai Di Lao over Crystal Jade Steamboat. The only bad thing about eating at Hai Di Lao is that there is always such a long queue. Sigh...

Rating: 3.5/5

Crystal Jade Steamboat Restaurant

Zhong Shan Mall #01-18

Tel : 63390283

Jade @ The Fullerton Hotel

Jade @ The Fullerton Hotel

This was my first time having Dinner at Jade. Previously, I had been here before for their ala cart dim sum buffet which was quite good. If my memories serve me right :P

We ordered the set menu which was the easiest option as we were too lazy to think what to order.

The menu...We ordered Happiness Set, $88++ per pax. (Huat Huat)

Appetizer, this is not part of the set. The roast pork was good. The skin was very crispy, the meat was juicy without the gamely taste. The thing that make this dish special, is the mustard sauce that came with it. Different from the normal wasabi mustard sauce that usually come with the roast pork. The mustard sauce that Jade serve is slightly sweet and don't have the wasabi taste, I felt this type of mustard sauce goes better with the roast pork compare to the wasabi mustard.

Appetizer from the Set Menu. From the left, roast duck with Foie Gras Sauce, the duck was juicy but I don't taste any Foie Gras. Middle was the crispy see bass with honey glazed, this was good. The fish was fried till crispy but not oily. Mayonnaise Prawn coated with chicken floss, tasted like normal prawn.

Braised Bird Nest with egg white and truffle soup. This was the first time, I had bird nest with truffle which sound weird cooking together. Normally, we had bird nest as dessert. Bird nest which is very bland by itself, truffles which is very strong in taste really goes very well together. This soup is so much Eco-friendly and I think it taste much more better than the gluey shark fin soup. (Say No to Shark Fin)

Dang Gui Chicken, the Dang Gui taste was mild. I would prefer stronger taste of Dang Gui.

Homemade beancurd with minced pork sauce. We changed beef to pork. The beancurd was very silky and this is the first time I see green toufu.

Noodle with Lobster. I find this dish average as the lobster tasted blend. noodle was average as well.

Coconut ice cream dessert with strawberry and jelly. 

Overall : The food is above average and the price is quite reasonable. I would definitely go back again. There is discount 10% for UOB and HSBC card. UOB infinite card is entitled to 20% discount.