Joie: Monthiversary dinner

J brought me for a monthiversary dinner @ Joie which is by opened by Dozo. They serve modern vegetarian cuisine with Japanese - European fusion. We selected the 7-course dinner instead of ala-carte so that we can try more dishes @ more cost-effective price. We (or rather he) paid S$68.80++ per pax.

Address

Orchard Central

#12-01

Starter dish

Assorted Platter: Raspberry sphere with biscuit, konjac jelly and seaweed tempura with wasabi mayo

Side dish

Matsutake Cake: Steamed Japanese mushroom, golden enoki and creme pattisiere, pistachio crumbs

Gratinated Champignon with Mozarella: Button mushroom gratin served with potato puree, focacia and endive. 

Cold dish
Zucchini Tower: Zucchini with cream cheese, truffle mayo with a pastry stick with a beetroot sphere on the side

Sashimi with Quail Egg: Vegetarian sashimi made from aloe vera, konjac, coconut and pear

Soup
Infusion of Truffle & Cepes

Snow Pear & Napa Cabbage Consumme

Main dish
Grill Bai-ling Steak on Pu-Ye Hot Stone: Bai ling mushroom served with mash

Truffle Risotto: Risotto served with edamamme with cream and parmesan

Dessert
Truffle Creme Brulee

Warm Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream

Drink
Ice Fruity Refresher

Ice Mallow Apple Melody

And yay we received an anniversary cake haha..

Here's our review:

• The food was very satisfying! Tasted great despite not having any meat in it!
• Super huge portion! We were so full after the soup haha
• Service was superb
• Ambience: very nice for a special occassion
• Highly recommended! :D

PetiteFreckles ♥

Hubs 's Bday Lunch Celebration

First-time celebrating J's birthday as husband and wife. Since MIL would like to celebrate his birthday for him on the actual day in Johor, I decided to celebrate it for him in advance. After the fabulous experience at Full of Crab, I decided to bring him to Crab in da Bag @ East Coast for lunch.

 

It was a Sunday afternoon lunch time but there were no other patrons, maybe it's due to the bad haze.. At least we didn't have to wait long for our food :D

 There was a 1-for-1 promotion for the clams with Maybank card!

So yes, we went straight for it!

 

We ordered loads of food for 2:

Sweet potato fries

2Kg of Clams in Ultimate Curry Sauce

1 portion of Squid in Mum's Special sauce

1 portion of Tiger Prawns in Salty Splash sauce

1 portion of Alaskan King Crab in Caboodle Mix sauce

 

Total bill came up to about S$130.

 

We were so so so full after the meal! Forcing ourselves to finish the food haha..
Overall the food is good but personally I still prefer full of crab, the sauces tasted better.

It was J's birthday so they gave him an agar agar "cake", so nice of them :D So only had a couple of bites as we were too full!

Overall we enjoyed our meal but the low point came when we were making payment. Their terminal some how wasn't able to read my credit card after 2 times so I decided to call the bank, the bank personnel told me there was nothing wrong with my card and suggested a few methods for the cashier to resolve the issue. With each method, it was a failed attempt and throughout the process, the cashier and manager was getting annoyed and saying that it really my card issue and made it seem like we can't afford to pay or something! Geez! If it wasn't for the maybank promotion, I would have used other CC and get it over and done with! And finally after another few minutes, ta-dah the transaction went through, and found that their terminal had some issue so couldn't read the card well -.- And the cashier gave an embarrassed sorry after.. but it still left us feeling blue when we left the restaurant...

PetiteFreckles ♥

Post-Wedding Celebration

My friend, Dawn, brought me out for a post-wedding celebration and we ate at Full of Crab for dinner and had Fat Cat's for dessert! 

Full of Crab

195 East Coast Road

Singapore 428900

Opening hours: 

11.30am to 2.30pm and 6.30 to 10.30pm (Mon to Fri) 11.30am to 10.30pm (Sat to Sun)

Closes on Tuesdays

We were the first customers for the night! And had lots of time to slowly decide on what to order while munching on the free dried fish snack. We ordered a Pirate's Pick Combo (S$85) that came with 500g of King Crab Legs with 500g of prawns and a choice of corns or baby potatoes. On the side, we ordered the cajun wings (S$11.90) and a Ciderfall to share.

The awesome thing about FOC is that they do not charge for GST! 

The food came quick and since we had to eat with our fingers/hands, we weren't able to use our phones at all so it was a really good bonding session for us :D we both gave the restaurant 2 thumbs up for their food & awesome ciderfall!

 

 

 

After a satisfying dinner, we headed to FatCat Ice Cream Bar for their famous salted egg yolk sauce with ice cream and waffle! Ordered 2 scoops of ice cream - Butter beer and Hay & Honey!

 

We both felt that we should have ordered another serving of the salted egg yolk sauce :p The ice creams were super good, except for the caramel sauce that was drizzled around the waffle which was a little too caramelized for us.

Address

Blk 416 Bedok North Avenue 2

#01-25

Singapore 460416

And yes, we ended the night happy with a tummy full of cholesterol haha.. Thanks my friend- for the lovely treat and night out. XoXo..

PetiteFreckles ♥

Lunch @ North Border Bar & Grill

My niece celebrated her 1st birthday at North Border Bar & Grill @ 2 Rochester Drive, Singapore 139213. They are open from Monday to Sunday. The ambience is great and the price is super reasonable.

Prices for Lunch Menu2 Course: S$23.90++
3 Course: S$26.90++
4 Course: S$32.90++

All sets comes with coffee or tea (non-refillable)

J and I decided to share two 3-course sets so that we have more varieties! Here's what we ordered:

Starters

Gorgonzola Spinach Ravioli served on Saffron Leek Coulis topped with Smoked Salmon
Deep Fried Salmon Croquette with Tartar Dip and Mixed Greens tossed in Pecan Vinaigrette

Soup

Soup of the day: Cream of Mushroom (no photo, too hungry)

Mains

Crispy Skinned Salmon, Roasted Potatoes, Sauteed Vegetables & Bacon Horseradish Sauce
Pan Fried Barramundi, Crispy Fennel & Organic Quinoa Tabbouleh in Leek Coulis Puree

Dessert

Warm Bitter Chocolate Lava Torte with Berries Compote & Vanilla Ice Cream 

Looks yummy, right? Except for the deep fried salmon croquette, everything else was great ^^

PetiteFreckles ♥

Another Soup Union Session

After my IPL session, I had cravings for the chicken noodles from Soup Broth so we headed to Soup Spoon Union @ Raffles City. We ordered a Dark Miso Charcoal Noodle Ramen and Happy Lamburger with Fries.

Super yums and the portion was huge- money well spent! The Lamburger did not have the strong unpleasant smell. ♥ much! 

PetiteFreckles ♥

Food Tasting @ MBS

We arranged for an early food tasting session so as to suite everybody's schedule. Other than food tasting, we also had to select the wedding favors, table cloth  and chair cover for both VIP and guests' tables and the VIP's chair sash. 

Here's what we plan to select for the favours: Letter opener and luggage tag.

VIP table setting:

Available selection of table cloth colours:

Chair sash for VIPs:

Our selections:

- VIP: White table cloth and white chair cover. Considering to rent the gold organza sash from the florist instead.  

- Guests: White table cloth and bronze chair cover 

 

After looking through the above selection, we started our food tasting session.

 

Here's our menu:

 

Assorted Combination Platter

(Smoked Duck, Spicy Scallops, Sliver Bait, Mini Octopus & California Maki)

 

Braised Lobster Broth with Egg White

 

 Steamed Spotted Garoupa with Spring Onions

 

  Wok Fried Prawns with Greens topped with Honey Walnuts

 

Braised Abalone with Mushrooms and Vegetable

 

Chinese Fortune Chicken in Lotus Leaves

 

Spicy Si-Chuan Ee-Fu Noodles with Chicken Floss

 

Yam Paste with Pumpkin and Hasma

   

 

 

We felt so full at the end of the 5th dish haha because we had only 8 pax.
Overall, our families were very pleased with the food. Good Job, MBS! ^^

PetiteFreckles ♥