J's Birthday Celebration

Happy 30th Birthday, baby! It was his last single-hood birthday and yet he was spending a boring day with me instead of his friends haha he's getting old.. 

I brought him to try Kiseki at Orchard Central, it was only about $24 per pax for lunch, very reasonable for the food spread. The sashimi were really fresh and the mussels in butter sauce were super awesome with the buttery croissant. I think I ate 4 croissants, haha luckily I didn't get into a butter coma! And I came across this special wasabi ice cream, it was super interesting and refreshing! We really enjoyed the food :) 

After lunch, we walk around for abit before catching a late afternoon movie and dinner at Wild Honey. We waited for about half an hour which wasn't that bad :) It was my first @ Wild Honey and the food portions were huge!! Despite my huge appetite, I had a hard time finishing my food haha. 

We ordered the Portobello Road (S$24), Mexican buritto (S$19) and 2 drinks- Wild Iced Tea (S$7) and Iced Natures Remedy (S$8). The mexican buritto was delicious and terribly spicy haha. Total bill came up to S$66.75. Totally love the ambience, very cozy, suitable place to chill after work :D 

Petitefreckles ♥ 

Selection of Wedding Venue: Wan Li @ Renaissance Johor Bahru

Was searching online for places to have the wedding banquet in Johor and Renaissance was one of them. We actually wanted to have it at the ballroom but the minimal was 30 tables so I decided to consider their Chinese restaurant- Wan Li. The minimal table was about 12 which was excellent for us so we popped by to try their food.

 

Address:

Renaissance Johor Bahru Hotel

No. 2 Jalan Permas 11, Bandar Baru Permas Jaya

Johor Bahru 81750

 

Here's what we ordered:

• Sewed peanuts (RM$5)
• Half a roasted chicken (RM$26)
• Claypot eggplant with beancurd (RM$18)
• Grouper cooked with garlic (RM$29)
• Lemongrass jelly (RM$10)

Total bill came up to RM$98.35 (~S$40), after 20% citibank card discount

 
Verdict:

• Food was nice
• Love the ambience
• Service wasn't great

Reasons for not selecting Wan Li:

• Alcohol package was really expensive
• No wedding favors and invitation cards provided
• Overall package was slightly out of our budget
• Service wasn't great

PetiteFreckles ♥

Johor's T bowl

J & I went in to Johor after work on Friday for the weekend to conduct some site visit for wedding venue. Was starving by the time we reached Johor @ 9pm, we walked around City Square, deciding what to have for dinner and ta-dah, we chanced upon T bowl- a toilet-themed restaurant similar to that in Taiwan. 

We ordered a banana chocolate blended (RM8.90) that was served in a mini toilet bowl haha. Was so hungry that I totally forgot to take a photo of J's food haha, he ordered cheese baked rice with smoked duck (RM16.90). And I had the double boiled ginseng and drumstick soup with rice (RM9.90).

Total bill came up to RM41.25 after taxes. Even though I was starving, I felt that the food was pretty average, don't think I will be back here again, sorry.

PetiteFreckles ♥

Selection of Wedding Venue: Holiday Inn Orchard City Centre

Few months back, we attended the wedding show at Holiday Inn Orchard City Centre.

Address: 11 Cavenagh Road, Singapore 229616

They have 2 banquet halls- Crystal Ballroom (min. 25 tables, max. 38 tables) and Orchid Ballroom (min. 15 tables, max. 22 tables).

Weekend Wedding Dinner:
Saturday- $1188.00++ per table of 10 persons
Sunday- $1108.00++ per table of 10 persons

Pros:

• Sufficient reception area
• Well-renovated
• Relatively cheap package when there's a special promotion
• Many rooms available for solemnization
• Complimentary 2 bottles of wine per confirmed table

Cons:

• Low ceiling for the orchid ballroom
• Weird layout for the crystall ballroom
• Pillars

Reason for not shortlisting H.I Orchard: Few weeks after checking out H.I. orchard, J's friend said that he had a bad experience with the food during his friend's wedding, the fish wasn't that fresh, so J did not want to take the risk haha.

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

PetiteFreckles ♥

Happy Birthday, Sis!

Sis selected Mad for Garlic for lunch, it was my virgin experience, and I was really impressed with the food quality! I have to say that every dish was mind-blowing and makes you drool just thinking about it. Will definitely bring J to try it!

We ordered the signature set @ S$45.00++ which comes with a caesar salad, garlic pasta, garlic rice and 2 drinks and we added their signature dish- garlic snowing pizza. Super delicious, a very satisfying meal :D

 

Thanks Dad for the treat!

Next, dinner was on me, at Strictly Pancakes @ East Coast. We ordered the following to share:

Potatoes Leeking Cheese S$12

Garlic Buttered Prawns S$15

Salmon Run S$15

I love the garlic buttered prawns dish, it was so yummy, super creamy and aromatic! ♥

Total bill: $49.40

Happy Birthday, Sis!! XoXo
 PetiteFreckles ♥