Sunday, April 1, 2007

Rocky's Pizza & Pasta @ The Rail Mall




Yeapp.
So it was pizza and this eat already very shiok meatball with cheese for lunch this afternoon at The Rail Mall.
It was a sudden decision to go explore this place.
Nothing much, big cold storage, and many little restuarants.
And so we entered Rocky's located at the very end of rail mall.

The place was really simple and down to earth.
The food was decent enough to go back for more.
Just too little of us to try all the variety. I would say the pasta is cheap and the specialities are tempting.
The bread and the thickness of the pizza is just nice.
The ingredients although was normal but i wouldnt say is bad.
It's decent.
The meatball is good. The meat is very well marinated and it goes very well with the sauce and cheese.





Food Quality : 3.5/5
Food Price : 3.5/5
Ambience :3.5/5
Service :3.5



Rocky's Pizza and Pasta
The Rail Mall

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Birthday dinner spree @ The Cliff

Nevermind the late post. What u will be seeing later will be pictures of great food.
REALLY FANTASTIC food. If i caps it. You just got to trust me.
The food is really really good here. And reservations is definately needed if u wana sit by the seaview area.
I made reservations two weeks in advance.
The restaurant is facing the South China Sea at The Beaufort@ Sentosa.
A complete view of the ocean while dining with complete privacy.
Across the sky is just a horizon of passing tankers and boats.


Extensive menus with names that i cant pronouce or understand.
So i just ordered those that i can understand.





Even the complimentary bread is different.
U eat them not with olive oil or butter. But indian spices. And it tasted so good that i finished the entire bread.



Some surprise came along the way, each of us has a complimentary starter.
I forgot wat's called. But it still tasted as awesome







I had tunas made in 3ways.






Foie Gras with duck confit spring roll, Cod Fish with asparagus sauce and lastly beef.
They do sounded basic eh ?? But i can tell you they all tasted heavenly. Yes. All of them.



No dinner is complete without sweet indulgence.
So we had the very popular chocolate molton lava cake with ice cream.
They all tasted so fantastic.
This kind of dinner can only be once or twice a year spree.



Food Quality : 4.5/5
Price : 3.5/5
Ambience : 4/5
Service : 4/5


The Cliff
Beaufort Hotel, Sentosa.

Burgers and more Burgers at Blooies

Name any western food.
Burgers,lamb rack,fish and chips,salad,chicken wings,calamari,fries,pasta.
U name it Blooies have it.
And not only they have it. They tasted great. And their servings are huge.
Normally 2person would share a main.
The burgers at Brewerkscannot be compared to the ones at Blooies.

Situated at Jalan Tua Kong in Siglap, Blooies is open by 2 canadians.
They have two other outlets in Singapore. One in Science park and the other at Railway mall.
Rustic and peaceful is all i can say about the one in Siglap.
A great place to unwind after a long day with just some cheese fries and Stella.
So we were there on Sunday night to celebrate birthday.



hello this is the Sin-To-Death cant lay ur hands off cheese fries.



Calamari


BBQ chicken wings



Fish and Chips


Portobello mushroom beef burger


Sloppy chilli dog



Great food with refreshing beer.
What can one ask for more after a tiring day at work ??


Food Quality : 4
Price : 3.7
Ambience :4
Service : 3


Blooies
Siglap, Jalan Tua Kong.

Broth


The restaurant set alongside at the quiet side of Duxton Hill is of a completely different scene as compared to 30metres away across the public carpark. Gone is the blasting noise of music and patrons and ladies from the pubs.
As u walked towards Broth u will passed by a series of pretty shophouses.

I stepped into the restaurant, i was welcomed by a friendly waiter and soft jazz playing at the background.
We set near the door and we looked through our menu.
"Just to inform u that broth of the day is mushroom soup and pasta is linguine with slice beef and pesto"
Sounds good eh ?
They have revolving menu which means the food is not always the same.



So we had two glass of whites. Shortly after we were sitted they bring out our ice water and complimentary bread.




We ordered white snails with spinach as appetizers, mushroom broth, lamb loin and pasta of the day.

I like how the snails are made, the sauce is nice and everything goes well together.
The broth is not too bad either but nothing too innovative.






As for the mains, the lamb loin is nicely done. It comes with some greens and roast potato.
The sauce is too sweet for me but if u eat it together with the meat it goes fine.



The pasta didnt goes well for me i guess. Everything was too dry and the sauce is nothing fantastic.
The slice beef was too dry that it just tasted like chicken

Overall, it was a really nice experience at Broth and i will go back again for other food.
It definately offered complete privacy and great food.


Food Quality : 3.8/5
Ambience : 3.5/5
Price : 3/5
Serive : 4/5

Broth
21 Duxton Hill

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

final episode of balinese food

An oasis in Legian.
Ketupat Restaurant.

When you drive down the narrow path beside and behind Jonathan's Gallery in Jalan Legian,
in the middle of bustling Kuta, the last thing you expect to see is the serene and romantic setting of the Ketupat restaurant.
An open building faces the swimming pool on one side,
whilst tables and chairs are scattered around the pool edges.
Behind them, for the romantically inclined, are a series of private little cabana's.
In the main building a series of small open balconies each accommodate a table for two, overhanging the swimming pool, with larger tables behind them in the room proper.


It's really hard to locate local good authentic Indo/Balinese Food in Bali.
Nevertheless we found a good Indonesia Restaurant found along Legian Street.
This is one restaurant best for small group of diners that require lots of privacy.
The restaurant offers large variety of food in small portion.









As u can see from the food colours they must all be so spicy ?
Actually the hotness and the natural flavour of the food and sauce blend in together very well.
I can say this restaurant is definately a best choice for a good dining experience.



Food Quality : 4/5
Price : 3.5/5
Ambience: 4/5
Service:4/5





Ketupat
Kuta,Jln. Legian 109, Kuta.
[behind Jonathon's Gallery]
Tel : 754.209

Bali Photo Gallery Part Two

Bali is very identical with its culture. This relation makes Bali as a magnet for visitors coming to Bali.
Among them are certainly difficult to distinguish religion, culture and art.
As all of them are integrated into a unity.
However, Hindu Religion in Bali seems to be a stream for the development of culture and art in Bali.
Bali is very different culturally and religiously to rest of Indonesia.
95 % of Balinese people are Hindu.
Bali follows a branch of Hinduism that is quite different from India.

For local balinese housing architectual they built it the way like a human
Where it's dvided into the head, being the most scared place, the body and the leg.
The body will be an area where the living rooms and sleeping areas are.
Lastly the leg will be considered of lowest importance where bustle services are done.




The main gate of a higer income family

The head of the house where u can see alters and religion statues are displayed
This is the area where religion services are done.



The body, living room.

Above are pictures of how a traditional Balinese house will look like.
Unlike any houses that we know of, their house are very big and the entire place are not roofed.
Is just like a open air podium where many relatives of the same family will live together.
What we saw above are of a higer income family.
Houses of a poorer income do have similar structure, the only difference would be the house will be lessly decorated
Traditional Balinese holds a very strong family bondage.
No matter how poor the family is there will always be a roof for them
As a house like the above will last the family for a minimum of 10generations.
Many or rather all of them still do live with their slibings and grandparents.



Local Balinese heading back home after temple service



Tanah Lot, temple on a cliff

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Bali Photos Gallery !!!

Having said so much about Bali
Lets side track alittle from F&B to R&R
So let the pictures paint the pretty island to words.





This is the very famous kuta beach. A long stretch of sandy beach with beautiful sunset.




Cruise away on a private sailing yatch to the nearby island Nusa Lembongan.




A local balinese harvesting seaweed on Nusa Lembongan island.




Padi field found along the way to Kintamani



The only Padi Terrence found in Bali



There is two active volcanoes found in Bali, we went up to Kintamani to see this