Coffee Club @ Paragon

Lunch at Coffee Club again! I love going to the Coffee Club at Paragon because it's not very crowded on weekdays and sometimes, we get to hear soothing live performances which is held on the ground floor.

Today we had the Spiced Beef with Crisp Bread, this was a pretty nice side. It's quite little in serving but really good. The beef is tender and the sauce is quite sweet and not salty. Though this is quite pricey being S$12.00. We also had the Black Pepper Duck Linguine which is really good for S$16.20! This is the second time we ordered this, but it is quite filling because of the sauce. The sauce is a pepper-ish mushroom sauce.

The Spiced Beef Pizza for S$12.50 was quite nice as well, thin crust bread in a regular but smaller then pan pizza portion.The beef here were chunky and tender. The crust was pretty thin which makes it not as heavy. I tried their newly introduced cold coffee, the Iced Strawberry Chocolate Latte at S$7.50. This was a total disappointment. It tastes just like a regular iced latte with chocolate inside, the strawberry taste was so slight that I barely missed it. There was a few chunks of coffee jelly inside as well. It was nothing special.

And lastly we tried their cakes! really strange choices for today since our mains were something we had before. First up - Green Tea Wasabi S$7.20, was really spicy. The chocolate was completely gone, and I could feel the wasabi feeling coming up through my nose. It was an interesting experience but it would be something I would not be trying again. Next is their Lemon Basil for S$7.20. This cake is quite sour for sour fans our there, the interior is just sponge and some sweet jam to even out the sourness - which is not effective. The basil, unfortunately, I could not taste it at all.

But all-in-all, I still like going to coffee club so I have no qualms about that. Just don't order the Wasabi  cake unless you are out for a cake tasting adventure!

Ciao ~Andrea Trinity =)

Mignon

Hi all! So yesterday I went to Ngee Ann City to have dinner and I finally settled down at Mignon which is located at Takashimaya basement 2 =) It's at the Gourmet Dining area where there are a couple of small area for different style of food, though most of them were Japanese. Well anyway, they were having this set promotion where the selected dished will turn into a set with a soup-of-the-day and a drink for slightly cheaper cost. Since this is still part of Takashimaya, there is still the GST to be mindful of.

I ordered the Boneless Chicken with wrust, with it came my soup ( creamy clam soup ) and mountain dew for S$13.90. The dish was pretty good I'll have to say, it wasn't German sausage though. The sauce that accompanied my chicken was creamy mushroom sauce. The sauce was really nice in my opinion. It did not have that really heavy creamy taste of butter, AND the mushroom in it were nice big slices that were well made. The sausage was nothing special to comment on, quite regular as a side.

Penguin for that night ordered the Australian Sirloin Roasted peppercorn set for S$16.90. To be quite honest, I was pretty disappointed with it. The steak was asked to be medium-well. I found the steak to be a little tough then what I expected and not tasty at all. It did not have much flavouring and there was just too little sauce for it. It was pretty thick as well, I guess that must be why it didn't adsorb much of the flavouring. I think you will be able to find much better steak at Hot Tomato which costs roughly the same price.

But I had a fun time that day because I finally went shopping for myself! And any food isn't that bad when you are with great company - I think ;p I also would not be going back there unless someone wants to try the food there.

Ciao ~

Andrea Trinity =)

Canelé patisserie

HI~

A short post about Canelé because we headed down there after a really heavy lunch. We had the 'Le Royale', 'All about Chocolate' and 'La Pomme Verte'. Where each is accompanied by a pot of tea. The 'Velvet Earl Gery', 'Rosy Pink' and 'Cookie Rooibois'.

Le Royale at S$7.48 and Velvet Earl Grey at S$6. Basically this is like the usual choice for most people because a slightly light chocolate cake - pretty and well made, with a combination of strong Earl Grey to soothe your tastes buds! A rather safe choice by my mother where you could never go wrong.

All about chocolate at S$7.48 and Rosy Pink at S$6.50. Here is a really thick choice of chocolate cake where within this tiny, stoutly cylinder carries lots of chocolate cream and hidden chocolate balls! Not forgetting the almost pure chocolate and sponge cake as well. So to complement this super sweet and chocolatey combo, my sister has chosen the Rosy Pink flower tea which is light and just barely sweet.

La Pomme Verte at S$7.01 and Cookie Rooibois at S$6. While my mother had the 1:1 balance and my sister had the 2:1 balance, I had the 1:2. My la Pomme Verte though looks like a cute green bomb is actually 70% made out of cream. the base is a rather thin layer of not so crumbly biscuit which was slightly sweet. But my tea was exceptionally strong and very tasty in my opinion. If you aren't such a fan of strong tea, then this might not be to your liking, it's generally bitter, though slightly sweet. I may even suggest you add sugar into it for your second serving where it gets more concentrated.

Well all-in-all, we had a great day and love having high tea with such pretty cakes and well-made tea. That's all for this not-so-short post =)

Ciao~

Andrea Trinity

Skinny Pizza

So today I went to Skinny Pizza with some of my family members and the food there were pretty good. Skinny Pizza serves really thin pizzas which is really crispy and tastes a little like super thin pita. They have some interesting toppings that is rather different from Pizza hut and Dominoes - example English breakfast. Their décor is pretty interesting like the chairs seems to have a fold-able concept and neon lighted sign.

Firstly we had the Truffles Fries for S$7, could taste the truffle slightly, but its gone after you've eaten it with chilli. It is quite expensive for almost plain tasting fries, and practically as thin as regular fries.

In-between our first pizza came - Smoked Turkey Swiss S$27. This pizza is pretty good, the crust is really thin as I have mentioned and the toppings were like salad vegetables, raw onions, cheese, turkey, and blueberry jam. The jam is quite sweet as I would suggest spreading it a little if you have a huge clump on your piece. But other than that, it was a pretty good piece of pizza.

Our last dish was the Ratatouille for S$20. Now I have never tried Ratatouille both on or off a pizza before. And I would have to say that I will not touch ratatouille ever again. But if you are a ratatouille fan, you may want to come down and try this. Ratatouille is basically made up of tomatoes and with garlic, onions, courgette, bell peppers, marjoram and more. But even though we did not enjoy this dish, we did managed to finish half of it between the three of us.

Also we tried their Raspberry mixed drink which tasted like slightly gassy lychee drink but is really nice. It isn't very sweet either.

But with that said, I will be coming back here, just not in the short term, to try their recommended dishes which is the truffle mushroom pizza and their Capellini which I hear is really good. Why we didn't order that in the first place? Well, it's a different crowd with different taste-buds =)

For tea break we went to Canelé ...

Ciao

Andrea Trinity =)

Concorde Hotel - Kim Dae Mun

Hi Everyone!

So today I met my really old friend and we headed for Concorde Hotel. We were going to have dinner at their food court stall called Kim Dae Mun. I have heard quite a bit about this place and thought I would give it a try as well. I should say that I wasn't disappointed. The food here was great and cheaply priced for the portion of the food at least for some items! So tonight's dinner we had the Spicy Chicken set for S$6.50, Spicy Beef soup set for S$6.50 as well, and the spicy rice cakes at S$5. The sets are in the form of soup ( If your main dish is not a soup ), rice, and a side dish ( anchovies  kimchi, pickled cucumber )

They give really generous portions, and I have to say, I really liked the spicy chicken. It was really good as well as the vegetables that goes with it. A really good buy, not absolutely spicy in my opinion though, but enough. The Spicy beef soup was good, but can be improved by being slightly more spicy. But the beef was pretty tender ( Then again it was in thin strips ) but the vegetables it in was great.

I am not a fan of spicy rice cakes, I had them when I was in Korea but it was really filling. But since many were talking about how great this is well, we decided to give it a try. The sauce is pretty good, nice and thick rather then some other places where they seem to dilute it. The rice cakes here seems to be smaller in size as well. But I have to say, I wouldn't get this again, I was really filled up before I could eat more than three. If you aren't a big eater, this would totally count as a full meal rather then a side dish.

Well, it's a really short post because I am quite tired, but I do recommend you to come here to try their food cos it's pretty cheap and good. The lady at the counter was really nice and polite as well. =)

Ciao ~

Andrea Trinity =)

Paris Baguette

Hey all ~~

So today I happened to go down to Orchard and I finally got to try the much raved Paris Baguette in Singapore. No it isn't a French, but rather a Korean Cafe. The outlet that I went to was at Wisma Atria. The decor was pretty neat, I was there really early for other reasons and there wasn't a crowd. They didn't have much variety of cakes out yet so I took the pretty and recommended few =) I didn't find the prices steep, it was roughly the same pricing range from when I went there in Korea.

Right here it is, my Paris Baguette to go:

Firstly we tackled their recommendation the "Oh~ my baby Crepe~" for S$7. Apparently this was a first choice order from the many people who visited there. It is a layered strawberry sponge cake with layers of crepe between each layer ( 0_0 repetition of layer! ) I wouldn't say it was very outstanding and all, but it was pretty light. I found it very hard to eat it prettily, cutting it made my tray really dirty. I hate that part of eating pastries or cakes, be it OCD or something, I find it really annoying to see my layers dropping all over the place. But it was slightly sweet, a really fun cute piece to share with your girlfriend or boyfriend in my opinion! =)

Next, my favourite - "A teaspoon of sweet Freedom" for S$7. I have to say that this is a really pretty piece, I totally love just staring at it and squealing. This is a cheesecake, and it is totally not heavy. The cake is really soft like cutting into a pudding, and it is so airy that it feels like it melts in your mouth. I would definitely recommend this cake. Though I would have to say the biscuits on top of the cream - which was pretty light as well, was such a let-down. It was salty, and I thought I was tasting potato chips, biscuit version.

"Marron Mont Blanc" was another recommended cake - S$8.50. Generally, I am not so hot on Mont Blancs, but my mother wanted to try it. As all Mont Blancs are, this is very sweet as well, the tart is almost the flaky type, the cream in this cake really too much for me to handle. I could only take a few bites out of it. But a plus point is that they have quite a generous serving of chestnuts inside of it. Other then it looking pretty to me, I wouldn't get this again. ( My family told me it looks like noodles on the top and wouldn't touch it =_=" )

Finally we got the "Royal pudding ( Mango )" for S$4.50. Well, Paris Baguette is well know for their Royal puddings and I have already tried their original version and the berry version already in Korea. They would recommend you to try their original version, and I would agree with them. The other two flavours aren't bad, just that I still prefer the original one to the rest. And their bottles are just too cute!!

Yup, so that's all for this review. I would go back to try their pastries and bread, or even their salads which looks too darn tempting. I'll take more photos when I eat there of the decor and more. Till then ...

Paris Baguette Singapore ( Wisma Atria )

Add: 435 Orchard Roda, #02-48 to 53 Wisma Atria

         Singapore 239977 ( Orchard MRT )

Tel:  6836 2010

        68363010

Ciao ~

Andrea Trinity =)

The Ship

Hey there!

Today I went to The ship at Serangoon's NEX for lunch. The food there is pretty good, but quite filling for me, guess it was because we ordered the creamy spinach. So we had the set meal - Student prices ( value for money ). This set meal comes with the soup of the day, a main course, a drink, and a scoop of ice-cream.

 First up was the really thick mushroom soup, totally the way I liked it, and as most places would serve, bread and butter for appetizers. Next up came the Creamy spinach which was cooked with white wine. I quite like the way they done up this dish, really creamy though, we got really full very quickly with eating the vegetables only, what a shame. A note to caution is that the creamy spinach has a really strong buttery taste - hence the creaminess.

Basically, I had the Pork Chop set, which comes with fries and sautéed vegetables ( carrots and broccoli ) The pork for me was tender, though I heard from reviews that it was pretty tough. The negative portion would be that I wished that they had added more of the mushroom sauce for the meat, and don't just boil the vegetables soft - there's no nutrients and very bland. The fries were usual, nothing special.

My companion had the fish 'n chips, it was quite good as well, pretty crispy, I didn't get to try the salad that came with it, but judging from reaction, I do not think it is fabulous. And Finally I had the Mango ice-cream which was really good after eating the creamy and fried food, a refreshing fruity taste in my mouth.

I do not have photos of the place, but they have quite a good ambience, we sat at the said which was really neat and cosy, though the lights were pretty dim over there. Overall, a great place to eat at =)

More Information:
The Ship

Shaw Branch
Add: 1 Scotts Road, Shaw Centre
#04-34/36, S'pore 228208
Tel: 6235 2235
      6235 8189 ( Reservations )


Serangoon NEX Branch
Add: 23 Serangoon Central, nex
#01-61/62, S'pore 556083
Tel: 6834 3833
      6834 3733 ( Reservations )

Ciao ~

Andrea Trinity =)

Late night Dinner

Hey, just another short post - no pictures.

Yesterday, I hung out with Penguin and we went for a movie at Junction8. Then after it was around 8+ p.m. going to 9p.m. And we haven't had a regular dinner yet, though we ate popcorn because I was starving before we rushed for the movie. So basically we shared the Korean set meal at the food court there which costs $6.90 i think. It was fish and chicken with rice and a bowl of soup ( and added rice =) ) I will have to say that it is really quite nice, love the fish. The rice is also really nice, it has this slightly salty taste that makes it good on it's own.

Penguin changed to become such a gentleman ( not that he wasn't sweet before, but it is different somehow ) this week. I kind of  hope it can keep up ｡◕ ‿ ◕｡ hehe. I am so happy ~ ! Penguin went external-DVD hunting today haha!

Well, that's all, got to continue with my work

Ciao ~Andrea Trinity =)

After Work

Hi hi ~

[ My STRAWBERRY!! ]

Just a short post =) Penguin bought me a Double McBurger, a coke, and a Strawberry after work today! He fetched me and knew that I was hungry hehe. How Sweet of Him =) And I had a really fun night! Good night y'all =p

Taylor Swift - we are never getting back together! I'm a Taylor Swift fan hehe ~

Ciao ~Andrea Trinity =)

Olive Vine @ Suntect

Today was such a tiring and fun day at the Gardens by the Bay and after that we had dinner at Suntect City - Olive Vine. Basically the food here has the same concept as Hans, but this is a much better buy and cheaper - well, slightly!

[ Olive Vine ]

My family had the deluxe set meal which is the regular entrée top up with S$4. These will sum up to a main course, soup of the day, a drink, and a dessert ( Chocolate Cake | Carrot Cake | Tapioca ).

Firstly, the soup of the day was mushroom soup with diced garlic bread. Thankfully is wasn't a diluted soup, but it was good, the mushroom used were not the usual canned button mushroom, plus points!

Chicken Arrabiata - Spicy S$9.90. This one came with a choice of spicy or regular spaghetti at the side. This dish is really good, the spaghetti is really spicy and springy. The fried chicken was good for the price, but it was tender.

My auntie had the Pork Steak with rice, the steak was tender and not hard as in the overcooked meat manner. The gravy served with it is the mushroom sauce, regular tasting but still good. The coleslaw was not bad, sweet and slightly creamy. Overall this is quite a nice dish especially with the price range in mind - S$8.90, really filling though, which goes the same for the Chicken Arrabiata.

The Pork Cutlet and Chicken Cutlet were regular, but served in a large portion - S$8.90 each. Both served with lots of fries, crispy fries.

Finally, My mother had the Chicken Steak which looked really good - S$8.90. The chicken with pepper sauce is simply delicious, this is a good dish. They come with 2 slices of garlic bread served at the side. The garlic bread is nice and crispy and tasty, not like some places they would serve garlic bread without putting much spread on it.

Finally the desserts, it was just a small slice for each person, but I would have to say that the carrot cake was the most outstanding. It is soft, and sweet and yet crunchy at the same time, the butter at the top of the cake had a little jelly like texture, a really cute feeling in my mouth. The chocolate cake is just a regular brownie slice in chocolate sauce, and the tapioca is regular as well.

Generally for the price range, I would say that the food here is pretty good and not too pricey. Another plus point was that they are quick with serving the food. They have roughly the same concept as Hans where you get a table then order at the counter, though at Olive Vine they would serve you the food course by course. Additional water and soviets are under self service.

Definitely would visit there again =)

Outlets:

> Marina Square, #B1-17, Marina Link
Tel: 6336-4034

> Suntect City Mall, #0322/24, Sky Garden

Tel: 6384-9648

> 407 North Bridge Road, #01-02, North Bridge Commercial Complex (Opp. Bugis Junction)

Tel: 6336-3746

Ciao ~Andrea Trinity =)

Paul Bakery - To go

I meant to post this up 2 days ago but my internet connection went ballistic! So today I'll be posting about the three pastries I had bought from Paul's Bakery @ Ngee Ann City.

This is the second time I've been to Paul's bakery, and the service was not like the first time. The staff were snappy and irritated. Anyways, I had it to go, so I did not get to feel their entire wrath. The one thing that I would suggest for them to improve is for them to set their labels correctly. Their labels were very messed up, and it would help them to not have such a long queue with people trying to figure out which pastry is which

I had an apricot tart, a pan coco, and a strawberry cake- pardon not getting their names as I said, they were snappy and their labels were messed up.

[ Strawberry Cake ]

Firstly the strawberry cake was already melting by the time I got back to share with my family, but it was still good, and by far the best choice I made out of the three. It is soft and sweet, the sponge cake and mousse is simply light. A refreshing treat, if it was not melting, after being stuck if a heavy traffic jam.

[ Pan Coco ]

Next is the Pan Coco, this is a coconut cake. It looks, well ... boring. Taste wise, it is just regular, except that the filling was pretty soft which is much better. I would have thought a coconut cake would be harder. The coconut is quite thinly spread inside. This dish is best eaten warm because it would bring out the flavour and smell the best.

[ Apricot Tart ]

Finally, the apricot tart was definitely a bad choice. The apricot had a bitter-sour taste that doesn't complement with its burnt counterpart - the crust. My slice of tart was badly burnt, though my sister enjoyed eating those portions. I did try to stop her from eating those unhealthy portions, but she said,  and I quote: " but is the best part of the tart! ". I would not recommend this tart at all.

Anyway, I have to try my sister's chawanmushi now!

Paul Bakery
391A Orchard Road
#03-16/16A/17
Ngee Ann City Tower A

Tel: 6836 5932
Sun - Thur: 8.30am - 19pm
Fri - Sat: 8.30am - 11pm

Ciao ~

Andrea Trinity =)