Organic foods rock.
This one is a mango and peach yogurt. In France and Italy, organic products are sold under the "biologic" label. But I am pretty sure you can get them in Singapore as well.
Try!
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Eat Organic!
Organic foods rock.
This one is a mango and peach yogurt. In France and Italy, organic products are sold under the "biologic" label. But I am pretty sure you can get them in Singapore as well.
Try!
Munchie Monkey
Okay, I know of a great place for all of you who study in NUS (or not). It's called, as the title says, Munchie Monkey. Here's the address:
31 Lower Kent Ridge Road
Yusof Ishak House Level 3
National University of
Singapore
It's a really great place, not only for students but for the general public. It serves Western / Italian food.
The price is VERY reasonable. Prices are almost half those at other Spageddies outlets. Okay, here is a list of what I like and dislike.
LIKES:
1) Cheap food. It's (almost) half the price of the food in "Spageddies"
2) Quality of the food is there, too. I personaly find the mushroom soup better than other "Spageddies" outlets.
3) Free flow of plain water - self service. So, you can just go get the water yourself from a "tank"instead of relying on the waitstaff.
4) Cozy environment.
5) Dessert menu is miles better than "Spageddies"
DISLIKES:
1) Only cash is accepted. So keep those cards at home.
2) Obviously, the distance. It's all the way across town ( I live in the East!) but yet again, IT IS for students.
3) The wait for garlic bread just somehow seems longer - but it's a minor problem I guess. I don't know why, but for the past few times I went, we had to wait for quite a while for it to arrive.
Trust me, you wouldn't have much to complain about. I normally have the following when I go and would recommend them for vegetarians :
1) MUSHROOM SOUP! Without a doubt. Contains chunks of Mushrooms.
2) Healty Tomato sauce - choose your pasta type.
3) Primavera. Mixed veggies in something like garlic flavoured olive oil. An alternative to the Aglio E Olio.
4) Chocolate Brownie/Italian Chocolate Cake
5) Apple Cobbler
You could consider the Garlic Bread but it's just So-So.
I personally would give this place a high 9/10.
Enjoy.
31 Lower Kent Ridge Road
Yusof Ishak House Level 3
National University of
Singapore
It's a really great place, not only for students but for the general public. It serves Western / Italian food.
The price is VERY reasonable. Prices are almost half those at other Spageddies outlets. Okay, here is a list of what I like and dislike.
LIKES:
1) Cheap food. It's (almost) half the price of the food in "Spageddies"
2) Quality of the food is there, too. I personaly find the mushroom soup better than other "Spageddies" outlets.
3) Free flow of plain water - self service. So, you can just go get the water yourself from a "tank"instead of relying on the waitstaff.
4) Cozy environment.
5) Dessert menu is miles better than "Spageddies"
DISLIKES:
1) Only cash is accepted. So keep those cards at home.
2) Obviously, the distance. It's all the way across town ( I live in the East!) but yet again, IT IS for students.
3) The wait for garlic bread just somehow seems longer - but it's a minor problem I guess. I don't know why, but for the past few times I went, we had to wait for quite a while for it to arrive.
Trust me, you wouldn't have much to complain about. I normally have the following when I go and would recommend them for vegetarians :
1) MUSHROOM SOUP! Without a doubt. Contains chunks of Mushrooms.
2) Healty Tomato sauce - choose your pasta type.
3) Primavera. Mixed veggies in something like garlic flavoured olive oil. An alternative to the Aglio E Olio.
4) Chocolate Brownie/Italian Chocolate Cake
5) Apple Cobbler
You could consider the Garlic Bread but it's just So-So.
I personally would give this place a high 9/10.
Enjoy.
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Consuming Globalisation
Is it just me that keeps forgetting chappati is bread?
Out of habit, I eat chappati with lentils, vegetables, curries or with potato, radish, cauliflower, lentil fillings - typical Punjabi fare. Somehow I eat chappati with certain things, the way I would not do with Gardenia, rye, oat, raisin, foccacia it.
For all those other breads, I can stuff things in between, spread things all over and do whatever else you know to do with bread. Chappati is special. Chappati is consumed Indian style. No less.
Some Frenchman / woman must have invaded ma 'goute' (taste) today and commanded me to the fridge to retrieve Tartare - garlic herb cream cheese (something like that).
I scooped a good spoonful of it onto my chappati and let it melt all over - the way you use butter / ghee to moisten the bread while it's being grilled. And I ate that with my sabji (vegetable dish). Interesting.
Why I haven't experimented this way before? Gee, I don't know, man.
But now that I've broken a habit, there are no limits to the way I ( and maybe you ) can experience chappati or an Indian meal. Or Tartare Ail Et Fines Herbes for that matter!
Available at Carrefour.
PS : I know my French "brother-in-law" eats Indian pickle and Suzi Wong's nonya sambal with his French fare over there!
Out of habit, I eat chappati with lentils, vegetables, curries or with potato, radish, cauliflower, lentil fillings - typical Punjabi fare. Somehow I eat chappati with certain things, the way I would not do with Gardenia, rye, oat, raisin, foccacia it.
For all those other breads, I can stuff things in between, spread things all over and do whatever else you know to do with bread. Chappati is special. Chappati is consumed Indian style. No less.
Some Frenchman / woman must have invaded ma 'goute' (taste) today and commanded me to the fridge to retrieve Tartare - garlic herb cream cheese (something like that).
I scooped a good spoonful of it onto my chappati and let it melt all over - the way you use butter / ghee to moisten the bread while it's being grilled. And I ate that with my sabji (vegetable dish). Interesting.
Why I haven't experimented this way before? Gee, I don't know, man.
But now that I've broken a habit, there are no limits to the way I ( and maybe you ) can experience chappati or an Indian meal. Or Tartare Ail Et Fines Herbes for that matter!
Available at Carrefour.
PS : I know my French "brother-in-law" eats Indian pickle and Suzi Wong's nonya sambal with his French fare over there!
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Divine Indinine
Location : Neil Road (few units after coffeeshop at junction of Keong Saik and Neil Rd), Suntec City
Lasagne, Laksa, Stir Fried Udon and Pappadums under 1 roof for less than $10. Fusing both east and west, Indinine is a boon of a cafe with consistently great tasting and innovatively cooked food. This final feature on vegetarian eateries will banish misconceptions of vegetarian fare being boring stir fries or processed mock meat dishes.
Starters comprise tofu bits wrapped and fried in pappadums, vegetarian gyozas, toasted foccacia breads with a variety of toppings / bruschetta and other delights ($4-$6). Main courses serve up interesting stir fried udon noodles, baked rice, vegetarian lasagne and a variety of pastas ($7.50-$10).
Special Mention 1 : Portobello Mushroom Burger. Not all vegetarian burgers need to have processed patties. This one is authentic all the way! Sandwiched between 2 lightly toasted foccacia breads, lies the supreme and juiciest mushroom of all, topped with sun dried tomatos and nestled in mesclun. on the side, wedges sprinked with paprika. Squisito!
Special Mention 2 : Casserole Bravo. This plate comes to you sealed with melting hot and oozing mozzarella cheese that offer tantalising glimpses of penne beneath. Tackle the cheese and penne with a spoon and you will be rewarded with a bed of broccoli and zucchini stewed in a rich, wholesome, tomato sauce (or Alfredo, if you like). A divine medley of flavours!
Desserts = Risky. Because you just might jump onto your seat like an excited chimpanzee yelling "Kudos To Bananas!!" after you've had it. Hot banana fritters sit precariously next to a ball of vanilla ice cream, smothered by chocolate fudge.
Fancy yourself to be more of a lover than an ape? Then order Mango Lover's Dream - a dollop of mango ice cream perched on top of a glutinous rica cake layered with mango slices and drizzled with sweet coconut milk. Or have your Chendol with a Twist, or even your trusty old brownie and vanilla ice cream (not on the menu but ask, and it shall be given). All desserts are under $6.20.
Indinine is sure to be your cup of Indinine if you are health conscious. You can choose drinks with this magic ingredient ; a powerful anti-oxidant containing 5-10 times more Vitamin E nd beta carotene than other algae.
Even if you just need a caffeine fix, choose from the many hot and ice flavoured coffees and teas. Also available are juices, flavoured milk and mixers with refreshing names like "Energiser" and 'Jazzy" to prep you for your 2nd half of the work day , or night.
A nice little place to chill with a good book, or an interesting lunch companioon. Affordable too, and serves up tasty food.
Ex Night queen : apologies for lack of pictures! Promise they'll be coming up soon. My colleague took the pics and basically I just did the writing. As soon as they are in, will load them up.
Lasagne, Laksa, Stir Fried Udon and Pappadums under 1 roof for less than $10. Fusing both east and west, Indinine is a boon of a cafe with consistently great tasting and innovatively cooked food. This final feature on vegetarian eateries will banish misconceptions of vegetarian fare being boring stir fries or processed mock meat dishes.
Starters comprise tofu bits wrapped and fried in pappadums, vegetarian gyozas, toasted foccacia breads with a variety of toppings / bruschetta and other delights ($4-$6). Main courses serve up interesting stir fried udon noodles, baked rice, vegetarian lasagne and a variety of pastas ($7.50-$10).
Special Mention 1 : Portobello Mushroom Burger. Not all vegetarian burgers need to have processed patties. This one is authentic all the way! Sandwiched between 2 lightly toasted foccacia breads, lies the supreme and juiciest mushroom of all, topped with sun dried tomatos and nestled in mesclun. on the side, wedges sprinked with paprika. Squisito!
Special Mention 2 : Casserole Bravo. This plate comes to you sealed with melting hot and oozing mozzarella cheese that offer tantalising glimpses of penne beneath. Tackle the cheese and penne with a spoon and you will be rewarded with a bed of broccoli and zucchini stewed in a rich, wholesome, tomato sauce (or Alfredo, if you like). A divine medley of flavours!
Desserts = Risky. Because you just might jump onto your seat like an excited chimpanzee yelling "Kudos To Bananas!!" after you've had it. Hot banana fritters sit precariously next to a ball of vanilla ice cream, smothered by chocolate fudge.
Fancy yourself to be more of a lover than an ape? Then order Mango Lover's Dream - a dollop of mango ice cream perched on top of a glutinous rica cake layered with mango slices and drizzled with sweet coconut milk. Or have your Chendol with a Twist, or even your trusty old brownie and vanilla ice cream (not on the menu but ask, and it shall be given). All desserts are under $6.20.
Indinine is sure to be your cup of Indinine if you are health conscious. You can choose drinks with this magic ingredient ; a powerful anti-oxidant containing 5-10 times more Vitamin E nd beta carotene than other algae.
Even if you just need a caffeine fix, choose from the many hot and ice flavoured coffees and teas. Also available are juices, flavoured milk and mixers with refreshing names like "Energiser" and 'Jazzy" to prep you for your 2nd half of the work day , or night.
A nice little place to chill with a good book, or an interesting lunch companioon. Affordable too, and serves up tasty food.
Ex Night queen : apologies for lack of pictures! Promise they'll be coming up soon. My colleague took the pics and basically I just did the writing. As soon as they are in, will load them up.
Saturday, April 22, 2006
The Hottest Bottled Chilli Sauce
Always on the search for a chilli sauce hot enough to satisfy me, I bought this from Carrefour, Cempak Emas in Jakarta.
And it met my expectations. This is HOT!!!!! Made from small green Cili Padi. It's called :
Saus Sambal Cabe Rawit (small hot green chilli sauce). Brand = Gaga.
It certainly made me go gaga over it!
And it met my expectations. This is HOT!!!!! Made from small green Cili Padi. It's called :
Saus Sambal Cabe Rawit (small hot green chilli sauce). Brand = Gaga.
It certainly made me go gaga over it!
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Love Makes The World Go Round, So Aiwo (Love Me)
In line with this issue’s focus on healthy eating, this magazine decided to check out a new health food-on-a-conveyor-belt chain – Aiwo (Chinese for ‘Love Me’). Love (not that sort, you pervert!) of one’s heart, waistline, complexion, life span, health could be a main draw to come here and eat.
Aiwo received much media attention in the few months that it was opened, drawing praise for its novel concept, and for making healthy food taste so good. Within the 4-5 months that it has been operational, it has opened a 2nd outlet, and has plans to open another 2-3 more by the year’s end. Want to know why it is so popular? Here’s why:
No carbohydrates. None whatsoever. No pasta, noodles, potatoes and rice. Followers of the Atkin’s diet, may wish to camp here for the next month. After eating at Aiwo 8 times, you will be entitled to a free medical check up (Like some coffee outlets, Aiwo has a rewards card too. (Note : not sure if this still exists. )
No red meat. The only things you can’t find growing on trees or that have roots into the ground are seafood, chicken and tofu. The rest, are all vegetables, beans and lentils.
Their lunch and dinner buffets cost $12.60 and $14.60 (note : price is not this anymore). respectively. You can expect to see 14 different types of dishes on the conveyor belt. They consist of chicken / seafood dishes. And tofu, beans, lentils and vegetables.
The dishes are cooked in a variety of styles – Chinese, Thai, Indian, Western etc – so the dishes are varied in flavours day to day.
But you know, what really takes the cake about this place? Each plate of whatever you take, 50 calories or less, it makes!
By the end of the evening, after we had stuffed ourselves like turkeys (we were mindlessly snatching plates off the conveyor belt) with deliciously, low-fat, healthy food, we managed to walk upright and still feel thin in our clothes.
However healthy and chic this concept of dining is, it may not be everyone’s plate of 50 calories. Those who dislike vegetables and whose palate is mainly towards meat, will lament that there are few non-vegetarian dishes on the menu. And no red meat.
Secondly, those who feel that a complete meal consists of rice, curry and other dishes, may find this outlet serving nibbles that only appeal to beak-like creatures. If any of you fall into that category, you’d be better off elsewhere, saving your $.
Otherwise, Aiwo is just pure delight and a reason (not an excuse) to indulge in guilt-free gluttony.
Update : I ate at Aiwo a few weeks ago - dinner. Cost me around $17+ for the dinner. Best part is, though the conveyor consisted of 14 dishes, they brought 4 other dishes to me. So in a way I was paying for 18 dishes. Go, guys! Really delicious!!! But I wouldn't recommend this place for long, meaningful conversations because you'll be too distracted watching out for your fave dish on the belt and lifting them off to you!
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
A Fishy Affair
The Happy Junkie says : this is a recycled article. A bit dated. And the places are mainly limited to near where I work since it was written for an internal magazine at where I work. But pls contribute your "lobangs" (colloquial Malay word for tips) too.
The simplest of foods can bring immense delight to some - Fish Bee Hoon. This is dedicated to Stef and Grace - my fishy chicas who can get fishy with me.
The simplest of foods can bring immense delight to some - Fish Bee Hoon. This is dedicated to Stef and Grace - my fishy chicas who can get fishy with me.
We met 2 years ago. Before that, I never gave soupy noodles a second glance - having written them off as bland and uninteresting. I had been through some disappointing times with fish ball noodle soup before and resolved never to subject myself to that again.
My friend introduced us. At that time, she was obssessive phase - in love. Whenever I met her she was either eating some noodle in white soup, or craving it.
This radical diet affected me as we always had to eat at hawker centres and food courts so that she could be near her love. Not a big problem, except that they weren't exactly comfortable places to swap girlish stories and sit at until we grew roots into the ground.
A fateful evening, before bridge, I found myself at Marina Square food court, opposite my friend, happily slurping away. I relented and took a sip. The soup tasted fishy, peppery, gingery and well, nice. But....the big deal??
My friend piled some noodles, ikan bilis, seaweed and fish meat topped with chilli padi and offered me a second spoon. Lightning struck.
My life has changed. I have spent lonely lunch hours walking the distance of 2 bus stops in search of my beautiful bowl. I have taken trains to bring me closer to heaven, braved long queues and blazing suns only to savour the best.
Many afternoons, with tears running down my cheeks and flushing at the face, I wondered if I would die before my time because I could have burned a hole in my intestines from he acidity of the chili and heat of the noodles.
A fateful evening, before bridge, I found myself at Marina Square food court, opposite my friend, happily slurping away. I relented and took a sip. The soup tasted fishy, peppery, gingery and well, nice. But....the big deal??
My friend piled some noodles, ikan bilis, seaweed and fish meat topped with chilli padi and offered me a second spoon. Lightning struck.
My life has changed. I have spent lonely lunch hours walking the distance of 2 bus stops in search of my beautiful bowl. I have taken trains to bring me closer to heaven, braved long queues and blazing suns only to savour the best.
Many afternoons, with tears running down my cheeks and flushing at the face, I wondered if I would die before my time because I could have burned a hole in my intestines from he acidity of the chili and heat of the noodles.
On days when I sneezed endlessly and clogged at the nose, I sought comfort in The Bowl, letting all the phlegm melt and water spill out of my eyes and nose, dehydrating and drying up.
Love is cruel. But I keep going back for more.
Love is cruel. But I keep going back for more.
The explosion of chili padi in my mouth, the subsequent blending of it with the ginger, pepper and muted taste of milk, and the soothing of the flames by the milk, just produce the most interesting combination of flavours I have known in a long time.
In my case, love is not blind though. Here are 5 stalls that I have given top marks to, in no particular order of preference:
In my case, love is not blind though. Here are 5 stalls that I have given top marks to, in no particular order of preference:
Seah Imm Food Centre
Ichiban stall (facing bus interchange). This stall also has sambal with lime in addition to chilli padi for those more masochistic than I.
Maxwell Food Court
Identifiable by long queue.
Banquet Food Court, South Bridge Rd
Banquet Food Court, South Bridge Rd
This stall is halal so everyone can feel the love!
Singapore General Hospital Food Junction
Singapore General Hospital Food Junction
Well, better cure for a cold than the clinics upstairs!
Blk 46 Holland Drive
Very generous with fish - big chunks of meat. And they add XO to the soup too. It's famous.
Here are some tips on how to have a satisying and fulfilling relationship with your bowl of Fish Bee Hoon – clear, milky, fried or sliced, it’s your choice :
a) When packing back to office, be sure to reach the office in half the time it took you to walk to the stall to prevent the noodles from absorbing the soup and bloating.
b) Sprinkle pepper generously and load the bowl with chili padi if you find the soup too bland, and sizzle away!
c) Instead of having a flat and consistent combination of flavours (tip 2), soak the chili padi separately in light soya sauce and place 1-2 slices directly on top of the spoon of noodles to experience a succession of flavours.
d) To avoid the fatal combination of chili and heat, and shorten the time taken to consume the bowl, eat noodles and ingredients without soup.
e) For a more wholesome taste, eat noodles with soup anyway.
f) For the health conscious, take rice instead of bee hoon (processed food), or just the soup with the fish and vegetables, or opt for clear soup (less calories). Opt for clear soup too if you like the searing taste of chilli padi - the milk comforts the pain to some extent.
Here are some tips on how to have a satisying and fulfilling relationship with your bowl of Fish Bee Hoon – clear, milky, fried or sliced, it’s your choice :
a) When packing back to office, be sure to reach the office in half the time it took you to walk to the stall to prevent the noodles from absorbing the soup and bloating.
b) Sprinkle pepper generously and load the bowl with chili padi if you find the soup too bland, and sizzle away!
c) Instead of having a flat and consistent combination of flavours (tip 2), soak the chili padi separately in light soya sauce and place 1-2 slices directly on top of the spoon of noodles to experience a succession of flavours.
d) To avoid the fatal combination of chili and heat, and shorten the time taken to consume the bowl, eat noodles and ingredients without soup.
e) For a more wholesome taste, eat noodles with soup anyway.
f) For the health conscious, take rice instead of bee hoon (processed food), or just the soup with the fish and vegetables, or opt for clear soup (less calories). Opt for clear soup too if you like the searing taste of chilli padi - the milk comforts the pain to some extent.
g) Lastly, for those whose liquids pour out of their pores, eyes or nose easily, be sure to keep a packet of tissue paper within easy reach.
Update : Gracie recommends stall at Golden Shoe CP, Battery Rd.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
A Little Tip on Apple Pies
My sister bought me apple pie from England - Mr Kipling's Bramley apple pies. I love apple pies, with ice cream. But this one....is just too sweet to have any custard, or sweet accompaniments. But it's boring to eat apple pie on it's own!
Decided to try this - and it's a healthier substitute. I poured cold, low fat milk over the warm pie and it actually helped to lessen the cloyingly sweet taste - rendering it just the right amount of sweetness. As the milk soaks into the pie, you imagine yourself having some apple-cinnamon flavoured bread pudding while eating it!
And it's less heavy than ice-cream / any cream for that matter. Light and healthy. But still as delicious.
Ok...so that's just a tip from me....what else would work? I wonder how cream cheese would taste with it - trying to retain that dairy-ish touch. I suppose it would be an interesting combination of flavours. Shall try and let you know.
Decided to try this - and it's a healthier substitute. I poured cold, low fat milk over the warm pie and it actually helped to lessen the cloyingly sweet taste - rendering it just the right amount of sweetness. As the milk soaks into the pie, you imagine yourself having some apple-cinnamon flavoured bread pudding while eating it!
And it's less heavy than ice-cream / any cream for that matter. Light and healthy. But still as delicious.
Ok...so that's just a tip from me....what else would work? I wonder how cream cheese would taste with it - trying to retain that dairy-ish touch. I suppose it would be an interesting combination of flavours. Shall try and let you know.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Yanny's B'day @ Cantina
Yanny turned 1 on 4 March 2006 (seeing is believing and I won't be believing otherwise because I wasn't in the labour ward on 4 Mar 1978).To celebrate our little friend's birthday and just some initial 8 years or so of friendship, we decided to dine at
@
T'was (still is) great tasting Italian food that they served there. But before we tucked in, we indulged little yanny in some presents
. She was absolutely touched.
The eating began and we insterspersed the dinner with photographing and
- And which is why we can now show you what we were up to. Happy Birthday Yannie AGAIN with lossa low
.Thou art sho-ly the best.
Check out the food we had there and general comments.
Cantina Delights
Deep Fried Calamari With Tomato Sauce Dip
Yanny's favourite.
Cold Olive Salad
Gracie's healthy choice.
Blank Ink Squid Pasta
I wouldn't recommend this for a 1st date 'cause black stuff gets in between your teeth so you can't smile all that much.
Gnocchi, pasta with potato and cheese filling in Alfredo Sauce.
It's delicious, but it can get a bit boring after a while. Definitely do have this, especially if your dinner party orders various foods to share.
Beef Lasagne
Yan and Preethi were ooh-ing and aah-ing while getting through it.
Amaretto Coffee with Vanilla Ice Cream
We were such boring company Yan thought to order coffee and get her sugar fix to perk her up...we felt the same way about ourselves too so ordered latte and other conventional coffees. So I guess Yan had a point feeling that way - her coffee speaks for itself in being the most interesting and therefore is featured here.
Vanilla Raspberry Ice Cream with Rum
The real star of the evening. I fell in love with it after 1 spoon and ended up sticking my spoon in it more than Preethi or the rest.
Tiramisu
For the b'day gal
For starters / antipastis, prices range from between $8-$15. We didn't get the sundried tomatoes when we went there this time, but it's delicious.
Main courses - $12 onwards. I'd recommend a chicken pasta with sundried tomato in creamy tomato sauce - name is something like conchiglie e carni or something like that (ok, note to self - be more precise next time!).
For the romantics out there, Cantina has an outlet at Changi Village Hotel rooftop (what used to be Le Meridien Hotel). Get the outdoor seatings cause it has a gorgeous view - overlooking the Changi sea. Just the perfect place for a lazy Sunday brunch. Better to call and reserve.
Click on title to link to their website and inform or tantalise yourselves!
Yanny's favourite.
Cold Olive Salad
Gracie's healthy choice.
Blank Ink Squid Pasta
I wouldn't recommend this for a 1st date 'cause black stuff gets in between your teeth so you can't smile all that much.
Gnocchi, pasta with potato and cheese filling in Alfredo Sauce.
It's delicious, but it can get a bit boring after a while. Definitely do have this, especially if your dinner party orders various foods to share.
Beef Lasagne
Yan and Preethi were ooh-ing and aah-ing while getting through it.
Amaretto Coffee with Vanilla Ice Cream
We were such boring company Yan thought to order coffee and get her sugar fix to perk her up...we felt the same way about ourselves too so ordered latte and other conventional coffees. So I guess Yan had a point feeling that way - her coffee speaks for itself in being the most interesting and therefore is featured here.
Vanilla Raspberry Ice Cream with Rum
The real star of the evening. I fell in love with it after 1 spoon and ended up sticking my spoon in it more than Preethi or the rest.
Tiramisu
For the b'day gal
For starters / antipastis, prices range from between $8-$15. We didn't get the sundried tomatoes when we went there this time, but it's delicious.
Main courses - $12 onwards. I'd recommend a chicken pasta with sundried tomato in creamy tomato sauce - name is something like conchiglie e carni or something like that (ok, note to self - be more precise next time!).
For the romantics out there, Cantina has an outlet at Changi Village Hotel rooftop (what used to be Le Meridien Hotel). Get the outdoor seatings cause it has a gorgeous view - overlooking the Changi sea. Just the perfect place for a lazy Sunday brunch. Better to call and reserve.
Click on title to link to their website and inform or tantalise yourselves!
Cantina (at Le Meridien Changi) - 7/10
I have been to the Cantina outlet at the Le Meridien Changi Hotel. It's a good place. Yes, the outdoor seating which overlooks the beach is more for romantics. However, there's no rule that says "non-romantics" can't go there! It's really cool place to dine, overlooking the beach (sea). For the outdoor ambiance, I give it 8/10.
Food wise, it'll have to be 7/10. The Mushroom Soup was the best I ever tried (or at least 2nd best). The pizza was great. The crust was thin and not so big that it gets hard to chew. Lovely.
Total, for the soup, pizza, garlic bread, I paid around $55+. But, the pizza cost more for me as I did my own topics. (Dessert wise, they do have a lot to choose from, but on the day I went, they didn't have the vanilla pudding I wanted. It really looked good on the menu)
Overall, I'll rate my experience 7 to 8/ 10. It was enjoyable.
Food wise, it'll have to be 7/10. The Mushroom Soup was the best I ever tried (or at least 2nd best). The pizza was great. The crust was thin and not so big that it gets hard to chew. Lovely.
Total, for the soup, pizza, garlic bread, I paid around $55+. But, the pizza cost more for me as I did my own topics. (Dessert wise, they do have a lot to choose from, but on the day I went, they didn't have the vanilla pudding I wanted. It really looked good on the menu)
Overall, I'll rate my experience 7 to 8/ 10. It was enjoyable.
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Hey!
for as long as I have known you, food HAS ALWAYS been the backdrop to a great evening out. So I'm opening up this blog to you so that you can dump your experiences here as a reference for us and our friends.
Write about anything - hawker food, best coffeehouse, best service, or even post your inventions / recipes.
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Also, leave comments on entries to add on , agree or disagree - anything. Just be creative and comfortable doing this.
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Hey!
for as long as I have known you, food HAS ALWAYS been the backdrop to a great evening out. So I'm opening up this blog to you so that you can dump your experiences here as a reference for us and our friends.
Write about anything - hawker food, best coffeehouse, best service, or even post your inventions / recipes.
Do include pics if you can, but if it's going to to be troublesome for you, it's not necessary. Sooner or later, I hope to improve on the layout and start categorising entries to make them searchable by various means.
Also, leave comments on entries to add on , agree or disagree - anything. Just be creative and comfortable doing this.
My opening post is about our evening out at Cantina - you can do a post as simple or better! But do be sure to include location and give a rough price range. If you like, you can give your own rating on a scale of 1-10.
Attack!!
PS : for those who don't want to sign up for blogger account (refer to my email), you can email me your write up and pics and I will post it for you.
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