Pregnancy Dec 13 dining @ Hua Ting @ Orchard Hotel

I always wanted to try Hua Ting dim sum.
Heard about how fantastic their dim sum are.
I have tried their chinese food some years back,still remembered how delicious of their chinese food and so was full of expectation.
I decided to go on this day after eating a bao for breakfast-sudden strong craving for dim sum.

Nice decor during xmas season : 

Reservation @ 1:45pm as they are very full house on that day.
We reached there almost 2pm but still no seat available yet.
The place seem super popular which made me feel even more expectation of the food but end up with big disappointment by their food & service

1)The receptionist wanted to bring us to our table after waiting for quite some time but was stopped by her superior questioning her about customer arrangement.
Personally feel:  The superior should let her bring us to our seat,clear the customer instead of making us to stand and listen to their conversation.

2)Saw customer just left a table near the window and asked a staff if we can sit there.The staff claim need to check but never come back.
We waited a while then ask another staff who claimed someone reserved.
I saw it was for the customer queuing behind us.
I have some doubt about the reserved table.

3)We ordered plain water and a tea for my mum but they poured 2 cup of tea while we are ordering our dim sum.
The plain water never come after a while so I have to request again.

4)We ordered dim sum 1st then decide to order another dish with another staff who came back checking with us is it we only order 1 dish?
I told her we ordered dimsum before and point to the person who we ordered earlier ...

5)Our plates were not change at all although it was dirty.
Compare to "bosses" the staff keep changing our plate even although we order not much dim sum.

Personally feel:

Why do the staff didnt record or get what the customer request?We need to ask 2times for same thing?
These doesnt seem to be a standard restaurant service.
I can their staffs seem busy clearing & setting table instead of attending to the current customer needs

Our food :

 Their appetizers: 
Vegetarian soyabean beancurd
Texture like bak kwa but soft version ,taste very salty for me

 Char Siew Bao  & Bean Skin Roll:
Below my expectation, I ever taste these 2 dim sum better @ elsewhere

 Steam carrot cake:
Taste normal but able to see they are using real white carrot. Nowadays alotof places using just flour

Abalone fried rice : 

This is not bad 

 Glutinous rice: 
 I love the lotus fragrant rice inside the rice

My conclusion : normal dim sum with poor service.
I will not come back again unless some one treat me :P

Pregnancy Dec 13 dining

Tyre cafe
Theme cafe with affordable price 

 Teriyaki chicken ,tako ball,Edamame(green bean): 

 Of course I wont expect excellent food at this price but I think they still taste good.
I think it is a great hang out place

Swenson Xmas meal
Decide to try their festive menu :

Xmas Turkey : 

I request for the separate of the sauce as the staff unable to guide me what is inside  

 Xmas Turkey
 Dont really quite like the turkey taste with the stuffing although it taste different from the turkey which I have tried. It may taste something fresh for those who are sick of the usual turkey.
The stuffing taste a combination of sweet, salty & spicy.

Jack place@Tpy(newly open)
Pre new year lunch menu

Decided to try their daily lunch on sunday 29Dec13: 

But they only have pre new year menu which cost $19.90
Personally feel :  they should put in on their website if there is any changes of lunch menu

Their ambience : 

Soup of the day : 

Cream of spinach with egg Mimosa topping

I quite like this soup

Main course : Hot grill paprika boneless chicken

Dont really like the sauce & the chicken doesnt taste fresh.

 Their dessert: Chocolate Swiss roll
Taste very awful & hard.
The worst swiss roll I ever had in my life.
It is not fresh at all.
My hubby is not very picky about food but he also dont like this.

Dessert & coffee:
I quite like their coffee

Service : 

Slow in serving 

1) There is not much customer in the restaurant but they serve their main course quite slow.
We waited quite a while after finished our soup.
Compare to the Nexx outlet which have more customer but main course came in quite fast after we finished our soup.

2) Coffee & dessert also took a while to serve us, the staff claimed they are brewing the coffee

Good service : 
1) The staff clear our plate quite fast
2)This outlet staff top up our plain water quite regular unlike other outlets staff who never top up any more after serving the plain water.


Conclusion : 
I m quite particular about the food taste in a restaurant.I am kind of scare off by the quality of the chicken & dessert.


Xmas buffet @ Holiday Inn - window on the park
Choose this place because I saw from the menu that there are dishes which I can eat.
Slightly different from the menu on the hotel website but still able to eat very full.

The hotel entrance.
The lunch buffet start @ 12pm.
We were there almost 12pm but no one standing there until 12++

 I start off with cold stuff -dessert:
Cheese cake , velvet, Chocolate log cake, stollen...
Yummy

 Turkey with udon:
 Turkey :tender & nice
 Udon also nice

 Xmas cookies

 They replenish a new flavour log cake-coffee
All these are best match with tea & coffee

Overall taste so so.
I didnt have chance to try other dishes due to pregnancy like sushi, sashimi, cold seafood stuff etc..

I will be back again because the other dishes interest me

Babymoon @ Fort Canning hotel -Dec 2013

2day 1nite (14dec-15dec)

Deluxe room


Facilities :

Nespresso coffee :

 TWG tea & Nespresso capsules :

 Interior :

 Monsoon rain shower & bath tub

Apertiif Hour 6-8pm

This is the first time I ever encountered hotel provide this for hotel guest :

Quite a variety of beverages consider for complimentary : 

 Free flow Red wine, white wine, champagne,  sparkling wine ...

TWG tea : 6 choices : 

Canapes : replenish regularly -taste not bad :  

 I cant remember how many rounds I have taken : 

We left around 7pm+ to explore the hotel surrounding


We order pizza delivery in our hotel room for dinner : 

 The food arrive in room temperature not sure  is it because of the rain.

Hash brown taste yummy without any sauce.It may be quite innovative to match with nacho dip but I dont quite like the dip...I prefer those movie theatre like GV or Shaw nacho dip.

The rest of the finger food stay the same standard.
Curry chicken pizza is always the best.

Chicken Royale baked pasta: 
Pizza hut need to try harder for this dish
Tasteless.
The penne is hard - think it is not fully cook...we just have a few bites only ...


Day 2 : 

Breakfast @ the glass house
Nice ambience : 

 Assorted cheese :

 Fresh honey :

 Assorted Yogurt :

The TWG tea & Nespresso coffee beverage & some snack are available @ the lobby complimentary for all the hotel guest at all times : 

 I have this before checking out.

It is a pleasant staycation for me. 
I will definitely be back again!