Mar14 dining @ Conrad centennial high tea buffet

Conrad centennial weekend high tea buffet 
International cuisine

Buffet include unlimited pot of tea & brewed coffee :
Tea served are Ronnefeldt.
A premium German tea brand 
I have : 
1)Caribbean summer (Exotic spices + fruits)the best 
2)Granny garden(fruits + vanilla)-not to my liking 
3)Camomile tea - taste so so 
I tried my mum tea: 
English breakfast -seem to be soaked very long cos it taste bitter
Ginger & herbs tea-my brother claim this is the best ginger tea he ever had.
It has lemongrass which I dont really like 
Individual own preference

I think I already got back my buffet price just having these tea alone :

Camomile tea with raw sugar stick

Cafe Latte : 
Coffee bean taste normal

The food-not very wow but they have some unique food which stand up from the usual hotel buffet.

Pork wanton soup with wolfberry:

 Black pepper chicken pie + assorted chocolate : 
black pepper chicken taste nice 

 Shredded duck noodle : 

   

Beijing duck

Wanton , satay, fish...
The satay is a must try !
There is no rice , we use sushi rice to complete :P

Dessert & fruit : 

 
Macaroons & cupcake :

macaroons
I tried all -very far from the authentic taste. 
It seem like they add colouring flavour. Too sweet for me .

           

Japanese cuisine

Sushi:

Usually hotel buffet will only serve ebi & sushi rice but they add in cucumber & seaweed pork floss for a better taste.
I can feel their effort & passion for the Japanese section

 Biscuit :

The staff will go around & serve assorted sandwiches :
              

What I dont like about this buffet : 

1) The food station are very open : 

2) Service: 
Not very good for hotel standard

i)Usually staff will ask what drink to have when we are being seated.
I need to ask for drink menu & need to call the staff for drink.
The staff are too busy.

ii) There is no staff around at a certain time when I wanted to order tea. 
iii)They took quite long to serve tea.My mum english breakfast seem to soak quite long.
iv)The hot station food like fish & duck are not cut into pieces until quite sometime from the brunch timing.This is the second time I went for a hotel buffet where the food are not fully prepared when the buffet already started.
The first time is at holiday inn Singapore but this is a five star hotel.


V)There is a discount for certain bank credit card but the cashier didnt inform us about it.

I rather the hotel skip the following services : 


1) The staff will fold napkin when we are out for food. 

2) I also prefer the staff to skip serving sandwiches, leave them on the plate

I find this is unnecessary, I prefer them to serve us fast.

hotel environment : relaxing




Lobby Lounge at Conrad Centennial Singapore 
2 Temasek Boulevard
Weekend high tea timing : 1-5pm

$48 per pax

March try : Goodwood Park hotel durian ,Maggie New extra spicy curry...

1) Goodwood Park hotel : Durian combo

The durian taste so so,cake pastry also not fantastic. 
For me the best is the Durian Gula Melaka Roll which I think is quite special but they need to work hard on their sponge texture which is a bit hard.
I would say unless really want to eat durian match with pastry then can go for it.

This is their signature :Durian Mousse Cake

 Durian puff:

 Durian Gula Melaka Roll: 

2)Maggie New extra spicy curry

It is very hot , doesnt taste very strong but still consider a nice instant noodle.

3)Chip with nacho cheese sauce : 
I saw this last year but due to pregnancy , I dare not try this until now.

I quite like this snack.
Highly recommended.
The nacho cheese taste almost the same as those movies theatre.
Reheat the sauce for better taste.
I have gone crazy with tortilla : 

Feb 2014 Buy

1)Takashimaya Baby fair-26Feb14

Baby Fair 2014

Wed 26 Feb to Sun 16 Mar

I plan to get some clothes & walker but only got the following: 

This set @ $8.90 only!

 Pigeon 3 for $10!

other good deal but I didnt buy :

2)Famous Amos deal : 

$10

Double Chocolate Chip with Pecan &

Butterscotch Chip with Pecan

Good deal isnt it?

元宵情人节

Current promotion :

元宵情人节

No much chance for celebration outside because of baby - hub got me a cake : 

This cake is awesome!

From breaktalk

My pregnancy journey 5-8mths

My baby is born @ 9mth the day I m going to have photoshoot...never mind it is all fated.

@5mth: 

 @6mth: 

@ 7mth: 

@8mth: 

Pregnancy Jan 14 dining @ Peach garden @ OCBC Centre

Craving for dim sum again- always wanted to try Peach Garden @ this outlet for it view.
Another chinese restaurant disappoint me again!
I have called for reservation on 01Jan14, requested for a window view table, the staff told me they will try to arrange.
When we reached there, the staff told us there is a solemnization today so there is no window table for us.
I saw all the window view tables are for bigger group.
I wonder why cant the staff be truthful?

Limited selection of dim sum- 2 pages only & we need to ask for a dim sum menu: 
Overall the food taste so so

 The chee cheong fun skin is so thick- usually dim sum skin is thin & smooth

 Poor presentation of the dim sum : 

 I quite like this bun skin but the filling taste so so : 

 Xiao long bao : 
I ever tried tis type with spoon @ KL , I think at least I wont miss the broth- taste so so only.

This is the last dim sum restaurant before I give birth, felt very disappointed...
I dont think I will be back again since the food taste so so & it is so hard to get a window view table.
This restaurant has another outlet which has dim sum buffet but after tasting here , high chance wont be back unless heard good review of the dim sum there.

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