Keng Eng Kee Seafood (Alexandra)

Location: Blk 124 Bukit Merah Lane 1 #01-136, Singapore (150124)
Telephone Number : +65 6272 1038
Business Hours: 11.30am to 2.00pm & 5.00pm to 11.00pm




RATINGS METER
FOOD : 7.5 out of 10
AMBIENCE : 5.0 out of 10 (its a coffeeshop)
SERVICE : 6.0 out of 10
PRICING : about $150 for 6 adults.. (Depending on what you order)

This was a highly recommended place by many friends and I haven't been there for about a year. Luckily one of my relatives got lucky and struck lottery... hoho... hence she gave my family a free treat over here.

This "tze char" stall has been in the Alexandra Village area for many years, moving from the hawker centre to coffeeshops around the area. Now it has expanded its premises from the coffeeshop to a shophouse directly opposite it. If you are lucky, you can get a table in the airconditioned shophouse. Otherwise like us, you will have to make do with a table in the coffeeshop.

The food here is generally good and fresh. Some of its specialty dishes - Mingzhu roll, "Moonlight" Hor Fun, Cuttlefish with Kangkong etc. The food is fragrant, considering the generous amount of pork lard used in practically every dish... haha definitely not for people with heart problems or on diets. We were impressed with the black pepper crab (first time trying) as the sauce was fragrant, spicy and the crabs came with loads of crab roe...

The service was pretty normal, just the typical tze char stall service, but at least we didn't have to wait long for the food to be served.

Steam Garoupa Hongkong Style ($34.00)

"Moonlight" Hor Fun ($6.00)

Yam Paste Ring ($15.00)

Mingzhu Roll ($9.00)

Black Pepper Crabs ($62.00) - 2 crabs

Cuttlefish with Kangkong ($15.00)

A place to go with your family members, especially people who loves pork lard. Oh try go earlier as the place tends to get packed from 7pm onwards..

Fine Cuts (The Central)

Location: 6 Eu Tong Seng Street Singapore (059817) #B1-44/45
Telephone Number : +65 6224 2101




RATINGS METER
FOOD : 7.0 out of 10
AMBIENCE : 6.5 out of 10
SERVICE : 7.5 out of 10
PRICING : approx. $15 to $70 (Depending on what you order)

After passing by this shop several times in the basement of The Central, I decided to try it out as the shop seems quite interesting to me. Fine Cuts is a shop that sells raw meat (pork ribs, fish, steaks, sausages etc). You can pick your meat there and bring it home to cook.

Otherwise, like me, you can order the meat, add $8 for 2 side dishes and have a meal there at the few tables available in the shop.

The food here is simple but nice, just grilled meat with your side dishes. The waiter there was very patient, explaining the different cuts of the meat to me (sorry, I can't differentiate between ribeye, sirloin etc) and waiting for our orders. Overall, nice service.

We chose the Black Angus Beef Steak and Boneless lamb chops. Beef Steak was huge and nicely grilled, lamb chop was tender. If you have an expensive taste, you can try the Wagyu Beef which is 2-3 times the price of a Black Angus Steak.

Salmon and Celery Soup ($2.00)

Grilled Australia Boneless Lamb($13.20)

USA Premium Black Angus Ribeye ($33.20)

A place to try if you are in a carnivorous mood.

Pu Tien Restaurant (Marina Square)

Location: 6 Raffles Boulevard #02-205 Singapore (039594)
Telephone Number : +65 6336 4068
Website : www.putien.com


RATINGS METER
FOOD : 7.5 out of 10
AMBIENCE : 7.0 out of 10
SERVICE : 6.5 out of 10
PRICING : approx. $15 to $40 (Depending on what you order)

What's for lunch on Christmas?? We bumped into this chinese restaurant place near the entrance of level 2 Marina Square, gave it a shot and we got lucky! This fujianese place is mm mm good. Service was just right. So we order the Cabbage Tofu soup, Pickled vege of the day. Stew Pork. Cold cut Pork Intestine. Specialty "MaZu" Mee Sua and Fried Duck with Yam Paste.

The cabbage tofu soup is sweet and tasty, definitely something to go back for. No msg. Tried and tested by my msg intolerance self. Pickled vege is crunchy and intestine is very light and yet flavorful. The Mee Sua was filled with ingredients such as seaweed, pork dried shrimps and peanuts etc.

It was overall a good experience. They have pretty exotic sounding food like squirrel fish??!..but we're not adventurous enough to try. Gonna recommend family and friends here. Reasonable pricing with good food! There's also some lobster (if u have more money to spare) and seafood dishes on the menu

Fried Duck with Yam Paste ($15.00)

Specialty MaZu Mee Sua ($6.00)

Stewed Pork Appetiser ($10.00)

Boiled Cabbage Tofu Soup ($18.00)

Braised Pig Intestine ($12.00)
Oops portion was supposed to be more, but we only
remember to take a pic after eating halfway. Haha

Pickled Cucumber ($7.00)
Same same, we only took the pic after eating halfway.

The place was fully packed when we went there, but then it was Christmas Day. Probably will bring our family there to try it out another day.

Waraku Japanese Casual Dining (Marina Square)

Location: 6 Raffles Boulevard Square #01-213 Singapore (039594)
Telephone Number : +65 6883 1123
Email : waraku@moreworld.com.sg

Waraku (Marina Square's outlet)

RATINGS METER
FOOD : 5.0 out of 10
AMBIENCE : 5.0 out of 10
SERVICE : 4.5 out of 10
PRICING : at least $20 to $50 per person (really depending on what you ordered)

Since we got a really great room at Ritz Carlton to celebrate Christmas Eve, we decided we wanted to have a great dinner too. But every decent restaurant in the vicinity were fully booked, hence we were left with Waraku as our last choice.

Service was really not worth mentioning.... When we called to book the restaurant, the person who answered was far from friendly and only allowed table booking latest 7pm. You gotta walk in and try your luck if u decide to come after 7pm.

Staff greeting us at the entrance were enthusiatic but thats all... Gave us only 1 menu for a table of 4 people and stared at us blankly when we asked for extra menus... didnt clear our table even when desserts was being served..Couldnt answer our questions about the menu etc.... Basically service was really slow, but I guess we shouldnt complain much since it was Christmas Eve.

The variety of food was great, had a hard time deciding what to eat. We tried the Gindara Teriyaki, Unagi Futomaki, Sakura set (Scallop Udon in cream sauce and Salmon roe with egg on rice), Unagi Kabayaki, Salmon Sashimi, Uni Sashimi, Umeshiso Bukkake (Cold Soba with plum and seaweed), Crab Seiro (Steam crab with vegetables) and Hokkai Don (Salmon and Squid on Rice)..... yeah we ate alot.. lol

Food was so so, not fantastic but not lousy either... Worth mentioning are probably the Uni Sashimi, Sakura set. Uni was quite fresh and sweet. The Sakura set was quite impressive since the bowl was so huge. haha. Udon was quite chewy nice in the cream sauce, probably gotta add some chilli powder since sauce was quite bland.

Unagi Kabayaki ($16.80)

Uni Sashimi ($28.00)

Sakura Set ($18.80)

Crab Seiro ($12.80)

Hokkai Don ($15.00)

Umeshiro Bukkake ($9.80)

Unagi Futomaki ($9.80)

Overall this meal wasn't memorable and not really good. But might consider trying another outlet a few months or many months later.

White Rabbit (Dempsey)

Location: 39C Harding Road Singapore (249542)
Telephone Number : +65 6473 9965



RATINGS METER
FOOD : 6.5 out of 10
AMBIENCE : 7.5 out of 10
SERVICE : 7.5 out of 10
PRICING : approx. $50 per person (including a coffee/tea drink each)

So we decided to try the kampong artsy area aka Dempsey this week. I've heard abt PS cafe, white rabbit, Oosh etc and white rabbit is our first stop. It's an old haunted church with an anglo-chinese feel to it. This place is unaccesible! you gotta have a car or lucky to catch a taxi driver with sense of direction (mine wasn't).

We went for the brunch which started around 11.30am to 2.30pm.

Big entrance with high cellings. Simplistic deco. Food is straightforward western comfort food. I have to say this chef must be an eggs lover. He dedicated a good portion of his brunch menu to egg dishes. Ranging from the eggs benedict, lobster scrambled egg, mars bar souffle and even the warm spinach salad came with a dollap of poached egg. We were kinda egged out.

We wish there is a lil more varieties with the choice of main ingredient. The only egg-less dish was roast spring chicken. This place is pricey (approximately $50 per person including drinks) and we seriously didnt order alot.

Lobster scrambled eggs
Roast of the Day

Eggs Benedict

Mars Bar Souffle

Good ambience and service was generally okay. But i would be worried if it's dark and when there isn't enough customers, because of its "haunted" history. Overall, a good experience. Will return for the souffle.

Some other pictures of the place.....