Tapas Club

After Pim Pam the last time round, fishy strongly recommend The Tapas Club at Orchard Central. For the same range of cuisine but at a much friendlier budget!

the garlic prawns...

crunchy prawns of a decent serving and the sauce was great!

Spanish omelette!

also really good! but one of my favourite that i've tried so far is from Serendipity which has unfortunately closed down. 

chicken spinach cannelloni...

which was great too with the minced chicken and the pasta is awesome! its thin and bouncy! 

squid with mashed..

the squid with mash was decent. i think next time round we'd try the octopus.

we also had the iberico pork which was really good! But i forgot the pic! 

Overall a nice place with pretty good service! 

Lolla

so i told bunny last week, its been awhile since we went dating. So she said, Monday's good. And upon the sudden realisation that tomorrow is PH, today's GREAT!

Bunny and i have a group chat that consists of a list of places we want to dine at. On that note, we have a number of group chats! that is amidst those regular ones we have with different groups of friends....hahaha.. one for masseurs that i approve.. one for finances.. blah blah..

So anyway, its been a LONGGGGGG while since we added any new restaurants or checked off any places off the list! I'm glad this place is still around!

Lolla off Ann Siang Hill...

Ken joined us today as well and we're happy to have her come along.

for starters, we had an item from the specials menu - Burrata...

and boy was it amazing! the Burrata was flavourful and while it wasn't cheap, it was SO GOOD! served with figs and oh man the burrata was just well textured and tasted damn good. So good that we wanted to order a second portion!

and of course, i HAD TO order the signature sea urchin pudding! I mean, this is why we're here! 

the sea urchin pudding is amazing! i LOVE IT! its fresh and sweet sea urchin on top and the pudding below is SQUID INK!! yes, you heard right, its SQUID INK! and sorry, this one cannot resist, X2 PORTIONS! YUM YUM YUM!

flavourful chorizos...

which they all loved!

and a iberico pork that was really good as well!

avocado that was filled with some very rich cheese fillings...

ok this avocado piece, i can't decide if i like it or not. the cheese is very strong in the goat cheese kinda flavour. it didnt kill it for me but i just can't decide if i like it but i like rich.

Dessert was a very popular lemon curd donut...

i was too full to judge! But they said its damn good!

Violet Oon Kitchen

in my line of work, i will say i meet a lot of Chefs and one of the nicest nicest one whom i've met must be Chef Stefano. Unfortunately, he will be leaving Singapore soon. Johnson and i met him up for lunch and where better than Violet Oon for a taste of Singapore!

We shared a kueh pie tee....

which was pretty good! a nonya food favourites.

next, another Peranakan favourite, ayam buah keluak!

their buah keluak is very nicely done with the paste easily removable from the nut. 

beef rendang...

done SO WELL! beef was really tender and rendang wasn't overly sweet, we loved it!

chap chye... 

cod fish in laksa sauce...

this cod fish was really good. crispy cod fish in the laksa sauce. we all loved it.

and of course, fish head curry which was so fragrant on other's table that we HAD TO order it!

a good lunch!

Unicorn Cafe (Bangkok)

We managed to find a pocket of time to fulfill my wish of heading to the unicorn cafe! 

I love Grab in BKK! It’s so convenient and I love that they have these cafe recommendations on the app itself! Makes it so easy peasy for tourists!

And if u can see, yes I’m wearing a unicorn dress! Upcoming on Juneoesque soon!

Inside, everything was all Things rainbow! Even the cakes and pastry!

Keeping in mind that we have lunch appointments later but we were so hungry, we shared a burger!

Burger with unicorn colors...

Honestly the beef patty was not bad!

The lychee galaxy coloured drink was ok too! 

Hot chocolate......

...... with loadddddddddssssss of cream! More than half the cup was cream!!! But of coz, Instagram worthy! Just not that good to drink?

The actual chocolate was thick n not bad!

Unicorn cafe, checked! Happy!

Royale

Because the birthday boy likes chap chai peng, birthday dinner i tried to explore places that feels like it. Peranakan somehow came to mind and upon checking on Chope, i found Royale! 

Located at Mercure Bugis....

They have a selection of cold seafood which honestly what really drew me over was the fact that they had scampi on their online menu! 

The prawns were pretty good and fresh!

The scampi however was a little too hard n small for my liking...

U can also make your own Rojak!

And some savory items...

There’s also a live bbq station area where you can order grilled sting ray, sotong and otah...

Overall quite value for money! Not the super atas buffet kind but good enuff!

Atlas

It was a long thought of activity - HIGH TEA! The venue was meant to be at Fullerton but we came across Atlas on social media and decided this place looks very instagram worthy too!

After booking the place, we also read some reviews of this place. Quite a few horror stories about the service but we decided to still try our luck! I will say overall the service we received was quite alright.

Here, at Singapore's Gotham City! Parkview Square!

The place is amazing! Wonderful ambience with a touch of class! 

we went for the high tea going at about $50ish... 

first to start is a mushroom soup like amuse bouche...

along with it is a tier of high tea canapés... 

to end off, there was also some home made ice cream cubes...