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December 1, 2007 at 11:10 pm · Filed under Food Reviews
Donuts, donuts everywhere! Gosh, they are everywhere now. The bubble’s gonna burst sooner or later. Till then, I shall indulge in them now. Yes, donuts are deep fried and unhealthy. But I always believe in eating everything in moderation, be it the good stuffs or the bad ones.
If you remember, I blogged about J.Co donuts I brought back from Batam a few months ago. They tasted quite good, but we didn’t like the rancid taste of the oil they use. A couple of weeks ago, I passed by Donut Factory at Velocity@Novena Square. They have a sit-in café where you can enjoy a cuppa or coffee with your favourite donuts just like J.Co in Batam. I like the idea, simply because I wouldn’t indulge too much by buying half a dozen or more donuts home and get too fat. Must control you know, haha…
This is my first time eating their donuts and I really like it. It’s nice, soft and fluffy. As it was newly opened, we got 2 complimentary glazed donuts to bring home. The Double Chocolate was good! Woo, bite into it and taste more of the dark chocolate filling inside. Yum, yum! Okay, I admit that I may be biased because I love, love, love chocolate. The Orange White Chocolate was nice too. The chocolate coating was sweet, but not overly sweet. It’s after all a dessert (as I would call it, instead of a snack).
I’m glad they opened more outlets and you don’t need to queue that long for the donuts (I wouldn’t queue more than 20 mins for that). Try their donuts at the café, it’s really nice and relaxed (depends on the crowd though).
December 1, 2007 at 2:52 am · Filed under Food Reviews
Astons Specialties. Does that ring a bell? You might have read about this popular restaurant at East Coast Road from local food blogs. A place that serves good western food at a very reasonable price. You may think that it’s just like any other western food stalls at the foodcourt or hawker centre, but Astons offers a lot more choices, with more sides to choose from as well.. A new outlet was opened at Serangoon Gardens and I’ve been wanting to try their food for the longest time. Every time I am there, I see a long queue. In fact, all the tables at the coffeeshop are occupied by their customers in the evening. I get turned off by the queue of course and that is why I didn’t had a chance to taste their food till recently.
You have to get there early if you’re going on weekends. Be prepared to wait for your food. If you are not going to spend about 15 minutes queuing to order your food and another 20 to 25 minutes before your food is served to you, then forget it.
We ordered a soup and 2 mains. The mushroom soup was served hot with very nice crusty garlic bread (although they’re a bit charred). I like the soup, neither too bland or too salty, just nice. B finds it ok only. Well, perhaps I was too hungry?
B had his Pork Chop and it didn’t pass the test. The meat was kind of tough. Not many places have nice tender pork chops. But a new stall near our place has their pork chop nice and tender. Most importantly, it’s cheap. So, too bad for Astons.
I had the Hickory BBQ Chicken. It’s basically chicken chop with bbq sauce. The chicken was tender and juicy but the bbq sauce is too sweet for my liking. The sides we chose were not too bad, coleslaw, onion rings and pasta salad. I like the pasta salad. You can choose 2 sides of your choice such as baked potatoes, potato salad, fries, mashed potatoes, salad. There are a few more to choose from, but I can’t remember all of them. Other than the chops, they have other standard mains like pasta, burgers and steaks.
So is it worth the time queuing? B says no. He doesn’t like to queue. Oh well.. I was hoping to try their lamb chops.
September 20, 2007 at 1:37 am · Filed under Food Reviews
One shiok week of their durian mousse cake, my pants became tight. It’s not hard to see it coming. That’s the price to pay for finishing off the whole 1.3kg worth of durian mousse cake with B. But it was SO good. Every mouthful is heavenly full of the durian flesh.
I want to order their other durian delicacies next year. I bought a box of their durian puffs too. When I was there to collect the cake, the other durian products on display overwhelmed me. Sitting on the display shelf are the durian crumble, durian dar dar, durian wafer, durian pudding, durian crepe and the back-by-popular-demand durian pandan & coconut cake. I wanna grab a bite of each!
Goodwood Park’s durian delights really live up to its name. BUT their durian snowskin mooncake is so disappointing. It’s also ridiculously expensive, not worth buying. My sis bought them at the Mooncake Fair at Takashimaya. I wonder if you get better quality ones at the hotel itself.
September 19, 2007 at 4:49 pm · Filed under Food Reviews
There are evenings where you just want to sit back and relax. You surf the net, play games, eat and drink while watching your favorite tv programs. And there are days when you don’t feeling like cooking, not even instant noodles or takeaways. You just want to be a couch potato clad in your comfy pyjamas while having your dinner.
I think of pizzas whenever I’m in such a mood. So I surf around the net for some untried pizza joints instead of the usual Pizza Hut. I wanted to try out Rite Pizza reviewed by Camemberu but ordered mine from Sarpino’s instead after reading some nice reviews about them. Took their 1 for 1, but there are limited choices. Will try out the rest some other time.
It’s a pity that the pizza didn’t came piping hot. The cheese has already harden abit. Taste is not bad, and just the right amount of cheese. I kinda like the Sorento Delight, which is just mozzarella, tomatoes, roasted garlic and basil leaves. San Remo is not too bad topped with my favorite bell pepper and chicken chunks. B says the crust by the side is too hard. But I thought they were ok and still crispy to the bite.
The pictures are not very well taken under the warm lighting. We were too hungry and can’t wait to dig in. Hehe..
Overall, pretty satisfied, but still not quite since the pizza didn’t come hot. I like my melted mozzarella cheese. One more thing is they only give a pack of chilli flakes and parmesan each for one pizza, which is definitely not enough for me. If you do call for their pizza deliveries, do let me know your experience with them, yah?
August 15, 2007 at 1:30 am · Filed under Food Reviews
No, I didn’t queue for the donuts.
There was once the bubble tea, the Roti boy and now the current food craze are donuts. I am not a fan of donuts even when Dunkin Donuts were still available at Far East Plaza. So there was never a craving for them. The crazy 2 hours queue for Donut Factory, I think it’s a waste of time.
A few weeks back, I went Batam with a group of friends with a purpose. Other than shopping, their main intention was to buy back dozens of J.Co Donuts. If you can’t beat them, join them! LOL. It was rumored that the texture of the donuts to be quite close to Krispy Kreme and better than Donut Factory. Well, I’ve never had any from Donut Factory or Krispy Kreme, so I can’t give any comparison.
J.Co Donuts have quite a variety of choices. We stood in front of the trays and trays of mouth-watering donuts. So irresistible! The donuts were really glossy-looking. And they seems to be calling out to us. “Buy me, buy me..”, haha… J.Co Donuts & Coffee is a nice and cosy café where you can have your donuts with coffee and hot chocolate. We could have each bought a different flavor of donuts and have them with the coffee, and then decide which are the better ones to buy home. But instead, we were lured over to A&W for their root beer with ice-cream and waffles. It’s a pity they ran out of curly fries that day.
Verdict: The donuts were generally quite nice, soft and fluffy. On the downside, our throats didn’t feel too good after eating the donuts. They must have used the oil for too long. I bought a dozen home with mainly the chocolate and double chocolate ones. I love chocolate! Their tiramisu and glazzy ones are pretty good. Cheese Me Up looks good but didn’t taste fantastic. I was really disappointed after trying out Copa Banana cos there is no trace of bananas and the banana taste is too mild. I love this combination, chocolate and bananas. Mango Blitz was sweet(artificial mango flavoring I guess), however it tastes like mango pudding to me. The donuts tasted quite good straight out from the fridge. The cream in the donuts tasted like ice cream. The best thing is, the queue is very short. I waited probably 2 minutes for my turn?
Have your tried Summerhouse donuts? They started selling donuts at Burlington Square way before Donut Factory was opened. I missed their savory ones. Hope they bring them back soon. Their cream cheese donuts are pretty good too.
