Saturday, 20 July 2013

Tiffany Cafe & Restaurant


Today my friends and I decided to go for a buffet lunch at Tiffany Cafe and Restaurant, located at Furama Centre, as there is a 1 for 1 promotion. From outside, the restaurant look nice and has a classy feel. There are several sections in the restaurant and for convenience, I decided to name the section as the following: Cooked food, Salads, Sashimi and sushi, desserts, fruits and a small section consisting of mee rebus, chicken rice and dim sum.

Otah, Beancurd and Mash Potato on the left. Dimsum on the right.

The first round of food that I took is the dimsums and the cooked food. There are only 2 dimsum to choose from, Siew mai and Chee Cheong Fun. I am slightly disappointed with the beancurd as I prefer beancurd with egg. The mash potato and otah are still ok.

Chilli prawn and Salmon Butter Rice
The second round of food that I took also belong to the cooked food. I took the Salmon butter rice and chilli prawns. The chilli prawn is not as fresh as I expected and I was quite disappointed with the prawn. There are still quite a lot of variety of cooked food which I did not select as I do not like, for example stew beef, 2 kind of soups, broccoli, steam chicken and asam fish.

Tiger Prawn and Salmon Sashimi
The 3rd round of food consist boiled tiger prawn and salmon sashimi. The tiger prawns are much fresher as compared to the chilli prawns and the salmon sashimi is also good. I took 2nd and 3rd serving for both. I did not take the sushi and mussels as I do not like mussels and the sushi does not appeal to me.

Mee Rebus
For the 4th round, I decided to try the DIY mee rebus after some recommendation from my friends. It is quite simple to prepare, just boil the noodle, add the ingredients, and finally the soup base and it is done. The mee rebus are quite nice. I skip the chicken rice as I am not a fan of the chicken rice.

Potato Salad, Chicken Salad and Penne with sausage
I decided to took some salads just for tasting, and both the potato salad and penne are quite good. There are also some other type of salad and other kind of foods like kimchi, but I did not take as I am not a fan of salad.

Durian Parfait, Honeydew sago and Mango Cake
The last round are the desserts. For the dessert, I decided to go for the durian parfait, honeydew sago and mango cake. The durian parfait are my favourite, the durian flavor is strong have a bittersweet taste, which feel like eating some high quality durian. I skipped the other cakes, chocolate fondue, other desserts and the fruit as I am really very full after the last round of dessert.

Overall the spread of the buffet are still quite acceptable, and I think that due to personal preference, I only tried about 60 to 70% of the spread. Most of the food are also quite okay, with the chilli prawn being the only minus point. My favorites will be the durian parfait, salmon sashimi and the tiger prawn. The mee rebus is also quite nice. Personally I feel that this buffet is worth the price at $20+, but abit too expensive for the orginal price of $40+. Another minus point for the buffet is that the location is quite difficult to find, and it took us about 15 minute to find the restaurant, as it is actually located at the back of the furama center, in furama hotel.


Damage: $25 per pax (1 for 1 promotion)

Friday, 5 July 2013

Tonkotsu King Tokyo Ramen

Today my ex-colleague and I went to the other Ramen Keisuke outlet at Millenia Walk to try the ramen as they have not tried any of the Ramen Keisuke outlet before. There is a queue and we need to wait for about 30 minutes. This outlet does not provide free-glow hard boiled eggs, only free-flow beansprout.

Tonkotsu with Chashu


Unlike the Tonkotsu King Four Season, they only allow you to customize the soup base and ramen, while you can add the chilli oil yourself. This time, I ordered the Tonkotsu with Chashu with a light base and normal ramen. This time I order the lighter soup base as the normal soup base seem a bit too strong when I ordered the Summer last time, and this time I really like the soup base. The chashu, however, is a major disappoint as the meat is too tough and I have some difficulty chewing the chashu. The service is ok, but we have a bad experience of being served by a lady who does not seem to understand English well and have difficulty taking our order. Luckily, another guy come over and help to answer our queries and also to take our order.

In conclusion, the Tonkotsu is nice but the tough Chashu really spoil the ramen. It does not help that I ordered the Tonkotsu with Chashu, hence i have more chashu den normal.

Damage: About $20 per pax