Rooftop @ Indochine by Supertree

During the visit of my sister, I brought her to drink at a rather fancy place.

The view was quite breathtaking.

We went to the rooftop at Indochine, in Gardens by the Bay.

Here is my sister again

I was here before with my friend last time

as you can see here in this post
That time, I made a reservation at the rooftop too but unfortunately it rained,

thus, we could not go to the rooftop.

Thankfully, weather was fine during the night when my sister was here

The entrance fee for the rooftop was SD 18/pax with complimentary of 1 house drink each

These are just glimpse of the view from above

These are what we had

the complimentary gin with sprite

I would have gotten a gin tonic but

it was officially my sister's first time drinking so sprite would be a lighter choice for her

Gin and Sprite

Spanish Fly

My sister with her Banana Dream

Then she wanted to try a shooter

Her first, shooter

The Buttery Nipple 

My sister with her-buttery-nipple

 It was rather awkward ordering this from the waiter

What's worse is he didn't get it the first time, so I had to repeat out loud

He still didn't get it, I just pointed it out from the menu

We just laughed about it after that.

 The last drink we had was a Bailey's Shake

Bailey's Shake

The bar snacks

The deep fried squid

It was quite tasty

The salted egg yolk silver fish strips

 This was surprisingly very oily compared to the squid

We did not enjoyed much of this because there were barely any fish meat under that batter

and all we could taste was the oil

For dessert..take away cheese cakes from Au Chocolat 

where we had our late lunch earlier on that day

Good thing they were still 'looking good'

after a whole day of walking, bouncing, swinging around

The Dutch Apple Cheese Cake

The Try Me Cheese Cake

Both of them looked appealing.

even though we were rather full at that moment,

We couldn't just stare at it without taking a bite

One thing led to another, it had to be eaten somehow

What better place than enjoying it on a rooftop on a fine evening

It tasted delicious.

I would say that the Try Me cheesecake tasted more of a regular cheesecake with a mocha base

But it was good and moist

The Dutch apple Cheese cake was equally heavenly.

If I may go on..
I would like to share a little on what we had earlier on at Au chocolat

which was also not my first time visit there

I went there again with my sister mainly to let her try the Red Velvet

which I thought was the best I had so far

So here were our appetizer, main course and dessert

It was a fulfilling day.

Hatched @ Holland Village

It has been awhile since I last went on a food hunt. 

Ladies and gentlemen, i give you..Hatched.

A restaurant selling eggs in many forms. Great place to hang out, great place for breakfast, brunch, tea time, and even dinner. My food hunting culprit is once again my lovely sister, Chia Mei, who came visiting a few days.

Before I go on, I would like to comment on the staff who operates the phone calls. He was very misleading in giving directions. At the Holland Village mrt, there are 3 exits, I asked for directions and which exits do I take, he told me there is only one escalator, go up and go straight and you can find it. Thus, it took us awhile to find the place. So to make things easier, EXIT B people, up the escalator, then go straight, it's on your left among the row of shops.
Then I asked if I gotta make any reservations, he said no, just walk in. When we arrived, the place was packed! Thankfully, there was a small table for 2 where a kind uncle staff sat us.

This is how it looks like from the outside.

I liked the simple decor and the toy displays. It gives a really homey and carefree environment.

The cute salt and pepper shaker which caught my sister's attention

The cute menu as shown on their website here.

These are what we ordered.

Sleepover Hatched Special, SD 12

 

Bananas and bacons..who knew right, it was a great combination.

Drizzle some maple syrup and it's perfect.

Smoked Royale, SD 13 (one portion)

Sir Benedict, SD 13 (one portion)

 Eggs poached well
Plus the sauce, the english muffins and the egg yolk, it ain't dry and it tasted good.
Well done.

F.T.P, SD 12

 

Another 'dessert' that we ordered.
French toast and peaches with cheese.
Mmmm....Good good.
Only the walnuts, I didn't think it matched quite well with it.

Overall:
Service: Great service, friendly staff

Food: Good, not dry, filling.

Price: Slightly expensive for it's portion.

I would come again.
Here is the address and contact info
http://www.hatched.sg/?page_id=9

 Credits to my sister for some of those nice photo shots.

What's up @ World Street Food Congress 2013

One of the benefits of having chefs as a friend, they never stop being resourceful on the guilty pleasure of life, FOOD!

Today my chef friend and I made a pit stop at the World Street Food Congress.

Well we went there early so the stalls were ready but the crowd were slowly building up.

The entry ticket was SD28, inclusive of SD20 food coupon and SD8 as the entry fee.

The first stall that caught my attention..Indonesian.

Not bad for an appetizer.

The soft shell crab burger from USA.

This was actually what motivated me to attend the event.

Honestly it looked nothing like the advertised picture, it has a really small portion, but what the heck, the soft shell crab was crispy. Though it was not as satisfying as expected, the sauce they used were kinda tasteless.

But that was just the beginning, moving on..

Yum Yum seafood tostada.

The lady boss was really friendly. There was a choice of level of spiciness and whether you prefer sourish or fruitish sauce, I'm guessing the sauces are special ingredients made all the way from Mexico? I don't know. But it was creamy and good. Quite expensive though for just a piece like that, SD10.

Next..Indonesian as well. Pisang Roa

Fried banana fritters, with the special sambal roa, which tasted absolutely delicious.

There was a description of the dish on the side but somehow, I did not manage to capture it, but I did saw a glimpse of the ingredients, fish and ikan bilis and.....stuff..I would buy a jar of this if they were selling.

This next dish is from USA. To me, it was the second best dish i ate there.

The Shrimp & Grits.

Golden deep fried shrimp topped up with a special sweet and spicy sauce, and beneath it, creamy polenta. It was gooooooood...

Up next, Thua Paep, from Thianland. A sort of glutinous rice dumpling covered wit mung beans. I'm not a fan of beans but Thailand, you're doing it right.

There were the savoury ones (white and purple on salad), and the sweet ones. The flavours were pandan, pumpkin and *blue pea flowers. 

*A sort of flower used in medicine and cooking. Just search it up on google. When i asked the guy what is that, he showed me a jar of those dried blue pea flowers, just like those in the google image.*

It seems this is eaten as an appetizer in Thailand. Pity I went to Thailand earlier this year and have not tried this.

Choui Nuong from Vietnam, a banana sticky rice according to the description.

The banana fruit is wrap with a layer of sticky rice and char-grilled, then smothered with coconut sauce.

The banana filling match well with the coconut sauce, it tasted nice but we were too full to eat something so creamy that moment.

Then we had some extra money and although I'm not a fan of pork, I thought, why not..

The PEOPLE'S PIG..what a name eh..

This porchetta sandwich had a generous filling of pork in it. It was all good, fresh meat.

The weather was a killer so this had to be tempting for anyone!

Non stop eating for 2 hours, it was about 1pm+. Sadly we did not stay for the live performances because both of us had elsewhere to go.

With the extra money I da pao this for my dear aunt.

Her comment: Mm, it's nice.

So there, these were just what we had. There are plenty more stalls from various countries like China, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Denmark, etc. If you're free, please stop by and have a look-see.

Here are some random pictures taken but there were not enough fund to buy them.
The tortilla chips was a pity case as we were short of 50cents!! We really wanted to try it.

Don't worry about the coupon though, you can still buy them from the crew members who are going around selling coupons which only comes in a SD10 bundle. We already bought extra SD40, so total we have spent would be about SD80 on food and drinks? Yeah, not a normal meal but, it's just a one time experience since I have not been to these kinda food fair before.
Also, if you get thirsty..there are 2 huge drink counters selling water, soft drinks and beer.

This event only last 10days from 31st May to 9th June, located at the F1 pit building just beside the Singapore Flyer.
Bring your eating buddies who just got their bonuses. =D

Friendly Seafood Tostada lady boss