Kiseki @ Orchard Central

This review has been drafted for way too long. I just want to get it out of the way. I'd deleted a lot of pictures as I forgot that I should be blogging about it first. Anyway, Kiseki can be found at Orchard Central level 8. The place is usually very packed, so reservation is a recommended. For lunch, the price for adult is $19.80++, $27.80++. While dinner will cost you around $31.80++, $34.80++. The price differences are just wah. So, go on Mon-Fri between 11.30am-3pm to eat buffet for $19.80++ (no grills though).

The food variation is quite limited in my opion. Sure there is sashimi, teppanyaki and tempura. But is just too little. I got bored taking food once. Each table is given clips with the table number. So when we want something, like chicken chop, we just order by placing the clip on the counter. Well, if unsure, just see what everyone else doing.

This is the only food that is quite pretty to photo. The seafood taste is really strong in this soup. It is just too much for me. I love seafood, but this is just not that good in my opinion.

These are some of the food we ate. I like the BBQ prawns the most, as that is quite worth the money just eating that alone. The beef is also not bad, but that is cause I like the fried garlic that come with it. The desserts are not that nice. I only like eating the ice cream, it is soft serve kind, and ice cream will never go wrong.

 

So overall, I don't really understand why people say it is nice. Sure it is not as expensive as other buffets, but the quality of food is lacking. There used to be a Jap buffet at 313 which offer very little variation of food, but the food is really nice. Even though it is little choice, but you will be happy eating there. I don't know what it is call, and it is no longer there, such a pity.

Love me some polishes and other things

See, look, Hello Kitty! I have plenty I masks but when I remember to use them, it can be used up pretty fast. Most time though I'm just too lazy to actually open a pack.
Anyway bought these when I was at Bugis with Huimin. The brush is free.

My nail polishes came. It's from Singsale. You can check them out here, as sometime they do have really good sales. And it's not just beauty related. You have to sign up to see the sale though. Some even offer free shipping. But ya as that many nail polish, I just divide the fees accordingly and it's still way cheaper than when you buy it in Sg.

I also have my Bellabox as I cannot find the unsubscribe button. Anyway, I talk about it here and I finally got a twistband so that's exciting.

I was bored and wanted to play with fake eyelashes, then end up the glue dried. Went to Daiso, Watsons and Guardian and none was on stock. Had to resort to Sasa and pray for the SA to not disturbed me. I got pressured easily. Just like this, that's why I bought it. The cheapest for $8.95 that is ok quality. I wanted DUO but it's $14 and it's just for fun, I don't want something ex. But ya $9 is expensive!

Lastly, samples!
I love the Hada Labo cleansing oil and I was given 3. So awesome. I did a review of it here.
I don't know why I have more samples of Lactacyd when I only remember redeeming for the Neutrogena one which have not come yet.

P.s. this is what I've been loving as my snack.
Yogurt, dried cranberry, cereal (corn flake, walnut, oat clumps, banana). So yummy and make any yogurt taste good and not boringly plain. Even though this is my favorite yogurt. It just gives you that little crunch. A great way to eat cereal if you hate milk. A healthier option too.

Lee's Taiwanese at the Star Vista

So I went out to the Star Vista. It was a very cool nice place. Mostly outdoors with plenty of restaurants/cafes. I feel that the only problem is that this is Singapore. The weather is hot most of the time. It is not pleasant to walk around. At first I thought it was near the MRT, end up you have to walk a short distance to reach your destination. Plus, it was not air-conditioned. So, it was really a bother. I know I am spoil but my expectation is more than what actually is. So I am greatly displease. 

After walking around the 3 story high, from B1 to level 2, we finally decided to eat at Lee's Taiwanese. It looked cozy with family of all ages. Pretty small dining place, with both outdoor and indoor seating. 

We decided to get the main courses, plus one set value, comprising of appetizer of the day + fruity drink/tea for an extra $6. They gave us paper and pencil and we tick the food we wanted to order. The menu is just a big piece of laminated paper/poster thing. The food came in a fairly normal time.

The food is alright. Limited choices, but I just feel, the lack of chili is making it not a fair trial. Cause I love my spicy food. And without it, everything just taste so-so. I mean you need to eat Mee Sua with chili right? Of course.

Pigs Intestine Mee Sua, $8

The noodles is alright but it is kind of steep. The beef is not that soft, and again I think it is not that spicy. I miss the one in HK, even though the last time I ate there it was pretty oily. But it is still nice. This one, just so-so. 

Taiwan Beef Noodles, $12

So this is the appetizer snow bean curd and seaweed. It's pretty small. I actually like bean curd as it is just so silky and smooth, yet very firm. It's like eating soft abalone. 

Snow Bean Curd, $3.80

The drink we got was the passionfruit greentea. It taste just like any passionfruit greentea out there. Damn, I feel like drinking it now.

After the food is served, they gave us the bill and wanted to us to pay on the sport. I mean, what if I wanted to order more food? Like maybe a glass of water which cost 20c. Plus GST and service charge, how much will that be? I do not like the straight away make payment concept. It is not like as if it is crowded and we will run away. 

I don't know. The whole experience in that place is just average. The seating is not that comfortable. More like Ya Kun place with the hard chair and you can just sit for a while type. The space was tiny but have room for movement, so it wasn't bad. The price is on the pricey side. I can get better nicer Mee Sua for half the price outside. The server only know Chinese? Well, that's my impression. Not much of a problem for me. 

So overall, I won't be coming back for sure. But you should check out Star Vista as there are plenty of food options to spoil your choice with. 

Chocolate addiction and haul

Chocolates! Magical chocolate. Truffles. Alcohol. All the yummy sinful little snacks. Fattening but worth every bite as all is yummy. Cept maybe a little too little of alcohol. I need more. I still have one more set which I never take a photo, given as a Christmas present. That, I shall only eat after the new year. Shall do a 13 going 30, where you just drink the alcohol and throw away the chocolate. Ok that's stupid, I am legal to get drunk with pure spirit.

Chocolate with bailey. 2 of them for Christmas. That is absolute madness. Ate it just for fun. Bailey not strong enough. Chocolate covered marshmallow is yummy. Easy microwave brownie. Super duper yum. Get it! Especially if you do not have an oven or lazy to bake. Highly recommended. It is Betty Cooker anyway. You can so trust her.
The best of course is my Sally Williams. I am just scared that this only for Christmas. I wonder if normal days you can actually buy it. The rest of you, I highly recommend this nougat. It is so nice. Can be bought at NTUC fairprice finest at $9.90 for 9 pieces. Worth every bite. Well I take 3 bites per piece. So that is like 37c per bite.

Two seperate group of people went to Melbourne. Well I would prefer to get Sally Williams, but since I found it here, I never expect much. But, I got a bunch of chocolate, macadamia snacks and soft nougats. My favourite!
Nougats is so nice, the chocolate nougat is chocolaty. The lemon is lemony, oh well you got the point. Me think that mondo nougat is better than the normal brand you can find in Singapore, aka golden boronia. The giant one is even better. It is bigger so I get to eat more. Haha. The macadamia is super nice too. Must get that more.
Now if only someone go to Paris and bring home macarons. If you are in Melbourne though, then you should be getting weird animal meat that cant be found elsewhere. Call me cruel and not an animal lover, but I got to live life and eat and try stuff.

I want to try kangaroo, emu, crocodile meat. I found these online as things to buy from Melbourne. So I ask Kelvin to get it for me. And he is the sweetest, he got it! 2 of them. I've yet to try. Too precious. I bet it just taste like any normal beef jerky. Oh well.

For work, Watee got this for me. She gave each one of us lolly. So nice of her. She said she wanted to go out. And she came back with this. Hehe.

In the Month of July

 I have to buy this. It's on sale. Deborah Lippmann from Luxora. And they gave me free sample. How nice! Love them. Now, if only I have more money.

Had to get essence. Originally wanted to get the brown eyeliner. But end up getting the smokey eyes shadow instead. Since I probably will use them more. And I wanted to get the polish, but I didn't. What happen was, they had a promotion if you bought more than $10, you will get a free gift to be collected at cashier. So I did, and I got the polish that I originally wanted to get. So happy!

Didn't exactly bought this myself. But I love this so much. I been playing with these colors all the time. Really love the prism purple glitter. I've been loving glitter lately. Even though its a pain to remove them.

Had to get this when I saw it at the kids section of H&M. I just know that Kelly will freak and well I am right. She use and love it. I've been loving my little pony lately. Not the pony or what, just the my little pony friendship is magic the series. All about friendship. 

Lastly, I have to talk about the one thing I love this month. 

Godiva! Chocolate drink. Yummy! So chocolaty. For $9, may be a tad pricey, but so worth it. So, if you haven't try. Try it. The chocolate is so strong. I drank the dark chocolate. But they have the milk chocolate, if you don't like dark. 

Warning: drinking may cause you to feel full. Plus your teeth will be stain with chocolate bits.

Gem in Macau

This is the kind of diamond or gem or stone I want. Different colors. I want from different angle you can see different colors. Mainly blue, purple and pink. Kiddie but thats me.

Photo is taken in Macau. The galaxy. It's the golden building that I wanted to go to last time I was there. I pointe to Hannes and ask him what's that. It's so pretty and shiny. Golden. Bright. Showy. Turn out it was that. So I got to go where I wanted to.



And Reyner was so in love with the Indian food. We basically ate biryani rice with chicken, fish and mutton. The chicken tondari and chicken curry. Love the curry. It's nothing like I've ever tasted before. Even though it's not spicy but it's nice. So if you go to Macau, go the galaxy and eat at the Indian restaurant. At around three the place is quite empty.

Then we went for tea time. Its like HK$180 for a set of 2 if I never remember wrongly. It's just nice. The cakes wasn't wow. But the scones is fantastic. Crispy and chewy and soft in the middle. It's small too. Not too buttery, not warm but it tasted so fresh. It's the only thing that's worth it. Oh and the tea. I got the usual mint. But the teapot is so cute. Feel like stealing the tea sachet home. The sandwich come in variety but they give us 3 cucumber while the rest is one each. (tuna, egg, ham) its just weird. The sandwiches and cakes. I think they should just give 2 of each. that way we dont have to fight who got what. Oh well.

Thanks to this experience, I will love nothing more to eat Indian food and have some tea.

Take 5ive

This taste really familiar. I just can't figure out what yet. And I got sick to it. It feels like drunk and wanting to throw up. Plus I yawned so many time after taking this.
I never take it in a shot. Took 3 mini shots. First taste just wow. Like taking redbull the taste so weird that it wakes you up. But I like redbull. So it's a bit different. Hmm.
Oh well. After throwing up. I still feel uneasy. I am not sure is cause of the Starbucks or the lack of breakfast that kills me. I wouldn't want to try it again. I shall stick to redbull.