Majestic Bay @ Gardens By The Bay

My aunt brought us to dine here after marveling Gardens by the Bay. Let me give you a brief tour of the restaurant first before we head for the food!

We saw this outside the restaurant before going in and it looks good :)

Dimsum treats handmade by Guangzhou-born Chef Li Shou Tao.

Most people think fine dining serve small portions but in this restaurant the portions are huge.
Even the manager taking our orders asked my aunt whether she really wanted that much and advised her to cut down some orders.

Thank goodness my aunt did cut down orders, because we still couldn't finish eating everything!

This is their logo (to say we are here! You are in the right place! XD)

Once you enter, you'll see the two deck aquarium on your left.

Get to see your food (seafood! Get it?)

This is an interesting fish to me. It's not dead. It swims like that.

Presenting, the Turbot fish.

NOW, on your right is the bar. Yes this restaurant has a bar. Looks pretty cool.

Neat.

Move forwards and you get to see the tables and chairs. You'll go WHOA. Well, I did so..

I think the circular mirrors are to resemble air bubbles.

My family's table

Behind the panel of mirrors is a secret room, as shown in the picture below.

Voila!

Fine dining. Fancy cups, fancy glass, fancy plates, fancy everything...

Look at our glasses. Cantik ahhhh....

Even fancy wine.. at least I think so XD because my dad pointed it out to me.

DRUM ROLLLLLLL 

FOOD IS ON THE WAY

This is their menu and the dimsum menu is on another piece of paper.

This is the starter snack. Wasabi chips. 

Wasabi chips

Classic Har Gau and Siu Long Pau

Har Gau (Above) S$4.80 for four pieces/ one basket, Siu Long Pau (bottom) S$4.20 for 3 pieces/ one basket

Custard Bun. OOOH YUMMEH.. 

Custard Bun, S$4.50 for 3 pieces/ one basket

Crispy yam dumplings with minced pork.

Crispy yam dumplings with minced pork, S$3.80 for 3 pieces/ one basket

As seen in their poster, the Seared Chilli Crab Meat Bun.

Seared Chilli Crab Meat Buns, S$4.50 for 3 pieces

Baked BBQ Pork Buns

Baked BBQ Pork Buns, S$4.20 for 3 pieces

Duck Fried Rice

Duck Fried Rice, S$10.00

Brinjal. They called it Eggplant Pot.

Eggplant Pot, S$27.00

They called it Trio Egg Amaranth Leaf.

Inside it's century eggs, salted eggs, amaranth leaves ( a kind of vege. New word for us), eggs.

Trio Egg Amaranth Leaf, S$24.00

Peking Duck.

Wrap it all up and chomp.

Yum yum yum *licks lips*

Peking Duck, S$58.00

Ok the adults love this but I didn't.

It was because I did not like the vinegar. The vinegar taste was too strong for me.

It's called the Vinegar Pork, or Pork Vinegar. Either way, it's the same.

Vinegar Pork, S$18.00 for one

Overall, all the food were delicious and we were all too full. My grandmother enjoyed it so all was well :D My grandma loves Singapore. She loves plants.

Address:
18 Marina Gardens Drive,
#01-10 Flower Dome,
 Singapore 018953

(Below Flower Dome, next to the escalator)

Directions:

View Larger Map

Contact number:

6604 6604

Fax:

6604 6626

Business Hours:

 Lunch:

      Monday - Friday

      11:45 AM - 2:30 PM

      Saturday, Sunday & PH

      11.30 AM - 2:30 PM

      Dinner:

      5:45 PM - 9:30 PM

Email address: 

reservations@majesticbay.sg

Website(s): 

Majestic Bay (Official)

Majestic Bay (Gardens by the Bay web)
Majestic Bay (FB Page)

Greek Food - Part 1

This post written by Andrew's elder brother called Alan Chong. Here comes the Greek food and some sightseeing at Athens, Greece! 

Greek Kebab

Way better than typical Turkish kebab than we can find in Malaysia or anywhere at Western Europe. Affordable price  (1.50 euro to 2.00 euro depending on location). A typical Turkish kebab cost 4 to 6 euro at Paris, London, Barcelona and Amsterdam. There are selection of meats ranging from pork to chicken, topped with onions, sour cream, crispy potato chips and chilli powder. Kebab is a very common street food in Greece. Most backpackers eat kebab to keep their stomach full while trying to save some money. 

Mashed Potato in Greek Style

Is also known as Fava in Greek. Another common dishes in Greece. The mashed potato is creamy and smooth. Topped with spring onion. The Cooked olive oil just blend so well with the mashed potato. 

At Zeus Temple. Another highlight at Athens

View from top of Acropolis. It remind me of the hill and residential area in Doraemon series. 

The first Olympic stadium in the world. 

Roasted pork served with bread. It cost just 1 euro.

At Parthenon

Greece flag flying high. 

Olive Tree

Different type of olive. Olive is a day to day food for the Greek. 

The Greek Parliament.

Look at the furry shoe that the guard is wearing   XD

Seafood Platter @ France

Seafood Platter @ France

This kind of seafood platter can be found commonly around French Riviera, Monaco and along southern coastline of France. It can be found occasionally in Paris too. This platter might cost around (45 to 50 euro) depending on the selection of seafood. The dip sauce was made from red wine and vinegar. The seafood is indeed pretty fresh. Stay tune for more food updates. 

Best of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah -Part 2

Above the picture was my last visits picture at KK. Photo taken at Tanjung Aru beach for the sunset and the snorkeling area was Pulau Sapi. Those island was part of the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park (Manukan, Mamutik, Sapi, Sulug and Gaya. My first visit was at Pulau Sapi which my aunt suggested me to go there where you can see a lot of corals and fishes instead of Manukan because that island too commercialized.

This place located at Sutera Harbour Resort. This picture taken at 9am near the marina. For more further information about the islands can be read through Adeline's blog.

My first visit to this UPPERSTAR Cafe & Bar. This was known as Chezzy Carozza with wedges (RM7.95) served very hot and waiting the longest among the others!

Grilled Chicken Burger (RM8.50) served with coleslaw and potato salad. Adeline's relatives let us tried the salad and I love the salad. Inside the salad have eggs too. Adeline's also love it.

The interior of the cafe is awesome! We ate at here during christmas eve for lunch.

                      Some decoration in the cafe.

Appearance of the shop looks expensive right? Actually you are wrong, inside of the cafe serving affordable food and cheap beer (RM40 for 1 Heineken tower).

Adeline's aunt love their Hainanese Chicken Rice (RM7.95). Appearance looks like Singapore chicken rice to me because of the sauces.

I have ordered Spaghetti Cabonara (7.95) and actually Adeline's aunt suggested me to order Lamb Massala Rice but the moment I wanted to order then it was sold out. The other visits at Suria Sabah was sold out too. The taste of the spaghetti was not too creamy and served with mushrooms, hams, capsicum and garlic. Adeline's said so-so only and for me was descent taste.

Baked Mushroom Soup (RM6.95) that ordered by Adeline's. She love the soup at here.

I ordered Grilled Chicken (RM14.95) during new year eve and this will be my 3rd times to this cafe throughout the whole trip. Again I wanted to order the Lamb Massala Rice was out of order but at other branches too. I didn't regret ordering this because this chicken chop well presentable for this price. Serving with garlic bread, coleslaw, potato salads, mashed potatoes and the chicken chop. The sauce is not too salty with the combination of white mushroom sauce and no chicken skin.

Their main menu of the cafe.

Chritmas, new year and valentine's day menu.

Free internet surfing at the cafe. Line was good at the dekstop but not the wifi at there.

The entrance of the Upperstar at Lintas branch.

Branches & Service

Upperstar cafe @Suria Sabah - Food portion was huge among the others according to Adeline's aunt.

Upperstar cafe @Damai          - Service was slow maybe because we ordered beer during afternoon.

Upperstar cage @ Lintas         - Free dekstop surfing internet and service was fast.

                                                                 

                                                         Address & Tel -Damai Branch

G35, Suria Sabah Shopping Mall

Tel : 088-487 233 (Suria)

Block C, lot 8, Ground Floor,

Lorong Okok kayu Manis,

Damai plaza Phase 3,

Kota Kinabalu.

(Same row as Coffee Bean)

Tel : 088-260 388 (Damai)

Lot 97-99, Ground Floor,

Lintas Plaza, Phase 2C

88300 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Tel : 088-233 636 (Lintas)

This dumpling was from Kedai Kopi Tenom @ Damai Plaza. There are 3 dumpling stalls on the same row with this coffee shop. That dumpling sometime consist of very little meat because we ate there few times on a week but sometimes is alright. The taste of the dumpling was decent to me.

 Me and Adeline's prefer the fried dumpling instead of the steam dumpling because it's more crunchy.

The price for the dumpling. We did tried the other dumpling stalls infront of Fook Yuen but the meat was not as good here although the skills of making the dumpling are better than here. 

Best of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah -Part 1

I have been to every state in Malaysia including Kelantan. Which state in Malaysia offers you the best experience of travelling ? Food heaven state definitely will belong to Penang. Most of my friends will ask me why are you going Sabah instead of somewhere else like Thailand or Taiwan since the airplane ticket price not much difference and I would reply them because Kota Kinabalu (KK) has it all from seafood, islands ,mountain and so much more! This post will added some of my holiday pictures.

The pictures were taken by me on my first visit when I flew from Miri to KK. The sunset was taken at Tanjung Aru beach. Those rivers looks like from Geography text books right? =D

Let's get back to food hunting ! Adeline's relatives brought us here to try this Yee Fung Laksa and was known as Sarawak laksa. I have been craving this since I went to National Service and my friends introduced this to me in Kuching. What made it so different between this laksa and the Penang version? Actually Sarawak laksa is more toward to curry version or spicy and the Penang version is more to sour. This laksa was not spicy and was not oily but one of the best one is still in Miri, Sarawak. Adeline's tried their ngau chap and she said it was good but she forget to take picture.

As you know KK cost of living is higher than KL and eating around the town wasn't cheap either. For large bowl cost about RM7 and small is about RM5.50.

The main entrance of the Kedai Kopi Yee Fung and is located at Jalan Gaya, which is the Sunday market street. This was our breakfast before heading to Mount Kinabalu for the 1-day tour.

While waiting for our tour bus, guess what I spotted ? An illegal jetty right in front of Wisma Sabah! There are 3 tourists going for a island tour or something but I didn't see them wearing life jackets. I managed to take picture while they were shaking hands. LOL.

On our way to Mount Kinabalu Park and Poring Hot Spring. You can see the Mount Kinabalu from KK if the weather is good. You can see Mount Kinabalu in the middle of the picture and of course it's the highest one. The tour guide pointed out to us XD

Some random shot from the bus on the way up. Majority of the people inside the bus were Koreans and only both of us are Malaysians. So I was considered as a tourist also I guess. haha

The bus stopped us somewhere near the village and all the tourists went down the bus and took pictures of the mountain. Got 1 aunty holding an iPad to take picture of herself by using the front camera. Looks amazing right?

This tour included us one meal before we head into the hotspring so we had our meal at Poring town which is located outside the entrance of the hot spring. This picture was taken last year but this time that suspension bridge is off-limits to tourists. You can no longer walk on the suspension bridge anymore because they have builded a new concrete bridge further down which cannot see the beautiful stream from the river.

There is another canopy walk inside the hot spring. Something like Taman Negara? You have to walk 800meters up to reach the top and the total journey was approximately an hour. We didn't know we had to walk so long and we wore slippers. Oh no! One of the tourists asked the tour guide why the forest floor was wet and did it rain the day before? In my mind, my first thought was they never been into jungle. Another tourist wore high heels (wedges! Guys cannot differentiate female shoes! XD) hiking into the jungle! I was like this aunty so "GENG" than us wearing slippers. LMAO

Before I joined this tour and I had been searching for a Raflessia tour online and calling the Sabah Tourism Board to confirm whether there is a flower blooming around the mountain or not. To see this biggest flower in the world and was only found in South East Asia you have to pay another RM20 to see but no touching. I asked most of my Sabahan friends or Adeline's relative and they have never seen this flower before. There are flies flying around the flower and surprisingly no smells maybe because it was day 5 of blooming I guess. 

 While calling the hotline, a funny conversation took place.... 

Me                             :    Hi, can I know whether there is Raflessia blooming in the forest?

Sabah Tourism Board :   Let me check with the other authority first and give me a second sir.

Me                             :   Okay.

Sabah Tourism Board :  There is Raflessia blooming at Poring near the hot spring. You have to confirm  again with the Poring centre.

Me                             :    Hi, can I know whether there is Raflessia blooming in the forest?

Poring                       :    Sir, there is some villager put the flower spotted sign by the road side but I don't know whether they have the flower or not! 

In my heart, like that also can? Really "zadou"                      

After searching online, calling all the hotline and finally we took a taxi to the town to double confirm again with the tour operators. Walking around the town asking few of the tour operators and one of the tour told us that there was Raflessia blooming at hot spring which the flower was already day 4. This means that in another 3 days the flower will die off. Adeline and I decided to join the tour and this tour operator looks professional. If you told them that you are Malaysians then you will eligible for some discounts. 

The tour hasn't end yet after the Rafflesia. In the bus, Adeline ate the Loh Mai Chee her uncle bought for us to eat in case we do not have enough to eat during the journey. It is also from Kedai Kopi Yee Fung. The Loh  Mai Chee in Sabah is bigger in size than the ones I bought in Kampar. The Loh Mai Chee form Kampar is smaller and softer. It was Adeline's first time eating it and it tasted like apom balik for her. She likes it.

The bus also stopped by the roadside stalls in Nabalu Town on the way back. There the Koreans went crazy over durians. We asked the stall operator what durians were those but they did not know. Jungle durians XD The smell of the durian was not strong and the Korean family we befriended seem to love eating the durians a lot! Crystal Pineapples (real pineapples, edible ok? :P 'Sui Jing' aka crystal) were sold there as well. I wanted to ask the stall operator to help me cut and put in the polystyrene box but there wasn't enough time so I didn't end up buying.

Recap/ Food in this post:

• Yee Fung laksa/ Sarawak laksa
• Ngau Chap
• Loh Mai Chee
• Durian
• Crystal Pineapple