The Famous Kitchen Island-Wide Delivery

If you have been missing The Famous Kitchen delicious food (click here to view the last visit), fret not. You can still da-bao the food from them or have it delivered to your home! Here's the link: http://order.famouskitchen.com.sg

Happy to know that one of the dish that I had missed the most since the first visit, the flavourful Salt Baked Flower Crab is included in the delivery menu! Yay! Will have it for the next round, maybe with one of the affordable bottles. Hehe! At the moment, am also awaiting for their classic KL Hokkien Noodles to be included. Then, it'll be an order to reminisce the classics.

Thank you Jennifer from JY Consultancy for arranging the delivery this time round.

At the moment, one could enjoy additional 10% off for takeaways and 20% off for delivery till 27 May 2020. For delivery, there is a minimum order of $50 to fulfill. Note that there will be additional delivery surcharges from their delivery partner for orders during PH or PH weekends.


Here's a video of the food:




For food that are 'saucy' like the fish head curry, it was evident that extra care was put in place to prevent spillage. Lovely and shows that the restaurant is considerate towards their diners. Thank you!

carefully packed

Traditional Fish Head Curry 亚参鱼头 @$28+/$50+ (half/whole)

Would recommend the Traditional Fish Head Cury. Am impressed with the sauce. Lemak, rich and with a nice spicy punch. The half a head was meaty and fed 2 pax adequately. If there are leftover sauce, it'll make a nice dip for bread too!

I was having a zoom dinner session with my colleagues and showed them the charcoal tofu. They were rather curious about the taste and it made me realize that not many have tried this before! The tofu was well-fried and it was still beautifully intact when arrived. However, the enoki mushrooms can't be compared with dine-in as it had turned soggy. I liked the light savoury sweet sauce for the tofu.

Charcoal Beancurd with Enoki Mushroom 金针菇黑炭豆腐 @$16+

The Salted Egg Yolk Prawn with Italian Sauce had a curious name. Like, what's an Italian Sauce doing in a zhichar dish! Hahahaa. I think the Italian sauce here is the Golden Sand sauce that we usually see for the crab dishes. Truth be told, I thought it was just a thicker version of salted egg yolk sauce.

Salted Egg Yolk Prawn with Italian Sauce 金沙香草虾球 @$27+

Venison with Ginger & Scallion 姜葱鹿肉 @$18+

An enjoyable meal of zichar favourites. If you can take spicy, go for the Traditional Curry Fish Head.

Thank you Jennifer and The Famous Kitchen for the meal.

Let's support local businesses and if you opt for delivery, there's a 20% discount from 18 to 27 May 2020 and for takeaway, there's 10% off at the moment! What's more, is that Famous Kitchen was recommended by the 2019 edition of MICHELIN Guide Singapore, and specialises in delectable Nanyang cuisine. How's that for dinner tonight?

limited time promo

Here's the order link: http://order.famouskitchen.com.sg or call 6636 8333 / 6257 1843 or email fkreservation@singnet.com.sg

Note: 

If customer orders with restaurant directly:

• For order above $100+, no delivery charge.
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• Delivery charge of $10 applies for orders below $100+.
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• For Set Menu for 1, minimum order of 2 sets.

If customer orders online via http://order.famouskitchen.com.sg,  there is a minimum order of $50.

The Famous Kitchen 名食小厨

Address: #01-01, Hong Heng Mansion, 54 Sembawang Road
Opening Hours:
Mon - Sun: 11:30 - 14:30, 17:40 - 22:30
Phone: +65 6636 8333
Website: https://www.famouskitchen.sg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/famouskitchensg/

NUDE Seafood - Surprise Birthday Treat from Friends

My friends sent me some food today from NUDE Seafood, so here are the photos. Most impressed with the careful packaging for the burger. The homemade yoghurt bun seemed light but pretty filling in da tummy. The burger patty was a tad too pink for my liking, but it was surely moist and juicy! Expect messy drips of the srirachi aoili. Suggest to share this with a friend or family, as it may be a tad too much for one pax. Ideally, to pair it with a glass of wine or ice cold beer.

Just a Burger @$18.80

诺和牛汉堡

NZ wagyu patty, with homemade Greek yoghurt bun, srirachi aoili, caramelized onions, tomato slice, lettuce - messy burger

There was also the Signature Hickory-smoked Salmon, which I've tried before. This time round, it came with black forbidden rice and grilled cauliflower.

烟熏三文鱼 @$19/90

thank you, my friends!

Here's the link to enjoy NUDE Seafood at home: https://www.nudeseafood.com/order

[MHR] Bridging The Distance With a Message of Love

In conjunction with Mother's Day on 10 May 2020, Millennium Hotels and Resorts (MHR) will be

launching “Message from Me”, a social media campaign that runs from 8 to 25 May to honour mothers and caregivers from around the world. Let's watch the video here: https://www.facebook.com/millenniumhotels/videos/294166571607848/

Grand Copthorne Waterfront  Hotel by the river

Molo Clouds at Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel's lobby

To celebrate a heartwarming Mother's Day, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, M Social, Orchard Hotel and Grand Shanghai has prepared a myriad of exciting takeaway/delivery sets to enjoy a cosy meal at home to celebrate the occasion.

Only ala-carte menu is available for both Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Grand Shanghai and M Social, while the Mother's Day Special is still available from Orchard Hotel. Hurry, before the items are sold out!

To all mom's out there, you are loved each day and everyday. Stay safe! Cheers!

cheers~

Happy Mother's Day!

[MHR] Experiencing the Takeaway/Delivery from Grissini @ Grand Copthorne Waterfront

Read about the promotion where all diners get 20% off and My Millennium members get a whopping 25% off takeaway or delivery from MHR F&B here. To order, access this link: https://bit.ly/2KfguBL

yay to delivery!

There is an ongoing Facebook contest currently where you may get a chance to win 20K My Millennium points worth $100. Click here to access. Psst, just need to follow the steps described there!

Let's see what I've got from Grissini, one of my favourite F&B at Grand Copthorne Waterfront. To start, let's try the Burrata Pugliese. Ahhh, Puglia is Chef Mirko's hometown!

Burrata Pugliese @$19

Loved the fresh burrata with the heritage tomatoes and arugula. Mild, creamy and light to taste.

There's soup too. Mushroom veloute that had various types of mushrooms including button, porcini and oyster mushrooms. With a dash of parsley oil. It was lukewarm due to the long journey to reach my home, so it went into the microwave for a short while. The soup was tasty, hearty and thick!

Wild Mushroom Veloute @$11

Next, one must not forget to order the pizza from Grissini. An absolute favourite! Best if it was eaten right at the restaurant, but nevertheless, thankful to be able to enjoy this treat at home too. This time round, tried the Regina Margherita. It didn't look like it had a lot of mozzarella but boy, it was bubbling once the square went inside the toaster! Its crust was super thin and crunchy, and those toppings were such a joy to have! Lovely.

Regina Margherita @$19

Next up, given a choice of Norwegian Salmon and Roasted New Zealand Ribeye, what would be your choice?

I choose...both! Or rather, I shared both with my family. So half-and-half, it shall be! I must say, the price of the mains are really reasonable. Thick, slab of beautiful salmon for just $19? Wow!

Salmon @$19

The accompanying vegetables were delish! Those roasted baby potatoes, sauteed spinach, grilled cauliflower and asparagus were yums. The fish was cooked through though I'd prefer it to be slightly pink but its flavours were on point! Lovely oils too. Oh, and did I mention the roasted sweet tomatoes were literally bursting with flavours?

Roasted New Zealand Ribeye @$27

The vegetables sides for both the salmon and ribeye were the same. The beef portion was good and wow, the first few bites were unbelievably tender even though it was a long journey from Chef's kitchen to Yew Tee. I was impressed!

Roasted New Zealand Ribeye (half-portion)

'aint this pretty?

A good meal makes one feels pampered. Thank you Grand Copthorne Waterfront and Grissini, especially to Chef Mirko and team, and of course, Gilbert for arranging the takeaway/delivery service.

For dessert, I enjoyed Chef's Signature Tiramisu. Though I had it one day later, it was so good. Especially when I missed having dessert like this!

Chef's Signature Tiramisu 

yummy!

so fast?!!

Order now and the meal comes with a complimentary care package consisting of a game to enjoy with family. Mine was five stones! You know, the traditional game. Here's a video to illustrate or read here.

complimentary game

Order takeaway or delivery now to enjoy signature culinary creations at the comfort of our own home. To order, access this link: https://bit.ly/2KfguBL or tel: 8168 1539 or email dining.gcw@millenniumhotels.com

[MHR] Millennium Hotels and Resort - Up to 25% Off Takeaway Food Orders and Complimentary Game Gift Sets For Family Bonding

Millennium Hotels and Resorts (MHR) is offering food and beverage takeaway options across selected hotels in Singapore, as part of their We Clean. We Care. We Welcome initiative. Read about previous post here.

image credit: MHR

Furthermore, with MHR newly launched care package, families could bring home not only their favorite food from MHR's F&B outlets, but as well as complimentary evergreen games such as Chapteh, Five Stones, Pick-Up Sticks and classic board games such as Snakes & Ladders and Chess. Bonding time with family!

All diners will enjoy up to 20% off on orders placed via phone, email or direct online booking on the Group’s enhanced website (www.millenniumhotels.com). My Millennium members enjoy an additional 5% off on all orders. That's a wholesome 25% off for My Millennium members.

Stay safe everyone!

[Circuit Breaker] Cooking with Perfect Earth Pasta

Received the Perfect Earth Pasta from my friends at Forever Young Enterprise, a well-known and established Organic and Natural Health Food provider in the industry. I was most impressed that the Perfect Earth Pasta is a range of gluten-free, allergen-free, gmo-free, suitable for vegan and is also Kosher certified product. Wow!

Perfect Earth Pasta

Now, let's do the taste test. I'm not much of a cook and the last I had cooked any pasta was, hmm...possibly right after my university days and during share house period? Like, about more than 10 years ago? Hahaha, I'm usually a ramyeon person more than a pasta lover. However, am excited to try Perfect Earth Pasta because I didn't know that know there's such a wide range of pasta available made of the various rice like organic range of black rice, red rice and brown rice, plus there's another range with chia seeds!

Randomly chose one to try, and decided on the Perfect Earth Organic Chia Pasta Brown Rice. Going to do a kimchi chicken bulgogi sauce for the pasta.

let's try this

Here are the ingredients for the sauce

1. One pack of kimchi - I used Bibigo stir-fried kimchi pack (80g)

2. Two large cloves of garlic - chopped

3. One small slim carrot - chopped

4. One big yellow onion - sliced

5. One pack of chicken bulgogi - about 330g

At home, the stove is not working, so most of the time, I can only do cooking in the pot or in the toaster. For this experiment, I used the rice cooker to cook the meat and the sauce, while the soup pot is used to boil the pasta.

stir-fried kimchi pack

To cook the chicken

1. Heat up the oil in the rice-cooker

2. Placed in the chopped garlic and brown it till fragrant

3. Placed in the onions and carrots. Fry till onions are soft.

4. Add in the chicken bulgogi and brown it for about 5 minutes

5. Pour in the kimchi. Add water to the sauce in the kimchi pack and put it together with the meat

6. Simmer for another 10 mins

kimchi chicken bulgogi

To cook the pasta

1. Put salt into the water and wait till it boils

2. Drop in the pasta sticks (2 handfuls for 2 pax)

3. Cook for about 5 minutes and it should have softened but still al-dente

4. Drain the pasta and move the pasta into the chicken pot

5. Toss well and simmer for about a minute will do

Perfect Earth Organic Chia Pasta Brown Rice - cooked

I liked the texture of the cooked pasta which is not too al-dente and not too soft too. The chia seeds gave it a lovely texture, much like toasted sesame.

kimchi chicken bulgogi pasta

lovely bite and texture

Easy to cook, healthy and reasonably priced! Let's stock up some of these in the food cupboard, shall we?

Thank you Hence and Tracy for the introduction to Perfect Earth Pasta!

To purchase, please visit the URL below:
https://www.foreveryoung.com.sg/product-category/pasta/
https://shopee.sg/foreveryoungsg
https://www.qoo10.sg/shop/foreveryoungsg

[Order Food Online] Millennium Hotels and Resorts

Good news to My Millennium members! Enjoy up to 20% savings when you takeaway from Millennium Hotels and Resorts restaurants in Singapore! And for My Millennium member, there's an additional 5% off your takeaway, yay!

Grand Copthorne Waterfront link to order:

https://www.millenniumhotels.com/en/destinations/asia/singapore/grand-copthorne-waterfront/order-food-online/

M Social link to order:

https://www.millenniumhotels.com/en/destinations/asia/singapore/grand-copthorne-waterfront/order-food-online/

Grand Shanghai link to order

https://www.millenniumhotels.com/en/destinations/asia/singapore/grand-copthorne-waterfront/order-food-online/

Millennium Hotels & Resorts

https://www.millenniumhotels.com/en/offers/asia/order-food-online/




Here are some of the foods that I have tried previously at Grissini (Grand Copthorne Waterfront) and Beast & Butterflies (M Social), and now available for takeaway too!

Grissini - Ortolana Pizza

Beast & Butterflies - Chili Crab 

Beast & Butterflies - Cassoulet duck confit

[Circuit Breaker/Heightened Alert] Sharing My List of Resources

Yes, we are in this period and in it together. Let's see some of the list of resources available for food options that does takeaway and/or online delivery. Personally, I use online delivery most of the time and the issue is that my area, Yew Tee, isn't that popular with restaurants so the options available are not too big but still ok.

Local F&Bs (Compilation)

Compiled by WhereToEat Singapore: https://wte.sg/3dYk6WM

If you have more to add on, do contact WhereToEat Singapore! Thanking you in advance.

(Editor Note in 2021: Seems like the list in WhereToEat was last updated in 2020)

Food Deliveries Platforms (that I have tried before)

GrabFood (currently using in 2021)

Pros: 

• Current default choice ever since the Foodpanda increased the delivery fee
• Able to purchase Grab Stay-home Pack @$1.99 per month to offset max. of $4 from delivery fee (30 vouchers per cycle) for orders of $15 and above. Do bear in mind that at certain times, the delivery fee fluctuation for the same shop could between $2 and $6.90. Also observed that there are certain 'service fee' that's not deductible using the voucher. Other vouchers such as Grabfood vouchers from Shopee, can offset the amount, including delivery fee. So, see which one is more worthwhile to use
• Plenty of riders for Grab platform and so far, there was no missed delivery yet
• More shop options compared to the other two platforms

Cons:

• Less options of shops around home address but slightly more/different than the other two
• For island-wide delivery to my home address, typical delivery fee would be around $12 to $22

Deliveroo 

Pros: 

• I like Deliveroo for its shorter waiting time for delivery....most of the time anyways, although there had been occasions where it fell short too. But if you contact Helpdesk, typically they will offer a discount code for next use.

Cons: 

• For home address, the choices of food is actually more or less the same as Foodpanda

Foodpanda 

Pros:

• Used it quite often previously at the workplace, as it has a tier-ed delivery charge where some can be as low as less than $2 when compared to Deliveroo, assuming both are not having any promo. Less attractive to use in 2021 as the delivery fee is relatively higher

Cons: 

• For home address, the choices of food is actually more or less the same as Deliveroo

WhyQ 

Pros: 

• I like this because I can order hawker food from Bukit Panjang Hawker Center and not the usual places that I see on Foodpanda/Deliveroo. 
• I can also indicate things like "pack the soup separately", "add chili" for each order. 
• There are multiple promo codes to choose from (thus far).

Cons: 

• The selection is only from Bukit Panjang Hawker Center for my area... 
• There are extra charges based on how many items you order. For example, if you get 2 items even from the same stall, it is counted as twice. Hence, delivery fee will be x 2. Same with if you get one item from Stall A and then get another one from Stall B, the delivery fee will be x 2 as well. 

Oddle Eats (used on a few occasions in 2020 and 2021, usually to order birthday meals) 

Pros:

• Plenty of restaurants to choose from for island-wide delivery
• Some restaurants offers discount for first-time order, or there are also credit card offers to watch out for

Cons:

• Minimum order for delivery for my address is usually $50 and above and free delivery for orders above $100 may be offered by selected shops
• GST costs + delivery fee

Feastbump (rarely used)

Pros: 

• Food from places that are far far from Yew Tee!

Cons: 

• High min. order and/or high delivery charges. The minimum order, so far I have seen is $35 but most are $50 and above. Delivery fee ranges from $5 to $25 for my area.

Current promo: 

• $5 delivery fee island-wide, min. order requirements are more or less the same

Groceries Shopping Platform (that I have tried before)

Shopee

I guess I am more of a Shopee person rather than a Qoo10 person? Not sure why also. I think the things are cheaper in Qoo10 but just more comfortable using Shopee, so far.

Grocer King 

URL: https://shopee.sg/grocerking

For: meats and vegetables

Order received: Fast. Within 2 days after payment was confirmed.

Pros: Fresh vegetables

Cons: My order of the frozen items were completely thawed when it was sent over at evening time around 6pm

APC E-Store 

URL: https://shopee.sg/apcestore

For: Dried seafood, lap cheong, mushrooms

Order received: Fast. Within 4 days after payment was confirmed

Pros: small free gifts from the seller (food)

Cons: certain item can be pricier. 

Kimchi Mall

URL: https://shopee.sg/liffey180228.sg

For: Korean foods

Order received: Moderate. Within 6 days after payment was confirmed

Pros: Promo items with good pricing (between 10% to 40% off for selected items). Items are well packed.

Cons: None at the moment. 

LHH Vegetables

URL: https://shopee.sg/lhh_veg
For: Fresh vegetables
Order received: Very fast. Within the next business day after payment received.
Pros: Fresh vegetables bundles ranging from $16 to $32 per box. Free delivery above $30.
Cons: Unable to request for a change of the vegetables type. Delivery fee of $5 for orders below $30

Forever Young Singapore

URL: https://shopee.sg/foreveryoungsg

For: Pasta, honey, jam, rice, noodles, cereals

Order received: Got the Perfect Pasta delivered by a friend, hence NA

Pros: Reasonably priced and one could get organic, gluten free, vegan suited products

Cons: Certain popular items might be sold out pretty fast

Harin Mart

URL: https://www.harinmart.com/

For: Korean groceries

Order received: Fast. Within 4 days after payment was confirmed and after sending them an enquiry on the third day.

Pros: like a Korean supermarket. Pretty good selection of vegetables, noodles, convenience foods, sauces, broth, fruits etc. Delivery fee of $3 but there's a tax on the total order. Hence, I think the price displayed is before GST.

Cons: Missed out one item out of 10. Sent them an enquiry via their website but not responded at the moment.

Double Chin Food Specialists

URL: https://www.doublechinfs.com/
For: Frozen poultry, pork, beef and seafood
Order received: Super fast. Within next business day for orders before 10pm the day before.
Pros: Reasonably priced and min. $30 and above for free delivery. Receive the order the next business day after payment.
Cons: Hope they will have more selection soon

Here are some of the dishes that I've whipped up using the supplies from above:

porridge with dried scallops, oysters (from APC E-Store) and fresh spinach (from LHH)

Perfect Earth Chia Seed Brown Rice Pasta with mushrooms, red chilies from LHH Vege

Bibigo Wanton from Harin Mart, bok choy from LHH

Dongwon Spicy Tuna with diced yellow onions (from Harin Mart) and chilies from LHH

curry chicken using meat from Double Chin

Hope you had enjoyed the list. Most of the above are just personal experiences, hence it may be different for others. Do share your favourite online stores too! 

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