Saturday, January 2, 2021

One Night Staycation at Hotel G and Dinner & Breakfast at 25 Degrees Burger, Wine and Liqour Bar

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What was the experience staying at Hotel G? Read on to find out! The stay was in late Nov 2020 and before the mad rush using the voucher. Managed to get a good deal from Agoda where the stay was for about $110 per night with breakfast in a Good Queen Room.

Booking was a breeze and the hotel will send a reminder via Agoda/email for the slot to check-in. Mine was allocated for 2pm to 3pm.

Lobby was small and there was a queue (still manageable) for guests checking in as well as checking out.

Liked that there are adequate staff on hand to guide the guests. I was handed the Health Declaration Checklist form to fill-up but it was kind of a challenge due to the dim lightings and small fonts on the hardcopy. Age has certainly caught up!

The check-in process took about half hour and was allocated a room at Level 15. Not bad.

hotel G

lift up to the room

room to the right

here we go

Good Queen Room 11 m²/118 ft²

Hotel G room are known to be small and compact, so it was not surprisingly. The room felt cosy and the music had already started immediately when guest enters the room. The workdesk is smallish and it was crowded once I placed my laptop on it. 

Queen bed was on an elevated platform and for vertically-challenged ones like me, have to be careful not to bump my knees most of the time.

nice view of MBS

mugs and kettle

yes, it was dusty

boxed water 

Overall, there are dust spots in the room but other areas cleanliness are ok. 


thank you for providing the Care Pack!

toiletries from Australian brand Metis

bathroom

I see what you did

The bathing area and the toilet bowl is separated by a shower curtain. I think this is my first time seeing a shower curtain in a hotel in Singapore. Have to try my best to avoid the shower curtain from sticking to my skin because the space is really really tight! Alas, the water will still splatter onto the toilet bowl area so best to push the floor mat abit further away from the outside of the shower area. I didn't so ended up with a very wet floor mat.

There is no fridge in the room, so get your cold drinks downstairs from Ginett or 25 Degrees, or the 7-eleven from across the street.

Dinner that night was at 25 Degrees Burger, Wine and Liquor Bar as Ginett was fully booked. If you're there before 7pm, there's a 1-for-1 Beer and Bites promo. Hence, we had beer and some bar bites as appetiser. Beer fills us up pretty quickly.

Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc (front) Asahi Black (back) @$19 (1 pint)

Tater Tots Nachos @$8

Onion Rings @$5

But of course, we can't leave without having the famed burgers. Friend ordered #4 while I had the #1. Okay, Number Four is yellowfin tuna, with spicy aioli. But, we were surprised when it arrived. The colour of the patty was unexpectedly greenish! It tasted of crisp outer and dense patty. Unable to discern if it tasted like fish (because am conditioned to think that fish burger ought to taste like fillet-o-fish). It tasted abit like those meatless patty.

Number Four @$14

good 'ol Number One @$14

looking delicious

Number One has beef patty, gorgonzola, bacon and thousand island. Ordered it medium rare and its center came out a bit more rare than expected but didn't mind it because the burger was shared by two.

medium rare

My jeans seams were straining after the meal, so a walk outside to digest is a necessity. 

night view

Didnt stay too long outside since there was work to be done that night.

Morning came by rather quickly the next day.

good morning

witty

As breakfast was provided, we headed down to 25 Degrees again. Better be there by 830am if you'd like a seat indoors.

breakfast menu

I had the American Breakfast while friend opted for the Eggs Special. Loved it that the staff brings you the fruits bowl and croissant the moment you sat down.

breakfast view

nibble on these while you wait for the mains to come

I must say, the croissant was very good. Two croissants were about just right per person! Lovely.

airy and super buttery

look at these

Best croissant from a hotel, by far. Next, was the breakfast eggs. Not the best tasting but I liked everything on my plate. 

Eggs Special

American Breakfast

And, yes... the jeans were straining once more after breakfast. Hahaa!

Overall, while I didn't have the best sleep at Hotel G, I enjoyed the cosy feels in the room and the breakfast was good. Value for money.


Hotel G

Address: 200 Middle Rd, Hotel G, Singapore 188980

Websitehttps://www.hotels-g.com/singapore/




Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Lime Restaurant @ Parkroyal Collection Pickering

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Have heard of the buffet at Lime many years ago but never got around trying it. Finally did it with my foodies kakis when we did a staycation at Parkroyal Pickering.

Made a reservation for a Sunday night dinner and hotel guests get to enjoy a 15% off the buffet price.

entrance to the restaurant

our view

The restaurant's tables were nicely spaced out and guests only need to write down the orders on the chit and staff will serve it to your table.

Us, being us.. literally ordered almost everything on the menu except the roasted meats as we had that in the morning.

order chit


Staff are friendly and efficient in clearing the plates. Kudos to the F&B team at Lime Restaurant.

Sashimi Sankan Platter

not sure if the slicing is supposed to be like this?


Started with cold appetiser / seafood and was tickled by the slices of sashimi. The salmon sashimi was sliced in a longish manner, and I don't think I've ever come across this style of knifework before.

Seafood Platter

Much preferred the seafood platter with those plump. juicy oysters over the sashimi anytime! Even the clams were nicely sweet.

salted egg lava tempura

local delights platter


The local delights platter looked kinda sad with the singular satay but luckily we didn't order much as the satay was tough.

chili crab

bak kut teh


The chili crab was good, considering it came from a buffet line and the sauce lovely to lick off.  Bak Kut Teh lacked the herby taste and was just soy sauce flavoured.

The grilled lamb chops were good! So good that we had second servings but then, the quality of the meat differs. First plate was more enjoyable with the tender meat. Second plate was still nice but not sure why it was much saltier.

Lamb Chops

Angus Beef


Realised that I forgot to take a photo of the roti jala with curry chicken. That was tasty and we had second servings for that too.

Shanghainese Scallion Noodles

Pickering Lobster Laksa


For dessert, the ice-cream was really good. I liked the coconut ice-cream with kaffir lime. So refreshing!

coconut ice-cream with kaffir lime

Nutella Banana Crepe

Assorted Berries Crepe


I'd recommend the Nutella Banana Crepe. Had two servings of that. I liked! The homemade mochi with durian pengat is worth trying too. Although it was just one bite, we were sooo full!

homemade mochi with durian pengat


Then, Tracy wanted roti jala with chocolate. Yus, made it happen. Thank you Yus!

special order - Roti Jala with Chocolate Sauce


The service at Lime Restaurant was delightful. Thank you to the F&B team for your hard work.

Lovely dinner with Tracy, Hence and Ivan!


Lime Restaurant @ Parkroyal Collection Pickering

Address: 3 Upper Pickering St, Singapore 058289
Contact: 6809 8899
Business Hours:
Mon - Fri: 7–10:30am, 12–2:30pm, 3–5:30pm, 6:30–10pm
Sat:  7–11am, 12–10pm
Sun: 7–11am, 12:30–5:30pm, 6:30–10pm

Friday, December 25, 2020

Beauty In The Pot 美滋锅 @ Star Vista

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Once in a year gathering with ex-colleagues, and last year we were at Tan Yu and this time round, they decided to journey to the west. Hotpot, it shall be. Reservations were made by Jingwen (thanks!), and the wait was about 5 minutes for the table to be ready.

shopfront

rose bear (mascot?)


One thing to note is that each table was limited to just 90-minutes. Service was brisk, and diners are to order through the tablet. Liked that the information displayed included the trending items. For noobs, just get the #1 trending from each section, can't go wrong!


For soup, we ordered 4 different ones; collagen, mala, tomato and mushrooms. For sauce, the concept is similar to HDL, where diners would pay an amount (I think it was $2.99) per head and can get one sauce and fruits.

For drinks, we had the sour plum which strangely came looking like guava juice. A tad too sweet for me, this plum juice.

plum juice (refillable)

top clock-wise: collagen, mala, mushroom and tomato

Beauty Sesame Dip 美滋锅芝麻味碟

Fragrant Spicy Sauce 特制香辣酱

For hot pot, we ordered the usual meat, fish paste, vegetables, noodles, dumplings etc.

US Angus Prime Short Ribs 美国鲜嫩厚脂肥牛

US Angus Prime Short Ribs 美国鲜嫩厚脂肥牛

Mixed Dumplings Platter

The dumplings here were pretty good. The mixed dumplings platter was like a sampler set and had Pork and Chives Dumpling (韭菜猪肉饺), Prawn Roll Dumpling (虾卷) and Prawn Dumpling (珍宝鲜虾水饺).

cow stomach

Spicy Sliced Pork (香辣猪肉片)

let's eat!

busy busy

give me meat

If you had ordered any Specialty Homemade Paste (滑类), then the staff will help you to push those into the broth. Other than that, it was pretty much on your own.

Ebiko Prawn Paste 鱼子虾滑

one for the mushroom soup

The must order thing for the night, turned out to be the fried beancurd skin.

Fried Beancurd Skin (炸响铃)

It was so good after being dipped into the tomato broth. This was match-made in heaven 绝配 (imho).

fried beancurd skin in tomato broth (delicious!)


After you've finished your meal, the staff will serve you a complimentary shot of lime sorbet. Once again, it was pretty sweet and sour at the same time. Refreshing after a heavy meal.

lime sorbet shot

Then, do remind the staff to bring you the fruits. If you need more, just let the staff know.

fruits to end the meal

The time-limit was good to prevent us from over-ordering and over-eating. When we left at 10+pm, there was the next queue for the next seating as there is a promo of 20% off after 10.30pm.

Expect to spend about $40 to $50 per pax.


Beauty In The Pot 美滋锅

Address: 1 Vista Exchange Green The Star Vista #02-24 Singapore 138617

Websitehttps://inline.app/booking/-LQn02dF6LFREHgn1AI8:inline-live-2a466/-LfTW6Jgb06U5d_heiXZ?language=en

Contact: 62621692

Business Hours:

Daily: 11:30-03:00


 
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