Sour Sally - EMPORIUM & TAMAN ANGGREK

Did I mention that Sour Sally originated from Indonesia? Yes, that's right. I knew Sour Sally before it opened in Singapore and it has always been my favorite brand here. So, in 2 different days, I had these. Sadly though, in Indonesia, they no longer serve green tea and they changed it to taro (yam). Since I do not like yam, I chose strawberry instead It is sweet and light. Nice but I prefer green tea though.



In Emporium, I had the toppings of almond and strawberry. They do not have granola sadly. But almond is fine too. Their almond is not like in Singapore where it is chopped so finely that it lost the crispiness of it. Here, it crunchy and nice. Strawberry is fresh and sweet too. Perfect!





In Taman Anggrek, I had toppings of chocolate seeds and almond. I like it. Sweet of the strawberry yogurt, bitter of the chocolate seeds and the crunch of almond. Perfect combination number 2.

From here, you should have known by now that Sour Sally is my daily intake of dessert everyday in Indonesia. I almost had it everyday there since it is available at most of the mall. Yes, Sour Sally is very popular in Indonesia and I hope it can be too in Singapore. There is facebook page for Sour Sally too:D Search for it and follow the page. Is cute:D

Kiyadon Sushi - EMPORIUM (JAKARTA)

Went to Jakarta for CNY celebration (Yes, I am Indonesian:D) Since I had nothing to do in the mall, me and my brother went to Kiyadon Sushi for lunch. It looks so nice, the place is so peaceful and I love the setting. White and neat. Inside, it is surrounded by sakura tree and you can choose to sit beside the bar or on the table inside the shelter (LOL, shelter inside shelter).



The first thing I noticed is the conveyor belt. Instead of those conveyors that is frequently used in sushi tei, sakae sushi and other sushi joints, they use boat and water to transport the food. So the sushis are put on the boat and it floats on water following the direction of the route. It is so cool!!



I took the salmon skin roll from the conveyor belt. I like it. The rice is firm and the salmon skin is crunchy. Love it.



Then, My brother ordered the spicy salmon sashimi roll. It is tasty. Better than the ones in Singapore but after trying other dishes in the restaurant, this just taste normal.



Ordered the new style sashimi salad. OMG! Best sashimi salad ever! I like that they sprinkle a lot of the deep fried shredded crab stick onto the salad. I love it. The sashimi is fresh too! And the greens are crunchy and refreshing. There is seared tuna there that is so nice! The prawns there is fresh too with octopus. NICE!!



The chef also made me a dish that is out of the menu. He suddenly asked me what I like in a roll. I said: crunchy,spicy and smoked. And out of a sudden, he made a roll for me! He smoked the salmon sashimi, put spicy sauce in it and made a roll. Then he sprinkle the deep fried shredded crab-stick on it (my favorite! And he put A LOT!) The taste? AWESOME! I Love it!! BEST EVER!

The service by the chef is superb. He talked to you and treat you very politely. Staffs too. However, at the end, there is a slight confusion in my bill since they lost it and misplaced my change. Had to wait around 30 minutes for it. However, the staffs apologized sincerely, so I was not angry. I enjoyed my experience here and I think this restaurant is so much better than many Singapore sushi restaurants. I hope I can find one like this in Singapore. Of course, the price is not cheap, but for that price, I think I am willing to fork it out happily.

Ootaya - ORCHARD CENTRAL

I have always love Ootaya char-grilled chicken as it is smooth, tender and nicely-grilled. So one day, I went to Ootaya to eat dinner again and ordered the char-grilled chicken dressed in orange sauce with the rice set.



I like the assorted vegetable. It is light & refreshing. The rice for Ootaya is better than other japanese rice I tried. Stick and fragrant and is easy to chew. I like it very much. The chicken as always, tender and smooth. I like it. And the dish is of a healthy ones where they serve it with a bed of vegetables. Good for people who wants to eat healthy once in a while. (LOL like me, after having so much buffets...)

Crystal Jade - TAKASHIMAYA

Went to Crystal Jade for lunch with my mum. I was not craving for any rice or noodle so we went to have dim sum instead. However, mum had the craving for Japanese food so went to order the yakiudon.



The stir-fry black-pepper yakiudon taste very bad for me. i knew it that it was wrong to order fusion Japanese dish in a Chinese restaurant. Regret it. The sauce is watery and I can't taste the black-pepper. Even though the noodle is fry nicely, the watery sauce totally killed it.



The cha siew pau is just normal. I have eaten better ones. But I do like the fact that there is not much of pork fats in the bun.



The dough fritter wrapped in skin roll is nice! I like that the dough fritter is crispy and the rice skin is not too thick. But I think that the sauce should be more hot to make it nicer. Mum's favorite dish.



The egg tart is buttery and crumbly. I like it and almost finish all 3 of them but stopped at 2 after thinking of the butter content in it. The cha siew sou is my favorite dim sum food but I was disappointed as it did not meet y expectation. But it is still nice, just not superb. Have high expectation of it.

Crystal Jade is a nice casual-dining restaurant. It is not too expensive and affordable for all. However, the quality of the dim sum is not at its best. Just normal but worth eating when you have a sudden craving of dim sum and crystal jade is the only place you got.

Sour Sally - WISMA ATRIA

Sour Sally is one of my favorite yogurt place. It is because it has green tea yogurt. Had one small green tea yogurt with low-fat granola. It is becoming my favorite topping (last time was almond) now. I like that it is sweet but not too sweet and is crunchy and sticky. Love the texture. Sour Sally's yogurt is light and not easily melt and that's how I like my yogurt to be.

Vienna - UNITED SQUARE

I went to Vienna at United Square for their lunch buffet at a price of $32++. Has been wanting to try this out since I always find it crowded and reviews say that it is good.



When I enter, they gave me a complementary soup of Buddha jumping over the wall. It was light and refreshing.







Then I went to the salad bar. It has a nice variety of fresh salad with unique dressings. Went to try the mandarin orange dressing and it is light and refreshing. I like it. The lotus root is too sour to my liking. Ham is nice and I love the pasta salad and the prawn salad. Light and refreshing Opens up your appetite.



The sushi is so nice! I like the sweetened tofu filled with rice and the soba. Light and not too much rice in it that makes it heavy. I like sweet tofu. The smoked salmon is also very good. Nicely smoked and fresh. However the sashimi was not. The clams is nice too, paired along with the sweet & spicy sauce.





The fried items are nice too. I love the durian fried ball! The durian paste inside is warm and the outside is crispy. Love it. The tempura is nice too. There is a cereal prawn in the menu but i only took the cereal because I love it! The vegetable is just well, vegetable, what you expect. satay is nicely marinated and fritter is crispy.



The prawn cocktail is nice too. I like it that the prawn is fresh.





Desserts are limited. Had the green tea cake, strawberry shortcake, fruit tart and the black sesame rice cake. All are mediocre.



Chocolate cake is not rich and is too rough.

They had fondue and ice-cream too. Had a few servings of it.

Overall, Vienna had a wide variety of hot dishes but limited desserts. I like their fried items very much. They also had egg tarts but I only got to eat it once since they just started serving when I am about to end and I am already full.

Let's Sweets - PLAZA SINGAPORE

After trying the one in Bugis, I heard they opened in Plaza Singapore recently and is better than in Bugis. So, went to try:)



The salads bar in here is so much more fresher than the one in Bugis. I tried the salads and is nice:D the vegetable salads are nice too. fresh:D spaghetti salad is nice too, al dente:D



The crepe is a bit disappointing. The crepe is soft and soggy and not warm. the caramelized apple is not sweet enough and the vanilla taste watery.




Rice cracker is bitter and hard. Not recommended.




Curry rice is normal and not worth a second serving.




I love chocolate fondue & marshmallow. They are a match-made in heaven and here, it is. The chocolate is so rich ad the marshmallow is so fluffy that I got a few servings of this.










I love the berry tart. Taste a hint of the berry sweetness and also crumbly but not too crumbly. The fruit loaf is nice too. Taste sweet but not that kind of sweet that makes you feel sick after eating it too much. The mochi in red bean is nice too. I love red bean so anything with red bean is nice for me.











The panna cotta is mediocre and is not my favorite.Chocolate mousse is so-so. The green tea cake is bitter and I do not like it. The peach tart is nice, similar to the berry tart, except that it is peach. The strawberry parfait taste the same as the ones in Bugis... I guess consistency huh... The strawberry jelly taste like.... no taste... watery.




Pizzas are okay. But not remembered.




They did their spaghetti always. The taste is not too strong but just right and the texture of the spaghetti is nice too. The chicken karaage is nice too. Tender and soft. I guess it has been left out too long so is not that crispy but is still nice though.

Overall, I think the outlet in Plaza Singapura is better than the outlet in Bugis. The setting is nicer too. And since I went it during the weekday, price is only around $12++ and I am allowed to stay more than 1 and a half hour. The staff said that I could just stay there since there is not much people. Happy coz I was planning to stay long. LOL. service was ok I guess...