Forest @ Resort World Sentosa

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FOREST @ RWS
Venue: Lobby Equarius Hotel 
( If you are driving, proceed to B1 West carpark, purple zone)
Contact: 6577 6688

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Finally, the long awaited wedding anniversary lunch celebration! We had been postponing it as there was always something on on Sunday, and this 8 course set menu is only available on Sunday. Hey, at least we still "made it" within the month of June. =p

The restaurant is decorated in such a manner that keeps reminding you of its name Forest. Brown wooden pillars ( probably laminated) that branch out to the high ceiling, leaves featured wall, flowers, even the staff are donned in brown suit. My notti hubby suggested that the staff should wear a green cap so that they will look like walking trees. =_="

Anyway, the whole setting gives a very soothing and comfortable ambience. What a lovely way to start the Sunday noon! Lunch starts at 12pm mah...
The 8 course lunch comprises of 13 dishes all together, and will take about 2 hours to finish the whole course. So do consider the timing when planning your schedule! Dont rush through the lunch and waste such a nice atmosphere!
There is also a 4 course kids set menu, which personally, I dont think it's worth it. Either leave the kids at home and enjoy couple time or just order the adult set menu and you eat more lah. Keke
Refreshing lemon grass drink to freshen up the palate (additional cost of $5++). Not a very sweet drink.

*Thinking aloud*

Where can buy basil seeds? I read somewhere that basil seeds are good for digestion and makes a nice dessert by just mixing  plain yogurt, berries and basil seeds. Sound real easy and yummy. =)
1) Soup of the Day

Soup of the day is winter melon soup. Can really smell the aroma of the soup from far. Taste wise, I was expecting sweeter since it smelt so nice. Nonetheless, a tasty soup to warm the stomach and we were so ready for the delicacies! Bring it on!

2) Tuna Tartar marinated with Mango served in Cone
3) Baby Abalone in Thai Style
The abalone was slightly spicy, just enough to tease the tongue, complemented with a sour/sweet /spicy green apple salad. Even my silly hubby who doesnt like to eat abalone, said this dish was good. 
The presentation itself was so thoughtful to contain the tuna tartar in a cone, which kind of "force" you to take a mouthful. Then you truly appreciate the dish and savour the marination which was so good. The amazing part - the cone was still crispy despite the tuna tartar being moist and flavourful. 
 4) Pan seared Hokkaido Scallop in Black Bean Sauce
5) Vietnamese Roll with Sliced Lobster in XO Chili Sauce

Obviously, the scallop being so huge already won the hearts. Yet I liked that it was treated in a very typical Chinese style with black bean sauce and fried shallots ( I think) even though the presentation said a different thing. I expected the sauce to be on the salty side just like the normal black bean sauce, but somehow this was just nice and I polished the sauce clean with the big fat scallop. Yum!
Warning! For those who dun take chilli, please remove the "helpless" looking red spot on top of the lobster slice. It was spicy lor... >.<

Again, the sauce accompanying the tasting portion adds a lot of points to the dish. I thought it tasted like Japanese sesame sauce. A pity that the lobster slice was a tab too little to really taste the natural sweetness, so that's why the sauce played a vital role.
  6) Steamed Egg Chawanmushi with Crab Meat

Hey, I luv chunky crab meat that I don't have to shell myself. Hehe
  7) Deep Fried Prawn with Crispy Cereal
A ball of springy prawn coated in fresh crispy cereal. Fresh because I really dont taste any symptom of oil, yet it was so crispy! 

Tip of the day: Dun waste the cereal, eat it with the chawanmushi too! 
  8)  Steamed Cod Fillet with Yunnan Ham and minced Ginger in Lotus Leaf

By now, we were almost full. The servings here really were really decent even though they are suppose to be tasting portions. I like that they never cut corners! It was okay, we can tahan and will definitely finish this course. *affirmation nod* So now, we were finally at the main course. 

The cod fish was very smooth and literally just fell apart with a stroke from the fork, no knife needed! Since I have a shorter body, which means my nose is nearer to the plate, I can smell a very strong lotus leaf. I dunno why, but I thought that there was a tiny weeny bitter aftertaste, which I reckon was due to the lotus leaf. Overall, it was still a very delightful dish. 
  9) Wok Fried Beef Cubes accompanied with Pan-seared Foie Gras

Bet you cant tell, but there were foie gras cubes "hidden" amongst the beef tenderloin cubes. Now I'm the silly one, I just threw all the foie gras to hubby's plate. Me DUN LIKE foie gras.

The beef was pale compared to the other dishes, the meat was slighly tough but I still liked the wok fried fragrant. And dont forget to eat the crispy nest!
 10) Braised Japanese Ramen with Crab Meat
  11) Wok Fried Jap Pearl Rice with Smoke Duck and Sausage
The noodles tasted like chinese mee suan rather than ramen, smooth and silky but also like very 凊淡.  Nonetheless, the chunky crab meat and tasty broth made up all!
Our stomach were protesting but still, we had to finish this coz it was so tasty! The Japanese pearl rice were fried until the texture seemed like glutinous rice with little bites of smoke duck and sausage here and there.
  12) Mango with Pomelo
  13) Pandan Cake with Crumbles

Thank goodness, desserts were light hearted instead of pulut hitam or durian cheesecake. It would have been an agony if those were served. 

The pandan cake was very light & fluffy with the added crunch, wished that there were more crumbles though. 
We ended off with tea! 

Not sure whether tea/coffee was included in the set. We saw other customers left without having them, but yet we were not charged with extra cost. 

Just for sharing, if you are thinking of coming here, why not sign up with RWS invite, which costs $150 for a year membership. In return, you will get $200 dining vouchers. More worth it right? ^_^

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Weekday Hi Tea @ Lawry's

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LAWRY'S
Venue: Mandarin Gallery, #04-01/31
Contact: 6836 3333

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Day 2 at Taipei

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Day 2 was shopping day!!

Thank goodness it was not raining heavily with just some drizzling in the afternoon. Just to play safe, we went to Wufenpu, which is mostly sheltered. 

Wufenpu (五分埔) / 鬍鬚張魯肉飯 (Formosa Chang)
Location: 110 Taiwan Taipei City Sinyi District Yǒngjí Road 333號  ‎ 
Metro: Houshanpi - Exit 1

For those who have never came to Taipei before, do not miss Wufenpu! It's a wholesale market with lot of cheap and good stuff. 

In the recent trip, I did realised that there are more shops selling clothes imported from Korea, which are more expensive (e.g. like $40 - $50 for a top), which I would rather buy in Singapore, Far East Plaza also have those shops mah, or best, fly to Korea to buy. Just for sharing, sometimes these shops will have a rack outside the shop selling defect items which may be a good buy, so do look out for those! Alternatively, buy those clothes that are imitation of the Korean designs, which are also nice. just that the quality may not be as good as those direct Korean imported.  

Lunch was quickly settled at 鬍鬚張魯肉飯 / Formosa Chang, which I have long heard about ravings about it. Can you imagine that I have never tried it even though this trip was my 5th time in Taiwan?


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Grub

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GRUB
Venue: 510 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 (Bishan Park)
Website: http://grub.com.sg/
No reservation allowed

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Day 1 at Taipei

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My SQ inflight meal

Food was just normal on the SQ plane. The bun was served cold, the pork was kinda hard to chew and I didnt even finish the ice cream (never see before brand). I usually like inflight meal, but I really think SQ food was getting worse. >.<

The flight was not too long , about 5 hours, and before I knew it, I had reached Taipei. Even though the plane did hover for some time before landing due to the stormy weather. Heng, I brought my Northface jacket, the best waterproof jacket cum windbreaker and I "survived" my trip despite the raining spells. Not the best time to go Taipei I guess, out of the 7 days I was there, it rained like 50-60%. *pouting*

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Quincy Weekend Offer

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Just want to share this before the promotion is over.... and yes, the 10% discount will end TODAY!!

I just made a reservation today.... =)

The package also include activities below:

Saturday
Couple Art Jamming Class
Movie Night by/in pool

Sunday
Cup cake baking

I decided to check in on Saturday so that I can join both the Saturday & Sunday activity. For the Sunday activity, it will be subjected to availability with additional cost of $40 + GST per couple.

Not going to say when I'm going for this, so that my chances to join in for the Sunday activity is higher!! #selfish 

If you have an upcoming celebration event (birthday, anniversary etc) but dont know what to do, this can be a great idea! 

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Im back from Taipei!

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I spent about 7 days in Taipei alone to just eat and shop, oh well technically 6 days since I flew back to Singapore on the 7th day. You must be thinking I should have a very relaxing trip.... but NONONO... my itinerary is still packed with places I wanna go makan and shopping... Still quite "tedious" lor...

Just sharing some of the places that we makan, will be doing a more detailed posts when I'm more free. This month is a busy month for my new launch, weddings, Father's day and.... my wedding anniversary! =p 

These are just the non-night markets food that we tried. Talking about night market, I proclaimed now that Nixia Night Market is my favourite in Taipei, followed by Shilin, Shida and last one will be Raohe. Ok, please start drooling from now on.... keke


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