Our orders for the night was crayfish thai green laksa and thai green curry with rice. My laksa was alright, although I thought the green laksa was a bit hotter (just a bit) than the usual green curry I have elsewhere (maybe that's the diff between green laksa and green curry). And they really put the chilli (thick ones) slices into the laksa.

When we finish, one of the staff saw us looking at the promotion signs on the table and intro to us, their inhouse promotion card. It actually allows 10% discount of your meals, on the day you buy the card, along with a few vouchers for subsequent use. What a good deal, if we had come in a big gang.

Oh, the place was big, so although the place looks packed, we could still get a seat fairly easy despite a queue of 3-5 tables before us.

The prices were affordable, but for the feel and decor of the place (more of students hangout place) and the food ingredients, I do think it is a little overpriced.

We could tell that the staff who took our order, really knows his work. As he could flip (in the dim lounge light) to the right pages of the menu as we asked if they have cocktails etc. The menu is really a lot of choices.
Although I thought it strange for him to politely tell me that they might take a few minutes as they need to freshly squeeze the fruits/veg for the cocktail. For a while, I thought that was going to be a long wait, but it was actually only really a few minutes.

The food was really expensive... For a plate of 6 small springrolls, that cost me $18 before svc charge and tax... although they use foie gras (duck) as the ingredient.... there's a taste in the springrolls, which some may not like...

I also find the cocktails to be fairly expensive, at around $20.... especially given the low alcohol content of it.... But I must say they care enough to put in the many choices....

If you are looking for a place for Friday cosy night, then this is not a bad one, but be careful for your wallet....

By the way, they were testing the lights for the F1 Marina Bay seating gallery when we were there (we could see the lights pole, although at first I thought we were near to the floating platform and they are testing the lights for NDP). We were sitting on the inner side of the lounge, so not sure if this lounge can give a good view of the F1 track.

My hair has a natural curl. I have always found it hard to manage especially when my hair grows longer. Andy made me appreciate my hair more and learn how to manage it. Andy works with what you have and uses his creativity to create what is best for you.

When you go to Andy, you get personalised & quality treatment coupled with good fun laughter. You can expect to leave the salon feeling fabulous and confident! I have recommended my good friends to Andy. They are now regulars with him too. You only want the best for your loved ones:-)

I ordered Beef Stew and Ichigo Milk Parfait. While my friends ordered the Beef curry rice and some mushroom pasta which I forgot the name.

Soup base for the beef stew was tomato which was too sour for my liking. Though I will give a thumbs up for the beefy taste of the beef and its great texture. Other ingredients in the bowl are brocoli and carrots cooked just right to retain some crunchiness. I did not finish my bowl of pasta though, as the portion of pasta was too large with comparatively small portion of other ingredients.

Beef curry was too sweet and taste just like any other curried rice. Nothing special.

I did try some of the soup for the clear mushroom base pasta. Salty was the word and nothing else to it. Though the portion was upsized, it doesn't look like much cept for the taller bowl that made eating difficult.

Ichigo Milk Parfait saved the day with the Milky ice cream not too sweet, creamily smooth (yum yum~~) and blended well with the sweet ichigo lined on top. However, the pool of ichigo sauce at the bottom of the cup spoils a little for me as the concentration was too sweet to eat with the cornflakes. Without this, this dessert would be perfect~

Service of the restaurant was not so desired though. The male service crew kept appearing behind me (towered over me) though he could have stood at the side of our table and we could hear him well (vice versa). Got a shocked from him on several occasions plus the fact I was wearing a dress with low V cutting added to the annoyance.

Nevertheless, menu was quite extensive and we were spoiled for choices. Will definitely visit again to try its other kinds of pasta and of course the ichigo milk parfait ;D

The food was lacklustre due to a lack of identity.

I had the Vietnam hor fun which came with some fried crisps and beef balls in a dark transparent soup base. It wasn't totally bad since the soup itself was rather thick with taste reminiscent of prawn soup. But its the feeling after the noodles were finished that you feel rather disappointed. After all, paying $10 for a bowl of prawn soup hor fun isn't exactly a value for money event.

The other item we had was something akin to phad thai. Slightly spicy and rank with peanut taste. The prawns were pretty good as is the rice noodles itself. But its still the aftertaste of receiving the bill that really ticks it off.

In the end, if this was a normal coffee shop set up and price. I would have recommended it to no end. But as it stands now, i'd have to say no thanks.

Spaghetti tossed in a classic rich tomato meat sauce and aged Parmesan cheese, the classic Bolognaise ($14.50).

Bolognaise and poached eggs doria ($16), the traditional baked rice covered with cheese, and did you saw that? Poached eggs!

Croque Madame ($13.50) Homemade pain de mie (white toast bread) baked with ham, Swiss Gruyere cheese, sunny side up and side salad with house dressing.

“Sandwich for dinner?” You raised your eyebrow. “Why not?” Don’t look down on this Madame, she can sure hold her weight with the others; the thick slice of bread, the heavy cheese, the egg, ham, and salad - everything you need for a filling meal.

Something sweet, to end the meal, before we continue elsewhere

One of us had the Earl Grey ice cream ($8) from Canele before, and she was bend on having it, wish acceded, it’s her birthday that we’re celebrating after all. The very distinctive earl grey flavour, the seemingly-smaller-scoop-than-my-previous-visit, and the milk chocolate shards.

We almost fought over this, the madagascar ($8) was way too, common (read:plain), to worth the money. But I was proved wrong; open your eyes wide, that’s vanilla beans you’re looking at! Ooh, ah! That, alone, made me felt better about paying eight dollars for a scoop of ice cream. Fresh strawberries that were not very sweet, and almond crumble at the bottom to provide a crunchy texture to the smooth and soft ice cream.

I looked around the adjacent tables, throwing envious glances to the mont blanc, the tiramisu, the macarons, that the others were having. Unfortunately, the rest (on my table) did not have the same feeling as me, they never like cakes you see.

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I wasn’t really impressed with the main course that Canele offered, but, to be fair, I think they are priced reasonably. And if I may, I’ll also like to think that the ice cream here are under-recognised; people always rave about the cakes available, but I don’t think much people know that they serve good ice cream too.

You are always welcome to visit ladyironchef for a full-up on this trip. Whatever written herein are my genuine feelings expressed in words. Food, my dear, is what they call an adventure!

The end result? My eyebrows are nicely shaped and complement my eye shape. Best of all, they give you a disposable wet towel straight from the fridge after threading to reduce the redness and relieve the pain.

Recently, I decided to try their eyelash perming service. I've got to admit I was sorely disappointed by it - the girl doesn't seem to know what to do to hold my eyelashes in place before applying the perm lotion!

I have very Asian eyes - small, slitty, mono-lidded with poker-straight lashes and she had to try to re-clamp it with an oversized eyelash-curler-looking device. She even tried forcing and I almost got a bruised eye!

After the entire ordeal, my eyelashes were only permed slightly at the very tip. Quite a waste of my time (45 mins!) and money I must say.

I only recommend you try their threading - its good, fast and cheap. The rest? Well you're definitely better off heading to a good beauty salon for that.

Word of caution though, the queue can be very long during lunch or dinner time. So coming at 2pm-5pm is very advisable to avoid queuing for too long although there maybe a short line of queue still.

Ordering the meal of your choice is very simple, pick one of the main dishes and it will come with 2 choices of hot or cold side dishes. My favorite which is also my wife's favorite is the New York Strip medium done. The portion is bigger than the prime sirloin. That's why we always opted for the New York Strip. =)
Waiting time for the food is quite reasonable which is 5-15 minutes ( can be more if you come at peak hours ). You can always order the mushroom soup as an appetizer while waiting for the main dish to come.

Dishes we usually order : 2 New York Strips, 2 Soups, 1 ice water, and 1 soft drink. The bill came around 35-38 dollars. So very reasonable for 2 big steaks. =)

Overall astons is somewhat quite good for me as price and taste wise is very reasonable. So for all of you that has not try astons, please do so. Totally worth your money. Go Try it, it's a must

Let's seek to bring Shoplah down!
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Sadly, Shoplah is still operating today after so many complaints. My mistake is not doing an online search for it before I bought from them.

Check out these complaints!

http://www.asiaone.com/print/Digital/News/Story/A1Story20071110-35510.html

http://flowerpod.com.sg/forums/Dont-Scam-Attention-All-t39561.html&st=40

I bought 2 tops and 1 dress about 2 weeks ago and the items arrived on Sat (more than the 7 days stated). Unfortunately, the items were not up to expectation.

1. The length of one of the tops was much shorter than the dimensions shown on their website.

2. The dress had a stain on the white portion, and it doesn't look like it could be washed off. The stitching of the dress was also not sewn properly, resulting in an ugly bulge at the front.

I had immediately informed Shoplah about the defects and requested to exchange the top and dress. Sadly, Shoplah was only nterested in a one-time off business and INSISTED that I pay $4 per piece for exchange, excluding postage.

I do not see why I have to pay extra for the exchange since it was Shoplah's mistake in the 1st place. Their attitude has been extremely unethical and rude. My emails also went unanswered for days. I threatened legal action and their reply was "You can proceed to legal charges and our stand will be clear and firm."

They are now on facebook and have a fan base of 8487!!! Something needs to be done!!! Anyone has any ideas? What happened to those who went to CASE? What was CASE's reply?

I've never felt that way when I go to Andy. I'm always assured that my haircut turn out well. Often times, I leave it up to his creative mastery to do whatever he wants and he doesn't fail to deliver. I have rather thin, fine hair so if cut wrongly, I might be mistaken for a cancer patient.

Andy personalises his service for each client; he'll ask you for what preference you have and he'll work the style, taking into account your concerns, hair type, face shape and lifestyle. He's current and sometimes ahead of his time so you can be assured that the style that you want is fashionable and suited for YOU.

Andy takes pride in his work and often I spend 2-3 hours each time there, depending on what I do. It's a bonus that his salon commands a majestic view of the Singapore River. I must say that its each visit is therapy for the soul and mind.

At $90 a snip, the price tag may scare off some but for the that freedom of knowing that you are not at the mercy of some insistent rookie hair stylist, it's worth every penny.

There were very few customers there. Inclusive of us, there were only 3 tables of customers.

If you want cheap food in big portions, this is the right place to come to. Food types are a mixture of Western food (e.g steak, fish, chicken cutlet), Chinese (e.g Stir Fried Vege, Tzu2 Cha4) and Malay (e.g Fish head curry). Purchase the set meal to get also, salad, soup, drink and dessert. Soup and dessert are free flow. The set I ordered was steak and it only cost me approx $14 .

Wanted the steak to be well done and it came as well done, with the meat not too tough and enough of the "beefy" taste that I would like my steak to have. Salad was fresh though it seems a bit strange to have Watercress soup with steak. Taste of the soup I've heard, was great. So great that my friend had 3 helpings of it.

The place look a bit sleazy since it was attached with the KTV but nevertheless, a great place to have a quiet dinner with friends (unless you're down on your luck and met people having a Hen's Party there) at budget cost.

Today, after I've been to Andy,I leave looking like Robert Deniro or Al Pachino....well sort of la! At least I feel as good as these guys look.

This explains why I've followed him to 3-4 locations and continue to support him even during this recession,cause,at the end of the day,he's a true professional and knows his trade very well.

It was smooth, and silky, strands of it sticking out; yet in the dim light setting against the white background, it looked angelic, yes, this must be it: Cold Angel-hair pasta. I enjoyed every slurp, and I’ll gladly have it again.

This, is the In-thing for this season, like the latest fashion trends for each year; rejoiced people, it is this time of the year for the sacred white asaparagus, not green, not red, but white. And then, I spotted the yellowish sauce over the the Poached white asparagus with Bouchot mussels.

I stopped, and slowly took a bit of it with my spoon; “it couldn’t be, Oh yes it is!” I dipped everything on the plate with the hollandaise sauce, and made sure not a single drop of it was left.

“Have you had white asparagus before?”

“No, I don’t see what's the craze over them..”

A surprise always had the biggest impact when you least expected it, and it came pleasantly of course.

There was pata negra, and salted baked seabass for the folks who couldn’t have beef; and damn, the roasted black pig from Spain sounded so good, I should have claimed to have allergies against cows!

My piece was very well balanced in the portions of the fats and meat (read: too much fats). I took a bite of the meat, and chewed down some fats. And it’s not that the Grilled Cote de Boeuf wasn’t good. In fact it was more than excellent; the slightly tinge of pink fully captured my imagination.

My eyes tweaked to see what was coming. It was supposed to be desserts next, but they were serving us, pizzas. You know, the elongated slice of thin-crust bread with toppings all over. Ah no, I was clearly mistaken, this was no pizza, it’s the Fine apple tart a la dragees, with rum & raisin ice-cream.

Once we had our desserts, once we paid off the bill, it would be bye-bye until a year later. Or at least that’s what the script wrote. A year, is far too long a time for us to meet up. We should meet up regularly my friends, and hunt down all the good food around our island.

Note: The 4 course Carte Blanche set menu was $45 per person and done especially for our Food Bloggers lunch, it's not available to public.

You are always welcome to visit ladyironchef for a full-up on this trip. Whatever written herein are my genuine feelings expressed in words. Food, my dear, is what they call an adventure!

they provide various of print services.

The best is provide DOOR TO DOOR SERVICES. and friendly.

Service include:
Name card / PVC Membership card / Decal / Letterhead / Bill Book / Envelope / Paperbag / Folder / Flyer / Baner / Poster / Sticker

I had ordered 3 boxes of offset namecards from Bee Print. The quality is not bad on and there is no hidden cost (Nett price)

Full color offset double side printing with matt laminated 260gsm namecards.

Also print banners, posters, flyers, & PVC Cards which I think the price is fairly competetive.

Again, the greatest thing is no hidden cost

Space usage was quite poor as the place was quite cramped. 5 mins from sitting down, we changed places as the aircon was leaking water. No black face from the waitor though no smiles too.

We were not rushed into making up our mind even though its only like 20 mins left to closing the till. I ordered this Hakodate Shio Ramen and was extremely satisfied by it. The shio soup base was unique, not too heavy nor too light. Blended well with the saltish meat. However, the meat will be too salty to be tasted alone though those who love heavier taste would love it.

Also ordered the Edamame which came hot and covered with shio. Tasted wonderful though the salt proved to be too much when we came to the bottom of the bowl.

My husband ordered Beef Curry Rice. Contrary to other places' curry, we could taste beef in the curry itself. Meaning they either used beef stock as one of the ingredients or cooked the beef in the curry. I would like to order that the next time I'm there.

Overall, we were quite satisfied with our meal there. But it could be because we were all famished from having no dinner and a tiring performance and rehearsals. Should definitely visit there again as there are more to be tried out.

The place isn't located at somewhere you would term as accessible - an inconspicuous restaurant occupying 2 rather dilapidated units along Jalan Besar Road. The interior is dated as well, looking more like a scene out from a sixties movie set then a modern Chinese restaurant.

Prawn Roll - The prawn roll aka ha zhor had too much batter for my liking. It looked a little like goreng pisang (deep fried banana fritters) to me and that's definitely not a good thing. I couldn't quite make out the subtle presence of the prawns, if any and honestly, it was filled with more flour then anything.

Broccoli with Scallops - You can't really go wrong with broccoli and scallops and thankfully this one wasn't the exception. Apart from the scallops being a little too soft, I thought that this dish was still quite decent, but nothing to shout about of course.

Kong Ba Pao (扣肉包) - The answer to all weight loss programs, diets and they key to having a short life - that's what popping a serving of kong ba in your mouth does for you. I would have gladly thrown any health concerns out of the window if the kong ba had been good. Sadly, that wasn't the case. The meat was overly fatty to the point of being gross and the gravy was seriously bland. A little sugar might have made it more palatable.

Hokkien Mee - If the taste of alkaline was my thing, then this dish would have been a delicacy. Otherwise, it was terrible. Bland save for the strong hint of alkaline from the noodles, coupled with not so fresh prawns and a watery gravy that was more for the colour then taste, the noodles were limp and soggy. Not exactly my idea of a signature dish.

To be fair to the restaurant, the food isn't expensive (save for the scallops dish). As a matter of fact, it's considered quite cheap, standing at $48 for the 3 of us. But something really needs to be done about the quality of food. We tried the signature dishes and they turned out so bad. I really can't imagine how the "normal" dishes will turn out. Makes me wonder about the crowds.

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Sambal Sting Ray ($14)
It is only to worthwhile to order the biggest version to make your money worth. It will come with 2 huge slabs of stingray, spring onion, lime and their unique Sambal Chilli. For the other smaller version, they will normally come with only a slab of the stingray, which is much smaller comparatively (and definitely not satisfying). This is the best stingray I had ever tried before and they always never disappoint me whenever I go back.

Herbal Chicken ($12)
Time to try out their other dishes. I pick this herbal chicken because it has been eons since I last ate one and mainly from what I see, other people at the tables seems to be eating this. This can only tell me one thing. The food is good!! Well, they did not disappoint me again. When the chicken arrive, immediately, I can smell the fragrant aroma of the herbs they used. The soup that came with the chicken was thick with herb flavour. Simply sedep!!! The chicken was tender and soft and I did not stop attacking the chicken until it has only been left with bones. =p

Rate 8/10 (I fully recommend this place)

It offers various favour like white chocolate, chocolate & Macodoneia nuts, and a few others that I can't recall. The cheapest is its chocolate & Macodoneia nuts at about $4.50 for 100g. Besides cookies, it also sells brownie. The tiny ones go at $2.60 for 100g, but it is certainly mouthwatering & chewy.

All its cookies are great tasting. The only improvement I wish it could make is to improve its packaging. Instead of its usual paperbag, why don't have re-sealable or airtight ones?