IKEA Crayfish Party 19 August 2016 Food Review

I was so excited about my first Ikea Crayfish Party with party hats and meatballs! It costs only $25 per person with early bird discount and they do give $10 Voucher with minimum spend of $50 at their home furnishing section. So that works out to be about $15 per person? I was so excited about their crayfish and meatballs, but sadly, my excitement turns into disappointment. 

There were no sight of Ikea Chicken Wings and neither do they have curry puffs for the buffet party. However, they do have fried mid wings that tasted quite okay. My verdict? I prefer the buffet at Grand Park City Hall instead as their crayfish are bigger, fresher and you can simply taste the ocean taste in the crayfish. I stopped at two crayfish at Ikea Crayfish Party as you have to literally take out the shell and you can even see those black slimy parts of the crayfish which weren't really appetizing to me. Then again, that may be just me as I still see lots of people piling up plates and plates of crayfish.

The people there were more rowdy and rude as they cut queues to get the buffet items on their plates. You will get what I mean when you see how the cakes turned out after people had taken their share. Will I go back again? Certainly no. 

House of Seafood Ala Carte Food Review at Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre

I was quite reluctant to go back to House of Seafood after my 2nd Visit. As a saying goes: Once bitten, Twice shy. However, I bought 2 Vouchers and had to go back to use the voucher no matter what. We went at a later timing this time round at about 730pm compared to 530pm the other time. 

To my surprise, the food standard returned! I was so happy and relieved. I would change my rating from 3 to 4 from my previous post. The home made prawn rolls and Shrimp Paste chicken were my favorites! However, the home made braised pork bun seemed to have more sauce than the previous post and is less soft and thus, not as 'WOW' as the previous 2 times. I thought that we should order the clear tom yum soup as there were not much gravy to go with the rice. However, I feel that I would not order Tom Yum again as there were not much ingredients in there.

Home made braised Pork Bun

Home made prawn rolls

Kang Kong Vegetables

Crispy Chicken with Shrimp Paste

Beancurd on Sizzling Hot Plate

Stir-fried lala with Sambal

Lychee Sweet and Sour Pork

Clear Tom Yum Seafood Soup

You can order all the above for just $200 net and with Groupon Voucher, it is just $99 for $200 worth of food!

I went on another visit and ordered Thai Style Fragrant Chicken instead of Tom Yum Soup and it tasted delicious!

Grand Park City Hall Asian BBQ Fun Food Review

It had been pretty long since we head over to Grand Park City Hall for their Bistro Buffet since they were undergoing renovation. 

The dining area became smaller but the food quality was still pretty good! I had never liked the BBQ as some were still uncooked on the previous times we went. It was well cooked this time around but it seemed that the taste of charcoal was more distinct than the taste of the seafood.

As such, my advise is that you could try the BBQ section and see if you like it. But do not order a lot at one go as you might end up regretting it. OH and i forgot to take photos of the Durian Penyet and the Ice cream! They were all very good!

Seafood 


Raw Oysters

Salmon

Sushi

Desserts- mini macarons! 

Crispy Chicken- really better than KFC!

Roasted Duck

Roasted Pork

Wok Fried Noodles - yummy!

Wok Fried Prawns with hot bean sauce

Chicken with black bean sauce

Wok fried Kailan with Oyster Sauce

Mashed Potato with Bacon Crisp

Smokey Tilapia with BBQ Sauce

Teriyaki Chicken

Scallop with Mentaiko- my fav!

Cranberry Smoked Duck with Polenta

Minced Pork with Moh Moh Skin

Braised Pork

Fried Fish with Onion and Ginger

Papadum

Samosa

Salads


Hands-on Rojak Section

BBQ


Sauces

Starbucks: 1-for-1 Mango or Strawberry Fruit Jelly Yogurt Frappuccino for Rewards Members from 17 Aug 2016 Drink Review

My Starbucks card is once again loaded with 1-for-1 Mango or Strawberry Fruit Jelly Yogurt Frappuccino! I am excited as I'm a mega yogurt fan! Who can say no to mango and strawberry? 
Starbucks Reward Members could treat yourself with any Mango or Strawberry Fruit Jelly Yogurt Frappuccino and enjoy another one for free every Wednesday till a limited time period. 7.80 for Tall-sized, 8.60 for Grande-sized and 9.40 for Venti-sized.

House of Seafood Ala-Carte Menu Food Review at Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre

I'm back to House of Seafood at Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre last weekend to celebrate my sister's birthday!
I was so excited about yet another trip to House of Seafood but it turns out quite bad for us as there was a change of chef. I tried other dishes this time round but some of the dishes turned out to be too salty for our liking, as compared to our first visit here. 

The waitress even asked us if the food were okay as she said that the Kang Kong Vegetables does not look like it was cooked well. True enough, the Kang Kong was very salty but she was kind enough to ask the chef to cook once more, albeit at a smaller quantity from when they took it away :X

Deep-fried stuffed dough with cuttlefish paste- the dough and cuttlefish were too tough

Home made prawn rolls

Shrimp Paste Chicken -  was very bland and I think they forgot to add some ingredients :X

Kang Kong Vegetables

Thai Style Chicken- very sour

Beancurd on sizzling hot plate

Braised Pork Bun

Deer Meat on Sizzling Hot Plate