Ellenborough Market Café - Swissotel Merchant Court Food Review

Decided to head down to Ellenborough Market Cafe for their Peranakan and International Buffet yesterday with my family using the Far Card with a 50% off!

Ellenborough Market Cafe recently went through a 4 months refurbishment and it's back with a bolder, brighter turquoise interior and yet retaining its Peranakan heritage.

Food varieties were massive and my favorite would be the Stir Fried Baby Lobster with Black Bean Sauce, Fried Fish as well as the handmade Ramen laksa! I would like to give a 2 thumbs up to the Ramen (you know that QQ Bouncy feeling when you bite the noodles?)

It seems that there's always something for someone since they have the Asian delights, Peranakan cuisines as well as international spread. However, I personally feel that the Snowcrab were not fresh enough as compared to Park Hotel at City Hall. They also only serve 6 ice cream flavors which tasted very ordinary that I did not take a photo of those. 

What I love about Ellenborough Market Cafe:

Bolder, Bigger, Brighter Dining Hall

Chef Stations

Ramen Laksa Station

That QQ Bouncy Ramen I was talking about!

Fried Mee Tai Mak

Mochi with Peanuts (Muah Chee)

Peranakan Desserts & Delights

Kuehs

Asian Delights

Stir Fried Baby Lobster with Black Bean Sauce

Kam Xiang Crab

Curry Prawn

Fried Fish

Braised Duck

Braised Pork Knukles

Mashed Potatoes with White Cabbage

Sushi

International Spread

Salad

Sashimi



Snow Crab, Scallops and Prawns

Mixed Sausages

Roast Pork Knuckle and Beef

Desserts & Fruits

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That Mango cup with small mango balls is very nice!

Ratings

Served Hot	5
Food Quality	4
Ambience	5
Decoration	4
Price	4
Speed of serving	4
Overall	4

Price:

68++ 

Location:

10 Coleman Street
Singapore (179809)

Buffet Dinner:
Daily 1830 - 2200

Buffet Lunch:
Daily 1200 - 1430
Buffet High Tea:
Sat, Sun & PH 1530 - 1730
Buffet Breakfast:
Daily 0630 - 1030

Other restaurants that entitles you to 50% discount using Fairmount Card
(1) Fairmount Singapore - Kopi Tiam
(2) Asian Market Cafe - Sustainable Crab Fest (Halal)

Popeyes day $5.90 for 5pcs chicken !

The much anticipated Popeyes day is here on 6 November 2016 and the promotion runs at ALL outlets for the entire day! How awesome is it!

Starbucks Holiday Beverages Return with Peppermint Mocha, Gingerbread Latte and Toffee Nut Latte

Starbucks fans rejoice! Starbucks returned with Christmas Festive Drinks 1-1 promotion from 31st Oct to 4 Nov 2016 (3 to 8pm)! 

Pardon me for indulging in the season of joy and giving when December had not yet arrived! I am already so excited over Christmas- about baking Gingerbread, Log cakes, roasting turkeys and many more! It's never too early for X'mas I guess?

Pocket Maplestory - Shade Build

Shade Build Guide

(Updated on Oct 2016)

Shade is the 9th class to be released in Pocket Maplestory. Despite Shade’s long hair, Shade is actually a guy! Most of his skills are passive which will activate whenever you use normal attacks or skill attacks. As Shade has poorer mobility compared to other classes., it is best to make use of the Auto-combat ‘teleport’ or the Contract Space skill while training or travelling. Shade normal/skill attacks can activate his passive, summoning fox spirit or weakening monsters. He is a good tank with high defense and HP leeching.

However, the disadvantage of Shade is the lack of AoE skills. His two larger AoE skills have a cooldown of about 20 seconds.

Extra tips: As shade do not have high melee damage, auto-combat is slow till level 108 when you get your 4th job passive skills. If you plan to auto-combat all the way, it is recommended to get a fashion weapon (cost at least 4000 candies) which will boost your Attack by 36 and Critical Attack Rate by 4. Always enhance your weapon to maximize your damage. Be sure to be in a guild for guild buffs. They give bonus stats and Attack %! 
Players who rather play themselves will not have any 'slow' leveling issue! Shade's Blade Imp skills are able to 1-hit-KO every monster!

Snowskin Mooncake Recipe - step by step guide with photos!

Do you remember that I will be sharing on 4 recipes in my next few posts to come from the post dated 24th August? 

1st recipe: KCT's Taiwan Pinpe Premix

2nd recipe: Phoon Huat's Snowskin Premix 
3rd recipe: KCT's Fried Glutinous Flour
4th recipe: Phoon Huat's Fried Glutinous Flour

This post will be on the 1st recipe which is using KCT's Taiwan Pinpe Premix. I read through many recipes and also looked closely at their mooncakes on many websites for days as I saw some were either too oily or has too much lumps of shortening on the mooncake.

I am so glad to say that this improvised snowskin mooncake recipe of mine turned out very well! 

Pretty, isn't it?