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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Saizeriya To celebrate 2 guys' birthdays, the whole gang of people trooped down to Liang Court under my suggestion to Saizeriya, a recently opened Japanese-Italian restaurant at affordable prices. The menu is pretty varied, with pizzas, pastas, hamburger steaks, steaks and dorias. For about $3 you can get free flow of pretty good coffee and other cold drinks. Like a real Japanese family restaurant, they even have cute cups with cartoon prints for the kids.  For starters I ordered Escargot at about $5. The snails were deshelled and cooked in a very nice blend of butter, olive oil, onions and garlic, and served sizzling hot. The meat had a bouncy chewy texture and the flavour of the sauce was well infused. In fact, the sauce was so good we polished the remaining off after finishing off the snails themselves. BFG had the Hamburg steak with Pork (~$8). I had this on my previous visit. The hamburg steak was basically minced beef and grilled. The meat easily comes apart in your mouth and was pretty juicy. I like the flavouring and the BBQ-ish sauce too. The pork on the side was actually just bacon. Very tasty but a little on the salty side. The sauce it was cooked in tasted very oriental but i could not discern what it contained. I ordered the Scallop and Mushroom Pasta in Soup Base (~$8). The pasta was not al dente but cooked slightly past that. I had no problems with it because it kind of matched the soup base nature of the dish. Scallops were fresh and sweet although small. The soup was pretty light, made of chicken stock i believe, but gained on me as i continued with my meal. Adding black pepper to the dish actually works well to bring out the flavours. Expecting ourselves to be still hungry, 4 of us shared a Seafood Gratin (~$8). Although the plate was small, i expect this to be pretty filling for a single person. On a bed of Penne pasta rests very creamy and light but aromatic cream cheese, followed by a crusted chewy and tasty top of cheese with generous squid rings and some prawns, with a centre "gathering" of shiitake mushrooms. I particularly liked the cheese. It was rich and creamy but not so heavy on taste to make one sick of it half way through. Food: Not the most authentic of Italian fare, but an interesting japanese fusion restaurant with many good dishes to try Cost: 8/10 Prices are very reasonable, and considered pretty cheap for a restaurant located in Liang Court Location: 5.5/10 Not the most popular of shopping centres for locals Ambience: Very cozy lighting and furniture. Can just sit there and drink infinite cups of coffee. Address: #02-22 Liang Court Tel: 6337 8948 Friday, July 10, 2009 Timbre  I had the Lady choose our dining place for once, and after some tussling between Timbre and Aerin's she settled on the former. Following a movie at Cathay we walked all the way to Boat Quay and reached the Timbre at ACM. It was crowded as usual and we had to settle for seats outside the main seating area. The Lady easily chose Long Island Tea for her cocktail from the huge list which lost me immediately, having little experience with cocktails. The Long Island was surprisingly light, with nary a vodka taste, which was quite surprising. Probably diluted by all the ice inside, leaving only the taste of the Triple Sec and the lime juice. I thought the one I can buy in glass bottles from supermarkets tasted better. After struggling with the menu, I settled on something with coffee. My Mudslide had a full Vodka taste layered with the coffee taste of kahlua and the creaminess from Irish cream. Reminded me of a Latte with vodka. Enjoyed it very much. Before coming to Timbre I had heard lots about the Roast Duck Pizza, and so I wouldn't miss this chance to try it. The crust was extremely thin and delightfully crispy and layered on it were large slices of tender roast duck, fried popiah skin which lent a crunchy contrast to the tender duck meat and drizzled with a tangy and delectable Peking duck sauce. All these went nicely together, even with the mozarrella cheese. My only complaint was that the sauce was on the salty side, and they could be more generous with the duck too. Still itching for some more food, and wanting to last longer at Timbre to enjoy the live band (which was not very good on that day), we ordered Buffalo Wings ($8) to share. The wings were well fried, with a crispy batter on the outside, smothered with a rather spicy and tastyd sambal-like Devil sauce. I found the chopped peanuts scattered on the wings rather interesting as well. To round off the wings, we decided to order Arts Gaarden to share. Was quite disappointed also despite the lovely colour. The scotch whisky taste never came through, and the drink was plenty much like pineapple and orange juice. The Lady was sorely disappointed at this concoction..Food: I love the food and the mudslide, but for some place like this, they probably should pay more attention to the drinks also. Cost: 7/10 The cost was not out of my expectations, food pricing was reasonable. Location: 7.5/10 it's not hard to find two of the three branches. One is near National Museum and the other is behind the Parliament house at Boat Quay. Ambience: Lively but relaxing to stay there and just chat over drinks. The service can turn dreadful when the place is packed so be careful, especially when asking for iced water. |
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