SG Lunch - Kenny Rogers (Great World)

Had Lunch one day at Kenny Rogers (Great World City Shopping Center). 

Ordered their Set Lunch which is 1/4 Chicken with a Side dish (Macoroni Cheese) Lunch Set $11 

Note: Its serves a complimentary Corn Muffin.

Simply one word - Not worth it !

Verdict: 

Maccroni cheese was super salty or you can say super "rich" in flavour. For adults with a strong taste bud, this is acceptable. For a toodler, I think it is was too salty and not nice at all. The "cheese" is pretty much kinda "fakey" taste. Smell like cheese but don't taste like real cheese. It gave me more of a creamy taste. GV Village Cinema nacho cheese actually taste a bit better than this. 

Chicken meat was dry. The herb they use to roast the chicken didn't give it much taste. It seems like just a few sprinkle of the herb and spices and a quick roast. I had to put a lot of tomato sauce to eat it. 

Corn Muffin is however acceptable. A bit dry though tigerbaby quite like it most likely it is SWeet and she was super hungry. However I do somehow feel they use one ingredient that helps to keep it longer into their muffin. Because it made my tongue felt a bit weird after I had it. 

Another visit to Kenny Rogers? No Way! 

yogurt: brand- milkana

produced in france. available in cold storage singapore supermarket. sell in a pack of four. price : $3.5

verdict: too sweet for toodler. its more like a desert puree served on your cheesecake.

SG lunch - Ichiban Boshi (great world)

Tigerbaby hasn't had fish for a while, so I decided to let her have some fish. With that, off to the closest and the fish seems to be in better quality restaurant.  Ichiban Boshi at Great World City Shopping Center.

Ordered this set - Tojusen Sakan Gozen Set $24.90; but after GST and Service Charge the total bill amount is $29.31

It has Cod Fish , Fish fillets, Tofu, Cawanmushi (Egg), Rice, Miso soup which I find should be substantial food for tigerbaby.

Nevertheless, this was my 2nd time ordering this set, and today was absolutely disappointed to the extend I provide feedback to the manager. THe fish was over soaked with sauces and extremely salty (though said , the first time i order this set last month, it was done well). The cod fish was meant to be lightly cooked with teriyaki sauce if I recall correctly but today if you manage to see the pic it is soaked with watery sauce. The first fillet was too drench with sauce till I find the skin a bit soft.  And worst of all TOO SALTY~~~

Manager herself quickly too realise it is badly cooked and realise the sauces were quite wrong. She did offer to make another one for me or give me extra rice to contra the saltiness. As it was getting late, so I just say just give me some extra rice as it was getting late.

Verdict: Its a good set combination for mother and child. Tigerbaby ate half a bowl of rice, all of the cod fish. one tofu and 1/4 of cawanmushi. They are obviously with taste and are soft food so i find toodlers would usually enjoy this. And with whatever leftover, the mom can have it and it still can make one feel full.  And the main thing is the fish is FRESH despite the saltiness.

Note: it too have soft shell crab in this set :)



Yes, it would be cheaper if you buy yourself from market and cook it... however one thing I learn from cooking fish for last 2 years. If you get your fish from wet market, you still need to clean it before cooking it aka remove the skin or bones. As for cooking fish you need to really time it well. Overcooked fish doesn't taste that well. As for serving the fish, it needs to be warm or else it usually tends to give a taste that some toodlers (for eg: tigerbaby) tend to be able to differentiate and gets fussy over it. So occasionally order fish when we dine out is indeed acceptable.

However cod fish is indeed a very nice fish that toodlers usually tend to like due to the texture. Though it isn't the sweetest meat of all fish I have to say. Salmon is good with the omega thingy but it is actually one of the harder fish to cook if you have a toodler like tigerbaby ... :))

SG Lunch - Jia Xiang Sarawak Kolo Mee (vivocity)

We had lunch on Saturday at Jia Xiang Sarawak Kolo Mee at Vivocity (Its near the exit of MRT station right opposite McDonalds) I ordered the Combo one (forgot the name) which has Char Siu (pork), Wonton and Prawn served. Pricing is about $6 plus if i recall. 

Verdict: The noodles are springy (QQ) but the serving is a bit small for that pricing. Prawns are normal as it tasted like frozen prawns. Wonton was small size. However Tigerbaby manage to finish 80% of my noodle and at least 3 wontons. 

MSG Level: Medium. Probraly I didn't "wash" the noodles much. After 2-3 spoon of noodles she ask for water; so the next serve I "wash" it a bit more and it seem to be fine. So it could be from the saltyness (soya sauce) or from the msg. However for the soup to my level of MSG tolerance, it is acceptable. 

Service: Excellent. Probraly our lucky day. There was this lady who was full with smile and  great service. She saw us.. quickly help us to be seated. Move chairs so that we got a spot for our stroller.  

However one thing I find "surprising" for such a restaurant, there is no tissue provided. If you want tissue / serviets, pay 30cents for a packet. As a typical mum, when i heard that, i quickly went back to my diaper bag and search for 2 tissue to wipe off tigerbaby mess. I am not kaisu .. it would be much faster to get from them than to scram through the diaper bag. And for a restaurant charging that price, I think they should provide seriously. 

Summary: If you have a kid with a stroller and the food court is pack, can consider to visit this place due ot the "spacious" and it doesn't seem to be as busy as other restaurant. Probraly because the price you pay is quite expensive for the amount of food and for a simple wonton noodle in many people perspective. However you get the space, no need to queue and "chop" seats and overall I find the noodles and msg level is still acceptable to feed a toodler. 

SG Lunch - Asian Kitchen @ VivoCity

Its 1.20pm a bit way over Tigerbaby usual lunch time. Besides this morning breakfast she only have half a class of milk, half a tube of PetitMiam Yogurt and half a slice of bread. Obviously she was hungry as she hand signal me that she wanted to eat.

Off we find a place to eat at food court. Bad timing to go.  Off we went to find a restaurant hoping we find a seat soon. Stopped at The Asian Kitchen. Was asked to wait for about 10 mins. Well the lady pretty much align me to the table and was just waiting for the customer to pay. So once I sat tigerbaby down I quickly order the PORK CHOP LA MIAN SG $10 as it was the first thing I saw from the menu while i was in the waiting line.

Verdict: Tigerbaby had 90% of the noodles and 3 piece of the pork chop.

My verdict: The noodles are soft and chewy. The broth is typical soup broth with MSG but yet not over powered msg as i was not craving for water after I had two mouth full. Yes, as some know by now my tongue is a MSG level detector. pretty much I am low tolerance to MSG compare to BlurDad. The Pork was marinated with a bit of spice, my guess is Lemon Grass so it does make it tasty. Pork Meat is not overcook so bascially it is chewable easily, even for a toodler.

Having said all this, its a 50% chance that Tigerbaby is hungry and 50% is the food is nicely cooked. For any mothers with fussy toodlers, give this a try when you visit but always remove the soup when you serve the toodlers as it is no matter what, still has MSG in it. :)

Note: Just to add on, so poor me had pretty much nothing much to eat left went for an Old Chang Kee Curry Puff to go ! :)

SAHM - Stay At Home Mom

Thats what the abbrievation means. SAHM. Stay At Home Mom.

I have been a SAHM since 2011 and I have to say the experience is super overwhelming. May how some people would envy me .. saying things like: How i wish to be a SAHM... i seriously can only reply to them: Really? Try it and I bet you won't say the same.

The benefits of SAHM - the time and moment you spend with your child. Able to capture their smiles and cheekiness.

The Dark side of SAHM - super long list.

Thats where you have to weight which is more important and ask yourself what type of personality you have. Are you able to handle the routines day and night, everyday, every week?

I could write 2-3 pages base on this topic but I think I would stop right now for the moment. And if you happen to browse through this blog, have a deep thought. Are you a SAHM type of person? or are you not?

Finally.. We are in Singapore!

I am finally moved into my Singapore place. Most furniture are in. Left with 8 boxes to unpack.

As I was unpacking, I went through a lot of things and it seems to be a quick flash back of the times I went through as a bachelorette, marriage and then being a mom. Sentimental human being indeed.

Tigerbaby is now 27 Months old. Do hope things finally can settle down for her and she can come out of her "shell" soon. :)