Thursday, 30 May 2013

Marina Bay Sands Hotel

Able to stay overnight for 2 nights due to a kind gentleman's gesture. :D The room is in Tower 1, level 47 and facing the Marina Bay Sands Shoppes. Good view because you can see the Singapore River.



It's a Queen sized bed. Very comfy; not so hard, not so soft, just right! And the sheets and pillows were clean and smelled just like a clean hotel room should smells like. Haha. The pillows are just right too, not too flat nor too fluffy. 


The living room. Spacious area with a 3 seaters sofa bed, a armchair and a coffee table. Not sure if the newspaper were pre-required or it was provided. The sofa bed was quite comfy sleeping on it. 



The TV console cum mini-bar inside. 


The working table area. 








The shower area. I like the stone 'seat' which we are able to sit down during shower time. I would want that concept in my future bathroom but a 4 room HDB flat is too small for this. :( Anyway, the water will splash all around the shower area. So putting your clothes and towel on the stone seat is a bad idea~ Haha... 


The kind gentleman cooked pork trotters! It was really delicious! He even taught me how to cook. Hahaha! 



Two basins with hot and cold water taps. 


Forgot to take a photo of the bathtub. We didn't manage to take a bath in it also. 




Monday, 20 May 2013

Tim Ho Wan


Went to Tim Ho Wan to try out the famous Michelin Star restaurant. It is good! I'm not sure why some people said it wasn't good. The quality is so much better than most dim sum sell in Singapore.

We queued for 2-4 hours, including waiting for a table of 4. The queue stretched to the side of the restaurant, luckily it rained earlier on, if not, I think most people will complain how humid it was while waiting. We were able to take a piece of their menu and decide what we want.  


Vermicelli roll with BBQ pork
The chee cheong fan aka Vermicelli Roll is really delicious! I never like chee cheong fan because it doesn't taste good enough. We also ordered the vermicelli roll with pig's liver (one of the Big 4 Heavenly Kings) but it was gone because I went to toilet. :( It costs $5.50 for a plate, 3 rolls.


The garlic, mushroom, spinanch dumpling was good. The filing was alot and the skin was thin enough. It costs $3.80 for a basket.



The glutinous rice dumpling was ok, nothing wow about it. It costs $5 for 1 pc.




The pork dumpling with shrimp was also not bad. I never like the shao mai that are sold in Singapore. It just tastes, "not right". Haha. It costs $5 for a basket of 4 pcs.



Pork Rib with Black Bean Sauce was good! The meat was tender and the sauce was not salty. Costs: $4.20 a basket. 


Beancurd Skin Roll with Pork and Shrimp. Costs $4 for 3 rolls. This is yummy~ It smells really fragrant as well.  



Rice with Chicken Feet and Pork Rib. Costs $6 a bowl. It was alright, probably because I was already too full from eating all the other dishes. 


Chicken Feet with Black Bean Sauce. The portion is more than the other dim sum stalls in Singapore. But then, it tastes similar. Costs $4 a basket. 


Fried Carrot Cake, one of the Big 4 Heavenly King. Tastes better than some of the dim sum stalls in Singapore. Costs $4.50 a plate for 3 pcs.


Baked Bun with BBQ Pork, one of the Big 4 Heavenly Kings items. This item is like, the highlight! I see alot of customers order many and takeaway for this item. It really is delicious, crispy and sweet on the outside and warm but not greasy on the inside. Costs $4.50 for 3 pcs.