Lavaedge @ MacRitchie

The Groupon addict in me will look through half the promotion available, search about the vendor and decide whether to purchase the Groupon almost everyday. That brings me to Lavaedge! Making reservation with Lavaedge is not easy because they do not have a land line, the mobile number is not working and they take forever to reply an email.

However, the service at the restaurant was really good and boyfriend and I really like the place (so much so that we thought of having our wedding reception there) The decoration is nothing fancy but we like the idea of dining in comfortable in the middle the reservoir. 

This is look interesting but both of us were not dressed for it and... nobody is using this place. Wonder if it is clean/safe... ...

For $25, we purchased the groupon worth $50 which can be used during their Weekend Semi Brunch Buffet. "For each main course order, diners are also entitled to the restaurant's semi-buffet spread, which includes a bread board, a variety of cereals, flavoured yoghurts, freshly baked croissants and other pastries, homemade desserts, drinks and more." Not exactly in our affordable range for a brunch because we end up topping up another $20+ but still a good experience.

After having our orders taken, we hopped (I guess only I did) to the buffet line to get some bread, eggs and salad. Boyfriend had the Ribs with fries and corn on the cob (which he mentioned is super super sweet and juicy) while I had the Salmon with veggie and mashed potato. Both mains were passable. The eggs were cooked on the spot with choices of omelette, sunny side-up and scrambled eggs. We enjoyed the Kaya Swiss Roll and the macarons (surprisingly).

the self-service coffee and hot water dispenser

Round 1

Lavaedge
181 Lornie Road, Hilltop
MacRitchie Reservoir Park Singapore 297732

Mon-Fri: 5pm - 10.30pm [Bar close at 12am]
Sat-Sun: 11am - 10.30pm [Bar close at 1am]
(Brunch 11am - 4pm) 

After our very heavy brunch, we explored the reservoir a little and took some photographs while bearing with the constant stares as we were using our tripod.

boyfriend came up with this shot and I thought it look rather cute

We were struggling with the pose below and did like almost 10 times. But it was all for the fun! 

Folks Collective

Read about this interesting new place just last week and decided to pay a visit yesterday because of the decoration, the reasonably priced set lunches and also... I have been craving Thai food for the whole week!!! It is not too difficult to find Folks Collective, for it is just beside Sushi Tei. Both of us were really keen to try the set lunch but to our disappointment, the staff informed us when we were making our order that set lunches are only available on weekdays :( If that's the case, I think they should have 1) write that down on the set lunch page or 2) remove the set lunch page from the menu on weekend.

was really empty when we went on a Saturday afternoon

love all the natural light sip into this area

mismatch everywhere

pretty cushion

cozy area

our table made from an old sewing machine!

 In the end, we ordered our usuals! Pad Thai ($8.90), Siam-Style Fried Rice ($8.90), Clear Tom Yum Soup ($8.90) and Grilled Pork Neck + Dried Chili Dip ($7.90). Out of the 4, only the Pad Thai was really good. Boyfriend commented that the fried rice tasted like normal zichar fried rice, nothing special. Tom Yum Soup was filled with lemongrass taste and lack the spiciness that goes all the way to your stomach. As for the grilled pork neck, it was just way too tough and marination wasn't impressive. We also ordered Lemongrass with Honey and Thai Iced Milk Tea, both were good :)

happy boy cos it is SATURDAY!!!

my iced milk tea

i love pad thai, it is no secret

 

 

the very tough pork neck :((

doesn't look like tom yum soup huh?

The food is nothing impressive and there are many other much more affordable Thai food out there like Ah Loy Thai or Thai Gold Food. I may not come back if I am just craving for Thai food but it will make a very nice place to chill with friends. There are many alcohol available so, why not come here for a chill-out night? It is really hard to miss this place because the shop front is just as interesting as the shop itself.

our uncoordinated couple wear <3

Folks Collective
Mon - Sat: 11am to 11pm.

​20 Cross Street

#01-25 China Square Central

Tomi Sushi @ Parco Marina Bay

I love Japanese food and Parco is one of my favourite place to settle my Japanese food craving. Back when Parco was just opened, it was quite a less visited place and I remember going into Saboten with less than half the tables filled on a Friday evening. Now, it is impossible to not queue. Speaking of which, it has been a while since my last visit to Saboten which is famous for its Tonkatsu. Maybe soon?

The other restaurant that top my list is... TOMI SUSHI!!! I have been craving since the first time I went and has been looking forward to this trip :) We were quite surprised to find that it is more expensive than our usual Itacho and Sushi Tei during our first visit so we decided to order Sushi Gozen set ($54++), Yu ToFu Nabe ($10++) and Unagi Sushi ($7++) to share. We were filled to the brim at the end and very satisfied. The Unagi Sushi is so melt in the mouth, I fell in love with it! After GST, it costed us $90+ which can be quite a sum to pay for a normal meal.

For our second trip (special occasion cos boyfriend just got his first pay for his new job), we decided to go during their lunch after looking at the menu online. We were the first customer of the day! Unlike most restaurant where the service staff like to put diner at the same area, the staff at Tomi actually spread us out so that we can have as much privacy as possible.

We ordered a Sushi Bento ($38++) and Nigiri Sakura ($28++) and my favourite Unagi Sushi ($7++) which works out to be about the same as what we paid for during our first trip.

Sushi Bento

Sushi Bento consist of 5 Nigiri Sushi, 3 California rolls, miso soup, salad, chawanmushi, salmon sashimi, prawn tempura, grilled fish and fruit.

part of the Nigiri Sakura

Nigiri Sakura consist of 7 pc Nigiri Sushi, 1 tamago, miso soup, salad, chawanmushi, chicken karaage and fruit.

drool-worthy Unagi Sushi!

Tomi Sushi is really the place to go for sushi and sashimi (so thickly-cut and fresh!) But I guess we will need another special occasion to drop by again though I have to admit that it is very value for money for their Lunch Set.

Tomi Sushi (Millenia Walk)

9 Raffles Boulevard

#P3-04 Millenia Walk

Tel: 63334633

Tomi Sushi is also available at Velocity Level 2!

someone really happy lo!