L’Entrecôte, Singapore

Phoebe recommended L’Entrecôte at Duxton Hill for steaks and fries.  The restaurant is unique because it serves only steaks and fries as their main dish.  From a short background on their menu, the restaurant believes in serving one great dish than a selection of anything less.

The place is beautiful and cozy that I just had to take pictures.

We were initially turned off by their service when the waiter, presumably eager to go home because we never saw him again after taking our orders, snapped at us for no reason at all.  This shocked me and pissed Phoebe off.  Good thing he was relieved by another person who seemed happy to see us there. 

The main dish is priced at S$29.90 (Php 1046) and comes with a serving of walnut salad, steak with their signature mushroom sauce and unlimited fries.  Very reasonable.

They don't immediately serve all the steak, so the portion shown on the picture is about more than half the actual serving.

Since Em-J and I are not wine drinkers, we ordered fruit juices to complement our meal.  Cranberry juice tasted generic.

We loved the food so much that we decided to eat there again and this time our meal came with a glass of wine.  Apparently, this is included in the price.  If that's not enough for you, which is the case for Em-J, you can go big at S$39.90 (Php 1397).  He didn't notice that much of a difference, though.

There were a lot of selections for desserts.  I immediately decided on the lemon tart (S$12, Php 420) which was good.

Em-J and Phoebe decided against their initial choices and went for the recommendations of the staff or was she the owner? They ordered the Profiteroles de L’Entrecôte and the Half-Baked Chocolate Cake (S$14, Php 490 each).  Desserts, though good, were not as spectacular as the main dish so we skipped them the next time.

We also loved how beautiful the quiet area of Duxton Hill looks.

L’Entrecôte
36 Duxton Hill
Singapore, 089614

Nearest MRT: Outram Park
Take the Cantonment Road Exit
Head on straight and turn left before reaching Pinnacle
Turn right at Craig Rd
Turn left and go up the flight of steps to Duxton Hill

Bangkok Jam

Phoebe, Noreen, Em-J and I decided to meet up for our final dinner before I head back home. Instead of our usual sinigang date at Lucky Plaza, we decided on Bangkok Jam at Wheelock Place.

The place gives off a very cool vibe with their modern design and Bangkok inspired wall decos.

We really weren't that hungry but we were pleased with food that we ordered that we couldn't stop eating.  

Seafood Pad Thai (11.90 SGD, 391 PHP)

Shrimp Paste Rice (11 SGD, 362 PHP) - serving is good for just one person

Bangkok Mixed Grill (23 SGD, 756 PHP)

Soft Shell Crab in Mellow Yellow Curry (15.50 SGD, 510 PHP)

Tom Kha Gai - Thai Coconut Chicken Soup (7.90 SGD, 260 PHP) - Being my favorite Thai dish of all time, my expectations were a big high. This was, while good, just okay; I've had better. 

Avocado Milk Shake and Green Mango Shake with Mint (7 SGD, 230 PHP) - You can skip the drinks as they were a bit underwhelming. 

The restaurant was busy and I'm not sure if they were understaffed but service was bad. It took almost forever for our orders to arrive and it was difficult to get assistance from any of the waitstaff.

Thanks to Phoebe, Noreen and Em-J for their very special treat.

Bangkok Jam

Wheelock Place

501 Orchard Road

#02-04/05

Singapore, 238880

www.bangkokjam.com.sg

Exploring Hong Kong: Asia's World City (Day 1)

We headed to the airport at around 3 in the morning and since I was coming off a tiring, long shift from work, we looked for a comfortable place to rest at the airport while waiting for our flight.  It's not impossible to find a perfect spot with Changi's impressive facilities.

We were greeted by this huge plane as we were disembarking in Hong Kong.

The airport is huge but it's easy to find one's way.  To get to the city, there is an Airport Express train that we considered taking; the fare is about 100 HKD (16 SGD, 520 PHP) per person.  We opted to take a cab when we found out that it would approximately cost us 300 HKD which is roughly the same amount as that of our train ride since there three of us. 

We stayed at Holiday Inn Express in Causeway Bay and the location is perfect as it is right across Times Square.  Since it was still early to check in, we left our bags there and explored the area before settling to have lunch at Cafe de Coral. 

Cafe de Coral is a pretty popular Chinese fast food place and while it is so, they gave some thought to their interiors so the place looked cool.  There was a long queue when we got there but they were pretty efficient as we didn't have to wait long.

       

We then took a much needed quick nap after checking in before heading out to Victoria Peak at Central station. 

We were greeted by a throng of people waiting to go up at 5 in the afternoon.  We nearly backed out when we saw the crowd but since we didn't have any place to go, we decided to wait it out.  It actually didn't take long as the line moved pretty fast.  (Tip: Book your tickets online)

After exploring the Peak, we decided to take a bus ride down instead of the tram as the queue is crazy long and we couldn't bear the cold weather.  We got off at Pacific Place where I saw a really cool restroom. 

Before calling it a night, we made a quick stop at the night market over at Temple Street. 

Weekend in Singapore

Rhommel finally decided to pay us a visit from Manila last weekend. I picked him up at the airport last Saturday. He had a really really minor altercation with immigration which caused him to be among the last few to exit out. We were both hungry but he didn't want to go to Aston's or anything familiar so we ended up at the food court.





Since we both lacked sleep, we didn't have the energy to continue exploring so we both went home and slept. What a weekend!

At around 4, when Em-J got back from work, we all got ready and headed out to Orchard. We ran into Analyn and we shared Em-J's Bonchon chickens. He insisted on eating first before heading to dinner.



Eco was also having a delayed birthday celebration so we met up with them at Outram Park. Sadly, the restaurant was closed so we ended back up in Somerset at Brotzeit.







Eco was very generous and we had a feast! I particularly liked the camembert cheese with cranberry sauce and the schnitzels. The boneless all meat pork knuckle, I was not particularly fond of. I found that it lacked a bit of flavor.





We then went to Starbucks at Yishun to have coffee while waiting for Hugo's screening.



The next day, we woke up late, just in time to get to Marina Bay to catch Wicked with Stu. We then spent time exploring the vicinity while waiting for Makansutra to open at 6.







Eating there was Rhommel's only request so we ordered some of our favorites and surprisingly, we were able to finish everything off.



Surely where there are lots of eating, it's bound to be a fun weekend and it sure was.