Picotin

Well, well, we only managed to arrive this place with a SOS call and a few miss turns. But thanks SuperModel for the recommendation. The food was super duper luper nicey. Moi was quite surprise that despite being such a small place, Picotin could accommodate so many people and even horses. In fact, Moi like the whole laid-back countryside atmosphere and service was really great. All the waiter and waitress knew all the items very well and could remember to get back to you proper. So Five * * * * * for Picotin. \(^_^)/

Smoked Duck $16.00

The appetizer, smoked duck does seem a little pricey since portion was rather small, only a few slices of duck meat. The duck meat was sliced very thinly and cupped with the sauce tasted just right.

Vongole Linguine $20.00

The linguine tasted just al denta and not overpowered by the sauce so one can taste the freshness of the clams. Moi is not much of a clam person but Supermodel is a clam-lover so this will be the girl's favourite. We had pan fried cod with buttered spinach, lyonnaise potatoes, white wine, shallots and mushroom sauce as our main. Again, Moi is not a fish's fan but this was really good. I really like this!!! The fish was fresh and sweet and the sauce wasn't overpowering so you can taste everything really nicely.

Panfried Cod $30.00

The disappointment came with our order for our desserts. I had never tasted something so so sweet that I felt like eating hard sweetened candy rock. I hope it was just a wrong choice on my part. The orange millefeuille was still palatable as the crispy crust still kind of balance off the sweet orange cream a little BUT not the iced vacherin. That will definitely be my first and last try. Shouldn't have trusted my gut feeling that vacherin is cheese and so should not be too sweet.


Iced Vacherin $11.00


Blood orange Millefeuille $10.00

Picotin
100 Turf Club Road
Tel : 6877 1191
Website : www.picotin.com.sg

Opening hours
Daily 8am - 11am, 12noon - 10pm

Back to School

Didnt know this place exists, if not that we wanted to catch the local movie,18 grams of love @ Sinema.

It brings such nostalgic feelings of school days. Really nice place....

And so how much does love weigh? 10 grams for the envelope and 8 grams for the letter. In this new age times, when email, sms, mobile phones gave instant communication, these 18 grams serve more sincerity and meaning as a tool of communication. Really admire Director Han Yew Kwang talents to put forth such a meaningful movie and rather sad that this movie did not make it to the BIG screen because of budget issue. It's a thinking movie, a movie that one can relate to, a movie that send you home thinking about the importance of communication between husband and wife. And the need to constantly remind each other and to think back the very first reason when you fell in love and wants to marry with your better half. A wonderful movie.

Well, there is timber @ old school and a quieter restaurant, Chalk located nearby. We decided to try CHALK..... (not CHAIR, Uncle) ^_-) The food was just DAT..nothing special but ambience was nice.

Outdoor




Indoor

Pizza was rather pleasing as it was served on thin bread. Moi quite like it especially the chicken sausages pizza (pic not included).

Parma ham Pizza

Spaghetti was too dry for Moi's liking.

Carbonara

Chalk
11 Mount Sophia #01-03
Tel: 6883 2120

Opening Hours
Daily 12pm - 3pm, 6.30pm - 10.30pm

Mingles

At our usual "contact-time", we went down to Mingles at East Coast. It wasn't very crowded even for a sunday night but decided to try it anywhere. Mingles contain a good variety of choices at reasonable pricing at acceptable tasting that you wont mind coming back again. Mingles specialise in European dishes from German, italian, Russian, etc. We ordered a balance combination.

Calamari fritti $9.90

The Calamari fritti was really crispy and nice. Well, Moi loves sausages so it's a MUST that I must order this next dish. =) The roesti tasted oily but it was still palatable.

Roesti with pork cheese sausage $16/90

SuSe ordered spaghetti alla carbonara which was serve with a raw egg yolk. That's a first time for Moi but I heard that this is the exact way that carbonara is cooked usually.

Spaghetti alla Carbonara with raw egg yolk

Well, the next MUST order is the baked alaska. Moi still remember the experience of savouring this russian dessert at Shashlik. We were given a choice for 3 ice creams and we ordered rum and raisin, macadamia nut ice cream pus another flavour that Moi forgot. The appearance was very enticing but taste was very "ice-cream". Nevertheless it was still an enjoyable trip.

Dessert : Baked Alaska

Mingles
902 East Coast Parkway
#01-11/12 Playground@Big Splash
Tel : 6346-3055

Teatime

It's amazing how this little cafe is hidden within the takashimaya shopping center. I fell in love with this place when i first visited many years back when it was still relatively unknown and quieter... the food and coffee was nice and to be able to sip from the quality and beautiful Copenhagen cups and plates did make it extra-special.

Our tea corner


My coffee


My scones


Your chicken curry


Your chicken curry set

Really enjoy our tea cum lunch break here.... love you always.

Royal Copenhagen Tea Lounge
2F, 391 Orchard Road, Ngee Ann City
Tel : 6735 6833

Opening hours
Daily 10.00am to 9.00pm