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Tag Archives: Serangoon Gardens
My Village at Serangoon Gardens (NTUC Finest)
This is the gourmet version of Singapore’s most basic supermarket NTUC Fairprice and it’s called NTUC Finest. I think the outlet at the new My Village in Serangoon Gardens is small and cosy. I find it thrilling to get blog … Continue reading
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Tagged canned fruit, cereal, culture, design, Food, fruit, gourmet, groceries, Hot Chocolate, jam, lemon curd, Life, Living, lychee, Maju, mall, My Village, new, NTUC Finest, open, personal, photography, photos, pretty, Serangoon Garden, Serangoon Gardens, shopping, Singapore, supermarket, Swiss Miss, travel, vegetables
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My Village in Serangoon Gardens Opens
Read my latest post written on 25 Jan 2011: QB Hair Salon, DBS Bank, Coffee Bean, Wang Cafe, Subway, Old Hong Kong Taste, Udders ice-cream and Da Paolo Gastranomia are now open. I also took photos of the gorgeous Chinese … Continue reading
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Tagged beer garden, Coffee Bean, culture, design, Food, Life, Living, mall, my garden, My Village, NTUC Finest, personal, photography, photos, Serangoon Garden, Serangoon Garden circus, Serangoon Gardens, shopping, Singapore, subway, supermarket, travel
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Rolina: Hainanese Curry Puffs at Serangoon Garden Market
The uncle selling the traditional Hainanese style curry puffs is really nice with a genuine smile for customers. It makes me want to buy more even though they curry puffs are expensive at S$1.20 each. The stuffing as well as … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged chicken curry puff, Chinese, culture, curry puffs, Food, Hainan, Hainanese, Life, Living, Makansutra, personal, photography, photos, Rolina, Rolina's, Serangoon Garden Market, Serangoon Gardens, Singapore, Traditional, travel
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Root Beer Float at Happy Daze
Had a real expensive rootbeer float at Happy Daze, a little neighbourhood open air cafe pub, in Serangoon Gardens that cost S$7.90. The float was a real treat though as I haven’t had one in a long while. But I … Continue reading
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Tagged cafe, culture, Entertainment, Food, Happy Daze, Life, Living, personal, photography, photos, Root Beer Float, Serangoon Garden, Serangoon Gardens, Singapore, travel
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Serangoon Garden Village
A January 2011 update with all my posts about My Village: Cafes Restaurants and More Gorgeous Pink Floral Lanterns at My Village Serangoon Gardens’ My Village Again NTUC Finest My Village in Serangoon Gardens Opens Serangoon Garden Village Another new … Continue reading
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Tagged British, colonial, culture, design, Entertainment, history, japanese, Life, Living, mall, new, personal, photography, photos, Serangoon Garden, Serangoon Garden Village, Serangoon Gardens, shopping, shops, Singapore, travel, Video
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I Like Arbite’s New Menu Items
There is still my favourite iced lemon tea that I think Arbite does best, but I now also love the creamy pasta (Pappardelle with mushrooms and parma ham). The mushroom soup was lovely and so was the naturally sweet carrot … Continue reading
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Tagged Arbite, bistro, cafe, culture, decor, design, Entertainment, Food, iced lemon tea, lego, Life, Living, Nordic, Pasta, personal, photography, photos, pretty, Serangoon Gardens, shopping, Singapore, soup, travel, Western
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Why I Will Never Dine Here Again
I took some photos so you know the place I’m talking about. Nara, a new Japanese restaurant in Serangoon Gardens is a place I won’t be revisiting. Maybe it was just my one bad experience. In all fairness, maybe you’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged bad service, Food, japanese, Life, Living, Nara, overcharged, personal, photography, photos, restaurant, rude, Serangoon Gardens, Singapore
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Borshch Steakhouse: Singapore Style Fish and Chips
I love the local style Fish and Chips at Borsch Steakhouse, a restaurant that has not had a makeover since the 70’s. It’s what I call accidentally charming. It costs S$9.80 which is pretty expensive, but they are generous with … Continue reading
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Tagged Borshch Steakhouse, decor, Fish and Chips, Food, Fried Rice, Life, Living, Nostalgia, personal, photos, restaurant, Serangoon Gardens, Singapore, Tartar Sauce, travel
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Tiny North Indian Restaurant: Garden Kadhai
Although this is mainly a North Indian Restaurant, they do serve a few South Indian dishes too. I would recommend sticking with North Indian items like the Kashmiri and Garlic Naan and get any curry you like to dunk you … Continue reading
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Tagged curries, Food, Garlic Naan, Indian, Kasmiri Naan, Life, Living, Mint sauce, Naan, North Indian, photography, photos, restaurant, Serangoon Gardens, Singapore, travel
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Fragility of Singapore’s Food Culture
[polldaddy poll=3385831] K F Seetoh our foodie TV show host, the man behind the food guide Makansutra, who travels on a scooter and Singapore’s answer to Anthony Bourdain has said some interesting things in a recent article in Time Magazine. … Continue reading
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Tagged affluenza, Anthony Bourdain, Cardon Cafe & Restaurant, culture, Food, heritage, K F Seetoh, Nostalgia, Serangoon Gardens, Singapore, travel
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Pad Thai and Red Rubies
After reading a freshly pressed blog on Thai Iced Tea, I was tempted to have some Thai Food myself. I decided to try out Diandin Leluk which seems like an authentic place with chefs from Thailand. Thai Food always features … Continue reading
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Tagged coffee, culture, dining, Food, Life, Living, lunch set, Pad Thai, photography, photos, Red Ruby, restaurant, Serangoon Gardens, Singapore, Thai, Thailand, travel
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Arbite
I was wondering how to pronounce the word and it seems I got it right. The website of this new Cafe, located opposite the bus terminal at Serangoon Gardens, says this: Arbite [ahr-bahyt] A pun on the German/Danish word for … Continue reading
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Tagged Arbite, design, Food, photography, photos, Serangoon Gardens, Singapore, travel
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